Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline is a really creepy book about a little girl who moves into a new apartment in London. She loves to explore, and one day she decides to count all the doors in her house. She finds 31 doors that open, and 1 door that is locked. So her Mom shows her that there is nothing behind the door but a brick wall. But one night she goes back to the door and opens it. Behind the door she finds a version of her mother and father, but they have button eyes.  In this book there are 2 big symbols: button eyes represent that if Coraline would put them on she would be selling her soul, and because in this book there is a lot about being trapped in/ behind a mirror I think that is a symbol too. I can't say anymore without giving away too much, but this is a pretty quick read and I would recommend it!!

Flowers for Algernon, Week 2

This book is about Charlie Gordon, who is retarded. His teacher at school recommends him for an experiment that is supposed to make him smarter. The book is written in progress reports, and it is obvious as he gets the operations that he is getting a lot smarter. He works at a bakery, but as he gets smarter people start to dislike him, and he gets fired. When he becomes smarter than the professors and doctors doing the operations, he realizes that Algernon, the mouse they also do operations to, is getting sicker and sicker, and Charlie fears he will too. This book has so many aspects to talk about and think about, and that is why I would definitely recommend it for another book group!

Flowers for Algernon, Week 1

This week was my first week in the Flowers for Algernon book group. It is a really great book about a man who is mentally retarded. Professors and scientists decide to do a test on him that they think will make him smarter. They are also doing this test on a mouse named Algernon. Charlie does get smarter, and he starts to remember a lot about his childhood, and become a genius. But he still struggles socially. He and the mouse kind of become friends, and this book is about their stories. I have only read one week of it, but I think it is a really great book, and I definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

Water for Elephants, Week 2

This week I finished reading Water for Elephants. A man in a nursing home tells his story about being the veterinarian in a circus. It is a mystery about traveling circuses. This was a really, really great book. It is pretty long, but I recommend it a lot!