#18 The 5th Wave

This week, I finished reading "The 5th Wave" by Ricky Yancey. I have a lays wanted to read this book. I've heard a lot of good things about this book. People recommended it. It's also going to be a major notion picture next year.
     For this week's blog post, I am going to write a "Asking Questions and Wondering" post.

Q: When I watched the trailer of the book, Cassie is played by Chloe Mortez. Chloe is 18 years old, so I was wondering, how old is Cassie in the book?
A:Cassie the main protagonist that is played by Chloe Mortez is 16 years old.
Q: In the first part of the book, I was wondering where Cassie's brother is. Becayuse in the trailer, it showed that Cassie was running away with her brother.
A: Cassie's brother Sammy was taken to "Camp Haven".
Q: I knew from the beginning that something is wrong with "Camp Haven". It seemed kinda off. I was always thinking that their camp seemed to be too good to be true. I really thought that the kids are going to go through something hard. They're not going to be just eating gummy bears the whole day. I had two answers in my mind. The first one is that the kids would be the "hosts" of the Others (I know, I have a weird imagination.).Second, that they would be trained to be soldiers to go against the Others.
A:The healthy kids were trained to be soldiers. Even as young as 7 years old, as long as the people running the camp see a potential in you, they train you.
Q: In the camp, they separated the healthy kids and the sick kids.  I was wondering what they did to them. Again, I had two answers in my mind.
A:  I thought that they probably killed the "sick" kids. I was right, they killed them. They killed Megan who was considered as a "sick" kid. The book might not have said it, but based on the discoveries made by the other characters of the book, it proved it.

Making Connections #17

This week, I finished reading the series .
It's a really good book.  I really enjoyed reading it and was saddened when I finished it.
This week I am writing a "Making Connections" type blog post.
Selkie the protagonist has a best friend name Kelsey. She never really thought that her best friend Kelsey would be with her through her rough times. She thought that Kelsey is just with her doing good times and bad times, but she was wrong. Kelsey risked her life to save Selkie. Kelsey helped Selkie with her tasks even though it was risky.
    I have never been in a life threatening situation with my best friend Anjela, but I could certainly say that my best friend Anjela is like Kelsey. She has been with me through my rough times. She didn't leave me alone through my bad times, but instead stayed by my side, cheered me up and helped me.. Good times and bad times, she was with me. She helped me through bad times and good times.            Our friendship isn't perfect just like any others. There are small misunderstanding, but we never let it worsen. We always make a way to make up. We can't hold grudges on each other for so long-probably the longest was a week. It's safe to say that I have the bestest of best friends and I a very thankful for that.
 

Week 16 Pure emotions Three Times lucky.

This week I'm reading the book "Three Times lucky" by Sheila Turnage and for blog post, I'm going to do Pure Emotions.
    Mo, the main protagonist of the book is technically adopted. Colonel found her washed away by the water and took care of raised her as his won together with Miss Lana. Though she is happy, she can't help but feel lonely. She always thinks as an outside and someone not part of her "family" or even the county. I am certain that I am not adopted , but at times I just can't help feeling like an outsider in my family even with my friends. I feel like I don't belong with them, like I shouldn't be friends with them or I'm just an extra in the family. I have never felt like I belonged somewhere. I've always felt like an outsider. I can never fit in and that I'm different just like Mo. She lives in the town and  is a part of it, but still some people look at her as an outcast.

Week 15 Blogpost Book review of Red Thread Sisters.

For this week's blog post, I'm doing a book report of the "Red Thread Sisters" by Carol Peacock. This book follows the story of a girl named Wen. Wen had stayed in an orphanage in China for 11 years with only Shu Ling her best friend that she can call family. Wen got adopted by an American family and she now gets to have the luxury that she never had in the orphanage. She now doesn't starve, has a lot of clothes, now goes to school and many other more. Wen though never really enjoyed all of these things knowing that Shu Ling back in the orphanage is alone and is not experiencing what she's experiencing right now. Wen looks for ways to be able to get an American family that would adopt Shu Ling. Her real adventure starts here.
     I personally really wasn't planning on reading this book. I'm not really a big fan of books that doesn't really have that much of actions and adventure. I was really expecting that I'll find the book not enjoyable, but I did. I got really engrossed with the book and couldn't put it down that I finished it in about just 3 hours.
    I really like how the author really wrote it based on the character's race. The way the main protagonist looked at things you could say it was on her race's perspective. I also like ow the story was really realistic. Like you know that these things could happen in real life.  I also like how the story went slow and smoothly. Nothing was rushed.
  There is no perfect book. There would always be a flaw. Though I think that the book is good I also think that the plot is kinda cliche. I found it cliche because when I finished reading the book I looked for other books that has similarities, unfortunately I found a lot.
   I recommend this book to everyone. This book circles friendship, family and love therefore this is a perfect book for everyone. I rate this 8/10.

Week 14

This week for our blog post is a Literary Criticism type of blog post. I'm going to talk about the Matched Trilogy specifically about Cassia Reyes. 
   Cassis Reyes lives in a society where everything she does is controlled by the Society. How she thinks is manipulated by the society. She was born to believe in what the Society tells her to believe in.  
    She thought that the Society. She thought that everything that the Society did was reasonable. The Society in her eyes was perfect and flawless, but all of that changed.  
     The Society decides for her who she's going to love, but she resists to. She falls in-love with someone and she starts to see all the Society's flaws. She sees all the Society's wrong doing. Cassia realizes that most of her life has entirely been a lie. She becomes braver, fighting for her love and what she think is right. Rebelling against the Society, she realizes how foolish she has been.

#13

DIVERGENT and HUNGER GAMES. This week I'm doing Literary Compare and Contrast for my blog post this week.

    There are a lot of similarities between two books. The both of the books were made into a movie by the same company:the Lionsgate company. Also, both of the books have female lead characters. Another similarity is that both are dystopian books. It may not exactly be the same, but in both books the people are divided into groups. The Divergent book has a romantic touch to it, the Hunger Games also has a romantic touch to it. Both are trilogies and are also best sellers. In my own opinion, both of the books are favorites of people my age.
    There are a lot of similarities between two books, but there are also a lot of differences. In "The Hunger Games" you can see Peeta, Gael and Katniss in a love triangle relationship while in the "Divergent" book you'll only see Tris and Four in a romantic relationship, there is no third. I also think that there's more suspense and violence in "The Hunger Games". Both the protagonists in both books are fighting the government but in "The Hunger Games" the fight or you could say the revolution is bigger. Katniss is leading more people against the government.
    Both books have a lot of similarities. Thy're both great books, but unique in their own ways. The plot isn't the same. The authors had different feelings and emotions while writing the books.

#12 Pure Emotions

For this week's blog post, we're doing Pure Emotions. I'm reading the book Red Thread Sisters. The protagonist of the story got adopted, so you could say that we have a big difference. Nonetheless our big difference, we still have similarities. When Wen got adopted, she had her family always around her, but she still sometimes felt alone and far away from them. I have a family that are always around me all the time, but I also always feel alone. Wen felt like no one can understand her. I seldom times feel that. I know my parents love me and all, but I can't help to feel alone. I feel like they would never understand me. This might sound really bad, but at times I feel like they don't even know me. They say that they love me, but I feel like they don't. Wen always felt like she was a burden. I also feel like a burden too. Especially every time when they buy me something and also when they pay for my tuition. Even if we eat outside I always feel bad. They're always wasting their money on me and it always makes me feel really bad. I also always felt like an extra, like what Wen always felt.