The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood

Holy crap is it hard to type something up for a book, I thought this would be fun. Yet I keep deleting everything I type up. I get angry cause it isn't flowing how I want it to. Or how I want to type something that is in the book without it being a spoiler.

I can't be perfect, so this may suck to you. It sucks to me, but thats okay.

Damn I should just be my weird self and type this damn whatever you wanna call it..... Enjoy you other library whores.

If you already didn't read the title, below is the title and author.

Book - The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
Author - Ben Sherwood

3/5 stars

When I started reading the book, I was confused. Even the title confused me. I discovered this book because of the movie trailer I saw on a website. I was instantly pulled in by the trailer, but I can't say that about the book. The book and movie trailer are different. The book is soo hard to get into, it was like torture for about 30-40 pages, maybe even more. I kept waiting for the romance aspect to come. Also, I should mention the book and movie are different, in the movie he is about 17-18, where as in the book he is 28 (I think, I already forgot). The promises are also even different, even probably the girls role in the movie is different.

This books is basically about promises, moving on and the bond between brothers.

Anyways....

"I believe in miracles."

Is what the first sentence of the book says.

It opens with the narrator, for just the beginning and ending, recalling some of his past rescues and times he has failed to save a life. There he takes you to the story of the St. Cloud brothers; Charlie and Sam.

Fuck it, if you read the back of the book, then you know Sam dies. I don't know why I'm screwing around and not wanting to say that but yeah, I just did. ANYWAYS, Charlie and Sam "borrow" their neighbors car to go to a baseball game, on the way home they are hit by a drunk driver. The narrator appears at the scene and finds both technically "dead". Then it goes to the after life with Charlie and Sam and there they make their promise to never leave each other. Though Charlie is brought back to life and Sam is failed to be revived.

After the accident Charlie soon discovers he can see Sam's ghost. Basically, Sam is in the "in between". Other words a ghost. Charlie soon learns what he has to do to make sure he is always able to see Sam's ghost. Flash forward 13 years and thus the story begins.

The book is told from not just Charlie's point of view but from Tess', the main female lead.

The romance in this book is fast romance. Meaning "Hey I met you yesterday, but damn I'm in love with you like I've known you for years."

Also, there are moments you want to chunk the book at a wall (Esp. in the middle of the book). I don't recommend doing that, seeing as I hate seeing abused looking books. All I can say is stick with it and don't assume what I assumed.


Anyways,

I liked these lines from the ending narrators part.

"That is the inescapable math of tragedy and the multiplication of grief. Too many good people die a little when they lose someone they love. One death begets two or twenty or one hundred. It's the same all over the world."

"That's death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your hearts, alert your senses, and pay attention. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. Qualcuno ti ama. Somebody loves you."

Basically I didn't want to blog about this book, but I did. I will go back and edit this better, when I dont have a killer headache and sleep deprived.

Oh and I'm soo not behind on my blog! You know who you are! Why don't you make a blog and we will see how fast you blog about a so-so book! Hehe.

Currently Reading

So these are the books I have checked out. If I finish reading them, I'll make their own little post. Finished = RED

Didn't Finish/Returned = Blue

• The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood
  
• Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
  
• Voices of Dragons - Carrie Vaughn
  
• A Kiss of Shadows - Laurell K. Hamilton
  
• It's Not Summer Without You - Jenny Han
  
• The Sky is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson
  
• Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
  
• School's Out Forever - James Patterson
• Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison
  
• Night Embrace - Sherrilyn Kenyon

100 Book Goal List

So this is the list of books I've already read this year (2010). I'm off to a good start and should make my goal and plus some.

