look me in the eye (my life with aspergers) by John Elder Robison
96 pages
Nonfiction
Finally finnished! John told about his marriage to Little Bear (that's what he called his first wife), his son Cubby (Jack), his diagnosis at age forty, his divorce, and his current wife (Unit Two). He started his own business repairing old nice foreign cars. He is still friends with Little Bear, they just drifted apart. He is such a good dad too, from what he writes. He told Cubby tons of stories to entertain him, and took him somewhere exciting every sunday. It's really touching how he talks about his family.
I finnished this book today at school and then I lent it to the librarian, 'cause thats how we roll, and she lent me Battle Hym of the Tiger Mother, which has been all over the news. If you don't know the librarians very well, go in and talk to them sometimes, they are great.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Dead Snake
According to my teacher some blogs, mine included, need to be more personalized so heres a video my dad sent me.
Yeah I was scared to at first, bought peed myself, now it's funny!! Don't yay think?!
Random Question
So last night I was watching Sixteen Candles and I thought Ducky looked really familiar. Then it hit me, he looks like Ferris Bueller. Ya know, from Ferris Buellers Day Off! So I want to know if they are the same guy if you know then comment. And for those of you who have no idea what i'm talking about the brush up on your 80's movie history.
I absolutely love 80's movies my two favorites are The Breakfast Club and Ferris Buellers Day Off. If you haven't seen them yet go out and buy them right now, you won't be sorry!
"What are you still doing here? Save Ferris!!"
I absolutely love 80's movies my two favorites are The Breakfast Club and Ferris Buellers Day Off. If you haven't seen them yet go out and buy them right now, you won't be sorry!
"What are you still doing here? Save Ferris!!"
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Book #6 Almost done!
look me in the eye (my life with asperger's) by John Elder Robison
103 more pages in
Nonfiction
OMG you would never believe the things this guy did! At age sixteen he dropped out of high school because he was failing but then got in with KISS, yes the famous band, to make musical equiptment. He designed and made all of Ace's guitars, Gene Simons' Battle Axe guitar, and fixed numerous techie stuff for them. He goes through so many things just because he can't understand how to be "normal". After KISS he forges a resume and gets a job at Milton Bradley to help design games, specifically the engineering part of designing games. He was quite a jokester, too. One time when he knew corporate would be coming by for an inspection he scraped off some of the Fromica tabletops to make it look like coke and then made lines of it and put a rolled up twenty with it, just to see what anyone would say. The next day a lot of the "coke" was gone. John and one of hid friends decided to see who was playing with them so they scraped up some more "coke", set it up again but this time with a hidden video camera. When they watched the video one of the VPs was snorting it!!!! They then decided to play a joke on him and show him the video and demand money for what he took. John got like 500 dollars or something like that for some chopped up plastic!! I would recomend this book to anyone and everyone, it's great.
103 more pages in
Nonfiction
OMG you would never believe the things this guy did! At age sixteen he dropped out of high school because he was failing but then got in with KISS, yes the famous band, to make musical equiptment. He designed and made all of Ace's guitars, Gene Simons' Battle Axe guitar, and fixed numerous techie stuff for them. He goes through so many things just because he can't understand how to be "normal". After KISS he forges a resume and gets a job at Milton Bradley to help design games, specifically the engineering part of designing games. He was quite a jokester, too. One time when he knew corporate would be coming by for an inspection he scraped off some of the Fromica tabletops to make it look like coke and then made lines of it and put a rolled up twenty with it, just to see what anyone would say. The next day a lot of the "coke" was gone. John and one of hid friends decided to see who was playing with them so they scraped up some more "coke", set it up again but this time with a hidden video camera. When they watched the video one of the VPs was snorting it!!!! They then decided to play a joke on him and show him the video and demand money for what he took. John got like 500 dollars or something like that for some chopped up plastic!! I would recomend this book to anyone and everyone, it's great.
