Category: Independent Reading

The greatest day of Freddy’s life was when she and Laura Dean got together, but nothing has made sense since. Not only is Laura Dean well-liked, funny, and adorable, but she also can be cruel and careless. But their romantic connection is causing Freddy’s brain to spin and her friends find it stupid that she continues returning to Laura all the time.

“What is it like to love this person who keeps breaking up with you, and then presumably coming back to you? What does your love with this person offer? Does it make you happy? Does it give you what you need to be a better person?” P.G 53

I chose this quote because it makes me think about a similar situation I have been in and I wonder whether that if I read this book at the time of my situation and then maybe things would’ve been different, and I would stop seeing my situation in rose colored glasses

It Ends With Us was such a horrible, trash book but it was all so funny and amazing at the same time.
It Ends with Us is a book about a girl named Lily who has recently moved and is getting ready to start her life after college. Lily then meets Ryle and develops feelings for him. The connection between Lily and Ryle is challenged when Atlas, her first love, shows up just as she starts to feel something for Ryle.

Imagine all the people you meet in your life. There are so many. They come in waves, trickling in and out with the tide. Some waves are much bigger and make more of an impact than others. Sometimes the waves bring with them things from deep in the bottom of the sea and they leave those things tossed onto the shore. Imprints against the grains of sand that prove the waves had once been there, long after the tide recedes. p.60

I chose this quote because it really makes me think about all the memories I have and made, and lets me really reflect on the impact they have on me.

P.S I still love you  

 

 This book is about Lara Jean a girl who started dating Peter a very popular, who she thought she didn’t had a chance with him. But when Peter braakes up with his girlfriend, Lara Jean and Peter make up a plan to fake they are dating to make Peter’s girlfriend jealous. But they fell in love and started dating until they got in a fight and stopped talking to eachother but what Peter doesn’t know is that Lara Jean still loves him. 

 

Hope leaps into my heart like Jamie Fox-Pickle leaps into my bed- swift and unbidden. But I turn back around, like Ugh, what do you want now, so he doesn’t see it. 

“What’s that you’ve got crumpled up in your pocket?” My hand flies down to my pocket. “That? Oh, it’s noth-ing. It’s junk mail. It was on the ground by your mailbox. No worries, I’ll recycle it for you.” 

“Give it to me and I’ll recycle it right now,” he says, holding out his hand. 

“No, I said I’ll do it.” I reach down to stuff the letter deeper into my coat pocket, and Peter tries to snatch it out of my hand. I twist away from him wildly and hold on tight. 

He shrugs, and I relax and let out a small sigh of relief, and then he lunges forward and plucks it away from me. 

 

 

I like this quote because in the book this is the exact moment in which Peter realizes Lara Jean still loves him . If this part wouldnt have happened they would still be mad at eachother, but when Peter reads Lara Jean’s letter he realizes Lara still loves him.

• There is a touching passage in Leo Tolstoy’s “The Teacher and the Man” that fascinated me: “It was getting colder and colder, and Ivan began to shout to his horse, but because of the strong wind, he could hardly hear it. Their sounds…his hands and feet were frozen. “Numblicated, he lost all feeling for them” (Tolstoy, Masters and Men, p. 23). This excerpt vividly It depicts the harshness of the environment and the protagonist’s relentless struggle against the wrath of nature. What attracted me to this passage was its raw depiction of human perseverance in the face of adversity. It reminded me of the indomitable spirit deep within each of us. Spirit, what drives us to keep going, even when the odds seem insurmountable. Tolstoy’s masterful depictions of his characters’ physical and emotional turmoil resonated deeply with me and are a profound reminder of the resilience of the human spirit.

In the Play “Our Town” (by Thornton Wilder), we see the two main characters (Emily and George) change significantly throughout the story:

The book centres on their childhood, teen ages, living together, and the death of Emily. She died during childbirth of her second son, at only 26. She then sees how all of her relatives are waiting for her, all dead. She then wishes to go back to her 12th birthday, she sees her young mother, father, and the rest of her family. After finding out his wife is dead, George is seen weeping by her grave, as the scene ends with the sky clearing up from the rain with beautiful stars coming out over the town Grover’s Corners.

