I finished If I Stay! It didn't disappoint me, at all! I know why everyone loves the book, and the movie. It's intriguing, and feelings of happiness, sadness, and confusion happen all the while. It's inspiring, and you can take this however you would like. It could be taken as an inspiration to do more with your life because any day it could be over, or help you think through decisions more carefully.
If I Stay is about a girl named Mia, and her family. One day when school was cancelled for a snow day, Mia's family went out for a drive to visit their friends, seeing as they just had their first child. It was just a normal drive any family would have; fights, and conversations. After a little disagreement on what to play on the radio for the lengthy drive, another car collides into theirs. Mia doesn't know it yet, but she is outside of her body. She and her family, have serious injuries. She finds her parents, but not her little brother. She begins to get worried, and tries to search more, but the ambulance arrives at the scene for their bodies. From then on, Mia is in her hospital bed, piecing together the parts of what happened.
If you get this book, you'll read about Mia's memories, and how she finds herself. This is, again, an awesome book a lot of people need to read. I recommend it.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
If I Stay
I'm doing another blog about If I Stay. This book is really nice, I like this thing I kind of took from it. I take a lot of things from the book, but I'll share two with you.
Decided whether you stay or not: I take this in everyday life; sometimes you feel you have nothing to live for, but you do.
Mia thinks her family is gone now, there's nothing to live for. Then she sees her friends, and her grandparents (how they visit her/seem worried). When you're in a position where you have an option, go or stay, what will you pick? Stay with your family, or end your misery. Either option has a consequence; so what will you do?
Don't care what others think!
I see Mia as being someone who looks at how people see her; how her boyfriend and her look like, and what people perceive her as because she plays the cello, and likes classical music. She tries to change herself in one of her memories she explains, she says that she attempted to abandon her cello. When she did, her friend Kim noticed. Mia-because it was her decision-didn't see anything wrong with it, but Kim told her it what makes her Mia. It doesn't matter if people label her as "cellist," if she enjoys it, she should continue. She's happy as she is.
If you're happy the way you are, don't care what anyone says/thinks about you! You're you, and only you have the power for happiness.
Decided whether you stay or not: I take this in everyday life; sometimes you feel you have nothing to live for, but you do.
Mia thinks her family is gone now, there's nothing to live for. Then she sees her friends, and her grandparents (how they visit her/seem worried). When you're in a position where you have an option, go or stay, what will you pick? Stay with your family, or end your misery. Either option has a consequence; so what will you do?
Don't care what others think!
I see Mia as being someone who looks at how people see her; how her boyfriend and her look like, and what people perceive her as because she plays the cello, and likes classical music. She tries to change herself in one of her memories she explains, she says that she attempted to abandon her cello. When she did, her friend Kim noticed. Mia-because it was her decision-didn't see anything wrong with it, but Kim told her it what makes her Mia. It doesn't matter if people label her as "cellist," if she enjoys it, she should continue. She's happy as she is.
If you're happy the way you are, don't care what anyone says/thinks about you! You're you, and only you have the power for happiness.
Monday, April 27, 2015
If I Stay
I've gotten a little into the book, and I can honestly say I know why everyone loves it. So far, everything is so normal. I love that Mia has such a normal life; the boyfriend, the parents, and her little brother Teddy. I think that with Mia's parents being "punk", or used to be punk at her age, is a nice touch. She is different in her own ways from her family, not only her cello loving (instead of guitar. drums, etc) but how she also looks different from her family. She says that when her dad jokes about how she isn't realy apart of the family, and got switched when she was a baby, she kind of takes it to heart. I'm sure a lot of people have thought this, or feel like this a lot in their lives.
Mia can relate to me, and many others; this is another thing I really love about the book. As a suggestion, anyone who reads this book should try to connect Mia's life with theirs. For me, it's the feeling like you're not apart of the family. Sometimes I feel like my family are all fighters, and gregarious people. They are hard workers, which I do admit, I think I am (more like I hand it to myself). I am not a people-person at all; I do have my moments where I love talking, but that's not a lot of times. I do have to say, I feel like I'm a complete different person compared to my family.
You can feel like this, but just remember the most important part: It's not if you feel you're not like them, it's the fact they care. Always remember that!
Mia can relate to me, and many others; this is another thing I really love about the book. As a suggestion, anyone who reads this book should try to connect Mia's life with theirs. For me, it's the feeling like you're not apart of the family. Sometimes I feel like my family are all fighters, and gregarious people. They are hard workers, which I do admit, I think I am (more like I hand it to myself). I am not a people-person at all; I do have my moments where I love talking, but that's not a lot of times. I do have to say, I feel like I'm a complete different person compared to my family.
You can feel like this, but just remember the most important part: It's not if you feel you're not like them, it's the fact they care. Always remember that!
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
If I Stay
I know, almost everyone has read the book or seen the movie already... I wanted to read the book, and watch the movie. Of course, I enjoy reading so much, I'd rather read to the book over watching the movie any day. I saw the previews, saw the book in stores, and in my classmate's hands. I was intrigued to read it; almost itching to. Now, I've finally found that no is is reading it, and I can. I'm really excited to see what happens in the book since everyone liked it.
