Beautiful. I loved it, and I felt so understood. I want everyone to read this book, and yet I want to keep it to myself, so it can be my own little secret.

2nd time around: Again, I loved this book. Poetry speaks in ways that other forms of writing sometimes can't, and I really felt that this time around as well. I loved this! 

Re-read Review:
Again, Sanderson continues to amaze. This is the second time I've read this book, and the way that he set everything up is seriously amazing. The skill with which he writes is awesome, and the man is the king of plot twists. Hats off to Sanderson.

Also, TenSoon is my favorite character and I love him so much and I'm so glad we finally got to have him in the books so he can shine in all his sarcastic glory. EEEEEE.

Re-read review
This book and series is so amazing. Rereading it, you can really see how Sanderson set things up in his writing even this early on. 

Oh my gosh, TenSoon is like, my favorite character and I didn't rememer that he appears for a quick second in this book. That made me so excited, lol.

Allomancy

and Feruchamy

  is the most unique and interesting magic system I've ever encountered, and I enjoy reading about it so much. I'm so glad I decided to reread this series, as well as getting my own copy of the original trilogy. As soon as the Wax and Wayne series ends, I'll get my own copy of those as well. Now, just to convince all my friends and my English teacher to read these books now... 

 I love this book. I think that it's very good and well-crafted.

I'm not Jewish, so I can't speak for how a book about Holocaust effects me, but this book did help me to understand the horrors of the Holocaust. I do like that it comes from the perspective of both Minka, a Jewish woman who lived and experienced the Holocaust, and Josef, an SS man during the time of the Holocaust. I like how Minka told us about all her experiences, not just in Auschwitz and the other camps she was in, but also just before the war. My favorite part of this book is definitely the story that Minka was writing throughout the time of WWII, as it was very well written and very entertaining, and the similarities between the story and Minka's experiences were there. I also liked how Josef's story (from his perspective I mean) stopped, and then we hear the time he was in Auschwitz from the perspective of Minka, who didn't see him as a person forced to do horrible things, but rather as a monster, was very, I don't know, cool? Maybe that's the word to use. I don't know what word to use there. This was a good book. I liked it.

The first book I ever read of Kate DiCamillo's was "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane." It is, to this day, on of my favorites. I never thought to read another one of her books until my sister told me to read this one. And so I did. This book was so good. There were many things I liked. I liked how DiCamillo addressed the reader throughout the story. For some, it might distract from the story, but for me, this made it more engaging. When the narrator tells you to imagine yourself in the shoes of Miggery Sow, or tell you that hearts that mend and are put together in the wrong way never truly belong anywhere, I felt so much more impacted. And the Coda of this book was simply fantastic. So would I recommend? Yes. 1,000%. The Tale of Despereaux is as engaging as it is heartwarming. Somehow, DiCamillo has two books that have become my favorites in less than 300 pages. Frankly, that's impressive, and I think she's now one of my favorite authors.

 

 I thought that this was a really good book. I don't know much about Asperger's, but it did seem like Picoult did her research before writing the book. It was very interesting to get inside Jacob's head, as his way of thinking and his emotions were cool to see, as they were very different from mine. I did have a few qualms with the book though:

I didn't really like that Oliver and Emma hooked up initially. I felt like they should've at least waited until the trial was over, as Emma was his client's mother. But as the book went on, I was rooting for them, and it got less weird when Jacob gave them his blessing.

I also didn't like the open ending. Yes, it does end with a case file stating that people debated over Jacob's decision, and that Jacob would do it over again if he had to. It never tells us if Theo and/or Jacob got arrested for not telling anyone about what really happened, obstruction of justice, etc. It never tells us if Emma and Oliver end up together. This might just be me, but I like an ending wrapped up and presented with a bow on top, and this ending didn't really deliver. I did really like this book however.