I am so ready to see this amazing book be made into an amazing film! I think that all the actors cast are spot on, and I tear up just watching the trailer (which is embarrassing when you're at work).
If you don't know what Wonder is, it is a film adaptation of the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio, a New York Times Bestseller that will steal your heart:
And if that didn't convince you, or you need some visual encouragement, check out the trailer for the movie:My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside.But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?Narrated by Auggie and the people around him whose lives he touches forever, Wonder is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
You can also get in on the fun, but creating your very own Wonder Portrait!
Bonus Book! - So Anna Dressed in Blood was not one of my specified Challenge Books, but I've been meaning to read it for quite awhile, and it seemed to be a perfect time to do so. I am so glad I did! I listened to the audio of this book, and it was perfect! The narrator, August Ross, did an amazing job. His attitude for Cas was spot on, and he did a great job with all the different characters, differentiating between them so well.
This was not what I was expecting from Stephanie Perkins. She is the queen of the cute contemporary romances, and this was definitely a thriller with all the violence and murder that goes along with that. But some of her roots showed, as there was a sweet romance between the main character, Makani, and the "outcast" at school, Ollie. But boy, beyond that, this was way more than my expectations.
Another book that wasn't what I was expecting. Based on the book blurb, the reader doesn't really know what the book is about. But if it were any other way, the story would be ruined. I'd classify this as a mystery with a paranormal edge to it, so while not as bloody, still riveting in it's plot! Will, the main character, is very paranoid, which ratchets up the tension through the whole book as you see the events unfold through his eyes. Each character represents a different fear that many humans have and while none are as rounded out as Will, they are essential to the ending of the story.
I finished Asylum by Madeleine Roux on Monday! I have fallen in love with audiobooks because I can read while I drive my hour commute to work in the morning and afternoon. But I was especially lucky, because I listened to this book on my way to the Turtles All the Way Down Tour stop in Orlando, which is 2 hours and 30 minutes away from my house. CHA-CHING, got to bang out this book!
This book is crazy! I am not a big thriller person, but from page one the story sucks you in! This is such a different genre from Stephanie Perkins that I never would’ve guessed she was the author. Frightening and twisty, you don’t know who the next victim will be or the gruesome way they’ll be killed! 
1. Read a Thriller - I chose 
2. Read a Book with a Spooky Word in the Title - I chose 
3. Read a Book Based on a Childhood Fear - I chose 
4. Read a Book with Orange on the Cover - I chose 
5. Read a Book that has a Spooky Setting - I chose 
6. Bonus Book - If I get done with my other 5 books, I chose to add in 
