The End

This has been a lot harder then I expected. It was fun when I had a good book to review, but most of the time it was hard. I found out that I have a really hard time putting myself in stories. I guess it's not all bad. It means that I can read a really sad story and be better off then most people.

I also found out that when I write the summary of a book, I wrote the book myself. So reading long books are fun, but not practical.

I think everyone can enjoy a book, but find other's to talk about books with is like pulling teeth. I'e alone come to close to being able to talk to my boyfriend about books, and it doesn't mean that we talk about liking the same books.

Paper books are the best things ever. Be Green buy used.

This Lullaby (Cont)

The reason I connect so well with Remy is because I acted exact same way. About 5 years asgo I did not believe there was any good in anyone and that love was not real. I just put up with people and school beacuse I had to.

The only real differnces between me and Remy is that I didn't want to go away to college and I felt nothing but anger. Remy was just apathetic towards people and love. My life plan was get out of high school and go to a trade school.

Then high school came. My friends and teachers pushed me to go to college. I agreed and planed to go to NOVA then to a four year college.

Then after my frist year at NOVA me and my boyfriend of three years broke up. A few weeks later I met my current boyfriend, and made me relize love isn't just in fairytales, and now I plan to finish the semester and gor to Cosmotolgy school.

Like Dexter woke up something in Remy and made her open up and go for her dreams, my boyfriend woke that up in me.

This Lullaby- Sarah Dessen

This Lullaby is a book that I relate mostly to the main character. Usually it's a supporting character that is kind of sort of like me.

Remy is an eighteen year old girl who is septic about anything related to feelings, especially love. Her father passed away before she was born. he was a famous musician leaving behind a song called "This Lullaby". Her mother is now getting married for the fifth time to a car sells man.

When her mom sends Remy to check with Don, the car sales men, about wedding details, she meets a messy musician, Remy's two least favorite traits, named Dexter.

Dexter pursues Remy, even though she is cold and snaps at him anytime he speaks. He even follows her to her work, a beauty salon/spa.

Remy's friends say that she should try dating someone she has real feelings for, but she denies that any feelings towards Dexter exsit.

The turning point in their friendship when Dexter's band, Truth Squad, does a cover of This Lullaby, the song Remy's dad left for her.

When Remy goes away to college, her brother is married, her mother is still married, and Remy is with Dexter. For the first time she knows what it's like to be happy.

It's Kind Of A Funny Story Review

This story touched my heart. I have gone threw something similar, as well as my friends. It was also nice to read a book from the perceptive of a teenager that  wasn't a stereotype.

This was a kid with real issues who got help. Not a dramatic interpretation like A Cather in the Rye, or stereotypes that are on TV and in the movies.

I recommend this book to anyone who has kids, definitively to those who have pre-teens or teenagers.

WARNING: If you don't trust your kids this will cause paranoia.

I'm not saying all kids are suicidal, but everyone has times where they feel they can't do anything right and are on their won.

This book was the closest to hit my heart, this was about someone who had the same mind set as me, minus the  alcohol and drugs. To feel like there is not escape from school and family/persona expectations you feel that you can never live up to is scary.

This book even gives kids a number to call if they need that kind of help. The best thing is no one dies and watching Craig make real friends.

I wish everyone going threw a hard time got to read this book. I wish I had when I was going threw a similar time.I pulled myself out of my dark hole, some people aren't strong enough, determined enough. It's books like these that could possible give those people the steps to get out of the hole.

Don't judge those who need this help, that maybe the finale push they need to got into the dark obis that's at the bottom of that hole.

It's Kind Of A Funny Story Summary

Craig is 15, in the ivy leagues of high schools in New York City, and wants to kill himself. He was chasing the perfect life as a teenager and be set up for life as an adult. 

Craig is best friends with Aaron and has a crush on his girlfriend Nina. Threw Aaron, Craig starts drink and do drugs. But Craig dose not change when he's drunk or high, he just sits there. The only joy Craig can find is by riding his bike. 

