Don't Think Twice 12-19-13 (Yes Another Summary because it's 10 pm so my laptop's dead and I'm tired. Also I forgot so this is the last summary I'm doing for a while)

Pages Read:129-208

Prompt: Summarize:  (In the Title)

     So, as weeks pass Anne's birthday and Thanksgiving start to approach. Then one normal day the girls are playing poker again. Except without the wine and smoking. They use buttons as cash. Earlier that week Mrs. Landing told Anne, Cheryl and her were due next month. Nancy was due any day now. Well it was that day. Whilst playing poker Nancy starts going into labor. Nancy keeps her cool and is very calm. Then, she goes to the hospital where she has a baby boy. She tells Anne that it hurt but the nurses drug you. Then she leaves the house and continues her normal life.

     So, as Anne's parents said they came to pick her up for a Thanksgiving dinner and Anne's 18th birthday.

Anne's parents already checked in and they had 2 rooms. Pamela, her sister, and Anne got a separate room. The next day they go to a restaurant. Anne says the turkey is gray and greasy and the cranberry sauce was still in the shape of a can. Afterwards, they go back to the hotel room and they watch a football game. Anne's dad gets a phone call and has to go, so they drop Anne off and say bye. 

     When she artives at the home they have a cake and little party for Anne. SHe receives 2 gifts. One form Cheryl and another from Rachel.  A book and some cologne. After that, she awakens to new people. One has bright orange hair and the other's name is Johnny Ann. Johnny Ann's father forced her old boyfriend, Billie Don, to marry her. Her dad was the deputy sheriff in her location. So, Billie Don left Johnny Ann a note. It stated that he signed up for the army and left, he couldn't deal with her dad.

DOn't Think Twice 12-12-13

Pages Read= 93-129
Prompt: Summarize What you just read

     Anne is starting to think of Jake again and is starting to feel something towards him. She's starting to love him again. Anne starts experiencing dreams where she sees him and he just leaves her. She doesn't want to feel love toward Jake since he already broke up with her. Anne wants to feel strong and not be hurt or sad when she thinks or hears of Jake. Anne starts to realize she can't try and not get emotional when she's acting shy and won't socialize.

     Anne puts aside all those feelings. But, she starts to get depressed as time goes on, after the call. Anne gets a phone call from her family. All on different extensions, so after one person it's the next. Pamela, her litte sister, tells her everything's all right and that she's studying. Anne thinks that she's failing a class though. Her mom says when she comes back Anne and her were going to start "bonding". Then, Anne and her dad start talking. Anne's hero was her father. Since her mom was depressed and crying when Anne was little. She is ok now but her Dad was the only one she depended on. After a little serious talk her dad said bye and she felt no particular emotion towards it.

     After a few weeks more there. Anne started having more feelings, unknown feelings. She was then invited to Nancy's "party".  Anne went there with Cheryl and the rest of the girls. There they had wine and played poker. Nancy smoked and drank wine while dealing out the cards. As the night went on and the wine bottle got lighter and lighter, Anne had a little too much to drink. Anne started joking around and they started throwing things at each other. Anne felt like all of them were friends and she finally fit in. Which she didn't want at all. Then, the next morning, they were called to Ms. Landing's office.

   

The Giver 12/5/13

Pages Read: Finished The Book

Prompt: Describe what you read.

     The Giver and Jonas are starting to chat more about the community. When Jonas asked to watch the release of the twin, he was horrified. He saw his dad put the baby down by sticking a needle in him. When Jonas finally realized what horrors and secrets lie in the community. So he plans to leave the community. 

     The Giver sends him off by telling him he'll handle things after he's left. So Jonas starts preparing. By checking the security status and slowly planning his great escape. No one knows about his plan except for the Giver. He waits for the next seminare in December. So no one looks for him, his parents will think he's with Asher, and Asher will think he's with his parents. Then, one morning, his dad said they were going to release Gabriel. That was it.

     After hearing from his father, Jonas took Gabriel with him and escaped! He took about a month full of food and his father's bike for the child seat. Then off he went, out of the community and into the wild. Where after a few days, planes started looking for him. Then as he approached a snowy hill, after he ran out of food and hope, he went sledding down the hill. He heard music as he fell, but it might've been an echo.