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    This document summarizes the author's preferences in literature. Their favorite author is Patrick Ness, known for unique writing styles and books like A Monster Calls. The author's favorite book is Ness's The Rest of Us Just Live Here, which follows ordinary high school students dealing with supernatural events and personal struggles. It stands out for finding the extraordinary in ordinary life, as shown by the quote "Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life." The author also recommends Looking for Alaska by John Green and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

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    This document summarizes the author's preferences in literature. Their favorite author is Patrick Ness, known for unique writing styles and books like A Monster Calls. The author's favorite book is Ness's The Rest of Us Just Live Here, which follows ordinary high school students dealing with supernatural events and personal struggles. It stands out for finding the extraordinary in ordinary life, as shown by the quote "Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life." The author also recommends Looking for Alaska by John Green and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

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    This document summarizes the author's preferences in literature. Their favorite author is Patrick Ness, known for unique writing styles and books like A Monster Calls. The author's favorite book is Ness's The Rest of Us Just Live Here, which follows ordinary high school students dealing with supernatural events and personal struggles. It stands out for finding the extraordinary in ordinary life, as shown by the quote "Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life." The author also recommends Looking for Alaska by John Green and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

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    LITERATURE

    MY PREFERENCES
    t. hrebeňárová, II.E
    CONTENTS
    ● MY OPINION ON “MAINSTRE
    AM“ LITERATURE

    ● MY FAVOURITE AUTHOR

    ● MY FAVOURITE BOOK

    ● QUOTE

    ● WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS BO


    OK?

    ● OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

    ● SOURCES
    2
    MY OPINION ON “MAINSTREAM“ LITERATURE
    my favourite genres

    MAINSTREAM? ● favourite genres


    ● books like Harry Potter series, Twilight, • mystery
    LOTR... • romance
    ● the same plots all over again
    • detective stories
    ● it‘s hard to find an exceptional story
    • adventure
    • fantasy

    3
    MY FAVOURITE AUTHOR
    Patrick Ness

    • British-American author (born in the US, holds dual


    citizenship)

    • has a unique style of writing

    • married his partner in 2013 following the legalization


    of same-sex marriage in California

    • BOOKS: trilogy Chaos Walking, A Monster Calls,


    The Rest Of Us Just Live Here, Release, Burn...

    4
    MY FAVOURITE BOOK
    The Rest Of Us Just Live Here

    ● plot ● characters
    The story follows a high school senior, Mikey & Mel: siblings, whose family life is difficult,
    Mikey, and his friends, ordinary kids with an alcoholic dad and a mother who is a politician.
    living in times that are no longer ordinary. Mike suffers from OCD and Mel is in the process of
    In any other book, they would be just recovering from anorexia.
    boring side characters, not interfering with Jared: grandson of the Goddess of the Cats, calls
    the main plotline. Mikey does not want to himself three-quarters Jewish and one-fourth god. The
    accept that he is simply average but one with the most supernatural background from the
    ultimately finds that having good friends bunch.
    is what makes life important. Henna: deals with the mysterious loss of her older
    brother. Her parents are deeply affected by his
    disappearance and have found purpose in serving God.

    5
    “Because sometimes there are
    problems bigger than this week’s
    end of the world and sometimes
    you just have to find the
    extraordinary in your ordinary
    life.”

    6
    WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS
    BOOK?

    7
    OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

    ● Looking for Alaska by John Green

    ● A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness


    ● Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

    8
    SOURCES
    www.google.com – for pictures

    https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/42475450-the-rest-of-us-just-live
    -here

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ness

    https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jul/06/the-rest-of-
    us-just-live-here-patrick-ness-review

    9
    thank you for your
    attention!

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