Once I had finished reading the book, I reflected on it by seeing how it resembles our lives. Most people seem to forget the value of what they have, own, or kept, until they lose it. Now, this is relative to me in a way, since I have lost my grandfather after he failed to beat cancer (he was one of the many fallen but glorious Chernobyl Liquidators, whom have lost their lives fighting with an invisible enemy, and although they didn’t survive the battle, they have won the war, reducing the amount of radiation significantly.

 

 

‘Viper’s Daughter’ is the seventh book in the series ‘The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’ written by Michelle Paver. The series is mainly about a boy named Torak and his friends Renn and Wolf. Torak is clannless and can communicate with wolves. He found Wolf when he was 12 summers old, and Wolf was a cub. His father had just been killed by a Demon Bear and Wolf had been abandoned. Later into the first book he met Renn of the Raven Clan, and they became friends. The stories follow their adventures and revolves around Torak’s mission to defeat the Soul Eaters, a group of powerful mages who only want to destroy all life in the forest.

‘I left so that I wouldn’t hurt you’…’You couldn’t have hurt me more than you did when you left’ (p. 78)

This quote was in the seventh book said by Renn and Torak. Renn ran north and left Torak behind because she thought she was harmful. She kept thinking she would hurt Torak because she felt someone trying to take over her body. Every time Renn fell asleep she would have a dream that involved hurting Torak in some way. She was trying to go to the ‘Edge of the World’ and once Torak realised she had gone, he went after her with Wolf. I like this quote because it shows that you can emotionally hurt people when you’re trying to not to hurt them at all.

I felt that in the story Emily Changed, set in Gloverstowe Cemetery, it showed the fragility of life and the reflections people have on their deathbed.

The character Emily in the story returns to the cemetery after her death and develops a profound understanding of life and death, and realizes that people do not cherish time. Emily travels back in time, experiences some of the ordinary and trivial moments in her life, and realizes the importance of every day in her life.

She warns other characters to cherish the moment and not get lost in busyness and trivial matters.

The Long Game is about Adalyn Reyes, a hardworking employee for Miami Flames FC offices, and Cameron Caldani, a recently retired professional goalkeeper, their story begins when Adalyn pops the head off the team’s mascot, and a video is released of it, it goes viral. Her boss, who happens to be her dad and the owner of the team, chooses not to fire her but sends her away to some random place in North Carolina where she gets tasked to help the local soccer team.. which happens to be children, who wear tutu’s to practice, and keep goats as pets..

So I resumed my quest, reaching for a panicked Brandy, but I–

Looked down, and found a trail of anxiety-induced poo.

“Oh God,” I said as I veered for the opposite side. But Brandy was still distraught– and therefore, very much pooping all over the place. “Brandy,” I tried again, seeing Cameron dash for me out of the corner of my eye. “Cameron, no,” I warned him, thrusting one hand in his direction and the other in the direction of Brandy. The goat,” I explained, watching how Brandy twirled and head-butted into my side with enough force to push me a step back. “The poo,” I added, stepping on something soft and feeling my shoe slide forward. “The flannel!” I finished, miraculously managing to grasp the jacket with both hands throw it up into the air.

I landed on my ass.

“Jesus Christ Adalyn,” Cameron barked. “Are you okay?”

“Tell me your jacket is safe,” I answered from the ground, blinking at the now dark sky above me. Hmm, pretty. “And I’m fine. Thine goat poo softened the blow.”

My suit on the other hand? Not so much. (pg.152)

I choose this scene because I found the chaos of it all funny, with Brandy getting spooked– did I mention she’s blind?– and pooping all over the pace to poor Adalyn slipping in it and saving Cameron’s jacket. At this point in the book, our two MC’s are now slowly starting to get along !!

