The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

This book is a classic and is something everyone should read. I watched the movie when it came out and I fell in love with it, I am obsessed with Leonardo Dicaprio and this is what actually motivated me to read the book. This book is definitely one of my new favorites, I couldn't put it down. It really opens your mind and the love story is so beautiful and the description of the outfits and people and settings is incredible. I found Nick Carraway a interesting character, he is honest, tolerant and inclined to reserve judgement, he often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. The story is through Nicks eyes. I also find Gatsby and interesting character, he is so mysterious no one knows where he comes from, what he does, or how he made his fortune and he is also romantic and he has a strong image of what he wants and in his eyes it will happen and he doesn't really think about the consequences. Gatsby thinks that whenever he asks a favor of someone they expect something in return. Gatsby is a protagonist, overly wealthy and famous for the partys he throws. Gatsby met a beautiful young lady called Daisy while training to be an officer in Louisville, he fell in love with her. Nick also learns that Gatsby made his fortune through criminal activity, as he was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win Daisy. There are so many beautiful and deep words in the book which I adore, the beginning and the end of the book include these. I love the setting of this book, it is set in 1920's New York State, the way F. Scott Fitzgerald described the way people acted, the atmosphere, the fashion. 

Favorite Quotes from the book:

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” 

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” 

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” 

“Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.”

"I wish i could have done everything on earth with you"

"Gatsby looked at Daisy the way all women wanted to be looked at"

An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

I find it really hard to do reviews of John Green books because they are all so beautiful. I loved this book by John Green, I found it really interesting and different to his other two books I've read 'Looking for Alaska' and 'The Fault in our Stars'. Most of him books are more romantic and affectionate where as this one was different, it was more of an adventure story. A main part of the story was about Colin Singleton who had been dated and dumped by 19 girls all called Katherine. I found Colin a really interesting character, he was a 'child prodigy' I liked how he was so smart and so nerdy and he was witty and I think that is what makes him such a humorous character. I learnt many different words in this book, since Colin was so smart there were many words he used I'd never heard of before as well as things said in other languages but for these they had things at the bottom of the page explaining what it means. Colin tries to create and prove a mathematical theorem he hope with predict the future of any relationship and I think this was one of the most interesting parts of the book. The setting of the book changed a lot which I liked because you got to picture the place. I enjoyed the end of the book because the relationship that I was expecting to happen didn't end up happening, so their was this interesting sort of twist at the end. The book made me think about things and it made me imagine the scenery. I suggest reading the book. 

Looking For Alaska

I can't actually write a blogpost on a review of this book because firstly I read it quite a while ago and secondly words can't describe or explain the beauty of this book

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Books I Have Read So Far This Year

Books:

• Ketchup Clouds - Annabel Pitcher
• The face On The Milk Carton - Caroline B Cooney 
• Whats Up With Jody Barton - Hayley Long
• The Worst Thing About My Sister - Jaqueline Wilson
• Wonder - R.J Palacio 
• Scarlett - Cathy Cassidy 
• GingerSnap - Cathy Cassidy 
• The Twice Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones - Susie Day
• Small Blue Thing - S.C Ransom 
• Perfectly Reflected - S.C Ransom 
• Scattering Like Light - S.C Ransom 
• How To Keep A Boy As A Pet - Diane Messidoro
• The Time Travelling Fashionista - Bianca Turetsky
• Looking For Alaska - John Green 
• An Abundance of Katherines - John Green 
• The fault in our stars - John Green 
• Far Rockaway - Charlie Fletcher 
• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Treasure Yourself - Miranda Kerr
• The Taming of The Tights - Louise Rennison 
• The Weight Of Water - Sarah Crossan 
• Geek Girl - Holly Smale
• The Look - Sophia Bennett