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=Second Quarter Blog=

Jan. 6, 2011 I have not really read that much since my last blog. I quit reading //__Walking Naked__// because I had to return the book before I went to Mexico. I have just started reading //__Skinny__// by Ibi Kaslik. This is an interesting book so far. I chose it because of the title, as well as there was a popsickle on the cover, and I found it in the high school library. This book is about how a college student went from the top ten of her class for medical school to being in a rehab center, and how her life is after. As well as how it is for her younger sister. I don't really know much about the characters yet at this point. But I expect it to keep showing how different the two sisters are, and how everything that has already happened effects the family and the people around them.

December 6, 2010

I am currently reading //__Walking Naked__// by Alyssa Brugman. I chose this book from the high school library because of the interesting title. This book is about a girl who is in the popular group of girls, they have to allow others to even be friends with them. They treat most others very poorly, like the girl whom they call a freak, as well as others. But then Megan gets sent to detention, and Megan has to be around the "freak" who is named Perdita. She is finding out that Perdita is not really how she beleived she was. Currently Megan is starting to realize that her opinion of people is different from who they truly are. Megan is finding out more about herself as well as her so called "friends". I believe that Perdita is just someone who has a mind of her own, and isn't willing to let anyone take her originality away from her.

Nov. 18, 2010.

I just finished reading //__G____ood Girls__// by Laura Ruby. This is a great story about what can really happen to a high school student, the vicious things people do, the nasty rumors, and the friends that are there no matter what. Audrey is someone that gets victimized by someone that becomes her friend. In this epic story there is love, lust, regret, satisfaction, and much more. This book can tell someone about how crazy life is. This really can happen if you're not careful. It also shows how much parents can actually effect their parents, how important it is to have someone there for you in a time of need. Audrey is someone who you wouldn't expect to have these crazy thoughts and actions. Ash isn't someone you would expect to be so dramatic and emotional. Joelle is such a caring person, and overly dramatic. Cindy is a really good friend, even though she is judged by so many people, which are falsely judging her. Pam is another story, she just gets mixed up in everything. Luke is a crazy flirt, but can be a great guy. All in all this a a great read, if you feel like you're life is crazy, read this book.

Nov 4, 2010.

I am currently reading the novel //__Good Girls__// by Laura Ruby. I chose this book because it had a holographic cover. I found it on the shelf in the high school library. This is a book about how crazy life can be in high school. Audrey, the main character, is a sixteen year old girl in her senior year of high school. She gets involved with a boy, Luke, until something happens. This turn around point in the book is all because of a picture message being sent around from at a party. Because of this Audrey and her friends start being friends with two people they hated because of all the drama in a high schooler's life. I think that Audrey is like most teenagers in high school, she wants to have fun, stay out of trouble and have the best time she can doing the things she loves. Ash is a great friend to Audrey and others because of how much she cares, sometimes things with her are out of hand and she can over react, other times she under reacts. Joelle is a total drama queen because of so much experience in theatre. Cindy and Pam aren't very known yet, but they seem like they are nothing like how people judge them to be. I think that soon there will be a big happening in the story because this is the lives of teenage girls, and there hasn't been any crazy things for a while in the story. Every teenaged girl always has a lot of drama in their life. So I will be expecting a crazy dramatic thing to happen.

Over this quarter, I read //__Guyaholic__// Carolyn Mackler. This is a great book. It's about a troubled teen who's been abandon by her mother, and falls in love with a guy at school. She ends up trying to find her mother, by traveling across the United States. By the time she gets to Texas, her mother had already bailed on seeing her. So V, the main character, stays in Texas for a day, and meets a boy, who helps her realize who she truly needs and wants in her life. This is a fantastic read for anyone who enjoys a dramatic read. I loved the decisions that V made at the end of the book.