“Tiger Rock” is a book from the “Tales Of The Pizzaplex” series written by Scott Cawthon. The series is a collection of horror stories revolvin around the game ‘Five Nights At Freddys’ which was also made by Scott Cawthon. Within “Tiger Rock” there are 2 other stories, “The Monty Within” and “Bleeding Heart”. This quote is from “Bleeding Heart”.

it looked like a folded little star, it was a off-white and pinkish color. it was in the shape of a daisy. The next bloody shape she found on the ground was a rocket ship, then more. little cutouts of stars, a deer, a hawk, a tiger, a guitar, music notes, smiley faces, and more flowers.

I find this quote interesting because the girl who is talking was the main characters crush. She had an interest in “Skin Art” (tattoos), and so when the boy finds a robot that is made to carve designs to its masters desires, he has an idea. It really shows how sick and twisted and far people would go for love or attention, they crave it so much they think its a need and not a want. The boy orders the robot to tear off his flesh and carve objects out of it.

The Kite Runner, is a book I would recommend to those who have a deep understanding on history and other aspects which lay in this book. It is very important to keep in mind that even the most simplest of sentences has very deep meaning to it. For example, a few years after losing his father, he is asked if he remembers what his father (Baba) looks like, and this is his response:

I thought of Baba’s thick neck, his black eyes, his unruly brown hair.. “I remember what he looked like.. What he smelled like too”. (p. 333, the Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini)

This is the prime example we can put in front of ourselves whilst analysing his behaviour. He sometimes, does act bad towards others, but on the inside, he is just a man broken by emotion. This is spread from a very young age, from birth, to be exact. His mom has passed away during his birth, and he always blamed himself for it because his father looked tired and depressed most of the time. He even thought that if he would win the Kite Festival with his friend, Hussan, he would finally make his father proud and forgive him for such a terrible fate which has struck him at a very young age.

This book, does however, give you lessons: Prime one being, that you shouldn’t blame yourself for everything, only when time is right. This book, is full of grief, during the Afghan war, and there, the father of his friend Hussan kills himself because of how messed up the situation got (from what I can remember they were in a house basement with no food or water, and that is why it happened), and this example leads us to another lesson, be like a balloon, when pushed underwater (the variable for bad fate), turn away and begin on a new page.

• Iaroslav Serg Pyrozhok

This book that I’m reading is all books 4 to 6 combined, it has 678 pages (plus a small story at the end with no page numbers). The start of the book the one I’m going to analyze is Step Closer. “A fishing  line zipped by his face again and he jerked to the left to avoid it” (p.34). Another thing like this happened again too.

“When he craned his head in another direction, he was surrounded by rows of lethal-looking knives and cleavers hanging above his head. A new wave of dizziness washed over him. He set his hand out for balance on the butcher table…Wham. A huge meat cleaver slammed down into the wood, barely missing his wrist” (pg.22)”

He was at a butchers shop to pick up meat and throughout his day, some “freak accidents have been happening”, hence the reason why he was getting dizzy, because he was remembering everything that as been happening. And seeing knives after all that must not be quite a pleasant sight. I love these quotes because they were actually foreshadowing what was to come, and even knowing what was going on throughout his day and then seeing him at a place with knives, it built up tension making me think that he was going to get slashed, or stabbed.

 

Stargirl is a novella for young adults by Jerry Spinelli published in 2000. it is about a character named Stargirl Caraway, who arrives at Mica High School and brings a burst of color and sound to the otherwise quiet school. The book explores themes of individuality, conformity, popularity, and first love.

that very night, as if he were playing a scripted role, Kevin called me and said, “So who are you talking to the Ocotillo Ball?”

I dodged. “Who are you talking?”

“Don´t know,” he said.

“I don´t either.”

There was a pause on the other and end of the line. “Not Stargirl?”

“Not necessarily”

“You trying to tell me something?”

“What would I want to tell you?”

“I thought you were a two. I thought there was no question.”

“So why are you asking?” I said, and hung up.

In bed that night, I became more and more uncomfortable as the moonlight crept up my sheet. I did something I had never done before. I pulled down the shade. In my dreams the old man on the mall bench raised a wobbling head ans croaked, “How dare you forgive me.”

