Pretty Little Liars (pg. 256 - 286)

Aria: Her and her family sit around the table at 2 a.m. talking about Alison and how she was found. Aria is pretty upset, of course, and finds herself wanting to be comforted by Ezra. So she hops in the cars a drives to his place. Things did not go the way she thought they would. When she got their, he was so angry. She had left her phone their, and it kept beeping because of text messages, so he opened it to shut it up, and saw the texts from A! She tries to explain, but he won't hear it. She bits him by mistake when he places his hand over her mouth, and he throws a book at her :(

Spencer: Spencer could see out her window as they took care of Alison. Her parents are still angry with her, and wouldn't even see if she's okay. She had a semi panic attack, and Andrew helped her and gave her a blanket. She didn't know this until she saw him put a letter in the mailbox asking if it helped. This upsets her. Wren comes, and they have another little moment. I really hope they don't do anything together...that would be so wrong! haha

Hannah: There was a really small chapter on Hannah. She was sitting on the couch watching the news about Alison. She wants someone to talk to, but realises there is no one. No Sean anymore, Mona is out of the question, and her mom is on a date. So she sits and thinks if A is Alison. But knows that can't be. She also wonders why her mom would say "I'll take care of it" about her drunk driving and theft, instead of yelling and being mad.

Emily: Well it's the funeral. Alison's mom wants all the girls to sit together in the front, so after not have spoken in a long time, the feel a little awkward. But soon old memories bring smiles to their faces, and they feel better. Aria is wearing a knitted bra she made for them all, and Hannah brought some alcohol to help them get by. It's a sad day, but Emily realises that they can be their for each other, and that being with her old friends...made her feel good.

Spencer (again): Well they see Jenna and Toby at the funeral. A big shocker for the girls. A cop pulls Spencer to the side and asks if he can come y to ask her questions about Alison and stuff. The girls are a little nerves, because of the Jenna thing, but don't think much of it. They walk away from the funeral, and are about to say their goodbyes, and Spencer wants to say how much she has missed them in the last three years, when they all get a creepy text from A.

This was the end of the book...with just a long text from A, that is kinda creepy. haha.

Oh technology...

I think just about everyone knows what it is like when your whole family is all doing something with electronic devices. In my family, it is my mom watching TV, my dad on his Ipad, my sister on the laptop, and me on my computer. I remember the good ol' days when we would have family game night. This would either be on Saturdays or Fridays, depending what we were doing, and it was just tons of fun. Now instead of sitting on the floor laughing over silly games, we sit on the couch watching Netflix together. Do I think this is a bad thing? No. We still do play board games everyone once and awhile, and we go on walks and bike rides together, but most of the time we are on our electronic items. It is perfectly fine to spend time on your own separate gadget, but the key is knowing boundaries. If the family only does this, and never really talks, then that's not right. I remember once when my family went out to eat, and I noticed this family at another table...all on their phones texting. Were they texting each other? I sure hope not. That is just sad. That is when technology gets in the way of family and you are over using it. If you can't put your phone, or you laptop down for a nice family dinner, then that is when you need to SEEK HELP!! :)

Pretty Little Liars (pg. 230 - 256)

Aria: It starts with her dreaming about Alison, being alive. It's just a little creepy, I can imagine it was for her. Anyway, when she wakes up she talks to her dad about if ghosts can send text messages. He asked her what a text message was. This is funny, but a little cheesy. I mean, I know it's fun to make fun of older people for not being as "smart" in technology, but really? lol. Anyway, Emily shows up at her house, and she wants to know if Ally ever said anything about her to any of their friends. Aria wonders why, but then she gets to thinking and wonders if Ally told her secret to any of her friends behind her back. We find out that Alison was nice and comforting the first day she found out about Aria's dad, but then was demanding and asking a lot of questions...not a very good friend.

Hannah: Hannah wakes up with a hangover after her big night of drinking. She has very little to no memory what happened last night. Someone knocks on her door, so she kind of straitens herself out, puts on sunglasses, and answers the door. It is the same police man as before. He tells her she stole a car, crashed it, and walked away. She says no way, but kinda confesses by saying she didn't steal it, Sean let her borrow it. Since their was an empty bottle of alcohol, she has to go to the station. She wonders if Mona will get in trouble too, since she was also in the car. She calls her mom, and once again, her mother says she will handle it. Hannah sure has been messing up a lot lately. We learn more about her secret, and the story of a toothbrush that only Alison would know, but now someone else does.

Spencer: Oh my goodness Spencer's parents are horrible!! I mean, what Spencer did to her sister was horrible, but the way her parents handled it...its no wonder she does things like she did. Her dad told her he wished she wasn't his daughter, her mother said she is a horrible person, and Melissa (who has a right to be angry) said she is a b**** and a whore. :( I feel bad for her, yet in a way, she deserved it from Melissa, but not her parents! They should hug her and tell her it will be alright, but what she did was the worst thing one sister could do to another. And blah blah blah. I hope everyone forgives and forgets soon...however something tells me Melissa is not the forgiving type.

