Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

Title: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Series: N/A
Page Count: 288
Review: 88/100, 4.5/5 Stars
Notes: Review may have spoilers.

NON SPOILER: If you have not read this book, I cannot recommend it enough. Honestly, it is so fantastic. Read it first then come back. Don't even read a summary or the blurb on the back, because that makes the book so much better. All you need to know about it is that it's about a girl who gets amnesia. Read this book :) 

This book had so many amazing aspects to it that I don't even know where to start.

The plot was beautiful. It flowed so nicely and always had something coming at you. There weren't any filler chapters that you had to trudge through, nor any dull scenes. The romantic interests were super neat. The way that Zevin was able to weave together the pasts (or the non-pasts) of Naomi and James in the way that both of their's were so untouchable was amazing.

Not many people could write this book, but Gabrielle Zevin did a beautiful job.

All of Naomi's interests were thorough, and her confusion about them after her losing her memory was heartbreaking and powerful.

I loved her relationship with Will and how much he knew about her and cared for her. It's the kind of friendship anyone would want.

I don't have any bad things to say about this book, but if I had to give some harder criticism, I would say that the relationship / fight going on with her mother could've been developed better. Especially when (SPOILER:  when she got her memory back,: SPOILER))  she could've dug deeper to find out more about why she didn't like her anymore.

Overall, this book was a fast-paced, beautiful read. (How many times will I be saying beautiful in this review?) I read it in two sittings (almost two and a half hours of reading total). It's the perfect book to read by the beach or out on the porch--even if summer is basically over. There aren't too many heavily emotional parts of the book, but some parts are a little sad and sometimes heavy, but that can be expected in every book.

I recommend this book to teenagers and to adults and to everyone. It's a really good book about finding yourself and knowing who you are and pushing through hard times.

Bout of Books 11.0 Update! | Day 3

In this update, we will learn about how I continue to be a terrible person. Let's get started!

Books Completed: 

- Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5 Stars)

Books to Read: 

- Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

- Flawless by Sara Shepard

- Perfect by Sara Shepard

Pages read since last update: 181 pages (not counting pages read on Day 4)

Total pages read: 301 pages 

Notes: Even though I've been seemingly not busy, I've had no time to read, which is really disappointing. I've been preparing for school as it is coming up quick and there is lots to do. Of course, my main goal of this Bout of Books was simply to read more than I usually do. Which is approx. a book a week. So, I'm trying to read at least two. Two being the minimum. I know I can get that done. And who knows? I am going out of town tomorrow and will have some long car rides ahead of me. I'll definitely be reading then!

Keep up the reading everyone!

Sarah

I Am a Terrible Person!

As the title implies: I am a terrible person.

I have not worked on my manuscript for nearly three weeks. Of course, ten of those days I was away from any sort of writing thing-a-ma-jig and I was unable to write, but anyways.

I have not written. For almost ten days.

And I sort of want to punch myself in the face because of it.

Of course, I haven't gone completely without writing. I've written a bunch of poetry and even outlined just over ten chapters to a completely different story (urgh), and a couple hundred words for this other story in random ideas.

But I have hardly written on my current manuscript. And I don't like that. It's also Bout of Books right now and I have to focus on reading, but I want to get writing in and I am very conflicted. I have major writers' block for my ms.

I'm sure I'll figure something out. (I hope.)

My questions for you guys are: What do you when you get writers' block? How do you handle it? Or how do you not handle it?

Cheers,

Sarah