Little Women

                 Little Women has been a favorite book to many readers, and so I thought  might pick it up and start reading it. I assumed that it would be written in that 1800's style speak, for example, 'I feel so forlorn that we are poor and now I'm going to weep a little weep. ' If you have watched any old movie that is supposed to take place in the 1800's, then you know what I am talking about. Anyway, it was worse than I expected, and some words had stars next to them to point out what some weird old words mean. As you might have noticed I'm not a huge fan of this book so far. Maybe it will get a little more interesting, and I'll see why people love it so much.

              In Little Women all they talk about is that they are poor. Always complaining about this and that and why their "burden" is so big, and how their clothes are all frayed or have a burn mark on them, when, they have a maid!!! What poor people have a maid?!?! Then again, it did take place during the civil war, maybe the maid was a slave. But they seemed to be on pretty good terms with the maid, and they labeled her as a maid in the actual text, so I am assuming they are a "poor" family with a maid. Personally, I don't think they are all that poor from the description of their house, what they wear, the food they eat. My definition of "so poor" is no food, no nice house next to a very rich man, no parties, and no semi-nice dresses. And especially no maid. I don't mean to hate on the sisters but really, they always think about themselves, and pity themselves because other girls that they meet are richer than them. If I could go into the book and back in time, I would say deal with it. I just think they should appreciate what they have more, because really, they aren't that poor, especially considering that their country is in a war against themselves.

            What I am trying to say is, you should appreciate what you have, and not go  complaining to other people about that you don't have as much money as so and so, or your dress has a burn mark in it this one time. As for the actual book, it isn't painful to read it, but I have been reading books like Tweak and Crank that I'm very bores with a book that has little to no plot line.

Tweak bloggy posty part 2

                So I finally finished the melancholy book Tweak with the main character and author Nic Sheff. At first I thought of the book as a disgusting, gross, and I pitied Nic who had to go through that stuff, and not how lucky I was to not have divorced parents, or a history of weird sexual stuff in my family, like Nic did. but after finishing Tweak and reading the after word, I now realize how lucky and fortunate I am to not have to worry about just about any of that stuff. I have zero interest in drugs or alcohol, because I have read four boost hat show that they can ruin your life. I have a new appreciation for Nic Sheff because it takes a lot of strength to have relapsed that many times, and still write a book (fact: Nic Sheff relapsed one more time on prescribed meds after writing Tweak in 2008).

           In the remainder of Tweak, Nic relapsed at least two more times before writing Tweak ( other than the third time after Tweak) I really hope that Nic Sheff's life has become much better since he stopped using drugs. After watching Nic Sheff on youtube, I realized how much it really affected Nic's family, mostly his dad. His father also wrote a book called "Beautiful Boy" which was about him living through his son Nic's drug addiction. In the interview, Nic admitted that he stole things from his parents, and tried to get money from them to buy drugs for his ongoing addiction.

         On the more fortunate side of life, (but of course not as well,) Nic Sheff published the book in 2008, and had been sober since 2006 until his small relapse. He is now also very close with his dad, and is trying to prevent other young people to choose to do drugs to relieve stress, or whatever the reason is. Based on another video, I think he did drugs to " fill hole that had been with him until meth." Later, he explains that he wanted to die, and that his parents helped him by getting him into rehab and helping him through the 3-5 tough years that Nic did drugs such as meth, cocaine, crack, pot, heroin, and he smoked.

           All in all, the point of this post is that I obviously think that no one should ever try drugs, even pot (gateway to other drugs; happened with Nic) becuse it doesn't just damage your body, it hurts your actual self, and the people that really care about you in this world.

            

Tweak blog post

             If you think I am obsessed with books about drugs you are wrong. I am only mildly obsessed with books about drugs. Just putting that out there, but that's besides the point. For those who have not read it, Tweak is a book about a boy named Nic Sheff (the author) growing up and ruining his life with drugs. Similar to Crank, he does a lot of meth and ruins his life. Unlike Crank, he actually checked into rehab, and went to college, but he ended up much worse than her. Then again, he started doing drugs much, much earlier. Also unlike Kristina in Crank, Nic Sheff was involved with a lot of other drugs besides meth. He also didn't have any children. At least, so far. Like Kristina he lied stole, got stolen from, and had relationships with people that were either doing drugs, or had stopped for a little while and wanted to start using again. I just don't understand why some people do that to themselves. It ruins your life for years and from the books I've read recently, it is excruciatingly hard to get back on track again. The point I am trying to prove in this post is that Nic Sheff almost ruined his entire life with drugs. But he's alright now because he wrote the book I am currently reading.
             Nic Sheff got drunk for the very first time when he was-wait for it- eleven. That is younger than I am, and I have only had sips of red wine (blegh). So that is when it all started. His father also had an affair with another woman and his parents divorced when he was very young. Then his father married a different woman and they had a kid and Nic was left in the dust. I feel bad for Nic because he experimented with alcohol and it ended up with him puking all over the bathroom, but still liking the buzz it gave him. After, he progressed to other, much more dangerous and illegal substances. He got into all sorts of trouble. Arrests, overdoses, bar fights, fights in general over money and drugs. He dropped out of college twice, and stole 5 dollars from his little brother. He wrote checks for himself from his dad's checkbook, stole money from cash registers at stores he worked for, and stole stuff from the rehab he worked at for a little while. What I am trying to say is, drugs ruin your life. They make you steal for money to buy them, and then that money gets stolen and you get in a fight with that person. Then you steal more money. It's an ugly circle that you don't want to be a part of.
            All in all, that is why I think Nic Sheff's book Tweak is an amazing protrayal of the horrible things that take place when you do drugs.

Peeps bloggy posty

             In the (um, well) interesting book Peeps, Cal is an infected vampire person who feels bad for himself because he can't have a girlfriend or he will turn her into a vampire. In my opinion, it is not a very well written book, and the idea of vampires has gone so off in the past decade, that now vampires aree actually mortal, and they just don't like the sun, and sometimes, they don't like the sun because they sparkle! Really? The terrifying bloodsucking creature now sparkles and or doesn't like the sunlight! What is up with that? Anyway, the main character is looking for other "vampires" so that he can protect normal people and lock up the savages. But there is something lurking below the surface of New York City, and Cal is trying to find out what it is, meanwhile trying to hide his identity. I don't think the book is very interesting, except for the beginning of the chapters, which tell you about a different kind of deadly parasite. In Peeps, being a vampire means you somehow caught a parasite and you are living with it. So I guess that relates to the stories? The beginning of the  chapters sound more like a science book than a badly written story about "vampires." 
          
              Another reason I don't like the book Peeps is because the author doesn't give anything in the book that much importance. Yes, the main character cares about his cat, and his friends, but the book gives no backround of his life. If there was some more details about Cal's life we could feel more sympathy for his condition and instead of just looking at the words and not really reading, a reader should be able to read a book and actually think about it and want to read it more later, instead of just going, (as Ms. Cunningham would say) "I liked it it was good," you should want to read it again and again until your eyeballs hurt. Then again, people have different preferences, but a book should leave a reader thinking, and not just searching for something more interesting to do. There are some interesting parts in Peeps, like when they find the creepy vampires, and the mutated cat; but it seems like all action and no real details. Going back to back rounds, Westerfeild did say what state Cal was from and how old he was (Texas and 19) but he didn't say of he was adopted, who his parents were, did he have siblings, nothing that made the story any more interesting.
          All in all, that is why I don't like the book Peeps. It is badly written, there is no back round information about the main character, and the idea about scary monsters is very thrown off.