Book #7
The Haunted by Jessica Verday
158 pages in
Popular fiction
So I started reading the second book of The Hollow Trilogy and it's AMAZING! Abbey came back early from her little trip, I'm still not telling you what happened, to dedicate a bridge in the cemetary to Kristen, her dead friend. She saw Caspian again and ... ARGH!!! I can barely explain this book without giving it all away!!! Oh the irony! Well then I might just have to give it away, if you don't want to know the secret of the first book don't read ahead. Caspian and the old couple from the cemetary are dead, as in ghosts!! Yeah and the old couple are from the story about the headless horseman and Ichabod Crane. Creepy right and the reason Abbey went away is because she thought that she was having a nervous breakdown. Whew, so back to The Haunted, Abbey now believes that Caspian is real and that only she can see him. He doesn't want to be around her anymore because he feels as if he "broke" her. So Abbey is juggling a cute real guy named Ben, Parents who aren't so sure about her mental stability, and a boyfriend who nobody else can see. Oh and she can't touch him either, duh he's a ghost. Will definitely be reading more and blogging soon!
158 pages in
Popular fiction
So I started reading the second book of The Hollow Trilogy and it's AMAZING! Abbey came back early from her little trip, I'm still not telling you what happened, to dedicate a bridge in the cemetary to Kristen, her dead friend. She saw Caspian again and ... ARGH!!! I can barely explain this book without giving it all away!!! Oh the irony! Well then I might just have to give it away, if you don't want to know the secret of the first book don't read ahead. Caspian and the old couple from the cemetary are dead, as in ghosts!! Yeah and the old couple are from the story about the headless horseman and Ichabod Crane. Creepy right and the reason Abbey went away is because she thought that she was having a nervous breakdown. Whew, so back to The Haunted, Abbey now believes that Caspian is real and that only she can see him. He doesn't want to be around her anymore because he feels as if he "broke" her. So Abbey is juggling a cute real guy named Ben, Parents who aren't so sure about her mental stability, and a boyfriend who nobody else can see. Oh and she can't touch him either, duh he's a ghost. Will definitely be reading more and blogging soon!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Book #6
look me in the eye (my life with asperger's) by John Elder Robison
103 pages in
Nonfiction
My mom gave me this book to read because she thought it was very interesting and she thought I would like it. She was right. It's about this boy, John Elder, who grew up knowing something was wrong with him but not knowing what. He later found out that he had Asperger's Syndrome. In case you have no idea what Asperger's is, I will tell you. Asperger's is a mild form of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Asperger's mainly affects boys and they can't understand social cues and facial expressions. My cousin, August, has this disorder. Some people think that because he has Asperger's that he is mentally retarded, but he is very smart. He can tell you every single stat for every single NFL football player, no joke. He used to be really into trains until he was about ten and now it's football and video games. John Elders thing is cars and guitars. He was also very good at taking anything electronic apart and making it better. People with Asperger's, like I said earlier, cannot take social cues so they have a hard time making friends, they also bob and weave unknowingly. John Elder has an especially hard time with names, he calls his mom Slave and his father Stupid and his little brother Varmint. The memoir is dedicated to Unit Two and Cubby, who I found out are his wife and son. When I am reading about the things that John Elder does it reminds me so much of my cousin and I am glad that he was diagnosed at a young age unlike John Elder because I would not want August to live like that.
103 pages in
Nonfiction
My mom gave me this book to read because she thought it was very interesting and she thought I would like it. She was right. It's about this boy, John Elder, who grew up knowing something was wrong with him but not knowing what. He later found out that he had Asperger's Syndrome. In case you have no idea what Asperger's is, I will tell you. Asperger's is a mild form of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Asperger's mainly affects boys and they can't understand social cues and facial expressions. My cousin, August, has this disorder. Some people think that because he has Asperger's that he is mentally retarded, but he is very smart. He can tell you every single stat for every single NFL football player, no joke. He used to be really into trains until he was about ten and now it's football and video games. John Elders thing is cars and guitars. He was also very good at taking anything electronic apart and making it better. People with Asperger's, like I said earlier, cannot take social cues so they have a hard time making friends, they also bob and weave unknowingly. John Elder has an especially hard time with names, he calls his mom Slave and his father Stupid and his little brother Varmint. The memoir is dedicated to Unit Two and Cubby, who I found out are his wife and son. When I am reading about the things that John Elder does it reminds me so much of my cousin and I am glad that he was diagnosed at a young age unlike John Elder because I would not want August to live like that.
