K's Book Review

Alright, I am back again with another book review. This week I decided it was time to read a book that I had heard good things about, and that I knew had been turned into a movie. I don't have any plans on watching the movie to this but that isn't unusual for me. Also it was recommended to me by my roommate who also loves to read so I took her word for it and went ahead to read it. What struck me right away was the writing style and narrative, which was from the perspective of death. Like in Good Omens, which I also did a review on, the narrative style of the book is very unique and the little notes that are put in every now and then give the book a more personal feel. Before I say any more it is important that I let you know what the book is about. Leisel has just moved in with her new adoptive family living in Germany in 1939. Her mother was to leave her and her brother (who dies on the train on the way there) with them so that they would be safer and have more than sh...

Hey everyone, this week I read Breath in the dark. This was yet another book sent to me by the lovely author and GoodReads.com for review on, and it was an adventure from start to finish. I think I cried a lot while reading this book, not because it hit close to home, but because it was truly a sad story, and was so well written that at times it brought me to tears. The story follows a little six year old girl as she struggles through poverty to care for her sick mother. She wears the same dress every day, does not know how to use the bathroom, and walks for miles every day to beg the doctor for the pills that keep her mother alive. Time and time again her mother is admitted to the Hospital to be cared for, and the little girl is taken to homes where they try to discipline her to no avail. But in the end, all she wants is to be by her mothers side to make sure she is always ok. She is allowed to go back to take care of her mother, but life never gets any easier for this ...