Letters from the Inside

The reading book i am working on is called "Letters from the Inside". The book's about a girl named Mandy who responds to an ad in a magazine for a pen pal. She begins to write this complete stranger from another country named Tracey. In the first letter Mandy writes:
"Um, what do i say now? I know what i won't do, and that's tell you my star sign, favourite group, favourite food, all about my sister and brother and the usual junk. If that's what you want, don't bother answering this letter, OK? That's not me."
After this letter is sent to Tracy, she writes back and asks questions to get to know Mandy a little better. And after a couple letters, Mandy begins to tell Tracy about school and her favorite bands and what magazines she reads, she even mentions her brother ans sister an explains how she feels about them; which is exactly what Mandy said she wouldn't do. Then as the letters go back and forth and travel, the pen pals become closer. And i believe this shows how the main character is dynamic and changes throughout the novel. At the beginning of the book, Mandy seems more interested in Tracy then as their relationship goes on longer, Tracy becomes more fond of Mandy.

Second Independent Reading Book!

My second independent reading book is "Invasion of the boy snatchers (a clique novel)" by Lisi Harrison. The book is about i guess you could say "gossip" between girls at a rich high school. The main character's name is Massie and she is practically the Queen of Gossip. She keeps a blog (like this one!) and updates her posts on all the latest trends, hook-ups amd break-ups. In the book it shows how her gossip conversations go.
"HOLAGURRL: HOW WZ ASPEN?
MASSIEKUR: GR8. AH-MAZING SNOW. HOW WZ SPAIN?
HOLAGURRL: LOCO.
HOLAGURRL: MY 13-YR-OLD COUSIN NINA CAME BACK WITH US. SHE'S GOING 2 SPEND THE SEMESTER @ OCD. WE R HAVING A WELCOME 2 WESTCHESTER FIESTA 4 HER 2MORROW NIGHT. EVERY 1 IS INVITED. BRIARWOOD BYZ 2!"

This quote is a conversation that is taking place on the IM on Massie's blog. Throughout this conversation Massie was sort of depressed because her best friend is going to move soon and shes the only one other than her besties brother that knows. But this conversation brought up Massies spirit by reminding her about her crush, and by telling her crush, it makes the book a little bit more interesting from this point on.