Everyday by David Levithan

**Disclaimer: I received this book as an Advanced Reader Copy for free from the publisher. The fact that I did not pay for this book will in no way influence my thoughts on the book.**

Goodreads Summary:

Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.
It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.

With his new novel, David Levithan has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day.

My Thoughts:

This book hooked me from the first page, which is rare for me to not have to warm to a book at least a little. The concept of this book is awesome. I have never thought about what it would be like to wake up in a different body every day. This book challenges what we think about gender identification and sexuality. The character A is neither male nor female as A has lived as both and felt equally comfortable and uncomfortable in both.

In my gender classes in college we talk about what it means to be a man or a woman and what if you don't fit into those molds. A does not fit into either mold, A loves Rhiannon the same no matter what sex A wakes up as. Rhiannon finds a way to try and look past the physical with A and love A for the person. I really liked the message of this book and I love that it is geared for the YA audience. I think too often people get stuck in "doing gender" they forget they can just be for a while.

The concept of someone taking over my life, for even a day is both interesting and terrifying. Could this explain those days where I just seemed kind of out of it and didn't have much memory of the day? Most likely not, but it is fun to think about. That is the thing I liked most about this book, it made me think. I also really liked that A never felt too sorry for him/herself. This book I am pleased to say did not fall into the whiny teen book category.

I would recommend this book to everyone, but particularly those in Gender Studies classes. I really liked this read. Excellent character development and over all great writing.

While writing this review I was listening to Annie Lennox.