The Tenth Circle Monthly Review

    The Tenth Circle is a novel by Jodi Picoult that tells the story of the Stone family. The story is set in the small town of Bethel, Maine.  Daniel Stone is a comic book illustrator and his wife Laura is a college professor.  Their daughter Trixie is a pretty and popular freshman at her high school, where her boyfriend Jason Underhill is easily one of the most popular boys. 
    A series of significant events takes place in this story.  When Jason breaks up with Trixie, she is heartbroken.  She even turns to self-mutilation (cutting herself).  Laura is cheating on Daniel with one of her students, but she ended it.  Trixie went to a party at her best friend Zephyr's house, where she says she was raped by Jason.
    Daniel, who loves Trixie more than anything else in the world, is frantic because someone raped his daughter.  I wrote more about this part of the book in my lit circle letter here.  He is also extremely angry at Laura, who wasn't there for Trixie when she needed her the most.  Instead, she was with her paramour that night, ending the affair.
    Of course, Jason completely denies raping Trixie, saying it was consensual.  The whole town of Bethel sides with Jason because he is the star hockey player at Bethel High School and in their town, hockey is the biggest sport.  The detective investigating the rape, Mike Batholomew, understands Daniel's pain as a father because he lost his daughter in a car accident and was oblivious to her drug use until she was dead. Both fathers felt extremely guilty for not being able to protect their daughters.
    A few weeks after Trixie returns to school, a topless picture of her from the night of the rape gets out.  She tries to kill herself in the bathroom, but her mother finds her just in time.  This becomes the last straw for Daniel, and he kidnaps Jason Underhill and nearly kills him.
    After Trixie's suicide attempt, things spin out of control.  Jason ends up falling off of a bridge.  At first it was believed that he committed suicide, but evidence came up that linked Trixie to the scene of the crime.  Trixie runs away to the Alaskan village that her father grew up in and eventually ran away from.  I won't give away the ending to this book so I'll just get on answering a couple of these questions!


Pick a character that interested you and write about them in depth. You can also analyze a relationship between two different characters.
    For this question, I have decided to choose two characters to analyze because I really can't analyze one without analyzing the other.  In the book, they work as a team even in their darkest hour.  Of course, I am talking about Daniel and Laura Stone, the parents of Trixie.
    One would think that Trixie, being the rape victim, would be the main character of the story, but in my opinion, her parents play a much bigger role in the plot.  Daniel is my favorite character.  He has a mysterious past as a stereotypical "bad boy", being involved in drugs, alcohol, and violence.  To go from that to a doting, mild-mannered, tactful suburban father is completely amazing.  Daniel grew up as the only white kid in a small Alaskan village, where he was an outcast.  After he fled to Bethel, he settled down for the love of his life, Laura.  Ironically, him changing his ways is ultimately what drove Laura away from him.
    Laura is a college professor at Monroe College, where her class about hell is very popular.  Her class is based on Dante's Inferno, which describes the nine circles of hell.  The book is called The Tenth Circle because Laura came up with a part of hell that was reserved for people who committed the worst sin of all: lying to themselves.  This idea really sums up a lot of the book.
    Laura's affair puts an obvious strain on her marriage to Daniel.  They struggle with it because they obviously can't put their problems first during Trixie's time of need.  Laura feels extremely guilty about everything while Daniel keeps everything bottled in because once he gets mad, he loses control and winds up turning back into the "animal" he was before.
    There are so many unspoken aspects of Daniel and Laura's marriage that prove that they really were meant for each other, and maybe staying together through this time of turmoil is what made them realize that they really always needed each other.

If you've read other books by this same author, how does this one compare? (You don't need to decide which one is better, although you can.)
    The last lit circle book that I read, My Sister's Keeper, was also written by the same author, Jodi Picoult.  Both books are written extremely well, with intricate plots and characters with a lot of depth.  Also, in both books, you really get a sense of each character's personalities and their perspectives.  Here's the Monthly review that I wrote for My Sister's Keeper.
    I feel that My Sister's Keeper is somewhat more organized than The Tenth Circle, only because the perspectives and stories from each character are all put in the section that tells the story from their perspective.  The Tenth Circle is told from a third-person perspective at all times, so it may get confusing when each character recalls a memory when a different character just was being portrayed in the text.

