Who here can solve a Rubix cube? Sigh I've been working on solving one alll morning and, actually, it's not too too bad. I mean, I can solve one side, no problemo. It's continuing that's hard. SO FRUSTRATING!!!! Well, that's all. I'm passing the time with Rubix cubes since I am too too too lazy to do anything like flute or alto sax or something.
Well in my defense I practiced alto sax for nearly 2 hours yesterday!!!!!! And flute, one hour.
Football. Superbowl (Super Bowl? Hmmm...) is close....right????? I think.
The teams left, I think, are New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco Forty-Niners, and New York Giants. (Hey, that's what kind of knowledge you get with a football-crazed dad, brother, and cousin that's staying for the weekend!) As I type this they are sitting on the couch, watching TV with no idea that I am blogging about them HAHA!!!! So right now is Patriots vs. Ravens. I really don't have a favorite team. I don't care. I'm just thinking, like, isn't New England a couple of states? Thought these teams were city teams...
Well the next game after this one is Forty-Niners vs. Giants. Again I really don't care. My brother/dad/cousin are all Forty-Niner fans-the team is relatively local. I am not sure if I told this at any time but I live in the Pacific Time Zone. So yeah. I don't care but forty-niners are the miners that came to California for the Gold Rush, most coming in 1849, thus they were called forty-niners. Actually that Sam or whatever his name was divulged the "Gold! Gold in the ____ River!" (I forgot the name of the river) information in 1848 but it took a long time for the info to travel. So I guess I'm interested in the forty-niners but more because of the gold rush fact than the local team thing.
Question of the Day: Is peanut butter a solid or a liquid? (I mean, we can rule out gas!)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Initiation
Initiation is the thirteenth book in the (on the?) AMAZING Canterwood Crest series written by author Jessica Burkhart, and AMAZING author. I commented on her post, but I only posted what I liked. Here is the "what I liked" part of my Initiation review, if anyone's interested.
It took me two hours, 49 minutes, and twenty-three seconds to read Initiation. (Stopwatch.)
What I liked about Initiation was the drama about Lauren's secret, and the very vivid descriptions of all the characters' clothes, appearance, and personality. Lauren seems like a sweet person. I enjoyed reading about how Lauren tackled the workload at Canterwood while still having enough time to bond with Khloe, Lexa, Jill, Clare, and Riley. I won't say anything about all the girls' personalities, but please read my blog post about it.
And now, my aforementioned blog post about Initiation.
I don't like Lauren Towers.
At all.
Weeeellllll, maybe a little bit. For example, we both LOVELOVELOVELOVE tea (part of the reason why I made my name Chamomile for the blog....) and my fave color is sky blue too. (Rhyme not intended.) But I LOVED Sasha. I nearly cried when she wouldn't be the narrator anymore. I told myself that Lauren would be just as awesome.
She wasn't.
She has a mean streak. And an attitude. I don't know if anyone agrees with me-only one of my friends does-but Lauren is definitely MEAN, in my book.
It started with Chosen, the super special book that announced the arrival of Lauren Towers.
She was SUCH a snob towards Charlotte. I was actually SO mad at Lauren (and so obsessed with Canterwood Crest) that I wrote SEVEN fan fictions on Chosen. SEVEN. That's a LOT. Because I was really THAT mad at Lauren, an imaginary character! Which, yeah, does indicate the Jessica Burkhart (Ms. Burkhart?) is a very talented writer.
And Lauren was REALLY mean to Riley. Yeah, Riley wasn't very nice either. But Lauren was just so...unfair.
Again, I loved the drama, the descriptions, and the cliffhanger at the end was SO interesting and I am literally counting the days till Popular comes out.
In the end, love the book, LOVELOVE the book, actually, and don't like the narrator. I won't say I hate Lauren, because I don't. I don't dislike her so bad. I agree with her on some things-like the fact that it was ENTIRELY her fault that Riley had to tell the girls at the sleepover about Toby. I agree that Riley was not supposed to be int he skybox during her audition, but SHE was watching Riley's audition, so who is Lauren to talk?
I don't like Lauren, but my friends love her.
It's a good book, whether you like Lauren or not.
I really suggest you read it.
Initiation by Jessica Burkhart.
The post was for a contest that authorJessica Burkhart (Ms. Burkhart? I don't know!) is running.
Read about the contest at http://jessicaburkhart.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html
Question of the Day: I've asked it twice already. I don't know author Jessica Burkhart, so I only felt comfortable slapping an "author" in front of her name. What is the proper way to address her?
It took me two hours, 49 minutes, and twenty-three seconds to read Initiation. (Stopwatch.)
What I liked about Initiation was the drama about Lauren's secret, and the very vivid descriptions of all the characters' clothes, appearance, and personality. Lauren seems like a sweet person. I enjoyed reading about how Lauren tackled the workload at Canterwood while still having enough time to bond with Khloe, Lexa, Jill, Clare, and Riley. I won't say anything about all the girls' personalities, but please read my blog post about it.
And now, my aforementioned blog post about Initiation.
I don't like Lauren Towers.
At all.
Weeeellllll, maybe a little bit. For example, we both LOVELOVELOVELOVE tea (part of the reason why I made my name Chamomile for the blog....) and my fave color is sky blue too. (Rhyme not intended.) But I LOVED Sasha. I nearly cried when she wouldn't be the narrator anymore. I told myself that Lauren would be just as awesome.
She wasn't.
She has a mean streak. And an attitude. I don't know if anyone agrees with me-only one of my friends does-but Lauren is definitely MEAN, in my book.
It started with Chosen, the super special book that announced the arrival of Lauren Towers.
She was SUCH a snob towards Charlotte. I was actually SO mad at Lauren (and so obsessed with Canterwood Crest) that I wrote SEVEN fan fictions on Chosen. SEVEN. That's a LOT. Because I was really THAT mad at Lauren, an imaginary character! Which, yeah, does indicate the Jessica Burkhart (Ms. Burkhart?) is a very talented writer.
And Lauren was REALLY mean to Riley. Yeah, Riley wasn't very nice either. But Lauren was just so...unfair.
Again, I loved the drama, the descriptions, and the cliffhanger at the end was SO interesting and I am literally counting the days till Popular comes out.
In the end, love the book, LOVELOVE the book, actually, and don't like the narrator. I won't say I hate Lauren, because I don't. I don't dislike her so bad. I agree with her on some things-like the fact that it was ENTIRELY her fault that Riley had to tell the girls at the sleepover about Toby. I agree that Riley was not supposed to be int he skybox during her audition, but SHE was watching Riley's audition, so who is Lauren to talk?
I don't like Lauren, but my friends love her.
It's a good book, whether you like Lauren or not.
I really suggest you read it.
Initiation by Jessica Burkhart.
The post was for a contest that authorJessica Burkhart (Ms. Burkhart? I don't know!) is running.
Read about the contest at http://jessicaburkhart.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html
Question of the Day: I've asked it twice already. I don't know author Jessica Burkhart, so I only felt comfortable slapping an "author" in front of her name. What is the proper way to address her?
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