The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold (book talk #1)

{NOTE: this is my first book talk online...so enjoy}

The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
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"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was ed on December 6th, 1973."
So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching her life on earth continue without her-her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her greifstricken family unraveling.
Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, and joy.
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For starters, I just want to tell you all that this is book talk #1! I plan on reading as many books before my birthday next year as I can so I can talk about the most...related books towards the most read ones (such as Twilight, Vampire Academy, The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd, The Host, The Awakening, etc. etc.)
This one, when I was in the book section of Target, this book literally shouted PICK ME UP AND BUY ME!!!!!! And I couldn't resist! Also, if I ever found it, I would have bought it cause the movie trailer(s) I saw at the theatre were just absolutly AHMAZING!!!! I was really wanting to know what happened and I finally got the book and I'm reaching the end, and trust me it will be done before Christmas day!!!
It's so...captivating, two of my friends were looking at the first chapter and was so scared of not finishing the first chapter before the bell rang for the next class. It hooked me from it's very first sentence which was "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was ed on December 6th, 1973." I got all the way to chapter six in the first night I got it!
Its sooooo good!
I highly reccomend it to whoever is looking for a good mystery/suspense book that also likes to read from a narrative (haha) You will seriously fall in love with Alice Sebold's second novel: The Lovely Bones. If you recognize the name, it's probably cause you saw her name on two of her other books: Lucky: a memoir, and/or The Almost Moon.
I give The Lovely Bones FIVE out of FIVE stars!!!
Like Time reviews: "A triumphant novel....It's a knockout." -Time
You will never want to put it down!
And these final words are VERY true!!!
"Dont start The Lovely Bones unless you can finish it. The book begins with more horror than you could imagine, but closes with more beauty than you could hope for."-Christian Science Monitor.
You will LOVE it!!!

Justin