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The Forest of Hands and Teeth By Carrie Ryan "I want to sleep, I want dreams to pull me from this world and make me forget. To stop the memories from swirling around me. To put an end to this ache that consumes me." -Mary

"Dark and sexy and scary. Only one of the Unconsecrated could put this book down." -Justine Larbalestier, author of //How to Ditch Your Fairy //

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"You think you want love, Mary? You think it is this beautiful gift that does nothing but fill you and make you whole. But you are wrong. Love can be cruel and ugly. It can become dark and cause the deepest pain. Just look what it has done to your parents." -Sister Tabitha

"A postapocalyptic romance of the first order, elegantly written from title to last line." -Scott Westerfeld, author of //Extras// and //Peeps//

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"Intelligent, dark and bewitching, //The Forest of Hands and Teeth// transitions effortlessly between horror and beauty. Mary's world is one that readers will not soon forget." -Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of //City of Bones//

"I think about Travis and Harry and this endless path and I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family, and loved ones to die, we are never prepared for our own deaths. Never prepared to reconcile our own regrets." -Mary

"Opening //The Forest of Hands and Teeth// is like cracking open Pandora's box: a blur of darkness and a precious bit of hope pour out. This is a beautifully crafted, page-turning, powerful novel, I thoroughly enjoyed it." -Melissa Marr, bestselling author of //Wicked Lovely// and //Ink Exchange//

My first memorable quote: " I want to sleep, I want dreams to pull me from this world and make me forget. To stop the memories from swirling around me. To put an end to this ache that consumes me." was memora​ ble to me because Mary feels as if she is in the wrong world. She wants to be with her mother by the ocean. Her memories of her mother being turned over to the other side of the forest still haunt her. She needs her mother. I felt like this quote spoke to me. I have felt like this many times before, remembering all of the bad things in my life. I wish I could just dream myself into a whole other world where nothing from the past matters​ .​ ​

The second quote:" You think you want love, Mary? You think it is this beautiful gift that does nothing but fill you and make you whole. But you are wrong. Love can be cruel and ugly. It can become dark and cause the deepest pain. Just look what it has done to your parents." is when Sister Tabitha knows that Mary is in love with Travis and doesn't want to marry Harry, Travis's brother. Mary's parents were in love, and after they were married, Mary's father was Infected and sent to the other side of the fence. Sister Tabitha says that it was love's fault for doing this and she doesn't want another villager gone because of love. Sometimes love is cruel and ugly but only when you fall out of it. Love is a beautiful gift that fills you and makes you whole only when two people love each other, and when they trust each other enough to let them know everything about them. Even if love is cruel and ugly to other people, I still think it is both. I have experienced the dark and painful side of love, and I admit it's not the greatest feeling, but you always have another chance to fall back into love. All of the time, I think about when love matters and when it doesn't, but that's just it. It always matters if you care about someone; if you love them. I will never stop loving; however, I will never stop hurting from the pain that love has caused me.

My third and final memorable quote:"I think about Travis and Harry and this endless path and I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family, and loved ones to die, we are never prepared for our own deaths. Never prepared to reconcile our own regrets." really opened my eyes about how I feel about death. If you truly and honestly think about death and the fact of dieing one day after you read this, you will admit that you are afraid. I know I am afraid to die and leave this beautiful world when my time comes. But, I know that I will be going to a better place whenever I reach the end of my own lonesome road. I know that when I pass on, I will regret never apologizing to all of the people i have hurt. Mary doesn't seem to be afraid of dieing until this point in the book. She mentions all of the things that she loves, or once loved, and all of the things that will never end, even when she has moved on. Mary clearly regrets not waiting for Travis when she had the chance.

Video 1: This video is a fake movie trailer for my book, //The Forest of Hands and Teeth.// I thought that this video was good because it talks about all of the things that happen in the book. It mentions the Sisterhood being the "rulers" of the village and how everyone is forced to obey their rules. The video talks about the Unconsecrated and the fence. The Fast One, Gabrielle, is also in the video. It shows key points that happen in the book and I think that that is very important.

Video 2: This music video is "Sweet Sacrifice" by Evanescence. I picked this song because I picture the song being sung by Mary to Gabrielle. She says that "fear is only in our minds", referring to the fear of the villagers about the Forest and the Unconsecrated, "taking over all of the time." Mary would be singing the part "you poor, sweet, innocent thing..." to Gabrielle because she was just a girl like her that got infected and couldn't do anything about it. She feels sorry for her."You know you live to breathe me..." is another part that is about Gabrielle. Now that she is Unconsecrated, she can't stand not feasting on one of the living beings. I personally like this song and Evanescence because Amy Lee has a beautiful voice and speaks the truth about many things in her songs. I can relate to a lot of her music.