Thirteen Reasons Why.

Clay is nearing the end of Hannah's suicide cassettes. He has learned new information about others he did not yet know, and how that affected Hannah. Slowly, he learns more and more about why Hannah committed suicide, and he begins to think that what the people who sent her over the edge did was not okay. From name calling, being treated like an object, and lies, to sexual assaults. It seems like Hannah has been through them all, by everyone who was once close to her.
The genre of "Thirteen Reasons Why" is realistic teen fiction.
One of the things I really like and enjoy about this book is that the characters and, especially Hannah, are just like any average teenager in high school. Although it is a touchy and delicate subject, suicide is all too real and the author really brings out legitimate reasons to why someone would or would want to end their life. What Hannah endured was what this world has come to, the people she was once friends with stabbed her in the back, the ex-boyfriend she had ruined her reputation, and a boy who was peeping in her bedroom window. They all add up to a big weight on her shoulders which she could not take any longer.
I always read the genre, so I'm never disappointed and will continue to read books of this genre.
One part of the book I didn't like was when Hannah spoke about a list that was being passed around with her name on it. Since the book is in Clay's first person perspective, he thought, or said, he agreed with the list. It's not a bad thing, but for the timing of it and what the tapes are for kinda made me start to think differently of Clay. At the beginning I thought, "Oh, Clay seems like a nice guy." but after he said what he said I thought, "So he's just like the other boys that were tormenting her? What a shame,"
This is all from the book so far, I still like it and it's realness. It's fun and entertaining to read what Hannah says on the tapes. I can't wait to read more to find more out about her suicide.

Thirteen Reasons Why

"Thirteen Reasons Why" is a book by Jay Asher. He has wrote another book I read, "The Future of Us", which I enjoyed quite a lot.
The book is about a girl, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide. Clay Jensen, the main character, received a package. He thought nothing of it, since it was just a normal plain packaging box with no return address. Clay was excited, maybe the package was from an admire, or something else exciting. With growing curiosity, he snatched up the package from his porch and raced up to his room. He was hit with confusion when he saw inside was only cassette tapes. Thirteen to be exact. Clay thought about how he would play these since he doesn't have a cassette player. His quick thinking lands him in his garage, sitting at a table with an old radio that plays cassettes. He pops in the first one, all is normal until the sound of Hannah's voice make it through. Immediately, Clay stops moving. He thought that he would never hear her voice again. More into Hannah speaking, she explains how the tapes were sent to people who have played a role in her life, every tape is for one person.
Thirteen cassettes for thirteen people. The ones who have made an impact on her life.

Call Of Duty

I think Jose was a very brave person. He said he would rather die than lose a limb, he lost both of his legs and didn't think about dying, or at least didn't mention it. For him to be loving what he did (Marines) is such an inspiration. With all the detail in the little story he had, you could really tell he did enjoy what he did. The bond between his dog and him made me feel like they were inseparable. I'm surprised that the marines assigned his dog to someone else. I don't like war or anything like that, so I didn't know. I also didn't know that the marine who was assigned the dog had to train them themselves. I think that if something happens to a marine, like what happened to Jose, they should be able to keep their dog. They've build their bond with them, the dogs have their bonds with them, both care about each other. A dog shouldn't just be assigned to someone else when their marine gets hurt, they should be able to adopt them regardless of them being out of action.

The Future Of Us Review

"The Future of Us" like in my last post, was a pretty good book. I enjoyed the book and it was almost as if there was never a dull moment in it. There was always something happening, and not a bad thing. It'll keep you entertained. It really doesn't start off as slow as other books do. To me it started with a great beginning, it explains who Emma is and why she got a new computer and a little bit about just her life in general.
The POV is first person, although it'll change from Emma to Josh's POV between chapters, it is still first person. I know this because Emma and Josh say, "I, me, mine," etc.
I recommend this book for anyone who likes the near past setting as well as computers. The book is really about teen problems. Relationships, friendships, typical high school things. This book is really interesting, I hope more people read it and enjoy it as much as I did.

The Future of Us

"The Future of Us" is a book set in 1996, where internet and computers were still pretty new and sorta rare for someone to have. Dial up was used at that time, which means if someone is on the phone, you can't be on the computer. One of the two main characters, Emma, has gotten a brand new computer, a gift from her father. In her words, "Another guilt gift," since her parents are divorced and her father got remarried as well as moved to Florida (away from her) with his new family and life. Emma has an old childhood friend she's been straying away from, Josh. Josh pretty much introduced her too AOL by giving her a disk for it. Emma sees an ad after she makes her chatting account for a website called, "Facebook". She sees her name, along with a picture that looks like an aged version of herself. You'll see the development between Josh and Emma as the book goes on, as well as how FaceBook made them feel and act.
Emma is a kind hearted girl who dislikes her mother's choices. Even though she has a few friends, she thinks in the beginning of the book or how Josh and her used to always run in between others houses and how close they were. She seems to dwell on memories in the beginning of the story considering she thinks about calling Josh when she notices the profile of herself on Facebook. The book so far is really interesting to me, the relationship between Josh and Emma is set up really well. I like it so far, it's a nice book.

Lemon Brown Blog

The Lemon Brown story was very intriguing. Greg reminded me of a lot of boys I know or see everyday. The reason for Greg reminding me of some boys is because they often don't try, or do try, in school but get bad grades regardless. Greg wants to play sports and he can't if he doesn't do better in school, which he doesn't really have enough time to do that, so no sports. The sports part reminds me of a lot of movies I've seen and books, boys enjoy their sports very much and want to keep going but unfortunately can't due to their low academic grades. Greg actually reminds me a little of myself, I don't really do well in school and certainly don't enjoy the lectures from my mother at the end of the day. She wants the best for me and my sister, just like Greg's dad, but kids don't listen. I love how Greg smiled at the end thinking about the long lecture he'll get from his father, because after the experience with Lemon Brown he can appreciate his father's lectures at least a little bit more. 

I believe this connect with the homelessness we've been learning about by just Lemon Brown being successful and having a family. It definitely fits into the categories with the myths of homelessness. People thinking that the person is homeless for a bad reason, whether it be addiction, gambling, or laziness, Lemon Brown was successful and happy. He was trying to get back to the status he was at but couldn't due to things being changed.  

I think it's interesting how someone can be so, "famous" and yet be homeless when they can't do what they did before. I got surprised at the fact that people will go out of their way to just find out what someone is talking about. The troublemakers came into where Lemon Brown stayed because they heard he had a treasure, and assumed it was something worth money, when really it's just a memory for him and his son. 

Greg changed throughout the story by hating his father's lectures and by the end realizing that Lemon Brown made him noticed he has to realize what he has and seize it while he has the option.