Waiting on Wednesday: Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly Meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. It is an opportunity for us to show books we can't wait to get our hands on.

This week, my pick is:

Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan

Philomel

May 2013

Stephen has been invisible for practically his whole life — because of a curse his grandfather, a powerful cursecaster, bestowed on Stephen’s mother before Stephen was born. So when Elizabeth moves to Stephen’s NYC apartment building from Minnesota, no one is more surprised than he is that she can see him. A budding romance ensues, and when Stephen confides in Elizabeth about his predicament, the two of them decide to dive headfirst into the secret world of cursecasters and spellseekers to figure out a way to break the curse. But things don’t go as planned, especially when Stephen’s grandfather arrives in town, taking his anger out on everyone he sees. In the end, Elizabeth and Stephen must decide how big of a sacrifice they’re willing to make for Stephen to become visible — because the answer could mean the difference between life and death. At least for Elizabeth.

Andrea Cremer and David Levithan, do I need to say more?

Review: Every Day by David Levithan

Every Day by David Levithan

Release Date: August 28^th, 2012

Number of Pages: 336

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Source: ARC from BEA

Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.
 Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day. With his new novel, David Levithan has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day. 

What would you do if you woke up in a different body every day?

What would you do if you fell in love with someone, but was never able to be with her completely?

David Levithan really blew my mind with his new book. At first, the summary slightly reminded me of me of Mercy by Rebecca Lim, but I couldn’t be more wrong. We are gifted with a heart-breaking story. There is simply something unbelievably breath taking about the struggles A is facing, simply to be with the girl he fell in love with. It is really hard for me to find the right words to describe how I felt about this book, simply because I feel like it made me go through so much.

A is taken into so many different lives. We get to see glimpse of different kinds of personality, different kinds of life. After all, A wakes up in a different body every day, and the only things those people have in common is that they are the same age as him.

It is hard to not feel a little sad for A. He has no home. Before meeting Rhiannon, he had no kind of relationship with anyone. He has no parents, no friends, and no lovers for more than 24 hours. He has to live everything: depression, heartbreak, pain, and addiction… Of course, I can’t stop myself from loving the ending, simply because it is the most amazing and logical ending this book could have. I have to say, I didn’t think Levithan would end the novel that way, but after reading it, I can’t imagine a different ending.

I have to say, David Levithan is a master of words and emotions. There is something so beautiful about this book, something that will make you want to read more.  I have to stop here before I stop rambling. All I can add is that this book is worth every minute I spent reading it, as it completely sucked me in from the beginning. It was simply beautiful.

Review: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Title: Boy Meets Boy

Author: David Levithan

Series: None

Release Date: September 9^th, 2003

Number of Pages: 185

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Source: Bought

This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids learn how to dance.

When Paul meets Noah, he thinks he’s found the one his heart is made for. Until he blows it. The school bookie says the odds are 12-to-1 against him getting Noah back, but Paul’s not giving up without playing his love really loud. His best friend Joni might be drifting away, his other best friend Tony might be dealing with ultra-religious parents, and his ex-boyfriend Kyle might not be going away anytime soon, but sometimes everything needs to fall apart before it can really fit together right.

This is a happy-meaningful romantic comedy about finding love, losing love, and doing what it takes to get love back in a crazy-wonderful world.

Boy Meets Boy is set in a strange Gay Utopia. Why strange? Well, it seems so unreal, a town where most characters seem to be gay (or at least, most characters we meet), where everything seems perfect. It is almost a dream town, where people or so open-minded. Even Tony’s religious parents seems kind of okay with it (well more than some religious family I’ve known…) Still, it felt kind of strange, mostly with the fast food restaurant turning meat-free because of some vegetarians being against their use of meat (I’m vegetarian, and sometime it can be hard to find a good alternative in a restaurant…)

Now, the characters were mostly great. Paul really made me laugh, and he seems like the kind of guy I would love to have as friend.  He was just seems to be bringing something to all his friends. The only thing, I have to say that he was a little of a drama queen. Out of all his friends, I have to say that I didn’t like Joni. I’m sorry, but I’m the kind of girl that thinks that friends should come first. Her relationship with Chuck just brought the worst out of her, in my opinion. Now, let’s talk about Noah, Paul’s love interest. I liked him, yet he wasn’t my favorite character. (No, I don’t prefer Kyle, it’s just that I feel like Noah should been more open to what Paul wanted to tell him, when he tried to explain everything.

Overall, I did enjoy this novel. It wasn’t love, but I would recommend it. It was a short read, enjoyable enough. It was my first book by David Levithan, well written only by him (I’ve read Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which he wrote with John Green).  No completely what I expected though. I wasn’t expecting that much of an “utopic” setting.

Review: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Title: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Author: John Green and David Levithan

Release Date: April 6^th, 2010

Series: None

Number of Pages: 310

Publisher: Speak

Source: Bought

One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.

Hilarious, poignant, and deeply insightful, John Green and David Levithan’s collaborative novel is brimming with a double helping of the heart and humor that have won both them both legions of faithful fans.

First of all, let me start by saying that I really, really enjoyed this book. I really loved it. Yes, there were some negative thing about it, but still, Will Grayson, Will Grayson did the job for me.

First, let me start with my most favorite thing about this book….TINY!! Oh my Gosh, I’m in love with him (as a character). Isn’t he so amazing? I can’t even describe how much I adored him. He was simply too much. Too sweet, too funny, too amazing. Seriously, he was the best character of the book.

Now, the Will Grayson. Let’s start with the first Will, John’s character. I liked him, but I must say he didn’t really surprise me. He reminded me of most of John Green’s main character, which is not a bad thing. I really enjoyed every book I’ve read from John Green, so you won’t hear me complain about that. 

Now the second Will Grayson, written by David Levithan, was my favorite. The only thing that annoyed the crap out of me, even thought I understand (or king of) the why behind his choice, is the fact that it’s ONLY WRITTEN IN LOWERCASE!!!!! Honestly, I can’t really say why, it simply annoyed the heck out of me. I just need the capitalized letter, so I know it’s the beginning of a sentence. (I can’t really say why, my eyes don’t see to register the point at the end of the sentences. I really wonder why…)

Still. I found the book to be really amazing, and it was really fun to say both characters written by two different others interact with one and the other. I honestly would recommend it to everyone. Just be warned that David Levithan’s chapters are only written in lowercase, in case it annoys you like me.

Anyone has read it? Your thoughts?