Messenger by Lois Lowry is a companion novel to The Giver (my book review) and Gathering Blue (my book review). The Giver and Gathering Blue can both easily be read own their own but it’s in Messenger that both of their stories come together.
Messenger is set in the village that Jonas from The Giver escapes [...]
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry is a companion novel to The Giver, although one does not have to read The Giver to read Gathering Blue. In fact, besides the fact that both are set in worlds very different from our own, I didn’t see much connection between the two. I think I’m correct in saying [...]
I finished reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer a couple of weeks ago and I still don’t know if I have my thoughts together on it. Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, tries her hand in the adult forum. I’m sure many of us asked ourselves, can she do it? Can [...]
It’s the future, but it’s a future very different from our own. There is no color, no weather, no hills, no war, no pain, no family, no diversity, no memories, no choices. This is The Giver by Lois Lowry.
In this perfect society, everything is very orderly. At age one, each child [...]
