Week 4

I read for about 2 hours this week. I was a little disappointed that Nate and Ruby are still just friends. I was so sure that they would end up dating or liking eachother or something. Ruby rides with Nate to and from school every day, but they are just friends. Ruby sort of made a deal with Jamie that she wouldn't completely decide against going to college for a while. She agreeed she would still apply to some colleges jsut in case she changes her mind that way she would have options. I think living with Cora and Jamie has changed Ruby for the better even though she had only been there for a few weeks. She is really starting to understand what it feels like to have a family that cares about her. Ruby met Nate's exgirlfriend at the landscaping store when she was trying to pick out a fish. Jamie had decided to build a pond in their backyard and let Ruby pick a fish that would be all hers to go in there. Ruby was surprised when Nate's ex, Heather, was super nice to her. There wasn't a lot of exciting highlights in this weeks reading. The book is still good, but it is just everyday school and home stuff that is taking place right now. I am about 3/4 of the way done with the book so I am hoping the last quarter of the book gets more exciting. I will probably get this book finished this week.

Week 3

I read for about two and a half hours this week. The book is really getting interesting. it turned out that I was right and Nate, the boy she met, did come back and play an important role in the book. He lives right behind Ruby's sister's house, so Jamie thought it would be a good idea for her to ride to school and back with Nate. She gets to know him a little and he gets to know her. He even took her to her old house to get some of her things, but never really said anything about it, even though the house was a wreck. Ruby ended up giving up on the idea of running away because she knew it was not the best thing for her. She got a job at the mall even though Cora was not so thrilled about it. She wanted Ruby to focus on school. Jamie and Cora want Ruby to go to college and Jamie brought it up to Ruby, but she had no interest whatsoever to go to college. I am really enjoying this book and am about half way done with it. This book and the other Sarah Dessen books I have read have made me curious about something. I want to know how many people actually read these books before they are published. In all of her books I have found at least two errors. I would think a lot of people read these before they are published, so i don't see how things like that are missed. Sometimes I think I am just reading them wrong, but I have showed my roommate, Liz, the errors in this book and she agrees they are definitely mistakes.

Week 2

This week was a lot busier than last week so I did all my reading yesterday and today. I read for about two hours altogether. This book is getting better and better the more I read it. Ruby is now at a new school called Perkins Day. It is a school where all the rich kids go so she doesn't think she will fit in. While she was enrolling with Jamie, her brother-in-law, she found out that he was teh CEO of the UMe website. This is a social network that is comparative to Facebook. Ruby had no idea what he or her sister did for a living until the school visit. Ruby and her sister, Cora, don't really talk much or seem to get along, but Jamie is really nice and caring towards Ruby. I think this is showing Ruby what she had been missing out on when she was living with her mom. Her mom didn't seem to really care about Ruby or want to talk to her, so this is a good change for Ruby. She is going through so many changes, but at least she ended up in a home that will create positive changes. Ruby also met a boy while trying to run away and I am assuming he will come back later in the book. I am excited to keep reading and find out if this guy plays more of a role in this story.

Week 1

I'm starting my blog all over with week 1 for this semester. Over the summer I read a few books and two of them were by Sarah Dessen. I really enjoyed the books by her, so I decided to read another one of her books to start my blog. It is called Lock and Key. It is about a 17 year old girl, Ruby, who gets taken away from her home by child services after her mom abandons her. She lives in her home by herself for quite some time before anyone even realizes she is alone. When child services take her from her home, they place her in her older sisters home. She wasn't in contact with this sister, so she really didn't know her sister or her sister's husband. Things completely change for her the. Even when her mom was around, she took care of herself and was usually alone. Now she is in her sister's house and has to learn how a household runs with rules and responsibilites. So far this book has been really interesting. I always try to imagine myself in the caharacter's position. In Ruby's case, I don't think I would handle the events happening in such a calm manner, but she does. She seems very tough emotionally. I read for about 2 hours this week. I am pretty busy most of the time but i always find time to read before bed. I usually read for 15-20 minutes right before bed and it helps me relax and fall asleep faster.