Book Blog

I usually choose books in one of three ways; a book that we have in the classroom, a book that seems similar to a book that I already read and liked, or a book that someone else recommends in their book blogs. This way a lot of the time I already know a few things about the book before I read it.
My favorite book is one that I read this year: The Secret Life of Bees. It is about a girl named Lily who's father often hurts her. She runs away and has to deal with racism and finding out about her mother. Everyone would like the Secret Life of Bees!
The book I read over winter break was Looking for Alaska. It is told from the perspective of a boy named Miles who goes to a boarding school. He instantly makes friends with a boy named the colonel and a girl named Alaska. I thought Looking for Alaska was really good. It is sad at parts and has a lot of mature topics.


Some books that I want to read are;
All the Light we Cannot see
I am Number four
sorta like a rockstar

Love Letters to The Dead

Love Letters to the Dead is about a girl named Laurel who gets an assignment to write a letter to a dead person, so she writes it to Kurt Kobian. She ends up writing letters to many dead people such as Amelia Earhart, Judy Garland, and River Phoenix. She tells the interesting story of her first year in high school through these letters. I really liked Laurel's character. Although this book has swearing and some mature topics, I would definitely recommend it. It is a great book!

Slice of Life About expo

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." --Winston Churchill
Expo is super close and everyone is stressed and nervous about how good their displays will be. I think it is super important to be an optimist and work through things when they get hard. Because even when things seem super hard it is important to keep working and see the opportunity in working through it. Pessimists might not work through things, and might not realize the opportunities that all difficulties have.

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

This book is about a girl named Piddy Sanchez who has a mysterious missing father and a very strict mother. Then one day, shortly after her friend Mitzi moves away a girl comes up to her and tells her "Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass." The book is about Piddy finding out about her past, trying to fit in and become someone new, and dealing with bullying at her school. The story was good, but the writing was not very good, so I would not especially recommend Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. There are a few mature topics, but not too many.

To Be Read:
Lock In
Sorta Like a Rockstar
Looking for Alaska