I’ll Give You the Sun is a book that is going to stick around with me for a long time I think, maybe forever. After I finished reading it, I cried because I was done reading it. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before with a YA book, not trying to knock YA too hard but it’s sometimes hard to find the “literature” part in some of the YA lit I’ve been reading. Not so here. Jandy Nelson’s writing is amazing, the word choice, the […]
Make a Wish, Take a Chance, Remake the World
I start all of my review drafts with the Cannonball Read number because that used to be how we formatted our titles way back in Cannonball Read Four. So, Holy motherforking shirtballs everyone, I just typed CBR10 for the first time as relates to a review. Let’s do this! I try to select my books carefully for the “big” reviews of the year, so while packing for holiday travel I grabbed my copy of I’ll Give You the Sun from my bedside table and tucked […]
“The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you.”
I feel like this book might be kind of polarizing, with its alternating viewpoints/timelines and its quirky quirkiness. But overall, it worked pretty well for me — especially the parts told by Noah. So, at 13, twins Jude and Noah are still amazingly close, despite navigating a turbulent family life. They’re both artists (he draws, she sculpts) and plan to attend the same art school. But then something (or a bunch of somethings) happens, and 3 years later they barely speak. The plot at 13 […]
I really don’t care where the sky is at this point.
I just came back from a long vacation in northern Washington. Lots of outdoor activities, which means no cell phone, no internet, no cable or tv at all. But lots of reading. And I read a few really good ones that I liked a lot. But I also read this one. And I hated it so much. Last year, I adored Jandy Nelson’s second book, I’ll Give You the Sun. I loved it so much, I went and downloaded her first book, The Sky is Everywhere, […]