Week 34: Code of Honor- Asking Questions and Wondering

This week, I'm reading Code of Honor. I expected that I'll enjoy the book, due to the fact that the author of the book, Alan Gratz, is also the same person who wrote Prisoner B-3087 and I absolutely loved that book.
Short summary of the book:"Kamran Smith has it all. He's the star of the football team, dates the most popular girl in school, and can't wait to enlist in the Army like his big brother, Darius. Although Kamran's family hails from Iran, Kamran has always felt 100% American. Accepted.

And then everything implodes.

Darius is accused of being a terrorist. Kamran refuses to believe it, but the evidence is there; Darius has been filmed making threats against his country, hinting at an upcoming deadly attack. Kamran's friends turn on him; suddenly, in their eyes he's a terrorist, too.

Kamran knows it's up to him to clear his brother's name. In a race against time, Kamran must piece together a series of clues and codes that will lead him to Darius and the truth.

But is it a truth Kamran is ready to face? And is he putting his own life at risk?"

(The questions and answers will not follow the sequence of events in the book.)

Q: What is Kamran's mother's race?

A:Her mother was Persian. 

Q: Who really was the traitor in their small group?

A: Jimmy, the computer genius was the real traitor. He gave Banshira Ansari "Black Widow" information of what they were doing in exchange for money. I actually already thought from the beginning that he was the traitor. He was always saying that he's only after the money that supposedly Mickey Hagan offered, though the truth is he was actually talking about the money that Banshira Ansari was paying him.

Q: Is Darius really a terrorist?

A: No he's not a terrorist. He joined the Al Qaeda to get information of their plans and then to send the message (codes) to Kamran.

Q: Did Dane really die?

A: Dane died, but instead of putting his discharge status at 'other than honorable' like before, they upgraded it to a 'general discharge'

Q: What happened to Mickey Hagan?

A: Mickey has been put in charge of his own counterintelligence team at the CIA.

Q: What happened to Aaliyah Sayid?

A: She joined Mickey's counterintelligence team.

Q: Is Kamran still going to West Point?

A: He thought at first that he won't be able to join because his "Nomination was Withdrawn", but because of the turn of events, him becoming the hero and stuff, the whole country wanted him to go and even the Vice-President himself sent him a letter of recommendation with his own signature.

Q: What happened to Darius?

A: He is the Tactical Specialist of Mickey's CIA counterintelligence team. He will still be in the army, but just attached to the CIA.

Q: Is Karman going to be part of Mickey's team too?

A: Yes he is. While attending West Point, he would also be part of the team. 

Week 33 Anna Dressed in Blood and Girl of Nightmares- Pure Emotion

Anna Dressed In Blood Girl of Nightmares


This week, I read Kendare Blake's " Anna's Dressed in Blood" and "Girl of Nightmares". I actually enjoyed the book. I liked it, but I also didn't like it. I mean, the plot was good, but how the story was written was kinda bad. Like, it was kind of rushed. The protagonist, Cas and Ana just met and fell in love just two months. That's kind of unrealistic, but nonetheless, I still liked the story.
      In the book, Cas job is to bring dead people who has done bad things to rest. This job is very risky, and it could cost him his life. Even his dad, who had the same job as him died because of this job. A lot of things changed after his father's death. His mom wasn't the same anymore when his father was still alive. I just felt really bad for him. I'm a daddy's girl. I can never imagine myself losing my dad. At times, I think that I'd rather die before my dad, than see him die. I know it doesn't sound right, but I really just can't think of myself watching my dad inside a coffin. I imagined myself in Cas's feet, and I it's safe to say, that I would've probably broken down especially with all the other things happening around him. (Even his mom was greatly affected of his death.) If ever my dad died, I probably will never be the same person. I would be changed and will act very differently. 

Week 31 Pride and Prejudice

Writing a letter
Dear Mrs. Bennet,
     
  This letter would be hard for you to understand due to the fact that I'm from the future. Our English Language today is not as formal as it was in your time. But anyways, that's not important, as long as you get what I'm trying to tell you.

         Reading your daughters' life story, I saw that you had favoritism among your daughters. You might think that liking one daughter more than the other night not affect the other daughters, you're wrong, it does. It's okay to have different relationships each child, but to praise one more than the others is not. It could affect your other daughters emotionally, could lower their self-esteem, and could result to behavioral problems during childhood. You really need to stop with the favoritism. It won't bring any good to anyone in your family. Show your love equally to all of your daughters.
     
   Thank you for taking your time to read my letter.

Sincerely,

Clawy
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Dear Clawy,

       I appreciate your concern for our family, but please do mind your own business. Our family concerns, are not yours. Please don't tire yourself with our problems.
 
      Thank you, and please don't get in people's businesses ever again.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Bennet