Water for Elephants

This week I read Water for Elephants written by Sara Gruen. This book is about  guy named Jacob. The story is told from two different times, but both from the same perspective of Jacob. The first is when he is a young man and works at a circus. During this time he witnesses a murder. The second time is when he is an older man and is living in a nursing home. I really liked this book, I thought it was really well written and had a lot of detail. Overall think that this would be a really good book for really anybody.

Poetry for around logan

The Field Rush

Ollie Ollie!

Our eyes lock

and our hearts start to pound

we see them coming like a stampede

the worry of getting trampled runs through out minds

we run as fast as our legs can handle

getting trapped at the door

trying to move on the staircase

you had to be fast to survive

then we became apart of it

The dark clouds challenge each other

they twist and turn

forming

the funnel emerges

crawling towards the ground

so close, it can almost reach it

the alarm going off

the sound of 200 feet pounding

sitting down, squished against each other

complete silence

waiting for it to be over

Limericks

Limericks

There once was a sunny blue sky
but then it started to cry
it got all upset
and everything wet
and all people wanted was to be dry

There once was a bowl of ice cream
who started to violently scream
it started to drip
and quivered its lip
oh how the they'd been so mean

There once was a long road of hill
The road made our stomach kill
We drove to get the dog
that would end up on this blog
I think we went passed a mill

Cardboard Boxes

The strong wafting smell of cardboard boxes and acrylic paint
Throwing box on top of box until our muscles give out
Telling the secrets we all wondered about
Laughing until our stomachs hurt
The whole day spent undisturbed by everyone
Just the tree of us
The overflow room

Dear Bully

This week I read Dear Bully written by Megan Kelly Hall and Carrie Jones. This book is about 70 people telling their experiences with bullying. It tells all of the different point of views, victim, bully, and by standers. This book was really good and it was really interesting. I never was not interested in the book. Overall this book was really good and I would definitely recommend it.

9/11

9/11

The first impact

the people below screaming

yelling, crying, running

families searching for their loved ones

parts of the building flying onto the streets

the pounding in my head

sirens, chaos

people trying to run away from the burning building

the second impact

the shock

twice the chaos, twice the families, twice the deaths

burning down buildings

the ash filling lunges

The two buildings that used to stand tall

torn apart

Ode to Traveling

Ode to Traveling

Rolling suitcases up the elevators

Watching bags go through security

Stepping through the gate to get on the plane

The moment of taking off

When your stomach feels like it is inside out

Flying above the clouds 

but not feeling like your moving

the small ding of the seat belt

telling you that you are free

Then the final descent and seeing the first glimpse

Getting off the plane and experiencing the blow of different weather

Looking at the difference 

between where you came from and the place

The smells, all different from each other

Exploring new streets and cities

Tasting new foods

all different flavors

Totally different scenarios 

from unlike anything you have ever seen

Traveling, Living, and Experiencing the world

Haiku Poems

The waves crashing down
Remind me of the storm
The sunshine is gone

Together they lay
The two different colors
Only touched my one

Running down the field
Waiting for the pass to come
Straight into the goal

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Hannah Baker committed suicide. Clay Jensen gets a box full of old cassette tapes from Hannah. On these tapes she tells the thirteen reasons of why she swallowed the pills that killed her. Each person on the tapes must past to the next person. The book goes through the story of Clay's reaction to the tapes. This book was fiction and really well written. It is a really interesting book because there is always something new and a twist even if you do not know the people. Overall I would definitely recommend this book.

TBR: The Martian

Camping

The doorbell rings and we run downstairs. We open the door and after we grab the tent. Just like Logan taught us we take out the stakes, poles, and lay out the tent. The poles lay across and we hook everything onto them. It is beginning to look like a real tent, but getting the stakes into the ground is difficult. The ground is hard and there is nothing to bang them in with, so we have to put our whole body weight into it. When everything is finished we go biking to the park and come back just before the sun starts to go down. While dinner is cooked, we set up the tent with sleeping bags, blankets, jackets, games, and enough food to last us days. For dinner we eat hobo stew and set out candles to eat in the dark. Then the classic smores. We pile into the tent and begin to play games. After we have eaten until we cannot sit up we turn out the flashlights and have the classic game of truth or dare, then just talk. People leave the tent to do a quick, just to make sure. Thats when I heard a scream.

Outliers

Over the week before spring break and the week of spring break I finally read the book Outliers written by Malcolm Gladwell. This book is non-fiction and Malcolm Gladwell tells about some of the reasons of people success. For example he talks about how being born in a certain month or year can affect a persons success. This book was so interesting, normally I do not like non-fiction book because they are sometimes boring and confusing. I think that this book was the total opposite. I was intrigued to read throughout the whole book and I wanted to constantly read more of it. Overall this book was amazing and I would definitely recommend it.

To Be Read List: The Martian