    Although My Sister's Keeper may be more organized, both books have amazingly written plots about dysfunctional families.  Both stories also keep the reader satisfied with just the right amount of drama and suspense. In all honesty, I like My Sister's Keeper better because there is a lot more substance and the plot branches out a lot more.  There is a main conflict, but there are also much more internal conflicts going on within the characters than in The Tenth Circle.
    The Tenth Circle is still a good book, but it doesn't evoke the same emotion that reading My Sister's Keeper does.  Reading My Sister's Keeper puts questions of ethics into one's head that any other regular novel like The Tenth Circle could never do.  Reading The Tenth Circle, I felt sympathetic to the pain that the Stone family went through, but the issues of that the Fitzgerald family faced seemed so much more significant than those of the Stone Family.  Nevertheless, The Tenth Circle is still a wonderful book I would highly recommend.

the tenth circle letter part 3

SAWP GWURL.

I always love the ending of books because they always have sooo much drama! So in the end of this book, we find out that Trixie ran away to the Alaskan village that her dad grew up in/ran away from.  She meets this Alaskan boy named Willie who's quiet and nice and makes her feel safe.  Daniel and Laura follow her, and Laura ends up staying with Caine's family.  If ya don't remembaa, Caine was Daniel's best friend/only friend in Alaska since Daniel was the only white kid and an outsider.  Caine was the one who killed himself, the one whose blood ended up on Daniel's hands.

Anyways, the ending of this book is written very well, and it keeps you hanging is suspense because it flashes back and forth between the Stones' search for their daughter and Mike, the detective, scrambling for cold hard evidence that Trixie pushed Jason off the bridge.  It's kind of like a show, when they they switch between different scenes.  The incriminating evidence that Daniel ends up finding is: a) The blood of a female on Jason's body; b) The bootprint that matches that of Trixie Stone's snow boots; and c) The bright red lock of hair found at the scene.

When Daniel finally finds Trixie, the truth comes out. 

"She had told him her secret: that she was a liar.  Not just about being a virgin and playing Rainbow... but even more.  She'd never said no to Jason that night. although she'd told the DA she had. [...] But no one ever said yes to make sex consensual.  You took hints from body language, from the way two people came together.  Why, then, didn't a shake of the head or a hand pushing hard against a chest speak just as loudly? Why did you have to actually say the word no for it to be rape?" (pg 372)

This quote is really important to me because it starts to unravel Trixie's web of lies (<-- you likey?).  It also really makes the reader think about the crime of rape.  The line between sex and rape may seem like a fine one, but if you really think about it, sometimes that line is blurred.

The police also find Trixie as well, and they have a warrant out for her arrest.  Naturally, Daniel and Laura come to Trixie's defense and both take the blame for Jason's death.  At the end, it turns out that Laura, the mother, was the one who killed Jason Underhill.  I always knew that Trixie, a child, could never be capable or murdering anyone, much less her ex-boyfriend whom she was still very much in love with.

Well I'm sad that this is our last lit circle but I'm really glad I ended with this book. It was amazing and beautifully written. :)

BYE NOW!

the tenth circle letter pt 2

Dearest EC00P,

So I have pretty much already told you what happened in this section.  Trixie goes back to school, and then the topless picture of her gets out and she tries to kill herself.  Jason hears about this and feels extremely guilty but is still sticking to his statement that they had consensual sex that night.  Daniel kidnaps Jason and threatens to kill him.  Then, a few weeks later, Jason commits suicide, or so everyone thinks.  The detective who was working Trixie's rape case now has a sneaking suspicion that Jason was killed.  He blames Trixie, because the detective found a female's blood on Jason's corpse and an unfamiliar bootprint in the snow.  But Trixie is/was still in love with Jason, despite everything.  She even sees his ghost. Here's a quote! BAM.

