Friday Feature is where we share books we love that have been out for several years. We don't want these treasures to get lost just because they aren't babies anymore!
The Host (The Host #1)
by Stephenie Meyer
Hardcover, 619 pages
Published May 6th 2008 by Little, Brown and Company
I've read this book several times and I still really love it! The characters have such vivid personalities and motives. On my first reading, I read this book twice in a row and I still wasn't ready for it to end. One thing I really like about The Host is how it boils everything down to priorities. Once survival becomes the center of life, all the "fluff" disappears as the focus moves to taking care of those we love. Definitely a favorite!
5/5 stars
Published May 6th 2008 by Little, Brown and Company
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.
When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.
When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.
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I've read this book several times and I still really love it! The characters have such vivid personalities and motives. On my first reading, I read this book twice in a row and I still wasn't ready for it to end. One thing I really like about The Host is how it boils everything down to priorities. Once survival becomes the center of life, all the "fluff" disappears as the focus moves to taking care of those we love. Definitely a favorite!
5/5 stars
I love this book too. Read it when it first came out and I'm so excited about the movie!!! Can't wait.
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