Thursday, September 8, 2011

"Spoiled" by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

One of the most memorable moments in the book "Spoiled" by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan takes place in the very beginning of the book. Molly Dix had just moved out to L.A. to join her father and half-sister/oscar winning, world-famous actor and his spoiled daughter Brick and Brook Berlin who Molly just discovered she was related to. Brooke, despising the fact that she had to share her fathers attention and money, begins to plan. She decided to welcome Molly with open arms and treat her like any sisters should ideally treat each other. One night there is a party, and of course the press is there, so to sabotage Molly's chance of staying in L.A. Brooke tricker her into getting drunk and making a fool out of herself in front of the press. The reason this was so memorable is because it begins the official rivalry between Brooke and Molly. Also, it is the first major event in the book and it shows how hard it can be to trust people. Though this exact situation is not likely, dilemma's like this are relatively common so it is sort-of relatable, like a lot of other instances in this book. Overall, the book was a slightly funny story about to teenagers competing for attention in the middle of L.A. and i am defiantly glad i read it.

"Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver

The book "Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver is the kind of book where you never know what's coming next. It's not suspenseful in any way, but it is surprising. The plot is basically the most popular girl in the school dies in a drunk driving accident, and ends up getting seven more chances to relive her last day right. Throughout the course of the book, the main character, Samantha, learns the value in the small things and begins to appreciate certain people more she had in the past. The ending of this book was pretty good, and the book defiantly has some little life lessons in it-the book has much more emotion than it seems. The ending was also interesting because the narrator was talking about appreciating life and what its like to live your last day, and last line was, "the rest you have to find out for yourself." In my opinion, this made me think about what happened in the book a little more carefully and it made the book seem more interesting to me. It was like a prompt to try and get the reader to appreciate life more and notice the small things. This book kind of forced me, in a way, to think about that. Overall, this book was interesting, and you can never tell what's going to happen next.