Summer time is reading time. No, winter time is reading time. No, summer time! No, winter time! Alright, alright, both are! I just read some really nice books lately and I thought, as I'm always looking for some good one you might be doing the same.
Jojo Moyes: Me before you
Quite a cheesy covet to be honest but it was highly recommended by the sales person at the book store. Not quite convinced at first, the book caught me and didn't let me go until I was through. Its about a girl that lives in a tiny british village. She has never been ambitious, lives with her parents, has the same boyfriend for the last 5 years and is quite happy with the job she has at the little cafe. Until she gets fired. Forced to find another job as everyone relies on her income, she starts taking care of this guy that quadriplegic. He is super grumpy, makes her feel uncomfortable and feels sorry for himself a lot. But after some time, he slowly... slowly... opens up to her... But of course there is catch and they don't have much time to find their ways, making choices, understanding choices, trying to change choices.
John Green: Looking for Alaska
There is this boy, a teenager, leaving home to go to boarding school. For the first time, his life is interesting. He has friends, gets enganged in behaviour like smoking, breaking curfew and falling in love with the most fenomenal girl he has ever seen. She is smart, sexy, witty... and becomes a real friend that gets him girls, gets him out of trouble and gets him some adventures. Then suddenly a tragedy happens and nothing will ever be the same for anyone. In the book, the days are counted. It starts with "... days before" until it reaches 0 and time is counted as "... days after". I really loved that book and read it way to quickly that I ended up on holidays without anything to read and no bookstore with English books anywhere to be found. Also, I might call my daughter, if I will ever have one, Alaska.
John Green: The fault in our stars.
Just finished this book a few days ago. After reading "Looking for Alaska" I wanted to read some more by John Green and my choice fell on this one. Its about Hazel who has cancer and it will kill her at some point. But not at the moment. At the moment she is busy falling in love with Augustus, who also had cancer, lost a leg but is considered fine for several years now. When she has to stay in intensive care at the hospital for some days, she realizes that she is a grenande. One day she will explode and hurt everybody that is close to her. She tries to keep her distance to Augustus which is hard for her and him. In the end its not sure who is more at risk of getting hurt... God, I love this guy, next book is already ordered! By the way, the movie is coming out 2014 apparently, which is both cool and scary. 
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