I read a lot yesterday...

I babysat last night and the little girl fell asleep watching T.V. early so I started to read my book and ended up reading five chapters! So I have a lot to blog about...

The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Pages 72-125

Buckley and his friend, Nate, are playing and he tells him that he's been seeing Susie lately. Nate doesn't believe him but Buckley insists that the last time he saw Susie she kissed him on the cheek. Susie tells him not to tell anyone because she isn't ready to talk to her parents yet. Buckley shows Nate a hole in Susie's mattress where she would hide things she didn't want people to see. Something in there was a bloody twig that is wrapped in her dad's handkerchiefs. The year earlier, Nate and him were putting rocks up their noses and the Buckley pretended to smoke on a stick but accidentally swallowed it and Susie drove him to the hospital in their dad's Mustang even though it was the first time she had driven. Buckley remembers the worried look in his parents eyes and how it went away when they found out he would be okay. The same worried look is in their eyes now, but it hasn't gone away yet.

For a long time Mr. Harvey keeps dreaming of buildings in Yugoslavia and other buildings in foreign places, but then he starts to dream about woman and children again. Then Susie sees Mr. Harvey's past and sees him in his mother's arms and his father is sorting colored glass. He especially is fascinated by the piece of amber around his mother’s neck that holds a whole and perfect fly. He thinks about the last time he saw his mom, which was when his father and her had a bad fight and he forced her out of the car. In chapter ten, Susie's grandma comes for the memorial service. She is a very fun loving woman and makes Lindsey feel much better. They go through Susie's closet to find an outfit for the memorial. When they are at the service, Grandma Lynn points out that Mr. Harvey is there and tells Lindsey that is the man Jack thinks killed Susie. Lindsey faints from this thought. Lindsey, Ruth, and Samuel all go to a camp for gifted kids that year. They were supposed to do a activity were they build a mousetrap but it turned into a project to design the perfect murder. Lindsey tries to pretend that it doesn't bother her. As Susie is watching this she thinks about what the perfect murder weapon would be and decides it would be an icicle because the evidence would melt away. Lindsey and Samuel keep sneaking about making out, but eventually they end up having sex. The next chapter is really creepy. Jack walks the dog every morning to try and spy on Mr. Harvey. Who to keep himself from killing more children counts the items from the people he's killed. He can't even remember their names. Susie watches this from heaven and learns the story behind each murder. Harvey also plays with the bones from the neighborhood pets he has killed.

The Royal Wedding

Yes, I'll admit I did get up and watch the wedding, but I was smart and got up at 5:30, not at 4:00 like everyone else. I figured that there would be lots of talking and interviews before the actual wedding. What I really wanted to see was the kiss. Of course that didn't happen until I was at school, which was very frustrating. I got up earlier than normal to watch that, and I didn't even see it. The worst part, I laid in bed waiting for this kiss for so long that I didn't get out of bed until past 7:00 and I walked into school late. Oh well. Here is the picture of the kiss on the big day for those of you who didn't see it.... which is probably one in a million considering over 2 BILLION people watched it.

So cute.

Chapters 4-6

The Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold Pages 49-72

Mr. Harvey takes Susie's body into his garage where he cuts her up. Later, when he tries to sell the house he tells people that her blood stains on the floor are oil stains. He puts her body in a safe and throws it into a sinkhole in the neighborhood. The only thing he keeps of her's is her charm bracelet. Even that, though, he later throws into an area that they plan to make into a lake. But he takes of her Pennsylvania charm because it's his favorite. Susie's Dad, Jack, sees Mr. Harvey one day building a tent and he offers to help him. Susie tries to get his attention and give him signs but he doesn't sense her until after he is done building the tent. He asks Mr. Harvey if he knows anything but he is quickly shut down and Harvey tells him and can't help him. Since he is now suspicious of Mr. Harvey, Jack goes to Len, the detective, and asks him to question him. But when Len asks Mr. Harvey about the tent he explains that it is a memorial for his dead wife Leah. When Len tells Jack this it only furthers his suspicion because he remembers that his late wife's name was Sophie. After this he starts a list of the dead.

A boy that Lindsey has a crush on, Samuel, gives her a necklace with half a hear on it for a Christmas gift and he wears the other half. Ruth and Ray are walking through the cornfield where Susie was killed one day and they are talking about how they know Susie went to heaven.

