Dover Beach

Mrs. Phelps returned home quickly after the incident at Mr. Montag's house that evening.
"Pete. Pete? I've got something not very nice to tell you. Not very nice." she said as soon as she got in the door. She then remembered that Pete was still in the war, so she went to the kitchen to start preparing supper. Her brother planned to visit to talk about political stuff with her, but that usually resulted in multiple episodes of her family.
Mrs. Phelps paced the floor trying to remember what she had to do. "Start dinner. Got to start dinner. Boil potatoes, mash potatoes. Boil potatoes, mash potatoes. Mash. Mash. Mash. Time to start dinner" she repeated.
"Michelle? I'm here?" her brother Max walked in the door.
"Hi Max. It's wonderful to see you, I missed you."
"So are we watching your family today." He missed yesterdays episode.
"Yes Max. We'll catch up tonight, but I have got to tell you something not very nice. I tried to tell Pete but he is at war. The Army said so. Quick war. He'll be back next week."
"Yes I know, you told me yesterday. What were you going to say?" her brother never has real conversations with her, so this is new to him.
"Mr. Montag had a book today. He read from it. I still remember the title, Dover Beach. Dover Beach was the title of the poem. What should I do?"
Mrs. Phelps never asked anything of her brother, but this poem really stuck to her. Most things go through one ear and out the other, therefore Mrs. Phelps started to cry after Mr. Montag read the poem. It touched her heart, even though she didn't know what it meant.
"Well, do you remember it?" her brother has never heard her say anything like this.
"Yes, I do. Only a little bit."
"Say it." Max is confused, she never remembers anything. He has to remind her that Pete is her husband sometimes.
"Ah, love let us be true
To one another! for the world which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams." Mrs. Phelps started to cry again. "Isn't that pretty? It sounds really nice. It feels like the writer wrote it just for me. Me and Pete. Just for us."
"Michelle, you need to forget that. That is going to rot your brain and you will never be able to read again." Max said. He wouldn't let his sister have that garbage stuck up there.
"Forget what? Hey Max. What are you doing here? I'm supposed to go Mildred and Mr. Montag's soon. We are gonna watch the family. Why I am I crying. Gotta go fix my makeup. I'm leaving for Mildred and Mr. Montag's soon, to watch my family."

The Age of Miracles

I am in the process of writing my Dover Beach post as I write this, but I want to take a break from it and spit out all my "feelings" about an AMAZING book that I just finished a few minutes ago because I can't hold them in for very much longer. So technically, I will have two blog posts in one day #overachiever #not really Anyways, I already made a blog post about this book but it does not live up to the real "awesomeness" that the book contains. The Age of  Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker is one of my new favorites (besides anything written by John Green). This book is not my favorite "book of all books." but it is a "book of all books." It is a mystery-contemporary-science fiction-humor-fiction-young adult(kind of)-romance(kind of)-adventure-society book. If you read it, you will know what I mean. The ending of the book was absolutely beautiful, and I really think this author should be well known. Her writing style is amazing, and while I was reading this book... I forgot I was reading the POV of a 10 year oldThis book is also basically about a zombie apocalypse, too. Except there is no zombies. And I wouldn't classify the slowing as an apocalypse. Whatever. If yoou want to know a little bit more about the book I am talking about, its the blog post before this.

The Age of Miracles

Now I am reading The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker.  I saw this at Half-Priced Books and I picked it up because of the cover. Little did I know that is was about the world (theoretically) coming to an end!!!!!!!! It is in the POV of an eleven-year-old, but this is not a book for eleven-year-old's. This book is her take on the wolds "slowing." The slowing means that days keep getting longer and longer... longer than 24 hours. Where I am at in the book, the days are 48 hours. 24 hours of sunlight, 24 hours of darkness. The government is making the citizen live their lives on regular "clock-time" which feels like a lie to most. The tension is rising, and Julia finds out a secret that basically changes her life.

So far, I like this book. I like the authors writing style, too. Sometimes I forget that I am reading in the eyes of such a young girl. This book is also kind of a quick read. I just started it the other day and I'm almost done with it.

Gone Girl

Right now I am reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I finished Paper Towns by John Green, and Room by Emma Donoguhe. But at this point in time, I am reading Gone Girl. So far I love this book, it is a psychological thriller, and it is very mysterious.  I also love how this book is written too. The authors writing style is very unique. One chapter is in Nick's POV (the husband of the missing woman). The another chapter is a diary entry from Amy (the missing wife of Nick). I think this woman author is very good at writing in a males prospective, too.

 

Paper Towns

Honestly, I am a book reading machine. I have read like no other these last couple of weeks and I love it.  Right now, I am in the middle of the book Paper Towns by John Green and I really like it.  I like all of the John Green's books that I have read so far, so it's no surprise that I like this one. So far, I have read about a boy named Quentin, and his neighbor Margo, on their little adventure to get revenge on some of their little enemies. That part of the book is my favorite so far. The next day, Margo, whom "Q" loves, disappears and Quentin has to find her. Margo leaves him clues, so he follows them.

I think that if you liked The Fault in our Stars, then you would like this. Well, if you like any "teenage love interest" books, then you would like this. It seems very realistic, like something that actually could happen. It is not the type of book where two teenagers that meet in Paris fall in love and become rich, it is much more real than that. I love this book so far, and I think you would too.

The Help

Today I just finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and I decided to start a new book. My mom bought me The Help (at Mrs. Leitsch's recommendation) for Christmas and I haven't put it down. My family is watching a movie and I am in the corner reading this book:) It is about the state of Mississippi in 1962, told in the pov of two African-American maids, and a young (20s) white girl who questions segregation. I am pretty far in the book, and it is very "fun" to read. The maids talk very southern, so you kind of have to sound it out in your head. Ex. ("Law" actually means "Lord"). This book goes very fast, too. Every minute or so you're already turning to a new page. I feel like I will finish this book before the end of break at the speed I'm going. 

This book doesn't really remind me of anything yet, but the maid Aibileen kind of reminds me of Madea from "Madea's Witness Protection" but that's it. I normally read Holocaust books, because my English teacher last year had a lot of them. If you're in the same boat as me, and have never read about a topic like this, I think you will really like this book. If you haven't seen the movie yet, I think it would be even better to read because you don't know the ending.

A Child Called "It"

I have just recently finished my third book, Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks, but I already talked about that. Right now I am going to try to talk about the second book I read called A Child Called "It," by Dave Pelzer.  This book was a "easy read" about a very hard topic, child abuse.  If you do not like sad books, I suggest not reading this.  I cried a lot, and this book was very hard to comprehend.  Sometimes you need to know what is going on in the world, without censorship, and this book really would open your eyes. Child abuse is a sensitive topic, and Pelzer tells every detail of his experience.  This book made me question why he would write it for the public to see, but I think he felt he needed too.  This book is a series, with two other books after it.  It was a good book, about a very sad topic.+