Okay. I know. I have really been slacking lately. My last entry was in October which is really embarrassing. However, I am going to try to be better. I have read several good books lately so I should have several things to blog about.I really enjoyed the book Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. Samantha Kingston is a mean girl. She is part of the In-Crowd and she never lets anyone forget it. She has her popular friends and her good looking boyfriend, so why would she need anything else. She ignores the "little people" at school and enjoys making fun of many of her classmates. She doesn't think that anything can ruin her "perfect" life. However, in the beginning of the book, Samantha and her friends are in a car wreck and she dies. Now she is forced to live the same day over and over again until she gets it right.
This book is like Groundhog Day meets Mean Girls which makes it a really fun read. Samantha is clueless at the beginning of the book. She doesn't see how awful her friends really are. She thinks that everyone thinks she is cool and wants to be her. As she is forced to relive the same day over and over, she is surprised to discover that she isn't as great as she thought she was. She sees her friends as they truly are and she starts to explore her relationship with her boyfriend. As Samantha becomes more introspective, so does the reader. This book makes the reader think about his/her life and what is really important in his/her life.
