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           New Year's is a time of celebration (and resolutions that we probably won't keep). I think that sometimes we all need some inspirational words especially at the beginning of the year. So, here they are . . . 1. No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. - Robin Williams 2. If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. - Martin Luther King Jr. 3. Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory. - Dr. Seuss 4. You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. - Rabindranath Tagore 5. Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. - Robert H. Schuller 6. Keep your Eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt 7. I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than attempt to do nothing and succeed. - Robert H. Schuller 8. There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your ow...

Pages: 544 Genre: Young Adult Fiction; Drama, Life and Relationships, Coming-of-Age  Age Suggestion: 14+ Published 10-9-2018, by Random House Children's Books  This book cover is beautiful. I love all of the colors and especially the design of the letters. Summary Let me tell you about our brother. The fourth Dunbar boy named Clay. Everything happened to him. We were all of us changed through him. Here is a story told inside out and back to front:       The five Dunbar brothers are living with their menagerie of pets in the perfect chaos of a house made by their own rules. Today, the father who walked out on them long ago walks back in.       And so the life of Clay, the quiet one with a harrowing secret, is about to change forever. He is the one who will build a bridge - for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins. A miracle and nothing less.      From a grandfather, whose...

Unrequited  un·​re·​quit·​ed   \ ˌən-ri-ˈkwī-təd Adjective Definition: (1)  not requited  :  not reciprocated or returned in kind (2) of a feeling (especially love) that is not returned or rewarded Synonyms:  unreciprocated,  unreturned; vain, spurned, rejected, unsatisfied

Illusion  il·​lu·​sion     \ i-ˈlü-zhən noun   Definition: I   A   (1.) a misleading image presented to the vision                  (2.) something that misleads or deceives intellectually        B  (1.) perception of something objectively existing in such a way as to cause misinterpretation of it's actual nature         (2.) hallucination          (3.) a pattern capable of reversible perspective I I   A (1.) the state or fact of being intellectually deceived or mislead : Misapprehension         (2.) an instance of such deception       B  obsolete(⇽ meaning; no longer current) : the action of deceiving  I I I      a fine plain transparent bobbinet or tulle usually made of silk and used for veils, trimmings, and dresses  Synonyms and Anton...

Age group: Young Adult Fiction Genre: Coming-of-Age, Romance, Life and Relationships     (link to his website ⇾) John Green is an American novelist, who The New York Times has described other books as "Greenlit" and book bloggers call the boost in sales from something seemingly trivial like a random social media endorsement "The John Green Effect".            He has written multiple books. His best known work is probably The Fault in Our Stars, which was published in 2012 and was turned into a movie in 2014 starring Shaliene Woodly and Ansel Elgort.       His debut novel was Looking for Alaska (2005), the film rights were bought by Paramount and they hired Josh Schwartz to write and direct the movie. Besides a screenplay, no progress has  been made on the movie.       His second novel An Abundance of Katherines was published in 2006. Green collaborated with two fellow young adu...

           Here are some book quotes that will put things in perspective and will make you appreciate reading.  1. The beauty of reading is that it lets you travel in a way you could never know. - Alek Wek 2. I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each other, and that reading together changes everybody involved. - Kate DiCamillo 3. Reading makes immigrants of us all. it takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. - Jean Rhys   4. Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. - Mary Schmicha 5. A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. - William Styron 6. Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. - Mark Haddon 7. Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. - Joseph Addison 8. I never feel lon...