There's No Place Like Home

                    Last weekend I went to Barnes and Noble to get the book There's no place like Home   by Jen Calonita. It is part of the series Secrets of My Hollywood Life series, this is the last installment, unfortunately.  The series, is about a stare-struck teenager named Katlin Burke,She is the Princess of Tinseltown ( Hollywood ), Her life is always in the bright spotlight in all her glory.  In the last book, she returns home after a summer in New York starring in the Broadway show "Meeting of the Minds".
                    Okay, enough of the retelling here are my thoughts on the book. One character that really caught my eye, Katlin's Controlling Mother, Megan. As most parents do, they with for are never-ending happiness. They would do anything for them, what ever it takes. Megan ( Katlin's mom) is on of those parents, she is the manager of Katlin and controls her life. Their dream was to get famous and keep busy to stay in the game. But lately her mother has been pushing it into overdrive. Thinking that it's making Katlin happy, getting to the Prime of her Acting career. Many parents make wrong decisions for   their children's lives, they assume that what they want, is what their children what. But, most of the time it's the exact opposite thing. For Katlin she wants to have the normal teenage life, even though she might be a star, she wants what every other 17 year old wants. As she tries to tell her mother what she wants, the more her mother ignores her of them. Megan plans, and plans her daughters life away without even asking, katlin what she wants for her own life.
                      When realized this while reading it  immediately made me think of "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" because in the play, the Capulets ( Juliet's parent ) control their daughters life. Juliet and Katlin remind as the same person in a way. As they both begin to mature into young women, the more their parents oppressed all of their ideas, and or choices for their life. The more Parents try to force a lifestyle on their children the more, they will try to rebel against all of their ideas.
                     Finally, I believe that very soon Katlin will try to take charge of her life, and tell her mother that, in the end Megan might be controlling her life, it's Katlin that's affected by all of the choices.

True Believers- By Nicholas Sparks

               Two days ago I began to read the book True Believers by Nicholas Sparks. The reason I choose this book was because, in the beginning of the year i read The Last Song also written by Nicholas Sparks. The book was very good, it really made me change my mind about Romance Novels.I decided to try this book to see if it was the same.

      So far the book is a bout this High powered Journalist named Jeremy Marsh, who writes for the Scientific American on supernatural Causes. I feel that so far Jeremy thinks that he is a god given gift to all people. When i realized this, i wondered, what makes someone think that they are better than everyone, a God given Gift. This "trait" has been going on forever, whether it was with the Whites and African Americans, or the case in this book. By saying that you are higher than everyone else in the world, in many religions like Christianity that is comparing yourself to god, maybe even saying you are more powerful than God himself.

      Okay I am going off topic here, even though Jeremy feels that he is the best person, everyone especially him, has their flaws. Because no on e is perfect, no madder how much you try, you will always be the same a everyone else. But I find that soon in the book, someone will reveal this to Jeremy, trying to pull him back to earth. I feel that as soon as everyone is at the same level, all back to earth, we can give each other equal chances, in our lives.

      But i also have another prediction, and it is on the negative side. Maybe Jeremy is so full of himself he can never fell that every one is his equals, and he will never have anyone tell him otherwise. He has to realize that before he was on top, he was at the bottom like everyone else.