Reading Teen

Out of the dozens of un-read ARC books on my bookshelf, for some reason, Bluefish was the book that stuck out to me a few days ago. I picked it up one night before going to bed… And had finished it by breakfast the next morning. I got very little sleep that night. This book was just so great. It literally left me speechless.I will admit that Bluefish was one of the extremely rare books that made me cry. In fact, it was the second. The first was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. But, that’s beside the point. The point is that Bluefish was so beautifully written that there were parts that not only brought me to tears, but made me insanely happy. The description of the book gives very dramatic information about the main character – the fact that he has a secret. And it’s this secret thatThe characters of this book were, very simply, authentic. By which I mean that I had no trouble at all imagining that these people were actually real. There was Bradley, who is a nerd. He loves video games, Halo specifically. He isn’t great athletically but he is insanely knowledgeable. The thing that makes Bradley so authentic is that none of this was over-done. He isn’t the cliché type of nerd seen in movies. He’s simply his own person. That’s what made him so believable. And there was Vita. She was given the nickname Velveeta in the second grade and stuck with it ever since. She’s this really outgoing girl, almost too outgoing. But the way she was written makes it not at all hard to (I seem to be repeating myself here) believe that this person could actually live in reality. And this is one of the things that amazes me about Bluefish.Bluefish is an extremely recommended book for lovers of good reading material. I know, that's kind of a vague statement but it's true. This book was way out of my usual reading zone - no paranormal, no sci-fi fantasy, no mythology. I honestly cannot tell you why I decided to read this book that night. All I can say is that I am very glad that I did.Austin