The Last Lecture

By Randy Pausch
This book ranks right up there with the "Four Agreements" to me!
What an incredibly motivating book. This is a non-fiction book that Randy Pausch wrote after giving his "Last Lecture".
Randy was a professor at a university. The faculty there were sometimes asked to give a lecture as if you were dying. Crazy thing? Randy was dying. He had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and was given 3-6 months to live. Randy was married and had 3 kids under 6 years old.
His lecture was not what you would think. He focused on living out your childhood dreams. And he did live his out. He was incredible! The way he lived his life before and after his diagnosis was remarkable. It left me in awe. I will buy this book. I maybe will read it daily to remember how I would like to live my life.

Ps If you have an hour and a few minutes, watch his lecture online on youtube. Fabulous!

Gathering Blue and the Messenger

I finished the series! It was good. I couldn't put it down. Clever story.
So book 2 is totally unrelated to Book 1, but book 3 ties them all together. Book 2, Gathering Blue is about a girl living in a different place with other rules while realizing she has a gift. She and her friends are special and thus, treated differently. Book 3, the Messenger, tells you what happens in the end of book 1. I know, confusing. But this series was an easy read. No language, sex or any graphic violence. I am glad Koy read it. I think it was a good book for him also. Definitely not his favorite, but he enjoyed it for sure.
So, now I have a list a mile long of books that sound great, but which to choose???
It needs to be something fantastic! An ideas?

The Giver

This was a surprising read to me! Koy read this book for English and at first he didn't really like it. However, I was intrigued because of how quickly he read the series. In the end, I think he enjoyed it.
The book is about a futuristic time when everything has become quite primitive. There are a lot of rules and no emotions. People just going through the motions of life. One boy, however is given a unique job upon turning 12 years old. He is to meet with The Giver and "receive" memories. It had sort of a "Hunger Games" feel to it but whole different story.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It is a youth book I believe. No language. No sex.
This book does end with you dangling from a cliff though and the second book has NOTHING to do with the first, but Koy tells me it all comes together in the end.
Good book. Enjoyed it. Almost done with the next.