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This weekend I read If I Stay by Gayle Forman.

The quote I chose was, 

"I'm feeling not just the physical pain, but all that I have lost, and it is profound and catastrophic and will leave a crater in me that nothing will ever fill."

I chose this quote because I thought that what she did was brave. That instead of just giving in and letting her self die, she faced what she didn't want to and decided to stay. I was wondering, would I have done the same thing, if I was in her situation? If I lost my mom, dad, and brother, I don't think I would have come back. Because, if they were all gone, I would be gone to. I mean, I have friends and other things to live for, but not as much as my family. She is very brave for coming back as an orphan. That is why I chose this quote, because it shows that she acknowledges her pain, and that she chose to face it head on, instead of dying to get rid of it. 

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I had already finished my play, Death of a Salesman, so I started reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol.

The quote I chose was,

"However, this bottle was not marked 'Poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart-, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffy, and hot buttered toast), she very soon finished it off."

I really liked this quote for a lot of reasons. One of them was because I love how the author described the taste of the bottle. I mean, I know it is very unrealistic, but when you read it, you are already in another world. But it made me wonder, why drink something that you have no clue what  it is? I mean, now a days, you HAVE to watch your drink at parties, and you HAVE to make sure no one spikes it with anything. So, even though she wasn't at a party, and was probably in a different time, why you she do something so stupid? Because in the book, it makes her shrink, and I know that's not bad, but it could have been something worse, right?

So I'm reading the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. We were supposed to read the whole first act, and since my play only has TWO acts, it was like reading half the book!

Anyways, here's the quote I chose from the book - 

LINDA: (This is in the middle of one of her speeches) .... Why shouldn't he talk to himself? Why? When he has to go to Charley and barrow fifty dollars a week and pretend to me it's his pay? How long can that go on?

I chose this quote because in the play. it shows Linda as just being a wife who does practically anything her husband says. But during this part, when she's yelling at her sons, it shows how much she really does care about Willy (the husband.) Because Willy is having a break down, the sons keep asking, "What's wrong with him? He's so embarassing." But she tells them that is because they are living on commissioned money, and Willy is trying so hard to get money, and he gets so exhausted, that he talks to himself. I was wondering why didn't Linda ask her sons for help earlier? I mean, if it was me, I would have. And even when the sons found out, they still were reluctant to help. But it was sad knowing that Willy spent his whole life working, just to get fired and be on minimum wage. But it kind of reminds me of the recession going on now, even though it was written 60 years ago. I think that's why its a classic, because its message is timeless. 

Ugh.

I don't know if we needed to post a reading summary or not, but Bianca reminded me, so I'm doing one anyways :)

Ok, so I'm reading this book called State of Fear by Michael Crichton. It's a novel about the theory of global warming. It is fiction, but all the facts and reasonings are cited in the back of the book.

So the quote I chose was, "Sanjong and I gave you a careful, peer-reviewed interpretation of data. Made by several groups of scientists from several different countries. And your response was first to ignore it, and then to make an ad hominem arrack. You didn't answer the data. You didn't answer the data. You didn't provide counter evidence. You just smeared with innuendo."

I chose this quote because this was a quote that I can really relate to, but on a lower scale. In this part, Kenner (An MIT professor) is trying to convince Peter (A lawyer who normally deals with environmental issues) that global warming is still a THEORY and there is hard earned evidence that can support AGAINST global warming. Peter tried to counter argue, a little, by saying that Antarctica is melting. But in fact, only 2% is melting in Antarctica, while the rest is growing colder. 

In the book, there are A LOT of other facts that surprised. Like the ocean level hasn't risen in nearly 30 years. And the degrees is actually colder then it was a number of thousand of years ago. 

I chose this quote because it made me feel the same way I had the whole book. What is global warming? If people are so sure of it, then why hasn't it been PROVEN, and is just left as a THEORY. All the facts made by scientists that go against global warming must be simply overlooked. And any small factor that can contribute to it is spread, global wide. I have always believed in global warming, but I look back now and realize that I was easily swayed. I believed what the t.v. said, and what other people said. But now, this book is showing me the counter-side. 

I still don't know if I am 100% against global warming, but I know I am not 100% for global warming. 

this covers TWO reading posts.

First quote is -
"Deep in earth my love is lying
And I must weep alone." -Edgar Allan Poe, from the Raven.

This, in itself, is just one of his many poems. I chose it because it was short, but still very deep. In a litteral sense, it means that his love has died and is barried, and he must cry alone. Did Edgar Allan Poe really have someone close to him die? I don't know, I have never read any thing about his life. But in another way, it could mean something totally different. It could mean that your love has left you, and you FEEL as if they have died. Or maybe, you have barried that certain someone in your head, so that you wish they were dead. And it also symbolizes that you are alone. you have no one to console with over the loss of this person, and you must morn by yourself.

The second quote is -
"Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins." - Mark Twain, from the Notebook.

I chose this quote because it introduced me to a new word, martyrdom. I looked it up and this was the definition-
–noun
1.
the condition, sufferings, or death of a martyr.
2.
extreme suffering; torment.

