Book Review: Beastly

What is love? Something that people say when they have strong feelings for one another right? You're sort of right. In Alex Flinn's book Beastly, she opens your eyes and heart to something called true love. This book takes a story like the movie made in 1991 Beauty and the Beast and combines it with modern time.

This story takes place in a high school, where popularity thrives and people considered "ugly" are a joke. A ninth-grader named Kyle Kingsbury who is incredibly popular and rich. Kyle gets everything and every girl he wants. He lives with his father who he rarely gets to see due to the fact that Kyle’s father always works. Kyle’s life seems perfect, with his hot girlfriend Sloane Hagen. A girl every guy dreamed of having, yeah Kyle had it all. Until one day, Kendra Hilferty comes into his life. After Kendra comes into his life, Kyle is forced to leave home; his father will not even look at him, his once love of his life will not even talk to him. But what Kyle does not know is he is going to meet the one. A girl so amazing that it will change Kyle Kingsbury into someone else.

This book will make you laugh, make you cry, make you sad and all over know the meaning of love. I never thought this book could have such an impact on my feelings but it did. If you like to feel your heart race and your eyes tear up from a story that shows you what true love really means, then read this!

I recommend this book to whoever likes to read love stories! This is an amazing book for a teenager and anyone would enjoy this book.

Can you fall 80 feet and live?

According to an article on www.wusa9.com that is titled "Boy falls 80 feet, lives" informs us that on Thursday in Takoma Park, Md around 3:15 pm a 4-year-old boy fell 80 feet from an apartment window on the 8800 block of Piney Branch Road.
9News' Ken Molestina has reported that a branch is what possibly saved a deathly fall from a 9th floor apartment window. It is still unknown of the fact if the child was home alone when he fell.
The 4-year-old boy was rushed to Children's Hospital, according to Montgomery Police Department, that the young child was in serious condition. Police say that detectives from Family Crimes Division and Child Protective Services are investigating the fall and are looking into the fact whether the 4-year-old was alone at the time of the fall or not.
What kind of parent leaves their child unattended like this? I have never left my child alone. People like this should not be allowed to raise children. Im glad to know this boy gets a second chance at life not thanks to his parents. I hope and pray that the police discover the reason the child fell and arrest the parents for child endangerment.
My guess on the parents is that they probably fell asleep while the child was left unatended, and in result the child tumbled out the window. Thank goodness for the tree branch that broke his fall.

    Recently there has been several reports of children under the age of five eating laundry and dish detergent pods. Detergent pods are colorful and bright; when children see them, they think of candy. Children like to try things that they see their parents do: so when children see them in a cabinet, or see mom using them, they want to do it too. Just this year, there has been 2,950 children internally injured from the consumption of detergent pods. Just in the month of August of 2012, there has been 734 children injured. By consuming these detergent pods, children can suffer from tissue damage, intense inflammation, excessive vomiting, and gasping along with weazing also. I use detergent pods everyday at home, and have children in th home that are under five years old. To prevent children from having to suffer these horrible side effects, we can put locks on cabinets or put them in a more secure area.

     The building that represents the unity, and the strength of the United States is being built as I type. A building that tells the rest of the world that knocking us to the ground, only makes us stand up as tall, and strong as ever. The New World Trade Center is not only taller, and stonger than the former, but safer, as well.
     Walls of the New World Trade Center are three feet thick of  "State-of-the-Art" concrete, known as ICrete. Due to this new architectural structure, these walls will be extremly difficult to break. The New World Trade Center contains more than 45,000 tons of structural steel, and contains several new exits to make it more convinent for people to escape in case of emergencies. New elevators only take fourty five seconds to reach the top from the bottom of the building, so if we have another emergency, escape will not take long. The New WTC was not only build for safety, it was also built in honor of the US. Height of the WTC was also built to represent the year of our country's independence. 9/11 memorials were also built in memory of all individuals lost in the tradjedy of the terrorist attack.
     We may seem weak at times, but anything that harms us, only makes us come back ten times stronger.

My Reading Bucket List

1. 13 Reasons Why - Jay Asher: The way the book was described to me made me anxious to read it. A little over a year ago, a friend of mine had committed suicide. No one really knows why she had made this decision, or what even gave her the idea to do such a thing to herself. I was thinking that maybe if I read this book, it would give me some kind of understanding of why anyone would want to take their own life.
2.City of Ashes - Cassandra Claire: I would not only like to read this book, but others of the series also. I have heard several people talk about this series as they have read it. I have heard it was good, but I don't like stories to be spoiled. Books are better when there are events that are not expected. I would like to add this book to my bucket list to see what is catching everyone's attention, and enjoy a good story.
3. To Kill a Mocking Bird- Harper lee: I have read this story before as a class reading as a freshman, but I do not seem to remember much of it. I would like to read it again to refresh my memory.To Kill a Mocking Bird is known to be a classic read. Several people have read it, and very much enjoyed it. I would be more than delighted to add it to my reading bucket list.
4. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton: The Outsiders was also a class read for me. I am not really a big fan for stories about "greasers" and such things, but I enjoyed the book. Mrs. Bentley was my english teacher and we had read it in her class. I can remember the way she used to act out the things that happened in the book, and she would have us on the end of our seats! I would like to read this book, and think of her acting the book out, also to read the story I guess.
5. Matched - Ally Condle: After Mrs. Gillmore describing the book in class, it seemed interesting. Imagine the world as if it was a Utopian society! Marrying someone from a different state or even a different country and being with them for the rest of your life.. I am not so sure that the world could function correctly! The main character is so lucky to be matched with someone in her village! I would like to see what else happens in this story!
6. A Child Called "It" - Dave Pelzer: When I was in the fourth grade, my teacher Ms. Moser was currently reading this book. Ever since, all friends around me have read it. I began to read it in when I was nine and could'nt handle it.. the book began to give me nightmares and I could'nt bare to read it anymore. I want to actually finish it so I am putting it on my reading bucket list!
7. The Giving Tree - Shel Silversteen: I love Shel Silversteen's books! I have always liked his poem books growing up. Now that I'm older I feel as if I can have a better understanding of his meaning of his stories. If my bucketlist was longer I would've added more of his books!
8. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen:  I have heard so much about this book. Several people refer this book when explaining or expressing opinions about prejudice people. I feel as if reading this book could be a good experience for me.
9. Charlotte's Web - E.B. White: Charlotte's Web is a classic book and movie! This book is commonly a children's book, but it is just a great story. I love re-reading stories, and I havent read this book since I was eight years old. I would love to read it again. It is such a cute little story!
10. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children - Author unknown: I love stories about superhuman beings. Everything about them is just so exciting and interesting! The trailer looked like the book could be turned into a movie also! Well, you know what they say; "You have to read the book before you watch the movie." Ending the year with a good book is important. Therefore I will do so!