Comic Books and What I Think Of Them

Comic Books. Personally, I think that comic books are somewhat lazy. They are an excuse for an author to write less. The pictures do ad a nice touch but they take away from the actual writing. The only comics I read are the ones in the Sunday news paper as I tear it up to paper mache my elephant. I believe that you must have a certain kind of mind to enjoy comic books. Some people may be surprised, but I would rather read a chapter book than a comic book. Books let you illustrate the picture in your own mind instead of them already bring drawn in black and white. This does not mean that I am not open to the idea of reading a comic book, but it would not be my first choice.

Favorite Video

Personally, I thought that Xan's video was very creative. It was a really good idea to make the Rick Roll video. It was also very brave of him to put himself out like that. It must of took alot of work to rewrite the song.

The Carrie Diaries Summary

The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell is the prequel to Sex and The City. It takes place in Carrie Bradshaw's home town New Jersey. Carrie is trying to make her way through her senior year of high school with her four close friends, Lali, The Mouse, Maggie, and Walt. She discovers new things about the people she thought she knew the most. She discovers one friend is pregnant, one is gay, and one is cheating on her boyfriend. Carrie has many problems of her own too. Her mother died when she was young, her sister is a juvenile delinquent and she is living her worst nightmare, a relationship with the mysterious bad boy, Sebastian Kydd. As an icing on the cupcake of her senior year, the queen bee of her high school is out to get her. Carrie's only place to let out her feelings is the writing of the anonymous, Pinky Weatherton in her highs school newspaper. The witty intellectual articles she writes reveal the truth about high school leaving the school in shock. As senior year ends Carrie clears the water with the people she loves. The last chapter of the book includes her going to New York with three hundred bucks and her mom's 80's leather shoulder bag, which sparks her exciting career.

Thank You Letter for Worst Gift

Dear Santa,
I guess I should say thank you for the life size spiderman doll because it was the present that I opened on Christmas morning but thanks also for the Polly Pocket Dream Hotel. You sure had me scared when I saw it. The first thought that crossed my mind was, was I really this naughty? It was very unexpected but I guess that I could have dressed him up in my doll clothes and her could have came to my tea parties. I was relieved to know it wasn't mine. You sure do have a sense of humor don't you? When I see him in Stefan's room I will laugh a little and think of you adn that unexpected chsitmas morning.

Until next year, 

Ciara Henschke

Worst Christmas Present

Sunlight bounced of the fresh fallen snow, casting a bright ray of light across my eyelids. "Uhhhh" I moaned, rolling over, practically falling of my bed. "Pstttt, Cia, Wake Up", I heard a faint whisper coming from my bedroom doorway but i refused to wake from my dream so i pushed the small noise to the back of my head. Maybe if I pretend not to hear her she will go away? The thought passed through my mind. Still as stone I layed there not moving a muscle. Just as I thought I had fooled her, Wham, a small hand slapped my back sending a pain straight up my spine. "What was that for!" I yelled, holding onto my aching back." A bright eyed, toothless three year old stared back at me, "Santa came, Santa came and he brought you the biggest gift!" she merrily screeched bouncing up and down. Of course she had already been down stairs and sussed out the whole gist situation. She grabbed my hand and yanked me out of my bed and down the stairs.

As old as you get there is always this little rush when you first see the wrapped goodies under the tree. Adrenaline rushing, I sprinted to the nearest gift and looked at the tag, to molly from Santa. Darn. "This one is yours!" Molly said pointing to the largest gist in the room. My eyes went from the ceiling to the ground and a smile formed across my face. Just to make sure I wasn't dreaming I checked the tag, to Ciara from Santa. Yes! Without hesittaion my little hands were fast at work, ripping and tearing the paper off the box. What I saw next did not please me. The wonderful gift that I had thought was for me was nothing else but a life size spiderman. I stood there for a second taking it in. There had to be some mistake. I had asked for a Polly Pocket dream hotel not a giant superhero doll. The only thing that I could think of was that there had been some mistake at the North Pole. Sana must have accidentally given me someone elses gift. Well I thought this until my brother came storming down the stairs and took one look at the Spiderman and screamed. "Yes! The limited edition Spiderman doll I have been waiting for all year!". What? Him? But? The tag? I mean? I guess it all made sense but still I always remind Santa...but the right tags on the right gifts. To this day when I tell Santa what I want I always include on my list "Dear Santa, First of all I do not want a life size spider man for christmas"

Book Blog!

I read the book L.A Candy by Lauren Conrad. Despite what people may think about Lauren Conrad the book is not written how one would expect. It takes place in modern day Los Angles with Jane Roberts, the blond, sweet girl next door and Scarlett Harp, the beautiful one who if you cross her path, you better run. When out partying one night they are recruited for a new reality TV show, L.A Candy. When the show becomes a hit Jane and Scarlet's lives begin to fall apart.

One thing I really liked about L.A. Candy is how it gave you a look into the fabulous lives in L.A. It took you behind the scenes of the show and into the drama. There was never a dull moment in the book.

Although the book was exciting it was not the best writing I have ever read. Several times in the book I could have thought of a better word to use. Also, the book was slow in the beginning and ended abruptly with a cliffhanger. But no worries there are two more books to complete the series and answer all readers questions.

The target audience for his book would definitely be girls. The main characters are girls, the "show" that they are part of in the book is for girls, the drama is all about girls. It is overall just a girl book. Some guys might like it if they are into fashion, drama and reality TV. 

I give L.A Candy  three stars.

Other good videos

Another good video was Thalia's (sorry if it's spelt wrong). I liked it because it showed a lot of the behind the scenes footage of the restaurant and not a lot of people did that. Even though you couldn't hear the guy talking very well in some parts I still really liked it.