Skip to main content

Every Day

    Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. 

    Every Day is a book about a being named "A", who is cursed. Every day, A wakes up in a different person's body, and has to live their life for them. The person that A wakes up in can be tall or short, fat or thin, boy or girl, as long as they are around the age of A, and in the same part of the world. Because of this curse, A learns firsthand how it feels to have abusive parents, or be morbidly obese, or even blind. A learns all about other people's lives, but never anything about how to live "his" own. I say "his" because I think of A as a him since I usually identify with the main character when I read books, but really A is genderfluid.

    As the book progresses, A finds love when he wakes up in the body of a bad boyfriend named Justin. The girl Justin is dating, Rhiannon, tries to be kind to Justin, and cares about him a lot, even though he doesn't seem to love her back. A feels a connection, and the next day tries to see her again, even though he is in the body of a boy named Nathan now. 

    Long story short, Rhiannon eventually falls in love with A, but they soon realize that it won't work between them since A can never be in a normal relationship. One day, A wakes up in the body of a perfect guy for Rhiannon, and decides to "give" Rhiannon this boy as a parting gift. The next day, he skips town and the book ends.

    I really liked this book. It was a good concept and well executed. I especially enjoyed the excitement of entering a new chapter in a new body, and being overloaded with sensory details. It was interesting to imagine myself in someone else's shoes. One thing I didn't like about this book was the ending. I think A and Rhiannon could still have been together if they actually tried, although either way it wouldn't have been too bad an ending. I also didn't like all the loose ends. It was implied that there was another being like A in the world who had evil intentions, but all of a sudden that part of the plot just disappeared. But overall, this is still a great read and I recommend it to anyone who isn't disgusted by the very thought of romance.

- Gabe

Comments

  1. Andrea LiApril 14, 2021 at 9:58 AM

    Great job on your description of the book! This sounds like a cool concept that I would enjoy reading. I like the irony in that although A knows what it's like to literally be in so many other people's shoes, the one thing he is missing is his own. I also like that you mentioned there being loose ends, because I hate it when loose ends that had so much potential end up not being used.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Khadeejah R.April 14, 2021 at 12:57 PM

    This sounds like a really interesting book! I liked your description of the plot, and it seems like it would be interesting to read how A deals with being not only a different person everyday, but also how A deals with that person's life, their friends, and family. I agree that the ending sounds a bit frustrating, though. I think I'll check this book out!

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnkitaApril 14, 2021 at 2:59 PM

    This seems like a fun book! I think that it would be interesting to read how A is someone different every day, and how he manages to contact Rhannon if he is a new person every morning.

    ReplyDelete
  4. MaggieApril 17, 2021 at 7:39 PM

    Bruh this sounds sad. Seems like the type of book I would think about randomly after reading. I kind of want to read it now, but at the same time I don't want to subject myself into dealing with that kind of ending.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Miranda BurgosApril 21, 2021 at 8:12 PM

    Sounds like a cool book, I read a book series with a similar concept in elementary school called Katie Kazoo. Except in that series, the power had to be triggered (or something like that, it has been years) and she could become anyone from a baby to an old man. One thing I would have appreciated in the blog post was a spoiler warning before you gave away the ending .-.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Emily DMay 1, 2021 at 2:51 PM

    A takes being in someone else's shoes to the extreme. Sounds like they've been through a lot--I hope the book did them justice. Nice summary, but I agree with Miranda that a spoiler warning would've been nice. Also, genderfluid characters are super neat, and I'm glad to see another, because I'm pretty sure I've only seen one before. Might read this book just for that. Representation is good.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Aesop Fables life lessons pt. 2

 Last month I was captivated by Aesop's fables short stories mixed with life lessons. Because of how much I enjoyed the reading I decided to finish the book this month and I wanted to share with you some of the fables that stuck out to me. THE FOX IN THE WELL An unlucky Fox having fallen into a well was able, by dint of great effort, to keep his head barely above water. While he was there struggling, and sticking his claws into the side of the well, a wolf came by and looked in. "What my dear brother," said he, with concerned concern, " can it really be you that I see down there? How cold you must feel! How long have you been in? How did you fall in? I am so pained to see you. Do tell me about it!" " The end of the rope would be of more use to me than all your pity," answered the fox. "Just help me to set my foot once more on solid ground, and you shall have the whole story." saying well is good, but doing well is better -PG. 91  This is one ...
6 comments
Read more

Rereading the Harry Potter series

      I recently saw a blog post about rereading books, and how enjoyable it can be. This idea is one that I share, and I often reread books that I have enjoyed in the past. I decided after reading that blog post that it was about time I read the Harry Potter series again. I have read this series too many times to count, but almost all of them were in a very short span of time, when I was much younger. Did the magical experience still hold up?     It did. I found myself staying up late night after night reading, and instead of playing videogames in my free time, my nose was stuffed deep into the world of Harry Potter. Just ten minutes ago I finished reading the final book in the series, and I felt very accomplished indeed. This is one series that will never get old for me.      One thing that I found interesting as I was reading was comparing and contrasting my experience of the book now vs. then. When I first read Harry Potter, there was a lot ab...
11 comments
Read more

Animal Farm: An Allegorical Wonder

      On the first look, Animal farm by George Orwell  may seem childish. After all, it is a story about speaking animals who run their own farm. This is not what the book is actually about. It is an allegory. As unusual as it is, Animal Farm is about the Russian Revolution in 1917. Why you should read it      Animal Farm  is not a long book, it is only 112 pages long. Along with being short, the plot is fairly simple. Understanding the characters and their actions is easy. Even though the meaning behind the book is not tailored for young children, it is written in a way that they could read it. Standing alone, it is already a quaint book to read. What makes this book special, though, is how it ties in with the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s rise to power. Most, if not all of the characters can be tied to real-life people who were involved in it.       I recommend that if you do choose to read  Animal Farm , ...
9 comments
Read more