I am still playing catch up on some books I’ve read since
Christmas. I don’t know if I will ever
catch up, but I’m going to try my best.
The past month or so I’ve been rereading Harry Potter, which I don’t
think I need to do a post about, so that should help me catch up.
So here’s another book I REALLY loved: Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson. I borrowed this book from my mom at
Christmas. I think I read it in
something like 2 days. It was SO good.
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| it took me a LONG time to realize what the cover was actually a picture of. It kind of freaked me out a bit when I did, but I got over it. Yup I scare easily. Just ask any of my closest friends and family. They will agree. :) |
Christine Lucas suffers from amnesia after an accident. Her memory completely resets when she goes to
sleep. She lives with her husband, a teacher, who takes care of her so that she
doesn’t have to live if a facility. She is seeing a doctor who is trying to
help her recover her memory. The doctor
encourages her to write in a journal and calls her every day to remind her who
he is and to read the journal. Slowly Christine starts to remember bits and
pieces of her life with the help of her doctor and eventually her old friend
Claire. Her journal, in which she writes
everything she remembers from her past, causes her to start to question the
reality she thinks she knows.
I can’t really say much more than that about the book
without giving away some major spoilers.
Trust me, this book is intense. I
couldn’t put it down. There are some
plot twists, especially towards the end, that really throw you for a loop. My only complaint about this book is that it
just kind of ends on a somewhat depressing note. I think Watson could have
elaborated a little more on the outcome of the novel, especially since it is so
good!
Apparently they made a movie based on this book. The movie trailer looks a lot more intense
than the novel actually is.
I mean, it
looks WAY intense, almost like a “scary” movie.
And I don’t watch “scary” movies.
Maybe I will watch this now that I know what the story actually is. But we’ll see. I have learned that I respond a lot better to
movies based off of books when I watch the movie first. This way I’m not saying things like “that’s
not how it’s supposed to go!” or “Wow, they completely left this very critical
part of the story out of the movie!” So
maybe watching the movie now will ruin it for me. I actually watched The Da Vinci Code while on
vacation last week. The entire time I
was saying that. I’m pretty sure I was
driving John crazy. He kept telling me
to appreciate the movie for what it is.
But hey, if they are going to base a movie off the book they better get
the crucial details right!
Anyways I think I am almost caught up on my blogging (at
least for this blog). Like I said I’ve
been reading Harry Potter over again to get prepared for my trip to Universal
Studios. I really don’t feel it is necessary
to blog about those books. Most people
know the basic plot line and I obviously like them if I am reading them
again. And by again I mean for like the
320495773820485372954729034 time. Ok,
maybe not THAT many times, but I read the complete series every time a new book
or movie came out, plus I was reading them every summer even if a new
book/movie hadn’t been released. It’s
been a couple years since I have read them, but I still think I’ve read the
complete series at least 6 or 7 times, if not more. So I guess we can count this as my blog about
Harry Potter. They are great books. I
remember staying up well past a reasonable bed time hour reading them. I still cry reading the books and watching
the movies. They are brilliant and
timeless and I will probably continue to read them until the day I die.
With that being said, it’s on to the next book. My book club has chosen The Colour of Magic
for our April meetup. For personal
reading I am kind of in a weird place. I’ve
started reading a couple of different books but nothing has really grabbed me
lately. I think I might need to hit up
the bookstore and try to find something that sounds interesting. Until then I get to finish the Harry Potter
series. J
Happy reading!
~Tara
