Gwendy's Button Box

 2/10/23

I've been listening to the audiobook of this book. I'm starting to get into audiobooks and I solved the issue of the whole out of sight thing. As long as I have the physical copy with me, I don't forget about the audiobook. I sometimes read along. Most of the time I'm sorting my TBR list. Anyways the book is about this girl who is pretty much an outcast at school due to her weight. She started to work out every morning to loose that weight. But during one of her workouts she meets a strange man. This strange man give her a box with buttons and levers on it. The levers give gifts like chocolates and coins. But the buttons he never explains what they do. Just says which continent they are related to. Then the man disappears. Gwendy keeps the box safe and only uses it for the chocolates it gives. Her life is turning up for the better and she figures out what those buttons are for. Terrified of the box now, she hides it in a wall. But things get a little more crazy the longer she holds on to the box. For example, the boy who keeps bullying her ends up in a car crash and brakes his left arm in the same way that Gwendy had dreamt herself breaking his arm. Now she doesn't know what to think of the box.

I think I need to slow down on the reading. I am almost done with yet another book and I don't have anymore at the moment. I guess I could grab one of the books on my shelf at home. Or, finish Gone Girl. But right now I just want to let Gwendy's Button Box sink in. I have a feeling that there is a deeper meaning to this book but for some reason my mind just can't process it. Anyways I did enjoy the book. The bully never left Gwendy alone even after she lost all her weight and because one of the top students in her school. Obsession can come in many forms. I do plan on reading more from both authors of this book. I just don't know when and I don't know what to tell you as an update with this book. It's short and a good quick read. It kept me busy while I sorted my TBR list. But I look forward to my next read. I wonder what I will pick up next.