(When I die young) 2x

If any of you are not Twilight fans, then do not keep reading because you will not like this blog very much. This blog does not talk specifically about Bella, Edward, or Jacob, though it does have to do with their way of life. If you are a Twilight fan then you might have heard about the book that Stephenie Meyer wrote off of her book Eclipse; The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. Bree Tanner made an appearance in Eclipse when the Cullen's were fighting against the newborn vampires. Bree Tanner was one of those vampires. But then she got burned by the Volturi and died. Well this book shows her life after she got turned into a vampire and before she got burned by the Volturi.
Bree was 15 when she got turned into a vampire. She has been a vampire for three months and she just recently met Diego who was one of the older, tamer, vampires and Riley's (the boss) right hand man. But when she met him, he actually talked to her and made her think and not about blood which is on her mind 24/7.  She, of course, ends up falling in love with him, and I think Diego is doing the same. But, Bree does get burned by the Volturi so her romance can't last forever. But maybe her romance with Diego will spark and they will die loving eachother.

Lego Lifesavers

Locking into the magic of Legos

When they say Krista Ramsey makes the invisible visible, they were right. I mean, who thinks about Legos? Ramsey's column, Locking into the magic of Legos, was very insightful. She talks about how Legos are great for kids and for parents. Kids develop good characteristics when they build Legos that they learn all on their own. Parents get quiet and alone time that they sometimes do not realize they need.

One line that really stood out to me was when she was talking about how kids are so involved with other stuff that Lego's are a good thing to sit down with every once in a while. "They're in a world beyond learning objectives and select soccer, safely out of reach of arranged play dates and online language programs." Krista Ramsey is using a listing technique to try to put an effect on the reader on how the children these days and what they do for fun is very serious with a lot of pressure on them. They need something simple and something they can use their imagination with; like Lego's.

Krista Ramsey's writing style is meant to bring out your emotions; sadness, humor, thoughtfulness, curiosity.

Some questions I would ask her:

Did she know she wanted to be a columnist and how did she know what to do in college to be a columnist writer?

Did she experience a lot with her voice and writing style before she found the right one?

Do the situations she writes about just come to her, or does she go out and find them?

The Pigpen Cipher

Usually, I read because I love the adventures books take me on, and how they help me escape from the real world. But reading The Lost Symbol, I realized a whole other reason I read.
My dad tells me that whoever reads is really smart because you are gaining knowledge and getting smarter. Well, I don't know that if you read you automatically become smarter. (But I am smart and I read a lot so it just might work!) But I can definitely agree that you are gaining knowledge when you read and that is the other reason I read. To gain knowledge. And I have realized this when reading The Lost Symbol. Want to know what I learned? ↓↓↓↓↓↓

The Pigpen Cipher! When I saw this, I thought this was so cool! In the book, the main character, Robert Langdon, discovers a small pyramid with this code on it. This was the old Masonic code that the Masons used to write in code. But since it was so easy to break they went to another code.

Using the key above try to decipher this:




Hilarious right? But if you do not have an incentive to read books, read them for new, cool knowledge. And start with this series by Dan Brown!