But, even with this definition, what does it mean in this context? Is it saying that standing up for your religon is wrong, or right? Is it blaming the people who kill them, or make them suffer? I'm not sure. Just sitting here and thinking about the quote makes me a bit confused. I like it a lot, the way the words flow together, but I am still trying to piece together what it all means.

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I read Crank by Ellen Hopkins. It was really good, and I enjoyed it a lot.

The quote I chose was,
"Have you ever
has so many thoughs
churning inside that you didn't
dare let them escape,
in case they blew you wide open?"

I chose this qupte because when I read it, it made me think of all the secrets I kepp, I mean I've never had it that bad, but I have felt guilty and bad. What must it feel like when you can't talk to anyone?
I don't know. I have always had someone to talk to, even if its my diary. I really pittied her, but I can't that much because she dug herself into the whole drug-use problem.

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I'm reading I know it's over. by C. K. Kelly Martin, still. This book is getting tiresome, I think I might give it up. 

"I missed her. I hated her for hating me. And then Christmas Eve happened and made those things look like the easy part."

I chose this quote because it made Nick seem like he was thinking things through, in a different perspective. He realized that the feelings he was feeling where nothing in comparison to what had happened in Christmas Eve. But why did he hate her? He knew that he was lying to himself, and he still really liked her. But I think this quote is good, because he realized he couldn't get caught up in his own feelings, that he had to look at the bigger picture. I think its hard for a lot of people to do that, to see the bigger picture. Sometimes, I don't even think I can. Oh well, anyways, I really liked this quote :D

another book summary :]

So, I'm still reading I Know It's Over by C.K. Kelly Martin. I don't know why its taking me so long to read, I keep getting sidetracked by other books... 

Anyways, the quote I chose was,

"She recited her phone number and I repeated it, stamping the number into my head,"

When I read this quote, I thought it was really cute because even though he wasn't really sure if he liked her that much, but he knew he liked her enough to try to memorize her number. But why does he like her? They are in totally different social crowds, and they themselves are totally different people. I guess you can say that opposites attract, but even as I read it I knew it wouldn't last. But don't they see it too? I mean, it seams like they know they probably shouldn't go out, but they still are. Sometimes, I wish I could just yell at them in the book to different things, but obviously I can't. Oh well ...  

Reading summary :DDD

Ok, so the book I started reading this weekend was I Know It's Over by C. K. Kelly Martin. it isn't the best book ever, and it hasn't really captured my attention yet, but here is the quote I chose.

 

"Sarah doesn't laugh this time. Her parents aren't a joke to either of us. We spent five months arranging meetings behind their backs and coaching Lindsay and Sasha's other friends on alibis. We never even came close to getting caught. Or so I thought."

I chose this quote because it really stuck with me. I feel the pain of these to people, that they had to hide from their parents all the time. I mean I know what they were doing, but training your friends? Was it even worth it, since they broke up? I don't know. Since I have never been in a situation like that, I have no clue. But it did show me the consequences of what they did. I can try to relate, but its hard. I really liked the quote though because it made me sad.

Book Summary[:

The book I read this weekend was called The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson. 

Here is the quote I chose from the book. 

" Tossing

I don't sleep.

I hold on to my bed.

The backups must go.

My fingers dig into my sheets.

I want sleep. Forget. Melt into the night. 

But.

What if something goes wrong?

I may need them. It is only information.

Limbo.

Dreamland. 

That's all. 

And if I try hard enough

maybe I can forget the dark place where 

they

we

are. "

This piece from the book brought up many questions. Since this book takes place in the future, I had a hard time grasping everything. But when I finally started understanding it, this page in the book struck me. I was wondering, will she give up her backups up to save her friend's minds, or will she keep them for her own benefit? Will she try to push away the dark place she was when she was in a coma? I wasn't sure what I would have done in her situation, if I would have kept them there because I needed them as evidence, or saved them from what I had gone through. In the end though, I would have saved them because they are my friends and I wouldn't want them to go through what I went through. Even though this quote is a bit complex if you haven't read this book, I think that it tells a lot about the story itself. 

Q-Q-C

In Lean Mean Thirteen by Stephanie Plum, I choose this quote.

Q- "The Diggerys were like feral cats. They scattered into the woods behind their home the minute a car stopped in the driveway."

Q- One of the main questions I have for this quote was, why do they hide all the time? I mean I know they are always getting arrested, but they must be doing something way worse then what everyone else thinks they are doing. Because they tell you that they are arrested because they get drunk and disrupt things. But if they all HIDE, then it must be something worse, right?

C- I just liked this quote because it sounded funny to me and i really liked the authors use of the metaphor. At least I think it is a metaphor, or maybe a simile. And it left kind of a cliff hanger as to whether or not there is more to the Diggerys or not.

Q-Q-C

From Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

Q- "For a long moment nothing happened. The bird stood there, wings outstretched, with me only a short distance away, my heart thumping in my ears. I could hear cars passing on the street, a door slamming somewhere a few yards over. But all around us, it was nothing but still."

Q- Why did the world sop for this one moment?

C- It was a good paragraph because of the descriptions. It really got to me when I read it. 

What is Media?!

I think media is everything that advertises something. It can be commercials, poster boards, or magazines. It lets people know about something they didn't know about before :) Its the product name you see on things, and its pretty much everywhere in the world now.