Poetry Corner #13

A Book
     By: Emily Dickinson

There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul! 


I realize this poem is short but it is about books and I was like hey a poem about books how fun. I'll use that for today's Poetry Corner.

DFTBA and A Happy Weekend too You
-Jane

Random Thoughts: What Makes Fictional Boys so Great!

So it's Valentines Day and what better way to spend Valentines Day than obsessing over the amazing guys in books!

So let's see what makes them so great:

Well here is an illustration by EpicReads about boys in books:

Well I always think nerdy guys are the greatest! They are:

• Cute
• Smart
• Funny
• Amazing

Just a few things I love about them!

So here is a list of guys in books I have fallen in love with!

1. Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars
• Read TFiOS and you'l find out why he deserves to be at the top of the list.
2. Alex from Delirium
• Oh My Gosh I love him, He is probably on of the first guys in Young Adult books I fell in Love with, oh he is so great!
3. Montgomery from The Madman's Daughter
• He's hot, he's smart, he's incredible. Need I say more.
4. Dash from Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
• He is SO amazing and nerdy and amazing! I mean how many guys even know what the Oxford English Dictionary is, let alone want one.
5. Jericho from The Diviners
• He's nerdy and seems quiet but I totally love, ah.

Ok well those are my top five favourite fictional guys. Post in the comment and tell me who your favourite fictional guys are!

DFTBA

-Jane

Book Review: Unravel Me

By: Tahereh Mafi

Pages: 480

Published: February 5th 2013

Summary: tick

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it's almost

time for war.

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.

She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.

Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.

Rating: 4

Review: I discovered why I only liked Shatter Me and I really liked Unravel Me. It was Juliette and the way she thinks. She's was mentally unstable in the first book so she thought in metaphors (even if they were weird) and numbers. There were also all the strikethrough's because she was second guessing herself. In this book there were a lot less strikethroughs and the metaphors worked a lot better. I really enjoyed this book and SO much stuff happens and you learn so much! 

Between Destroy Me and now Unravel Me you learn tons about Warner, you learn Including but not limited too:
-His real name
-Who his father is
-Who a brother of his is 
-And a some more about his past

The characters, oh so much happens. Kenji was hilarious as usual but he also has a serious side. Adam, um a lot happens with him, I would suggest reading the book. Now Juliette, she learns more about her powers, things happen between her and Adam, things happen between her and Warner, and she also ends up shooting a VIP in both legs. It got intense.

So I don't want to spoil anything but so much happens, plus there is always chapter sixty-two, and wow uh stuff happens in that chapter.

I definitely liked it more than Shatter Me and would recommend it if you liked the first book at least a tiny bit.

Favourite Quote: "Books [...] are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them."


DFTBA
-Jane

Poetry Corner #12

Theme For English B
     By: Langston Hughes

The instructor said,

Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you--
Then, it will be true.

I wonder if it's that simple?
I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem.
I went to school there, then Durham, then here
to this college on the hill above Harlem.
I am the only colored student in my class.
The steps from the hill lead down into Harlem,
through a park, then I cross St. Nicholas,
Eighth Avenue, Seventh, and I come to the Y,
the Harlem Branch Y, where I take the elevator
up to my room, sit down, and write this page:

It's not easy to know what is true for you or me 
at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I'm what 
I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you:
hear you, hear me--we two--you, me, talk on this page.
(I hear New York, too.) Me--who?
Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.
I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
I like a pipe for a Christmas present,
or records--Bessie, bop, or Bach.
I guess being colored doesn't make me not like
the same things other folks like who are other races.
So will my page be colored that I write?

Being me, it will not be white. 
But it will be
a part of you, instructor. 
You are white-- 
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. 
That's American.
Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me. 
Nor do I often want to be a part of you.
But we are, that's true! 
As I learn from you, 
I guess you learn from me-- 
although you're older--and white-- 
and somewhat more free.

This is my page for English B. 


Enjoy! DFTBA!
-Jane

Book Review: Life of Pi

By: Yann Martel
Pages: 319
Published: 2001

Summary: Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.   The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true?

Rating: 3

Review:  I definitely enjoyed this book, but I couldn't get into quite as much as I hoped. Life of Pi will make you think about so many things. This is a fascinating story and has so many great qualities. It seems so real, nothing about this book seemed fake, it was very well written.

I enjoyed the characters and the story was originally. I thought it was well planned out, it took place over 227 days. I am glad that it didn't become one of those books that takes place over a long period time that just drags out. It was conscience and descriptive and original. Some people say the beginning was slow but I didn't really think that, it just took me a long time to read the whole book.

 I don't have a ton to say about this book but I definitely enjoyed it and I would recommend it if you are looking for something different and original. 

DFTBA
-Jane

Bookish Update and New Books!

Ok first so what is happening:
I finished Life of Pi and Unravel Me, so I hope to have those reviews up soon.

Now for the new books:
I was not expecting this but when I got home from school there was a box from amazon on my doorstep, so I was super-duper happy!

I got:
The last three Eragon books which are huge, they are all over 650 pages. I hope I like them as much as the first!
      

And other John Green books, which I am beyond excited for!
      

I am looking foreword to them all, hope you look foreword to the upcoming reviews!

DFTBA
-Jane

Poetry Corner #11

The Meehow with an Exactlywatt 
     By: Shel Silverstein 

Knock knock!
Who's there?
Me!
Me who?

That's right!
What's right?
Meehoo!
That's what I want to know!

What's what you want to know?
Me, WHO?
Yes, exactly!
Exactly what?
Yes, I have an Exactlywatt on a chain!

Exactly what on a chain?
Yes!
Yes what?
No, Exactlywatt!

That's what I want to know!
I told you - Exactlywatt!
Exactly WHAT?
Yes!
Yes what?

Yes, it's with me!
What's with you?
Exactlywatt - that's what's with me.
Me who?
Yes!

GO AWAY!

Knock knock...


Hope you liked the fun poem! DFTBA
-Jane