if YA characters had google...

epicreads.com posted a blog called"if YA characters had google search histories" a while ago. There was not a lot of text, but many images, and even a funny gif to go with it. You can see the original post here - If YA characters had google search. I feel I could have created a blog similar to it.

Google is a great tool to use. If you need directions google has a map for any place on the globe. If you need to know where to eat in a town you're visiting, google has a database larger than the CIA, and all other government programs in America combined. Google is an all around great tool to use, but the hilarity of searches that are popular at any given time is overwhelming.

Some of the top 5 searches on google 2016 were Pokemon Go, Donald Trump, and Powerball. Most of google searches is young adults and teens. Many odd searches also occur though, and young adults and teens are the guilty searchers. Characters in YA books are normally very relatable, or try to appear to be relatable to the audience they are written for, teens and young adults. Because of this, I believe their search history would be just as hilarious as some of the dumb questions looked up on google daily such as "is there really a bacon shortage predicted for 2013", and "where do lost socks go when they go missing?"

A Long Way Gone

"Take a Trip to the Dark Side of the Rainbow with this Dorothy Must Die Artwork" got my attention by the name. My book was about the dark side of the war in Africa which is a good tie with the blog I found. "None of these things are your fault." In the book A Long Way Gone the protagonist Ishmael is told this line everyday. I know I would get sick of it and want them to quit saying it. I GET IT, NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE MY FAULT! It's a good book and shows the struggle these kids encountered while the war was going on. They did a good job on the imagery throughout the book. Like when the guy had his throat slit wide open by a soldier. All hell breaks loose and before you know it blood is all over the floor, the walls, and even you. The book is a nonfiction taking place in Sierra Leone, which if you don't know like me that's a country in West Africa. I wouldn't have known where it was if I hadn't read cover to cover. As a reader I don't like to take time and read the notes on the author but in some instances it really helps you understand the book more. /http://www.epicreads.com/blog/dorothy-must-die-artwork/

Young Adult Anticipation

The blog post The 16 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in April. caught my eye a bit more than some of the other blogs I looked at.  Instead of referring to one book or one genre like most of the blogs I scanned through, this one went through each book and gave them their own little bit of time in a spotlight. Reading some of the book titles like Alex, Approximately, the cover art also really catches the reader's attention.  

Majority of these books appear to be fictional, and the lesser for fantasy-fiction. The more realistic fiction ones tell tales of the teen life, struggles, love, school. It doesn't take much to tell a story about a unique teen in highschool but these books come off as entirely separate books! I can see why they are considered the most anticipated YA books to read in April. On the road of reading, I don't drive in the direction of teen drama fiction, but more towards Historical Fiction and Fantasy Fiction. Titles such as The Revenant and A Game Of Thrones. I like these books but one book that I can definitely was one of my most favourite was Looking for Alaska, which is a young adult fiction novel. 

Read A Special Extended Excerpt Of 100 Hours

Epic Reads has a blog about the book 100 Hours by Rachel Vincent. http://www.epicreads.com/blog/extended-excerpt-100-hours/
The article dug deeper into synopsis of the book.

The blog caught my eye because I thought at one point in time I wanted to read a book or watch a movie called 100 hours. I will have to do more research into it to figure out what I thought I saw.

Epic Reads has a page about Jennifer Aniston joining the Dumplin movie cast. http://www.epicreads.com/blog/jennifer-aniston-dumplin/ This caught my eye because Jennifer Aniston is someone I see on TV a lot and she is very good looking.

The article talks about how Jennifer Aniston used to be on the tv show Friends and now she is moving on to a different show. That happens all the time with actors and actresses. You see the same people on different shows or movies all the time.

Worse than death

http://www.epicreads.com/blog/kelly-fiore-worse-than-death/

Living with someone that has a serious addiction can be horrible, it doesn't just wear and break down the person that has the addiction. It breaks and wears down your family and friends you have in your life. If you chose to have an addiction that breaks you apart don't take everything that your family has. You lose your family when you have a serious addiction and they lose you. Its like you die when you have an addiction that you chose to bring into your life. Because of your stupid mistake you should not take the rest of your loved ones down with you. You should get help for what you have done for yourself and have help on how to put your life some what back together to get a good enough start to maybe get your family back. There is always a better route that you can take then choosing drugs and alcohol. It ruins people and the life that they have, sometimes death calls way to soon when you have a serious addiction to something that you can help. Its scary to think that you can lose everyone in your family over something so little that you don't absolutely need, even though you think you need it in your life.

The child called it evokes a string of different emotions and thoughts that I don't usually feel on a regular basis. The whole book feels like a pamphlet against child abuse. David is abused and talks about his parents beating him, which I can't really relate to. When David talks about his mother being kind to his brothers and his father being compassionate to David it makes me feel nostalgic to my childhood. I don't understand why his mother is so cruel to him, and not the other children. I wonder if he was doing something as a child that he didn't realize that would make his mother despise him, although this is not an excuse to justify what his mother did to him.

 http://www.epicreads.com/blog/details-on-veronica-roths-carve-the-mark-tour/

The struggle is real

Epic Reads recently offered a post "Attack of the Due Dates" (it includes a 53 second video - check it out)  http://www.epicreads.com/blog/due-dates/ - it could have been written by me.

Libraries are my friend. . . mostly. It doesn't cost me a cent to get good stuff in my hands. The price I pay in stress as a result of impending due dates is slightly higher. Thanks to 21st century technology, I get a text that reminds me when my books are due. Usually my response to these texts include something like this:

• What, no. That can't be right. I just got those books.
• I have 3 books out? I only know where 2 are. Ugh.

The good news? Again, 21st century technology - renewals are usually just a click away. And when that fails, for one reason or another, I feel way better paying overdue fines than paying. . . say. . . overdrafts. 😏

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