Book #5 Cont.
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
35 more pages (finished)
Popular Fiction
I can't say much about what happens in the last 35 pages because it would give too much away and I don't want to do that. I can tell you that Caspian and this old couple that Abbey knows tell her some very odd secrets that cause Abbey to freak. She even has to leave Sleepy Hollow. I finished this book on Wednesday but just haven't gotten to my computer lately. You know work and all. Plus, my dad threatened to take my books away because I forgot to wash the dishes. That was a pretty scary moment. So I finished the first in this series and am reading the second now but I don't think that I have read enough for a post yet. But I will soon and the second one is really good!
35 more pages (finished)
Popular Fiction
I can't say much about what happens in the last 35 pages because it would give too much away and I don't want to do that. I can tell you that Caspian and this old couple that Abbey knows tell her some very odd secrets that cause Abbey to freak. She even has to leave Sleepy Hollow. I finished this book on Wednesday but just haven't gotten to my computer lately. You know work and all. Plus, my dad threatened to take my books away because I forgot to wash the dishes. That was a pretty scary moment. So I finished the first in this series and am reading the second now but I don't think that I have read enough for a post yet. But I will soon and the second one is really good!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Book #5 cont.
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
307 more pages in
Popular fiction
Okay, so I only have 35 more pages to go and I think I am addicted!!! I just can't stop. It's got so many twists and turns and is so exciting, it's a refreshing break from all the "norm".
Abbey has been having a hard time at school becasue the principle had a whole ceremony lined up and all these people, who didn't even know Kristen, are crying and saying how they will miss her sooo much. And the cheerleaders are the worst, they are almost threatening her to join the prom commitee so they can get first choice on the senior class trip. Total witches, if you know what I mean. Her mom makes her go cause she thinks that the other girls really want her to join. Then the cheerleaders take it one step farther and start asking boys to ask Abbey to prom. But she only wants to go with one person, Caspian, the guy from the funneral. Recently they have been hanging out at the cemetary, and Abbey is head over heels for him. He's very mysterious and always has to be somewhere else or has something to do. Abbey and her parents go to their cabin for the weekend and she thinks that this will be the perfect place to get her mind off everything. But they get a call from the police, Kristens body was found by the river in the cemetery. Wow I need to move along faster I still have a lot to go, so heres the abridged version. Abbey and Caspian get serious and on prom night Abbey goes to the cemetery to give Kristen the perfume she finnished, in a prom dress. But it's all to much and she has a breakdown, but guess whos there to save her. Yep Caspian. Abbey finds a diary in Kristens room that shows a whole new secerative side of Kristen that Abbey doesn't know if she likes or not. Christmas comes and gifts are given. But the worst and best comes from Caspian. A beastiful drawing portfolio and necklace both made by Caspian and a letter saying that they cannot be together. Oh and this other guy at school is totally smitten with Abbey but she loves Caspian and her and this other guy get paired together as science fair parteners. So yeah, awkward. Okay so I have to go know I think that I gave enough away for one day. I will blog again when those 35 pages are done. Yay im soo excited! Then i'll have to start on the second one, and the third one just came out!! Can't wait, i'll let you know how it ends, sorry if I rambled.
307 more pages in
Popular fiction
Okay, so I only have 35 more pages to go and I think I am addicted!!! I just can't stop. It's got so many twists and turns and is so exciting, it's a refreshing break from all the "norm".
