Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The Scorch Trials

By James Dashner

This is the second book in the Maze Runner series. When Thomas gets out of the Maze with his fellow Gladers, he thinks that he is done. But he's not. Him and his friends all have to go through phase 2 of the trials. They have to cross the Scorch, a stretch of sun-beaten land. They have little supplies and there are insane people around every corner. I want to read the next book or two in this series this break.

Sorry I was late! I was at the airport all day yesterday and our flight got delayed two hours.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Slice of Life

Talent Show

It seemed to take longer than it should to walk across the gym in pure silence, everybody's eyes on me. When I finally came upon my guitar, I picked it up, turned my amp on and hit a string to see how loud it was. Too quiet. I adjusted my amp, and went to sit down at my chair. I paused, and then started. Since I had only hit one string, I wasn't sure if the others were in tune. I only knew that one was well tuned. As soon as I started playing, I knew that one was horribly off. I had to stop and change it. I was very embarrassed because I looked like I wasn't prepared. It was a very awkward silence for those moments while I was tuning my guitar. I thought people were going to remember this part, instead of the actual song. As soon as I was done, I started playing again. Much better. It ended up being ok, and many people commented on my song. Now I am very glad that I tuned.   

The Maze Runner - James Dashner

This is an amazing dystopian book about boys that are trapped into a maze. They don't remember anything from their past life. They have to solve the maze and escape, but it is harder than it seems. They have been trying to solve the maze for over 2 years. There are things that they call Greivers, which are like mechanical spiders, that always come out at night and kill whoever's left in the maze after dark. If they escape, what will the world be like? Who did this to them? Why? How?