The text presents an atmosphere full of mystery and tension, with a conversation between the characters Kevin and the narrator. The lack of clarity in communication between the characters generates a sense of intrigue. besides, the sudden change towards the end of the text, with the reference to the narrator feeling uncomfortable in bed and having a disturbing dream, adds a little of unease . Overall, the text provokes me a feeling of confusion, unease, and mystery, leaving me curious to know more about the relationships between the characters and the meaning of the events that unfold.

 

 

 

”The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger must be one of the greatest books I have ever read in my whole life. I adore every single thing a person can love about a book. I love the writing, the storytelling, and most of all I love the main character, Holden Caulfield. Holden Caulfield is not a character most writers I find would ever want to write about, especially because of the way he speaks about any topic.

I kept sitting there getting drunk and waiting for old Tina and Janine to come out and do their stuff, but they weren’t there. A flitty-looking guy with wavy hair came out and played the piano, and then this new babe, Valencia, came out and sang. (p.g.165)

As I have shown to you just now, he talks not so kindly towards women, nonetheless, that’s honesty one of the many things I love most about him. Of course in the real world outside of this wonderful novel, this is not something anyone would want to hear coming out of a person’s mouth. However, in the book world, I love to read the real and honest thoughts of the person I am reading about. I have never understood why writers write books with clear intentions to try to make it seem their character is always thinking, talking, or acting like a good perfect person. I hate that, real people aren’t always perfect. Real people make mistakes, and without those unfavorable actions, the character never seems to me as a real person.

In the Catcher of in the Rye chapter 16 The main character, who is going to Central Park to find his sister Phoebe, whom he loves very much, says a famous remark explaining what he does to help himself feel less depressed. He follows her to the mall in the park since that’s where she usually goes when she’s in the town center.

 “It made you depressed, and every once in a while, for no reason, you got goose flesh while you walked. It didn’t seem at all like Christmas was coming soon. It didn’t seem like anything was coming” (Pg 128).

At this time, Christmas was approaching, and it seemed like the core town was not prepared for Santa to arrive. It seems to me that he is persevering in this quote for his sister. To get to his sister, he has stroll through the depressing town that lacks Christmas decorations and cheer. Given that Holden is a helpless young man who only persists for his sister because she is his “Hope,” I think there is a deeper significance to all of this that goes right to the core of the character’s ideas and traits. You can tell by the way he describes how the landscape makes him feel as though he has lost hope for his current situation and is unable to discover the positive aspects of his life.

Night by Elie Wiesel is one of the most powerful books I have ever read. It is the horrifying story of what one man endured, when he was but a teenager, during the Holocaust. Straight from the beginning, a mournful tone is set: one of pain, loss and death.

“Behind me, I heard the same man asking:

‘Where is God now?

And I heard a voice within me answer him:

‘Where is He? Here He is – He is hanging here on this gallows…’

That night the soup tasted of corpses”

The writing in this book is extremely potent, and it being a memoir makes it all the more powerful, and horrifying. When a book is written like this, it makes a tragedy such as the Holocaust seem much more real, as opposed to something we just read about in history books. To read a personal account of what a single person had to endure is a truly mortifying thing: but one we must do, to understand the suffering, and prevent anything such as this from occurring again.

 

In the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K Rowling, Harry, Hermione, and Ron were trying to figure out what was going on with the Philosopher’s stone, why it was a kind of plot against Harry, and why the scar on his head hurt. Then they were making theories and concluded that Snape was the one who was plotting against Harry.

So we were right, it is the Philosopher’s Stone, and Snape´s trying to force Quirrell to help him get it. He asked if he knew how to get past Fluffy – and he said something about Quirrell´s “hocus-pocus” – I reckon there are the other things guarding the stone apart from Fluffy, loads of enchantments, probably, and Quirrell would have done some anti-Drak Arts spell which Snape needs to break through- (p. 244).

