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Off the Page

Off the Page is a sequel to Between the Lines. It's a cute, light read. In order for Oliver to live in Delilah's world, he must switch places with a regular boy. Edgar is a loner. He agrees to go into the book because, as a gamer, it would be a dream come true for him. The book begins with Oliver starting high school and learning to adjust to the world he so desperately wanted to be a part of, with Delilah as his coach. But the book attempts to correct itself and the characters, both on and off the page, try to find ways to make everyone happy. Often times confusing with Edgar and Oliver as Oliver has to go by "Edgar" in his new world. I won a copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads.

Memoirs of a Geisha

Now known by her geisha name, Sayuri tells a story of her childhood in her tipsy house; of friends and a certain enemy within the okiya; her struggles; of being a geisha before and after the second world war; of love, and her life after her days of being a geisha were over. At nine years old Chiyo is taken from her family and everything she has ever known and is sold to an okiya in the most prominent geisha district in Kyoto. After years of rebelling, being in trouble and being a maid she breaks down in the street and is comforted by a kind man simply known to her as the Chairman. She donates the money he has given her to a shrine in Gion, praying to become a geisha in the hopes of seeing him again one day.  After hard work, dedication, and thoughts of the Chairman, Chiyo not only goes on to become a geisha, but one of the most well-known geisha in Kyoto.

Cannery Row

This book was boring. All I could manage was a chapter at a time, pretty much. Steinbeck has a way with words so it wasn't completely bad. The book just describes the setting and characters, which were both very vivid in my mind, but there's no plot. Mack and the boys are unemployed but clever, resourceful men who live in the Palace Flophouse in Monterey, California. And that's about it.

Life After Life

I really, really like the concept of this book: Ursula lives and dies many times. She has premonitions that allow her to choose a different path from the one that previously killed her. Until a little over halfway through I'd say the book was okay but after that it was torture to read. I couldn't wait to finish it. Some parts were confusing. I hated the bits of French and German sprinkled in. Some of it was boringly repetitive.