4th quarter! so close to summer...

So this quarter I chose a book by Sarah Dessen called What Happened to Goodbye. This book is actually kind of long.. well at least to me. I chose this book for two reasons. One, Sarah Dessen is my favorite author. Two, there were no other books on the Read for a Lifetime list that fit my preferences. I'm too picky. Anyway I'm only about 15 pages into the book so far. It's any easy read but probably one of those books that only a girl would want to read. A guy could read it.. but they would just complain about it most likely. Even thought I'm not that far into it yet, I already know I'll like it. Every book of Sarah Dessen's that I have read I have liked. So i have no doubts about this one. So if you like Sarah Dessen and you want to read this, the book looks like that. (: >>

So from what I have read so far, the main character in this book is a girl named Mclean. She lives with her dad and they just recently moved to a new town. Her mom and dad are divorced because her mom fell in love with the coach of their favorite basketball team and married him. Mclean stayed with her dad because she felt as betrayed as he did. Her and her dad move around a lot and each new place she moves, she creates a different personality. She switches her name around and acts like a totally different person. When they move to the newest town she decides to just be herself and use her real name. The problem is, she doesn't quite know who the real Mclean is until...(wait for it...) she meets a boy. Shocking right?

Has anyone else read this book?
What did you think about it?
Have you read any other Sarah Dessen books?
Which one was your favorite?

Last blog of the quarter!

So this will be my last blog post about my 3rd quarter book The Sky is Everywhere. This book had a lot going on in it. The way it opened up was just kind of in your face, where Bailey's mother had left her and her sister was dead. I would expect that to come a little more into the book not right on the first page. I chose to read this book because some of my friends had read it and they said they really enjoyed it. To me the book was kind of disappointing. I guess I just couldn't really get into it like my friends had.

In all honestly, I just didn't like my book this quarter. It wasn't that it was a bad book. It just wasn't my taste. There were things in the book that bothered me. One example being Bailey had a "thing" with her dead sister's boyfriend. I might be going too far on that considering it's only a book, but that was just something that popped out for me and I didn't like it. I'm supposed to keep this blog positive, so I will end it with saying, it is a well written book, just not a book for me. Depending on what you enjoy, you should read this book and see if you like it!

Have you read this book before?
Do you completely disagree with me?

animoto... (i have no creative titles for today ): )

http://animoto.com/play/6QVWu0BAfF1hwXSg1YlhNA

So here is my animoto for my 3rd quarter book., The Sky is Everywhere. There's not very much information I can put about the book in there because there is a time limit. (boo!) But this short little video pretty much sums up the main points of the book. Hope you enjoy!

links are cool...

http://danahierholzer.hubpages.com/hub/Coping-with-the-Grief-of-Losing-a-Sibling

This is a link to a page about coping with the loss of a sibling. In the book Lennie, loses her sister Bailey. Looking at this page could give you insight on what Lennie is going through.

http://www.jandynelson.com/
The author of my book is Jandy Nelson. This link is to her website that includes her biography and about the books she's written. Looking at her website could help you understand her writing and understand her book even more.

http://www.steadyhealth.com/Mothers_who_leave_their_children_t105138.html

In my book, the main character Lennie's mother left her when she was a baby. This link is to a comment page on people who give each other advice on what they should do without their mother. Reading these comments could help the readers better understand on what Lennie is going through without her mother.

http://www.poetry.com/

Lennie was always writing poems on random things in the book. This is a link to a page with all sorts of poems where you can also enter your own. Reading the different poetry could help you understand why Lennie wrote all these poems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_triangle

In the book Lennie is involved in a somewhat weird love triangle with her dead sister's boyfriend Toby, and the new guy at school Joe. It can get pretty confusing for Lennie throughout the book. This link is to a page that explains what a love triangle is so you can see what Lennie is dealing with.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6604794-the-sky-is-everywhere

This link is to a review page of my book. It has a review and comments from other readers on their opinions of the book. The review can give you a feel on what the book will be about so you can see if you're interested in it before you read it.

http://www.musicarts.com/Clarinets-Woodwinds.mac

Lennie plays the clarinet and she is very fond if it. This is a link to a page all about clarinets. Looking at this can help you better understand what it's like for Lennie to play one and how it helps her get away from everything.

