My Never Ending List

I hate to begin and say that David’s life was perfect because in doing so, none of what I read would have transpired. In reality, David had an ideal life and had it not been for his English Literature class, David’s life might have turned out differently but fate was in the cards and this class opened his eyes. David, a football starter with a cheerleader girlfriend, sitting with great grades and lots of friends needs to journal three days a week for his literature class which seems easy when the topics are so simple but when a new student arrives in class, David finds himself journaling more. David did a wonderful job keeping up on his journal, talking about hanging out with his girlfriend Monica and his best friend Tyler, giving details about the parties, the football games and his family. It was Jon who blew up the pages of his journal. This new student in his literature class had an electrifying effect on him instantly, as he borrows a pen from him. He finds himself staring at him repeatedly; a dude ….he’s checking out a dude, what is happening to him. Jon then becomes David’s tutor in English and David’s best friend starts in on the crude comments. David doesn’t know where his feelings belong, he doesn’t want anyone to know he has a strong attraction for a guy, his dad would kill him and he also needs a football scholarship to go to college so he needs to be a careful but what he feels, feels so right. He’s never had these feelings before with anyone, what if it’s true and he likes guys? Reading his journal, I’m eager to know what’s happening on the days that David’s not journaling as I know I have missed something important, some thought, some events that’s occurred. I’m extremely nervous as he’s writing so honestly and writing down so much information, I’m afraid of the safety of the journal. I wanted to throw it in the fire each time he got done writing as I am afraid someone would see it and life as he knows it would cease to exist. Then I wondered, perhaps that might be the ticket. Maybe this is the way people find out how he feels, is by reading his journal but it’s so personal and so private, oh…I’m so torn. Football, girlfriends, and school continue as David gets to know Jon and the two of them discover things about themselves. I was surprised at the friendships in this book and the family dynamics by the time I finally close the book. By the second half of the book, I couldn’t put the book down and things just escalated. It’s another terrific book by Anonymous.