Glory O'Brien's History Of The Future

This book was weird, but in a good way. The plot is sort scattered and is told in flashbacks which is an interesting approach. The story focuses on Glory, who is about to graduate from high school. She hasn't decided what she wants to do in her life. When she was four years old her mother committed suicide so she lives with her father. One day she and her friend Ellie decide to drink a mummified bat (as angsty teenagers do) and they soon find they have the power to see in to the future and past of everyone they look at. This book is strange, if that isn't already obvious from my description. The subplots and they way characters act is strange and reminds me of a Wes Anderson movie. If you are looking for a short strange book that I recommend this one for you.

Me Earl and The Dying Girl

This week I started reading Me Earl and The Dying Girl. It is a clever book with well developed characters, interesting situations, and a witty narrator. Its told from the perspective of Greg Gaines , a senior in high school and self proclaim mediocre film maker. He enjoys making films with his "coworker" Earl.  Greg has made it his goal to go through high school unnoticed, but all of that changes when his old friend Rachel Kushner is diagnosed with leukemia. Greg's mom forces him to talk to Rachel and suddenly Greg's goal of skating through life unnoticed is gone. I loved this book. It was fun clever  and the main character, Greg, is funny and relatable. I would recommend this book to anyone who is willing to read it.

poems

The once was a man named bruce wayne
his parents death made him insane
so he dressed like a bat
fell in love with a cat
and he used his fists to inflict justice and pain

There once was a boy named Sue 
he would have preferred the name Lou
He tried to kill his dad
the song about his life makes him mad
and now Johnny Cash doesn't know what to do

Dr No.

This book was good. It was well paced, well put together, and well written, despite its racist and sexist issues which I talked about in my previous post. The story follows British secret service agent James Bond. He is investigating an island off the cost of Jamaica known as Crabkey, owned by the sinister Dr No. This trip is expected to be a routine check up but something seems off and hunch James discover that there is more to the mysterious doctor than meets the eye. This book was good. The plot was well paced and the suspense was incredible, with that said I will say that there was less suspense than I expected. For a James Bond story it was surprisingly more similar to a mystery than a spy novel. With that said I still enjoyed it, and would recommend it to all who are open to reading it.