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The Best of Me

English Post 9

I wanted to blog about my favorite chapter so far in my book The Lucky One. My favorite chapter has to be when Beth is talking, because it is the most truthful, and thought out I think. She doesn't know what to think of Logan so far, she is skeptical. I like that she is thinking about it a lot and starting to realize that she does like him a little. She likes the little things he does, like how he calls her Elizabeth instead of Beth, and when he lifts the dog food to carry it into the barn. She realizes he isn't like the others at all, and she likes that about him a lot. I also like how smoothly it flows, if that makes sense. The author didn't make choppy and not understandable, it is simply, and relatable for lots of people. The author I guess takes things slowly and explain little details about Beth, like how she is feeling, how she handling situations. It's the little things in books that make them so good and special.

Englsish Post 8

About My Author

My author is Nicholas Sparks. Im really admiring his books, they all have there own special difference in them. I want to show a video of him that has him talking about the book I'm reading right now The Lucky One. He talks about why he wrote it, and what inspires him. This interview makes me understand him better as an author and I liked all the questions that were asked.

English Post 7

I am reading The Lucky One by: Nicholas Sparks, I want to share some things that I would change. I saw this movie and loved it so much, right now the book is not what I thought, I mean I know books usually have more detail than movies, or the movie would be super long. Some of the details in the book I like but there are some that are just there to be there I feel like. I would change the part about how Beth's nana leaves town to visit her sister, and Ben (the son) goes to his dads leaving Beth and Logan alone, that didn't happen in the movie, and I feel like it isn't important. There are other details that were not in the book that were in the movie that I thought made the movie so good like when Beth is annoyed with Logan, and ends up admiring him working while she is making dinner, I think little things like that make it cute but that part wasn't in the book. Overall I think the book is pretty much meeting my standards of the movie, but we will see how it ends.

English Post 6

I just finished my book At First Sight by: Nicholas Sparks, and I truly did like the book, I thought I wouldn't like it and I did. I am glad I finished it and it turned out to be a book I enjoyed. I am starting and new book The Lucky One by: Nicholas Sparks, I did start reading this book last trimester just a little and I want to finish it. I have seen the movie plenty of times and I hope the book meets my expectation of being like the movie. Books seem to be more detailed than movies, that's why I think it is better to read a book before seeing the movie, but I like to compare the book and the movies to see what things they have that are similar and the things they have that are different. This is the second book I have read that has been made into a movie and I want to read more books that have been made into movies, because I like having the chance to rate how well the movie really captures the book. I'm looking forward to finishing this book and seeing how well it is similar to the movie.

English Post 5

I just finished my book At First Sight, and It was not what I expected at all, it couldn't have more shocking, a very sad shock, but still interesting. I am glad I read it, but I was a little disappointed with the end, I mean it made it good because it wasn't predictable, but I wish it wouldn't have happened. It was really sad but it made the book good, it made me want to keep reading, it was awful how it happened, and it is awful for Jeremy (main character), but it did make the book good. At the beginning I was very skeptic about it and I thought I wouldn't like it but it was actually really good. I do recommend it to people, but there are other books I have found more interesting and more unexpected. I do give this book a good critic for being so unpredicted but it could have been a little better.

Krista Ramsey Column

This story was about if 3-4 year old should even go to preschool. In New York 2 mayors are arguing whether parents really need to spend money on there kids to go to preschool. They followed around a little girl Ashlyn around the school and what she does everyday, her schedule was busy with fun stuff, and she has a very high vocabulary, and is already doing addition math. The mayors are arguing about if parents think they actually learn anything and the difference it would make on a child if they didn't go to preschool. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/02/08/krista-our-kids-tell-the-story-of-why-preschool-is-a-must/5328181/

"Now think about children who have every advantage stripped away – no books, no dependable adults, no conversation, no music, no art materials, no structure, no emotional warmth. Where exactly do they go every day without preschool? How exactly do they prepare to sit next to super-ready kids like yours in kindergarten?"
This quote is very, very true, it is long which is good to get there point across. If children didn't have preschool they would have no opportunity to improve or help them for kindergarten, it is great to have experience when you are so little, it gives them time to settle in to the new enviorment.

3 questions I have for Krista Ramsey
1. How does she think of these topics, or find out about them?
2. Do these columns influence her life at all?
3. When did she start these columns?