Life of Pi by: Yann Martel

Back Cover: After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan -- and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years.

Rating: 4/5

I fished Life of Pi in about two days. Not because I was completely captivated by it but because it was an assignment for school that I decided to start two days before the test. Even though this was an assignment for school, this book was amazing. I wish I would have read it on my own before it was assigned to me, but even having not read it of my own free will it was so very intriguing. 

It can be a little slow at times, but if you keep in mind that the entire book is an allegory it takes on a whole new meaning. As you try to figure out what everything means and symbolizes you realize this book is so much deeper than what you originally thought. 

This book goes deeply into religion and other aspects of life. 

If you are looking for a book that will make you think then this is the book for you!

You can buy this book as a hardcover on Amazon.

-KayKay

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Ruby Red by: Kerstin Gier

Back Cover: Sixteen-year-old Gwen lives with her extended-and rather eccentric-family in an exclusive London neighborhood. In spite of her ancestors' peculiar history, she's had a relatively normal life so far. The time-traveling gene that runs like a secret thread through the female half of the family is supposed to have skipped over Gwen, so she hasn't been introduced to "the mysteries," and can spend her time hanging out with her best friend, Lesley, watching movies and talking about boys. It comes as an unwelcome surprise then when she starts taking sudden, uncontrolled leaps into the past.

She's totally unprepared for time travel, not to mention all that comes with it: fancy clothes, archaic manners, a mysterious secret society, and Gideon, her time-traveling counterpart. He's obnoxious, a know-it-all, and possibly the best-looking guy she's seen in any century.

Rating: 4.5/5

With time-travel and hot guys how could this book get any better? I thought this book was so great, but it didn't have me up all night reading it so I just couldn't give it a 5/5.

When Gwen suddenly gets sucked into this secret world of time-travelers that she's only heard about through whispered conversations she's eavesdropped on it's a big shock! She's known all her life that her cousin Charlotte is the one with the time-travelling gene, but once she finds out that was a lie and it's her that is now spiraling through time she's thrown for a loop! But with the hottie, that's also a little bit of a jerk with a sweet side, Gideon starts helping Gwen everything seems to get a little bit better. . . until everything goes wrong. Gwen has to question everything everyone has told her and will soon have to pick a side. The question is what side will she pick? And will Gideon follow her or will they be ripped apart?

This entire book I was on the edge of my chair waiting to figure out what happens next. With every conflicting opinion it just confused me even more, but in a good way. Gideon has been taught his entire life what's right but now it seems that might be wrong. The internal struggle with the characters is so captivating! Also, the main character Gwen is so easy to relate to that you can't help but love her. She's not some extreme martial artist or some secret spy for the CIA. She's a perfectly normal school girl who has a best friend she tells everything to and giggles about boys. She is the perfect representation of how anyone, even a seemingly perfectly average school girl, can do anything they put their mind to.

Over all this book was great and I can't wait to get the next one!

You can buy Ruby Red as a hardcover on Amazon.

-KayKay
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The Notebook

"Give a day's work for a day's pay. Anything else is stealing."
-Frank Calhoun, The Notebook, pg. 26

The Notebook

"Poets know that isolation in nature, far from man-made things, was good for the soul. . . "
-The Notebook, pg. 24