Lost

Book blog
December 12, 2014

This week I read Lost written by Sarah Beth Durst. This book is a fiction book about a girl named Lauren who become trapped in a town called lost. Every time she tries to leave this town, she somehow gets lead back. The only way to get out of the town in to figure out what she is missing, and this book is about how she does that. I like the main character, because she seemed believe able. I thought that this book was pretty good, it was not the most amazing book that I have ever read, but I thought that it was not bad. I thought it was pretty well written, but it could have had a bit more detail. Overall I thought that it was a decent book and I would recommend it if you like romance tried in with mystery.

Next three books-  Outliers, My Mother the Cheerleader, and The Martian

Chaotic

Slice of Life
November 10, 2014

"Where does this go again?" "Can I have the tape?" "Bring me the tape." "Well why don't you help them?" Decorating for a holiday would seem exciting, calm, and relaxed, but it is pretty chaotic. People scrambling around, someone lying on the middle of the floor, a burning smell coming from the kitchen, and sharp things, everywhere. Suddenly through the misted of it, it starts to roll of the table, and its made of glass. Straight onto the hardwood floor, there is shattered glass everywhere.

Kindred

This week I read Kindred, which is a book group book. This book is about a black women named Dana, who keeps getting transported back to the past, where racism is a major issue. Every time she goes back she has to save her great-great-grandfather. In the current time she lives in, when she goes back time stops, but when she leaves the past, time speeds up. This book is a really well written and interesting book. It is confusing if you try to figure everything out in the beginning, and not everything gets answered. This book is science-historical-fiction. It talks a lot about slavery and what black people had to deal with in the past from a very interesting perspective. However, saying this, it is not all about history,it also puts in time travel and Overall I would definitely recommend this book, but it is pretty intense.

LIfe is not fair, but it is not unfair either

Unfairness and envy are similar. I think people always want what they cannot have, and do not realize that they cannot always get what they want. The way I see it envy makes us think that what we have is unfair. There is not a specific time that I can remember, these two things have always been there, hovering around us like. I hear a question about unfairness at least twice a week. At school, home, and in public. Why is the question not, "Why do they get that, even though I get this." Maybe asking that would make people realize what they are actually asking. Life is not fair, but it is not unfair, and we should be more thankful and grateful for what we have, because there is always somebody who is in a worse situation.

Uglies

This week I read the fiction book Uglies written by Scott Westerfield. This book is about a girl named Tally where people are either ugly or pretty. Everyone starts out uglies, but on their sixteenth birthday they go through a procedure to make them what society thinks is pretty. A few webs before her sixteenth birthday, Tally meets Shay, and they find out they have the same birthday. Days before there birthday, Shay tells Tally of a place where people have ran away to escape the society they are living in. shay runs away, and the specials threaded Tally to find her or never be pretty. What will she choose? I thought that this book was really good. I liked Shay. It was really descriptive, and futuristic, so it seems like something that could actually happen. Overall I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.

Next books-

My mother the cheerleader

Outliers

Kindred

Thanksgiving Slice of LIfe

Thanksgiving. We normally do the whole traditional meal and going around the table telling what are we thankful for with at least 25 people of all ages. Not this year, in fact almost exact opposite. An Italian restaurant and no frozen lake out the window, but an ocean with crashing waves reflecting the sun. There was not even much talk about thanksgiving other than my mother, "Lets go around the table." The restaurant offered thanksgiving, but how can you eat something and compare it to a familiar and favored meal. It is just not the same, but it is not bad either.