Reading 9-26-11

I am reading the book "13 Little Blue Envelopes" and its about a girl who is sent 13 envelopes from her aunt, who recently passed away. In theses envelopes are letters explaining certain tasks that she needs to complete before going onto the next envelope. The first envelope sends her to London with a one way ticket. Each letter sends her to a different country/city. She goes to Rome, Spain, Denmark and Amsterdam constantly in search of something that has to do with art, because her aunt was an artist and she made up all of the tasks.
This book is really fun to read at the moment because I am in the middle of planing a trip to Europe with my friend this June. I really truely can not wait to go and I wish I could leave tomorrow and just go day by day touring and sight seeing (and getting a bit lost) like the character in the book.

Reading 9/19/11

Today I was still reading "Hate List" and the main character started to figure out that art was her way of getting away for a while. She loves art and found a little shop with a lady and started painting one after noon and totally lost herself in the painting. When she was painting she stopped thinking about life and how hard and confussing everything was at the the time and all of her stress for that oment went away. I think that she will be back to the little shop quite often and she will form a great relation ship with the lady who runs it.

9-12-11 Reading

Im reading the book "Hate List" its about a school shooting and the main character's boyfriend, Nick, shot several people on their Hate List, and later commited suicide. Today I read what had really happened during the shooting in the eyes of the main character. She walked into school with Nick and into the commons and she thought he was not acting himself, he had a weird smile on his face and was not acting normal. Later on before first period Nick goes to find a girl who was irritating Valerie, the main character, earlier in the week. Valerie thinks that he is just going to stand up for her, but instead he pulls a gun out of his jacket and shoots her. Valerie, along with everone else in the commons, goes into shock and start screaming. After Nick shot several other students on the List, Valerie steps in fronot of the next victim and gets shot in the theigh, Nick then turns the gun on himself.
I thought this was very sad and thought how confused and lost a person would have to be to do such a thing.