Tune in Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Ginger at GReads. It’s to help spread the love of music throughout the book blogging community. It gives me the chance to talk about some fun songs!
I decided to do something a little bit different this week. Instead of the playlist coming from iTunes, I headed for my YouTube subscription feed.
First on the playlist is a parody of the every-so-popular Somebody That I Used to Know entitled “Subway Where I Used to Go” by Hank Green of vlogbrothers. It had me laughing all the way through!
This next song is a cover mash-up of Time of Your Life / One Life by Illana Zackon. Such pretty harmonies!
What do you think of these songs? What are some awesome songs YOU’VE discovered this week?
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick is the true story of Arn, a young Cambodian boy during war times whose town is supposedly going to be hit by a missile. As the story moves along, he is put into worker camps (killing fields), playing music, and doing what he needs to do to survive.
This book was written by way of interviews. Basically, YA non-fiction. It has a similar feel to it as The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. No holding back on what’s told. Some good solid truth!
Review
I enjoyed the writing and narration of the story. Sure, Arn is speaking in broken English, but he makes his story so exciting to hear.
Sure, what happened in the book is some saddening stuff, but it’s told so well and so truthfully. I felt a bit sick at times, but that’s to be expected when I’m reading about these poor, dying children.
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Tune in Tuesday is a lovely feature by the fabulous Ginger at Greads. Every week, book bloggers around the world write posts to appreciate our favorite music! This month is Random Playlist month, so I’ll be sharing some tunes I’ve found via iTunes on shuffle mode. I like to pair these findings with books, so [...]
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