Rachel+Robertson

I have been reading, //If i stay// By Gayle Forman. I love this book because it shows you different aspects of life. It is about a girl named Mia, who is a cello prodigy. Her Family goes on a trip to see some friends one day and they got into a car accident. His parents and little brother died, and she is in a coma. Mia can step out of her body and see her loved ones. She also gets to pick if she wants to die or not. Go with her family? or stay with her boyfriend and best friend on earth? this is a hard desicion she has limited time on. I think that would be a really hard choice. Would you want to leave the closest people to her on earth? Or stay and be the only one left of your family? What makes everything worse is she has a day to figure it out or fate takes its role.. This is a heart breaking tale of one girl one life and one choice
 * Final Blog**

It's Rachel Robertson. I just got done reading //Nineteen Minutes// By Jodi Picoult. I LOVED it! But the ending was horrible! I cried over this book because this couple, ( the one that the girl watched her boyfriend die in front of her eyes) reminded me of my boyfriend and I. If he died in front of my eyes, I would be traumatized. But, it turns out SHE is the one who shoots HIM first. Not the boy who goes on the rampage. She has had her feelings bottled up and she hid that for five months after the shooting at Sterling High. Matt and Josie were hiding in the locker room and the shooter came in and dropped his backpack full of guns. Josie picked it up and shot Matt after making the final decision not to shoot the boy but to shot her own boyfriend. She ran over to him after she shot him and held the wound in his gut to stop the bleeding. But it was too late, Peter shot him in the head. The ending made me think why did i waste my time crying for her, when she is the one who wanted him to die? I don't get it. I guess that is just reality and i need to get use to it.
 * Blog Entry December 6th,2010**

It is Rachel Robertson, I am currently reading //Nineteen Minutes// By Jodi Picoult. I picked this book because i heard Jodi Picoult is a good author. Monday night, I started reading this, and to tell you the truth, it started out boring and confusing. It kept switching point of views back and forth over and over. But then, it got good. It's about a girl named Josie, who is popular and Beautiful. She has the perfect boyfriend, Matt, that is so sweet and caring towards her. It started out on a normal Thursday morning. There was Excitement in the air, The boys Hockey State Tournament was today. Everyone was in their normal classes when all of a sudden, a kid no one ever noticed came in the school, and shot everyone he hated. Peter Houghton was on a Rampage. Josie and Matt tried to get out of there, but they were cornered in the gym. Peter Shot Matt in the stomach and the head as Josie watch. She fainted and hit her head. The next thing she knew she was in the hospital. "Was I in a Car Accident?" She asked. Her mother couldn't tell her, she didn't have the strength. Then, the detective came in and told her everything. "There was a shooting at your school, you were one of the lucky ones." She asked, " Is matt okay? Did he make it out?" He looked down and whispered, "I'm sorry." Right then, I realized that this is the saddest book i have ever read. I couldn't imagine being told the one you love is dead. I couldn't imagine being a witness, but not remembering anything that happened that day. I can't imagine going to the funeral and seeing your friends,boyfriends, or children laying there in a coffin. When Adam Brekke died last year. It was the worst feeling i have ever felt. That day, NO ONE talked in the hallway. All you could really hear was the footsteps and people crying. I couldn't imagine losing ten people. This book shows good and sad times in peoples lives.
 * Blog Entry for November 18th,2010.**

Its Rachel Robertson! I am currently reading //Forever// By Judy Blume. It is a beautiful teenage love story that every teenage girl can relate to. Katherine, a senior in high school is a plain Jane. She has never really known of love or how it even feels. She goes to her Best Friend's Cousin's party and she meets a boy, named Mark, who goes to a different school, and its obvious he **LIKES** her. They start to hit it off, and they soon realize that they are perfect for each other. But, Mark lives in one town, and she lives in another. They both live in busy lives, will it even work out? I have never believed in long distance relationships, they are too hard, and after awhile, just a burden. What makes me think that this relationship wont work out is they are both high school seniors in different towns leading busy lives. Do they have time for each other? Do they really want this to work out? I mean, if you are about to go off to college and probably never see each other again, aren't you just wasting your time? I am a little confused, something BIG is going to happen in this book. The title **Forever** tells it all. I cannot wait to read the rest of it and see whats in store for this "Couple".
 * Blog Entry for November 4th, 2010.**

I am currently reading //The Memory Keeper's Daughter// By Kim Edwards. I have only read the first thirty pages and I love how she uses so many details. This book is about a very snowy night when Dr.Henry's wife is going into labor. He is forced to deliver his own Twins. His First child, Paul, Is a perfectly healthy baby boy. But, he soon realizes his second child, Phoebe, might have a heart defect and a lack of mental growth. He is devastated. Dr.Henry tells the Nurse, Caroline, to take her to a home, so she can be with people who are just like her. He doesn't want his wife to watch her slowly die.Caroline doesn't end up taking her, she runs away and starts raising Phoebe herself. This is a very heartbreaking book. I know i am only fifteen but i can feel the heartbreak in Norah, The mothers heart, as her husband tells her that Phoebe died at birth. Why did he do it? I know he was trying to protect her, but it is very selfish of him. She would've loved her daughter as much as her healthy son. Why doesn't Caroline follow his orders also? It is his child. In my eyes, that is Kidnapping. I wonder what is going through her mind as she is taking her away. I think she has always wanted a family but has never gotten it. She thinks Phoebe is unwanted so she can take her, and raise her herself. I hope Dr.Henry realizes that Phoebe isn't where he wanted her to be, and tells his wife the truth. This makes me want to cry, who would give up their own child, just because of a disorder? I know Dr.Henry will realize that he is missing a piece of his heart with her gone, and goes and looks for her.