(I think it's time for the panic to begin)
My favorite book we read this year was definitely Ron Currie Jr.'s Everything Matters! Not only does this book automatically win major points in my book because the title ends in an exclamation point (which means it is always, always, always said in a very excited tone), but I think one of the big reasons I liked it was because it was modern, starting with the design of the front cover. Not just the publication date, but also the characters and their personalities, the allusions, and the writing style. One of my favorite lines in the book is, "your life is so blue it looks like a James Cameron movie" (121). I appreciated that one must be up-to-date with pop culture to truly appreciate this simile, and since that does include me, I thoroughly enjoyed that line. I also really liked this book because it seemed to have a little of everything, romance, science fiction, drama, and some comedy. One genre really didn't overpower the whole book, and that was definitely something I wasn't used to. Because this book was so well-written, with such detail when it came to emotions and thoughts, I found myself really connected with everything. When Amy died (in the first universe) I was in shock, my "grief [was] full and violent," similar to Junior's (299). I really enjoyed that as Junior and everyone else went through crazy journeys, I was right there with them. I'm just very glad that I wasn't actually there when the world was ending. I don't think I would've done well, I would definitely be one of the individuals "running and screaming" in states of panic (302). However, I think Ms. Serensky would've done phenomenally, judging by her calm nature when it was tornado-ing outside and she simply told us, "do not stop unless a tree is falling into this classroom." She would've outlasted the Destroyer of the Worlds, no doubt. There are just so many reasons why this book is amazing, and I have to say I will probably be reading it again this summer. I have recommended it to my sister so many times that she now gets very mad when I mention it. Thank you, Ron Currie, for giving the world Ron Currie, Jr.
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| This isn't what I pictured at all! |
I also wrote about "Everything Matters!" and used the James Cameron quote. It was just so relatable that it stuck with me, even though it isn't the most powerful quote. I'm assuming that the picture you posted is of Ron Currie Jr., and that wasn't what I was expecting either. For some reason I expected him to look like Junior, and I always pictured junior being... kind of awkward, for some reason. Maybe that's just me.
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ReplyDeleteI was very close to picking this as my favorite book as for very similar reasons. My favorite quote from the book is the one that goes something like, "the other kids think you're a Jedi or something". I love the allusion to Star Wars and it's something we wouldn't find in the older books that we are used to reading.