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Summer Surge Readathon Challenge 2:Twitter Book Recommendation

The challenge consists of you recommending four different books from four different genres, but you can only use 140 characters in which to do so. You can't use plot points, character names, spoilers, snippets of the synopsis and must be in your own words. 

Well here goes nothing! I'm pretty sure these are all somewhat different genres, and I would love it if you could go to the ones that have reviews and leave a comment. :)

Recommendation #1

If I stay by Gayle Forman (Review here)

If you like sad but heartwarming tales of hope and survival and the choice between living and dying then If I stay is for you.
— Ashley O (@bookserieslover) July 24, 2014

Recommendation #2

Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

Fans of Supernatural will love this story of family legacies being passed down to children and two brothers like sam and dean!
— Ashley O (@bookserieslover) July 25, 2014

Recommendation #3

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (review here)

Tahereh Mafi has a beautiful way with words, and the uniqueness with which shatter me was written is breathtaking
— Ashley O (@bookserieslover) July 25, 2014

Recommendation #4

The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard 

a heartbreaking tale of struggle to put back together pieces of a broken family after hope comes in form of it's newest member
— Ashley O (@bookserieslover) July 25, 2014

What are some of your recommendations? Have you read any of these? If so did you enjoy them?Were my recs somewhat true? 

Book Review: Where She Went by Gayle Forman

AUTHOR: Gayle Forman

PUBLISHED: April 5, 2011

PUBLISHER: Dutton Juvenile (penguin)

PAGES: 260

SERIES/STAND ALONE: Series (Book 1-If I stay)
SOURCE: Bought

CHALLENGES: None

OUTLINE:

It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.

Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by 

  
himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit  the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other.

Told from Adam's point of view in the spare, lyrical prose that defined If I Stay, Where She Went explores the devastation of grief, the promise of new hope, and the flame of rekindled romance.

MY THOUGHTS:
Omg!
First thought was I'm not gonna love this like I did If I Stay because there's no way to bring the same emotions out. I was wrong. Gayle Forman did an awesome job making me love this book as much as the first. I thought with it being told in Adams POV that it would be just okay. I was wrong again. I loved reading Adams point of view and the struggles that he faced being a rockstar. I know that anxious feeling that he got because sometimes I get that same way. (although I'm sure not for the same reasons) There's not much I can say without giving away what happened. So this is probably going to be extremely short. I think being able to understand Adams situation and his feelings helped me love the book. When we were able to see Mia I was happy as well because I loved her voice in If I Stay. Even though in this story she flipped out a few times it's totally understandable with what she's been through.



I will definitely read other things by Gayle Forman she has a beautiful way with words and she knows how to write emotions.

 Overall:
If you loved If I Stay you'll love this one. Maybe not for the same reasons, but yeah.