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Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 175 of 465 of The Ward (The Ward, #1)
Aha Moment
The water Ren found in the subway cured Aven for a day and it seemed all was great because she could finally get out of bed and go outside, but then all of the sudden Aven falls over into an unconscious state and was rushed to the hospital. She went from being perfect and her tumor healing to worse than she was before.
May 01, 2018 09:15AM Add a comment
The Ward (The Ward, #1)

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 69 of 465 of The Ward (The Ward, #1)
Aha Moment
Ren crashes her vehicle and somehow makes her way into a building, down a bunch of stairs, and in a freshwater spring in the subway. As she is drinking she hears boots coming. She starts to yell for them with no response. But then, a voice responds back saying that it is Derek. This is an Aha Moment because she was about to die down in the subway but then she got saved, saving the rest of the story.
Apr 23, 2018 09:09AM Add a comment
The Ward (The Ward, #1)

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 20 of 465 of The Ward (The Ward, #1)
Contrast and Contradiction

In the beginning the book the protagonist talked about not wanting to make friends and avoiding everyone. Now, she said "I've always liked that girl." about Aven after she cheers her on about racing on the building, a popular activity in flooded New York.
Apr 16, 2018 09:08AM Add a comment
The Ward (The Ward, #1)

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 20 of 404 of The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Page 6
Word Gap
I do not know the definition of the word "emblazoned". I assume it means decorated in because of the sentence around it. "A handful of current team members, older boys wearing white jerseys emblazoned with large purple Ws..."
Emblazoned : to decorate with brilliant colors
Mar 19, 2018 09:08AM Add a comment
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is finished with Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes
Page 99
Extreme/Absolute Language
On page 99, Christine misses a reservation and is mad so she explains that she "screeched like a velociraptor". She did not actually screech like a velociraptor but it showed how frustrated she was.
Mar 05, 2018 09:12AM Add a comment
Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is finished with Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science
Word Gap
Fruitlessly
Based on the surrounding sentence, "The site had been searched before, fruitlessly." (Hughes 51) I can infer that it means nothing was found or not finished.
Fruitless - useless; unproductive; without results or success
Feb 26, 2018 09:11AM Add a comment
Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is finished with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Word/Phrase Gap
Amphetamine Psychosis and Paranoid Dementia
I'm guessing these are both side effects of drugs since that is pretty much the majority of the book. He is talking about feeling very obvious and then asks himself if could be Amphetamine Psychosis or Paranoid Dementia.

Psychosis - a symptom which includes hallucinations, paranoia, and delusions typically following an overdose.
Feb 20, 2018 09:20AM Add a comment
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 115 of 204 of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Word Gap
Mescaline, Rollaids, and Dramamine
From the rest of the paragraph, I believe these are drugs. Also, the entire book is based on the drug epidemic in the late 1900s. This entire book uses crazy words and is really all over the place in general so there are a lot of word gaps.
Feb 12, 2018 09:18AM Add a comment
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 15 of 204 of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Numbers and Stats
The author used numbers and stats when talking about a certain motorcycle for a race called the Mint 500 in Vegas. He was telling his attorney that they need to call for money to get the bike. The author used the stats to show how powerful and good the bike is and why they should get it.
Jan 29, 2018 09:13AM Add a comment
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 270 of 339 of The Blind Side
Aha Moment
Michael finds an online BYU course to help raise his grades in English. This is important because to be able to play football he needs to have good grades.
- Didn't know we were supposed to read over break
Jan 09, 2018 09:13AM Add a comment
The Blind Side

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 257 of 339 of The Blind Side
Again & Again
The author keeps repeating stats about the 1960s. About the average passing and running yards gained. I believe this is happening to show the difference between today's game and the game back 50+ years ago.
Dec 18, 2017 09:06AM Add a comment
The Blind Side

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 124 of 339 of The Blind Side
Contrast and Contradiction
Michael is pretty much known for being very good at sports but never talks or shows any emotion what so ever but in Myrtle Beach for a basketball tournament this changed. The crowd kept calling him racial slurs so he responded to them by giving them the finger.
Dec 06, 2017 09:09AM Add a comment
The Blind Side

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 58 of 339 of The Blind Side
Aha Moment
Michael walks into the room with the coach of a football team in it and the coach is stunned by his size. The coach is really excited when he sees him walk in because he could be a great addition to their football team.
Nov 20, 2017 09:08AM Add a comment
The Blind Side

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 45 of 339 of The Blind Side
Contrast and Contradiction.
Michael plays football for a small private school where he is the only African-American person on the team. Michael probably plays for them because it was the only school that gave him a chance to play.
Nov 13, 2017 09:10AM Add a comment
The Blind Side

Ryan Shaw
Ryan Shaw is on page 21 of 339 of The Blind Side
The entire first chapter is an again and again signpost. It repeatedly talks about 'Taylor' and how good he is. From Taylor scaring quarterbacks to Taylor doing cocaine it's all in this first chapter.
Nov 06, 2017 09:07AM Add a comment
The Blind Side

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