The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath follows a girl named Esther Greenwood. For the majority of her life, Esther has known winning scholarships. After all, thats the whole reason why Esther has an apprenticeship for a fashion magazine in New York City. Though, with the standards of being a woman in a judgmental society, Esther will find herself gradually succumbing to insanity. This book had its moments where I felt I should stop reading it. Some of the ideas in this book can still be applied to today's society though, many of the ideas are outdated. For one, at the very beginning, we see language that targets minority groups. There are outdated terms used that are harmful stereotypes to this day. There was one part of the book that disturbed me when Esther kicked a black man because he served two different platters of beans to her. Can this "feminist" book be considered groundbreaking if the language brings down other oppressed groups? I understand that this book was written decades ago, but it seems like a lousy excuse to me to bring down minorities. I will admit, though, I did enjoy some of the metaphors in the novel and some of the foreshadowing. One instance is on page one when Esther states, "...but I couldn't help wondering what it would be like, being burned alive all along your nerves," which foreshadows the electrotherapy that Esther is going to receive later in the novel. Though, these metaphors do not change the fact that this book had some harmful stereotypes in it. Overall, certain parts of this book were upsetting, and I feel as though there are most likely many books out there that have aspects of feminism that advocate for POC and other oppressed minorities.

Overall a good history book on India by Subhadra Sen Gupta. However, it does not deserve the title "A Children's History Of India", as it is written in a more complex style that younger children might no understand. Also, the book is written in a very boring, not-fun to read way. It's a good book on the history of India, but I feel that it is not entirely geared towards children, and more focused on young adults and teens. A title change removing the "Children's" would be nice. Overall, [the book] piecing together all the dynasties, empires, and periods of Indian is stunning the way Gupta has done it, except it points in the direction of teens more than the title suggests.

A slow going book- You have to trust the process. This book made it super clear that is was NOT historical fiction. Almost every single fact was cited (Which isn't so much of a problem) but, it made certain parts of the book super boring. Although I appreciate the thoroughness, I think the book could've incorporated the same information and made the book a little more interesting. I learned a lot as I was reading the book, but again, I devoured the book in 4 days (camping) and I think It would have taken me 10 days or I wouldn't have gotten past the first two chapters, if I was at home.

I loved this book because it shows before and right now. It showed the relationships between the girls at different points in time. They became closest when Emma went down the river. They were farthest apart when Abby started dating Dustin and becoming friends with the girl that made fun of Emma. I was happy when the girls restored their relationship because I felt like Abby wouldn’t care when Emma fell into the river if the tension wasn’t broken. I feel like Ollie was the mood lightener but when she got mad it was bad.

The part I liked about this book is when the Giant Robo Snake tries to eat Super Rabbit Boy

The One and Only Ivan was good because the texture of the book was good. I liked how Ivan kept his promise to Stella by helping Ruby.

This book is about an elephant and snake who don’t want to lose their best friends. They feel scared because their best friends were having a super fun time. They thought their friends wouldn’t need them anymore. Their friends Piggy and Bryan made best friend drawings for Gerald and snake. Then everything was fine. I like this book because Gerald is silly when he freaks out.

The protagonist, named Bobby Pendragon, uses a portal like thing called a flume to go to the territory called Cloral ( territories are like planets) in pursuit of the antagonist Saint Dane. In the water planet, Pendragon and is Uncle Press explore to find out what the "turning point" of this peaceful planet is. They meet Spader, who will be revealed as the traveler of Cloral (every territory has a traveler) and find out that all of the crops in Cloral have been poisoned. The protagonists search for the lost city of Faar to stop this. But, soon after they get there, Saint Dane starts destroying the city. Because of this, water vehicles meant to heal the poisoned crops are unable to escape, and Uncle Press and others are trapped with them. Bobby and Spader rescue Press, but when trying to stop Saint Dane from escaping Cloral, Uncle Press dies to save Spader's life.

My favorite part of Soccer Struggle by Jake Maddox was that even if Liv was kicked off the team and could not play she was still super supportive of her team and still showed up to practices, games, and tournaments. I had a friend that this happened to and she was still supportive even though she could not play. And of course, she was upset but she still wanted to show team support. and I thought even she could be doing other stuff than coming to the game, but she still came.

My favorite page was the one where Leo the Ghost goes to his favorite candy store & it’s not there. The police walks thru him & it proves he’s a real ghost