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Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

This week I finished the book Rules of Attraction. It was absolutely amazing, I loved it. I could not put it down! Carlos Fuentes and Karia Westford were the main characters. After Carlos had to move from Colorado to Mexico to get back on the right track. He stays with Professor Westford and his family. He has a daughter Kiara who is not what Carlos would think is his type at all. She is modest and wears baggy clothes, she likes to hike and fix cars. Carlos is a rebel and a bad boy, but can't shake the feeling that him and Kiara are made for each other. Towards the end of the book Carlos gets forced into a drug deal as a guy Devlin's new bag boy. He opends up to his brother Alex and Westford about it, and together they risk their lives to save Carlos's and free him of the drug dealing world. Him and Kiara also go to homecoming together and can't deny the attraction to one another and end up being together forever. It was filled with so much passion and intensity that no one would be able to put it down. I highly reccomend this book, and the first book in the series, Perfect Chemistry. They are alike in many ways but the first one is the story of Alex, Carlos's brother, while this one is the story of Carlos's life. There is also a third book that I am going to go get called Chain Reaction. It is the story of the last Fuentes boy, Luis. I connected to this story in many ways, they talk about loss and love throughout the whole novel, which I experience in my life. It always has a point of having family always come first, which is something I have lived by my whole life. Blood is thicker than water. In the book Carlos always has his family's back, and they always have his. Regardless if you are putting your life at risk to be there for your family. They did, and so would I, in a second.

READ THIS SERIESSSSS, IT'S AMAZING!!:)

REFLECTION

So lately I have been pretty bad about reflecting on the books I have been reading. I actually tripped over my power cord to my computer and completely broke the inside of my computer...which left me without a computer and without money for a pretty long time. But I got paid..and I got it fixed so I should get back into the swing of things now. I ended up not finishing the Gaurdian..it went really slow for me and I just could not get into it. I think I have readers ADD..but right now I am obsessed with the book Rules of Attraction. It is a sequal to the book Perfect Chemistry which I read during the summer and fell in love with. Its one of those books you can't put down. At night I love to read, but a lot of the time I debate picking up that book because I know I will end up having to stay up late to get to a good spot to stop..which is pretty much never. So I try not to read it before bed, otherwise I would be up allll night. The feeling of being so absorbed in a book though is truly a great feeling. It's like your own little fake world that you can just go to. My grandpa always has been a bookworm you never see him without a book. He always told me growing up that you will always have a friend as long as you have a book. He was right! Whenever I get into a book I feel like I'm a part of that world of the book, living what I am reading. It's great:)
So Rules of Attraction is a pretty racy novel. It is filled with passion, love, aggression, fear, rebelion, comedy and sooooo much more. It's a classic teenage chick read. This girl falls in love with the new bad boy from Mexico when she sees his soft side. He has a hard time openeing up but when he does they are completely and madly in love. My love life has been a complete and utter wreck lately so it's nice to kinda get absorbed in a book that has true love and passion within it. I just can't stop reading it!! I love it :)

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Books I read this week:
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

Pages this week: 128
Pages this semester: 862


Sentences of the month!!
1. The evening wore on and the sky deepened in color, unveiling the stars. -The Gaurdian
2. "Thanks for coming to my rescue. You're worthless in an emergency." - The Gaurdian
3. He met her eyes, staring as if he were seeing her for the first time.-The Gaurdian
My all time favorite sentence of the month is...The evening wore on and the sky depened in color, unveiling the stars. It contanis such wonderful imagery that I can just picture it so perfectly. I love the idea of the way the stars unveil as the night goes on. Just the way the author put it makes it such a perfect sentence to me. The second sentence made me laugh the most out of any other sentences this month that I read in my book. And of course, the last one. I always need to throw in a little romance to feel warm and fuzzy inside. :)

DON'T FORGET

I just came across a quote that really spoke to me and I wanted to write it somewhere before I forgot it.

Tough times never last. Tough people do.

LOVEE ITTT!! It's so true.

Top 5 Claims

Kelly - In this dance routine, the modern, pounding sound of the drums, the intence and piercing facial expressions and the alive, over the top arm movements creates a sense of fragile chemistry between two people that are desperate yet indecisive at the same time.
Untitled - The sweet tasing sensation of a skittle releases a flavor of fruitiness drowing all your taste buds in a pool of heaven. The numerous amount of these miniture, round, chewy candies create a rainbow effect in your mouth when devoured.

Live, Laugh, Read. - The joyful, eager horses run passionately to their peaceful destination which highlights the beauty of the cool, calm, and natural feel of this early fall morning.
The New Zealander - On the album cover of Titus Andronicus's "The Airing of Grievances," the commanding, classic font and layout of the cover, as well as the cluttered and colorful use of space in the photograph convey the band's homely practice environment and admiration for the old-fashioned symbols of history.   