"She knew he was standing there before she even opened her eyes.  Jason leaned against her dresser, one elbow already morphing through the wood.  His eyes had faded almost entirely, all Trixie could see were holes as deep as the sky. [...] She felt him curl up behind her, spooning, his words falling over her ear like frost.  If you don't come, he whispered, how will you know I'm really gone? She felt him disappear a little while after that, taking all the extra air in the room." (pg 251)

There aren't very many scenes like this in the book, since immediately after this, Trixie goes to Jason's funeral where she sees his ghost for the final time.  I like these moments mainly because they prove to me that Trixie would be incapable of pushing Jason off of a bridge because she simply loves him too much.

Anyways, after the funeral, Mike (the detective) comes over to question Trixie about Jason's murder.  Daniel and Mike find out that Trixie has left the premises. This really makes her seem like the perfect murder suspect but I'm still convinced it wasn't her.  Where do you think Trixie could have gone? Do you think she killed Jason? Anyways, hopefully we find out in the next section! Teehee tummy tums! DEUCES.

the tenth circle letter pt 1

Dear Emily Cooper,

I'm really upset that you couldn't find your Tenth Circle book but I suppose we can just both do jodaay.  I hope you are thoroughly enjoying your story about Amish people. The Tenth Circle is about a small family living in Bethel, Maine. Daniel Stone is a comic book illustrator for Marvel who works at home.  Laura Stone is his wife, and she teaches at Monroe College, where her class about hell is very popular.  Their daughter Trixie is a popular freshman at her high school who was recently dumped by her boyfriend, Jason Underhill.  Jason and his best friend Moss Minton are juniors and co-captains of Bethel High's hockey team.  In Bethel, hockey is a really big deal, like football here.  Zephyr is Trixie's best friend, and a fun fact about her?  She's a slut. She keeps track of guys she's hooked up with using paperclips on her purse, and she has over 20. SCANLOUS.  Anyways, after Jason broke up with Trixie, she fell apart.  She didn't show it to her parents, but she was heartbroken.  After a couple weeks, she even started cutting herself.

"She snapped her compact shut and then, on second thought, opened it and set it on the floor.  It took three stomps before the mirror inside shattered.  Trixie threw out the plastic discand all but one shard of glass.  It was shaped like a tear, rounded on one end and sharp as a dagger on the other.  She slid down along the tiled wall of the bathroom until she was sitting underneath the sink.  Then she dragged the makeshift knife over the white canvas of her inner arm.  As soon as she did it, she wished she could take it back.  Crazy girls did this, girls who walked like zombies through YA novels.  But.  Trixie felt the sting of the skin as it split, the sweet welling rise of blood.  It hurt, though not as much as everything else." (pg 24)

This becomes a problem for Trixie, and she does it more times later on. But enough about Trixie, for now.  Let's talk about her parents! Daniel Stone grew up as the only white kid in an Alaskan Eskimo village, where he was an outcast for it.  He was a stereotypical bad boy, drinking, smoking, fighting, and generally not giving a fuck.  But he had a gift and it was his ability to draw incredibly well.  He gave up his bad boy ways for settling down when Laura became pregnant with Trixie, and since then, he had been the perfect father and husband.  He loves Trixie more than anything else in the world.  Laura is cheating on Daniel with one of her students, Seth.  She blames it on the fact that Seth reminds her of how Daniel used to be - mysterious, dark, brooding.  She was ending the affair the night that Trixie was raped by Jason.

Trixie went to Zephyr's house that night to "sleep over" when Zephyr was actually having a party. Trixie comes home intoxicated and terrified and she tells her dad that she was raped by Jason.  Jason denies all charges and says it was consensual, and Moss and Zephyr believe him, as well as the rest of Bethel.

At this point, everyone is angry at Trixie for lying and ruining Jason's life, but she is sticking by her story of Jason raping her.  Daniel and Laura are also angry at themselves for not preventing this from happening.  Also, Laura tells Daniel about her affair and they try to work through it.

