Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 12.19.14

     This book was... amazingly sad. I know that's weird, but it's true. The only sad thing was that she killed herself. But, that doesn't make EVERYTHING else the happy thing. The only happy thing was the tape that Hanna was talking about Clay. She had a reason to live, and she didn't let herself take it. She threw it away. Clay was there for her, but she wouldn't talk to him, she wouldn't give into living.
     Over all, I would rate this book an 8. It was good, but I don't like the topic of suicide. NO ONE should ever choose suicide. In some ways, the people choosing suicide are very selfish. I can say that this wasn't one of my favorite books that I've read. You may love it, but don't choose suicide if you're having trouble. Just don't.

Because of Anya by Margaret Peterson Haddix (realistic fiction) 12.19.14

     I would rate this book a 10. It showed an enourmous amount of courage, hope, and kindness throughout the main characters. Anya is of course one of the main characters, and there are two more: Keely and Stef. Keely and Stef are in the popular crowd at school, and one day Stef notices that Anya is wearing a wig. Stef wants one of her 'friends' to go and tug on Anya's hair to see if she was wearing a wig.(plain rude!) Of course, since Keely is the 'friend' that they like the least, Stef and her pals made Keely do it(gladly Keely didn't), but Keely finally stood up for herself!
    Well, the school finds out about Anya wearing a wig, and she gets extremely embarrassed. Keely tried to figure out something to do for Anya, and suddenly it hit her. She could give Anya her hair! She ended up doing that, and Anya and Keely became friends. When Anya went back to school, she saw that Stef did the same thing. All of a sudden, she realized that Stef wasn't so bad after all.
     My favorite character would have to be Keely. The reason being is that Keely started out to be a shy, nervous girl. In the end, she was bold and daring; the total opposite of the Keely from the begging. I deffinately think that Keely is the type of person I would want to be!

Movie Review of Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet

I would rate this movie a 3. My opinion on it is that it was good, but not a 5 star, watch it again movie. I was so mad whenever the main characters were killed off. The writer/editor should have know that the audience would be mad if the main characters were killed. Another reason as to why I rated this movie a three would be that the prince casts away Romeo because he killed Tybalt. Tybalt was going to die anyways because he killed Mercutio. The only difference was that Romeo killed Tybalt instead of the prince doing it! That made me extremely confused and mad. I guess the movie did have some good things about it too. For one, I just love the balcony scene. It's the scene that every girl wants in their life(but I would want to know the guy a little more). The balcony scene made the love of Romeo and Juliet definite. After that you could tell that they were madly in love with each other. Another thing that made this movie good would be that the two families hated each other. I would at first want the families to hate each other because it gave detail to the love story of the Romeo and Juliet. If there wouldn't have been the void between the two families, then all this story would ever be is romance. I know some people love romance, but there comes a time where there is too much romance.