A Long Long Sleep

This book is by Anna Sheehan, and is kind of a futuristic fairytale spin-off. The main character is Rosalinda Fitzroy and she has been asleep for about sixty years. She is awoken (accidentally) buy her handsome prince. Rosalinda was the daughter of the most powerful people in the world at the time, and sixty years later with her family absent her awakener's family obtains the "throne". So I guess he was sort of a prince... Anyway I thought this was a cool book. It was a neat way of modifying an old classic fairytale, and it was fun to read. I know this book wasn't on my tbr list, but Sofie recommended it to me so I read it. You guys should read it too!

TBR:
Raven cycle series
Blue lily, lily blue
Everybody Sees the Ants

More Poetry

Continuation.

The thick stifling air swirls around the room
           Our shoulders steadily hunch forward
     As the audience grows a look of gloom

   More friends and peers have moved onward
As we show them out our door
        Another stage they have conquered

They speak of dragons they have slayed
     Diving head first, unafraid
Basking in the moment I'm sure

       For they tell us a quick tale
Their last before they'll sail
   Carving their name with their decade blade

Ahead lies more dragons to slay
    More stories at bay
          They will prevail.

Hallway Game.

Where to go?
   To the left or the right
       it is the same
          One is inadequately bright
              The other neighboring night
                  To take the long way around
               is the game.

Limerick Poetry

Susie's Class Lockers/Cubbies

There once was a small wooden locker
Finding a friend there was a shocker
The metal hooks rest
Where the backpacks will nest
For small space, sharing was my offer

We Were Liars

This is a quick read by E. Lockhart, and it was okay in my opinion. This book is about a 17 year old girl named Cadence, and she always spends the summer on an island with her friends and family. After she experiences an accident, Cadence is left with amnesia and brain trauma. She doesn't remember all of those happy memories on the island, and all she has now are prescription drugs and books to pass the time. Anyone in our class can read it for sure, but personally I didn't really like it as much. I didn't hate it, but still. I don't really know what it is but for me something was missing in the story.

Free Verse Poetry

Wetlands.

A land once teeming with
adventure
and life
with towering trees
 and buzzing bees
the memory of sounds emerge.

The winding creek that roared with curiosity
now quietly trickles as it has been discovered

The gold stalks that scraped the sky
now wallow and bow at their roots

Due to the wave of change.

Occasional Poetry

WW2

Soldiers look
and peer
and spy around the towns
boots in their rhythm
marching around
watching and waiting for
the time.
The time to act
to move
to conquer

Now they don't spy
or peer around the comers,
their boots in rhythm
infest the peace
and take us with them.

Love
and fear and hatred
and hope
is all that is left
clutching to weak memories
the same song
a different melody

Ode

Ode to Old House

The creme walls hold the secret whispers
the leaf walls grasp onto the unforgotten memories
and the autumn walls share the bonds of years.
Crayon marks line
the white trim that follow the walls
around the pictures and toys used and neglected,
you have been through it all.

You gave us a home
more than a house
more than another place for a footprint
to be left.
A unique clone you were
with candles and somewhat off tuned
pianos.
With places to
hide
and places to
play

You were more than a living
square.

Haikus

16 stories told
Showing out, reflecting in
Through the looking glass

Two straps are back
While carrying the knowledge
From eight to three now

In the unerring place
Yet it turns but not open
A blockade of white

*I was in a mystery mood, try to figure out what they are!

Looking for Alaska

This book is one of many great books by John Green. It starts out with a boy named Miles who moves to a boarding school in Culver Creek for his junior year in high school. He makes some pretty neat friends there, but the book is mainly focused around a girl named Alaska. (Hence the title name) This book is about relationships and friendships, along with the happiness and grief that follow. I thought this book was really good, but pretty sad at some parts. Do not compare this book to The Fault in Out Stars or Paper Towns! Personally I thought Paper Towns was more depressing than this book, but that is my completely non-professional opinion. This book does cover some more mature topics, so if that is not what you were expecting for your next weekly read, try some of John Green's other books. My favorite character was Alaska probably because of her spunk.

TBR:
Raven cycle series
Blue lily, lily blue
We were liars

SOL

I have seen the house once before, but it looked completely different. There were chairs and a kitchen table, and clothes in the closet. I set my stuff down at the foot of my new bed and finish my homework. Everything is different here. The air is warm and the floor is cool, even my bed. Now it is a foot higher, and I only use one pillow. The kitchen table is round instead of square, and I have to take my shoes off as soon as I enter the house. It is the little things around me that the make the most difference, and only time will help me adjust.

Navigating Early

I didn't like this book for some reason, but here is the response/summary. This book is based around the time of WW2 and about a boy named Jack Baker. He started out living in Kansas, but he is sent to live in a boy's boarding school in Maine. This is where he meets a new friend named Early. I was a bit confused but this book is about their friendship and their journey to find this special bear. I think it was called an Appalachian bear, yeah. My favorite character was Jack because I could relate to him. I know what it is like to move around a bunch. This is just my opinion, and it is definitely at the reading level where you al can read it, so you can tell me your opinion.

TBR
Raven cycle series
Blue lily, lily blue
We were liars