The Ghostwriters

She's funny, cynical, and kinda crazy, but she knows how to tell a story.

A struggling writer living in Manhattan, Jacy McMasters is the first to admit she's a terrific liar and a screw-up. Then the ghost of the famous novelist JD Balinger asks her to "channel" a follow-up to his classic coming of age book, The Watcher in the Sky. Along with her new boyfriend, a bear of a man who has no patience for mind games, the ghost in Jacy's head forces her to confront a lifetime of secrets—dark secrets. Secrets she's been keeping from herself.


Ok so this is not a ghost story, or even a romance. DO not judge a book by it's cover. 

Jacy is a struggling writer, when she is not working she is drinking...ALOT. Most days she wakes up in a strangers bed, with no memory of what exactly happened. And to make matter's worse her pathetic ex keeps coming around because his current girlfriend won't sleep with him, so he keeps coming back to Jacy for one thing and one thing only. This is how we get introduced to Jacy and her wonderful lifestyle of drinking, sex and her attempts at writing which most days are her attempting, failing, and then drinking..

One day Jacy is at the bar, so drunk that she doesn't care anymore, she turns and see's a man sitting at the end staring at her, she looks at him for help- help of any kind, because she is spiraling out of control...
Except when she wakes up the next day she is in her apartment, alone... Suddenly she hears something outside in her living room, when she goes to inspect she finds JD standing there. Quickly we are caught up that JD is dead, he is the ghost of a famous author, who has come to Jacy to write his follow up novel.
So here comes the title of the book- Ghostwriters. Jacy is writing a book for JD, using his style and his words they create what they hope will be the next best seller. 

All the while Jacy is still struggling with her family issues, her own mental issues, and her drinking problem. 
One night after a long, tiring day with JD she goes out drinking and wakes up in a strangers bed with no memory of the night before. So this is where the book get's cute since they do throw in some romance, apparently the guy she slept with the night before, really likes her and it's more than just sex. He likes who she is, because Jacy was so drunk she doesn't remember that she divulged all her darkest secrets and her fucked up family life. 

Throughout the book we learn about her crazy controlling mother, her supportive father, and her loving brother who looks up to Jacy. We think everyone is OK, and Jacy is just overreacting to how things are when she goes home to see her family... The twist at the end will have you shocked, speechless and maybe even crying.. 

I found the writing in this book to be amazing, and the story not to mention the understory that is shown throughout this book was something that should be carried on for many generations. 
You will find mental illness, death, suicide, alcoholism, romance, and much more. I would recommend this book to anyone! 

The Adjustment

Program #5

The Program has been shut down, the handlers are gone, no more pills to stop memories.. Sounds perfect right? But what happens to those that went to the program? Or those who only went partially through it...

We follow Tatum, and her boyfriend Weston as they go on this journey together.
Weston was taken through the program, and completed before they shut down. Now he just returned to their school- since everything run under the program even the school was shut down. Now everyone is back in public school together, except Weston doesn't remember the love of his life Tatum.
Tatum decides she is not going to give up on him and will do everything in her power to get him to remember her and their love, a new therapy is being rumored to work,, The Adjustment.

Tatum and Weston decide to try the Adjustment, when they go to meet the doctor, a Dr. Mckee and his assistant Marie, they feel the pros outweigh the cons, and begin the adjustment.

Tatum will donate her memories through a series of truth serum, and electrodes attached to her, then once the memory is captured it is configured and transferred to Weston. The two of them go through 3 our of 4 Adjustments before Weston starts telling Tatum things don't feel right, his head and heart are at war, emotions dont make sense with the memory...

Could Tatum be lying about the memories of them and the emotions that went with them, or was something else going on entirely?

Random people begin showing up throughout Weston and Tatum's life, people they never spoke to before, and ever since the first Adjustment Tatum is experiencing headaches and nose bleeds, memory crash backs... How can this be for someone who never went through the Program?

A sinister plot twist takes place that leaves you in awe.. There is one more book in the series and sadly won't be released until 2018!!! There are so many twist and turns throughout this series, each page leaves you wanting more!

13 Reasons why- Book & Netflix review

So i read this book many years ago- and i enjoyed the book very much. It hits a lot of subjects that are hard for people to talk about.. Suicide, sexual assault, bullying, and low self esteem. In the book the main character Hannah has ultimately ended her life, but she left behind cassette tapes- yes they use to be a thing! On these tapes she has left 13 reasons why she committed this act. Since the main question after someone commits suicide is always WHY? Hannah gives us this answer. The book was hard to read, because it does hit emotional points that everyone has gone through during one point in life.
Fast Forward to 2017- Netflix just created the series based off the book- and WOW they did an amazing job of recreating the book on TV- no extra things added- and stayed true to the story the book was presenting. I found the netflix show to be just as hard- if not harder to watch as the book. During the show we once again hear about the tapes- but we learn more about how her death affected each and everyone on those tapes. It shows the bullying, the sexual assault, and her suicide. It was tough to watch, but this opens the door for families, for friends, for anyone to begin the discussion of suicide.
Because wether we like it or not- depression is a real thing- suicide happens to people you know, this is not something that happens to other people but no one you know. It does- it happens all the time, all over the country. If you know someone who may be suffering get them the help they need- go tell your parent- go to the school- yeah they may hate you for a while but so what? Your saving their life.
This show i pray opens the eyes of kids today- especially high school kids, because this shows how tough it is for everyone during that time, i can't imagine how hard it must be now- with the internet when the bully's dont stop at school, they have to come home and be harassed online and it's a never ending cycle.
Stop the hate- Stop the Bullying- Save a Life.