Abbey has been having a hard time at school becasue the principle had a whole ceremony lined up and all these people, who didn't even know Kristen, are crying and saying how they will miss her sooo much. And the cheerleaders are the worst, they are almost threatening her to join the prom commitee so they can get first choice on the senior class trip. Total witches, if you know what I mean. Her mom makes her go cause she thinks that the other girls really want her to join. Then the cheerleaders take it one step farther and start asking boys to ask Abbey to prom. But she only wants to go with one person, Caspian, the guy from the funneral. Recently they have been hanging out at the cemetary, and Abbey is head over heels for him. He's very mysterious and always has to be somewhere else or has something to do. Abbey and her parents go to their cabin for the weekend and she thinks that this will be the perfect place to get her mind off everything. But they get a call from the police, Kristens body was found by the river in the cemetery. Wow I need to move along faster I still have a lot to go, so heres the abridged version. Abbey and Caspian get serious and on prom night Abbey goes to the cemetery to give Kristen the perfume she finnished, in a prom dress. But it's all to much and she has a breakdown, but guess whos there to save her. Yep Caspian. Abbey finds a diary in Kristens room that shows a whole new secerative side of Kristen that Abbey doesn't know if she likes or not. Christmas comes and gifts are given. But the worst and best comes from Caspian. A beastiful drawing portfolio and necklace both made by Caspian and a letter saying that they cannot be together. Oh and this other guy at school is totally smitten with Abbey but she loves Caspian and her and this other guy get paired together as science fair parteners. So yeah, awkward. Okay so I have to go know I think that I gave enough away for one day. I will blog again when those 35 pages are done. Yay im soo excited! Then i'll have to start on the second one, and the third one just came out!! Can't wait, i'll let you know how it ends, sorry if I rambled.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Book #5
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
141 pages in
Popular Fiction
I got this book and the sequel for Christmas from my parents and so far it's pretty interesting. It's about this girl named Abbey and her best friend, Kristen, went missing and is presumed dead. They even had a funeral for her and buried an empty casket. Abbey still thinks that Kristen is alive and won't think that she actually died. So at the funeral Abbey stays at the burial site after everyone leaves because this was her best friend, duh! Anyway, she looks across the graveyard and sees this guys just standing there and she sees him again at Kristen's house after the funeral. He tells her that he is "here for her" but she has never seen him before in her life. They meet a few times at the cemetery, I guess as dates, and Abbey really likes him. Abbey also is in the middle of a great project for Kristen, she is making a perfume for her. That's her hobby, and she is apparently very good at it. It's pretty interesting and I can't wait to see what happens next.
I know that I usually post a whole book at a time but I just started this one and it's like five hundred pages or something! So I will post again when I have read more, I hope that this book turns out to be good!
141 pages in
Popular Fiction
I got this book and the sequel for Christmas from my parents and so far it's pretty interesting. It's about this girl named Abbey and her best friend, Kristen, went missing and is presumed dead. They even had a funeral for her and buried an empty casket. Abbey still thinks that Kristen is alive and won't think that she actually died. So at the funeral Abbey stays at the burial site after everyone leaves because this was her best friend, duh! Anyway, she looks across the graveyard and sees this guys just standing there and she sees him again at Kristen's house after the funeral. He tells her that he is "here for her" but she has never seen him before in her life. They meet a few times at the cemetery, I guess as dates, and Abbey really likes him. Abbey also is in the middle of a great project for Kristen, she is making a perfume for her. That's her hobby, and she is apparently very good at it. It's pretty interesting and I can't wait to see what happens next.
