Book Review: Soul Bound

So... It feels weird to write this because no one will probably ever see it but
1- Soul Bound is a really good book
2- I'm starting to get a bit bored...
3- I have this blog, so I might as well use it.

         Soul Bound, by Heather Brewer, is an amazing book. Kaya's world is a lot different than ours. There are graplars, monsters that were designed to hunt humans in a war against King Derrek. There are barrons, students trained to kill the graplars. Each Barron is also bound to a healer who's only job is to make sure that their healer is ok.
         Kaya's life at school is a tough one. Nothing goes her way- most of the teachers hate her, and the headmaster also picks her out as a trouble maker immediately. Combine that with the fact that she would rather be a barron than a healer and that there are two boys that she has to pick between, and her life is nearly impossible.
         With the help of one of her friends, Kaya is able to learn swordsmanship. In the long run, this only makes her life more complicated. Kaya broke protocol for a barron to teach her. One of her friends, more specifically, the barron that she is bound to, is a firm believer in protocol. When Trayton finds out what Kaya did, is highly unhappy because he thinks that it shows that Kaya doesn't trust him to protect her as is his duty as her barron. To make things even more complicated, the person who trained her is Trayton's best friends, and Trayton isn't sure what to think of Kaya even though they are forced to be together.
        Soul Bound is an amazing book full of many twists and turns. You won't want to set it down, and as soon as you finish you will be eagerly waiting for the next book in the series. I would go so far as saying that this is Heather Brewer's best book, and one of the top 5 books I've ever read.

My Life vs. Man-in-the-moon Marigolds

While I was reading T-E-O-G-R-O-M-I-T-M-M I found that I liked it a lot. While it wasn't happy I thought that it was still very good. Personally in my life there are no strong connections, though there are a few small ones that I could make. One big connection that I made that I just couldn't get out of my head were some of the similarities to "A Child Called 'it'" and "The Lost Boy" (by David Pelzer). Some small connections that I made were small things that I had in common with the characters. Like Tillie, I have always been smart, and I don't usually mind school that much. Another connection that I could make, although it is a less obvious one, was to Beatrice. Right at the end of act I she realizes how much she has done to Tillie, and she seems sorry. I can connect to that because if I get in a fight with most anyone I will feel really guilty until I talk to them again and apologize.

This too, should have posted a while ago, but I found this under drafts instead of published....

When Romeo and Juliet begins Juliet is a good, polite obedient tempered girl. Her words were very eloquent, and, at times, somewhat confusing, but pleasant. One thing that Shakespeare did to indicate this through his writing was to always use relatively short and simple responses when spoken to.

            As the play continues and Juliet talks to Romeo more her words make her seem ever more wistful. In scene two of act two even though she desires to be with Romeo she is still seemingly reserved and cautious in her demeanor. Somehow she manages to fall in love with Romeo and get married after only a few days of knowing each other. Of course, as soon as she is married Romeo runs away, and Juliet becomes less cautious as she awaits news of her beloved.

            As she is awaiting news of Romeo her father, who she didn’t then know about her first marriage, decides that it is time for her to marry. When she is talking with Paris and her father about her wishes she becomes more reserved, and very vague about what she wants. Her father chooses to ignore her hints, and insists that she marry Paris. Once Juliet knows her fathers choice she realizes that she might have to do something drastic to prevent her second marriage her mind immediately jumps to death. Eventually she decides to go talk to Friar Laurence. While she is at Friar Laurence’s she is extremely passionate about being with Romeo or no one, but she also stupid because her version of “no one” means death.

            When Friar Laurence says that he has a possible solution she basically says “I’ll do anything,” not caring about ay dangers. With that in mind she takes a sleeping potion that imitates death, Romeo sees her when she’s asleep, so he kills himself. When Juliet sees Romeo she kills herself. To sum up the major changes that occur in the book Juliet starts as cautious and reserved, and ends being passionate and wistful for Romeo, and only Romeo.

When Romeo and Juliet begins Juliet is a good, polite obedient tempered girl. Her words were very eloquent, and, at times, somewhat confusing, but pleasant. One thing that Shakespeare did to indicate this through his writing was to always use relatively short and simple responses when spoken to.

