Books

My Darling, My Hamburger- Paul Zindel

Four friends. Two couples. One year that will change their lives.
Liz and Sean, both beautiful and popular, are madly in love and completely misunderstood by their parents. Their best friends, Maggie and Dennis, are shy and awkward, but willing to take the first tentative steps toward a romance of their own. Yet before either couple can enjoy true happiness, life conspires against them, threatening to destroy their friendships completely.

This is an awesome book! It really gives you things to think about, especially at the end. The plot itself is not bad and interesting. I picked this books up in a small bookstore in Vietnam (for RM6!) and read it during the first exam. I know, I know, but it was just lying there, the book with the cool title, I couldn't help it! Haha, anyway, it's realistic and funny at parts and sad at the end. So true because I think it happens to alot of people. It just presents its own perspective on life, which is what I won't forget. So, a 4.5/5 for me! =D

My Best Friend- Laura Wilson

If I'd been like those children my mother wrote about, I'd probably have been running the country by now, but there it is. I don't mind. I've got Jack.
As the country prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE Day, Gerald Haxton is unable to escape his tragic past. He still talks to his stillborn twin brother, Jack; still fears his domineering mother, the famous children's author for whom he was never good enough; and he remains traumatised by his discovery, in 1944, of the corpse of his sister Vera, who was beaten to death. Desperately lonely, Gerald finds solave in following twelve-year-old Mel, who bears a striking resemblance to Vera. When Mel disappears, all eyes turn accusingly on him...

This book is really good. The plot is good, very well thought out. The style of writing is quite good, suits the story and the way it is told. It is interesting to the very end, and unravels itself slowly and perfectly, not missing anything out. Got this book from the book fair in Asia City and I almost wanted to stop halfway. It's just abit long. But I'm glad I read till the very end. It really is interesting. And a 5/5 for its excellently-laid-out plot. Gosh, I never know how these authors do it. Think of a plot that is interesting yet able to span it out for a long, long period of time. Some authors can't do that, but Laura Wilson is one who can! =D Oh ya, a 4/5 for me too!

Am currently reading Dorothy Koomson's Goodnight Beautiful. Kat! Where is out My Best Friend's Girl and Breakfast with Marshmallows? I can't find it!!