Blog 32 - Change Write Now - Week 2

Hello readers!

So I wanted to tell you that I'm embarking on a new challenge that started at the beginning of the month. It's called Change Write Now and it's a habit-changing challenge taking place within the writing community. The basic idea of this challenge is that everyone who has signed up has been split into teams (Go Team "For Our SAKES"!) and is competing to earn points each day...points for eating healthy, exercising, creating one good habit, and breaking one bad habit.

I didn't do so well on Week 1, it seemed I missed a few emails or never got them. But once that was resolved I jumped right in. I started eating healthy foods, drinking more water and less soda. I have been exercising more as well. Between the walking on campus to and from classes, and trying to not use the elevator as much.

So far my my goals are going well. I feel more energetic than I have been feeling. I have also set a goal to go along with this challenge though I don't get points for it, but if my team mates keep me in line about my writing goal then perhaps I will finish my first book rough draft before April when the spring semester ends. So far my team mates have been very helpful in keeping me on task with the writing. I'm grateful for the daily encouragements, and questions about how I'm doing. I love them for it. I hope we do really well in the end, and that everyone reaches their goals.

That is all for now, almost time for class. Happy reading and writing!

Blog 31 - The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

   

Author: Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 356

Publisher: Penguin Young readers

Publication Date: 21 November 2011

ISBN-13: 9781595144911

About the book

It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long - at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD in the mail,his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasn't been invented yet. And they're looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.

By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later. And as they grapple with the ups and downs of what their futures hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right - and wrong - in the present.

My Review

I would first like to comment on the cover of the book. I really liked the cover. I thought that cover it perfectly with what the story was about. Having the binary numbers all over the book from the cover to the inside was brilliant. I also thought that the inside of the book was interesting, because it is in the binary numbers but it also displays what a Facebook page looks like. This was the first book that I read by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler. Actually I haven’t read any of their books individually, so yeah this is the first book I’m reading from both of them. I’m not sure who wrote what pieces, but I’m thinking Mr. Asher wrote Josh, and Mrs. Mackler wrote Emma. It could be vice versa, but either way I really enjoyed the book. I thought that they captured the Emma and Josh in this environment really well. I remember what it was like when I got a computer and had the AOL CD-ROM. The authors caught that perfectly. This book was a really good read. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a new read, or anyone who reads Jay Asher or Carolyn Mackler.

Until next time, Happy Reading!