Mrs. Jernigan's Class discussion

In this book it starts off a broken family. A mother and a daughter, it percieves unclear as to where the whereabouts of the father is. You see the grace and beauty of the mother, a poet. The daughter brought up in a home where the motto is beauty is everything remains quiet in the constant awe of her beautiful mother. In life catstrophy stikes and life gets turned upside down. The flawed thinking of beauty is the only important thing in life curropts the mond of the mother and hatred and anger overcomes the simple grace and beauty.

I am reading "21: Bringing Down the House". It is about six brilliant MIT student who schemed the Vegas gambling scene and earned millions. This is really has my attention, it starts off in the middle of the action, giving the reader every detail into the protagonists mind, where he is gambling. It then switches to present day where the reader has a new narrator and learns where this story is headed and how the main character got to where is was on the gambling table.

I just started The Piper's Son, and I already like her characters. The protagonist bears the name Tom and gets inundated with "Tom" references from songs and books. For example, " Ground control to Major Tom"- lyrics from A Bowie song add a nice intertextuality to the situation.

While his father has been referred to the "piper," the narrator seems to suggest that Tom too, a musician, will carry a following of his own. His broken family who is haunted by deaths of family members- sons lost to wars - appears to provide the canvas of a musician struggling to find his own way.

The book opens with a girl talking or i should say fantasizing about her older sister. She depicts everything about her sister and how much she admires her. The younger sister is starting a new school and is overjoyed that people will know she is the "little golden" because she knows there is no way people will think poorly of anyone who is related to the older sister. She explains how even though Layla, the older sister, could do something wrong she had a power over Nell, the younger sister, so that she would instantly forgive her and all would be fine. Throughout the stories and descriptions Nell keeps saying how she wish she could have known. The reader at this point in the book is wondering what does she want to know?

In the book, "Stargirl", the book has just completely taken a turn. Prior to reading today there was a girl named Stargirl who everyone thought was weird including the narrator, Leo. Then the most unexpected thing happens, Leo loves Stargirl. Not love watching her or love seeing her be weird he loves HER. Now that he us "loopy with love"( Spinelli 85)things changed for Leo. Leo began noticing the world and the beauty in the world. Stargirl opened Leo's eyes. I really enjoy this book because it's a good balance with fictional and non fictional. I don't think there would be a person in this world like Stargirl. She isn't afraid to be herself in any situation and that is what Leo likes in her. It is almost as if he is obsessed with her. When he isn't with her he is thinking about her or thinking about the time he was with her. The change from the beginning and end of the book is immense in regards to Leo's feelings toward Stargirl

In Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, the novel starts with a four line poem that sets up the plot of the novel. It starts with a woman telling the story of a certain, dark, depressing time in her life right after an unnamed traumatic event has happened. She begins by elaborating on the poem, and her specific word choice, claiming that this day was "not at all ordinary." A few pages in, she begins to open up and actually tell the reader the story of what happened. In specific detail, she recalls the day of December 30, the day her husband came home and spontaneously had a heart attack. At the time, they also had a daughter in the ICU as well. While she is telling the story of her husband's death, she fluctuates on knowing specific details and not remembering any detail of the day at all. This opening is powerful and depressing.

I am currently reading the prequel to the Maze Runner Series, The Kill Order. I didn't know it was a prequel, I thought it was another book in the series but I paid 9 dollars for it so I decided to read it anyways. It is about the first people to experience the sun flares and how they coped with the detrimental effects they had on the earth. I am only about 20 pages in so far and so I am just getting to know the characters. The characters seem very dynamic and that will hopefully make for an interesting story.

In The Dark Knight Rises, a new character has been introduced who goes by the name of Harvey Dent. He is what appears to be the true savior of the people. And is beloved by all because he is cleaning up the streets in a way that Batman ever could, through the courtroom. It will be intriguing to see whether or not all of this new round love, afection, and power will cause him to become as corrupt as those he is putting behind bars.

In this book it takes place in the 19th century where two renown English poets Byron and Shelley are vampires. The story starts with a doctor named Michael Crawford who is engaged to woman named Julia.

right now, I am reading Gone Girl. the book has been very interesting but I am not very far into the book yet. so far the book has started out with the main character, Nick, narrating his perspective on his marriage with Amy. he makes his marriage seem terrible.

The main character, Lena, has been captured with Julian, a boy who lives in the wilds with her. They are together but don't know how to escape. Julian doesn't remember how he got captured but he tries to explain it to Lena step by step. There are many parts where the book foreshadows Julian and Lena maybe getting together, but Alex, the boy Lena was in love with that is said to be dead, always pops up in her head. Alex was caught when they were trying to get over the fence to go to the wilds. Lena hasn't seen Alex yet because he is said to be dead. Lena is living the life she wants but on think is missing, Alex/ She doesn't have to worry about who she loves or how she portrays her love since she lives in the wilds. Would Lena rather be with Alex than have the freedom to live the life she has been dreaming of?