Assignment 2- Juliann Hyatt- the two books I read

Surprisingly, in the last twelve months the only “books” I recall reading are Turtles All the Way Down by John Green and The Great Gatsby. Other than those, the only books I’ve read are various criminal justice textbooks I pick up at Half-Price Books. 

I acquired Turtles All the Way Down the day it was released, was extremely excited to read it, set it down, and did not read it until this summer. Frankly I had not had the time nor the motivation to read. During the school year, I was forced to read The Great Gatsby in my AP Seminar class. Although I was irritated by the concept of having to learn a concept which A- did not have to do with the class I was in, and B- was after the AP test, the book became very enjoyable after the exposition was cleared. I believe that I would have finished the book due to the sarcasm and underlying romantic subtexts alone even if i had not been forced to do so.

It's a shame that they didn’t cast Ryan Reynolds to be Jay Gatsby in the movie, seeing as he was already Green Lantern and Deadpool.