Gloria's reading bucket list

1. Speak by- Laurie Halse Anderson : In English class someone had talked about this book to me. They told me it is about a girl named Melinda who attends high school, and she is a freshman that year. Which is supposed to be the best time of Melinda's life being a freshman. Instead of it being the best time of her life its like a nightmare to Melinda. Melinda finds her self rejected by her friends , cut off from her parents, and unable to reveal a terrible secret. She isn't speaking because Melinda is slow healing process is a realistic and compelling one. Which got me to think about , Why did Melinda stop speaking? What is her terrible secret? What comes out of her mouth when she decides to speak again?

2. Clean by- Amy Reed : This book i just happen to see the cover of a girl who is sitting down with white clothes, looking down and it got my attention, when i was sitting in front of a girl who was reading this book. I asked her if i could read the back of it and she told me a little bit about the book. Its about a girl who is a drug addict, who go to a rehab center to discuss their addictions and she has also worked through their painful pasts and to form unlikely friendships. They are from different walks of life and have different dependencies Jason drinks, Olivia takes pills, Christopher uses methamphetamine,  but they all take turns as narrator, giving voice to their own stories and pain.

3. Crank by- Ellen Hopkins : I have read this book just the few pages but i did not have time to finish reading the book. I did find the book interesting its about a girl named Kristina who goes to visit her biological father, She moves in with her biological father as well. Kristina decides to change her life. Kristina creates a new identity for herself , calling herself Bree. For the first time she smokes with her father and a new boyfriend. Once back home, she can't break free of Bree, or the drug she calls "the monster." Her comfortable suburban life begins to disappear as she gets deeper into crank: She begins to do badly at a school, steals money from her mom, and even ends up at juvenile hall. When she discovers she is pregnant, she tries to get her life back on track. But can she really say goodbye to the monster? I amthinking of finishing the book to find out.

4. Goal! The Dream Begins by- Robert Rigby : There is a movie to this book i have already seen the movie but i also want to read the book. Just to see the differences in between the movie and the book. I have always hear that the book is always better then the movie, in this case i think the movie is pretty good but i would like to read the book. Their is also a second part to this movie which is called Living The Dream i have also seen the movie but i am not sure their is a second book.

5. Thirteen Reason why by- Jay Asher : When i heard about this book it made me want to read it , to know how other people struggle in live and you do not even know what goes on in their life. I did start the book and didn't finish, but i would love to finish it. Its about this girl named Hannah and she  lists 13 reasons why she killed herself and the 13 people that were responsible for it. It interesting what people can do to you that makes you do things that end up hurting you or in her case killing yourself.

6. Moon by- Jacqueline Woodson : I saw a preview about this book and its about this thirteen year old girl named Laurel. She starts dating a player on the school basketball team, T-Boom, who introduces her to methamphetamine. She finds the drug a very tempting that relief  her from her emotional pain, and turns into a bad  addiction. When she is on or off the drugs, Laurel fills notebook after notebook with her observations ,feelings, and experiences. This preview got my attention and i would like to read it.

7.I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by- Ally Carter : My friend told me this book and told me about a little about it. This book is about a girl named Cammie who is a student at a secret school for a girl spies, and she has an unusual talent. No one ever notices her, but then a guy named Josh singles her out when she is on her first covert mission. Cammie decides to keep her spy story a secret and pretend that she just a s normal teen. But Cammie and her friends use their spy training to get to know evething about Josh from reading his email and going through his garbage. Maybe she falls in love with wrong guy ?

Rebuilding World Trade Center

In case of a fire, construction planned ways to put out fire faster. 450,000 gallons of water has been placed in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. Which is enough to fill all the pipes in 50 Empire State Buildings to capacity. More lives would be saved, if any fire was to go on any part of the building. The firefighters would be able to put out the fire faster.

Titanic

The captin is always responsible, he has the responsibility to choose what is right for everybody and to protect everbody. Captain Smith and Smith alone is responsible for the death of his ship and those that he was intrusted to carry. As a passenger ship Captain I realize that this is a mightly hard view. Captain Smith may have not been responsible for the design but he was responsible for the safe and prudent navigation of his vessel. Regardless of any of the circumstances leading up to and during the disaster Captain Smith must shoulder full and sole responsibility for the outcome. For he was the ships master. Much like the King in a monarchy he is responsible for all that occurs. Whether his decisions were influenced by anyone or not it does not matter. The design would not be in question if the accident hadn't happened.

Feel pitty ?

No i do not think anybody should feel pity for the nazi soldier or any of this kind. They have killed a lot of defenseless victims." It seemend as if i had always been in prison camps, as though i were born merely to be maltreated by beasts in human shape who wanted to work off their frustrations and racial hatred  on defenseless victims.The soldiers treated the jews really bad no matter if they are infants, teenager, adult , or elderly . It didnt matter the jews were to be burnt and killed , the only ones who were useful were the teenage kids and those men who were middaged they were sent to concentration camps.Women and infants were killed."Then we began to drive the jews into the house. A sergent with a whip in his hand helped any of the jews who were not quick enought." "When we were told that everything was ready, we went back a few yards, and then received the command to remove safety pins from hand grenades adn throw them through the windows of the house." In that case anyone that kills innocent people do not deserve anybody to feel pitty towards them.

Forgiven or Not ??

A teenager takes his or her own life to escape adolesent pressures shouldnt be forgiven  if you truly believed what God says, that there is no temptation or trial that that you cannot overcome, and that He will supply you with everything you need to overcome it. Why woud you commit suicide/ Problem do end, eventually. In fact, they usually last longer for people who fight them rather than trust in God. Thus, suicide is the ultimate display of disbelief in God. So, Is suicide just a sin that can be forgiven, or is suicide the ultimate expression of disbelief?

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