Walking Dead Vol 1

In the book the Walking Dead Volume 1, humans have turned into flesh eating creatures of the dead. The main character Rick faces many hardships while trying to survive. One of the questions my book club wanted o be answered was how does the weather affect Rick and his band. While reading the book I have found many answers to this question.

One of the ways I found that the weather affected Rick and his group was when Rick and Glenn, another person in his group went to the city to get guns from the gun shop. But to blend in with the flesh eaters they had to rub the smell of the walkers on them because the only way the walkers detect if your sea or a live is by your smell. When they finally got there guns and were about to leave it started to rain and the rain washed off their smell so it triggered the walkers to go after them for food. Another way that the weather affected the group was when the snow storm hit. They were running out of food and supplies that they had to flee to find more. Thy also had I leave because it was starting to get really cold there.

The walking dead is a very inspirational graphic novel because it shows us what we humans can accomplish when we work together.

Legend part 2

Ok, so far we know that June is changing , by betraying the Patriots. But what we now know is that Day has also followed June's lead an betrayed the Patriots as well. Day changes throughout the book too with the help of June.

One way Day changed is when Tess refused to leave the Patriots with June and him. This changed him internally because it shows that he doesn't need to protect Tess anymore because she not the little girl he found in the slums. She grown a lot now and she doesn't see him as her brother anymore she sees him as more than friends.

Tess having a huge crush on him also changed him internally because it shows him that he has to follow his heart and choose who's right for him, Tess or June. He has to choose between the girl he has known for a long time and was a sister to him or the girl who worked for the Republic. 

Another thing that changed that is related to Tess' big Crush on Day, is if June is the right person for him or does she deserve better. From seeing all the videos of June and Aidan he is not sure if June has something with Aidan because he is the Elector and he is rich. After all he did say he lived her but she didn't say it back.

Prodigy by Marie Lu

After finishing the first book Legend by Marie Lu I decided to read the sequel to it. In the book Prodigy, Day and June have joined the Patriots to find Day's brother Eden. But to get the help of the Patriots the would have to complete a mission, to assassin the new Elector Primo, Aidan. June was sent to bring herself into the Republic and again the trust of the Elector. While June was in the inside she changed a lot in what she believed in.

Before June was sent in the inside she was in love with Day. She only joined the Patriots because she wanted to help him find his brother and she didn't want to leave him behind. But when she was sent  in the inside she soon fell for Aidan the new Elector Primo. They had a lot in common, they both went to Drake University, both came from rich families, and they both think alike. 

She also wasn't sure if killing Aidan was right. Before when she wasn't sent into the Republic to gain trust of Aidan she didn't want anything to do with him and she didn't care if he died because she has grown to hate the Republic for what they have done to her family. But when she was sent into the inside she missed the life of being rich and eating fancy foods and wearing fancy clothing.

June changed over time because she didn't know what to do, save Aidan or trust the Patriots. 

Hurricane Song

 In the book Hurricane Song by Paul Volpone, a teenage boy named Miles and his father are stuck in the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina. While they were stuck in the Superdome they went through a series of hardships. The affect of these hardships helped changed the feeling and personalities of the characters in the book.

     Before Hurricane Katrina hit Pops, Miles' father and Miles relationship wasn't so great. Miles didn't have anything anything common with Pops at first and Pops wasn't ever home. He was always downstairs of their apartment, at a club called Pharaohs, playing his Jazz on his trumpet. He was always at Pharaohs that Miles thought that Pops loved his music more than him but after the hurricane their relationship changed.

    During the hurricane Pops told Miles not to interfere in any drama and to mind his own business, but in the end they did interfere in a lot of Drama. This was one of the hardships that helped them change. If Pops didn't interfere in the drama like identifying the dead body of Cyrus, a mentally unstable person who used to wash dishes at Pharaohs who jumped off the Superdome because he thought it was a slave ship. This softened a spot in Pops' heart because when they finally identified Cyrus he and Miles have Cyrus a proper funeral by playing their music. This also changed Miles  feeling about music. At first he hated music because he thought his father loved music more than him but later on he found that his father didn't actually love music  more than him and he grew to enjoy music like his father. 

     I think the book Hurricane Song his a great way to show that it is never to late to change. Everyone could change if they wanted to. Pops and Miles relationship changed when he told Miles he loved him more than music. Pops wanted their relationship to change and that why their relationship got better. 

Legend part 3

So after all that stuff happened last week we find out that Day has changed June a lot and their relationship has grown every time June talked to him in his cell. June never liked Day before they even met. She always hated him because he humiliated the Republic and he was the number one on the criminal list in the Republic. But after the death of her brother she soon hate him even more because Metias, her brother was the only family she had left. But when she was undercover in the slums she fell for him without knowing he was even Day. When they finally caught him and his mother was shot in front of him by the Captain she felt bad because she knew this was wrong.

Although she still didn't know that Day didn't kill her brother she had to repeatedly had to remind herself that Day is guilty and she shouldn't fell bad about his mothers death. But when she started talking to Day frequently she and him clicked. When she was mad at Thomas, the captain killing the people protesting without even think about the standard procedure. She talked it out with Day and when she started to cry on Day's shoulder he wiped the tears of her face.

June changed because of Day and Day changed because of her.

Legand by Marie Lu part 2

    From where I last left off I have learned a bunch of new information about the case of Metias' death. There was a bunch of action, drama ,and romance. First off, when I last left off June has been undercover for several days in the slums trying to find Day. After four days hiding in the slums, June gets her self involved in a Skiz fight. A Skiz fight is a illegal street fight in which the crown winner in the fight chooses a person to fight in the crowd and the winner doesn't stop fighting until she a bloody fall. Tess, Day's female acquaintance was chosen by Kaede, the Skiz winner was chosen to fight but Tess can't fight so she was knocked to the ground. June thought this was wrong and said something to Kaede. June was winning because she was skilled at fighting but when Kaede plunged a knife into her side, June tried to escape. In the end Day saved her by creating a smoke bomb and escaping to an abandoned library.
    After a couple of days June has followed Day and Tess, Day kissed her when he was drunk. They both wanted it but after the kiss June noticed something something around Day's neck and realized the pendant she found in the hospital the day Metias died, was his, Day's pendant. When she found out she followed Day to his parents house to see what day was doing. When she found had a sick brother with a mutated Plague she alerted Thomas, a Republic captain.
   So much happened after that but I don't want to spoil anymore. This book is really good if you are interested in action.

Legend by Marie Lu

In the book Legend by Marie Lu, Los Angeles has been separated from the rest of North America and is called the Republic. The Republic's most wanted criminal, Day a male teen who has had his identity erased from the Republic's records has framed of killing a commander named Metias. Metias sister, June takes his place as a detective in training and her job is to take Day to justice. So far in the book I have read about a few ways June has tried to lure Day into her trap, with Plague medicine. The Plague is a serious illness that has spread in a couple of sectors and has killed thousands of people because most people could not afford the medicine.
This whole problem happened when Day found out that his younger brother, Eden has been diagnosed with the Plagued and is in serious need of the medicine. Day planned a robbery at the hospital on the day the hospital was heavily guarded. When he found out there was no more Plague medicine he jumped out of the window from the lab. With a broken ankle  Day tried flee until Metias caught him. Day managed to flee but jabbing Metias in the arm with his knife.
I can't wait to finish the book and find out what's going to happen in the next book, Legend.