The Sky is Everywhere

The Bookworm says... Yes! The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson was a  great book! Not as good as her other novel, I'll Give You The Sun, but good all the same. Bailey's death tears everyone apart, especially her sister Lennie. Her heart overflowing with grief, she needs to find a way to relieve herself. Toby, her dead sisters boyfriend. Joe, the hot/mysterious/musical prodigy new boy. One boy helps her remember how good it is to be alive, and the other helps her forget everything. She needs them both, yet she knows she can't have them. Hearts collide, as do universes. 

To be quite honest, this book was not as good as I hoped for it to be. The beginning seemed to drag on. I did, however, love the poetry. Beautiful. 

"Lennie, the sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet."

Previously reviewed by Jandy Nelson: I'll Give You The Sun

I'll Give You The Sun

The Bookworm says... Yes! I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson is a great book! Noah and Jude are twins, and closer than seems possible. They are thirteen years old, and they're each others best friends. Three years later, at sixteen, they're hardly speaking. Something shattered their trust in each other, and it seems it will stay that way until something big changes. Until Jude meets a boy that seems as broken as her and Noah, until she meets another driving force in her life, and until both of them realize that they each only have half of the story, they will stay broken.
This book is intricately woven, in that at the end of the novel, everything was connected. It also points out the importance of loving all of your family while you can.

"Moments pass, lots and lots of them, with us holding on, it feels like for dear life, or maybe holding on to dear life."