THIRTEEN REASONS WHY

1. READING THE AUTHOR'S NOTES AND INTERVIEW, GAVE ME THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE. JAY ASHER GOT THE IDEA TO WRITE THIS BOOK WHILE AT A MUSEUM . WHILE THERE TAKING A TOUR, EACH VISITOR WAS GIVEN A TAPE RECORDER TO LISTEN TO. WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DISPLAY, YOU PUSHED PLAY AND THE NARRATOR STARTED TALKING, THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA FOR THE TAPE CASSETTES CAME IN. MR. ASHER HAD A COUSIN, WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, AND WAS THE SAME AGE AS HANNAH, IN HIS BOOK. HE TALKED TO HER ABOUT THE INCIDENT OVER THE YEARS AND SHE COULD NEVER TALK ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE WITHOUT TELLING WHAT PRECEDED IT OR FOLLOWED IT. THE CHARACTER'S LAST NAME IS BAKER, AND A BAKERS DOZEN IS THIRTEEN, THE TITLE WAS BAKER'S DOZEN: THE AUDIO BIOGRAPHY OF HANNAH BAKER, WHEN THE BOOK WAS SOLD. I PERSONALLY LIKE THE TITLE "THIRTEEN REASONS WHY " BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU WONDER ABOUT THE REASONS . I'M SURE BY THE TIME I FINISH READING THIS BOOK, IT WILL BE EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. I LIKE THE IDEAS THE AUTHOR USED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TOWN, HE PUT AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE TOWN IN THE BOOK. I LIKE TO REALLY GET INTO A BOOK, YOU KNOW , FEEL AS IF I AM REALLY THERE. MR. ASHER HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE BY THE ILLUSTRATIONS AND THE DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS IN THIS BOOK. I AM BEGINNING TO GET A FEEL FOR THE STORY . WE SHALL SEE IF IT IS AS GOOD AS IT SEEMS.