Before I Die, By: Jenny Downham

Before I Die is an amazing book. It sounds really sad, and is a little at the end. Overall though it is a hilarious book based off the phrase “grab the bull by the horns”. I really recommend the audio book. It takes place in England and the audio book helps you with the pronouncing of certain words that have a British ascent to them.

This book is about a girl who has been battling leukemia for 4 years (since she was 12). They find out that nothing is really helping. So she makes a list of things she wants to do before she dies. It sounds depressing but this book is truly hilarious, with some truth and sorrow mixed in. It is like nothing you have ever read before.

This book relates to the world in a way. It tells you of how someone with leukemia lives and how drastically theirs and their family’s lives change when diagnosed. It shows that they are regular people with an unfair disease. This really helped me understand more, without making me have a break down of tears. I recommend this book to everyone, the author did an amazing job, of mixing real life, with fiction in this novel. If you are someone who cry by the thought of hearing of cancer, and you hate a little bad language, this book isn’t for you. If you don’t read this book you will surely not know what you are missing.

Platinum (squel to Golden)

This book by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is one of my many favorites. It is about a girl who has the perfect life until she meets her new cousins. She thinks their freaky "sight" talk is all make believe. Until she gets the sight too. Some advice though the description on the back makes it sound really boring, but if you read it, you will find the book is the complete opposite.


This book brings fiction and real life together. At the end you almost wonder if it was fiction. I also advise you to read Golden first otherwise it will make no sense at all. It a quick read just over 200 pages.


Platinum is so amazing you can total hates usual books in this Genre and still love it. If nothing else try it. Looking forward to some comments. I hope read if not, well you miss out then i guess.