Weekly Book Recommendation

This weeks book recommendation is A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass. It was interesting for sure. This is a young adult read. I do like adult books but even in my 30's young adult fiction just has a special place in my heart so I still read an awful lot of it.

Since I am such a bibliophile and end up spending more time reading than I do watching television and I am always on the hunt for my next great read I have decided to try and recommend a book once a week for others that wanna get their read on. I may change it to a monthly recommendation if I'm having a hard time keeping up.

A Mango-Shaped Space tugged at my heartstrings. It had a lot of the coming of age theme with our main character being a 13 year old girl who sees numbers and letters, words and sounds in colors and thinks she must be some kind of freak finding out she actually has something called synesthesia. She has hit that point where things are shifting in her life in regards to friendships, family, interest in the opposite gender and self identity.

I don't want to give anything big away here but it is full of delightful ups and downs. A great many things turn out to be not quite how she had anticipated. She deals with change and loss and how to roll with everything life throws your way. I feel like by the end she is a lot more comfortable with who she is and where her place is and I feel like she has established some new friendships and ways of seeing things.

I thought this book was unexpectedly good. I had it on my to read list and had looked at it before and when I needed something to read finally checked it out and ended up breezing through it in just 2 or 3 evenings.

Definitely check it out if you are: a cat lover, a fan of the coming of age story, a young adult reader, someone who has ever felt like they didn't fit it or that no one understands them or someone who just likes a story about someone who sees the world a little different than most people do.

If you've read it, drop me a line and let me know what you thought of it!

Have a good evening and I hope you are enjoying your summer!