WHAT LIGHT by Vy Bui https://padlet.com/21vbui2/whatlight By Jay Asher en-us 2017-12-14 00:32:05 UTC 2017-12-17 20:08:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png About "WHAT LIGHT"... 21vbui2 https://padlet.com/21vbui2/whatlight/wish/216017787 From Jay Asher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why, comes a romance that will break your heart, but soon have you believing again. . .

Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon—it's a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year, they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas. And leaving one always means missing the other.

Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, and one life eclipses the other.

By reputation, Caleb is not your perfect guy: years ago, he made an enormous mistake and has been paying for it ever since. But Sierra sees beyond Caleb's past and becomes determined to help him find forgiveness and, maybe, redemption. As disapproval, misconceptions, and suspicions swirl around them, Caleb and Sierra discover the one thing that transcends all else: true love.

What Light is a love story that's moving and life-affirming and completely unforgettable.]]> 2017-12-14 00:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/21vbui2/whatlight/wish/216017787 What I would say about this book: 21vbui2 https://padlet.com/21vbui2/whatlight/wish/216018120
* Rating: 6.5/10
* Comment: At first, I was really impressed by the cover of "What Light". It is one of the books has such a nice cover that urged me to pick it up right away when I saw it on the rack at the library. To be honest, 80% the reason I picked this book was just because of its super beautiful cover, 20% because of the author of this book is Jay Asher - the author of the famous book "Thirteen Reasons Why". I swore I had no interested in its plot. Based on the short summary on its cover, I thought this story has a pretty basic plot. I was really surprised how Jay Asher could write such a book like this after his complicated but dedicate book, "Thirteen Reasons Why". I was about to stop reading, but my curiosity urged me to continue. As what the summary described, this book is 80% romance, the rest is all about family and friendship. Since it is a book for young adults, I can say it is pretty OK. But for my picky standards about books, this is not enough to satisfy me.
* Dear the author of this book, Jay Asher, I was a huge fan of yours after finishing your well-known book, "Thirteen Reasons Why". But I think I have to be honest, I felt frustrated after finishing this book :(( I mean, it is way too different from what I expected from your book though :(( "What Light" is not bad, but it certainly has nothing special. I expected more when I decided to choose this one from the library... ]]> 2017-12-14 00:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/21vbui2/whatlight/wish/216018120 About the Author 21vbui2 https://padlet.com/21vbui2/whatlight/wish/216802205 Jay Asher was born in Arcadia, California on September 30, 1975. He grew up with a family that encouraged him to pursue all of his interests right after graduating from San Luis Obispo High School[citation needed]. It was here where he wrote his first two children’s books for a class called Children’s Literature Appreciation. After high school, he decided he wanted to become an elementary school teacher. He then transferred to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where he left his senior year in order to pursue his career as a serious writer. He married Joan Marie on September 7, 2002. Throughout his life, he worked in various establishments, including working as a salesman in a shoe store and in libraries and bookstores.[1] Many of his work experiences influenced some aspect of his writing.

He had published three books to date, Thirteen Reasons Why, a 2007 New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction novel, and The Future of Us, co-written by Carolyn Mackler and "The Bible".

He has written several picture books and middle school humor novels. Thirteen Reasons Why has won several awards and has received five stars from Teen Book Review. It also has received high praise from fellow authors such as Ellen Hopkins, Sherman Alexie, Chris Crutcher, and Gordon Korman.

Asher is a fan of the TV series How I Met Your Mother.[2] He cites it as a major influence on his work.

Netflix released a series based on Asher's novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, with Selena Gomez as an executive producer on March 31, 2017.[3]

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