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Graffiti Moon By: Cath Crowley

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:12:43 +0000

January’s book for Teen Lit Rocks book club was Graffiti Moon by: Cath Crowley. I really enjoyed the book is definitely one of my favorites out of the books that we have read so far in the book club. One thing that I really like about the book is that you get to read it thru the eyes of two characters instead of just one. The two main characters are Lucy and ED. Lucy has just finished Senior year and for a night to celebrate she is going to spend it looking for Shadow, a graffiti artist, who’s work she is very familiar with.

ED is Shadow and only a few people know it. ED is also the person who’s nose Lucy broke on their first and last date. So you could say that they don’t really like each other too much. I like that you find out that ED is Shadow right off the bat, because then you get to know how Shadow felt and thought when he painted some of the graffiti that they look at. Some times in the book I wanted to jump into the story and yell at Lucy saying “Open your eyes! ED is Shadow!” or yell at ED and say “You idiot, tell her that you are Shadow! It’s the right thing to do.”

I am kinda glad that Shadow didn’t end up being the person Lucy imagined in her mind. I’m glad it was ED, he may be a High School drop out and not the sharpest pencil in the box but he is a good guy. For the letter grade I definitely rate it a big fat A!

The Probability of Miracles – By: Wendy Wunder

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:13:52 +0000

The Probability of Miracles was the December book of the month for my blogger book club Teen Lit Rocks. The book was really, really good. The main character is Cam short for Campbell. Cam is sick with cancer and it looks like life is coming to a end for her. She has excepted that and is refusing any more experimental treatments. Her mom on the other hand is not ready to give up or say goodbye. Her mom’s friend tells her about a town 1,500 miles away called Promise, Maine that is know for miraculous events. Her mom is determined that if they go there Cam will get better and will not be sick any more. Even though Cam does not want to go and she thinks it’s a load of crap that she will get better because of this town, her mom is determined.

When they first get to Maine Cam hates it. She sees no reason in being there, but she soon meets, Asher, a boy who has lived in Promise his whole life. Is Cam falling for him? You just have to find out.

The Probability of Miracles is a great story but it will make you cry. I know I cried a lot reading the book. I don’t want to give away too much of the book so go out and get it to read! For the letter grade, I grade it a B.

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Wordless Wednesday- Girls Color Guard Second Place!

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:35:25 +0000

I’m the Commander of our Girls Color Guard team in Junior Cadet Corps and we brought home a second place trophy last weekend at competition!

Yearbook!

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:28:43 +0000

I am really excited because this year I get to be a part of the yearbook staff. Not just on the staff, I am Co-Editor in Chief! I am so excited because I get to be the second in charge besides the teacher. Yearbook is a very important thing to me because it’s like middle school journalism and I really want to take journalism next year in high school. One thing that got me motivated into being on the yearbook staff was because last year our yearbook was really bad! It looked just like the year before. So I decided that I wanted some input as to what is going to happen with my last middle school yearbook.

For the yearbook we already have the theme and the name of the book. I can’t reveal too much because I know that some of the people who read this go to my school. We are keeping the theme a secret so that when we get the books it will be a surprise. School has become so technological, besides the regular process of buy your yearbook at a table during school you can now even buy it online!

Music Monday~ Justin Bieber- Mistletoe

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:40:17 +0000

For my Music Monday post I chose Justin Bieber’s music video Mistletoe. I don’t usually like Justin Bieber but the song is really good and I love the video. I also picked this song because it goes with the time of year.

Purple Contacts!!

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:17:14 +0000

I have always wanted colored contacts as long as I can remember. Well now I finely got them and they are my favorite color purple! My mom also got a cold pair to look like the Cullen’s from the Twilight saga.

10 Free Holiday songs on iTunes

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:39:16 +0000

For the holidays People Magazine and iTunes has got together and is giving 10 free holiday songs in “People Magazines Country Playlist”. Check out the link to get the code for the free songs. The deal expires 12-31-2011

The 1o Free Songs include:

Randy Travis – O Holy Night
Steel Magnolia – It’s Christmas Time
Phil Vassar – What Child Is This
Skaggs Family – Christmas Time’s A Coming
Joey + Rory – Remember Me
Carter’s Chord – Up On The House Top
Jacob Lyda – Tis the Season To Be Lonesome
Mandy Barnett – This Time of Year
Attwater – All I Want For Christmas Is You
Andy Gibson – The Christmas Song

Thank you to Mommy’s Wish List for writing her post.

Breaking Dawn Part 1 Review

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:51:17 +0000

It all started with the movie Twilight, getting everyone hooked into this imaginary world of Vampires and Werewolves. Before Breaking Dawn Part 1 came out everyone said that Eclipse was the best movie out of the Twilight Saga to date and that was true… But the moment I watched the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn Part 1 I instantly knew it had become the best movie out of the four. I absolutely loved the movie!

My favorite part in the movie was the wedding scene, it happened just like I imagined. I will say that I was a little disappointed with Bella’s wedding dress. I expected something a little different and more like the book described.

I was on pins and needles the whole time because I never wanted the movie to end. I said the wedding scene was my favorite part in the movie, but my second favorite was when Edward was able to read the baby’s thoughts even while it was in Bella’s belly. That was one scene that they absolutely nailed. I am not sure how exactly they are going to do Part 2 because there is so much left. Part 1 did end up ending at the exact point I told my mom it would. I am sad though that I was right because I wish it would have gone farther. I know I am going to be counting the days until Breaking Dawn Part 2 comes out next November.

Christina Perri- A Thousand Years

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:47:37 +0000

For my Music Monday this week I have chosen a great song by: Christina Perri called A Thousand Years. The song is on the Breaking Dawn Part 1 album. It is such a great song and the music video is amazing. In the music video there is a part with Christina in a house full of candles. Well in total there was 6,000 candles in the room. I like how they have clips from the movie in the video as well, I think that is just awesome.

Blood Wounds By: Susan Beth Pfeffer

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:33:41 +0000

Blood Wounds by Susan Beth Pfeffer is the second book of the Blogger Book Club, Teen Lit Rocks. The main character is Willa, whom is a normal girl with a semi-normal family. I will admit I did not like this book as much as last month’s pick. It seemed like the big wow factor of the book happened in the first couple of chapters and then the story went kind of slow. Once I focused and continued reading I did enjoy the book. It was very intense and sad.

It was a normal day when Willa gets home from school and finds that the answering machine for her home phone has three voice mails for her mom from her mother’s best friend, which seem strange with the sound of her friend’s voice panicky. This is when Willa finds out that her real father which her mother left when she was little remarried and had three kids. The worst part was that her father had murdered his wife and two of his daughters, and was on his way to find Willa with his other little one. Therefore Willa and her mother have to go into hiding until her father is found.

Willa and her mother stay at a hotel until her father shows up at their house and a cop is forced to shoot him. Willa’s father ends up dying and the police find Willa’s little sister murdered in his car.

Willa feels bad that she never knew her sisters and convinces her mother to let her go stay with her mother’s friend so she can go to the three little girls’ funeral. This is where the story really takes off. You are going to have to read the book to find out what all happens…

For the letter grade I give it a C+

Full Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes.

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