My Reading Today

The book I'm reading now is called "No Boys Allowed". This book was pretty interesting because it talks about something that could happen in real life. I talks about a perfect that got affected because of his dad leaving there for a younger woman. It could of went better if this book was a book for older kids instead of for young kids like middle school kids. I didn't really like this book because it talks to much about little kids stuff and that don't get my interest. For example it talks about a little girl who collects stamps. She's finishing her dads stamps book.

~My Reading Life~

My reading life hasn't really been that interesting. It's been kind of boring. I don't know if it's because of the books i get or maybe it's just because I just don't like reading books at all. I don't find no point in doing the journal entries. I don't learn nothing new from my book i just think wastes my time a little wen i could be doing like something that actually proves I read my book. I think so far i haven't really done nothing wrong when it comes to reading, I just think I need to pick better interesting books.
I would be interested in reading books about love and relationships. I don't know why but that subject interests me. I would do great on my book talk if I found a book like that. I also wouldn't bother reading at all if I found a book about that.
I think that book talks are fairly easy. You just got to give it thought about what you want to write first. Like it would really help if you make a note card before you do your book talk.

Life Connection to "No Boys Allowed"

My favorite character and I would talk about our relationships with our boyfriends because she apparently loves to talk a lot about this boy she’s all in love with. Sometimes that happens with me too. Like her sister gets tired of her talking about the same thing over and over again which is about this boy Jason she's like sprung on. But i know how to control that so i wont seem too sprung.\
The worst part of the book was when they used to be a perfect family till the dad left them to marry some other woman. I think that was pretty selfish and he wasn't thinking about his kids. Just because the other woman was younger than Cassie's mom. He didn't even think about Cassie and her sister. He just thought of himself being happy and feeling better of himself for marrying a younger woman.

Definitions

Crystals- A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure.
-Middle English: cristal, from Old French, from Latin: crystallum, from Greek: krustallos, ice, crystal

Omen- Indicate by signs.
-Latin: omen

Treasure- Accumulated wealth in the form of money, jewels, etc.
-Middle English: tresure, from Old French: tresor, from Latin: thesaurus, from Greek: thesauros

Life Connections

I'm similar to Santiago in a way because i kinda changed from how i was in the past. In a way I changed like he did but in a way no. I changed from being a little girl to being more mature and serious. I'm different from Santiago because I don't follow my dreams. He is like working so hard to achieve that significant dream he had. Also he falls in love quick. I don't. I bet he don't even know what love is. I'm not saying I do, but i kinda got a better idea than he does.
I disagree with his decisions because he don't think about things before he acts, he just acts. Like for example, he didn't really think when he decided to go search for his treasure, he could of lost his whole life right there. He risked it. He also didn't think that that guy he trusted with his money would rob him, but he did. Also he decided to ask that girl to marry him too quick. I think that for someone to think about marriage is to know the person real good and trust that they won't get hurt. Santiago don't know if the girl is trustworthy or loves him like he says he loves her. He just thinks he could trust her. But then again he trusted the wrong person a while ago and that person turned out to rob him.
I'm pretty sure I would never do the same thing he did to pursue his dream because I don't believe in "dreams could come true". And I specially wouldn't go far just to try to make a dream happen. A dream that you're not sure might happen.
Caring for someone could affect most of your decisons. It could make you want to change for them and do what's better for them and not for you. For example if your planning to move somewhere else to get a better life but the person you care for won't move you won't move just to be near that person.

This image relates to The Alchemist because this girl is real pretty, just like the girl that Santiago feel in love with on his trip to the desert. Santiago described her as the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. The girl Santiago's in love with he wants to marry her. It was like love at first sight.

It Happened To Nancy

I think that all girls should read this book. The reason is because this way they could become aware that anything could happenen. Like Nancy she only had sex with one guy and she got aids. She has no idea of how that could happenen if she only has sex with one guy. The reason was because the guy that she had sex with had the HIV virus. This book is about a girl who falls in love with the wrong guy and is blinded by his sweatness and kindness. I think in a way it helps you a lot become aware that you can't really trust a guy who you barely met. Don't give him your everything until he proves to you he's real. At the end you might regret it if you did give him your everything.