I liked this part of the book because it is interesting because of the fact that Harry, Hermionie and Ron, drew opposite conclusions to everything that had actually happened, they said that Snape had been for the spell he had cast while Harry was playing Quidditch, but they didn’t realize that Quirrell was the one who was really hurting him and that only Snape was trying to protect him.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. This book focuses on sci-fi, science, and unbelievable events. It is about a middle school teacher who is sent into outer space to discover how a new organism, Astrophage, is slowly decreasing the input of the sun. The main character, Ryland Grace, has the entire human race at stake.

“Really?” She set the tablet down. “Killing it did the trick?”

“I think so. It’s not black anymore. Light is getting through. Whatever weird effect was blocking it isn’t anymore”

“How did you do it? What killed it?”

“I penetrated the outer membrane with a nanosyringe.”

“You poked it with a stick?”

“No!” I said. “Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”

“It took you three days to think of poking it with a stick.”

“You… be quiet.”

This conversation happened between the main character, Ryland Grace, and one of the main researchers of Astrophage, Stratt. It was in an industrial lab where they were talking about how Ryland managed to kill the Astrophage, as part of an experiment to see if the inner core contained water. The experiment was performed in an attempt to support Ryland’s hypothesis that not all life required water to survive. Long story short, he was wrong. When he penetrated the Astrophage, water came out. After this conversation he was shortly dismissed from the laboratory because there was “no need for his presence”.

Recently I read “If You Give Me Three Days of Light”, a touching prose written by Helen Keller. In the book, Helen shows us the beauty of life and the power of tenacity from the perspective of a blind and deaf person. Her story made me deeply understand that no matter how difficult we encounter in life, we should maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, face it bravely and persevere. This book taught me that even in difficult situations, we must have the courage to pursue the light and discover the beauty in life.

In the book The Science of Nutrition by Rhiannon Lambert, there was a quote that struck me deeply. It was a quote that made me look at Japan in a different light because I thought they were not in very good shape physically.

“Japan has among the highest life expectancy and lowest obesity rates globally.

Its diet generally emphasizes plant-based eating of leafy vegetables,

soybean-based foods like tofu and miso,

and grains like rice and noodles,

with animal protein from fish and pork”.

This quote goes to show how far behind Canada and the United States are in this, in North America there is a lot of obesity. Also we eat a lot of unhealthy food from fast food chains. Reading this inspires me to implement food like that in my diet to live a healthy lifestyle, while getting optimum performance on the field.

 

In the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill he shows many different habits and other methods that rich people used in order to become rich.

The engineer advised that the project had failed because the owners were not familiar with “Fault lines.” His calculations showed that the vein would be found just three feet from where the Darbys had stopped drilling! This is exactly where it was found.

This part of the book talks about discipline and persisting because when you feel like you have failed, success is right in front of you. In the story the author uses as an example, a family finds a mine and extracts many minerals from it, but nothing really valuable. Then, they decided to stop because they were not getting anything good from it. After talking to an expert, he showed them that three feet from where they had stopped drilling, a vein was found with many expensive things.

The Art of The War is a classic Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, The book is a compilation of strategic principles and tactics for warfare. Its teachings extend beyond the battlefield and are often applied to various aspects of life, including business and leadership. The key themes include the importance of planning, adaptability, deception, and understanding the nature of conflict. Sun Tzu emphasizes the value of winning without direct confrontation and advocates for the efficient use of resources. The text has been widely studied and interpreted in different contexts, making it a timeless guide for strategic thinking and decision-making, even though it is not very long, it teaches you many things.

Icebreaker is a love story between our lovely university students, Anastasia Allen and Nate Hawkins, a pair figure skater and a hockey player, ironic right?  Their story takes place in California, at Maple Hills Uni.

Anastasia has a knack for planning everything out, so when the hockey players’ arena gets trashed and they have to share rinks, it heavily affects Anastasia’s skating schedule and chance to get into Team USA, her life-long dream.

