I know this is really off-topic but this is something I want to talk about: SHOPPING. A lot of people don’t understand why girls like to shop so much; I don’t think I really know either, but I do know that it is something I really enjoy. I love shopping, but something I don’t understand is: why are some things so expensive? I mean, you go to some stores in L.A. and it’s $200 just to go inside! I mean, come on! It’s just clothes! Why do some people pay $500 for a pair of sunglasses? Some people call it “high fashion.” I call it “rip off.” People get designer outfits for like, $2000! Why? You could go to a reputable department store and find the same thing on sale for a lot less. I understand that quality is very important in clothes, but don’t waste your money on something you can get for a lower price and the quality is still good. Another question a lot of people also don’t understand is: why do girls have so many clothes? Well, I don’t know what other girls are thinking, but in my opinion, we have a lot of clothes because we either a) Need to buy something in a store we absolutely love, or b) We don’t like to repeat outfits too much, so we like to be able to put different outfits together. Something I don’t like about Costa Rica is that, the stores here are not very good. I don’t mean prices or quality, but all of the clothes look the same. Why is it so hard to find the right pair of jeans? In my opinion, most of the clothes here are meant for the same shape. What I like about shopping in the U.S. is that there are many different fashions that come in all different colors for all sizes and shapes.

As many of you have seen, the book Twilight is a very popular read book in our school, mostly read by girls. A lot of times, us girls start talking obsessively about that book, and everybody thinks we are over-exaggerating, but the truth is, we’re not. The author of this book, Stephenie Meyer, is now a very well-known author. Twilight is one of the most recognizable books in the United States. She wrote this book extremely well, and you never want to put it down. Her descriptions are so detailed, that you can imagine clearly all the characters and settings. Stephenie Meyer created an unbelievable and very creative world that just absorbs you during your reading. An extremely important detail in this book that I like a lot is that Stephenie likes to use a lot of fictional characters, but create them into her own. She uses some of their known traits, but changes others. Her writing is so unique that you hardly ever see the word “said.” Stephenie writes her books so well, that you can feel the emotion of the characters. Twilight was a very unpredictable book, and a lot of unexpected events happen. I have read this book two times, and I think I am going to read it again. I don’t think I will ever get tired of it; it is the best book ever!

In my last blog on reading, I talked about a book called Uglies, which really got me into reading. Uglies though, isn’t the first and last book of the story. The books that follow are Pretties, Specials, and Extras. Each book I read got better and better, and better! When I read Uglies, I wasn’t a very fast reader. It took me months to finish the book. After reading Uglies, I wanted to start the next book right away. I got Pretties as soon as I could, and I read it during Christmas break. I didn’t read very quickly, it took me the whole month to finish the book. After coming back from Christmas break, I was really starting to like reading. I got Specials a couple of days after school started and finished reading it in two weeks. I was very proud of myself for finishing the book so quickly. To most people, two weeks is a long time to finish a book, but since I wasn’t a strong reader, I thought it wasn’t a long length of time. The last book of the story, Extras, I finished in one week. That was the point when I said to myself “I really like reading, and I don’t consider myself a ‘nerd’ because I finished reading Extras so fast.” Well, maybe to many people, one week is still a long time for reading a book, but to me it is pretty fast. The main reasons as I mentioned in my previous blog, why I liked these books so much, was because the author did a very good job in describing every event that happened. He put in so much detail that I always had an image in my head of what was going on. I always lost track of time, because the book pulled me so deep into its world. I really recommend these books to anybody who wants to read lots of suspense, drama, and an enjoyable book.     

    Like I have mentioned before, at the beginning of the year, I wasn’t much of a reader, but after reading this one book, I wanted to read more. This book is called “Uglies”. Uglies was very interesting to read because the setting is in the 24th century. It was very interesting because it is in the point of view of a normal teenage girl named Tally, who thought of us as “Rusties”- The people who lived almost 300 years ago and almost destroyed the world from all of the pollution we caused, cutting down too many trees, and creating dangerous technology. Tally thought that all of the crazy high-technology she had was normal, like flying boards, walls that talked, rings that told people what to do, and so many more crazy inventions. This book is very suspenseful and many unexpected things happen. Uglies really pulled me into its world because the author has great descriptions and made it very entertaining. What I liked about the book is that even though the main character is dealing with very weird and crazy things, such as a big group of scary people trying to locate her and destroy her new home, there is also a lot of teenage drama. This book is a very good book and made me realize that reading wasn’t so bad after all. I really recommend this book to anybody who likes to read suspense and drama.