Want to Read

After reading, The Truth About Forever, I would like to read another book by Sarah Dessen. After looking through good reads i decided to I wanted to read Along For the Ride.  I think this book drew me in because it takes place in a beachtown, which are my favorite places to take a vacation to, and because it is about a girl who is trying to find her true self, which is always interesting. Sarah Dessen writes books that seem very easy to connect to, which makes all books easier to understand. If you can't connect to a book then there is no point in reading it. Also, i like the little, but intense suspense she creates in all parts of her books. Especially the end. I can't wait to start reading this book!

Romeo and Juliet

In class we are currently reading Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Although this book is very difficult to understand at first, once you break it down it is easier to tell what is happening in the story. Right now our class is pondering on the thought of Romeo and Juliet being in love at first sight, and whether it is true. I believe that this is not true because Romeo claimed to be in love with Juliet without even speaking to her, which does not seem like you could love someone before meeting them. Also, after having the debate in class, i believe that that Romeo and Juliet have lust at first sight and infatuation. The signs for this are urgency and neediness. They fell like they have to be with eachother at all times, this is infatuation.  To be in love means something deeper than being attracted to someone, you must get to know them for who they are and not just fall in love with the looks of the person. This is why i think that Romeo and Juliet are not in love.

Book Recomendation "The Truth About Forever"

I highly recommend the book The Truth About Forever. I really enjoyed this book for one many reason. This reason is that the plot itself is very easy to relate, and easy to follow so there is barely any room for confusion. In the boook Sarah Dessen does a great job of creating cliffhangers or suspense, especially with Wes and Macy's game of "truth". In this game a person must ask the opponent a personal thought provoking question and they must answer truthfully or else they lose the game. Many times in this book Wes will hint about a queation he will ask next but then the conversation ends and he doesnt have enough time to ask it so you must wait until the next time they play truth to figure out what the question was. I love books like this. They make me want to just skip to the end of the book to find out what happens immiedialtey. In my opinion, suspense is the kep to a good book. Without suspense, it's like you are reading an ongoing book that never has any excitement. Without suspense, a book is not worth reading. Although this book is very predictable, the suspense makes up for it.

Here is some more information on Sarah Dessen's book and why she wrote it. More Information: Sarah Dessen

Characters

Macy Queen: Macy has developed and changed a great amount throughout this book so she is round and dynamic. In the beginning of the book she was very quiet about her feelings, introverted, and close-minded. Once she met and started working with Delia at Wish catering she begin to change. She slowly started opening up to each person who worked there; Wes, Kristy, Delia, and Monica. Mostly she opened up to Wes. I believe that she did this because they both lost someone that they loved and they felt like they could relate to one another. He made Macy realize that she couldn't do anything to bring her dad back, and that talking about him and remembering all the memories that they had together was a good thing. By the end of the book Macy was openly talking about her dad and all of her feelings and she didn't feel like she had to be perfect.