This book I am reading is about a girl named Tessa who has cancer and she only has a limited amount of time to live. She is trying to do everything she can before she dies and her friend Zoey is helping her out by telling her to do something and she has to say yes to what Zoey says to do. I am about half way through and I am at a point in the book where she meets a boy that lives right next to her and they hang out a lot. Tessa just had an appointment with one of the nurses that comes to her house every other week and she was really snotty to her because it was not her normal nurse. Tessa gets very frustrated when her normal nurse is not there.
I like this book because it seems very real to everyday life right now. Because someone could actually be going through something like this right now. I think that author wanted us to think about how bad cancer can really be and how it can quickly take away a persons life and there personality. I really like the boy Tessa meets because he says to just live out her life and not try and do everything. Just be happy with who you are right now. " I know you're up to something. Cal told me about some list you've made. I need to know about it, not because I want to stop you, but because I want to keep you safe." That was a quote that Tessa's dad told her and I really like it because it shows he really cares and earlier in the book he really didn't she a lot of interest in her health problems. (Cal is Tessa's little brother)
The one question I have is how Tessa is going to end up after she does all the stuff she wants to do. I want to know if she will be happy or if she will actually regret doing all that stuff and realize her cancer is getting better and she might not die so soon.
Before I Die does sound good. I'll add it to my reading list. I read a book by Chris Crutcher called Deadline that was about a high school senior boy who had one year to live. I thought it was a good read.
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