Well here is the list: (Book Title - Author) - Green = Going to buy

1. My Sister's Bones - Cathi Hanauer
2. Shadowland - Alyson Noel
3. Sweethearts - Sara Zarr
4. The Passion of Alice - Stephanie Grant
5. Wicked Lovely- Melissa Marr
6. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
7. Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disoder - Nadia Shivack
8. The Novice - Trudi Canavan
9. The Dust of 100 Dogs - A.S. King
10. Purge - Sarah Darer Littman
11. Skinny Ibi Kaslik
12. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
13. Stargazer - Claudia Gray
14. Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh
15. Thirst No.1 - Christopher Pike
16. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
17. Evernight - Claudia Gray
18. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
19. Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
20. Moonlight - Rachel Hawthorne
21. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side - Beth Fantaskey
22. The High Lord - Trudi Canavan
23. Need - Carrie Jones
24. Wake - Lise McMane
25. Story of a Girl - Sara Zarr
26. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
27. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
28. The Devil Inside - Jenna Black
29. Cry Wolf - Patricia Briggs
30. Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs
31. That Summer - Sarah Dessen
32. Captivate - Carrie Jones
33. Thirst No. 2 - Christopher Pike
34. The Darkest Night - Gena Showalter
35. Out of the Darkness - Jaime Rush
36. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
37. The Darkest Kiss - Gena Showalter
38. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler
39. Look Again - Lisa Scottoline
40. Fallen - Lauren Kate
41. Bitten - Kelly Armstrong
42. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
43. The Devil's Kiss - Sarwat Chadda
44. Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
45. Hotter After Midnight - Cynthia Eden
46. The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han
47. The Angel Experiment - James Patterson
48. Archangel's Kiss - Nalini Singh
49. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
50. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
51. Brightly Woven - Alexandra Bracken
52. Hex Hall - Rachel Hawkins
53. Storm Born - Richelle Mead
54. The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
55. The Life and Death of Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood
56. It's Not Summer Without You - Jenny Han
    
57. If I Stay - Gayle Forman
58. Hourglass - Claudia Gray
59. The Sky is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson
60. A Kiss of Shadows - Laurell K. Hamilton
    
61. The Turning - Jennifer Armintrout
62. Going Too Far - Jennifer Echols
63. Bloom - Elizabeth Scott
64. Two Way Street - Lauren Barnholdt
65. Rules of Attraction - Simone Elkeles
66. Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
67. Voices of Dragons - Carrie Vaughn
68. Wings - Aprilynne Pike
69. Heart of a Dragon - Gena Showalter
70. A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole
71. Jacob - Jacquelyn Frank
72. Thorn Queen - Richelle Mead
73. Darkfever - Karen Marie Moning
74. Show No Mercy - Cindy Gerard
75. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin
76. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
77. White Cat - Holly Black
78. Forgive My Fins - Tera Lynn Childs
79. Blood Promise - Richelle Mead
80. Spirit Bound - Richelle Mead
81. Dairy Queen - Catherine Gilbert Murdock
82. Half to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
83. Full Moon Rising - Keri Arthur
84. Kissing Sin - Keri Arthur
85. One Foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
    

Library Whore Intro

I suck at introductions, but I shall suck it up and write one.

Library Whore. The name for the blog popped in my head instantly when I started to think of titles for it. I visit my library about 2-3 times a week. I also request 15 books online(I hate limits!) and have about 10 books checked out right now. So technically, I am a library whore.

Purpose of site? For fun? Really to write about the books I read, whether they suck or are totally mind blowing. And to waste some time!

Readers? Who knows. If people read this or don't its okay. ^ it says for fun, not to entertain people, just basically to entertain me.

Where do I get my books? Library. Duh. I only buy the books I truly enjoy. Seriously why buy a book and it suck? So I check out the book from the library and decide whether its a book I want in my small but growing collection.

What genre do I read? Mostly Paranormal Romance. Young Adult. Some erotic books.

Favorite Book? Two come to my mind, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen and Madness by Marya Hornbacher.

Where/Who do I get my recommendations from? Mostly from book sites like goodreads.com or booksamillion.com or from other book blogs I follow!

I don't know big words, so don't expect my reviews to be super awesome. Spoilers, I hate spoilers (though I occasionally put some in my reviews). Read the book, so I might slip on some spots, but I'm not going to lay the whole book out for you and ruin it.

So thats it.

Oh before I end this. I'm very random when typing things. So I could be talking about one thing and fly into a whole other subject. Thats all.

The End.

PS. I forgot to mention I have a goal to read 100 books this year. I'll upload the list of books I've read in order in the next post, didn't really know where to throw this in so I put it in the bottom.