Emily: So After her talk with Aria, she decides she needs to go see Maya, and that maybe Maya was the one who wrote her the note. She decides she wants to go back with Ben, if he'll have her, and that she just wants to be friends with Maya. On her way their, she see police cars and ambulances speeding down the street to Maya's house. She remembers that she told her sometimes she cuts herself, so she freaks out a peddles faster to her house. When she gets their, she finds out Maya is just fine, but they found somebody. They found Alison's body!!

Sandcastles!!

It's a dragon eating someone. haha.

Something every little kid does at the beach, something teens and young adults do with friends at the beach, and something artists do...MAKE SANDCASTLES! I know when I was younger I would play in the sand and make sandcastles. Of course those were usually just buckets of sand piled on each other. Every now and again when you go to the beach, you see an amazing sandcastle that must have taken someone days to make! And you stare at in amazement wondering how anyone could make something so cool, using sand as their building material! When little kids make sandcastles, they don't think their making art, neither does anyone else, until you see it, and it really is incredible. I sure don't have the patients or artistic ability to make anything like these, but it's fun to look at. So here are some pictures of some pretty awesome sandcastles :)

Look at the detail...so cool.

this one is so creative and would of taken forever!!

I thought this one was neat :)

I think this one is my favorite

Pretty Little Liars (pg. 213 - 230)

Spencer: Oh Spencer...still making those bad choices. haha. Let's she...she kisses Wren, her sisters boyfriend. As far as I know...that's a big no-no. We also find out that it is not the first time this has happened! :O It turns out that when Spencer was in 7th grade, she kissed her sister boyfriend, Ian. Ian is now her lacrosse coach (awkward). Anyway, Spencer had told Ally all about it at the time, and she threatened that if Spencer didn't tell Melisa, then she would. Spencer threaten to tell about the Jenna thing if that happened. From what it sounds like, those two had a great friendship (...she says sarcastically). Anyway, I was a little confused at this part, but I do believe Melissa saw them kissing and Spencer knows that. But I'm not sure...I think I'll have to go back a re-read that to make sure. haha.

Hannah: Poor Hannah. She has just been rejected by her boyfriend when she tried to sleep with him. He says he wants his first time to be special, and that special girl would not be her. Ouch. I know Hannah has been a little...lets just say behaving poorly...but nobody deserves being told that by their boyfriend  
:( . So she finds Mona, who is stoned, and they drive off to let off some steam...in Sean's car. At a red light, a car pulls up next to them and wants to race. So when the light turns green, they take off...going 80, 90, 100...then a deer runs into the road in front of Hannah's...er Sean's car!! She slams on the breaks and swerves to miss it, but crashes into a pole. Their okay, but they do something terrible....they just walk away, leaving his car and for him to take the blame. :(

Emily: Well Emily sure has been thinking about what went down with Ben and Maya a lot. She bolted the party after it happened, without saying goodbye to Maya, and called another friend to come get her. Let's just say when she woke up the next day, she still felt terrible about it all. She hates thinking that she might be gay. And something creepy happens!! The letter she gave Alison after they kisses saying she loved her and stuff, was sent to her, with a note from A!! How the heck did A get it?? Well that's what Emily thinks. Emily needs to get away, so she gets on her bike, and peddles away, even after her parents yell that she's grounded and to come back.

Aria: I didn't read anything about her in these pages :(

African Safari

One of my biggest dreams and one of my top items on my bucket list (yes...I already have one. haha.) is to go on an AFRICAN SAFARI!!! I plan on being a zoologist, and if I could go to Africa to research the animals in their in their environment...it would just be a dream come true. I'm really into photography too, so I would take professional photos and maybe get them put in a magazine, possibly write a book about the experience. Yeah yeah...probably won't ever happen, but a girl can dream, right? :) My favorite animal in Africa is a Giraffe. They are so cute!! Although I'm pretty sure everyone loves Giraffe's, and why wouldn't they??

Now THIS would be cool...you know...as long as it steps around you ;)

I want to do this so much!

Another scary one, but the guys like "this will make a good picture"

I also think this is super amazing! but still kind of scary.

Two Way Street (pg. 250 - 288)

I loved the ending of this book!! I was a little worried that they wouldn't get their happy ending, but don't worry, Courtney and Jordan do get that certain ending. But not before drama happens. After all the things they went through on their jouney to get to the college (food posing, hotel nights, visiting creepy boyfriend ;)) they make it to the college! When they get their, they are greeted by the way to friendly orintation student person, haha, and let's just say they are not in the mood for a perky excited person. I mean, they did just spend over 48 hours non-stop with each other, Courtney broke off whatever she had with her "best" guy friend that was becoming more then that (because he's a major jerk!!!) Anyway...to get their happy ending, Courtney's dad comes. He and his daughter have a little talk, and she knows the big secret! SHe is super mad at Jordan for keeping it from her, and wants nothing to do with him. He explains, she comes to her senses, and they forgive and forget. (it is a little more then just that, FYI).

My favorite things about this book!

1. The characters

2. Showing both sides of the story (different points of view)

3. The plot in general

4. The drama that happens on the trip, and the cuteness that happened before.

5. The flashbacks of course!!

Those were some highlights of this book in my opinion. It is a good book, and a pretty quick read if anyone is looking for that type of thing ;)