Diggin In.

My first book I dug into, Not Without Hope, is by a guy named Nick Schuyler. I'll tell you a little bit about the book just to catch you up. Four friends, football players, go on a fishing trip before going their seperate ways for a while. As nasty weather approaches, the boat capsizes. After struggling for days and awaiting a rescue team, only one man survives, and the book is his version of the terrifying event. It's a unique story of a fishing trip gone wrong and is even more desirable to read due to the fact that it is a true story told from the survivor himself. I really took to this book because my friends and I have often taken out my boat for the day to test out our fishing skills. Nothing like the tragedy they encountered has ever come close to happening to me personally, but I could only imagine. I really enjoy looking at the real life photos that the author included throughout the book of himself, his friends who were not so fortunate, and a few fun times they shared. Times he can never, ever get back. His courage to go through with writing the book really urged me to want to read it as well. He mentions the hard feelings that people have towards him, like his friends' families and friends, for being the only one to survive the catastrophe. If it were I, I don't now that I would have the strength that he did to continue on with life and put the rumors to rest and tell his side of the story the way it should be told. I think a lot of people in the world could tie their lives to this book. Countless amounts of people have gone through tragic events and been the only one to survive. I think that they could and would really connect with what he has gone through, and maybe it could even help them with their despair. I'm not very far into the book, but I can't wait to read to the end, page by page.