With Nate’s side, he’s desperately trying to keep his team in check and on the ice as the captain. Dealing with Anastasia and her pair, who is VERY mean, is something he didn’t expect but it sparks something with him and Anastasia.

    There’s only one person I haven’t faced yet and it’s the one person I’ve been dreading. He takes forever-or what feels like forever, at least-to take a seat. He’s in a Maple Hills Titans T-shirt and gray sweats, and I hate myself for being a woman swayed by a man in gray sweatpants. Sh*t. No, there will be no swaying.

“Hi,” he says cheerfully. “I’m Nathan Hawkins.”

“You’re playing it like that, are you?”

He ignores my question and quirks an eyebrow. “And you are?”

“Nathan what are you doing?” I ask, folding my arms and leaning back in my seat. He mirrors me, folding his own arms. To an outsider, we probably look like the least approachable table, which to be fair, we might be.

“We’re starting over. Everyone loves a fresh start, right? Let’s have one. You can’t stay mad forever.”

“I was planning to stay mad longer than forever, so I feel like you’re massively underestimating me.” He starts laughing and I don’t know what to do with myself, because my face is fighting to smile, too.

Pg. 65, at this point in the book, they MCs have already met and are on bad terms, the coaches arranged a team building meet so they would all get along. As this chapter is in Anastasia’s POV, we get to see her make new friends and introduced to the hockey team.

In the book The 48 laws of power, the author Robert Greene expresses many aspects and rules of how to become a powerful person. Rule number 15 is “Crush your enemy totally” and Robert Greene explains how you should not leave any opportunity for your enemey to take revenge because they can emerge against you for revenge.

 All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, nio matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway that through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.

This law made me reflect on how stopping something halfway through is more dangerous than just finishing the work because if you stop in the middle of something, it can end really bad. Is like leaving a surgery halfway with the patient still opened.

The book i am reading is called Icebreaker is a book in which a figure skater fall in love with a hockey player.

I sit in the bench beside her bag and clear my throat. “Anastasia”?

her eyes lock with mine, plush lips immediatly pouting.”what do you want?”

“I need a favor ”

“no”

“you havent even heard what is yet”

“Dont need to. the answer is no”

“What if i tell you that is important fot both of our best friends happiness?”

She sighs, a noise Im used te hearing now, putting her hands on her lips.”ill bite. go on”

I really like this part of the book because its very important because Anastasia and Nate start to get along well together.

 

The book i am reading is called “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins  is a book about twelve districts and how each year the cruel capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district to participate in the Hunger Games where they fight to death to entretain others. I started reading this book and from what I have read I am really liking the This book, and this is actually a book I enjoy reading since its about adventure and it’s a very entertaining book, I don’t like reading and this book made me realize that if u choose the right book u can actually start enjoying reading and making it a habit.

“Prim!” The strangled cry comes out of my throat, and my muscles begin to move again. “Prim!” I don’t need to shove through the crowd. The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.
“I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute!”
There’s some confusion on the stage. District 12 hasnt had a volunteer in decades and the protocol has become rusty. The rule is chat once a tribute’s name has been pulled from the ball another eligible boy, if a boy’s name has been read or girl, if a girl’s name has been read, can step forward to take his or her place.”

I think this is a very important part of the book since its shows the start of Katniss challenge and the start of her story in the hunger games and the way she volunteers for her sister shows how much she cares about her family; I thought It was very brave of Katniss to give her life and volunteer for her sister that tells us a lot about herself and how she is brave.

In the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone by J.K Rowling in the chapter 10- Hallow´en, Harry Potter was at the table eating at the dinning hall when a package and a letter arrived to him. He read it and didn`t know what McGonagall was talking about, so Ron Weasley explained it to him.

DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE.
It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don’t want everybody knowing you’ve got a broomstick or they’ll all want one.
Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch pitch at seven o’clock for your first training session.

-Prof. M. McGonagall (p. 176)

I like this quotation of the page 176 because McGonagall gave Harry his first gift, because the Dudley Family never gave one to him; in this part Harry felt loved by someone because of a gift. Also the Quidittch will be a game/sport that Harry would love in the future and will give him a lot of oportunities.

