Thirteen Reasons Why

This was a very fast read. I'm pretty satisfied with the way the book dealt with the topic of suicide- I was afraid it would be kind of one sided, with blame falling on one side rather than another. In the end though, there's plenty of blame to share amongst all of the characters. It's an interesting book.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath. It's interesting because her madness doesn't seem too unusual. It seems like a very approachable madness, if that makes sense. And that's kind of creepy.

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut is so good. You can never really know a person, it seems.

Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut

Crank

I know it's a young adult book and I know you can't really terrify kids with realistic horror stories about meth addictions, but this book still didn't seem to be quite enough. It glossed up and fogged over meth addiction. And the poetic way of writing seemed a little bit full of itself after a while. It needed to be a little grittier and really give a more vivid, real look into the psychology of drug addicts because it's such a complicated, out of control situation. It did begin to, but in a way that seemed clouded over. It did make me think twice about having kids though.

Crank - Ellen Hopkins

Half Made World

Adventure/sci-fi/post-apocalyptic books are books I generally assume I'll enjoy and while I did enjoy this one, I can't say I loved it. The story and the ideas behind it are interesting, and while some characters were generally well-developed, they were not really likeable. I didn't know who to root for at any point in time. Maybe that was the idea - that people are so multi-faceted that you can never fully like a person in their entirety. And that when you're in a state of conflict, no one's really the good guy more than anyone else. There's supposed to be a sequel, and that's what this book is geared towards, so I plan on reading that when it comes out.

The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

This book was a complete eye-opener. I had never really considered the ethical issues behind such medical research, so this was a fascinating book for me.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot