over with 200 pages

I have now finished 200 pages of this book. It hasnt been extremely exciting or packed with much action but its not too bad. It just continues on with the life of Dr. Henry David, Paul( his healthy son), and Norah. While also continuing on about Phoebe(Dr. Henry David's daughter with downe syndrome) and Caroline (the nurse who took Phoebe away to raise herself) which separate lives from Dr Henry David and his family. Although Caroline does write letters to Dr Henry once in awhile and he sends money to her, they dont meet face to face. Paul was on top of a tree branch but fell off. He ended up breaking the two bones in his arm. The ulna and radius. Although Dr. David Henry is pretty sure that his bones will heal, there is a danger that when they are healing, they will fuse together. I am making a prediction that that might just happen. I might be wrong but if it does happen, it'll make the book pretty interesting. Right now, the book is fairly interesting but in my opinion is being dragged out. I will continue reading the book and see what happens.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

I have finished 100 pages. This book is turning out alright. Pretty interesting but it feels kind of stretched out with details. So far, Dr. David Henry finds out that he has twins, one of whom has downe syndrome. He names the healthy baby boy Paul. He gives the other baby girl with downe syndrome to the nurse to be taken away into another town. She doesn't follow his orders but instead decides to keep the baby girl, named Phoebe for herself to raise. Hopefully the book will get more and more interesting.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter is the book that I am currently starting. The author of this book is Kim Edwards. It is about a doctor who delivers his own child. But, he finds out that there is not only one child, but two. The first child that is born turns out to be a healthy baby boy. But, the second child turns out to be a girl with down syndrome. He decides that his wife would be too upset so he gives the baby girl to his nurse for her to bring to another town and give away. She ends up keeping the baby and moving away. I learned that she grew up in New York near the finger lakes. She went to Colgate University. One thing I learned about her that surprised me was that she and her husband traveled to asia for 5 years to teach over there. I think that was pretty interesting. This book has 401 pages so I should finish in 3 weeks or so because I started this a week ago.

Prep (it really wasnt a horrible book)

Okay, so after reading the comments on my previous post, I think I gave people the wrong idea. Even though it isn't one of my favorite books, its not my my least favorite either. It just didn't go like I expected, but don't let my own opinion stop you from reading it. You should read it and form your own opinion. I'm just picky when it comes to books that I actually consider as interesting.

Done with Prep

I finally finished reading Prep. I didn't finish it as soon as i had hoped to, but its done and over with. Not to say, it was a bad book but once again, the ending wasn't something I enjoyed very much. In the beginning of the book, I thought, this is going to be really interesting. But after finishing two-thirds of it, my thoughts changed. I wouldn't strongly recommend this book to anyone. It was alright, not great. The ending was kind of a dissapointment because nothing much happened. Things ended, they stopped, thats it. The end.

Character Profile: Lee Fiora

Lee Fiora is the main character in my book. She basically moved from her hometown in the midwest, Southbend, Indiana, to a new rich boarding school, Ault.
What the character says/ what the character does: I am writing about these two together because, I feel that they are kind of connected in a way and relate to one another. Lee Fiora thinks a lot about things. I would even say that she over thinks them. Stresses about little things and makes them into a big deal, this is easy to relate to because I do this sometimes too. Although so many thoughts run through her head, very few of them actually come out. She thinks about things to do, things to say, and how to act, but most of the time she never does it.
What others say about the character: Since there are so many students at Ault, and so many people that Lee comes in contact with everyday, certain people have different opinions about her. I am sure, that Conchita, the person she was supposed to room with but ended up ditching and for Conchita's friend, Martha doesn't consider her the most thoughtful person in the world. Although Conchita was very upset about this at first, she ended up not despising Lee although she felt used. But, Martha on the otherhand would think pretty highly of her. Although Martha is one of the rich kids at Ault, Martha and Lee can relate to each other really easily. I would even say that they're best friends.
Direct description from the author : The author does not give much of a direct description of Lee. I really can't think of any time where the author just directly talks about Lee. I am pretty sure there might have been a few sentences where that has happened, but nothing that really stood out.
How others act towards her: The way other people treat her depends on the way she treats people. There are a lot of people that she ends up not acting properly towards and they just end up leaving and never making any contact again. There are also people that end up drifting away from her and not being as close. Even though its not like they hate her, its just that with the way things are, its the only way.
In my opinion: In my opinion, Lee is ia very kind girl that is just trying to figure out what she wants to do and how to get adjusted at a school like Ault. Even though she hurt people's feelings she is just trying to learn and understand things better. She is only trying to find her way around and make the best of her situation.

265 pages done

I have finished 265 pages and I'm pretty sure I'll continue reading over this weekend. I think that so far, this book has been pretty interesting. When I first started reading this book, I was like..oh my gosh this is pretty interesting but now that im like two thirds done with it and I look back, it wasn't thaat great. It was just my initial reaction because I just came out of reading a book called The Lovely Bones which wasn't packed with much excitement. So, each chapter is like a semester of Lee's school year. A lot of things have changed.
At first, Lee was a lonely girl who was at Ault on a scholarship. Now, she has a fair amount of friends. But, she still doesn't completely fit in with the average rich and confident students there. One thing that changed was her relationships with people. After such few conferences with her parents, she isn't as close to them anymore. During parent's weekend, she even got slapped by her dad for being so disrespectful. She also changed roomates and her friend from freshman year, Conchita isn't very good friends anymoe because she thought that Lee used her to get to know Martha, her current roomate.
One thing that Lee said that really left an impression on me was when she talked about how certain people and relationships were meant to happen to help you learn and prepare for future ones. I think this is very true, the people you hurt the most and treat the worst are the ones that make you realize your mistakes. This part of the book, (pg 245) is my favorite, as of now. I will hopefully finish this book really soon like..before the end of next week..or maybe even in the middle.

Prep..100 pages into the book

So, I have finished reading 100 pages of the book Prep so far, its really interesting. I like it a lot more than The Lovely Bones ,no offense. It's just that, with this book its a lot easier to relate to than The Lovely Bones.The girl Lee, which is the main character of the book enters a boarding school called Ault. At first, she's really lonely. She doesnt know very many people and she's not rich. She is on a scholarship which is the only reason why she is attending that school. Most of the other kids all have parents that send them nice packages like cashmere sweaters, fine chocolates, and large allowances. But then, she meets this really popular guy named Cross. They watch a movie together. I love that this book contains really detailed thoughts that go through Lee's mind. At times in the book, I find myself knowing exactly what she is feeling and thinking. I think that its pretty interesting so far. I think i might even finish it before the end of 4 weeks...we'll see what happens.

New Book!...finally Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

The next book that I am going to read is Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. I chose to read this book next because it seems like a book that would be suitable for me and would interest me. I have seen many girls carrying around and reading this book so there must be some aspect of the book that girl's out age can easily relate to. Based on what I know so far about this book, I will probably finish this book fairly quickly. It contains 400 pages but im pretty sure it'll be interesting so I'll probably finish it in 3 weeks or so..maybe not.
The author of the book Prep was born in Cincinnati. The high school she went to was Groton high school, a boarding school in Massachusetts. One surprising fact that I learned about her was that she won a Seventeen magazine fictional writing contest. Another surprising fact is that..she's a female but by the name of Curtis, I first thought she was a male.

I Finished!

I finally was able to finish the book last night. I mentioned, that I would be extremely dissapointed if Mr. Harvey wasn't convicted and found guilty by the police, and he wasn't. I wasn't dissapointed as I thought I would be because something else very exciting happened. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who is planning to read this book but it becomes pretty interesting in the last, 10 or 20 pages. Overall, this book was alright, not the best I've ever read but it wasn't terrible. There wasn't very much action in this book so if you like super exciting books, this isn't the one for you.

Symbolism

I think that a bone would be symbol that would be very fit very well for the book entitled The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. This would be an appropriate symbol for this book not only because it is included in the book's title but also because Mr. Harvey is a very strange man. He is a murderer and a creepy person. He would kill animals such as dogs, cats, other household pets, and worst of all, humans. He kept the bones of the animals he killed in his basement and saved them. When he killed the girls and women, he would often cut all of their body up and just leave their elbow behind. That is why i think a bone would be an appropriate symbol.

...Almost At the End

I just finished 300 pages. I only have 28 more pages to read which I will finish in the next couple of days. So far, this book has been mediocre. I was expecting more action or a bigger climax. I don't really think that there has been one part of the book that was really really exciting. There have been a couple sections where the book has gotten a little more interesting, but nothing big. Since there is so little of the book left, I am kind of getting worried. Mr. Harvey still hasn't been convicted. I really want him to be found guilty. He deserves to be punished for the numerous murders he has committed.
As the book progresses, a couple things change. One big occurrence is that Susie's mom, Abigail has left her family and moved to California. She left everything and everyone back at home , her family, her past, and Len Fenerman (the detective she had an affair with). She started over by moving to California where nobody knew her and she got a job working at a winery. I think she did this because she just wanted to forget about Susie because its a painful memory for her. Even though she left, she still saw Susie everywhere in Califronia. The book has now fast forward so that Lindsey (Susie's sister) is 21 and Buckley aka Buck (Susie's brother) is now a teenager. Samuel, Lindsey's boyfriend when she was 14, has proposed to her and they are getting married. Susie's dad had a heartattack and Abigail has finally come back to see him. Mr. Harvey (Susie's murderer) also came back to town. Ruth (Susie's classmate who is very close with Susie in a unique way) went with Ray (the boy Susie first kissed) to look at a sinkhole. This was where Susie was killed but Ruth doesnt know that. As Ruth walked along the road..Mr. Harvey passes by with his car and Ruth is hit..I think. This is a very exciting part of the book because im not exactly sure what just happened to Ruth but I think she might die.
I really hope that the ending is good. If it ends with leaving the murder of Susie Salmon unsolved, I will be dissapointed.

People I Posted Comments On

I posted comments on Tazz, Arthur, and Nicole's(the first one going down the list) blogs.

More than Half Finished!

I have finished 200 pages and there are only 328 pages in the entire book. Hopefully I will be able to get through the rest of the book by the end of next week. So having completed 100 more pages, I am beginning to like the book even more. The book isn't turning out to be how I thought it would. Before, completing 200 pages, I thought the book would be somewhat dragged out and long. Now after i have finished completing 200 pages, it is really interesting.
At first I didn't know exactly where this book would be going. I figured, its just going to be about the same thing, how people are mourning and endlessly as well as futiley looking for the killer. Although the police haven't realized that it was Mr. Harvey that raped and murdered Susie, Lindsey took action in trying to provide evidence because she too believes it was him that killed her. So far in the book, Susie got raped then murdered. People mourned for her and still don't know for sure who was the one that committed the crime. Her mother seems not very interested in finding out who the murderer is. She is now having an affair with the main detective investigating on her case. His wife killed herself years ago. I think that the only reason why Susie's mother is having an affair is because she wants to get away from all the pain and thinks that its a way to get away for a while.
Also, Susie in heaven, met the many other girls Mr. Harvey has killed in the past. What I am wondering now, is
why does Mr. Harvey so cruel? What is the motive for him to kill all these women and girls? I really hope that this book stays interesting. I also want to see Mr. Harvey be found guilty hopefully it'll happen soon. I am going to continue reading and hopefully finish within a week or maybe a week and a half .

First Impression

I have just read the first 100 pages of The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I knew, before i started reading even the first page of this book that it would be different from the average books that I have read in the past. I expected it to be a different experience because the book is told from Susie Salmon's view in heaven.
Susie Salmon is a girl who was raped and then murdered by her neighbor. The book is told after she is dead and in heaven. She watches over her friends and family from heaven and gets to see their life now that she is not on Earth with them. She looks at the lives of her classmates, relatives, and others as the cope and move on after her death. Although this is starting out to be a pretty good book, I'm wondering whats going to happen next.
My thoughts about this book are, if she's already dead and in heaven, what will happen that can make the book interesting and exciting to read? I'm pretty sure that its a good book, as I've heard from a few of my friends, but as of now I am not that sure what direction this book is heading in. As of right now, it kind of seems like it's going to be dragged out and a bit boring but, hopefully not! =]

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The book i chose to read was Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I chose to read this book because of several reasons. One of them was a strong recommendation from my friend. Also, it seemed like a book that would look deeply into certain issues after reading the brief plot synopsis. Based on what i know about this book, i think that i'll probably be moved by this book. It'll also probably change my views on certain issues. It seems like a book that will make an everlasting impression on me. Alice Sebold, the author of Lovely Bones, grew up in Philedelphia. She attended Great Valley high school in Pennsylvania. After graduating from there, she enrolled in Syracuse University. Syracuse University was the place of an event in her life that greatly surprised me. During her freshman year there, when she was 18, she was beaten and raped under a tunnel there. If I read 100 pages from this book every week, it'll take me 4 weeks to finish this book.