The Un-official End Of Summer, Ends "Beaches" and Begins To "Rise!"

Just in time for Labor Day, I finished reading Iris Rainer Dart's "Beaches," and it evoked the same response from me as the movie did; I found myself reaching for a Kleenex. (Or maybe it's because I have a summer cold! Ha!) However, I am composed enough to once again compare and contrast the book with its cinematic counterpart! In the movie, Hilary (called 'Bertie/Roberta'in the book) loses her mother before her childhood meeting of Cee Cee, while in the book, Bertie's mother doesn't die until Bertie is grown and married. Also, Cee Cee's father is alive in the book, while there is very little mention of him in the movie. There are a few more differences between the book and the movie, but I will say that Michael, Bertie's husband is a sonofabitch in both! I don't want to ruin anything for whoever decides to read the book and compare it to the movie as I did; I will instead talk about my next "Journey Through A Book!" What's next on my list? "Michael Vey: Rise Of The Elgen" by Richard Paul Evans! I previously read and blogged about the first book in the series, "Michael Vey: The Prisoner Of Cell 25." Michael was born with special electrical powers—and he’s not the only one. His friend Taylor has them too, and so do other kids around the world. With Michael’s friend Ostin, a techno-genius, they form the Electroclan, an alliance meant to protect them from a powerful group, the growing Order of Elgen, who are out to destroy them. The leader of the Elgen, Dr. Hatch, has kidnapped Michael’s mother, and time is running out. After narrowly escaping an Elgen trap, Ostin’s discovery of bizarre “rat fires” in South America leads the gang to the jungles of Peru, where the Electroclan meets new, powerful foes and faces their greatest challenge yet as Michael learns the extent of the Elgen’s rise in power—and the truth of their plan to “restructure” the world. I can't wait to be reunited with Michael, Ostin, and Taylor and to see where Richard Paul Evans, who just happens to be my favorite author, takes the story next!