Paiges of Books

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli Read from 4/24/18- 7/16/18 Goodreads Rating: 4.09 stars (****.9) My Rating: 5 stars (*****) “Imagine going about your day knowing someone’s carrying you in their mind. That has to be the best part of being in love- the feeling  of having a home in some else’s brain.” Summary from Goodreads Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. So Leah really does...

Hey Everyone, Steph here and I am going to continue my Musical Monday's post, today’s musical is Bandstand. As usual, all information comes from Wikipedia.  Bandstand has a music composed by Richard Oberacker with book and lyrics by Oberacker and Robert Taylor. Our story follows Donny   Novitski, a soldier who is returning home from World War 2, and he is struggling to fit into his life, as many other soldiers feel when they return home. Donny finds out about a contest for the radio, and he forms a band to compete in New York City. The prize will be fame for the winners, and by performing as a band together they must all deal with their own personal struggles and personal problems that each member has. Donny sees the key to their success, and a contest win is a band that is composed of veterans who have fought in the war.   However, the complicated relationships, the demands of competition, and the after-effects of war may just tear this band apart. Personal tho...