The Highlighting Project!

A few weeks ago I had the following idea:

I love reading. Okay, I'm addicted to books, to be honest. I think it's interesting to see what others think of the books you like. So, that's how I got this idea. After posting this on my twitter a really good friend of mine said she'd be up for this project and that's how it went. I said that Slammed by Colleen Hoover would be a good book for this and I'm so glad that Jana from London Calling wanted to be a part of this and liked the book as much as I did.

I read the book first, using a pink highlighter and she would use a yellow one, so that the parts we both highlighted turned orange.
So, after reading the book and highlighting my favorite scenes and quotes, I gave her the book when we met at a concert a couple of weeks ago.

The book is one of my favorites. Not only because of Colleen Hoover's writing style but also because of the way she told Lake's and Will's story. Music and poems are big parts of this book, and for a music and poem lover those are good enough reasons to read this book. 

After her dad died unexpectedly, her mother decides to move with her daughter, Lake, and her 9-year-old son, Kel, from Texas to Michigan. Kel becomes good friends with the neighbor's kid who has an older brother, Will. When Lake and Will meet for the first time, Michigan doesn't seem to be that bad anymore and Lake and Will soon find their way to each other. But life has other plans and as soon as they found each other, they're forced to be apart again due to unexpected events. Even though they shouldn't be together, it's hard for them to accept it and their feelings can't be denied. Will loves poems and soon Lake shares that love with him. During their time apart poems and music seems to be the only connection between them when they try their hardest to move on.

Everyone who likes poems, music and a good love story should read this book. It's a rollercoaster, it breaks your heart, it might make you cry, but it's worth every single emotion.

 

If you have a friend who likes to read the same books as you, you should try this project. I loved it and I can't wait to do this again with a different book. 

Thanks again, Jana, it was great! If you wanna read her opinion on this project, go to her blog and check it out.