Bookish Thief

Crazy by Han Nolan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Fifteen year-old Jason is dealing with the loss of his mother, and taking care of his father, who is mentally unfit to take care of him. In dealing with loss and mental illness, Jason must find a way to deal with his father, school, and nosey friends, without getting separated from his father. Crazy is not the book that I was expecting to read. I love the idea of a story about the challenges faced by families and friends of those with mental illness; however, this story was not able to captivate me the way it should have.  Jason's character is unreliable and unreasonable. He knows deep down that his father needs help, and does not try and find it for him. Instead he decides to hide the fact that his father needs help and ignores any help his friends try to give him. Jason is a child, taking care of another child, or so it seems. This story had so many opportunities to show exactly what families go through in these situati...

Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham My rating: 4 of 5 stars I may be a little biased considering how much I love Lauren Graham, but this book was so interesting. She is the type of person I aspire to be like in the future. You will not be bored while you're reading this book, mostly because of her sense of humor in the writing. I can't possibly give this book 5 stars. As much as I love it, I feel like there could have been just a tad more. The book was around 200 pages, but then you have to count the space that the pictures took up. What I did enjoy was how her writing expressed the characters she has played. She seems to be very similar to the both Lorelai Gilmore from Gilmore Girls, as well as Sarah Braverman from Parenthood. (Do not read spoiler if you have not seen all of season 7 of Gilmore Girls, if you don't care, then go right on ahead) (view spoiler) [ Also, the moment when ...

I am the type of person that loves to buy books so I can reread them as often as I want. However, being a college student really limits the amount of money I can spend on book. This means that I have to find the best way to get the books I want, without spending much. LIBRARIES: The best place to get books for free! The only problem I've had with this, libraries don't necessarily carry every book you want to read. I've had to wait weeks, sometimes months, in order to get a book that I requested because it is either coming from another library or because they just bought the book and have to get it into the system. I've gotten lucky that the libraries nearby have most of the books that I'm looking for, but what do I do when one is not there? FRIENDS: If you have friends that like to read, ask them if they have the book or if they know someone who might have it. It's great to have friends with similar interests as yours. One of my favorite things a...