I finally finished my challange. I was challenged by two friends, Eden and Anne, to read both 'Girl at Sea' bu Maureen Johnson and 'Anna and the French Kiss' bu Stephanie Perkins. I won't say who's who, but one of my friends loves one book and hates the other; the other friend loves the book hated by the first. Still with me? So I took the challenge. Still, why are these two books compared? It's partially because something as simple as their back descriptions. They are drastically similar. Let me boil it down for you.
Both books have a female protaginist in her last years of high school. She has a kind mother and a weird crazy father. Her parents are divorced. Her crazy dad sends her away somewhere against her will and she is forced to leave a potential relationship with a cute boy back home. She is miserable. Until, of course, she meets a new boy at her undesirable location, making said undesirable location seem really really great. Adventures happen, people are confronted, and love prevails even when a departure is inevitable.
I'll be honest, I enjoyed both books despite their similarity. However, I did like Girl at Sea a bit more. I'm not sure if this is because I read it first or it was simply a better book. I do believe it is a tighter story and has much more adventure. I would recommend both books though. Anna and the French Kiss was cool to read since I have recently been to France and knew of the places they were talking about first hand. Girl at Sea is more adventurous and Anna and the French Kiss is more about unrequited love. Chose your poison. Or, read both and tell me your opinion!
I am getting slightly behind on my goal, and the could be becouse of this non-fantasy trend of the books I'm choosing for my '25 books in a year' goal. I'm really out of my element here with all this realistic fiction. The next book on my list is not different. We shall see, my extremely slow reading is not helping either.
In other news, I have stopped counting my 'CATS faces' because I simply do not have the time to make time to do that. That does not mean I'm done with makeup design forever, just this year for the most part.
Books read: 6
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