My mom ruined this part of the book for me because she was talking about it and thought I had already reached this part. So I knew about the blood stains and the sinkhole, but I didn't know about the tent. I thought that was really big part of the book so far. It gives Jack a reason to suspect him which I hope helps him figure out that Mr. Harvey did kill Susie. This book is really good so far, I'm curious to see how well the movie goes along with it.

The royal wedding is tomorrow so I have to get in bed early so I can watch it! Goodnight!

The Voice!

Alright I just posted, literally one minute ago. But I remembered what I wanted to post today! Who watched the new show "The Voice" yesterday? I loved it. Its the same concept as American Idol but they do a thing called blind auditions. The judges chairs are all turned around and the contestants start singing. Then, if the judges like them, they hit a button and it rotates their chairs and they can finally see the singer. Each judge tries to create "a team" that will later compete against the other ones. So, if more than one judge turns around the judges try to win over the contestant and the singer gets to pick who they want to act as their voice coach. I really enjoy this idea of this show! That way no one will be judged based soley off of looks. The singers are very talented. Tune in next Tuesday to catch the end of the auditions!

Underwater Suite

Yes, I have posted something similar to this. But I think this picture gives a more realistic view of what this would be like. Can you imagine sleeping in this bed?! I have some questions: First, would it make you have to go to the bathroom? Second, how do you get down there? And finally, can people see you down there? I wouldn't really want people to see me sleeping... that would be odd, ha. 

Man, Fort Wayne is Famous!

First Harry Baals becomes a hot topic on Jimmy Kimmel, then the, excuse my vulgarity, porn star, and now Mr. Gibson. These are all people who have brought fame to Fort Wayne recently. But who is this Gibson character, you ask? Why don't I just show you: 


Aw a clown! No. This man has been arrested for huffing paint. It's not his first arrest, though. Try his 48th!! Obviously he needs to go to rehab because he has an addiction. You can't help and laugh at this picture though.

New Book!

Good Afternoon all you readers!

Today I'm going to start a new book called "The Lovely Bones." I'm sure you've all heard of the movie. My friends have told me it's a really good read so I thought I'd find out for myself. I haven't seen the movie yet so what's ahead is a complete mystery for me.

"The Lovely Bones" By Alice Sebold Pages 1-48

The book begins with a bit of narration for Susie Salmon, the main character. She talks about her death and reveals that she was murdered by her neighbor, Mr. Harvey, a man liked by both her parents. One day while she was walking home from school through some corn fields by her house, Mr. Harvey appears through the heavy snow and starts to talk to her. She says she is cold and wants to go inside but he insists that he show her a clubhouse he made for the kids in the neighborhood. She is quite intrigued by the underground cave and decides to check it out. She starts feeling uncomfortable, however, when Mr. Harvey begins to question her on her personal life, such as if she has a boyfriend. She tells him she has to go, but he tells her she can't and demands she takes her close off. She tries to put up a fight, but he over powers her. He rapes her, then takes a knife out and kills her.

The next chapter starts with Susie describing her heaven. She explains how each person has a different heaven based on what they want it to be but some parts over lap. Her intake counselor, Franny, tells her that she can make heaven into anything she wants it to be. Then it focuses back onto Susie's family, who has just found out about a dog who found Susie's elbow. They also give her a hat her mother knitted for her that Mr. Harvey used to gag her with. They believe she's been murdered because of all the blood they found.

Chapter three introduces a new character, Ruth. As Susie's soul was going up to heaven, it passed through Ruth, who remembers seeing a white blur in front of her in the cornfields. She starts to write poetry to express herself after this event. Then Susie sees her dad in his study building boats in a bottle, the thing they enjoyed doing together. But he can't do it without an assistant and he is so upset that he breaks all of his bottles, even the ones he made years ago with his father. Then he goes into Susie's bedroom and lays in her bed crying. Her brother, Buckley, goes into the room, too, and lays with his father.

This book is so good so far! The story is really sad but you want to keep reading it. It's sad what the family is going through, and Mr. Harvey is so messed up. You can't help but wonder what is wrong with him. As I was reading the scene with Susie's dad, I wanted him to stop breaking the bottles. Years from then I'm sure he would have loved to look back on those bottles and remember his father and Susie, but now they are all broken.

Goodnight, everyone.