That's pretty much it for part one of the book. BYEE.






***Sutherland: sorry this post is so late, but I didn't get to finish in class on Friday and I had league championships yesterday. I hope you'll still accept it (:

Monthly Review

My Sister's Keeper is a novel by Jodi Picoult that tells the story of the Fitzgerald family and their problems. Sara and Brian are the parents, and Jesse, Kate, and Anna are the children. Sara gave up pursuing her career as a lawyer to be a mother and Brian is the captain of the fire department in Providence, where they live.  Jesse is 18, and a stereotypical "bad kid", involved with drugs, drinking, and a pyromaniac.  Kate is 16, and was diagnosed with a rare type of leukemia at a very young age. Her illness has been the root of her family's problems ever since. One year after Kate was diagnosed, her sister Anna was conceived to be a perfect match to be a donor for Kate.  When Anna is thirteen, Kate has a kidney failure and Anna's mother asks Anna to donate one of her kidneys to her sister.  Then Anna hires Campbell Alexander to file a lawsuit to sue her parents for the rights to her own body, because she doesn't want to be a donor anymore. This comes as a shock to her parents, who have been focusing their attention on Kate's health.  They feel as if Anna is being extremely selfish and immature as to let her sister die just so she can get attention from her parents.  Sara Fitzgerald chooses to represent herself in this case, which leads to Anna being appointed a guardian ad litem named Julia.  This novel is written through each character's perspective, and it includes anecdotes from each person's life.  This book questions what the morally right thing is to do when you are faced with the realities that life throw at you.



Pick a character that interested you and write about them in depth.
I really couldn't choose just one character from the book to analyze, so I decided to try all of them.  I hope you don't mind too much.

Jodi Picoult shows Sara's unconditional love for her family, her endless concern for Kate's health, and her desire to have a somewhat normal life.  She also shows Sara's bitterness and how she finds it extremely unfair that her daughter ended up being so ill.  Many of the parts written through Sara's perspective are about periods of time in her past, when her children were much younger.  Picoult portrays Brian as the father who feels the constant need to play the white knight, and the man who spoils his children with love.  He can also be emotional, especially because of the emotional twists and turns that Kat's illness has put the family through.  Jesse is the most interesting character in this book, in my opinion.  He is a very damaged person.  He is perpetually frustrated because he wasn't a match to be Kate's donor, and he couldn't help her when she first needed it.  He also feels the need to act out through drugs, alcohol, theft, and arson.  This is probably all indirectly connected to trying to get his parents' attention, since they have focused all their attention on Kate ever since she was diagnosed.  Kate is probably a close second to being the most damaged, but she is more hurt physically than mentally or emotionally.  She has been through a lot for 13 years, including her first love dying from cancer without even getting a chance to say goodbye.  Anna has always played the role of her sister's savior, the donor for her whenever she needed anything donated, from bone marrow to blood.  She is just a confused teenage girl who couldn't picture her life without her sister but insisted on suing her parents so that she wouldn't have to donate a kidney to Kate.  I guess you just have to read the book to find out the REAL reason why she has done this. :)  Campbell and Julia were former lovers, but broke it off when they were 18.  They are both very guarded people, but very much different.  Campbell has a very dark sense of humor and seems to be always sarcastic.  Julia thinks that he is terrified of commitments and getting too close to people.  Maybe that is just her opinion, because she is definitely one to think with her heart before her head.  Obviously, my attempts at describing the characters in this story are nothing compared to Jodi Picoult's fabrications, but moreso analyses of her detailed descriptions. 




If you've read other books in this same genre, how does this one compare?

Unlike most novels (and this includes my last lit circle book, Suite Scarlett), this book actually really makes you think.  It makes you question yourself if you were put in any of these characters' positions.  What would YOU do if you knew the sole purpose of your life was to save your sister's life?  And if one of your beloved children was dying, while another was in the process of suing you for medical emancipation?  How do you represent a thirteen year old girl who keeps changing her mind about the case, while being put up against her mother as the opposing council?  Questions like these pop into the reader's head when they read this book.