I know that I usually post a whole book at a time but I just started this one and it's like five hundred pages or something! So I will post again when I have read more, I hope that this book turns out to be good!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Book #4
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
375 Pages
Popular Fiction
This book was so good that I read it in two days! It's so suspenseful and I kept trying to figure it all out but you would never guess what acctually happens. It's about this boy named Thomas, the book starts out with Thomas in a lift and he only knows one thing, "My name is Thomas." Thats it nothing about how he got in the lift, or who his parents are, nothing. It's like his memories have been swept out. The lift brings him up and he is surrounded by other boys around his age. They tell him that he is in the Glade, a large expanse of land surrounded by four walls. Here, the Gladers tell him, they are safe from the horrors that are outside the Glade, protected by the stone walls that move every night to close them in. They are in the middle of the maze, there is no way out that they have found yet, but they keep trying. Every thirty days a new boy is sent up with no memory of anything, none of the othe
r boys have ever remembered anything about their old lives. Every thirty days at the same time, like clockwork, so when a girl is sent up after Thomas the next day, everyone is freaked out. Even more freaked out by the message she has with her. All the Gladers think that somewhere out in the maze is a way out, a way back to their families, and since the girl showed up, Thomas thinks he can find the answers. But only if he can unlock the secrets of his memories.
There is a sequel to the book called the scorch trials and I can't wait to read it. This book rivals the Hunger Games in a Postapocalypitic future and suspense. If you liked the Hunger Games then you will LOVE the Maze Runner!!!
375 Pages
Popular Fiction
This book was so good that I read it in two days! It's so suspenseful and I kept trying to figure it all out but you would never guess what acctually happens. It's about this boy named Thomas, the book starts out with Thomas in a lift and he only knows one thing, "My name is Thomas." Thats it nothing about how he got in the lift, or who his parents are, nothing. It's like his memories have been swept out. The lift brings him up and he is surrounded by other boys around his age. They tell him that he is in the Glade, a large expanse of land surrounded by four walls. Here, the Gladers tell him, they are safe from the horrors that are outside the Glade, protected by the stone walls that move every night to close them in. They are in the middle of the maze, there is no way out that they have found yet, but they keep trying. Every thirty days a new boy is sent up with no memory of anything, none of the othe
r boys have ever remembered anything about their old lives. Every thirty days at the same time, like clockwork, so when a girl is sent up after Thomas the next day, everyone is freaked out. Even more freaked out by the message she has with her. All the Gladers think that somewhere out in the maze is a way out, a way back to their families, and since the girl showed up, Thomas thinks he can find the answers. But only if he can unlock the secrets of his memories.There is a sequel to the book called the scorch trials and I can't wait to read it. This book rivals the Hunger Games in a Postapocalypitic future and suspense. If you liked the Hunger Games then you will LOVE the Maze Runner!!!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Book #3
The Fallen by Thomas E. Sniegoski
273 pages
Popular Fiction
This book was about a guy, Aaron, who just turned eighteen. He lives with his foster mother, father, and autistic brother Stevie. One day he gets this super bad headache and when it goes away he can understand any language, even dog. He gets kinda freaked and goes to see a shrink about it and later the shrink gets killed by these guys that are looking for Aaron. See, Aaron is a Nephilim or a child or a human and an angel. An ancient prophecy said that a certain Nephilim was going to reunite the fallen angels with God. Their is a group of angels who think that God hates the Nephilim so they are going to kill them all. The leader is really a psycho guy who is just murderous. A bunch of other stuff happens but im not going to tell you cause that would be giving too much away but in the end the crazy killer leader guy is hurt and Aaron has to run away with his dog, and an angel. So read it and find out what else happens!!!
This book is a pretty thick one but it is worth it. It kind of gets into the whole God and angels and war of heaven stuff so if you're not into that stuff then this would not be a good book for you. Its not a main part of the story but it's just an F.Y.I. If you do decide to read it I hope you like it.
273 pages
Popular Fiction
This book was about a guy, Aaron, who just turned eighteen. He lives with his foster mother, father, and autistic brother Stevie. One day he gets this super bad headache and when it goes away he can understand any language, even dog. He gets kinda freaked and goes to see a shrink about it and later the shrink gets killed by these guys that are looking for Aaron. See, Aaron is a Nephilim or a child or a human and an angel. An ancient prophecy said that a certain Nephilim was going to reunite the fallen angels with God. Their is a group of angels who think that God hates the Nephilim so they are going to kill them all. The leader is really a psycho guy who is just murderous. A bunch of other stuff happens but im not going to tell you cause that would be giving too much away but in the end the crazy killer leader guy is hurt and Aaron has to run away with his dog, and an angel. So read it and find out what else happens!!!
