It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

By Lance Armstrong

Reviewed by Emily

For many people, cycling may be one of the most boring, monotonous sports to participate in. I sure thought so before I started riding. In reality, cycling is a strenuous experience that requires a lot of self-motivation. It’s a brutal beat-down on the entire body, and takes an athletic composure in the mental, emotional, and (especially) physical components. As seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong puts it, “It's not about the bike. It's a metaphor for life, not only the longest race in the world but also the most exalting and heartbreaking and potentially tragic.” His autobiographical book, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, takes his readers down a winding road of defeat, hardship, success, and triumph.

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The Last Song

By Nicholas Sparks

Reviewed by Brenda

Three years after her parents’ divorce, seventeen-year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller discovers that things are never what they seem…

After the divorce, Ronnie feels a deep anger against her father that blinds her to the reality of certain things. Until the summer that she is forced to spend in the company of her father.

While trying to avoid her father, she meets some interesting people that change her life forever. Among them is Will Blake Lee, a good-looking, sensitive guy who although rich and popular will teach her a lesson.

At the end of the summer, she makes a discovery that will affect her life in an important way.

The Last Song is a story that will touch your heart, and make you see that things are not always what we want them to be. It is a story that will make you change your point of view about life and see it in a totally different perspective.

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