Ever After - Wendy Loggia

Book - Ever After by Wendy Loggia
Where I got it - I'm pretty sure that this book was in a box of things that my sister was getting rid of. As a book hoarder, I have trouble seeing books go, so of course I grabbed it.
Why I never read it before - This book is based on a movie. Who writes books that are based on movies, that's just sad.
My Rating - 3/5

Review -
I love the movie Ever After, I have since I was little. It is a great Cinderella story. The book is almost exactly the same as the movie. Most of the scenes and almost all of the dialog are straight from the movie.
One thing that was interesting, you get to see a few scenes in the book that you don't see in the movie. You see more da Vinci in the book. There is a good scene with him and the king and you also get to read about him making Danielle over for the ball. Other than that, there isn't much that is original.
You might as well just watch the movie.

A Million Little Pieces - James Frey

This will be the first of many blogs to come. I am going to document and review all of the books on my list 'Books I Need to Read'.



Book - A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
Where I got it - Value Village
Why I never read it before - Shortly after I bought this book, an old lady in a book store told me that it was all fake. That James Frey had claimed it was a memoir but that it really wasn't, that he had made all of it up. After I heard this I lost my desire to read it.
My rating - 4/5

Review -

I really enjoyed this book a lot. I've done some research now that I've finished the book and I've learned that not all of it was fake. James was an addict and he was in rehab. His criminal record was almost completely fabricated to make the book more interesting. I suspect that other parts of the novel were exaggerated to make it more entertaining.

Besides that, it was great. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for books about people with messed up lives. When I was younger I loved this author who wrote books about teens who were dying. As I got older, that fascination began to develop into a love of books about people who are criminals and drug addicts.

I will say that this book is the most graphic 'drug addict' book I have ever read (and I have read quite a few). The word vomit must be in it 200 times. James throws up at least 40 times and describes it in great detail every time. There is lots of gross stuff in this book and if they ever make it into a movie, I'm not sure that I'll be able to watch it.

This book gives you the most messed up person you can imagine, a crack addict, alcoholic criminal who is wanted in three states, and walks you through his recovery (every brutal and disgusting step). I could not put this book down.

The characters seemed so real to me, their struggles were painful for me to read. I'd like to think that this is because they were real people, but even if they weren't, the book still makes you feel for them.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes this kind of novel. The only reason that I didn't give it 5/5 is because of the author's dishonesty.