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July 13, 2008 - Sunday, 12:32 PM EDT 
 

Hello again!

Well, I've finished all my books--except Wuthering Heights. I took a break from that. They were all really, really good. The Host and City of Bones especially. Except the plot twist at the end of CoB infuriated me. Grr. I won't go into detail, but I squealed "WHAAAAAAT?!" really, really loud and really, really high-pitched when I read it. Oops. I think I scared my mom :P.

My favourite out of all of them, though, was The Host. It was captivating. You know when people say "It was a book I couldn't put down", meaning that it was captivating and not literally that they couldn't separate it from their person? Well, when I say that, I mean it literally. I was at my friend Grace's birthday party (we went to see Get Smart and had a sleepover) and I read for a total of... two and a half hours. With everyone there. Antisocial? Yes. Ashamed? Maybe. Regretful? Not in your wildest dreams. I can't even explain it. Well, I can try. It's science fiction, kind of Body-Snatcher-esque. In the present time, a race of aliens (who call themselves souls) have invaded Earth. They are nearly completely indetectable, due to the fact that they cannot live in their own bodies. They are essentially parasites who are inserted into humans and take control of their body and mind. The human who used to control the body usually fades away, with the soul in complete control. The souls are not volatile or evil--they are actually peace-loving beings who didn't want humans to fight each other or destroy the Earth. The price of that is that humans--well, they just don't get to take part in that world. There are human renegades as well: humans who are in hiding from the aliens because they don't want to lose their bodies/souls/hearts/etc. The book is about a soul named Wanderer whose host body--Melanie Stryder-- refuses to relinquish control of her mind. Melanie worries constantly about her brother and true love, who are humans in hiding. Eventually, certain events force Melanie and Wanderer to join forces and look for them. AWESOME, FABULOUS, INCREDIBLE. I absolutely loooved it. (Guess what my recommendation of the day will be :P )

Anywho, that is just one thing. I passed my lifesaving course exam. Woot for me. (That was facetious.) It was really easy. I had been stressing for nothing. I also jumped off the ten-metre again. It actually hurt this time--the bottoms of my feet were KILLING me. Ouchies. Forgot to point my toes. Oh well. 

My young cousins are coming to visit for a week. They are very sweet kids (a girl, 11, and a boy, 7) and I'm excited to see them. We rarely spend time together even when they come to visit us (they live very far away). I think I've explained this, though, so...

 

As I mentioned, my suggestion today is The Host. Really, if you have a chance to read it, DO.

Bye for now!

~Annabel

  
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    I am a dreamer. I repeat, I AM A DREAMER. Which means I am frequently in my own little world and am prone to lapses in attention. I read. I play music. I listen to music. My life is boring. I dislike school but am good at it (much to my dismay). I do not want to be a doctor (much to my parents' dismay). I just want to read and dream. Note: I did not make and do not take credit for all the icons I have in my profile. They belong to the lovely people who made them.
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    Books, writing, music, camping, books, talking about books, theorising about books, dreaming, reading, books, music, piano, writing, music, books, reading, trumpet, books, instruments, books, writing. And Twilight, of course.
    Favorite Music:

    All kinds. Classic rock (lots of it), some modern stuff (Goo Goo Dolls, Coldplay, Nickelback, Rob Thomas, KT Tunstall, Counting Crows, Matchbox 20, Weezer, and there are more...), classical, some folk rock, latin.. Oh, and alternative rock (Like Muse... I have discovered them at last!!) Music I will NOT listen to: Rap, country (excluding Cash), jazz (kill. me. now.)
    Favorite Movies:

    Um. The Harry Potters minus the fifth, both Chronicles of Narnia, um... wow. It's been a while since I've watched a movie... ok. Pretty well all Will Ferrell movies, Get Smart... Oh, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Lord of the Rings. Besides that, I honestly don't know.
    Favorite Television:

    Lost and The Simpsons
    Favorite Books:

    Seriously?! Fine. You asked... | Twilight Saga (dude, if you didn't see that one coming...) | Harry Potter (all) | Chronicles of Narnia | All Tamora Pierce | All Shannon Hale | All Alison Croggon | Thief Lord, Inkheart, and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke | Romeo and Juliet | Macbeth | A Series of Unfortunate Events (all) | Artemis Fowl (all) | Maximum Ride series | Dear Canada/America series (really cool) | Anne Frank and Me | The Book Thief (awesome book <3) | Enter Three Witches | Leonardo's Shadow | Jacky Faber series | All Kate Constable Do you seriously want me to keep going? | Elsewhere (seriously good) | A Wrinkle in Time | A Great and Terrible Beauty and sequels | My Swordhand is Singing (creepy! awesome!) | The Book of Dead Days and sequel (creepy and awesome too) | To Kill a Mockingbird | AND LORD OF THE RINGS!! How could I forget those?! | The Hobbit (hooray for Bilbo!) | THE HOST!! | City of Bones | Peeps Ok. How about books I DON'T like now? |Their Eyes Were Watching God (ick ick ick.) |The Secret Under my Skin (ditto icks) |Eragon (bo-ring) |Of Mice and Men (makes ERAGON look interesting. And that's pretty hard to do.) |The Chrysalids (*chokes* GET-IT-AWAY-GET-IT-AWAY!) |A Midsummer Night's Dream |The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time | Tantalize (Yuck.) And there you have it. I'll add more later when I remember.