Actually it was “school-made”. My friends made it for their Consumer Chemistry class and it was soooo good.

My husband lost his copy so I haven’t finished it till now.

I read this when I was in high school and I think it might have influenced me to take Physics during college. Stupid I know. but it was a really funny book. I ended up hating my college education though. :p

One of the last love stories I read btw.

I still haven’t finished the book. I started reading it when a friend bought it and let me borrow before even he could read it just so I would have something new to read. At that time we thought that my baby boy was given two years to live. We faced the possibility of death each day. I hated the book. Till now I couldn’t finish it. I know that if my circumstances were different I would have appreciated the book. But facing your own death and facing that of your baby’s is a whole different issue. I know the book is a good one and I should pick it up. But the bad memories it brings me just doesn’t really make me feel like picking it up again. Now my son is well. He was misdiagnosed. Tuesdays with Morrie is a great book but I’d rather spend time on other books that would give me more joy than pull me back to dwell on death. The funny thing is I would recommend the book to anyone but me. I guess it’s called denial. ^_

One of the best books I’ve read so far. I read this back in high school (early 90s) when a missionary friend lent it to me before she left for the US and more than 10 years since then I can still remember most of the story. The simplicity of the story makes it so believable. I don’t know what it really is about the Giver but there is just something special about it. Till now, just thinking of the story makes me want to read it again. I guess I’ll buy a copy and do that.