Kim's Corner - In Bérenger's black and white photograph, his dramatic contrast and enticing depth of field draw the viewer into the picture with active negative space that elevates the shadows from the composition to illustrate an ominous and mysterious mood.

My favorite claim is Kelly's. It was extremely descriptive and it made me want to watch the dance video. It was passionate and made the video that much better because I already knew the feeling of the dance.

I loved untitles, because everything was so true! I love skittles! :)

Claim

                                                     
                                                        Ground Zero Memorial Claim
     The Ground Zero Memorial in New York, where the Twin Towers once stood, is a sincere and gorgeous memorial for all the ones who died on 9/11. The beautiful waterfall is a wonderful and memorable idea to fill the empty spot where the towers once stood. People visit this touching, unique and magnificent memorial from all over the world.

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Poet of September

My top three poems of September :

1. "The Trail is Not a Trail." - Gary Snyder
2. "Gee, You're so Beautiful That It's Starting to Rain." - Richard Brautigan
3. "I Said it to You." - Paul Eluard

For some reason, the poem, "The Trail is Not a Trail," reminds me so much of a country song. It makes me feel like I'm riding in a truck down an old dirt road. It is just like a song I heard on the radio this morning. It goes "Horns are honkin' I've about had it, well I'm lookin' for an exit sign. Gotta get out of here get it all off my mind. Makes me wanna take a back road, makes me wanna take the long way home. Put a little gravel in my travel. Tear down some two lane country and get lost with my soul. Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road." The feeling when you take a long country drive is the best feeling ever. It clears your mind more than anything else I have ever done. There is nothing better than just taking a trail to an old dirt road and letting the window down to feel the wind against your skin. To me, it doesn't get any better than that. The second poem is so romantic that it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside:) Who doesn't love a nice romantic poem every once in a while. If I had someone to read love poetry to, I would read one to them once a day. If someone read me a love poem I would feel like I was so important to them, it would make my day. I'd like to make someone's day. And the third one, another romance. What can I say? I just love romance. <3

Currently Week 4

Books I have read this week:
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

Pages this week: 76
Pages this semester: 734

Sentences of the week:
1. I want to live life on my own terms. -Rules of Attraction

2. "It's called bein' a panocha. It's not natural for a guy to be with one girl, Alex. I'm a free agent and I plan to stay one forever." - Rules of Attraction

3. "Do you believe in love at first sight?" - Rules of Attraction

The first sentence was actually the first sentence of the book. It grabbed my attention like a little kid screaming during Sunday Mass. That is the way so many teenagers today think, I know I do sometimes. It was so relateable and made me interested in the book right off the bat. The second sentence just made me laugh out loud. It's a guy named Carlos who is a complete ladies man telling his brother that men can't be with just one girl at a time. He is saying he should break up with his girlfriend and be a free agent just like him. Talk about playin' the field. Do you believe in love at first sight? Is it really possible to fall in love with someone the second you see them for the first time? Is there an instant bond pulling you together when you have never even spoken a word to each other? I have no idea, it has always been a mystery to me. Maybe I'll find out someday, or maybe I will never really know.

Lemonade

When life gives you lemons you make lemonade. A simple phrase has been so helpful with me the past few weeks. It has seemed that nothing has gone right and everything goes downhill. But when life gives you lemons, you simply make lemonade. There is no point in dwelling on what happens if it makes you sad, you just have to realize that everything happens for a reason. Why do we tend to take everything to heart these days? If someone says something hurtful or something goes wrong just brush it off. It is a lesson I have learned that I definately need to work on. I need to live life to the fullest and just enjoy life. Life can get busy and hectic but everyone needs to take some time to just take a deep breath and reflect on everything going on in your life. Realize that everything does happen for a reason. I have learned people don't just say that to say it, but it is in fact a VERY true statement. It's time to start living with that phrase being my modo. Random I know, but it has just been on my life lately. LOVE LIFE<3

Books I read this week:
The Gaurdian by Nicholas Sparks
Tan Lines by Katherine Applegate

Pages this week: 152
Pages this semester: 335

Favorite sentences this week:
1. She told herself all these things and repeated them almost like a mantra, as if the words would give her the strength to go.
-The Gaurdian
2. He met her eyes, staring as if he were seeing her for the first time.
-The Gaurdian
3. "Call me strange, but i sort of like life on the pedestal."
-The Gaurdian

The first sentence is probably my favorite out of the three. It is talking about a woman who is in an abusive relationship and she is trying to find the strength to leave to say her life and her son's. It is sad and powerful but I want her to find the strength. The second sentence is cheesy and lovie dovie, who doesn't love that stuff? The third sentence just made me laugh, I like to live life on the edge and on the pedestal. It's exciting!