Finding Love in a Coffee Shop by Jordan Lynde

      In the book Finding Love in a Coffee Shop  I was moved by the way the two main characters used each other to help each other grow in their relationships. The main male Will has an awful relationship with his mother, while Katie the main female has an awful relationship with her father. Katie and Will come from completely different families but find love and help each other fix their relationships with their parents which I find moving an inspirational.

      I love the way Jordan Lynde starts the book and ends the book with the same quote. This repeating of the quote ends the book phenomenally. It makes you rethink the whole book and the craft she used. Lynde leaves you confused but so pleased at the end of the book with the quote that she used.

      The quote that she used interested me so much it is, "If life has taught me one thing in the meager twenty-two years I've been alive, it was that fire is a savage beast, paying no heed to the lives that it tears apart, nor the damage it inflicts both physically and mentally on its victims..." This is as the very first and last sentence of the book. This tells the reader that the author has gone through extreme pain in her life and has experience with this first hand.
 

Ohio State University Off the Record by Roland Becerra

  This book is an informational book about the Ohio State campus. I love how these are the students' opinions that the college has not censored. This gives you great detail on the campus life from the perspective of students who attend the college. This book is really raw since it is created by students so it feels more like talking to a friend, less of an informative, nonfiction book.

   I loved the way the author put big points in speech boxes which makes it have a more friendlier feeling which I believe was the author's purpose. Making find information about the college you want to attend less intimidating which, she does amazingly because you feel like your talking to a friend or reading a journal from a student. I love the author's purposeful diction in this book because it is so conversational.

  At first I was confused by how I seemed to become more confused about weather not I wanted to go to OSU. Soon I realized it was not to scare you just to educate you and that there will be bad things at every college. It really helped put my nerves at ease. If anyone is interested in OSU I would recommended them this book.

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