Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher (Goodreads Author)

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.

Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.
(Summary retrieved from goodreads.com)

I haven't even finished this book, I'm about halfway through, and I needed to share it.

This book is extremely powerful and I'm completely consumed by it. Young adults and "regular" adults alike could learn a thing or two--or ten--from the lessons the main character, Hannah, is trying to communicate.
I'm completely hooked and will definitely spend the rest of my day diving into this captivating read.

Paper Towns

by John Green

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows.

After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues - and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Q gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.

(Summary retrieved from goodreads.com)

I loved this book. It was the first book by John Green that I read and it was more than enough to get me hooked on his genius. Paper Towns was a great journey that for once had no supernatural or fantastical elements. This is a great book if you want a smart, funny, witty journey; a story about people.