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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.

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  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!

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  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.

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  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.

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  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 .-.

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  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.

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