Quarterly

This class has opened up my eyes that reading is actually very enjoyable. I used to never read, for fun at least. This class has showed me that when you have a book you always have a friend. When you are involved with a book you become a part of that book. I think of myself as one of the characters watching everything happen from the sidelines. I have suprised myself with how much I am actually reading and I have read books that I can't seem to put down. I have enjoyed this class so much because it pushed me to actually have experiences with reading books that I actually love reading and can't seem to put down. I don't get bored because I get to choose the books to read that I am most interested in. I wish every english class was like this because more kids would love reading in their spare time, like I have done this year. I read most before bed, it's so relaxing and entertaining. It may not be best because sometimes I can't put it down and end up staying up way too late, but hey you only live once. If you're enjoying it, don't stop! That's my theory. I think my goal for this semester would to read a whole variety of books, and push myself to read ones out of my comfort zone. I tend to just read the sappy teen love stories, and I think I would enjoy more books not in that category. I just have to find a good one!

OOPS

THAT LAST CURRENTLY WAS WEEK 6 NOT WEEK 5******

Currently week 5

Pages this week/semester: not sure, turned info in on bookmark
Finished Rules of Attraction
Started The Luxe by Anna Godberson

Sentences of the week!

1. "But you seem to be the young lady most in demand for waltzes tonight." - The Luxe
2. But she kept smiling, of course. It was her habit. - The Luxe
3. This was not the heart-stopping touch that she had been wating for all evening, and it didn't help especially that his style of kissing was akin to mashing one face against another. -The Luxe
All of my sentences this week are from the book I am currently reading, The Luxe. In the first sentence Elizabeth's mother has taken her away from her friends at the ball to dance with all the men who are asking for her. I love how she used the word waltzes because that is not a common word these days and it brings the image of a true ball back in the 1800's to your mind when girls wore the biggest dress they could find. Elizabeth is the most eligible lady of the evening, and many of the men are asking for her. She finds it a little overwhelming. This leads to the second sentence, which is about her feelings toward one of the men she had to dance with. She was not enjoying herself at all, and the man was quite homely and disrespectful. But because Elizabeth was tought such good manners, she smiled and acted as if she was having fun with him. Hiding how she really felt during the dance. The next sentence is about Elizabeth's attention seeking sister, Diana. She was at the same ball as her sister but instead of being the person her sister was with fake smiles and careful manners, she was more of the trouble child. She gave a not to the most attractive man she could find there and told him to meet her in one of the rooms that is private. There she seduced him, but as the sentence demonstrates did not feel a thing between the two of them.

The Luxe

I started a new book this week called The Luxe since I finished my old book last week. It is kinda hard to follow, but yet I can't seem to put it down. The setting is in 1899 so the way people live and communicate is much different than how we live today. The way they talk draws me in because it is so foreign to me grabs my attention immediately. Also, in the first chapter it takes place at 18 year old Elizabeth Holland's funeral. Then the next chapter goes back in time and starts to tell the story of her and her sister Diana. Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with sly smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups all happen within the first chapter. This is Manhattan 1899. Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan's social scene. But when the girls discover their family's status is far from secure, suddenly everyone is a threat to their golden future. Set in a world of luxury and deception, this thrilling trip to the age of innocence is anything but innocent. Just a little exert from the book, it is so enticing and juicy, I can't wait to see what happens.  

Currently

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 :)

CURRENTLY

CURRENTLY

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. :)