Six Impossible Things Book Review

Hello wonderful people of the internet! I'm back with a new book review! I'm so sorry that I haven't posted a book review in a while, but better late the never I guess. Haha :) Also this book came out a forever ago, but I saw it at the library and wanted to give it ago and i really enjoyed it. 

Non spolier section:

Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood is a young adult book about a young 14 year old protagonist, Dan Cereill. Dan is a nerdy boy who is having a hard time coping with moving schools, his father fathering leaving after saying he's gay, moving schools and having a crush on the girl next. This book is so endearing, realistic and is set in Melbourne! I've mentioned tis before, but for those who haven't read all my reviews that I love books that are set in my hime city. I just feel a connection to it, because when a character is walking down a particular street I can see it very vividly in my head. It just makes my reading experience better.

                                        

MINOR SPOLIERS:

Dan is a character who is very realistic and he is very easy to feel sympathetic to. He is funny, cynical and struggling, but who can blame him. His life went from going to a private school and have many luxuries, to taking clothes from lost property in a public school. I felt that this book was really realistic, even with one of his parents turing out to be gay, was made to feel super realistic and believable by Fiona Wood, by adding in back stories. Although one of the things I had a hard time believing is that he moves in and it becomes super cliche because the girl next door turns out to be his perfect girl.

SPOLIERS IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SPOILED, PLEASE STOP READING:

I want to dive more into Dan's character now. I really liked Dan as a character because he wasn't a adorable and charming, well rounded protagonist like in many characters in other young adult fiction. He was a character that I could believe and make choices that were very believable and actually sound like things that teenagers would do. Also he has great match making skills ;) I can also really understand how he kept avoiding opening the package from his dad and I felt that Fiona Wood did such a great job writing form Dan's perspective. I also loved Dan's dog so much. Howard is a awesome dog and when I found out that he needed an operation and they couldn't afford it it made me want to cry my eyes out. I am a sucker for puppies and dogs in general and it made me really sad, but everything got resolved. I also love how Fiona Wood related Dans mum's moods reflected on what kind of music she's listening to, because I feel like that is so relating and true. Although I didn't find that Dan's mum and Dan's boss ending up together did feel a bit too perfect and forced.

This book was so well thought out and very interesting and I really didn't see the ending coming. I thought the little figurines were just little toys, not ancient Japanese ivory craved toys that were worth thousands. Another thing I loved is how Dan started out being a shy scrawny nerd and at the end he's more confident and a lot stronger from running and lifting those bells. I just felt that it represented how he had changed mentally and with his outlook on life. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to other young adults. I think that this book could be a young children's book, but it contains alcohol use so it's better for 13 and above. I rate this book 4 daisies out of 5.

Hope you guys are reading good books! 

-The girl with her head in the clouds♡

aka Kellie :)♡♡

Reading books for school

Hello wonderful people of the blogosphere!
Today I wanted to talk about reading books for school. This year at my year level is reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. Some of my old friends have said that reading the books for school purposes make reading a book tedious and make the books worse. This has really struck me, because my honest opinion is that I love books either way and I'm glad that we are given books to read during school times.

 I understand that reading a book for school can be very tedious and boring, because it might not be a book you're particular interested in. Although I do not understand how just because I'm your mind the book is associated with school makes it a bad book. Though out my school life I had read plenty of good books that were compulsory to read, but I seem like such a small percentage of people who can honestly say that. It's just stayed with me so much that when in engrossed in my book I think about what my class mates would think of it or when I'm reading really pleasant reviews on a book, I would wonder if people would still like the book of they had read it for school. You may have read all that and wondered what the heck was the point of that and honestly I'm not sure myself. 

Sometimes I feel so strongly about books. Like when I hear someone say something bad about a book or author I like and I just barge into the conversation (sorry to anyone who I have eve done that to, sorry it's a reflex). When I started this I just felt sorry for the books and authors had experienced hatred towards by angry students, when they have written an amazing book, but due to the fact that most people don't like school it's being hated on and my fingers have just really been doing this themselves. That's what I love about books and reading. What to some people seem like words on a page, are actually keys to worlds that can make people feel so strongly about things and cause such powerful feelings. That's the magic of reading. ♡

Thanks for reading today's mess of a post. Lots of love ♡♡♡

-The Girl With Her Head in The Clouds

aka Kellie♡