Other books in the genre are typically more "lighter" reads.  I'll use my last book, Suite Scarlett, as an example.  In that book, the family problems included running an almost vacant hotel, dealing with a brat who beat leukemia, disliking a sister's rich boyfriend, and putting on a play.  In My Sister's Keeper, however, the family issues include a troubled and damaged son, a dying daughter who has slim chances of living past 17, and another daughter who is suing you.  As you can probably see (I hope), the issues in My Sister's Keeper tend to run a little deeper than in the other book.

I really enjoy Jodi Picoult's style of writing, whether it's like this in each of her books or not.  I like how she writes the book from each character's perspective, but saved Kate's perspective for the very end of the book.  I also really like the way she put stories that pertain the the respective character that is narrating that particular section.  It really shows each person's train of thought, drifting between past, present, and sometimes even the future.






In conclusion, My Sister's Keeper was an amazing book and I really enjoyed it.  Hopefully next month's book is equally as good. :)

my sister's keeper pt 3

My dearest, whitest, most Lil Wayne-obsessed, and most gleeful gal pal -

Holy shit I know you've already read this book but I can't believe it ended the way it did ! I'm mucho glad we picked this book to read though.  It's definitely much better than Suite Scarlett.  I love the way it's written, with little anecdotes sprinkled innnn.  Also, the plot has so much more meaning. Anyways, let's get into the story itself, SHALL WE!!?!?!?!?

Let's start with Campbell! We finally find out what Judge's purpose is, which is pretty scary.  It also explains why he left Julia back when they were 18.  When he had his seizure in the middle of court, it was really shocking. What if Brian wasn't there? No one would know what to do.  I still like the way he keeps everyone guessing when they ask about Judge though.  I can't believe he kept his epilepsy and his car accident a secret for so many years.

Oooh gurl Brian found about Jesse's pyromania-ness!  And they had a moment <3. Jesse still has serious issues though.  I'mglad he still tries to cheer Kate up while she's in the hospital.

OMG about the story about Kate's first love! It was adorable, but I almost cried when she found out that he had died.  They were really cute together, and if he had survived, they would make for a really amazing couple! How depressing. Do you think that Sara made the right choice in keeping this from Kate? I think she should have told her, but that's just me.

Now for the most important part- ANNA DIES!!!?!?!? It made me HELLA sad when it happened.  It was crazy, Campbell getting into yet another bad car crash, Brian being the one to rescue his daughter, and Kate turning out to be the sister that lived.  It's almost poetic. This really brought the book all together. It's also crazy that Anna's kidney turned out to be the one thing Kate needed to live.  After all this fuss over the lawsuit and NOT donating the kidney to Kate, she lives from it.  I wonder how Kate feels now, since she was so ready to die before.

So basically, all her life, Anna was her sister's savior. From the time she was conceived to even after her death, the purpose of her life was to keep her sister alive.  To fulfill this, she had to die.  Once her sister didn't need her anymore, no one did. That's a really cynical and simplistic way to see it, but I think that's how the author was thinking of it too.

Anyways, you already know how much I LUHHH this book. We should definitely read more Jodi Picoult books for lit circles.  Byeeeeee!

my sister's keeper, pt 1 & 2

Hay EC00P.

Soo basically this book is amazing. I think it's safe to say that I have fallen in love with it.  I love the way it's written from everyone's perspectives; it give4s a really good sense of everyone's perspectives from different periods of time. It's really well written and the author really says everything you as the reader are thinking, and then some. Wlp, let's dive into the book, shall we!??!?!? (LOL)

First things first, how do you feel about Anna's decision to sue her parents for rights to her own body? I mean, it seems like the right thing to do, considering her parents always guilt her into donating her body to help save her sister's life. On the other hand, she shouldn't have to be guilted into wanting to help her sister.  After all, Kate is a part of Anna, and without Kate, Anna can't even picture her life or herself as a person without her sister.  I think it's safe to say that Kate completes Anna, so why would Anna risk Kate's health like this?  Is she really jsut trying to make herself heard with her parents?  Honestly, I agree with Julia that Anna is still too young to be making these kind of decisions if she withdraws her lawsuit whenever her mother and sister make her feel guilty at all.  I just really look forward to Anna clearing up the real reason why she is suing her parents later on in the last section of the book.

