The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney

(5/5) stars!



For the book summary click here









Okay let me start by saying I was a bit unsure of this book in the beginning but the title intrigued me.


Call me a geek but if there's something I love more then funny guys it's definitely those funny+innocent+geeky but  somehow still adorable boys like Junior and Marcelo (from Marcelo in the Real World) and I can't see how anyone can hate them.

This is what you should do to them 

(And yeah, I mentally do that while reading) 

So when I finished the book I was like "I'll go check Goodreads. I'm sure I'll find everyone loving it as much as I did".....and that was a big mistake.

"It's not that funny"

"Why did this book win the National Book Award?"

me : *poker face*

On the bright side, though, there were still a lot of good reviews.


I really enjoy humor in books and when a book is in first person with a lovable character.
The book also talked about bullying , racism and poverty without stressing to much on them, so that the book won't turn out dull, which I really loved because I love books about heavy subjects like bullying. But most of them are, well, heavy so it was a new thing to find a book dealing with it in a humorous way. It's also great to just read a simple and quick book once in a while.

Question of the day:
What do you think about book with illustrations inside ? 

Where you can find it in Egypt?
(sometimes the book will be out of stock by the time you read the post so please check with them beforehand)

-the BOOK SPOT
  -In Cairo, but Ships all over Egypt 

  -Website : www.bookspotonline.com

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen

(4/5) stars 



For the book's summary click here. 






I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a sucker for contemporary romances—the realistic and the cliche (Laila will be reading this with a disapproving look) but that doesn't mean that I don't love when a book makes it clear that love doesn't conquer all and it's not everything. I even love those books more then the simple romance novels.

“Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our 

attitude and our actions. It lives in what we do for ourselves and for 

others.”

That's why I really enjoyed North Of Beautiful. It's a novel filled with quotes, words that can have so many different meanings that you sometimes wonder if you're not understanding their deep meanings. The characters were all so real not like the characters that are meant to be perfect for novels.

“What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept 

what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned 

to it? But to like it?” 

I can't review this book without mentioning  :

Does Justina Chen write her books with an Oxford dictionary next 
to her? What's with all the vocabulary. I seriously had no idea what 
"loathe" , "trite" , "precipice" and many others even mean.

And I thought I was okay in English considering that it's my 

second language, but she happened to prove me wrong.

Justina Chen writing is absolutely beautiful and poetic. 


“Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly 

beautiful.” 


Characters:


Terra: I really really liked Terra. she's a control freak who 

can do anything just to hide her port wine stain on her cheek,

but she's so responsible and likable.   


Jacob: I absolutely loved everything about Jacob. I have a 

thing for funny guys, okay?


Norah (Jacob's mom) : Kick-ass mother.


Lois (Terra's mom) : Can I give her a hug?


Grant Cooper (Terra's dad): Can I kill you? Can I at least 

make  you a human punching bag for being the world's worst 

husband and father. You get the picture.


Question of the Day:

what do you think defines true beauty ?

Where you can find it in Egypt?
(sometimes the book will be out of stock by the time you read the post so please check with them beforehand)

1-the BOOK SPOT:
  -In Cairo but ships all over Egypt 
  -website : www.bookspotonline.com