Last Post D:

I admit, I'm glad I got this finished.

Not in time, but I'll still get some credit instead of none, right?



My mom gave me the idea for this one.
Convenience of Books in the 21st Century.




     Think about how convenient getting and reading books is today! We have Kindles, Nooks, even Kindle/Nook apps on our iTouches!
     Soon real, paperback and hardback books will be outdated like expired milk. Everyone'll be using electronics to read!
     
     My mom tells people, "If my house were to catch on fire, I would grab my four kids and my Kindle." And they look at her like she's crazy. But it's true! On a Kindle, you could download a book from anywhere, as long as you have money in your account to pay for it. You don't even necessarily need that either! There are free books that you can download.

      It's so nifty and convenient. You know, who needs books now? It's good to keep books available, though, so don't get any ideas to go to Congress to get books wiped from the face of the US. It wouldn't work anyhow.


Anyways. That's all I have for this blog post. Which means I'm done with my 7 posts, right? 

I'm going to miss this blog, tons. No not really, I'm just intent on getting better grades



A hug goodbye, dear viewers.

Nostalgia Takes It's Hold

Don't you just hit a wave of nostalgia when you hear of those books you used to love?

     Say when you hear the title of a book series you used to read all the time. Like, in elementary school, my favorite author was Bill Wallace. That was over 3 years ago! So when I look back, I feel weird.
     Who was your favorite author when you were a kid? 
I keep thinking of those Clifford and Arthur books that I used to love like crazy.

     It's so funny, to think back to times like that. Then you find the book you loved most from those authors, and you read it. And you think, "Wow! I forgot how great that book was!" and the memories come flooding back. c':


Or those Amelia Bedelia books. Almost every person I know loved those books as a kid. Am I right? :D

Here have a cat



Drawn by yours truly <3

Favorite Types of Literature

Do you like poetry?

I always loved poetry. It's such a pretty way to express yourself.

      I always had an envy for those who wrote poetry as easily as a marathon runner can sprint. It was always so difficult for me to write effective poetry. But look where being a poet can get you! Think of Shakespeare! He was one of the most famous poets in history!

      But there were always those romantic poems that just make your heart melt right there behind your rib-cage. Those sweet nothings whispered into a lover's ear. Poetry may just be my favorite kind of literature to read.

     As well as things like Romeo and Juliet. I admit, I'm not really that much of a sentimental person when it comes to romance. But I don't know anyone who can all-out hate Romeo and Juliet.

     I'm getting off topic. The point is, that poetry is a pretty awesome view of literature, I hope you aspiring poets out there get an opportunity to share your beautiful writings with the world.

Audio-books Are Lazy

Four posts in less than an hour. TAKE THAT, LOGIC.

But, you know how it is. 

I did posts on my books. Now I can say some stuff that I've been meaning to get out to the people. :D

Audio-books are for the lazy. 

     Why listen to someone else do the work for you, when you can read the book yourself? You can have the freedom to read words in any way you want. You can pronounce things your own ways, right?

     Freedom of speech?

Well. What if the person reading the book has the flattest, most monotonous voice ever? That's boring! You might as well just use the book as a pillow! And then the librarians will have you banned from the library for drooling on their books.

      So just don't get audio-books, kids! They just aren't as much fun as reading the book yourself. Imagine if life were turned upside down, and there were only audiobooks, and your teachers's lectures were written on paper. It just isn't right.

Politics Aren't Really for me

You know what?

I have no idea what my last like, 4 posts are going to be about.

But I'll come up with something, right?

     Anywhoozle. I have one more book to post about, then I'm free as a bird. Well, not really. Let's just say that doing your homework really should be top priority. Take it from someone who is this close to getting everything they love taken away.

Trust me, I'm the Doctor.

     Well, City of Glass won't wait for me forever, now will it?

     In City of Glass by Cassandra Clare, "things may not be what they seem" is a big factor that plays into the plot. Oh, you know, the usual, just some demon killers in New York. 

No big deal.

Yeah, right. Jace seems to be arrogant at best, but his thoughts betray it. Alec may seem like any average seventeen year-old human boy, but he has his secrets. Clary can seem to be a regular human as well, but you know, she's not exactly human. And Isabelle looks like any normal beautiful teenage girl with regular teenage girl problems, but she's not.

"Things may not be what they seem".

Like how in today's news, everything seems to be fine. Us teenagers think everything's fine! That our economy isn't falling apart, we aren't in thousands of dollars in debt, and our government is as peachy as ever. 

Or like Santa Claus. XD

It's just a kid's story, yet parents go on telling their kids that he's real. Then they get older, and they realize that it was all a sham.

Don't worry, I'm joking. :D

The Apocalypse in a Nutshell

The title may seem a bit misleading to the post, so I apologize in advance.

Anyways. In this post I was going to say some stuff relating to the book The Giver by Lois Lowry.



     This is a post-apocalyptic book. Like The Hunger Games. My text-to-text connection to clarify what I'm planning on discussing.

Comparing and contrasting is always a fun time.

     In The Hunger Games, they have a whole different government and law system than we do today, obviously. As do they in The Giver. Everything is different. The Capitol has complete control over Panem. As the Elders do. The Capitol has it's Districts, but the Elders live in different towns, with a Receiver as head of them all. The Receiver himself is like President Snow in The Hunger Games. But, one thing about the Receiver and Snow. Snow is more like a tyrant, while the Receiver is an advice-giver on big issues that the Elders cannot deal with themselves. 
     Also, Jonas in The Giver is like Katniss in The Hunger Games. They are both the protagonists, and the main characters. They both save the day, in some way. Except that Jonas doesn't quite save the day in the way that Katniss does. Katniss saves 12 Districts by giving them some leeway in rebelling against the Capitol. She was "the spark" that started the fire that was a rebellion. While Jonas frees the Receiver(who became the Giver when he started training Jonas) of some of his burdens. He runs off with the harsh and good memories that the Giver gives to him. So in their own ways do they save the day as the hero of the story.

     An ordinary person like Katniss or Jonas can be the hero, right? :D

Forgive me?

Can you all forgive me? I did a pretty awful job on this blog in the past.

But tonight I'm starting over! (Mostly because my grade is absolutely terrible because of my lazy job)




     This post is going to be about how I was reminded of something in The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone.


     In the book; Derek is embarrassed about his "disability". Which was the loss of one of his arms from polio.
     What that reminded me of, is in the book Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, there's a character named James Carstairs (or Jem). 
     Jem has to take this drug called yin fen to keep him alive. Yet, the drug is killing him gradually in the process.
      Yes, it's a bit more severe than Derek's situation, but it's somewhat similar in their thoughts about it. Jem likes to keep from the subject of his situation, and tries to keep from thinking about it. Much in the same way that Derek probably feels.

     It reminds me of a lot of different things. When you have something like an amputation or a disease of some sort, you try to push the thought into the back of your mind.


     Maybe, if someone my age doesn't have many friends, because of some disability. Well, if they talk to you, don't push them to the back of your mind! I learned lately that most people don't try to stray from their little clique, so they don't meet too many people, right?



     Differences aren't a reason to prejudice people. c:



Drawing to the left of a sunflower, drawn by me :D