Puzzle Book

I am in the middle of the book Why We Broke Up by Maira Kalman and Daniel Handler. So far the book is really good and I am enjoying it a lot. The book is currently describing Ed and Min's relationship and doesn't seem to have a very strong plot right now.
The book is in letter form, accompanied by items (in the book, pictures in real life) from there relationship (movie tickets, etc.) Because the letter is going by the different items, it does not tell every second of the relationship, so there are gaps that you do not read about. Reading a book like this reminds me of a mystery or a puzzle because you are piecing the story together. I think that this way you can almost fill in the blanks and think of the missing pieces yourself. I think that this is helping me stay close to the characters and is helping me like the book better.

Slow Going

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I am about halfway through So Big by Edna Ferber. So far the book has taken a sad turn. Pervus (Selena's husband) has died, leaving her the farm and a son named Dirk. However, the farm is bad and does not produce any goods.

I was sad that Pervus died but I was also happy. Selena had many good ideas about the farm that would bring them more money and more goods but Pervus would always turn them down. Now that Pervus has died, Selena can use all her ideas to make the farm better. I think that I wasn't upset about Pervus dying because he wasn't in the book for very long, so I didn't become attached to the character.

Halfway There

I am about halfway though Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley that is in the Flavia de Luce. In the beginning Flavia found a dead body in the crypt of the patron saint of their church who was then identified has the organist Mr. Collicut. Currently, Flavia hasn't learned much about who the killer of Mr. Collicut could be, although she has learned a lot of other things- things about her family and other people in the village.
I am so eager to keep reading this book to find out who the killer is! All the new information that Flavia is finding is really interesting. Every time Flavia learns something new I feel like I am learning something new as well! Some of the things that are happening in the story are shocking me and I can't wait to find out more!

The Book Thief- Middle

*THIS IS POSTED LATE BECAUSE I NEVER REALIZED IT DIDN'T POST*

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   I am in the middle of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The book is following Liesel and everyone else on Himmel Street (the street she lives on now) because that is really the center of her life. Liesel has been stealing books from the mayors house and has developed a strange relationship with the mayors wife, who knows she is stealing books and is letting her. Liesel's and her foster father, Hans, has a very good relationship and Liesel and her mother, Rosa, also have a good relationship even though Rosa doesn't show it. Liesel also has a best friend named Rudy who is her neighbor. Also, a Jewish man named Max Vandenburg has come to live in the basement of Liesel's house which adds an interesting twist to the story. So far Liesel and Max have a really sweet relationship which I can wait to read more about.

   So far I am really loving this book. I really like that the narrator is Death because it gives a very interesting and creative aspect to the book but Death is also removed so its not all very narrated. I love seeing the all the relationships that Liesel has and you can really see through her eyes into her world. Liesel has a fairly normal life and her life isn't all about the war like some books about this time period even though it was a very important time. I really like this aspect of the book because it involves the war but also gives you the view of what all the 11 year old German girls were doing. I can't wait to keep reading this book and so far highly recommend it!