Book 1, Post 1

American Like Me 
edited by America Ferrera

"It's pretty telling that anytime I saw a brown person on TV, I acted like I won the lottery." 

- Diane Guerrero

The book that I chose to read is American Like Me: Reflections On Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera. This book initially intrigued me because I liked that it included a collection of stories written by multiple people. I felt that various stories and perspectives would give an insight to different backgrounds and experiences. Which is a big reason on why I ultimately went with this book as I feel that I will be able to relate to some of those experiences. Not going to lie, another deciding factor for me was the cover. I really like the way the colors go together and the fact that all of the names are included in a nice border surrounding the book title. 

I am almost half way into the book, but so far I am enjoying it a lot. I love that there is a photograph and brief description before every chapter. This is a great way to show who is writing the chapter and whose story you are about to read. The most recent chapter I read is the Diane Guerrero one. I found myself relating to this chapter, however, instead of playing and pretending with Cabbage Patch dolls I did it with Barbies. These Barbies like the Cabbage Patch dolls always had blond hair and blue eyes. On the rare occasion that they had dark hair they still either had blue or green eyes. As Diane went on I couldn't help but get really into her story. This has been the case with every chapter before this one and will probably remain that way until the end. I cannot wait to continue reading this book and see what other stories and experiences the remanding chapters contain.