Why I chose the books I did this year

The three books I read this year were Thirteen Reasons Why, Breaking Dawn, and Trafficked. These books are very different from each other but hold spots of my three favorite books of all time. I chose to read Thirteen Reasons Why because I loved the reality of it. This is by far my favorite book ever. Jay Asher took real life extremes and applied them to the life of a girl that could easily be related to by other teenage girls. I loved the emotion this book evoked in me and how it made me never want to put the book down. I have yet to read another book that has made me feel that way. I never thought before reading this book that a novel could change your life and how you view certain things. The darkness and morbidity of the book really caught my attention. Because each of the scenarios seen in this book can be seen in real life too, it has interested many girls and guys of all ages. Breaking Dawn falls into my second favorite book of all time. Although the whole series of Twilight was amazing, Breaking Dawn stood out to me the most. I loved how dramatic this book of the series was. It involved so many different emotions and themes that it kept the reader constantly wanting more. The romance, heartbreak, danger, ethics, and fantasy of Breaking Dawn is used in such a way that no other book could compete. Over the past fews years, I have read a few other vampire-fantasy book series and none have impressed me the way the Twilight series has. Nothing about this book can be applied to real life because vampires and werewolves that change between human and animal do not exist. The fantasy aspect of this book is what keeps readers interested and spreading the word on the series. My third and final favorite book was Trafficked. This book comes in at my third favorite because it is scary how manipulative and evil people really can be. Although this book was not based on a true story, it also dealt with true life events that happen all around the world to innocent girls AND boys. I loved how real the book was but at the same time I was frightened and ashamed of how human beings act. This book was not as easy to read because it did not stay in one spot. Sometimes Hannah would have flashbacks and sometimes it would be her real life experience as it was going on. All in all, these three books were perfect to read. They each involved so much detail that it made writing blogs easy. I would recommend these three books to everyone, because just because they are "girly," they can really interest any gender.

Comparing Hannah and Hannah

To the eye, there is not much in common between the two books 13 Reasons Why and Trafficked. Thirteen Reasons Why is about a young girl who is caught up in high school and is bullied severely. Her bullying results in her suicide and the production of 13 tapes to those who contributed to her death. Trafficked is completely different. Trafficked is about a girl who dreams of getting out of her country to explore the wonderful opportunities that America has to offer. She does indeed follow her dreams and gets out and into the United States. Unfortunately, because of the evil in others, she lands herself in a bad position. She is put into a house with a family that is in touch with a man who handles sex or drug trafficking of young, vulnerable girls who are uneducated about the business. These girls are easy targets because they are willing to do whatever it takes to get citizenship in the United States. They are also unaware of the evil that awaits them. I could list countless ways that these books differ, but instead I will list the ways they are similar. Both books are about a young girl, around 15-17 years old, who face difficulties in their lives. Each girl is vulnerable and innocent to the evil that lurks around them. In a way, the two girls are alike. Hannah Baker (13RW) is a young girl who is just trying to find her place in high school and find out who she is. Hannah (Trafficked) is a young girl who is just trying to find her place in this world. She knows where she belongs and that is not in her home country. They are also alike because they each face terrible mistreatment of others. Hannah Baker is bullied by her classmates and adults in her town. She tries her best not to be in bad situation, but her innocence always seems to lead her down the wrong path because she is so naive. She tries to reach out, but no one will listen to her. In Trafficked, Hannah is also mistreated by the people she is around. The social worker she worked with to get into the United States mislead her and made her believe she would be taken care of and safe. Unfortunately for Hannah, this was not the case. She was lied to and manipulated into believing otherwise. If Hannah had known the situation she was getting into, she would not have gone through with it. Also, Hannah is mistreated by the family she is put with. She is treated like an animal instead of a human being. She is also abused by the pimp who handles her trafficking. All the while these girls differ more than they are similar, these reasons as to why they are similar are enough to draw the reader in. I loved how different they were but also loved how they could relate too. If either one were not mistreated, they would be happy individuals instead of unhappy or dead.