Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Leah Jones:  Opposites don't always attract (by: Rainbow Rowell)
   
     Cath and Wren thought they knew each other like the back of one another's hand, but that all changed. Cath, short for Catherine is the polar opposite of her twin sister Wren. She's in love with reading and writing Fanfictions. She is an online author that wrote a Fanfiction called "Carry On" which is really popular online. Wren on the other hand has grown away from all the Fanfictions she's into partying, getting drunk, hanging out with new friends, and just being a social butterfly. Cath and Wren were growing apart quickly; (“She and Wren weren’t even talking much, let alone fighting” 9). Back at home before college came around, the two high school twins were like two peas in a pod. Cath and Wren were inseparable back then, they lived in the same room all their lives, and wrote chapters of Fanfictions late at night together. Sister goals you say? I thought so too until the fall semester at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln hit. Cath thought that college was going to be a blast just her and her twin sister making new memories and laughs together. Until Wren asked for a different roommate, Cath's whole world changed! Cath is now on her own and is completely out of her comfort zone. Wren believes that this will be good for them both in the long run. Cath is nervous about living with a stranger because she's always lived with Wren her whole life. The question is how will Cath survive? By living off of protein bars ("She grabbed another protein bar." 28) because she wants to avoid eating in the dining hall! How will she make it without Wren holding her hand all the way? Is she ready  to move on and live her own life? It's up to you to find out how this crazy college experience will end...I recommend this book to boys and girls starting at the age of 13 years old, simply because there is some difficult vocabulary and some inappropriate word choices. The book has some humor to it too. I love the book overall, it leaves you wanting to know what's going to happen in the next chapters! This book is also very relatable to our age group because during middle school, high school, and college people do change and grow apart. The genre is realistic fiction.

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