Monday 24 September 2012

Reading Reflection #3


Sept. 24/12

Reading Reflection #3

Halo
Alexandra Adornetto
1 – 213


First off I’d like to say, thank you very much for the recommendation of this book. I connected very well with this book and I found that I could compare the book’s main character Bethany with myself at a bit of a younger age. I first began to notice this when she first met Xavier. She felt what could only be described as love at first sight, and yet since she was very new to the human experience, being an angel and all that, she had no clue what was happening to her. I have always been a bit a romantic from a very young age and yet when I found my true love, yes I do believe in true love and love at first sight, etc, it took me hour to realize and name my feelings for the boy I met in the pool. To this day I can easily remember his deep sky-blue eyes and his dark, wet, brown hair. Though it took me many months to find this out, my love had a similar reaction and despite a couple break ups and fights we are still together to this day, two and a half years later. I hope the character in this book get to be as happy. I haven’t finished reading yet.
            I guess from the first time the two characters met I had predicted they would be together, as I said I related to that meeting. Just the way the writer spent so much time on the little details of describing Xavier help to show me that despite the fact that being with him could jeopardize Bethany’s mission and possible bring the wrath of God down on her she will do anything to be with him. So far she’s proven me right, and I don’t think she’s going back now; not that he’d let her. Anyway thanks for reading, hope you enjoy, and that I didn’t give too much away!
Desiree Henry

Wednesday 19 September 2012

PE #2


Current Favorite band

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PE #1

I miss my real home.


Tuesday 18 September 2012

My Footprint


I know it's not amazing but I prefer to write.

Rambling Autobiography


Rambling Autobiography


I was born in Vancouver, BC. I love puppies. I want to be a software engineer. I have a little brother named Brandon. My grandparents took me in when I was in Gr. 8. I took care of my family while my mom was sick with cancer. I used to like school. I’ve known the love of my life for almost three year and he’s only been mine for nearly one. It’s been four years since I last seen my dad; I sometimes wonder whether or not he cares. I really miss my moma. I think love is my world. I used to be only forgotten, now I know I’ll always be remembered.

Reading Reflection #2


Sept. 17/12

Reading Reflection #2
Crossed
Ally Condle
1 – 343


Here’s to another all nighter. I guess this book was a bit of a harder read, I was actually up all night reading. I don’t think I’ve done that since grade 10. I did really enjoy this book though and I’m pretty upset I only have twenty pages left.
            At the beginning of the book I found I was being giving very little information into the characters and setting. I later guessed that I managed to pick the second book in this series in my rush to find something I found interesting to read, I very much enjoyed trying to figure out and piece together what I was missing, but I’m sure this book would have been more of an easy read if I had actually understood what was going on in the beginning. I guess my original question would have been why on earth is this author being so mysterious?
            I also noticed that her plot is a little like that of hunger games. With the society controlling the entire lives of every citizen, and killing off all of the people who had lost the position of citizen; the aberrations and anomalies. So that was a text to text connection I had, but I also connected the controlling society in this novel with the government in my own book called the confederation. My novel also has a rating system that discriminates certain citizens and the confederation also kills off the lowest level of its ranking system; the unrated. I don’t know if that would be text to text or text to self but take your pick.
            Now for a little flashback to den of shadows, you asked me why I think the author uses animals so often in her writing. I think the animal represent the wild personalities of some of her characters because she always relates the animal with a specific character that normally has some of the same traits.
            In any case I think I’m going to finish my book now. I look forward to more questions.
                        Desi Henry