It's Just Today

Hey guys, so I'm taking a break today on the list because I have a lot to get done around the house and phone calls to make. I guess part of what I'm doing is to reach one of the goals on my list still though. I'm calling the admissions office of a very amazing college that I would like to attend, and I also have to call the college that I'm currently enrolled into and let them know I wont be able to attend their college because I can't pay $16,000 out of pocket. (this economy sucks)

I can tell you though that I just found the most amazing book series ever! I'm an extremely picky reader because to me the plot doesn't matter at all, it's how the writer describes what's happening that makes all the difference. So this is the book:

Across the Universe By: Beth Revis

It's a trilogy and I know at first glance of the cover you might think that it's a sappy teenage love story... that couldn't be farther from the truth. It's filled with things that I've learned about in college, not only is Beth Revis an intelligent writer but she also has an amazing way of painting the scene with her words.

A Million Suns By: Beth Revis

I picked up the first book at a Border's store when they were closing and bought it without reading the inside or anything... everything at that point was $5 so I was going book crazy. I finally picked it up last summer to start reading it and immediately fell in love. I couldn't put it down, and I don't want to give it away but you'll be shocked with the ending. Trust me! I'm that girl that always guesses the ending, but this one blew me away!

Two months ago my sister, Tiffanie (AKA my best friend), asked me if I knew of a good book that she could read and I immediately lead her to Across the Universe. I think she fell in love with it more than I did.

Tiffanie and I: We're crazy Fools

Funny Story:
Last week we were at Barnes and Noble in Burlington (where I am almost everyday) and we were just walking around not sure what we were looking for. I had remembered another series I had read in high school called The Hungry City Chronicles By Philip Reeve, and searched for it on their computers. We were discussing how we really wished there was a sequel to Across the Universe (because we are apparently too stupid to look it up on the internet) when the computer lead me to a bookcase. It was the wrong bookcase because the book I was looking for wasn't there at all. Instead I found Across the Universe and next to it... oh you should have been there. It was like a spotlight was shining on the beautiful cover, a choir was singing (or maybe it was me) as I slowly lifted it from the shelf and held it in front of me like it was my long lost child, like I was a treasure hunter and it was my treasure, like I was that baboon from The Lion King and it was Simba.
Yes
It was real.
Tiffanie gasped and reached for it, (she couldn't reach it because she is significantly shorter than me) and we held it together. It was an amazing moment. Alas we were only window shopping that day and had no money at all. We thought about hiding it somewhere, but after analyzing the Barnes and Noble employees I had a feeling they would find it and put it back on it's shelf. So we put it in fate's hands and put it back next to the first book and we left Barnes and Noble empty handed and with an empty yearning.
Yesterday, we went back to that beloved bookstore and found it right where we left. We purchased it at the counter and that's where we meet up to the present time. Right as I type this I'm sitting in my living room chair next to Tiffanie reading the book at the same time. (we take turns reading it out loud... it's the same way we handled reading Harry Potter) Only I snuck in a couple of chapter last night while she was sleeping so she's catching up while I'm writing this.

I'll tell you how it was, I'll write a little book review.

That's all for today. Happy Reading everyone :)

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Adios!
-Patti Cakes