INdependant Reading Choice

I have recently read Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. This book was recommended to me by a friend. She was not finished reading it when she recommended it to me but had said it was a cute story and an easy read. With those two comments I thought it would be a perfect choice for my second Independent choice. This book was about two different kids both named Will Grayson and when they met, they changed each others lives. I thought a weakness of this book was the separation of the Wills'. At times it would be hard to depict which Will was which. A strength of this book was that it had a strong story line and everything came together at the end perfectly. I thought this was a good book but at times it could get a little boring. If I was to rate it I would probably give it a three and a half out of five stars. It had more strengths than weaknesses but was still not my favorite book to read. I would say it's worth the read but only  recommend it to someone who wanted a quick read and likes cute, quirky stories.

Family Life Commentary

As a class we read Family Life, by Akhil Sharma. Before reading it and reading reviews, it sounded like it could be a good book and an interesting story. At first I gave it a chance by trying to understand how different and how important the move from India to America was for the Sharma family. I tried to put myself in Ajay's shoes and started to feel sorry for him. As it went on, I started to get bothered by Ajay and just the story in general. Personally, I did not enjoy reading this book at all. I thought that by giving it a chance I may like it and learn something from it but I couldnt.  It was a well-written story about the family moving and experiencing traumatizing events but I did not enjoy it all.

Readers Choice 2015

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