Backstage Pass. Among others...

by Mary Wilcox (245 pg)
I am getting so sick of these cheesy teen novels. Yes, they inspired the title of my blog, but honestly, how predictable can you get? I thought this might be a little bit off the beaten track--a mystery novel!!-- but apparently not. The plot went something like this:
Sister becomes a famous tv star.
Someone tries to sabatoge her career.
All the clues point to jealous co-star.
...Who has an excellent alibi.
Turns out to be a jealous lighting boy.
Main character gets hot boyfriend.

With plenty of awkward moments, obvious clues, and shameless flirting to add to the fun!
In fact, that was so annoying that I'm going to go read something else right now, and blog about it instead.

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In a happy coincidence, I've run across a text that relates to what we're learning in class! It's called "Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay". An analogy, of course, is a literary term used to describe comparisons, usually similes. In the list, there were many notable examples of analogies not to be used.
Some of my favorites include "He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree", "John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met", and "Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph".
As you can see, I've found a much more inspiring and meaningful piece of literature than the books I was reading earlier.

Maybe next week I'll find something slightly more... stimulating.
Until then, I suppose!
~Marcella