Review: Another Day by David Levithan

Title: Another Day
Author: David Levithan
Publication: August 25th 2015 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers 
Genre: Young Adult ~ Contemporary
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Rating: 4/5

This review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my opinion or content of the review.

 

The eagerly anticipated companion to David Levithan’s New York Times bestseller Every Day

In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan (co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) tells Rhiannon’s side of the story as she seeks to discover the truth about love and how it can change you.

Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has accepted her life, convinced herself that she deserves her distant, temperamental boyfriend, Justin, even established guidelines by which to live: Don’t be too needy. Avoid upsetting him. Never get your hopes up.

Until the morning everything changes. Justin seems to see her, to want to be with her for the first time, and they share a perfect day—a perfect day Justin doesn’t remember the next morning. Confused, depressed, and desperate for another day as great as that one, Rhiannon starts questioning everything. Then, one day, a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that day with, the one who made her feel like a real person . . . wasn’t Justin at all.

Reading a story that you've already read in a different character's point of view is always going to be an interesting perspective. In the case of Another Day it came very close to perfection.

Was it as good as Every Day? Not entirely, but I really enjoyed reading the story in Rhiannon's point of view. And the ending made me so very hopeful!

The story was pretty much the same of course, but this time we lived everything through Rhiannon's eyes. You'd think things would get repetitive but it really wasn't. It had a fresh and new feel to the story. 

So, although Another Day wasn't as good as Every Day, David Levithan still surprised me with this book. It was better than I expected and once again the story really touched me. Especially the ending. I loved it!

       About the Author:

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David Levithan (born 1972) is an American children's book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press.

Waiting On Wednesday: Another Day by David Levithan

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

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Another Day by David Levithan
Every Day #2
August 25th 2015 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

 

The eagerly anticipated companion to David Levithan’s New York Times bestseller Every Day

In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan (co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) tells Rhiannon’s side of the story as she seeks to discover the truth about love and how it can change you.

Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has accepted her life, convinced herself that she deserves her distant, temperamental boyfriend, Justin, even established guidelines by which to live: Don’t be too needy. Avoid upsetting him. Never get your hopes up.

Until the morning everything changes. Justin seems to see her, to want to be with her for the first time, and they share a perfect day—a perfect day Justin doesn’t remember the next morning. Confused, depressed, and desperate for another day as great as that one, Rhiannon starts questioning everything. Then, one day, a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that day with, the one who made her feel like a real person . . . wasn’t Justin at all.

Every Day is one of my favorite books so I'm very excited to read about the story in Rhiannon’s POV. Bring it on!

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ARC Review: Marly's Ghost by David Levithan

Title: Marly's Ghost
Author: David Levithan
Publication: January 8th 2015 by Electric Monkey 
Genre: Young Adult ~ Contemporary
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Rating: 4/5

Review copy provided in exchange for an honest review.

A remix of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with a Valentine’s twist

When Ben’s girlfriend, Marly, dies, he feels his life is over and the prospect of Valentine’s day without her fills him with bitterness. But then Marly arrives – or at least, her ghost does – along with three other spirits. Now Ben must take a journey through Valentines past, present and future – and what he learns will change him forever.

Marly's Ghost is a modern day retelling of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens with a Valentine's twist to it. I haven't read the original Dickens story but I am familiar with the story so I'm glad it ended up being a pretty great book.

The story revolves around Ben (Ebenezer) who lost his girlfriend Marly due to illness. Her death made Ben bitter and uncaring about love and even his friends, until Marly's ghost send three spirits to Ben. That's where the remix of A Christmas Carol really starts. 

Ben's character was a bit of a jerk to some people but I couldn't help but liking him. Though the way he sometimes spoke, and some of the other characters too, didn't seem at all like how a teenager would speak, it seemed to me. But that's also my only negative point. Other than that I loved reading it. And I also loved how Levithan took the original character of Tiny Tim and made him into two people, a gay couple: Tiny and Tim. I really liked them, actually. They were pretty adorable.

Overall, Marly's Ghost was sometimes a quite emotional but beautiful story. It, just like A Christmas Carol, has a powerful message and I was really captured by the gorgeous prose in which David Levithan wrote it. Highly recommended!

About the Author:

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David Levithan (born 1972) is an American children's book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press.

Review: Every Day by David Levithan

Title: Every Day
Author: David Levithan
Series: Every Day #1
Publication: September 10th 2013 by Ember (first published August 28th 2012)
Genre: Young Adult ~ Contemporary
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Cover Rating: 5/5
Overall Rating: 5/5

In his New York Times bestselling novel, David Levithan, co-author of bestsellers Will Grayson, Will Grayson and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, introduces readers to what Entertainment Weekly calls a "wise, wildly unique" love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life. This new paperback edition features six additional chapters about A's earlier life.

Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.

There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.
It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.

With his new novel, David Levithan has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day.

All I get is tomorrow.

I don't review every book I read but with Every Day I felt like I had to at least try to express my feelings for because it's such an unique and beautiful book. And I also feel like I have say that starting this book was kind of a random act. I just wanted to read the first chapter to get a feel of it but then I couldn't just stop at the one chapter - I had to read more.

This book and writing has a very different feel to me than other books. Though I must admit that I haven't read many contemporary young adult books. Maybe that's why it's that much more special to me. Because books in this genre don't usually grab my attention. And Every Day definitely had me hooked.

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.

I'm not sure how to start describing "A", the main character. A doesn't have a gender, he's not male and he's not female. Yes, I'm saying he because it would be very difficult to go about this otherwise. A definitely is one of the more interesting characters I have read about. And I adored him. The way he felt, the way he thought about things. The way he had reconciled with the life he was leading. He was so unique!

Rhiannon I also liked. Maybe not at first, but when she got more into the story and I started really getting their relationship as it grew and progressed I was sad for both her and A, because waking up in a different body every day makes is impossible for them to be together after all.

It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.

This book deals with a lot of difficult and emotional themes as we get a taste of A's lives. With some of them I was definitely feeling very touched. And I loved how David Levithan's book was open to any kind of love. Whether it be girl loves girl or boy love boy. Love is love. More books should be like this.

Overall, Every Day by David Levithan is a beautiful, touching and unique story with a tinge of science fiction. I would recommend it to anyone I know. I'm sure you won't be disappointed by this lovely story.

Favorite Quotes:

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

It is its own form of conversation -- you can learn a lot about people from the stories they tell, but you can also know them from the way they sing along, whether they like the windows up or down, if they live by the map or by the world, if they feel the pull of the ocean.

The beliefs are almost always the same; it's just that the histories are different. Everybody wants to believe in a higher power. Everybody wants to belong to something bigger than themselves, and everybody wants company in doing that. They want there to be a force of good on earth, and they want an incentive to be a part of that force. They want to be able to prove their belief and their belonging, through rituals and devotion. They want to touch the enormity.

“Picture me however you want to picture me. Because odds are that'll be more true than any of the bodies you see me in.”

About the Author:

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David Levithan (born 1972) is an American children's book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press.