Reading Blog #2

For this blog, I am going to analyze a quote from the book I'm reading. The quote is from the first page, because I thought it was important and it has a lot to do with the whole book itself. The quote is: "Have you ever had a friend turn on you? Just totally transform from someone you thought you knew into someone...else?...I'm talking about your soul mate. The girl you know everything about. Who knows everything about you. One day she turns around and is a completely different person." (Shepard 1). This quote is very important because it has everything to do with friendship, loyalty, and trust. This brings up a big issue every teenager has to go through. During the years of being an adolescent, every kid goes through troubles with friends, whether it be over a boy, or just plain drama. This book digs deeper into the issues of trust. For example, each character could never know when the next one will turn on them because you can't trust anyone. The character that is behind all of this madness is "A" who is anonymous at the moment. She causes the four main girls to get mad at each other or uses blackmail to make the girls embarrass themselves. If "A" continues this harassment, soon the girls won't be able to take the pressure any longer.

Blog #2

I ate juicy gum
all pink and luscious
I swam in a lake
until night-fall
i shivered in the wind
yet soaked in the suns warm rays
i drank pomegranate juice
to settle my thirst
i skipped through the grass
and flew to the moon
then climbed the tall tree
and let out a loud scream

Reading Blog #1, 4th Q.

My book is called Perfect by Sara Shepard, and it is the third book in the series called Pretty Little Liars about four girls and their lives growing up as teenagers in a very prosperous community.

I am at the part in my book where the four girls' lives are going downhill, as their secrets are being revealed. One girl, Hannah, for example is losing her only friend, Mona, because she has become "less popular" by being dumped by her boyfriend and people finding out about her eating disorder. Another girl, Aria, has moved from her home in Greenland back to Pennsylvania and its very difficult for her to get settled. I am not much like these girls, because my life isn't going "downhill" and I have always lived in Edina, yet I am similar to the other two main characters in the book. Another girl in the book, Spencer, is very hard-working and loves to be social. I think I am most like her because I strive to do the best in school, yet I still go out and have fun with my friends as well. Emily is a hard-core athlete who is always busy. I am similar to her because I love sports, and I am always participating in activities after school, whether it be for school or sports. These four girls each have secrets, though, that they will never reveal. Except there is one person that knows their secrets and she calls herself "A", and if A releases their secrets, their lives will end as they know it. This "A" character has yet to be disclosed, but I am exciting to keep reading and find out who it is!

POEMS

So much of spring depends upon

the sweet chirping of the birds

the smell of the crisp air

crackling leaves are broken beneath me

i see the sun shining so bright

the earth is warming day to night





So much depends on

the dribbling chocolate on my tongue

so buttery, delicious and soft

i hear the crinkle of the shiney aluminum

golden goodness, chewy and delightful



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