Veronica Mars

  I am reading Veronica Mars: The thousand dollar tan line by Rob Thomas. A quick summary of the book so far is Veronica Mars, a PI in Neptune, California has been put on a case. The case is about 3 girls who are on spring break in Neptune and go to a party. 2/3 girls go back to the motel that night and wake up the next morning. The next morning they see their friend Melanie hasn't returned,they try to get ahold of her but there is no reply. Melanie's is reported missing and her family hires Veronica on the case. So far Veronica has investigated Melanie's friends and some people from the party, But the track is still cold on where Melanie is.

  

  What I really like about this book is that the chapters really separate the different thoughts well. I also like that this book is a mystery. I like mysteries because you never know what is going to happen and it keeps you drawn into the book. So far I love this book and I'd suggest it to anyone. 

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Finished Thoughts on tfios

I finished tfios and I can honestly say It's in the top 5 of the best books I've ever read. I absolutely love the sad story of Gus and Hazel. If you haven't read the book Hazel is a teenager with Cancer and her mom makes her go to a cancer support group so she could make friends. Hazel didn't want to go she said "UGGGGGGGGGGGGG" and her mother said "Hazel you deserve a life." Throughout the book I loved how much detail like this that John Green added to the story. I think the development of characters was the best part of the book. After reading this I feel like I could tell Hazel and Gus' life story and I could also tell you a lot about the little characters like her mother. It's unreal how much we know about the characters from this book.

Overall, this book is sooooo good and I would highly suggest reading it if you haven't already. I'm
guaranteeing you will love it. The Fault in Our Stars is a romance because Gus and Hazel fall in love.It's  also a comedy which is why I love it so much. Gus and Hazel both have good since of humors. I'd give it a 5/5 ranking because the authors diction , character development , and plot. Read it!
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The Fault In Our Stars

The Fault in our stars
John Green
JoHn GrEeN.cOm

It seems like everyone has seen/ or read  the "Fault In Our Stars".  Since I'm behind the game I figured I better start right and read the book. Everyone has been wanting me to read it, so I decided too! So far I'm on chapter one, so I can't really say much about it. I've read many reviews and they all rave about it.

What I like about the book so far-
The author is straightforward in his writing. What I mean by straight forward is for example it says "Depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying." To me this quote seems like the author is being more truthful with the reader, I like that because there is no deception or lies. John Green also has great diction in my opinion. Green uses words like episcopal (of a bishop or bishops), veritable (used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor) and meager (lacking in quanity or quality). I think using words like this really makes it interesting to read. So far it's a great book.

I finally finished If I Stay!

If I Stay... :Finished Opinion

  I didn't know if I would like if I stay. So many people have mixed opinions on the book. I've heard every thing from " worst book ever " to " best. book. ever. written. hands. down." I decided to see what everyone was raving about and read it. I have to say I really enjoyed the book but I didn't think it was fantastic or anything, but I also didn't think it was horrible. I would suggest reading it because the author does a lot of good things to get you hooooooked.

A short summary of the book is Mia, the main character, is in a car crash with her family. During the crash both her mother and father die. After the crash Mia thinks shes alive but then spots her body and doesn't  know what's going on, how could she be looking at her body. She doesn't know what's going on she knows she still has to be alive or something because they transport her body to the hospital and she follows the ambulance. Throughout the book Mia has flash backs of the best moments of her life and stays around the hospital near her body. You will have to read the book if you want to find out what really happened to Mia.



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If I Stay Rank

     So far in If I Stay... I'm not super far but I'm really hooked. Mia is still debating whether she is dead or alive, she is starting to realize she's not dead because she did the "ghost test", she tried walking through walls and miserably failed. She thinks she is alive but doesn't know why she was chosen to be in this limbo. She is having flashbacks of the best moments of her life with her family and friends.  She is staying in the hospital following doctors and watching herself. She is trying to find people in her same condition because she has questions about what exactly she is in, how she can, stop, and get out of limbo. 

If I was going to rank If I Stay out of 5 stars, I'd give it 4 because I can't stop reading it. I love how Gayle Forman writes, splitting the book into certain times intervals , It lets you know what's happening in short amounts of time. The time intervals are kind of like the chapters , since their are none. Anyway, I wish I had more time to read this book because I'm only 1/4th of the way through. If you haven't read this yet, READ IT, and then go see the movie.

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If I Stay... Beginning Opinion

   I just started If I Stay by Gayle Forman. Here is some background information about the book. So far the setting is Portland and it snowed about an inch which is enough for a snow day. Mia is the main character. Her whole family is musical, she plays the cello and is hopefully going to Julliard.  Mia, her brother Teddy, dad and mom are all off from school/work, so they decide to go visit their friends Henry and Willow. They are driving and the windows keep fogging up and then they crash horribly. "The impact of the four ton pickup truck going sixty miles an hour plowing straight into the passenger side had the force of an atom bomb."(page 15)

   After the crash Mia was perfectly fine, so she thought. Mia started looking for her family, first she saw her dad, little chunks of his brain were everywhere (eww). Then she saw her mom she had no blood, no anything she looked fine besides her face was white and lips were blue. She couldn't find Teddy anywhere, she thought she spotted him. She realized it's not Teddy, it's her, she doesn't know if she is dead or alive. Emergency workers came to the scene seconds later, she saw them wrap her mom and dad in plastic, but when they came to her they knew she wasn't quite dead yet. They were twenty minutes from the hospital and usually a person in her condition could only survive for ten minutes, but they were going to try their best to keep her alive. This is as far as I've read so far. I'm absolutely hooked so far and I'm curious to see if she will stay alive or die.

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Love & Haight

Love & Haight is set in San Francisco in the 70's, the "hay day" for hippies and protesting just about anything. The main character is Chloe a 17 year old girl , her reason for being in San Francisco was to get an abortion. San Francisco and Mexico were the only places it was legal to get an abortion. Chloe goes to San Francisco with an open mind not knowing what will happen and is looking for an adventure. Throughout the book the main characters are Chloe, her best friend MJ, and her crazy aunt KiKi.

Overall, I would give Love & Haight a 3/5 stars. It was an interesting book, but just average. Susan Carlton did a fabulous job on using good diction and making you want to keep reading. I didn't enjoy the topic, but I felt like she did a good job describing it. The book lacked having much of a  climax and you always knew what was coming.Susan Carlton's Home Page