Next, I really feel bad for Sara.  She has devoted her whole life to being a mother, without ever thinking that it would require taking care of a leukemia patient full-time.  Sara is a fighter, and therefore she will not let her daughter succumb to her illness.  She loves her daughter so much that she conceived another child just so that child would be able to donate whatever Kate needed to her.  This is the point where I think Sara crossed the line.  It's one thing to prolong your daughter's life after it has taken its natural course, but honestly I think the conception of Anna was purely selfish.  There are thousands of families in the world unable to conceive, and Sara is just poppin Anna out solely for the purpose of saving Kate's life.  Did Sara even think about what kind of position that put Anna in? The purpose of her existence was purely to keep Kate alive, and that will always be in the back of her mind as long as she lives.  As much as she loves her sister, Anna would definitely feel worthless and useless if she was no longer needed to save Kate.

Of everyone in the family, I really like Jesse the bestest. He's basically awesome.  I feel like he's simply misunderstood and neglected.  I also think that the only reason he acts out so much is in hopes of catching his parents' attention, if only for a moment.  For example, he sets fired to all those abandoned buildings just so he can get his father's full attention, even if it's indirectly.  Jesse's just a lost soul who needs lots and lots of therapy, lol.

Campbell and Julia! Ooooo wee. They have so much chemistry it's ridiculous! But I feel like such chemistry will cause a problem in Anna's case, in the judge's eyes.  I really wanna know more about their history, seeing that they both seem pretty bitter. I also wanna find out the "real" reason why Campbell ended things with Julia in the first place.

Of all the people in the book, Kate and Brian always stay the same. Brian is the peacekeeper and a great source of support for Anna. She is definitely a daddy's girl.  Kate's death has been imminent throughout the first two sections of the book, with her being in and out of the hospital.  Have you noticed that the book never tells the story from Kate's perspective? I find this confusing yet quite interesting.

Anyways, I'm done for noww! See you in the very near future. Ciao!

suite scarlett letter; pt 3

HAY GURL WASSUP HAY!

So I only have one word for this last section of our book - DRAMAAAA! Foreal doe. From things as little as Scarlett yelling at Marlene to things as big as Donna The Crazy suddenly reappearing. This time around, I won't have any questions for you, since well, the book's kinda done.. Actually, I might add a few questions, because the book ends kindof suddenly. Here goes!

1. OMGLOL @ Scarlett yelling at Marlene! She def had it coming. How long did she expect her family to take her crap before they went off on her? At least now she realizes the toll taken by her actions.  Now she cooperates with her siblings and it's all good!

2. CRAZY DONNA SPENDLER or whatever the hell her name is. She is SUCH a Creepy McCreepster! She researched Eric, Spencer, and Scarlett! And threatened to shut down the show AND the hotel. Actually, she DID shut the show down! That was a super bitch move! But it all turned out to be good, because....

3. Mrs. A and Donna made up! Their drama didn't really play a big part in the book, but the story was interesting and entertaining nevertheless.  I can't believe it was all because of some dude Amy used to be in love with. How incredibly lame.

4. Spencer's show went well! He now has a potential job in a commercial! That's good, he won't have to go to culinary school, even though it may be a good fallback.

5. Lola and Chip???? On again??!?!?!? What the hell dude! Well, he DID get her a Cartier watch, and we alllll know that diamonds ARE a girl's best friend fasheezy. Hopefully they don't get married, but who knows? Lola could finally be rich, but she wouldn't be happy.

