Jessica+Andersen

Blog entry for January 3...My final blog! Wow! This book was amazing just like all other Nicolas Sparks books. The ending was twisted and unexpected. My prediction was correct. Keith, Beth's obsessive ex and father of her child told her about the picture. Beth got very angry and didn't want him in her life anymore. But shortly after their fight they made up and decided to get back together. Keith was not happy about that and he continued trying to get rid of Logan. Her son, Ben, got angry and ran to his tree house that was in the woods over looking a fast moving creek. The tree house was very old and falling apart and it fell over into the creek. Zeus, Logan's german shepherd, raced into the creek to save him. Beth, Logan and Keith were right behind him. It was the in the middle of a storm making their trip and the creek a lot more dangerous. In the end, Beth broke her ankle, the dog saved Ben, Logan saved the dog and Keith saved Logan. Keith ending up dying. I was really upset at the ending because he didn't tell you who passed away, he left you wondering for a while until the very last page when he said that it was Keith. He made you believe that it was Logan that died. This book was really good and very intense...I will continue reading Nicolas Sparks books because he is an amazing writer.

Blog entry for December 6, 2010. Hey! Blog number three for this quarter! My book is intense! Logan and Beth have started their relationship...officially! But Beth's ex husband is getting very jealous. He is trying to chase Logan off. Beth's ex is a police officer and his family is very respected in their little town. At the beginning of this book Logan caught the police officer taking risky photos of girls laying on the beach, but the girls had no idea that he was doing it. Logan talked to him about it and now that he has that against him, the officer is being cautious with trying to get Logan out of town so that Logan doesn't tell his secret. For now, Beth and Logan are happy and they are having a great relationship. I think that Beth's ex will tell Beth that Logan has a picture of her and what he did to find her and Beth is probably going to be one of those people that think it is creepy and something will happen. But, like all Nicholas Sparks books, I am pretty sure that in the end of the book they will end up together and live happily ever after.

Blog Entry for November 18, 2010. Hey! I'm back with blog number two for this quarter. My book is getting really good. Right now at the point that I am at, Logan has found Beth. He brought his dog with him on his journey across the United States, and coincidentally Beth runs a dog kennel on her countryside home. Logan has now applied for a job at the kennel and has gotten the job. He has rented a house and is working hard at the kennel and in the mean time trying to get to know Beth and her son. Beth doesn't really like Logan at first and I think he kind of scares her. I love this book so far, like all of his other books I have read. I think that something will happen and Logan and Beth will be forced to get to know each other better since Beth doesn't want to get to know him right now. Beth's son really loves Logan's dog and I think that this dog will be a big part of the story later on, especially with Logan and Beth getting to know one another. I am still wondering how Beth will react to finding out how Logan got her picture and his journey to find her because I am pretty sure that she will find out. I look forward to finding out what happens next!

Blog Entry for November 4, 2010- Hey! It's second quarter and I'm now reading a new book. The book that I am going to read this quarter is //The Lucky One// by Nicholas Sparks. Nicholas Sparks is my second favorite author, after Jodi Picoult, and I wish to read all of his books as well as hers. I have read many of his books and all of them have left me satisfied, even though a lot of them are kind of sad. So my mom, knowing that I love his books, bought this one for me to read next. From reading what I have read so far, this book is about Logan Thibault, a marine that is returning back home. While he spent his time across the sea, he found a picture of a girl just laying on the ground. He picked the picture up and saw if anyone knew who's it was but no one claimed it so he kept the picture for himself. He carried the picture with him everywhere, and it served as good luck to him. He was in many near death experiences and he believed that the picture kept him safe. So he set out on a journey across the country to find this woman. I love this book so far. I think it is really cool that he is looking for this woman although some people would find that creepy and weird. I believe that he will find her and that they will fall in love because that is something Nicolas Sparks would write. I am not sure what the twist will be yet but I am sure there will be one. I am curious to see what Logan will do when he finds this girl. I am excited to read more!

Hey its Jessica Andersen! I've been reading //Vanishing Acts// by Jodi Picoult. I am a huge fan of Jodi Picoult and I wish to read all of her books. That is why I chose to read this book, it was just the next on my list. I checked this book out at the library. In this novel, Delia Hopkins is a well known woman in her community because her and her bloodhound,Greta, search and rescue missing children. She has everything going right in her life. She has a beautiful daughter named Sophie and she is soon to be married to her high school sweetheart and father of her child. Delia's father is as well known as she is in their small community in New Hampshire. He works at the senior center and is responsible for many of the wonderful changes that has happened there. That is until one day when the police come knocking on her door to arrest her father for kidnapping. Delia finds herself in the difficult position of finding out who she is and figuring out the past she didn't know she had. She had believed the lie that her mother was dead that her father had told her years ago, just to find out now that her mother is really alive. She is now figuring out just why her father had taken her in the first place and just the kind of woman her mother was. I feel bad for Delia, that she finds this out about herself in the blink of an eye. That what she thought she knew, she didn't know at all. I just don't understand why it is a really big problem for her. I think she adds more drama to the already dramatic situation and it just isn't needed. She was taken when she was four and led a normal life after that. She grew up being herself, she is her own person, so it confuses me that she is really upset because she doesn't know who she is anymore. But she is really the same person who she has always grown up to be. A changed name or birthday would not change who she is on the inside and the whole time I am reading this story, I just wish she would see that. This is a great book and I'm not quite done yet but there is not one character that I don't like. Jodi Picoult has once again created an interesting story that I don't want to put down. I look forward to finishing this book.

Hey this is Jessica Andersen and I have been reading Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. I have finished it now and it was a really good book just like every thing else I have read by Picoult. This is a book about Delia Hopkins, who just found out that her father took her away from her mother unexpectantly and moved her across the country. Delia had no idea that her father had kidnapped her and they had very happy lives until she found out about it. Before she knew it, he was in jail and they were moving across the country for his trial. I really enjoyed this book because it had mystery, a love story and tragedy all in one book. It kept you wondering throughout the whole book which little piece of information was missing to tie this whole story together. The ending really didn't surprise me though because I have read enough of her books to see it coming now. I really liked the thought and effort the writer put into the story though because it shows how much work it takes to pull one story together. She had to spend a long time researching to pull the story together this well.