Long Way Down

This is the book my book group got for Grubb's class. When I first looked at the cover of this book I was thinking, why are there elevator buttons with a face being reflected. The cover really got me intrigued in the book before I even opened to the first page. I also noticed all the awards on the cover, so I knew it was probably going to be a good book.

I read this book in a day. I began reading it Tuesday night and I finished it Wednesday after my field placement. I could not stop reading this book. It hooked me in from the very beginning and I just couldn't stop reading it. I had to force myself to put it down so I could be well rested for my field placement the next day.

I will tell you, the grammar in this book is a little rough to read at first. The work "ain't" is used a lot throughout this book, and the way the narrator is talking is a little rough to read. I found myself correcting the grammatical errors a lot throughout this book. But after awhile I got used to the grammar and the way the narrator is speaking.

Now let's get to the summary of this book. Will, who is a young black male, just witnessed his brother, Shawn, being shot. The bullets came from everywhere, and he wasn't sure who the shooter was. However, Will gets an idea of who the shooter is and wants revenge. In the society Will lives in there are three rules to follow. Rule  #1: Crying. Don't. No matter what. Rule #2: Snitching. Don't. No matter what. And rule #3: Revenge. Do. No matter what. Will has an idea of who shot his brother, and wants revenge. He gets his brothers gun and heads out on a mission to shoot who killed his brother. However, while on the elevator, he gets visited by six different people from his past, who have all passed on. Will William follow through with getting revenge on the person who shot his brother? Well you just have to read this book to find out.

After reading this book, I will for sure be reading some more of Jason Reynolds books. I highly recommend this book for older teens, to young adults. It is defiantly a very fast read, and it will hook you in from the very beginning. I hope you enjoy it!

Matched

The Matched series has been my favorite book series since seventh grade. I own the entire series, and this is probably my fourth or fifth time reading this series. This book just pulls you in and all you want to do is read the next one. However, when I first read Matched in 2010, I had to wait until November 2011 to read the second one. So lucky for you guys, if you want to read the series you wont have to wait an entire year to read the next one.

Cassia Reyes is the main character in the book Matched. She is a seventeen year old girl that is living in a future society. In this future society, the culture has been completely uncluttered. There are only 100 songs, 100 books, and 100 poems available to the population of this future society. The officials controls everyone's lives. They decide what they wear, who they fall in love with, where they word, and they even decide when you die! In this book Cassia is about to be matched. She is about to undergo a ceremony where seventeen year old girls meet the one they are going to marry. At first Cassia is matched with her best friend Xander Carrow. However, her microcard glitches, and her match is changed to someone she has never seen before, Ky Markham. It says that he isn't eligible to be matched and that makes Cassia curious. She begins to fall in love with him, ad her who world begins to get flipped upside down!

I absolutely love this book and I highly recommend it. It will really pull you in because it keeps you guessing the entire time. Ally Condie did an amazing job on this series. I am glad that I was able to share this book with you guys! 

Hoot

Roy Eberhardt moves around a lot due to his father's job. In the book, they just moved to Florida. He hates being the new kid. On the bus, a bully smashes Roy's face against the window. While his face is smashed against the window, he notices a boy running along the streets with no shoes on. Roy is very curious and follows the boy.

Roy does not like his new home in Florida. He misses the outdoors and mountains in Montana. Roy meets a strange boy who is later called Mullet Fingers. Mullet Fingers helps Roy have a brand new understanding of wildlife. He later learns that there is a property that is about to be bulldozed that is the land for burrowing owls. Roy immediately realizes that he needs to protect the land that is home to the burrowing owls, as it is about to be bulldozed and turned into a breakfast joint.

 The reason I love this book so much is because I am a HUGE animal person. I felt like I am like Roy in a lot of ways. Just like Roy, I would have went to any extreme to save an entire species of owls from the bulldozers. This book is quick and wonderful read. Carl Hiaasen uses cliffhangers at the end of every chapter to keep you interested.