One night he decides to clime to the Brooklyn Bridge and jump. He thinks it would be so easy. No more demanding teachers, always saying he could do better, no more watching the girl of his dreams kissing his best friend, no more disappointing himself.

Instead of jumping he calls 1-800-SUICIDE. The person who picks up the line talks him out of jumping and convinces him to go to his near by hospital, where he is admitted to the psychiatric unit.

The first person he meet there is Jennifer, who flirts with him. Threw that conversation, Craig finds out Jennifer is really Charles, who seems to have split personalities. 

The person who points out that Jennifer is Charles is Bobby. Bobby has been there the longest and gives Craig a tour of the ward. Bobby and Craig develop a mentor-ship kind of friendship. To the point that Craig loans Bobby cloths for a job interview.

Craig's roommate is an Egyptian immigrant, Muqtada who never leaves his room. When Nina visits and try to seduce Craig because his in a mental hospital, Muqtada saves Craig.

Craig leaves the hospital with not only a clear and healthy mind set, but with a girlfriend named Noelle. It was almost love at first sight, but Noelle has trust issues and finally admits to her feelings when she sees that Craig dose not have sex with Nina.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Review

I chose this book because one of my friends suggested it to me, and since we were Co-Presidents of our book club in high school I trusted her judgement. I'm glad I did.

This book maybe be about a boy going threw the trials of teen angst, with a neglectful family, but the story touched me deeply because his friends were a lot like mine in high school and they had the same love for The Rocky Horror Picture Show I still have.

The book is a series of letters written by the main character, "Charlie". He doesn't want whoever he is writing to to know who he really is, or who is friends are. All names are changed for that reason.

He befriends two people named Sam and Patrick. Threw them he gets into the world of sex, drugs, and amazing musicals.

One of their favorite activities is to get high off of pot, get into the bed of a pick up truck, and go threwa tunnel. They calling it being infinite.

This is a book that should either be given to teens or avoided at any cost. If the kid is going threw a hard time and needs someone or thing to relate to, then this is the book.

If the kid is in to drugs and is just an all around trouble maker, I doubt they would read any book, but this book should be avoided. On the grounds that Charlie was doing it out of presser and wanting to escape from his troubles and world, most teens now just do it because it's illegal and will not relate

This book is about going threw the teen emotional hell that is the freshmen year of high school, and coming out better and stronger because of it.

This is the book for people who need to relate to a character and who wants to reminise about how hard your frist year of high school was and realize how much stronger you are because of it.

In our own way we all get to feel infinite.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary

Set in Pittsburgh, PA in August of 1991 a young boy starts to write to untold stranger under the name Charlie. He hears about this friend from a conversation he heard in school. Charlie writes to express himself because he heard this stranger didn't try to sleep with a drunk girl at a party, even though he had the chance.

The stories kick off point is Charlies best friend commits suicide, while they were just about to start high school.   Threw the letters we hear Charlie talk about his favorite person on the world, his late Aunt Helen who had something terrible happen to her, but dose not talk about it because it takes him to a dark place.

Soon after the start of school Charlie meets and has an instant crush on a high school senior named Sam, as well as becoming friends with her flamboyant gay step brother Patrick.

Threw his new friends Charlie gets into the underground seen where it the three things you need are drugs, sex, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. When they are all high off of pot they go into a truck and stand in the bed while going threw a tunnel. They call it being infinite.

Charlie starts to date a girl, and threw a game of truth a dare, Charlies world beings to unravel. He's dared to kiss the girl he finds the most beautiful in the room. He walks past his girlfriend and across the room and kisses Sam. This upsets his girlfriend and makes everyone mad at Charlie.

After a few days of being alone, Charlies family walks in to see him sitting naked on the couch, staring at the TV. He was in a coma like state.

The doctors found out that he had been doing that every Saturday since his aunt passed away, but everyone was to busy to notice. The reason why it was only on Saturday is that Saturdays were the days he spent with his Aunt Helen.

Sam and Patrick come back and they become friends once more.

The book ends with Charlie going threw a tunnel to fell infinite, and not scared anymore of the world and knowing when things go wrong that they do work out.