05.08 Free Choice

SPIRIT BOUND
A Vampire Academy Novel
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIED BY
RICHELLE MEAD

My reaction to this reading selection was excitingly scared. Since I read all of the Vampire Academy series I was scared to find out Dimitri had captured Lissa and Christian. In chapter 15, I observed a chronological organization pattern. I believe the author Richelle Mead intent on writing the Vampire Academy is to write an urban fantasy world for teens and young adults. Everyone can relate to love, friendship, lust, pain and high school. Richelle focuses on mythology in all her books she’s authored.
Vampires have been around for centuries but that is just a “hear say”. Rose is on punishment for sneaking off from Court grounds with her friends Eddie and Lissa to break out Victor from prison. The reason for breaking out Victor the same man to kidnap and try to attempt to kill Lissa a year before, is because he may know how to save Dimitri. But to everyone else they were in Las Vegas celebrating their graduation from St. Vladimir. Now Rose is stuck filing in the Administration office at the Royal Court. She is not allowed to see her friends as well as Rose on hold whether or not she will be Lissa guardian.
Adrian and Rose relationship is complicated. In the meantime Dimitri wants Rose dead. The decision that need to be made is Rose has to kill Dimitri before he kills her. Rose has to choose her life or his. Dimitri used to be Rose teacher and secret lover until an attack at the school St. Vladimir. Dimitri was a guardian until the Strigoi attack at the school. Strigoi kidnapped Dimitri as well as other guardians and staff of the school. Now Dimitri is a Strigoi a powerful one at that. Strigoi vampires are the bad ones.
Dimitri ambushed Lissa’s birthday dinner to kidnap Lissa and her ex boyfriend Christian because he knows Rose will come to save him. Dimitri has no intention to hurt Lissa and Christian because he does not want them. Rose still loves Dimitri and does not want to hurt him but she knows she has to. To live a life with Adrian her boyfriend and best friend Lissa, Rose needs to stake Dimitri, Dimitri knows Rose is on her way to rescue Lissa and Christian. Because Dimitri used to be a guardian he knows Rose is not alone. The court is supplying more security then normal due to one of the Moroi queens also has been taken. Through Rose and Lissa bond Rose knows their exact location. Rose directs the other guardians to where the hostages are. It’s now or never for Rose.

04.08 Free Choice Blog

OK Magazine Issue No. 50 December 13,2010

Jake & Taylor Meet the Parents

Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift are keeping their relationship a secret. On November 27, 2010, the couple was spotted in a coffee shop called Fido a popular college spot in Nashville, Tennessee. During Thanksgiving break, Jake met Taylor’s parents for the first time. Remember, Jake and Taylor have not been dating that long. With Jake and Taylor age nine-year age difference, her parents were not happy. Jake changes their mind with his personality and manners. Taylor also met Jake’s sister Maggie, the sister says she enjoyed Taylor playing with her daughter and acting like she was a part of the family.



"Woww!! Jenni Gets Buff"

Jenni “JWoww” Farley from Jersey Shore tanned under the sun at L.A. hotel on November 23, 2010. On the same day, Jenni brought the weight-loss supplement ‘Abdominal Cuts'. She also performs thirty minute cardio a weekly. From free weights, treadmill, Stairmaster, and elliptical. Jenni new boyfriend, Roger Williams is her trainer.















'Men of a Certain Age'

Is a show that’s comes on TNT Mondays at 10p.m... The show is about getting older with age does have a down side, but in your daily life funny situations occur for these old men. In season two, Joe is pursuing a long forgotten dream of becoming a professional golfer. While Owen is realizing that his dads car dealership isn’t all that great like he thought it would be.











OK! ROYALS 'Here Comes the Gown'

Prince William is engaged to Kate Middleton. The date of the wedding is April 29, 2011 at Westminister Abbey. Now all Kate has to do is create her wedding dress. Every designer in the world wants to work on the dress. Kate’s father may pay for the gown; the price could be estimated up to $250,000.













'Amanda's Life Behind Bars' "Foxy Knoxy's Cellmate Speaks Out!"

Amanda Knox was a student from University of Washington majoring in Language. In November 2007, Knox took a semester at Perugia University for Foreigners in Italy. Because Knox DNA was on the murder weapon, a kitchen knife she was the suspect to Meradith Kercher her roommate death.

The police found Kercher body in the home of Knox and Kercher shared apartment in Italy. Prosecutors believe Knox had help from her ex-boyfriend Rafaelle Solecito of slitting Kercher’s throat. When Knox was arrested and taken into custody she was only twenty years old. Knox claims she was at her boyfriend Rafaelle home during the murder of Kercher. In 2009, Knox and her previous ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Kercher. Knox was sentenced to twenty-six years and Sollecito twenty-five years. Knox denies killing her roommate; her lawyers are trying to find new witnesses and a full review of the case. Knox is in Capanne Prison outside Perugia, Italy. The director of the prison, Bernardina di Marco says Knox is well behaving prisoner, there is no trouble out of her. Knox works in Commissary, where she takes orders and delivers goods. Amanda Knox old cellmate tells OK! When Knox first arrived she was shy but as time went on she became brave and gregarious. Florisbele Inocencio de Jesus says if any of the female inmates needed anything they could go to Knox and she will get it for them. De Jesus did a year in Capanne on drug charges but now lives in Viterbo near Rome. De Jesus wrote a book called Passeggiando con Amanda (Walking with Amanda). In the book, de Jesus talks about how Knox wrote poems to comfort other inmates. Knox would sing along with a guitar for entertainment. Children who visited their parents, wanted to visit Knox as well. De Jesus states “Children know when someone is a good person”. Lifetime wants to make a movie about Knox. The title is ‘The Amanda Knox Story’.

