Book Blog #15

     I read Schizo by Nic Sheff. It was decent.

     Miles has schizophrenia. His little brother Teddy went missing during one of Miles' episodes, and Miles is determined to find him. That is a very basic explanation of the plot.

     I did not like this book very much because it was kind of dull. There isn't much conflict and most of the book is Miles thinking "oh no, if only Teddy hadn't gone missing."

     Over break, I'm not sure what I'll read. I ordered a bunch of books from the library, and will read whatever looks the best.

SOL #1

     
     BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! 

     We all jump. "That was us! That was totally us!" someone yells across the Kids Kitchen.  I leave my potato-egg mush (it would've been latkes, if the fire alarm hadn't stopped me) alone as everyone files out the door.
     As soon as I step outside I can see excitement and some fear on the little kids' faces. No one knew there would be a drill today. But it wasn't a drill. It was burning food.
     When the fire department leaves after giving us the all-clear, we go back to the Kitchen. Everyone looks kind of ashamed of themselves. We tried hard not to smoke up the room; opening doors, turning on fans. David tells us that it wasn't the smoke alarm in our room but the one in the next room over. We only have about five more minutes to clean up.
   
     No latkes for me.
   

Book Blog #14

     I read Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. It is decent. It's kind of the love story / fantasy genre that you would expect from a Rainbow Rowell book. I'm not going to say that it is the best book she's written.

     If you read Fangirl, it is about a girl who writes hit fanfiction for a book series called Simon Snow. In Fangirl, some chapters are from a fanfic book she's writing called Carry On. This book is that book.

     Simon Snow and his roommate, Baz the vampire, are enemies. They like to try to kill each other. There is this mysterious evil thing called The Humdrum that is attacking the Watford School of Magicks (see, fantasy. And not "magic,"no, it's called "magick") where they go to school. They need to get along and defeat it.
     There are some mature topics and language in this book. It's definitely fantasy, which is the main reason I didn't like it as much as I would, so I wouldn't recommend it to someone who feels the same.