Lapis the Bookworm > Recent Status Updates

- Moon and Christine are slowly becoming good friends.
- Moon claims that she does not belong on Earth, and is friends with many celestial beings that promise to take her home someday.
- Christine is very insecure, and Moon is helping her break out of her shell.

- JFK was an advocate of the civil rights movement, but disapproved of the March, as he figured that people wouldn't want to be 'forced' to believe in equality. This didn't prevent the March from happening, however.
- The goal number of attendees with one thousand.
- Many laws were passed that helped move along the Civil Rights Movement.

- White supremacists have decided to segregate the races. Black people couldn't eat at the same restaurants as white people. Black children couldn't attend the same schools as white children. Black people couldn't even drink out of the same water fountain as white people.
- Many civil rights organizations were created during the time period, most of them as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

- African-Americans are taking part in peaceful protests, such as sit-ins and boycotts, to help them gain equal rights.
- A. Phillip Randolph has been organizing marches, but the cause they were for was always resolved before the march occured. However, the March on Washington was definitely going to occur.
- Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, leading to a bus boycott.

- Doing a re-read of this book, as I loved reading it when I was younger.
- It's a rather short book, so I'll probably finish in about a week.
- I'm leaving off at Chapter Three, as it's very late at night where I live.

- Still very interesting. I'm going to take a break for now, as I've been reading books pretty much the whole day, and maybe pick it up again later.

- Interesting so far. It's amazing how these immigrants can pass all of the terribly difficult tests they are given to gain citizenship in America.
- Reading has been going smoothly. I expect I'll be done with it soon. Tomorrow, or maybe even today, if I have the motivation.

- Just finished the Quidditch World Cup chapter - I felt like I was really there, and was absorbed into what was going on. I was so focused on the book that I was hardly aware of what was going on around me.
- Very descriptive and exciting. This is probably my favorite 'Harry Potter' book so far, even more so than 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'.

- I'll probably check this one out next, as I have immigrant grandparents and great-grandparents, and I would like to learn more about an immigrant's journey to the United States of America.

- Starting to get better, and is progressing more in its timeline
- More interesting facts, and much more detail
- The Great Compromise was kind of interesting to read about

- Going very slow so far, easily distracted as it's not very interesting
- The only things that pull me through are the Hamilton references (musicals like Hamilton and Six make history more interesting for me)
- Hopefully it'll improve, or else it's back to Hogwarts with Harry Potter