DADDY, WERE DOWN!!! (blogger goes down)

Last night I attempted to blog only to find that the site was down! Actually, the real story goes like this: I was up in my room playing Coin Dozer on my iPod at like 10:15 when all of a sudden I remembered that I had forgotten to blog. I quick ran downstairs to my computer. Instead of going straight to the blogger website like a good student would, I decided to quick check my Twitter. While scanning the "twitter feed" I discovered that Liz Rohde (@jizzofliz) had tweeted that the blogger website was down. Then I went to bed. I didn't even check. That's how dedicated I am :)

ANYWAYSSSS>>>>>I finished the book "When It Happens" and we also started reading The Scarlet Letter for English Class. I honestly don't really like The Scarlet Letter. I mean, I understand the story line and all, but I hate the old English grammar because I'm too lazy to try to figure out the metaphors used. I watched the movie Easy A (which is supposedly based off this book....ITS NOT!) and it is nothing like this book. The only resemblence is the A. Seriously.

I really enjoyed this project. I think that its a good idea to encourage kids to read. I also like how it tied in the technology part. I suppose if you're not tech. savvy and you don't like reading, you probably hated this project. I, on the other hand, am a pretty good reader and I love working with computers so I really liked this project. I liked that we were able to choose the books that we read. Because, as previously mentioned in my other posts, I enjoy shallow books about teenage love with no point.

Overall, my favorite book that I read was, "Forget You." (not the song by Ceelo Green)

FINAL TOTALS!
BOOKS: 6 and I started my 7th (Scarlet Letter)
HOURS: 38ishhhh hours = YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA!
PAGES: I dont know.....................
















































































































































































































lexi has a problem.
just kidding strusz, you know we're besties!!!

THEME

So, I finished the book Forget You in like 3 days. I stayed up until midnight one night reading. Books make me do things I normally would not do...anyways...That book was about a girl who gets into a car accident and doesnt remember what happened the night before and the through out the book she's trying to gather together bits and pieces of information of what actually happened that night. It was probably my favorite book I have read for that project.

Now I am reading a book called When It Happens. This book was recommended to me by Aimee. It is really good also. It's about this super smart girl and the her relationships. Basically, she was dating this super popular guy who turned out to be a jerk, but then this sort-of-loserish guy who's in a band. Now the book is basically about this girl who's a senior and her relationships. Im on page 221 out of 310 :)

I think that the theme of my book (when it happens) is don't judge a book by its cover. In the beginning of this book, Sara would never have thought about dating Tobey. He was a slacker and she was a straight A student. He was definitely not her type. But, he starts talking to her and he's really funny so they go on a date & the rest is history.

I believe this is the last blog post of this project and I'm sad to say the I did not keep up with Strusz :( BUT I did read more than 20 hours so I think will get an A :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

FINAL TOTALS!

books: 5 almost 6
magazines: i read 3 or 4 but didnt use them towards the project....
hours: 30ish :) :)
pages: too many to count

Bible Passage...

So, I finished the book "Stuff White People Like". I found it to be quite amusing. It was definitely an easy read. I never found myself bored while reading it. It was for sure right up my alley. The humor was something I really enjoyed because of the sarcastic tone. I found most of the "Stuff" to be very accurate and true but quite exaggerated. I'm not really sure how to apply a Bible passage to this book, but I'll give 'er a try!....So one of the things White People "Like" is having religions other than their parents so hopefully this passage works...1 Kings 14:9
You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me.

I just got a new book from Amazon.com called forget you & I will be starting that this weekend :)

Hours: 23ish

Stuff White People Like.

