Ana's Story

This book was obviously geared toward a middle school/high school age group. (I didn't know that going into it.) It turned out not to be half bad. Didn't like the ending much, but I understood why it stopped like it did. I feel like there could have been some kind of better way to tie things up. I was also slightly perturbed that Bush never mentioned exactly what country this was taking place in -- but maybe it was meant to leave some anonymity to it? Not sureIf I were a high school health teacher this would be a great book to read and have a discussion about.

The Camel Bookmobile

I am not really sure where to start. I really enjoyed the writing style -- very gentle and able to grab my attention. I love the story it's self -- as a novel. (Which, thank goodness it is!) But I am unsure of the whole message of the book. I was actually a bit glad in the end -- it went to show that everything doesn't always turn out the way you expect it to. Nothing is perfect. I would hardly think that something like this would ever really be a true story -- because how could an American really understand the minds of this culture? It was a bit too romanticized for me. I liked the quote at the end of the book: " Do they want to be part of a 'larger world'? And who should be teaching whom?"

Moloka'i

I absolutely loved this book! The character building was fantastic and the story just kept taking lots of unexpected twists and turns. At some points, I thought... okay what's next? And every time it was great. I am already on a mission to visit ever NPS site in the country and now I want to go to Kalaupapa even more after reading this. What a fascinating history. Rachel was a great character. I loved it!

The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse

This book was quite entertaining. I loved reading about all of the crazy diseases and illnesses. I wished the book would have focused more on that than some of the more ancient remedies. ( but those were interesting too). Who knew there were so many different types of sexual maladies?!

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

Honestly, I didn't really care for this book. It was obscene in places and I found it a bit disturbing. The ending was awful. This book was translated from Japanese and I could tell that in some places some of the translation lost. I kept hoping that something more was going to happen and it didn't. That hope pushed me to finish, but I was disappointed in the end.

The Road

This book was fantastic. I loved it. So vivid and intense. It was actually quite frightening. This book makes me interested in reading more post-apocalyptic literature. What I liked most about this was how realistic it was! No zombies, mutated people or anything. Just raw emotion. I also like the ending. It will probably keep me wondering for a long time.

Sarah's Key

This book was hard to put down! I had to know what was going to happen next. I liked that there was lots of twists and turns. I never quite knew what was going to happen. I loved both story lines. Sarah's story was just heartbreaking. I have always liked fiction books about the Holocaust and this didn't disappoint.