Poetry

The Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl

It’s Book Review Friday and we have a special one on our list for to today. What is it that makes this book special you ask? Well it’s a hart warming book that will bring laughter to adults and children alike. It is indeed a book for kids, but it has a few deep messages hidden within it.  Roald Dahl wrote many interesting book for kids, but to be frank I find this one the…

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The Shack by Wm. Paul Young

The start of the book hooked me instantly to it. It has this chill horrific feeling to it that can be only created by a good crime fiction writer…then it all fails to dust. Literary I lost the will to read when a certain event happened. Let me give you the short description of what happens in the book, don’t worry it won’t spoil too much. We have this wonderful Christian family enjoying themselves in…

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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

When I first found this book I’ve put it aside for a later date. It didn’t really catch my eye enough for me to read it right away. What a mistake. Following the thoughts of Clay Jensen who is listening to the tape that was left in a mysterious box in the garage. Vivid descriptions of his emotions are given for the reader to really get into his world as he listens to the tapes…

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Book Review: Flowers for Algernon

This short story by Daniel Keyes follows the incredible journey of a man with an low IQ(68) who undergoes a surgery to get smarter. And he does. We follow his progress from the mentally disabled state to the super genius state through his diary, in which he describes what happened and how he felt about it. In this book we are shown a point of view on life that we sometimes find ourselves in and…

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