The book I am reading now was recommended to me by Strusz. Its called "Stuff White People Like". Its hillarious. Here are the pictures that I feel that go with my book :)



STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE:
 Being the Only White Person Around


 Having Two Last Names (Rebecca Romijn Stamos)


 Coffee (they don't really like it, but they pretend to)

Not Having A TV (just so they can make you feel bad for having a TV)

 Snowboarding (so they can feel relavent in sports)

TOTAL HOURS: 20 and a 1/2 hours

my goals

So, my goals at the beginning of this were to read errrrryday...thats not happening.
I have sooo much going on & I don't really make time to read.
I could have PLENTY of time to read but, sadly, I fill that time with useless other things.
I dont read very often, but when I do I read for hours!
When I pick up a good book, it suddenly becomes my priority over everything.
I finished "Two Way Street" last week and I honestly haven't read anything since then... :/
I'm waiting for Ian to finish the other book I bought at Barnes & Noble recently.
It's a girlie book so I'm surprised he's enjoying it. It's like 400+ pages & he's dominating it.
SO yea, the hours & pages etc. are the same as last week...this week was kind of a fail.
I was distracted my the awesome Journalism Unit we have going on in English right now.
Sorry to let you down STRUSZ... :(
Next week will hopefully be better...well, let's hope :):):)

Book Review

So I listened to the Books on the Nightstand book review & it was about a mom who was trying to find good "middle reader" books for her 7 year old. I totally agreed with their recommendation of Magic Tree House books. I used to read those books in like 1st & 2nd grade & I loved them!! We had a mini 'library' at our grade school & whenever a new Magic Tree House book would come in, we would fight about who got to read it first! Also, I would recommend the Bailey School Kids series. I love those books! They were also a big hit in my grade school days. The books are about normal kids who just happen to run into monsters. For example, there is one called "My Gym Teacher's an Alien" and they're all pretty much like that. They kept me very intrigued. Also, I LOVE the Junie B. Jones books! Sometimes I find myself picking those up now & I laugh every time!

SOOOO, I finished Two Way Street! It was amazing! I finished it a couple of days ago but I didn't get around to blogging. Ok here's a summary:
Courtney & Jordan used to date, but they planned to drive to college (in a diff. state) together before they broke up. Courtney's parents are still making her go on this road trip with him even though she doesn't want to. Well, we find out later in the book that Courtney's dad and Jordan's mom were having an affair!!!! Jordan comes home one night & sees them making out on the couch (gross). Courtney's dad threatens Jordan & thats why they have to break up...(Jordan told Courtney a fake story about a girl he met on the internet). So Jordan still likes Courtney, so he tells her dad that he'll tell Courtney the truth about the affair if Courtney doesn't go on the trip with him so thats why she was forced to go.
During the trip, Courtney does her best to pretend that she's in love with someone else (because she thinks Jordan has a new GF). That doesn't work out nicely & Jordan tells Courtney's dad that he's going to tell her the truth. BUT, Courtney's dad tells her 1st & then she gets mad at Jordan for not telling her right away (Jordan was scared of her dad so thats why he didn't tell). In the end they end up getting back together. I thought it was a really good book & the affair thing was a huge twist that I was not expecting!! :)

TOTALS
Books: 3 (mid way through #4)
Pages: 1358
Magazines: UNO
Hours: 19

bloggin' it up...freestyle yo!

So, this week is FREESTYLE week. YESSS!!! Actually, I dont really like not having structure because then my brain goes all over & I can't focus but I'll try my best...

So I've honestly given up on the Lauren Conrad book because this "Two Way Street" book is way better! (even though im not that far....) The author switches between Courtney's side of the story & Jordan's side so it keeps it interesting. It's only just a matter of time before they fall back in love with each other I can just tell! At the beginning, it said that Jordan had a secret he had to tell Courtney so I can't wait to find out what it's going to be! I'm on approx. page 70...yea I know, im slackin' :( Don't worry, I'll pick up the pace this week & give you the lo-down next week.

TOTALS:
books: same as last time
pages: 1000ish+70ish... (quite exact)
magazines: UNO
hours: 15 hours 45 min. ish (there i go being all exact & stuff)