            As the play continues and Juliet talks to Romeo more her words make her seem ever more wistful. In scene two of act two even though she desires to be with Romeo she is still seemingly reserved and cautious in her demeanor. Somehow she manages to fall in love with Romeo and get married after only a few days of knowing each other. Of course, as soon as she is married Romeo runs away, and Juliet becomes less cautious as she awaits news of her beloved.

            As she is awaiting news of Romeo her father, who she didn’t then know about her first marriage, decides that it is time for her to marry. When she is talking with Paris and her father about her wishes she becomes more reserved, and very vague about what she wants. Her father chooses to ignore her hints, and insists that she marry Paris. Once Juliet knows her fathers choice she realizes that she might have to do something drastic to prevent her second marriage her mind immediately jumps to death. Eventually she decides to go talk to Friar Laurence. While she is at Friar Laurence’s she is extremely passionate about being with Romeo or no one, but she also stupid because her version of “no one” means death.

            When Friar Laurence says that he has a possible solution she basically says “I’ll do anything,” not caring about ay dangers. With that in mind she takes a sleeping potion that imitates death, Romeo sees her when she’s asleep, so he kills himself. When Juliet sees Romeo she kills herself. To sum up the major changes that occur in the book Juliet starts as cautious and reserved, and ends being passionate and wistful for Romeo, and only Romeo.

Ps: Sorry that this didn't download earlier. It should have, but when I was looking through my posts it said that it was only a draft...

Subject 7: More thoughts

       SO.... I'm still finding it kind of confusing, but I'm only halfway through the book. Hopefully by the time it ends all the loose strings will be tied together. Since I last posted five more people (that according to the back of the book are very important) have been introduced. Subject 7 has changed his name to Joe Bronx. Two people have been murdered, and one was seriously injured. All of the injured or killed people were connected to the newly introduced people, and I think that Joe is the one that injured/killed them. There is atleast one more person that I'm pretty sure will be dead by the end of the book.
       One thing was clarified. Originally there were twenty subjects. 10 were immediatly deemed innadequate. They were adopted by normal parents. They are also the aforementioned people on the back of the book. The other ten subjects were kept and expiramented on. 4 & 9 died do to bleed over (Bleed over = hearing other thoughts that aren't yours). Nows were it gets confusing. It seems that the subjects were expiramented on to try and find a way to have one person or animal that could control all other ones, or to create an ultimate alpha. In creating 7 they did that, but 7 escaped and tries to find ways of revenge on his previous captors, starting by finding out what he can about why he was tortured. He plans to use the discarded subjects in some way to help him.
       So far it's a good book, but I'm hoping it becomes more clear sometime very soon.

Subject 7

Please note:I'm sorry if the following paragraphs seem jumpy. I tried to make them flow, but the book hasn't revealed very much yet and some of what I put below is just what I can assume based on the writing. Hopefully it will start making a lot more sense very soon. ☺
The book I'm reading is Subgect 7 by James Moore. I heard of it because it's the book that the teen reading group is reading for our next meeting. I thought it would be fun to to by book report on it becuase it will hopefully allow me to bring more insightful thoughts than usual to the book group, and becuase I can talk to a lot of people to get a lot of different perspectives on it. It sounds like a very interesting book, although it seems somewhat wierd too. 
I've only read a little bit of it so far, and that little bit has been confusing, but very informative. Subject 7 seems to be about a group of people that are experimented on. There were atleast 9 subjects, but two of them (2 and 4) died. The subjects are superhumans. They heal very quickly, are very strong, and seem to have many other advanced abilities that have yet to be revealed.
Another special thing about the subject is that they have a connection with some "other," although that other hasn't been explained yet. As best I can tell, the "others" don't know about their other, only the subjects do. The subjects sometimes share the thought of their "other," but none of the subjects fully understand what it means. They only know that 4 and 9 died soon after they started sharing thought, due to the fact that all the subjects can share thoughts.

