A book written by someone under 30

Girl Online by Zoe Sugg (a.k.a Zoella)

I, like I think most people were, was first drawn to this book because of the author. Zoe has been someone that I look to as a role model for a while now and buying her book was one thing that I felt could really show that. Though Zoe was the first thing that made me want this book, the plot was also rather intriguing. 

If you do not already know, Girl Online is about a girl named Penny who suffers from Anxiety and severe panic attacks. She finds a way to talk about these panic attacks through her blog, Girl Online. This anonymous blog allows her to talk to people about her problems and seek advice and comfort in the people who read it. She then finds herself in New York where she meets a boy and her life seems to be going in an upwards direction until she returns home and her things get hard for her again. 

Though that is the basic plot of the book, it is really about a young 15 year old girl who is trying to find where she fits into this thing we call life. It is a sweet, heart-warming story that leaves you feeling all fuzzy inside. 

While I was reading this book I found aspects of myself in Penny. She is just an average teenage girl who has her insecurities and problems much like most but she just happens to suffer from panic attacks too. I found that with this book I could really picture all of the events in Penny's life as if she was confessing it all to me face-to-face. 

Before I started to read this book, I thought that it could be quite cliche and for a while I didn't really know if it was a book that I would read. If this book was cliched however, you would never notice. The story is so well thought out and pulls you in to the point that you feel that you know the characters that you stop thinking about the plot and you just read. 

This book was a pleasure to read and I would be happy to read it again. Zoe has done a fantastic job with her first book and I cannot wait for the next one.

A book that became a movie

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

I must say this book is incredible. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me think about life. I know that sounds totally cliched but it's true. I think it was that Mia was my age and I have a brother who is a lot like Teddy.

The first thing that drew me to this book was the movie. Yes, I was a terrible person and watched the movie before I read the book but I cannot say that it changed how I felt while reading it. This is one of those books that you read and you realise that the movie cannot possible portray all of the emotion that is built up in the book. Not once while reading this book did I think about the movie and put the two together. The movie was amazing, don't get me wrong, but the book was that times ten. I cried to much while reading this book that I had to physically put it down several times so that I could get to grips with my emotions. 

Like I said before, I am the same age as Mia is in the book and I honestly could not imagine what it would be like to lose my parents and brothers and have to decide whether I to live my life without them or give up. I would definitely not have been able to stay in that situation. I would leave behind all of the other people who I loved because I know that I would not be able to go on without any of my immediate family.

In the back of my book there was an preview of the first chapter of the sequel "Where She Went" and from what I read it seems like it is just as emotional as this one. I cannot wait to get my hands on it to continue the story and find out where Adam and Mia end up. 

A book that became a movie

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

I must say this book is incredible. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me think about life. I know that sounds totally cliched but it's true. I think it was that Mia was my age and I have a brother who is a lot like Teddy.

The first thing that drew me to this book was the movie. Yes, I was a terrible person and watched the movie before I read the book but I cannot say that it changed how I felt while reading it. This is one of those books that you read and you realise that the movie cannot possible portray all of the emotion that is built up in the book. Not once while reading this book did I think about the movie and put the two together. The movie was amazing, don't get me wrong, but the book was that times ten. I cried to much while reading this book that I had to physically put it down several times so that I could get to grips with my emotions. 

Like I said before, I am the same age as Mia is in the book and I honestly could not imagine what it would be like to lose my parents and brothers and have to decide whether I to live my life without them or give up. I would definitely not have been able to stay in that situation. I would leave behind all of the other people who I loved because I know that I would not be able to go on without any of my immediate family.

In the back of my book there was an preview of the first chapter of the sequel "Where She Went" and from what I read it seems like it is just as emotional as this one. I cannot wait to get my hands on it to continue the story and find out where Adam and Mia end up. 

A book that became a movie

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

I must say this book is incredible. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me think about life. I know that sounds totally cliched but it's true. I think it was that Mia was my age and I have a brother who is a lot like Teddy.

The first thing that drew me to this book was the movie. Yes, I was a terrible person and watched the movie before I read the book but I cannot say that it changed how I felt while reading it. This is one of those books that you read and you realise that the movie cannot possible portray all of the emotion that is built up in the book. Not once while reading this book did I think about the movie and put the two together. The movie was amazing, don't get me wrong, but the book was that times ten. I cried to much while reading this book that I had to physically put it down several times so that I could get to grips with my emotions. 

Like I said before, I am the same age as Mia is in the book and I honestly could not imagine what it would be like to lose my parents and brothers and have to decide whether I to live my life without them or give up. I would definitely not have been able to stay in that situation. I would leave behind all of the other people who I loved because I know that I would not be able to go on without any of my immediate family.

In the back of my book there was an preview of the first chapter of the sequel "Where She Went" and from what I read it seems like it is just as emotional as this one. I cannot wait to get my hands on it to continue the story and find out where Adam and Mia end up.