My heartbeat

My Heartbeat

My Heart beat

As I am continuing to move forward in my book I have learned a lot of new things about the characters. Ellen has learned that her older brother Link and his best friend James might be gay for each other. It was no surprise to me because of how close they were I figured they were gay for each other but Ellen never really thought of it that way. Her friend that she sits with Adena pointed it out. Now that she pointed it out to Ellen, all she wants to know is the truth is James and Link gay for each other or not? When Ellen asked this boldly worded question to the two of them James gave his answer of a not so sure but a maybe. On the other hand for Link he totally avoided the question and flat out was offended and said no. James and Ellen both knew that he blew off the question because the thought of him being gay scares Link. As for James he said it doesn't scare him because love is love but he still isn't sure what he feels. What James wants is for Link to open up to him and Ellen and just be honest and tell them how he feels about all this instead of avoiding the question. Not only is Link angry about this being brought up, he is avoiding James and Ellen. He hates the fact of being gay so much he got a girlfriend named Polly who has been in love with him since he was in the seventh grade. I don't really think he likes her he is just using he to hide his feelings and to make people forget about all this. So for right now I'm not really sure what he wants. But if I were to get I would say he wants to find himself. Some themes that are popping out in the book are Hiding from what defines you is not going to lead you to where you need to be. Another one is don't waste a moment in your life go after whatever you believe in. The book is structured by starting with capital letters in the first sentence of every chapter. Then for the first two pages or so it further explains what happened in the previous chapter. Then it goes on to the new problem. Leading it to the hooking dialogue making you want to read the next chapter.

My Heartbeat

Drama,confusion,and conflict is all this book is about called My Heartbeat by Garrett Freymann-Weyr. So far I have read four chapters and I can't stop reading it! The main characters introduced so far in the book are Ellen who is going into 9th grade at Cedar Hill and she is very scared because she has trouble making friends. Although she is very close to her family especially Link her older brother who is going to be a senior and is a track star and loves math. Then there is James Link's best friend who Ellen is madly in love with (she thinks he's super hot). Together they all hangout by watching old Swedish movies and going out to random places. Personally I think it's cool she is so close with her brother and his best friend. The setting takes place in Maine and so far in the book it's mostly at Ellen and Link's house because that's where they all hang out at. Soon though summer will be over and the setting will change because school is starting up again at Cedar Hill High School where they have to where god awful uniforms. That's not the biggest problem though, like I said before Ellen is shy and at her old school her teachers had conferences with her parents about her social skills. So her main worry is how is she going to make friends? How will she start fresh with a new personality? She really wants to make and effort to make more friends and be more social. Will she accomplish that? I think that Ellen can pull it off on being more social and making more friends as long as she puts her self out there more and tries new things. Ellen also has two people in her life that care about her (Link and James) and I think that they will help her transition through the new school. James and Ellen also sometimes sort of flirt so I think they will connect somewhere along the book. As for Link, I think he will be very successful his senior year because he's so smart and he's a track star so he has a lot going for him. I can connect with Ellen because I know what it feels like to start at a new school and really try to have a fresh start. I think James is a lot like Lucas from the show One Tree Hill because Lucas is very charming and loves to read and James is exactly like that.

Bad Boy

 

The Lucky One

 

                     Logan and Beth are very close now and finally Beth is seeing that Logan can be the one for her. They finally go on a date (about time) and they really seemed to be hitting it off at the date. For example on pg 231 Bet said to Logan '" You're a terrific guy. You're smart,you work hard,you're kind,and you're great with Ben."' This shows how Beth is finally really starting to appreciate Logan and see who Logan really is.



 

The Lucky One

 

                   I know that I keep saying oh they're getting closer and you're probably like jeez when are they going to be together. Well like I always say...they're getting closer but before you get all mad I give it about 20 pages tops for them to be together because they are really getting there. I know this for sure because Beth is really starting to open up to Logan and that's usually a sign they're comfortable with each other so they will be together soon! For example on page 183 it said '"I finally got around to sending it, but the letter was eventually returned to me unopened. Drake died in the first week of invasion."' This shows how open she is to him because she's really sensitive of her brother's death and for her to have the guts to talk about it with him, it just shows how much she cares and how comfortable she is with him.