2015 Book Challenge
For the first book of the 2015 book challenge I read The Giver by Lois Lowry. I loved it!
The writing was fantastic the story line challenging and different, she is a very talented author.
The Giver is about a young boy who lives in a world of sameness. No color, no emotions, no choice. Everything is planned out. Families are made in incubators and creative thought is beyond comprehension. Any disagreement is punishable by "release" which is just a word meant to disguise the fact that they will kill you if you don't follow the rules.
Until Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver of knowledge. He is chosen to be the keeper of all memories, memories of the past when there was war and peace, love and hate, and even Christmas. Is this book about rebelling against the "man" or is about choosing to look past what is the normal, what is pushed as the best option. Is this book to inspire revolt or to ask you to look beyond what everyone else sees and believes and to choose to believe for yourself.
The Giver marks off A book that became a movie of my list.
-J
Any suggestions for a book with more than 500 pages or a classic romance?
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