Rainy Day Reads

This was my latest pick from my TBR Jar and I looked forward to reading it as I really enjoyed reading "Before I Fall" by the same author. This book is about Lena who lives in the United States a number of years in the future. In this future people undergo a "cure" when they turn 18, ensuring that they won't contract the "disease" that is love. This cure is essentially a lobotomy that leaves people docile and dispassionate, "protected" from the throes of not just love but any strong feeling. It's not really clear to me why the government thought that this "cure" was necessary in the first place, but apparently they deemed it important. Lena is looking forward to being cured as her mother was smitten and killed herself when Lena was younger, and now Lena is afraid of ending up like her. Of course, in the last summer before her cure, she meets a boy. But not just any boy. Thi particular boy turns out to be exactly what she...

I want to do my bit to try and change the world for the better. But I am lazy and cheap, so getting off my ass to do something actively or paying more for organic isn’t always a priority, I must admit. I do try to do what I can, but sometimes I falls short. I figured this book could help me out with some easy, fun ideas to make a small dent in the workload.   It is set out as a diary or calendar with one idea for each day of the year. Special occasion days like Earth Day or NO Tobacco Day are marked and the ideas for those days are usually associated with that theme. I guess this book is meant for dipping in and out of and doing what is “scheduled” for that day in particular. However, a number of the things suggested does take so preparation so not all of the ideas are achievable in 5 minutes or so. I did also read longer passages each time I sat down with this book and I got the feeling that some of the ideas were a bit repetitive. But if you read them spaced out over the yea...