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I really wish I had more time to read but college is demanding. I've been thinking about reading a chapter a night...if only I could remember to do it!

My most recent read I've finished was The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. I bought the trilogy back in the summer and I made time for atleast the first novel and it's great! I loved it and I'm excited to read the other two.

Recently I've been trying to read Aftermath by Chuck Wendig...I've heard not pleasant things about this book but I've read a few chapters and there are a lot of introductions of new characters but I'm still liking it. I just have to make time for it. I will....

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“The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.” – Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) . . . #knifeofneverlettinggo #chaoswalking #tomholland #daisyridley

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First book of the gripping YA scifi/fantasy trilogy #chaoswalking #patrickness #knifeofneverlettinggo #scifibooks #scifieveryday #fantasybooks

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Summer Reading Bingo {a book with a mystery}

The Knife of Never Letting Go     |     by Patrick Ness

I really liked the concept behind this book and the way that it was executed.  Todd lives in a world where you can hear everyone’s thoughts...but in a more realistic way than you might imagine.  People can kind of control what you hear, and thus the thoughts you see and hear from others may not be the truth, but rather what they want to the be the truth, what they want you to believe is the truth, or even what they have convinced themselves over the years is the truth.

This is a young adult book, which like many young adult books, deals with many very adult themes.  It is a very real reminder that history is written by the victor.  That if we always believe what we hear, we may not ever know the truth.  That when we are constantly hearing everyone thoughts on everything (read: social media) it may be hard to decipher the truth.  And also...there are many version of the truth, are there not?  The image below comes to mind...

This book makes you question just a little bit who is right and who is wrong.  It is a reminder that we each live a different reality.  Sometimes what we are used to seems “right”, but there are many other ways to go about it.

Besides all that, this book is just plain well written and enjoyable to read.  I place it under the “mystery” category because although it is not the typical mystery genre, it certainly felt like Todd was uncovering the mystery of his world’s heritage as he went, picking up little clues here and there along the way and I was right there beside him trying to figure it out and put the pieces together.  I don’t know if it was favorite book that I have read this summer, but I will tell you three things: (1) Especially towards the end, I couldn’t put it down.  I couldn’t find a good stopping place.  (2) I will most certainly be reading the sequel.  (3) I cried.

So, I definitely recommend this book.  And I’ll leave you with one more image, because, much like another book from my summer reading list two summers ago, there is a lot of great fan art for The Knife of Never Letting Go.  And because Manchee is my favorite.

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We are the choices we make, anyone who says otherwise is usually the one who made the wrong ones.