yet another book recommendations yeesh

So it's been awhile since I've posted on this blog. I kinda forgot about it (whoops). But honestly though, if I had did this last year, I would've published more than one post per day because BOOKS. Unfortunately, the summer had turned me into a lazy reader...Again. It happens all the time. Like for every. single. summer. I get this long-lasting reading block where I can't go past 10 pages in a book without quitting. Hopefully this will change soon because I'm still not out of this funk yet.

So now I'm starting True (... sort of) by Katherine Hannigan. I've actually never heard of it before today. My sister had just recommended to me just 2 minutes ago because I needed a book to read. Preferably a book that I've never read before and in a hard copy. I can't read new books when they're in epub format. It doesn't work for me.

(I am trying real hard to not start this paragraph with the word "so". This is the only way that works.)
The summary goes like this, "The day Ferris Boyd moves to town, Delly Pattison is sure a special surpresant (a present that is a surprise) is on its way. Instead, Delly ends up in even more trouble than usual.
The Boyds' arrival in River Bluffs means big changes for Brud Kinney, too. He can't believe who he's hanging around with. Ferris Boyd isn't like anyone Delly or Brud have ever known. Ferris is a mystery and a wonder.
Through friendship, though, Delly, Brud, and Ferris discover truths that will change their lives. And bring them the best surpresent of all."

Well...That sounds really cute. I have yet to read the first ten pages though. Let me get on that.

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Delly Pattison is one of the cutest characters that I had ever met. That sentence was originally typed in all capital letters.

I mean, when she was ten she invented the Nocussictionary and it is actually what it sounds like. She made up alternative words like shikes, bawlgammit and chizzle and shared them with her classmates so they won't get in trouble when using them.

I am going to like this book.

Update: THIS BOOK IS MAKING ME UPSET DELLY NO BABY YOU'RE NOT BAD

9/10/2013 Update: I finished this book yesterday and I couldn't stop smiling.

The protagonist, Delly Pattison was a troublemaker who tried to change throughout the course of the book. She didn't mean to get into trouble. It was just hard for her to control herself and people calling her a bad kid didn't really help.

Ferris Boyd was a mute girl. She was a cautious girl and she didn't like to be touched. She would freak out.

The two girls later became friends along with Delly's younger brother, RB.

One day, when they are out playing, Delly discovered a horrible secret of Ferris' , so big that she couldn't keep quiet about it.

It's really obvious for mature readers because the clues are easy to decipher but since the "action" is off-screen, this book is pretty safe for children to read.

And to answer the question from the back of the book, "Can friendship save you?" Yes. Yes, it can.

Friendship certainly saved me. I like being alone. I like having time for myself. But I don't enjoy feeling lonely. There is a difference. So I saw a little bit of myself in Ferris Boyd.

We were both quiet girls. We were both suffocated by this huge heavy blanket of lonliness. And we both managed to find friendship in the strangest and kindest of people who brought alot of sunshine into our lives and we couldn't be more grateful.

This book is now one of my all-time favorties. I give it five stars and I recommend this book to any reader that needs a quick-read. It's a cute book and if you get emotionally-attached as easily as I do then this book will fill you up with warmth because FRIENDSHIP (screams from the peak of a mountain).