 I was so late to the party on this book that they've already made a movie about it. Keep watching to find out what book I'm talking about and whether or not I enjoyed it. This is Kyla Denigno and you're watching Kyla's Reading Day. So today we're talking about the book where the crawdags sing. This book is written by Delia Owens. The genre of the book is fiction. The theme of the book is literature. Okay. So first of all, I got to just say this. Completely embarrassed but I just knew this book was based in Louisiana. I just, I just knew it was. I went to law school in Louisiana. I used to hear about crawfish all the time and then I was like, no Kyla, crawdags. Clearly I had my own impression about what the book was going to be about and that was why it took me so long to pick it up and they've even made a movie about it already. I finally picked up the book and read it. Okay. So one of my favorite storylines in the plot was when Tate teaches Kyah how to read. Okay. For one, I'm a book reviewer. I have to read to know how to read all these books. That's for one. But two, reading is so important. Reading is so important. Right. I absolutely love reading. So I am completely biased in that aspect. But also the fact that she makes it well, you know, the fact that she makes it all the way to like 17 before she learns how to read is so incredible. For one, because she was able to survive for that long with just knowing how to collect muscles, knowing how to use change and different things like that. But then the fact that once Tate teaches her how to read, it completely opens up her world. Right. Towards the end of the book, we find out that Kyah ends up being an author. So not only did teaching her how to read opened up her world so that then she could experience other things, but it eventually sets her up for her profession where she ends up writing all of these different books where she becomes the Marsh expert. Okay. And so that truly was the one point where you're like, wow, I didn't see that coming. I mean, she definitely could have kept surviving when just knowing how to get muscles, just knowing how to fish, how to use the boat and all the rest. But that truly took things to another place. Right. She already knew how to sketch, already knew how to draw, but now adding the words to it, it was just so incredible. And I mean, we definitely, I definitely take for granted the fact that kids learn how to read when they're younger. And then even the fact that you can just look at something quickly, glance at it and know what it is, right, especially if someone has to copy. But she didn't know how to read for a really long time. And then it truly impacted and affected her life when she learned how to read. And so I'm reading the book and I'm like, reading is incredible, huh? Good job, Kyah. I'm like reading really is awesome. So that part really made me happy. I mean, there were a lot of different aspects to the plot. There were a lot of different surprises, but that part was just so heartwarming to me because again, she could have lived her whole life without knowing how. So the fact that when she did set her up for her future career, that was really important. Okay. So whenever you read this book, I would not only because the movie is so good, stick so close to the plot of the book. I actually, I wouldn't need to reread it. They didn't show enough aspects of her walking with the muddy toes that I would have wanted. But that part aside, the movie captures the book very, very well. That adaptation was fantastic. So no, I would not reread the book where the crawdad sing. But it was a really good book. Thank you for hanging out with me today. I hope you enjoyed this book review. If you did, give it a thumbs up. That really does help YouTube share these videos, these kind of book reviews and recommendations with other people. Okay. And thank you for hanging out with me today. I appreciate you as we discussed the book where the crawdad sing. So let me know, have you read this book or have you watched the movie because the movie is really good. I'm telling you it was really good. Okay. So I will see you next time on Kylin's Reading Day. Bye.