6. Finally, the most important topic of them all - Scarlett and Eric! I mean, he IS sexy, but I don't think that he and Scarlett should date. She's just too young for him! Plus, Eric's ex seems much cuter than Scarlett, as much as I hate saying it. Sorry to hate on our protagonist gurl but I'm jus being honest!

Well I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but it was kindof a lightweight book. I'm more than ready for our next one, My Sister's Keeper! YEEEE get juiced.


XOXO WINNI$

suite scarlett letter; pt 2

To Whom It May Concern,

The second section of this book is QUITE the teaser. I have one thing to say and one thing only - ERIC. Ooooouuu mama I wish I knew someone as cute and chivalrous as himmm! Do you know what chivalrous means? I do. Maybe you do too, I don't know your life. Anywayyyys, Scarlett had to go and mess everything up! LIke dizayum lil mama you aint got NO game. Rule #1 is to always keep em guessing! WELL, I shall get on with the questions I had for you from this section.

Numero Uno. Will Scarlett fix things between her and Sexyman? I sure do hope so. He is a nice and respectable young man. Although i STILL personally hold the belief that college freshmen should definitely NOT date sophomores in high school. Maybe that's just me. I don't really know/care. They are pretty cute together though, and he really likes her. Ugh. I hate couples.

Numero Dos! This question semi- kinda ties in with Number One. It's also kinda/maybe/semi- silly. Here it is.... WILL SCARLETT AND ERIC POON!? It may SEEM unrealistic, but there are many connotations and references to sex in the book, each time referring to Spencer. So you see how this may lead to my prediction.

Numero Tres! Will Marlene ever stop being such a pain in the ass? Why is she so bitter? She's not sick anymore, so WTA, why the attitude? ESPECIALLY to her family members who do nothing but try to help her. Maybe she'll just outgrow it.

Numero Quatro! This is a big one, that's what she said. CHIP AND LOLA BREAKING UP! What will Lola do with her life now!? She will never be able to live as comfotably as what she always dreamed of with Chip! Unless they get back together... hmm.

WELL THEN! That is all that I have this time. Ready for the last, drama-filled section of the book? LET'S GO NIQQUH!

this bitch emily,

To Whom It May Concern:

How are you enjoying the book? I know I know, it's quite entertaining. I hope you are enjoying it almost as much as me (which I know for a fact you are since we text about the book awwwwlllll the time).  I have quite a few questions/comments for you to think about and/or answer! Here goes nothing.

Will Scarlett's fambam hit the jackpot some day? This seems like a pretty far-fetched question, but it's a novel, so who knows. They could definitely use it too.

Could Marlene's cancer come back? How would this affect the family financially and emotionally?  Most importantly, how would this affect Marlene, now being old enough to realize the impacts of her illness? Everyone in the family would literally have to drop everything to help her, possibly even selling the Hopewell? Everyone would have to take on extra jobs and start picking up the slack and such. This is also a far-fetched concept, too though.

What will happen with Scarlett and Eric? Will Eric finally confess his love for Scarlett (lolz)? He's an OLDER MAN! Even if he and Scarlett had a relationship, he would be in college and we all know that sophomores in high school plus freshmen in college equals no bueno.

Will Lola finally come to her senses and dump Chip, the #98 DUD? I mean, he's rich and all, but she can't build a future on that shizz. She can't expect to be with such a loser when she herself is essentially perfect.

Will Spencer's lame ass job eventually pay off? Or will he have to resort to culinary school? Will Scarlett's parents ever find out that Spencer's play is really a joke? I personally don't think that culinary school sounds bad, it's actually a great opportunity, ESPECIALLY with a full scholarship.  It's not necessarily what Spencer wants to do, but it's a stable future he was fall back on. He should seize the opportunity while it's still there for him to take.

ANDDDDD FINALLY; Will Mrs. Amberson (is that her name?) ever finish her autobiography? She seems awfully distracted for a writer.  But I hope she does start and possibly finish it.  She seems like a crazy ass lady with some bomb ass stories.

Anyways, that's all I have for nowwwww. Bye gurl bye!