Dover Beach Extension

For a very long time she stood on the porch. No movement. No noise. Only deep thoughts  no decisions. A very large amount of times she almost waltzed right back in there. Ready to give that incompetent fool a piece of her mind. But she did not. She only stood there, waiting for someone to make a decision that she could not. Maybe if she waited long enough her husband, Mr. Phelps, could come and find her so she could talk about her family again and return to happiness.

He could actually die out there.

This was not the first time that thought had risen but it was the first time it actually meant something. Did she truly love him. Or did she just want to have someone to talk about tv with. She'd never worried about him before. Maybe she could just tell Mrs. Bowles about her family. But she only sees Mrs. Bowles when she goes over to Mildred's.Maybe she could talk to Mildred about it. No, she can't risk seeing Guy about it.

Guy, Guy, who does he think he is. Telling me how to feel. Well I'd better go in there and give him a piece of my mind.

She didn't. Instead she stood there silently, again. If she doesn't hurry and make up her mind she will miss the next family gathereing.

And this is supposed to be a good one. What is it going to be about, I just can't remember. Does it truly matter at this point.

Then she remembered. The army base had a telephone. What was that number. Come on think, Think. 

OH  I remember it. Ok now I truly must make up my mind. Stand here like a bumbling idiot or call my husband. My beautiful, wonderful husband.

Just like that she lept off the porch and strode to her car.

Thank you Guy. I have a call to make.

         Since I finished The Book Theif I have started The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. I already know what you are thinking, Oh thats such a kids book, Why don't you go back to middle school, and to be honest you are 100% right. It is a book written for kids most likely 4 reading levels below me and it has some pretty crappy lines in it. So I have to ask myself, why am  I reading this childrens book. So I have two anwsers that I have worked up for that question:
 1. They are extremely good storyline, the characters are a bit flat and the surprise unpredictable twists are completely predictable but honest to go it has a great storyline.
 2. I started with his books when I was in about 6th grade and I am definitely not stopping now.
          So yes there is no reason for me to read this but I truly enjoy Rick's gripping storyline and amazing adventours. He finds a way to make the most imbecilic ideas completely plausible and believable. I feel that if he just works on his character developement and maybe matures up a little bit, he could be a greaat young adult writer (even though he technically is I am sorry but there is a difference between 6th grade young adult and high school young adult).
         So far the book has been a little bit of a disapointment, cruddy lines and no character developement at all but most likely by the next time I am writing this blog I will have finished this book and I can tell you all about it but until then Happy reading.

Over winter break I started and finished The Book Theif by Markus zusak. This book follows a newly orphaned girl, Liesel, growing up in Nazi germany. It follows her through her struggles and triumps. She finds a way to lose herself from the struggles of her life in books. These provide for her an escape from the everyday trajedies of her life. Although she does succesfully steal some books, most of the books she acquires come to her through gifts, completely undermining the idea of the title. Other than this major flaw the book seems to justify itself pretty well. The characters and plot of the story are all very strong and structured. The dialogue and "filler" chapters do not drag on and bore me and the idea of the book being told from the perspective of death, although should be immediatley apparent it is foreshadowing, is interesting and new. Markus does a great job keeping me engaged throughout the whole book up until the very end. *spoilers*Although I must add one last thing, the scenes where Liesel is reading her book to everyone in the bomb shelters seems very corny and anybody in there right mind could've guessed that a book about a girl and books would contain a scene where the girl comes people down by reading*spoilers*.

Brother Odd


This is the next book in the Odd Thomas series. This time Odd is hidden himself away among the mountains in a small abbey. He believed that if he got away from Pico Mundo he could escape the death and tragedy. Unfortunately many wierd occurunces begin to happen including a missing brother, a strange hooded figure prowling the grounds and a morphing skeletal creature stalking one of the disabled kids at the school. Odd must find what is causing all the strange occurances and stop them before all the brothers, sisters and kids are dead.

*UNLIKE PREVIOUS POST, THIS POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS*

As requested, I will be doing a synopsis/description of some of the major characters strewn throughout the story Forever Odd by Dean Koontz.

Danny Jessup- Danny Jessup was the original reason that Odd Thomas made his way to the burnt casino. Odd woke up to find Danny's dead father, Dr. Jessup, lingering in his bedroom and when he arrived at Danny's house he found Dr. Jessup dead and Danny gone. Danny was disabled, one of his legs was longer than the other and he was a hunchback, so when Odd did find him in the casino he was in serious pain.

Datura- You could easily say without a doubt that Datura was Odd's main antagonist in this book. She had found out through Danny that Odd could see the dead and believed that Odd could also do other amazing powers. She was superstitious and paranoid of death. She did many things that she believed would keep her alive including eating a banana a day and killing innocents and stealing their souls. She thought that ODd's soul would be the perfect soul to keep her alive forever but first she wanted to show him the dead. In the end of the book to kill Datura,Odd distracted her while a cougar snuck up behind her, and allowed it to kill her.

Cheval Robert and Cheval Andre- The absolute loyal followers of Datura. They listen to every order and follow her everywhere she goes.because of there formidable size and Datura's hate for Odd this makes the worthy foes for him. In the end Odd is able to kill both of them though not in the cleanest ways.

Forever Odd

The book that I just recently finished reading was Forever Odd by Dean Koontz.This book follows the character Odd Thomas on his second misadventure to date. The character Odd Thomas has an amazing gift that helps him along on these adventures, he can see the dead. So when Dr. Jessup, a local English professor shows up at his house, he knows something is wrong. He arrives at Jessup's house to find the his bedroom covered in blood and his crippled son, Danny, missing. Before He is able to track down the people who did this he gets electrocuted by a man who, as he describes, looks of a lizard. This leads to a long adventure including trips through the sewers, an old, abandoned, burnt down casino, a crazy woman and her two blood drinking henchmen, a mountain lion and many, many awkward situations. If I could I would love to dive into detail of the events that did take place during the story but I'm afraid telling you any more would just ruin the story for you. So if you really want to know what happens to Odd, Danny and the crazy woman then you should pick up the book yourself.
I truly enjoyed this book a lot and it is most definitely on my suggestion list. To understand the book fully I would suggest that you read the first book in the series Odd Thomas, considering that there are a measurable amounts of references to this book. Lets start with the positives. The book contains the strangest characters that have yet been introduced to the series each given there own piece to the story. The oddities in the characters and the circumstances in witch they meet lead to some pretty interesting dialogues and descriptions. As always with Dean Koontz the over all idea of the story just seems to leap out at you as your reading and his writing style greatly benefits the story-line. But with great positives come not as substantial but a still relevant negative. The one giant complain that keeps me from giving it 4 out of 5 stars is a problem that is apparent in many books. The story line just feels rushed. it just seems like one thing happens, then the next and then the next without any real lead ups or breaks. I don't know if the book just should have been longer or maybe less jumbled but it is definitely a very blatant issue. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. :)