Room

With Taylor gone working a lot, I have managed to stay sane by enjoying my favorite hobby reading. I confess, I am a total book worm and every once in a while I come across a really amazing book and I just have to share. Last week I finished the book Room by Emma Donoghue. It was definitely one of the best and most suspenseful books I have ever read. I could not put it down and finished it in two days. And yes, I did read the Hunger Games trilogy the week before which I thoroughly enjoyed, but this was better. The Room is a novel written in the point of view of a 5 year-old boy. I thought this seemed crazy but it actually provided quite amazing insight.  So if you are a big literary fiction fan, like me, or even if you love thrillers and suspense, you will definitely enjoy this book. I hope you get a chance to read it!

Here is the synopsis:
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.
Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.