Currently.

This week I have been reading Impulse by Ellen Hopkins. This has been  a busy week so I haven't read as much of it as I would have wanted to but I guess my real homework comes first. And I am really pleased that I am doing so well on my goal for this quarters reading. Anyways, this book is a little different than her other books. This one is about suicide and I have never read anything on this subject.

Description from book:

Sometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same.
Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act — suicide.
Vanessa is beautiful and smart, but her secrets keep her answering the call of the blade.
Tony, after suffering a painful childhood, can only find peace through pills.
And Conner, outwardly, has the perfect life. But dig a little deeper and find a boy who is in constant battle with his parents, his life, himself.
In one instant each of these young people decided enough was enough. They grabbed the blade, the bottle, the gun — and tried to end it all. Now they have a second chance, and just maybe, with each other's help, they can find their way to a better life — but only if they're strong and can fight the demons that brought them here in the first place.

Sentences of the week:

“Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear...forever.”
“It [death] chokes you, gags you, but you have to pretend that you're doing just fine, not trembling with this fear because the end is close.”
“Memory is a tenuous thing. . . .

flickering glimpses, blue
and white, like ancient,
decomposing 16mm film.
Happiness escapes
me there, where faces
are vague and yesterday
seems to come tied
up in ribbons of pain.

Happiness? I look for it instead
in today, where memory
is something I can still
touch, still rely on.
I find it in the smiles
of new friends, the hope
blossoming inside.

My happiest memories
have no place in the
past; they are those
I have yet to create.”
Pages read this week: 300
Pages read this semester: 4364

**My goal for the next couple of weeks is to finish Impulse (hopefully this weekend) and Perfect. Then I will have read all of Ellen Hopkins's young adult books! I also want to finish Beautiful Boy and I really want to get back into reading the House of Night Series because last night at the store I realized that 2 new books have been released! Even when this class is over in a couple of months I still want to continue to have a book every week to read because it allows me to escape the stress and drama of high school! :)