We Were Liars

I am just about to start We Were Liars by E. Lockheart. This book interested me because I found this quote from Wall Street Journal, "Haunting, sophisticated . . . a novel so twisty and well-told that it will appeal to older readers as well as to adolescents."--Wall Street Journal. Book that have twists and it will appeal to everyone is just what I need to keep wanting to read. For me, I have to have a book that has a turn to it and keeps it going with never a dull moment. And from reading the synopsis and comment from We Were Liars it looks like just the book I need.

The author of the book I am going to read is E. Lockheart. E stands for Emily, but her father had always called her E, and it just stuck. She wanted to be an author ever since she was 8. And wrote 2 novels that year. Lockheart has written other books like the The Boyfriend List, Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, and many more.

The Death of Bees

Over the summer I read The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell. This book was very grim, raw, and sad. But that for me is just what I need to keep me reading.  Each character is unique in their own way. Marnie, the oldest sister, is kind of wild, beastly, and never can make the right decision. Nelly, the younger sister, is very proper and acts as if she's in a different reality. And the last one Lennie, is who takes care of the girls and offers lots of love in his own kind of way. In this book every chapter is told by either one of those 3. Which carries along the book by showing the situation from each perspective. And it makes the plot interesting because each character deals with it in their own way. Right from the beginning when their parents died and they had to keep it a secret. To the end of them figuring out where to move on with life and let go.

The Death of Bees Article