Posts tagged Elsewhere
Maggie May
"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin. Definitely a light read. I didn’t like the way the author wrote in particular, because she wouldn’t really go into detail on anything. It was kind of like “he was nervous. two days later she said yes.” It kind of made it hard to get into. Luckily the information did help make up for that. The story of what happens in afterlife was very interesting. I definitely like the idea behind it. I also liked the some of the characters, such as owen. I would recommend this book if you want a quick easy read.
I’ve been here before. And the truth is, intimacy doesn’t have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.
In my humble opinion, love is when a person believes that he, she or it can’t live without some other he, she or it…. I said “believes”. No one actually needs another person or another person’s love to survive. Love, is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we do.
When he was thirteen he met the red-haired Emily Reilly, also thirteen. Emily was quite literally the girl next door. Owen lived in apartment 7C, Emily in 7D. Owen and Emily shared a bedroom wall, and they would tap morse code to each other late at night when they were both supposed to be asleep. It wasn’t long before Owen went the way of many a boy next door: he fell in love with Emily. A series of proms and other photo opporutnities follwed, leading right up to high school graduation.
Following graduation, Emily went to college in Massachusetts, while Owen stayed for college in New York City. After four years of exorbitant long-distance bills, they were married at twenty-two.
