Friday, April 24, 2015

#4

Since writing my last book i read 19 katherines. It was perfect and magic and everything you want a book to be. read it. john green. awesome. However, i am going to blog about the book im getting ready to finish at the moment. One of my favorite books ive ever read is "If i stay" by Gayle Forman. Yes, they made it into a movie that followed the book perfectly and yes, it made me cry like a baby. The first book left you with a massive cliffhanger that can drive you insane for days. The book is about a girl who is a massive classical music prodigy with the cello and her new boyfriend who is becoming quickly becoming a celebrity in the indie punk world, and opening for bands like the Shins. In the beginning of the book the girl is in a terrible car accident and throughout the book it goes back to back chapter of real time in the ER to their amazing musically binded history together. In the end of the book her entire family dies and then you never really find out if the girl, Mia, ever wakes up. Book number Two is set three years later after the accident and you realize that Mia had in fact woken up and that she had left him, Adam, to go to Julliard and become and apprentice to Yoyo Ma. The book is written from Adams point of view in dealing with her loss and how he got famous in the last three years. While my summary gives the book no justice, it isn't anything like a goofy teen romance novel. The entire book is about how music brings love together and even though this particular book, book two, ("Where she went" by Gayle Forman") doesn't have any particular twists, you cant put it down because she puts SO much emotion into the book im literally left depressed when i put the book down. In the last three years Adam had become a celebrity for his recent album "Collateral Damage" all about Mia and Mia had been published in ever classical music website, magazine, book, bible etc... and been named Yoyo Mas apprentice and next to the throne. Adam was one night away from is 64 week tour around the world  starting in london (he had hit rolling stone level fame) and Mia was on her way to a four month tour to Japan when he runs into one of her sold our concerts in Carnegie hall and they catch up the last three years ll in one night. basically the whole books takes place in a day and a half. The book is almost impossible to put down and the author has a fantastic taste in music, including music from Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens and The Ramones. If you love Indie Artists, and have a passion for live music then these books are awesome. Worth the read 100%.