I have a couple predictions maybe: I think (from the previews) she will stay alive. Although, with her choosing to live, she might have hard times she faces and wishes she chose the other option. She will miss her family, and wonder why she is even alive to begin with (taking a guess). I know that if I had the choice and chose to live, I would want my life to go back to the way it was before; it's just a thing that is too hard to deal with. Regardless on my beliefs, I think I'll really like this book.
I have a couple predictions maybe: I think (from the previews) she will stay alive. Although, with her choosing to live, she might have hard times she faces and wishes she chose the other option. She will miss her family, and wonder why she is even alive to begin with (taking a guess). I know that if I had the choice and chose to live, I would want my life to go back to the way it was before; it's just a thing that is too hard to deal with. Regardless on my beliefs, I think I'll really like this book.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Imaginary Girls
I tried reading this book for about a week, or a little bit over. I thought I was going to like it; it sounded intriguing. There was right away conflict about a dead body being found, and a bond of two sisters being broken. From what I understood, Chloe seems to have this sort of thing against her sister (I'm not sure how to describe it). They were pulled away from each other for some time. I think that is the mystery of this book, to find out why Chloe was taken away.
From what I read, it seemed to be really weird. One of the things I really didn't like about it was how it was set up; Chloe was an excellent swimmer and her sister Ruby told everyone out of how proud she was. I find it unrealistic that two sisters could get along so well with the age difference, not to mention Ruby is supposed to be the one in the spotlight. Why would Ruby put Chloe higher than her? There is a place where they swim (and are not supposed to) that has "swallowed" whole towns. It's just a little too far fetched for me... It isn't as appealing as the summary on the back of the book is. I didn't like the plot, is what I guess I'm trying to say (as harsh as it sounds). If you like that kind of thing, you should read this book.
From what I read, it seemed to be really weird. One of the things I really didn't like about it was how it was set up; Chloe was an excellent swimmer and her sister Ruby told everyone out of how proud she was. I find it unrealistic that two sisters could get along so well with the age difference, not to mention Ruby is supposed to be the one in the spotlight. Why would Ruby put Chloe higher than her? There is a place where they swim (and are not supposed to) that has "swallowed" whole towns. It's just a little too far fetched for me... It isn't as appealing as the summary on the back of the book is. I didn't like the plot, is what I guess I'm trying to say (as harsh as it sounds). If you like that kind of thing, you should read this book.
Friday, March 27, 2015
This Song Will Save Your Life
The theme of This Song Will Save Your Life's theme to me is to not care whether you have friends or not. You shouldn't try to change yourself for anyone, especially just to fit in. You may not be happy the way you are, or want a new group of friends, or more friends. That's okay, but you shouldn't try to change yourself as a person. Never lose sight of who you are. And things will always get better.
The conflict of this book is Elise vs everyone at her school. Man vs Society. Her bullies, her tormentors, (which is about everyone in school) make her life a horrible mess. They constantly bully her because of the way she looks, the way she acts, the way she is, and because she doesn't have many friends. Basically, for no good reason.
The conflict of this book is Elise vs everyone at her school. Man vs Society. Her bullies, her tormentors, (which is about everyone in school) make her life a horrible mess. They constantly bully her because of the way she looks, the way she acts, the way she is, and because she doesn't have many friends. Basically, for no good reason.
Tolerance
Tolerance: Willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own.
Someone could be more tolerant of others by trying to put themselves in the person's position. Imagine being one race, religion, or anything different from a lot others, and being told mean intolerant things. Everyone would not want that to happen to them, obviously. It doesn't feel "good" in a way; it feels like a thousand little knives puncturing you with negativity.
Tolerance to me means not caring in simplest terms. Not the bad kind of not caring, but more pushing it aside. "I know you're (whatever race) and do things pretty differently than me, but that doesn't matter. I'll talk to you because I like you." A lot of races, or more people of specific races, don't allow their children, cousins, or anyone be in a relationship with someone outside of their race. People are entitled to their own opinions and beliefs, but it may be for a specific reason (a false assumption) of the race. "This race is very different than ours; they don't understand our language, our food, or anything else." Sure, they might not understand, but it's what is inside. No matter your religion, race, sexual orientation, anything...It's about you as a person; who you are inside.
You're perfect the way you are.
Someone could be more tolerant of others by trying to put themselves in the person's position. Imagine being one race, religion, or anything different from a lot others, and being told mean intolerant things. Everyone would not want that to happen to them, obviously. It doesn't feel "good" in a way; it feels like a thousand little knives puncturing you with negativity.
Tolerance to me means not caring in simplest terms. Not the bad kind of not caring, but more pushing it aside. "I know you're (whatever race) and do things pretty differently than me, but that doesn't matter. I'll talk to you because I like you." A lot of races, or more people of specific races, don't allow their children, cousins, or anyone be in a relationship with someone outside of their race. People are entitled to their own opinions and beliefs, but it may be for a specific reason (a false assumption) of the race. "This race is very different than ours; they don't understand our language, our food, or anything else." Sure, they might not understand, but it's what is inside. No matter your religion, race, sexual orientation, anything...It's about you as a person; who you are inside.
You're perfect the way you are.
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