More TEOGROMITMM vs. Capulets

Upon reading the homework sheet I realized that I had forgotten to contrast Juliet's family and Tillie's family, so here I go:
The main contrast that I notice is that Juliet's family is more functional and connected than Tillie's. One example is that Beatrice freaks out, and she doesn't ever really start or stop freaking out within the play (the exception being the one point where she is planning on going to the school to support Tillie. Lord Capulet only gets annoyed when he wants Juliet to marry Paris and she doesn't want to and the resulting argument.  Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet love Juliet, as does Juliets nurse and (just about) everyone else in Juliet's life, where as it seems questionable if even Beatrice and Ruth love Tillie.

Juliet's Family vs. Tillie's Family

There are quite a few comparisons, in my mind, that can be made about The Capulet’s and Tillie’s family. The most obvious one is between Lord Capulet and Beatrice. They seem alike to me because they are both the head of their family. Both are also somewhat blind to the needs or desires of those around them, and even once they know they don’t always care.

            Another comparison that I made, albeit on a lesser level, is that Tybalt and Ruth. Ruth is somewhat more thoughtful and compassionate that Tybalt usually is, but there were still times where Ruth was short tempered or thoughtless in what she said or did, just like Tybalt. She also wasn’t always the most supportive of sisters, just like Tybalt wasn’t always the most supportive of cousins to Juliet.

            If I had to pick one person to compare Tillie to it would be Juliet, but it is, in my mind, the weakest connection. Tillie and Juliet both want something, but neither of their parents are helping or even allowing them to get it. Another comparison is that they both seem like very kind girls that are willing to help/care for/mourn for others.

My Life vs. Man-in-the-moon Marigolds

While I was reading T-E-O-G-R-O-M-I-T-M-M I found that I liked it a lot. While it wasn't happy I thought that it was still very good. Personally in my life there are no strong connections, though there are a few small ones that I could make.

One big connection that I made that I just couldn't get out of my head were some of the similarities to "A Child Called 'it'" and "The Lost Boy" (by David Pelzer). Some small connections that I made were small things that I had in common with the characters.

Another connection that I made is that, like Tillie, I have always been smart, and I don't usually mind school that much. Another connection that I could make, although it is a less obvious one, was to Beatrice. Right at the end of act I she realizes how much she has done to Tillie, and she seems sorry. I can connect to that because if I get in a fight with most anyone I will feel really guilty until I talk to them again and apologize.

Romeo and Juliet: How Juliet Changes

When Romeo and Juliet begins Juliet is a good, polite obedient tempered girl. Her words were very eloquent, and, at times, somewhat confusing, but pleasant. One thing that Shakespeare did to indicate this through his writing was to always use relatively short and simple responses when spoken to.

            As the play continues and Juliet talks to Romeo more her words make her seem ever more wistful. In scene two of act two even though she desires to be with Romeo she is still seemingly reserved and cautious in her demeanor. Somehow she manages to fall in love with Romeo and get married after only a few days of knowing each other. Of course, as soon as she is married Romeo runs away, and Juliet becomes less cautious as she awaits news of her beloved.

            As she is awaiting news of Romeo her father, who she didn’t then know about her first marriage, decides that it is time for her to marry. When she is talking with Paris and her father about her wishes she becomes more reserved, and very vague about what she wants. Her father chooses to ignore her hints, and insists that she marry Paris. Once Juliet knows her fathers choice she realizes that she might have to do something drastic to prevent her second marriage her mind immediately jumps to death. Eventually she decides to go talk to Friar Laurence. While she is at Friar Laurence’s she is extremely passionate about being with Romeo or no one, but she also stupid because her version of “no one” means death.

            When Friar Laurence says that he has a possible solution she basically says “I’ll do anything,” not caring about ay dangers. With that in mind she takes a sleeping potion that imitates death, Romeo sees her when she’s asleep, so he kills himself. When Juliet sees Romeo she kills herself. To sum up the major changes that occur in the book Juliet starts as cautious and reserved, and ends being passionate and wistful for Romeo, and only Romeo.

Romeo and Juliet act 1

I like the different writing style, but it take a lot to get used to it. So far it seems like a well written story, and, (even though I already know) I want to know what will happen. Romeo is really pathetic, but it seems like a lot can happen around Benvolio and mercutio. Interested in seeing what happens.

