"I wish I knew what he was reading. I know I don't like books, but you can always tell what someone is thinking by what they're reading." -- Solitaire, by Alice Oseman Toward the end of July, I met up with two friends and their littles at our local public library for some friend time. I arrived before them (because I'm not yet wrangling children into car seats and packing more bags than my purse), so I decided to browse the Young Adult section for any titles that I might want to order for my school library.
As I strolled past the YA new releases section, the cover of this particular book caught my attention. I checked it out, along with two other books, because my eyes are bigger than my brain when it comes to considering how many books I can actually read in a two-week period. (I imagine myself lounging and reading for hours on end, when in reality I have an actual life to manage.) When the two-week period ended, I had successfully read NONE of the books I checked out, because I was still finishing Quiet, the last book I posted about. (Did I mention that I think I have all the reading time in the world?). I returned the books and asked if I could check the new releases out again, since our library doesn't allow renewals on new releases. There were no holds on the two new release books, so I checked them out again and felt very sneaky for working the system in this way. Out of all three books, this is the only one I finished before returning them all to the library (the other two are on my to-read list for another time). So, without further delay, I present to you the ninth book in my #yearof50books: Solitaire by Alice Oseman. Alice wrote this book when she was seventeen years old, which proves why the teenage characters are written so accurately. I enjoyed her writing style and sense of humor, mostly because she's British, so her cynicism and wit were supremely on-point. I like reading stories I can picture as films, and this one so easily played in my mind. I would put it in a category with Paper Towns and the like. One thing I love about YA literature is that even through all the angst of teenage years, the characters in these stories still ignite a need in me to see things differently and find a deeper purpose instead of simply falling in line. In any YA book I read, I can always find that motivation. Isn't that wonderful? That a book written for teens can still serve a purpose for anyone? I love it! Listen, thanks for hanging in there with me. Book number TEN is in progress, which means that with three months left in the year, I only have 40 books to go! Life is fun. 😊 Wonderfully Yours, Kristin
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