One Million Pages Per Lifetime discussion

My fellow moderators and myself have agreed to start having a Mod Book of the Month (MBOM) every month. This will be a book that us mods will read or have read during that month. Everyone in the group is encouraged to read the book with us and discuss!

This month's book will be Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. Feel free to talk about it in this topic!

I'm ready to discuss! I MAD LOVED this book. The classical music integration, the historical alternating with modern, and a realistic life problem. I, being the Mad Scientist, also really enjoyed the small tidbits of the scientific bits.

After all that love... I did love so much about this book - everything. But you can tell there is a lot going on. Except it was not even close to overwhelming.

I am about a 1/4 of the way through this book and now that she has the diary I am ready to devour it. But I have made myself stop in order to finish another book and then I will be right back into chomping this book down!

Ok. We can dicuss the beginning or wait tell u start or finish.

Ok so I am a little more than half way into this book now and I am REALLY loving it! It is completely different than what I expected. Granted I have wanted to read it but only knew that it had to do with two time periods. I just finished the part where Andi and Virgil first kiss and getting ready to start Chapter 45.

I love Alex's story even though there are points where I am wondering what she is talking about or if she went back in time. I am excited to see what happens next.

Oh goodness! I loved it too. But of course I said that already! I too had no idea what to expect, as with most of any book I pick up. I know vaguely of what is inside like a werewolf but beyond that I like to know next to nothing.

Time travel was amazing. Sometimes a bit heavy with the history but it was well worth it.

Virgil was amazing. Lately it seems like foreign guys are worth a good look! ;)

Just wait tell you get farther! The time travel gets even better!

What did you think of her dad? Her mom? Her uncle G?

I think her dad is completely insensitive and just moved past the grief without really taking it in and accepting that his son died. I think that her mom is not doing things to help get past the grief. I know that it is depression and while I do not have kids I do know parents that have lost their children and would not wish it on anyone. I think Jennifer gave a good portrayal though of the extremes of how some parents will behave.

Her uncle G...not really sure how I feel about him. He is there but not really there...if you know what I mean. From the little snippets we see of him though he seems like an awesome person.

I am not sure how I feel about Virgil. I can't decide what kind of guy he is. Maybe not one of my favorite male characters. I think Jennifer was just trying to set up a side plot, but I love the relationship Andi is getting with Alex even if it is just through the diary.

He is insensitive! I was thinking jerk so much of the time. He is one of those high powered people who love work so much that they should not of had a family. If you can't be there why would you want the family, sort of reminds me of Click. Sandler learned that he was a jerk in the end.

I know I would not handle it if one of my children died. Yet, I don't think I could fall into a spiral of absolute darkness when I knew another children needed me.

I liked G. He barely knew her so I felt that his affection and pulling away was warranted. He just tried to make her feel better without stepping on her toes.

Virgil was her warm spot. Another person who could understand her, understand how music is all apart of her. I think he was real. Nice and cautious. He saved her by being there, just being.

I just finished the book!!!!! So love it! I just read all morning until I finished!

It is a 5 star Mad Love book! I'm quit certain I hugged my book when I was done. She will be ok.

I know this was definitely a 5 Star read! I haven't read any of her other books, but now I can't wait until I start reading more of them. I want to read both her adult and YA books.

What did you think of the time travel section of the book?

It was co pletely different then just reading the journal. It was unexpected but as much as I was shocked I loved how it all tied together. It made u feel more there then w the journal. I also love how it mixed modern technology and speak into the past. Imagine asking for a bathroom and u get a chamber pot!!! Ha ha!

I know that is how I felt. When it first came about I was like..."Are you serious? What in the world!" This was mostly because I wasn't that fond of the transition. It was too random. But once it got further into that part of the story I really got into it.

I also thought it was weird that her brother just so happened to find that key in the United States.

The was the craziest chance an a half. It would of been, better, if it was a key that happened to work instead of the right engraved key. Or if the engraving was so messed up the could only figure out it was the key through research. Alas, it is a YA so it is not surprising that it is not so in depth.

Yeah true. I think they should have possibly gone a little more with picking the lock open...but there is no possible way it could have ever been found that way. Oh well it is fiction after all.

It was really good either way. It would of been a mammoth book if it hit all the details.

Very true...even though a mammoth book that good would definitely help add to my page count.

That is so true!

I don't think more pages would of made it less of a story. She would of had to really goof it up then. Have u read any of her other books?

No I have her adult books waiting to be read and I want to read A Northern Light really bad too.

I'd love to read more of her books. I liked her style of writing in Revolution.