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Act II

The three most important characters are Henry, Waldo, and Lydian. Here is why they are important:
-Henry: Henry is avidly following the goals of trancsendentilism. He is very content with it, but no one gets why he lives out in the middle of "no where" and when he tries to explain what he finds disagreeable about most people, people aren't willing to here it or to change and adapt to a new way of life.
-Waldo: Waldo seems to be exactly the type of person the Henry finds it hard to work with. He is constantly talking about stuff, but what annoys Henry is that he nevers seems to do what he tells others that he should.
-Lydian: Lydian seems confused and annoyed with the arguments between Waldo and Henry. It seems like she just wants them to agree, and also like she feels that she has to choose between them. Lydian just wants peace between Henry and Waldo.
In the end, Henry did not win the argument. His point was that taxes shouldn't be paid, and that you can't make a person do something that they don't want to, but in the end his taxes get paid for him, and he is forced out of jail.
On page 98 Henry and Sam (the sheriff) are arguing over if Henry can stay in jail. Sam says "Now stop pokin' around tryin' to get me to tell. I promised your Aunt Louisa I wouldn't open my..." which is about as obvious as irony can get. Another example of irony is when  Waldo gives his speech about doing this-or-that, but he doesn't do it himself.

A Perfect Day for Bananafish

One thing I noticed when I was reading Bananafish is that most of the people in it compare to multiple people in TCITR.
To start, here's how Muriel's mom compares to Holden and to Mr.Antolini. She was similar to Holden in the sense that she doubted the wellbeing of being with Seymour and his character, like how Holden doubted most humans and human nature in general. Muriel's compairs to Mr. Antolini because they both give lots of advice, even to the point of distraction at times.
Muriel can compare to Sally Anne. They are both generally good people, but they are both interested in popular stuff. They both also seem to be interested in boys. They are what might, in todays culture, be refered to as "populars" and in the 1920's they might have been refered to as "moderns."
Sybil is the equivalant to Pheobe. They are both the young, trustee, possible naive characters. They are also both very insistant that they get what they want.
That leaves Seymour. He might be the eqivalant of Holden. It seems like they both find human company difficult to deal with. The main difference from that perspective is the way they choose to deal with/ remove humans from their presence. They both also don't seem to mind swearing or changing/ having many girlfriends.

Thoreau

In TNTSIJ Henry says that he's reaching his class by the "Huckleberry" method, which is basically when you (in this case) teach your students by showing them the direction they should go in to learn and then by letting the students learn by coming up with questions and answering themselves. The huckleberry analogy also shows trancendentalist thought because It shows that the poeple are learning or trying to learn through thier own individual thought process.
Note: I'll probably add more tomorrow when I have a real computer.

The Catcher in The Rye Chapters 7-12

If I got kicked out of school, I would just go straight home to my parents. They would most likely understand that I hadn’t meant for it to happen, and they would help me get through it and find another school. If I were Holden and I had been kicked out of a school, I think I would have called Jane to see if she could have helped me figure out what to do. If she knew somewhere I could go, then I would go there. If that wouldn’t work, I would have gone to a hotel. I probably would have stayed at the hotel, only leaving for things like lunch, or to go to a library.

It’s hard to describe Jane. I would describe her as average, but two things make that inaccurate. The first is that no one is completely average. Everyone is special in some way. The other thing that makes it so that I can’t describe her as average is that Holden is describing her from his own special, mildly biased point of view. Holden describes her as being no-nonsense, which I think is good. I think that is a good description because Jane seems to be down to earth, and she knows her boundaries for what is appropriate for her and for other.

I don’t think that people are always ruining things. For me, it definitely isn’t true. There might be small things that people do that are annoying, but it isn’t horrible. One of the best examples I can think of is when I would like to do something, but there’s a conflict with what the rest of my family has to do. A specific example is if my brother has a concert that I have to go to.

CITR Chapters 1-6

To be unique is to be what you personally want to be, with no regard to what other think or want you to be. The main reason that you might lose you're individuality is because you lose sight of what you are,or of what you want to be. One thing you can do to focus on keeping individuality is to meditate (or just think) about who you are, and who you want to be.
I have many favorite people. One of those people is my brother. He's not calm like Allie, but he is very smart, and he finds many things to laugh about at the dinner table. He also enjoys poetry. Recently I haven't read much of his stuff, but in the past I have, and it is very good.