Present Reading
The book that I'm currently reading is about a boy that walks into a police station to confess something that he had done. But before he tells us directly what happens he tells all the details from the days before to lead up to that moment of shocking truth. He tells every little thing precisely as it happened as if it just happened seconds before. I haven't gotten too far in depth of the book but from what I have read you can get a pretty good grasp on what is supposed to come; don't worry, I'm not going to spoil it for you but I will do you the favor of continuing to wonder.
What stood out to me was that Shayne just moving into town and him and Mikey already have become best friends. They do everything together. Without Shayne being there Mikey would continue to be the person that he was before, scared. With them finding each other, Mikey is learning that he shouldn't have to continue to be belittled and labeled as a nobody.
Some important lines from my reading is when Mikey's point of view was being told. "Apparently, although he had unfriended Marie, he still cared what happened to her. Even then, in the midst of my feeling sorry for myself and resentful and angry and all the other negative crap that goes on along with being told to get lost, I understood what Shayne thought he was doing. He thought he was protecting us." The reason why this part of the text stood out to me was because of the truth in the words. People will sacrifice friendships just to protect each other from all the bad things that can go wrong or even just to protect each other. Of course you're going to miss them being around but its better to keep them from harms way than to probably have something affect them for the rest of their lives.
The picture below explains it all; there's a detective, Rawls, thats listening to everything the young man, Shayne, is telling him about what he did. It's just them two and no one else. One being questioned while another is answering and pleading his case. They both have a certain understanding of each other even though they recently met; both have had the same problems with certain individuals which involved them getting in trouble or leading their lives in different directions than which they wanted it to.
The book that I'm currently reading is about a boy that walks into a police station to confess something that he had done. But before he tells us directly what happens he tells all the details from the days before to lead up to that moment of shocking truth. He tells every little thing precisely as it happened as if it just happened seconds before. I haven't gotten too far in depth of the book but from what I have read you can get a pretty good grasp on what is supposed to come; don't worry, I'm not going to spoil it for you but I will do you the favor of continuing to wonder.
What stood out to me was that Shayne just moving into town and him and Mikey already have become best friends. They do everything together. Without Shayne being there Mikey would continue to be the person that he was before, scared. With them finding each other, Mikey is learning that he shouldn't have to continue to be belittled and labeled as a nobody.
Some important lines from my reading is when Mikey's point of view was being told. "Apparently, although he had unfriended Marie, he still cared what happened to her. Even then, in the midst of my feeling sorry for myself and resentful and angry and all the other negative crap that goes on along with being told to get lost, I understood what Shayne thought he was doing. He thought he was protecting us." The reason why this part of the text stood out to me was because of the truth in the words. People will sacrifice friendships just to protect each other from all the bad things that can go wrong or even just to protect each other. Of course you're going to miss them being around but its better to keep them from harms way than to probably have something affect them for the rest of their lives.
The picture below explains it all; there's a detective, Rawls, thats listening to everything the young man, Shayne, is telling him about what he did. It's just them two and no one else. One being questioned while another is answering and pleading his case. They both have a certain understanding of each other even though they recently met; both have had the same problems with certain individuals which involved them getting in trouble or leading their lives in different directions than which they wanted it to.
Past Reading
Another thing that I have read this year is "The Ring". Personally I really loved the book and I rarely put it down. I could relate so much to it, considering the fact that I am a more physical girl participating in sports. It could put a label on me as a "dyke" but you know what I don't really care, I love the sports that I play regardless of what negativity may come with it.
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