First Book of 2011...

...technically I started in in 2010 but I finished it today. Reading was one thing that I was very excited to do this winter break, it was one of the major things that I missed last semester. I have always loved reading and I probably owe a lot of that to my mother who would read to me every night before bed. It was her that made realize just how spectacular a few pages of paper could be.

Any who, my first book finished in 2011 was Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

 

Now, I know that I am a bit late reading this book, as it was first published in 2005, but I have been wanting to read it ever since I read about it on an awards list that has never done me wrong. Since it happened to be at my house already I decided to give it a go. 

Needless to say I loved it and even shed a few tears. If you are looking for a feel good happy ending book this is not it. But if you are looking for a thought provoking and beautifully written book I suggest that you look into this one. Time Magazine even stated that this is the best book of the decade. It is hard to describe what this book is about without giving too much away and all I can really say that it is about a group of students who were raised with a very unique and specific purpose in life. Ultimately it raises one of my favorite themes in both film and literature and that is does anything we  do in life really matter? 

After I finished reading I ran to the computer to watch the trailer for Never Let Me Go as it was recently adapted in to a movie. The trailer looks so good, but unfortunately it isn't playing in theaters anymore so I saved it in my netflix queue. Going off the trailer I am beyond excited by the casting for the movie because stars two of my favorite new actors: Carey Mulligan, who is and Academy Award nominee for her movie An Education, and Andrew Garfield, who just received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in The Social Network and is set to be the new Spiderman (!!!). 

If you have read this book and would like another read with the similar does anything we do matter? feel I would highly recommend this one :]

Over and Out,

Emily