Poetry

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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Poetry

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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