This book is a pretty thick one but it is worth it. It kind of gets into the whole God and angels and war of heaven stuff so if you're not into that stuff then this would not be a good book for you. Its not a main part of the story but it's just an F.Y.I. If you do decide to read it I hope you like it.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Book #2
Where the Heart Is by Billie Lets
376 Pages
Possibly Literary Fiction
This is a great book! It's about a seventeen year old girl who is seven months pregnant and thirty-seven pounds overweight, who is very supersticious about the number seven. Her boyfriend ditches her at Wal-Mart with $7.77 and a few other personal items. She has nowhere to live so ends up living in the Wal-Mart. She makes a few new friends along the way. She ends up having her baby in the Wal-Mart and becomes a sort of celebrity. She names the baby girl Americus, oh and by the way the girls name is Novalee Nation. The two go through a long journey of love and loss and happiness. And as the book progresses you see Novalee transform from an uneducated, pregnant, girl to a smart, dedicated, mother. The perspective sometimes switches to Willy Jack, the father of Americus, so you know what he's doing too. I thought it was just great, absolutely great. The book was made into a movie with Natalie Portman as Novalee and the movie is great too, but the book is always better.
This book does have some language in it but otherwise is perfect for anyone.
376 Pages
Possibly Literary Fiction
This is a great book! It's about a seventeen year old girl who is seven months pregnant and thirty-seven pounds overweight, who is very supersticious about the number seven. Her boyfriend ditches her at Wal-Mart with $7.77 and a few other personal items. She has nowhere to live so ends up living in the Wal-Mart. She makes a few new friends along the way. She ends up having her baby in the Wal-Mart and becomes a sort of celebrity. She names the baby girl Americus, oh and by the way the girls name is Novalee Nation. The two go through a long journey of love and loss and happiness. And as the book progresses you see Novalee transform from an uneducated, pregnant, girl to a smart, dedicated, mother. The perspective sometimes switches to Willy Jack, the father of Americus, so you know what he's doing too. I thought it was just great, absolutely great. The book was made into a movie with Natalie Portman as Novalee and the movie is great too, but the book is always better.
This book does have some language in it but otherwise is perfect for anyone.
Book #1
Oh. My. Gods by Tera Lynn Childs
264 pages
Popular Fiction
This book is about a girl who is and amazing track runner whose mom goes to a family reunion in Greece and comes back with a new fiance! And, of course, he can't move there Pheobe Castro has to move all the way to Greece with them. So much for her dreams of going to USC on a track scholarship. The small island she moves to has only one school, the Academy, and all of its students are descendents of Greek gods and goddesses. You know like Zeus, Apollo, Hades, Athena? Yeah those guys. Oh yeah and her step sister is a real piece of work and has nailed the evil in evil step sister. But the guy is totally worth it in the end!!!
This was a pretty easy read and I finnished it in about three days. I hope you read it and like it! :)
264 pages
Popular Fiction
This book is about a girl who is and amazing track runner whose mom goes to a family reunion in Greece and comes back with a new fiance! And, of course, he can't move there Pheobe Castro has to move all the way to Greece with them. So much for her dreams of going to USC on a track scholarship. The small island she moves to has only one school, the Academy, and all of its students are descendents of Greek gods and goddesses. You know like Zeus, Apollo, Hades, Athena? Yeah those guys. Oh yeah and her step sister is a real piece of work and has nailed the evil in evil step sister. But the guy is totally worth it in the end!!!
This was a pretty easy read and I finnished it in about three days. I hope you read it and like it! :)
First ever blog post!
So this is my reading blog that im doing for school. I've never done a blog before so I don't know how to start one but here it goes. Im going to see how many books I can read in a semester, which is about eighteen weeks. For my class I have to summarize at least 150 pages a week but the first week of school I read two books, one at 264 pages and the other at 342 pages, i'm not sure if they count for the class but they do count for my semester count,so here we go!!!
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