Exit Here

Hi! I am reading a book called exit here. by Jason Myers. So far, Travis has gone to dinner with his parents and his little sister, and they talked about where he was going to stay, and he said that he was going to stay at their house instead of a dorm. His parents got him a red Ford Saturn to drive for the summer. So Michael, Chris and Travis meet up with some friends; Travis' old pal, Claire, and his best friend Cliff. Travis just broke up with his girlfriend, Laura, and he is "a little bit off"as the author puts it. If I were the author, I would make Travis not break up with his girlfriend, because I like people to be happy. I predict that next, they will be walking in the street or go to a bar or something and see Laura with another guy, and then maybe there will be some action or something and a fight will take place. (Probably not, but I can be hopeful, right?). The book is pretty boring so far, because nothing is happening. Everyone is just going from place to place saying "hi" or playing a board game or just talking or something. I guess the book will heat up because I am only on page 30 or something and there are about 500 pages in the book, so unless the book is extremely boring and doesn't have any action. So, I am hoping that things will get interesting pretty soon.

-Erin

* I commented on Patrick Gardner's Blog again.
Actually, I commented on almost everyone's blog, but not this week.

Exit Here

Hi. I forgot to bring my Unwind book to class, so I read Exit Here by Jason Myers. It turns out that so far, it is a pretty good book. There is a guy named Travis, and his two roommates Kyle and Chris. Travis is a cocaine addict, and Kyle is a cocaine dealer.

Not much has happened, but I predict that since Chris isn't doing drugs, Kyle and Travis are going to start getting him hooked on cocaine since apparently there is a lot of it in their dorm, considering Kyle is a dealer. I chose this book at random, and I haven't really read a lot of it. I'm on page 10 or something like that. On the cover, there is a picture of a diving board. On the back of the book, it says that Travis is drinking, drugging, and getting hooked.

I also think that maybe he will do something bad to his liver or cause himself brain damage, because of the diving board. It's kind of hard to explain, but the diving board is like an exit, like he is going to drown. When I first picked up the book, I thought that it was about someone who was drinking or doing drugs, and that they went swimming and jumped off the diving board and drowned. But, that could happen later in the story, because there is a lot left. It's a pretty fat book. I hope that Travis will check himself into rehab, because I don't want to see him kill himself. (even though this is only a book). I will read on, and probably make another post on Exit Here next week. Here is what the book looks like:





-Erin

* I commented on Patrick Gardner's blog :)
(http://www.patrickb-p.blogspot.com/)

Unwind

Hi. I am continuing to read Unwind by Neal Shusterman. So far, Connor has left and he went to a nearby trucking station where truck drivers spend the night and what-not. He sneaks into a truck when he sees the diver go into the restroom. The driver catches him and lets him come with him for a while. Connor agrees, and they leave. I think it was really stupid of Connor to go off with the random guy who he didn't know. Because the truck driver could've kidnapped him or killed him, or something of that nature. Although the truck driver didn't do anything like that, if I was in that situation, I wouldn't get into the truck. I suppose it wouldn't really matter if he got kidnapped, considering he is already missing. Oh well. I am going to leave now. :D

- Erin :)

My First Post

Hi everyone! My name is Erin and this is my first post. I am doing a Lit Skills blog (hence the name) about what I am reading. I am currently reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman. It is about a boy named Connor. His parents signed a contract with his doctor, so that the doctor will unwind him. Being unwound is when the doctors kill you and then donate the organs to a person who needs them. But you're not really dead, because your organs live on. Connor and his friend Ariana want to escape for 2 years. Connor and Ariana are 16. If they can escape for 2 years (so, once they're 18) they can come back and the doctors can't unwind him. So far, Connor has been rejected by Ariana, who doesn't want to go with him. So now, Connor is alone. He has to find a place to go. My prediction is, that he will go live in an abandoned barn, or shack of some sort. I'm not sure, so I'll have to keep reading!

- Erin :D