The Happy Hippo Readers

  The Bluest Eye is undoubtedly the best book I have ever read. This doesn’t mean it is my favorite book, even if that may sound contradictory. What I mean is the book is written so well, the characters are so complete and realistic, and the storyline is so emotionally provocative that I believe I have never read a better book. The book is so good that even if I made every person on the planet read all the books I have read in my entire lifetime and then asked them which of those was objectively the best book, everyone would say The Bluest Eye . Well obviously, that is an exaggeration, when reading something like a book there is no way to give a 100% objective answer with no bias. I probably have a bias as well and who knows, maybe The Bluest Eye isn’t really the best book I have ever read. Ok now that we got that complete mess of an explanation out of the way let’s talk a bit about the book itself. The Bluest Eye was written by Toni Morrison and published in 1970. The book tells...

       Hello! Welcome to my review of You Reached Sam by Dustin Thao. During the early days of August, I decided to read a book because I didn't read much over summer break. The book I chose to read was You've Reached Sam. My best friend read this book awhile back, and she recommended it to me after she finished. At first, I didn't want to read it because I wasn't entirely interested in books during the time, so she spoiled the ending for me. Nevertheless, I still decided to pick it up from the library and read it.      You've Reached Sam is a book about Julie dealing with the death of her boyfriend, Sam. Sam had died while studying during the Summer in Japan due to a car accident. Reasonably enough, Julie couldn't take this death well, and she even skipped his funeral as she was in denial. She did everything to try to forget Sam like getting rid of his belongings.      However, after reading a quote that Sam had left for her in their hi...

   Hi, this is my review about the book The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis from the Narnia series. When I was little, the movie would play on TV and I would watch it, so reading this book brought me back to those years.  The book starts off in England during the WW2 where four children, Peter, the oldest, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, the youngest, are going to leave London and go live in the countryside due to the war. After settling in their new home, the kids decide to explore. After looking through the house, Lucy is left alone in front of a wardrobe, she goes inside and enters the world of Narnia, where she meets a Fawn named Thomas, who introduces her into Narnia. After going back home, she tells the others about her experience in Narnia, but nobody believes her. They decide to play hide and seek the day after, And Lucy along with Edmund, decide to go into the wardrobe. While looking for Lucy, Edmund meets the witch, she convinces him to bring the other ki...

Five Total Strangers: a book review    Hi guys, welcome back to the Happy Hippo Readers blog. Over the summer, I read Five Total Strangers, a thriller novel that was actually really interesting. This book is about Mira, who is trying to come back home for Christmas. After the second leg of her flight gets cancelled due to a large snowstorm, she has to find a way to get back to her mom, who she worries about. Her mom, who tragically lost her sister to cancer exactly one year prior. Since Mira's mom and aunt were twins, they were very close.