How do you think I did on this blog?
Did anyone else read this book that has any suggestions for more links I could add?
Comments would be appreciated!

another sparknotes blog.. exciting isn't it?

Sparknotes, googling book summaries.. we all do it. It's okay, you don't have to lie about it. It may be the easiest solution if you don't understand a book and you need someone to dumb it down for you. You don't catch every single detail of the book, but you get the main ideas which is needed for the quizzes and tests the teachers give. (Yes i said it, you know you were thinking it). Teachers hate it, students love it. But in the students defense, I've seen some teachers use it as well. Everyone is guilty.

http://www.basicallyamazingashley.com/2011/11/review-sky-is-everywhere-by-jandy.html

That right there is a link to a blog someone posted. It just happens to be a blog about the summary of the book I happen to be reading. I didn't read it of course. I don't want to spoil it for myself. I am actually reading my book, well trying at least. My book seems to have a lot of emotion. All of which I would miss out on if all I did was read the summary of it. So as hard as it seems to all readers, you should actually read your book and not use sparknotes. (Except on A Tale of Two Cities.. that book confused me..)

Be honest, have you ever used sparknotes or any other summaries of books so you didn't have to read them?

Do you think you missed out on the main points of the book?

blog block blog... say that 5 times fast.

Second blog of the quarter, and I already have blog block. This is going to be a long quarter. To be completely honest I still haven't gotten that far in my book. This is probably the main reason for my bloggers block. I don't know much that has happened in my book so I have no idea what to blog about! My book is starting out slow and not much has really happened so far. Because of this, here I am blogging, about blog block, as I have blog block. Are you as confused as I am?

http://www.lifeclever.com/10-tips-for-beating-bloggers-block/

Each of our blogs are required to have media, so ^ there's mine! My media is a link to a page about blog block. It has 10 tips for beating the block. The so called definition of bloggers block is when a blogger doesn't have any idea what to write about. Once it strikes you're just sitting there staring at the computer screen, trying to come up with ideas in your head of what to type. It can happen to even the best bloggers, just as writers block happens to even the best writers. So my link to the page about the 10 tips can really help a blogger in need, and prevent you from committing blogicide. (< new term? I think so!)

Have you even had block block?
What did you do about it?
Do you have any advice for the bloggers who experience blog block?
Comments greatly appreciated! 

I'm blogging while it's snowing? what?

New year, new quarter, new book. Whoo! For the 3rd quarter blog, I chose the book The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson. I chose this book because one of my friends said it was good and I figured I would give it a try. This quarter our blogs have more freedom so I have to be more creative. Not to be negative or anything, but I am not a creative person whatsoever. I actually liked the semi-structured blogs better like the ones we did last quarter.When I try and be creative it will usually be me attempting to be funny but it's only funny to be and everyone else will think I'm weird. I want a good grade though.. so here is goes!

  I haven't gotten very far in this book yet, only to about page 30. Surprisingly, it's pretty good so far. I can already tell what the storyline is going to be like (and no I didn't just read the back of the book to see this). The main character is a seventeen year old girl named Lennie. In the beginning of the book, it announces that her older sister Bailey had just died for weeks earlier. So in the first couple sentences you're already wondering how it happened. She also hasn't had contact with her mother for sixteen years. She returns to school after a month of absence due to her sister's death. When she comes back there is a new boy. I have yet to find out what happens next. Hopefully this book stays as interesting as it has first started out.

Has anyone else read this book?
What did you think of it?
Did you like it?
Feel free to comment and give me your opinions!