In the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone by J.K Rowling we can see that on page number 95 Harry Potter is selected in one of the houses Hogwarts, He doesn’t want to be in Slytherin house because he doesn’t like the people there.

Slytherin, not Slytherin’ ‘Not Slytherin, eh?’ said the small voice. ‘Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that – no? Well, if you’re sure – better be GRYFFINDOR!’ Harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole Hall. He took off the hat and walked shakily towards the Gryffindor table. He was so relieved to have been chosen and not put in Slytherin, that he hardly noticed that he was getting the loudest cheer yet. (p. 95)

I like this part because this is a new start for Harry, he didn’t know all the things that happened in the Slytherin house and all the opportunities that would bring him to the Gryffindor house in the future. It would be a new start to his social circle, things with Voldemort and would form his personality .

The book I have just finished, Hunger on the Chisolm Trail by M. Ennenbach, is a creepy, foreboding tale of monsters and the anarchy that is the Wild West. Beginning with a spooky encounter, this book has no problem cutting right to the chase, and the pace is just whiplash-inducingly fast, with barely any breaks. This sense of pace is demonstrated perfectly in this passage:

“The hawk’s cry pierced the silence at the same time a different cry came bellowing from the back of the wagon. Chris stared as the wagon began shaking as if in an earthquake. The cross held so tightly in his hands four drops of blood dripped down his forearm. ‘Jesse! Are you alright in there?’ James yelled. Chris watched in horror as the men circled behind the wagon with guns raised. He heard the exclamations of fear, wordless shouts and gasps. Unintelligible. Gunfire filled the former silence as all three men let loose with the steel in their hands.”

Now this is just a piece of tension-building exposition, however it still goes along at a break-neck pace (literally and figuratively). The next few pages, which I will not quote, are even more action-filled, and genuine fun-filled horror action. This book may seem silly, being about monsters (more accurately, a monster), and the wild west, but sometimes a silly book about monsters and the Wild West is all we need in our lives.

 

 

The book I am currently reading is “The Psychology of Criminal behaviour and Violence” The chapter I am currently on is about Mental Disorders. It explains about the main disorders someone can have. The case I am on currently is about a woman, Rene Poole from Richmond, BC. She had bipolar disorder.

She asked bystanders repeatedly if they had seen her ex-husband, removed her clothes, and defecated at the side of the road. She then lay down at the edge of the highway and began to laugh. Witnesses sensed that she did not grasp that she was responsible for causing a very serious accident.

She had done that after she caused a car accident involving two other cars. She was acting this way because of her Disorder but also because she had not been taking her medication leading up to this event.

After finishing the book I liked it a lot and it was a book that I enjoyed it was fun but it was also mysterious to read their adventures, but it also had a lot of meaning and morals that taught me many things about life and how different people can be very good together, complementing each other with the things they have making each other the best of their versions . 

 

 That was a year ago. 

I hid in the down under for days and days and kept the door closed, which is why I missed the funeral and the Fair Gwen going away. Gram told me about it afterwards, how she couldn’t stand to live in the house with Kevin gone, and who could blame her? 

Grim threatened to unscrew my bedroom door but he never did, he just kept saying I should come out for Gram’s sake, and sometimes she’d come down and say I should come out for Grim’s sake, and so on and so forth until finally I gave up and came out. 

I don’t know if this makes sense, but for a long time I felt like I was a balloon, and somebody had let the air out of me. I didn’t care if I ever got the air back, because what does it really matter if we’re all going to die in the end? 

That’s how down I was feeling, and sorry for myself. 

 

This book was all happy and fun, a great book about friends and their adventures but like everything, everything always comes to an end and max’s end came when Kevin died, Kevin meant everything to Max, and he was the only one that was there for him. At the end the moral of the story is to enjoy every second in life and don’t spend your time sad, spend the time you have with the people you love doing what you enjoy , At the end we don’t know for how we will be here so we might as well just enjoy and be thankful for everything.