Reading Record 2

Wednesday- Perfect 45 minutes

Thursday- Lauren Conrad:Beauty 1 hour

Friday- Lauren Conrad:Beauty 24 minutes

Sunday- The Allegra Biscotti Collection 40 minutes 

Monday-The Allegra Biscotti Collection 10 minutes 

Reading Response 2

The current book I am reading is the Allegra Biscotti collection. I randomly found this book in my house and decided to read it. It is not my favorite book but I do enjoy it! This book is written by Olivia Bennett. I have never read one of her books before but she is defentialy a very creative writer! 

I am not to far into the book but so far it is a very exciting book! Im hoping that is does pick up a little more because right now the story is a little confusing. I think if It doesn't get better in the next 3-4

Chapters i will switch books. There is a couple other books I would enjoy reading! I do suggest this book to anybody who likes creative fiction! 

Free Post 2-A new year of Dance

This past week I started my 13th year of dance! I was so excited to get back in the studio after having a month off! Dance is something I put a lot of time and dedication into! This past year at the end of the year I tore my hamstring practicing my solo. It was such a hard injury to come back from. I kept re injuring it and the hardest thing was having to sit out of dance for 3 months. I never thought that an injury could put my out this long. I was being so stubborn about sitting out and kept ignoring my physical therapist to the point where he told me that I would never be able to dance or play sports again. Luckily that knocked some senses into me and I sat out of everything I did and let my leg heal. It was such a terrifying thing hearing somebody tell me that the only way you could become better was by surgery which I refused to have. 

After a hard 3-4 month of physical therapy and lots of extra work I finally was getting back to my hold habits but I was still scared of re injuring myself. I luckily still got to preform in my 12th recital but it was such a painful and hard day. Now I have learned to hold myself back if I am hurting and take everything by pain. I'm so excited for my 13th year of dance. It was so exciting to see all my friends and get to dance again!  I'm hoping that everything goes smoothly and injury free this year! 

Reading Log

Monday- Mini zine;30

Perfect;25

Summer reading project;1:00

Tuesday-perfect;10 

Wednesday-0

Thursday -Perfect 30 

Book chat;20

Free Write- My phone

What is something you use everyday? For me that is my phone. I have a white iPhone  5. This phone does almost everything for me. I use it way to much and I'm typing this blog on it right now. I found it so interesting how you can have a small hand held device that can entertain and help you. When I'm bored and don't have anything to do I can just open up one of my many fun apps like Instagram, Twitter, Candy Crush, or Netflix. But sometimes phones can get very distracting especially and iPhone. For the month of May I used over 2 million gigabits in my data plan. EvenIi was shocked when my mom told me! Lots of people think having a phone is awesome and they have to have one but honestly I could live without it. I think having a phone that does so many things distracts me from what I need to be focused on. When I'm doing my homework I put my earbuds in and listen to music from my phone. While I do my homework I always get side tracked by a text or a notification. This make be take a 5-10 minute break when I really don't need it. 

During the month of July I go to a summer camp where we can not have our phones. Lots of people get so upset and hate passing their turned off phone to there parents for the month. But for me its easy! I love to write letters during camp and its nice not having somebody text you all day long distracting you from doing something productive. Even though my parents are always like you're on your phone way to much Emma, I do agree, but then again there is sometimes when I'm never on it! Sometimes my parents say "we should have never given you a phone" but I don't think they realize how often it has saved them from forgetting me! I tell my mom every morning what time she is suppose to pick me up and what to bring me and yet she always forgets and I have to text her as I'm sitting after school waiting for an hour for her to fight traffic and get me.  This always ends in an argument on "why didn't  you text me to remind me" or "Dont expect me to remember what time you told me when I was half asleep". But the days I do text her she always remembers but the complains I'm on my phone to much! So in the end my phone has lots of Pros and Cons! I am very thankful for having a phone when some people do not but then again it can be such a distraction from school and other important things! 

Reading response to Perfect by: Natasha Friend

Perfect by Natasha Friend really shows a modern day story of a teenager girl. I think many people could relate to Isabelle Lee in different ways. Last year in 8th grade we had a woman come speak to the girls in our grade. She shared a very surprising story of how she was bulimic and anorexic. Her story was so shocking to me and really got me interested in the topic because I didn't know anything about it. I came across this book randomly and decided to read it for my choice book. I really enjoyed it!

I think that Perfect really shows the pressure people have when they do not feel perfect. As I read this book I could not figure out was it was titled Perfect. But then it hit me. Lots of teenage girls feel like they have to be perfect in other peoples eyes. They will do anything to feel perfect. As I read, Isabelle Lee's life was amazing but then her father died and then she made her self sick all the time. She did not feel perfect anymore. She was making herself sick to make sure her body looked good so she could feel perfect. But really when she might look perfect to some people she really was suffering. I think that lots of people could relate to Isabelle Lee in ways other than not feelings perfect. She had to deal with choosing the right group of friends and suffering from the lose of her father.