The Boy in The Stripped Pyjamas by John Boyne

Title: The Boy In The Stripped Pyjamas

Author: John Boyne

Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 5/5

Blurb: The story of 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about. If you do start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy called Bruno. (Though this isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or later you will arrive with Bruno at a fence. We hope you never have to cross such a fence.

Bio on Author: John Boyne is an Irish author, born in 30 April 1971. At 31 his the author of about seven books. Another of his book's 'Mutiny On The Bounty' is also a favorite of mine, I may do a review on it as well if i get the time.

My Thoughts: First off the bat i'd like to say this book is AMAZING! Everyone should read this book. At first a young boy named Bruno was just a normal boy totally oblivious to whats going on in the world at the time. So when he moves to a concentration camp, that his father was in charge of he thought the people on the other side of the fence were just normal people.

This book really does get you thinking about how only children have the ability not to judge people by there race or religion. The ending was especially sad! i honestly almost cried, and i have never cried during a book.

The cover the book has is so simple and really doesn't give much away. Which is what I really loved about it, just going into the book without a clear idea of what was going to happen made me appreciate the book so much more! The blurb also didn't give much away.

Favorite Quotes:

"we should never have let the Fury come to dinner"

"we’re here at Out-With because someone said out with the people before us?"
"They smell even worse when they burn... don't they?" ;(

-Kait

Update Update Update.

At the moment I'm re-reading boy in the striped pyjamas. That's hopefully my next review... Also I'm writing this blog update in a new app I bought !! Cool aye. (: Peace out!! - kait

My First Review.. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Title: Sophie's World

Author: Jostein Gaarder

Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 5/5

Blurb: Sophie Amundsen is fourteen years old when the book begins, living in Norway. She begins a strange correspondence course in philosophy. Every day, a letter comes to her mailbox that contains a few questions and then later in the day a package comes with some typed pages describing the ideas of a philosopher who dealt with the issues raised by the questions. Although at first she does not know, later on Sophie learns that Alberto Knox is the name of the philosopher who is teaching her. He sends her packages via his dog Hermes. Alberto first tells Sophie that philosophy is extremely relevant to life and that if we do not question and ponder our very existence we are not really living. Then he proceeds to go through the history of western philosophy. Alberto teaches Sophie about the ancient myths that people had in the days before they tried to come up with natural explanations for the processes in the world. Then she learns about the natural philosophers who were concerned with change. Next Alberto describes Democritus and the theory of indivisible atoms underlying all of nature as well as the concept of fate.

Bio on Author: The author (Jostein Gaarder) is a Norwegian man, born on the 8th of August 1952. He has written several novels, short stories and children's books. Most of his work is from the perspective of children.

My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book a lot. I found my self eagerly going to pick the book up and read at least a chapter when ever i could. This book probably appealed more to me than some one who doesn't love philosophy, but even if you don't like philosophy it's still a great read. The book has various chapters on many of the most famous philosophers and their theory's on how the world came to be.

The main character Sophie is just a young school girl who had never though about life or how humans started to vacate the Earth until she starts getting letters in the mail asking her simple questions, like "what came first the chicken or the egg". Through out the hole book every question asked made me think also about all the possibilities and outcomes that could have happened if i were just born into another family, would i look the same, would i talk the same, would i speak another language! That's one of the things that made me love this book, the odd questions that led up to something really unexpected.

Favorite Quotes:

"The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder"

"'God' is not a name, any more than 'Father' is a name."

"Wisest is she who knows, she does not know"

-Kait

Soon to be my first review..

I picked up a book a while ago in one of my favorite book shops! I'ts called "Sophie's World" By Jostein Garrder. I haven't read it till now for some bizarre reason but it's VERY interesting so far! It's basically about philosophy and has a really good story line! Can't wait to tell you my thoughts on it... (:

till then.. Peace out!

My Very First Blog (:

Hi!
I made this blog to basically update people who actually care about what goes on in my life... which unfortunately isn't many.
My life is pretty dull. Nothing every really happens i basically spend my time playing the computer like that guy ----------------->
Thankfully i certainly do not look like him! After all i am a girl. (:
Well thats basically my introduction.
Oh you also may have noticed i made this also as a way of well procrastinating from doing pretty much what ever else it is that i am actually supposed to be doing. (:
Peace out..