Hayden Panettiere will play Amanda Knox. Recently Hayden tried to visit Knox in prison but failed to succeed. The Italian government as well as lawyers are protecting Knox. Hayden understood why they wouldn’t let her visit Knox. But she may be at the appeal if it’s open to the public.


The articles are Chronological Order patterns. The author's intent for writing the articles is to give you the latest news on Jake and Taylor relationship. To let you in on Jenni's secret plan to her fitness cury figure. Men of a Certain Age, was a big show that recieved alot of ratings during it's first season. So, the auther wants to give the fans of the show a date and time of the second season. For Prince William and Kate, the author wants to be nosey about thier wedding. Because this wedding will be a great huge wedding of the new decade. Along with the Amanda Know article, the author wanted the truth did Amanda kill her roommate or didn't. The author wanted to know what kind of cellmate is Amanda and how does she handle prison in Italy. The author wanted to be the first to give the new secret about a Lifetime movie that will be out soon of Amanda Knox story.

03.07 Free Choice Blog

When I discovered this article in GQ Magazine about Rolex watches, I was excited to read it. I am obsessed with all kinds of watches, but mostly Rolex, GUESS, and Ed Hardy watches. I notice the author starts the article out with the first Rolex watch that was created in the 1930’s. I was fascinated to know how Rolex began. During the early 1930’s the only technology around was in watches.
Two and half decades later, Rolex launched their new line of watches called “Cosmograph”. The design of the Cosmograph had units of measurement in addition to elapsed time. Rolex wanted to give acknowledgment to Daytona Fl Speedway. Daytona was supplementary to Cosmograph. The Cosmograph Daytona became a driver’s watch. However, this was not the last watch Rolex creates.

Later in 1965, a model 6240 “Oyster” was added to the line. The Oyster has trip lock winding crowns and waterproof pushers. Kilometers along with miles measured the speed in the Cosmograph Daytona. With this upgrade, the watch is good for several years after purchase. Race experts around the world use the Cosmograph Daytona. Tom Kristensen, a racer and owner of a rolex. He won the “24 Hours of Le Mans” race eight times. The Cosmograph Daytona is nowhere near typical. The watch has chronometric architecture with 290 components. Rolex watches are designed to be clever, quick, and enhanced then before.


February’s 2011 issue of Rolling Stone

“Death Reach Back to Legendary 1972 Tour for Massive Box Set”
In 1972, The Dead toured Europe for the first time. On the tour the band performed in Germany, France, Denmark and Holland. This year in fall the band will release footage of the tour from 1972 as well as their original music from the day they started performing music. Even though I was not born then “Dead” was popular in the United States and overseas.



Rolling Stone Magazine is about the world of music from the past and future. DavidFricke who wrote the article wanted to inform readers what happened to the band 'The Dead'also let their fans know what are their upcoming activities and events.

The articles are Chronological Order patterns. The author intent for the rolex article because it is an interesting story about the first watches in America. Also, the rolex article is to inform GQ Magazine readers of the unique existance of the different modals of watches.The band The Dead is the greatest rock bands from beginning of time. When the author heard about it's reunion concert and selling footage when they toured Europe back in 1972. Rolling Stone Magazine readers are into music. The author was informing the people..

2.07 Free Choice Blog

A novel called 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck, is about two migrant field workers in California during the Great Depression George Milton, an bright man, and Lennie Small, an man of strong abilities but with mental abilities come to a ranch near Soledad southeast of Salinas, California to "work up a stake." They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream, which he never tires of hearing George describe, is to tend to soft rabbits on the farm. George protects Lennie at the beginning by telling him that if Lennie gets into trouble George will not let him "tend them rabbits." They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed where they were run out of town after Lennie's love of stroking soft things resulted in an accusation of attempted rape when he touched a young woman's dress. At the ranch, the dream appears to move closer to reality. Candy, the old, one handed helper at the ranch, even offers to pitch in with Lennie and George so they can buy the farm by the end of the month. The dream crashes when Lennie accidentally kills the young tart wife of Curley, the ranch owner's son, while trying to stroke her hair. A mob led by Curley workers. George, realizing he is doomed to a life of despair like the rest of the migrant workers, wanting to spare Lennie a painful death at the hands of the violent Curley, shoots Lennie in the back of the head before the mob can find him after George gives him one last retelling of their dream of owning their own land. A list helps me to remember the important points of this book. If you list the beginning to end of a book, short story or poem, you will remember everything.

01.03 College Reading for Success

 On the “What Kind of Reader Are You” quiz, the genre that matched my scores was Fiction.

The description of Fiction is: You like to escape when you read. You enjoy stories that tell you about something other than your normal life. As long as it’s not real, it’s up your alley. This description describes me perfectly I’m always buying books from Barnes and Nobles about vampires or impossible occasions. There is so much poverty, violence, and depression in “today’s world.” It’s nice to escape from the real world and relax with a book in your hand. 

The last thing I read was a love quote on an app on my iphone. The quote reads: If you cannot inspire a woman in love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours. – Charles Caleb Colton … I enjoy this quote extremely because this is very true to my life. When I’m in a relationship with a man, he has to prove his love for me, that he is only interested in me and only me. If you bring joy and happiness to my life where I have plenty to give around, then you passed.