Along for the ride #5

Recommendation of the book:

Along for the ride, were should I star. I absolutely loved this book!!!! And I would totally recommend this book to all of the girls that love to read romance books. This  is a great review of this book check it out:

http://teenbookreview.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/review-along-for-the-ride-by-sarah-dessen/

The main character is Auden and she just amazing. I think of her as a person that would be my best friend. I learned a lot from this book and from her witch i think it is going to help me even in the future. So a quick summary of this book. Auden main character goes to her dads house for the summer because her parents are divorced. Her dad is marred and they juts had a newborn baby! Auden does not mind that as much but when she gets there she sees that the baby never sleeps and the  house is under a big bubble of stress. Auden when she arrives to the new town does not really know anyone. However on her first walk in a new town she meats couple of new friends witch in the end turn out not to be such a good friends.Audens step mam owns a clothing shop on a beach and Auden starts working there. She likes it and at the same times she makes new friends. She is working and having fun. But one day everything turns out upside down when she meats the guy names Eli. Eli is a dream guy. A guy that any girl would like! They start hanging out and Auden fins out that Eli owns a bike shop and he is very interested in a bike sport. However Auden has a secret, she never learned how to ride a  bike. So  her friends at the shop teach her how to ride a bike and she surprises Eli. The summer goes and Auden and Eli is having fun but at the same time haves so bumpy roads in their relationship also. The summer ends however Auden becomes more self confident and she finds love of her life!! If you do not believe what the book is about check it out yourself!:)

http://sarahdessen.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/along-for-the-ride-summary/

This book is just so much fun to read! I finished so quickly because it is just so interesting! If you want to have fun while reading a book you have to read Along for the ride by Sarah Deseen. 

Along for the ride Sarah Dessen #4

  Letter to  the main character: 

Dear Auden,

I would like to start with saying I am so proud of you for becoming who you are now. You have changed a lot and changed for the better. Now let me tackle you with some questions that I have. First of all how is you baby step sister? Is she starting to not to cry as much and sleep better? I hope so because I know there was a lot of struggles for you when you were there to visit your dad. Now how is your dad and Haidy? Is your dad finally finish his book and is he living back at home with Haidy and the baby? I hope he is because Haidy seems very nice and I am sure she needs help with the baby.

So I heard that last summer you worked for Haidy at the swim shop. Sorry but I cannot imagine you working at that place :) does it look anything like this?

that seems like Haidys style :) sorry for that. But at least you made money so now you can have t

o spend while in college. I am sure you still managed to have fun!

I want to hear all about this boys of yours Eli!!!! how is he doing? You guys are so adorable with each other! And i cannot believe it he thought you how to ride a bike!!!! Don't you do that when you like 3??:) Sorry again for my unnecessary jokes... And he even owns his own bike shop that is so awesome!!!

I am so happy for you!! Go Auden and Eli!!!:)

So now i guess you started college a? Is you mom still bothering you that you have to study 24/7 all year around? I hope not and I hop  you still have fun!!!! Anyways I am very excited to start college too! i just feel all grown up and i cannot believe I am graduating already!!!!

Well anyways good luck with everything and do not forget to update me on everything!!!! I hope your college year is going well and I hope you are very happy with Eli!!

Hope to hear from you soon!

Along for the ride blog #3

When in class we were given a chance to pick a book and read individually I immediately though of Sarahs Deesen book Along for the ride. However someone else wanted to read the same book also. I believe that Sarah Dessen is such a good writer that is why so many girls want to read it.

I think this book is so popular ( not just this book but all Sarahs Deesen books) because the writer really knows how to get the readers attention. She writes about the situations that might happen in real life or is already happening. She knows how hard sometimes it is to be a teenager and she connects with the reader. I really found a strong connection with this book and thats what kept me on wanting to read this book. This book is popular between the girls because they really can connect with the book. It makes them feel that someone else knows how they feel or what is going on in teenagers lives. There is a link of why girls likes reading Sarahs Deesen books:
http://www.girlsleadershipinstitute.org/blog/2010/03/26/sarah-dessen-writing-real-girl

When i read a book sometimes I see myself as the main character of  the book witch gets me even more interested in the book. Sarah Dessen is a wonderful writer. She knows how to keep the suspense. When I am reading this book it is always keeping me on the edge of my chair because it is so interesting.  Sarah Dessen has very good writers skills. We defined many of these skills in class and i can certainly apply them to Sarah Dessen.
http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/language-arts/18/writing-techniques/
This is a wonderful website that talks about many of the good writers skills. On of the skills that i noticed in this book written by Sarah Dessen is description. She really knows how to describe and paint the picture in your head. In one of the passages she describes Eli the gay that the main character Auden sees for the first time. "He was walking slowly behind a group of older women dressed for a night out, all of them too tan and wearing bright colors". This is just a great description because I can really picture Eli walking down the street behind the old women.

When it comes to being a good writer I believe that it is important to have good writers skills. In thins book Along for the Ride Sarah Dessen is a good writer that keeps any teenage girl interested. I  believe that  the way Sarah Dessen knows how to connect with the reader that makes her writing so popular. If you have not read any of the Sarah Dessen books I really recommend to do that.

SARAH DESSEN

Along for the Ride Sarah Dessen Blog #2

While we read books, I believe that everyone have  their own favorite character. Auden was mine favorite character in  the book Along for the ride by Sarah Dessen. What interest me the most about Auden is that how much she changed from the beginning of  the book all the way to the end of the book. Also I was able to connect with Auden is some way or the other also.


Auden who starts out as being a little shy person, completely transforms herself into being very self confident and not being scared to speak up. Auden went to her dads house for the summer and she had to deal with her step mom and her step sister witch most of the time she did not really mind. However she always liked to keep to herself and never really talked with anyone about any of her problems or thinks that was bothering her. However when she meat Eli the guy at the town where her dad lived everything seemed to change. She finally had a person that she cloud talk with and open up. That is where I start thinking if one of the reasons why she kept to herself before was that she really did not have anyone or trust anyone to talk about her feeling. So Auden really gained a lot of trust for this guy and really opened up about her problems.


Of of the reasons why I connect with Auden is tha her parents are divorces liked mines. I know how does that feel and how hard it is sometimes to take it. That is why I believe tha Auden really did not want to talk about her problems because she though she can just deal with it herself witch is not always the right think to do. Dealing with divorce between your parents can be extremely hard. It was for me and I imagine that it was hard for her too.
http://marriage101.org/divorce-rates-in-america/
This website provides information about divorce and that divorce rate is growing up.

While Auden was at her dads for the summer she changes in a good way. After her dad and his wife (her step mam) were fighting, she wanted to stop her dad from making the same mistake that he made while he was with her mom. I believe that Auden really grew up while she was at her dads and it made her to realize a lot.She started to realize that there are people that she can open up and talk about her problems. Also she wanted to help her dad relationship and make it better and make her dad to realize not to make the same mistakes.

Sometime change is good. I believe that Auden became so much more independent and she really found out how to speak up and be who she is.It was very interesting for me to see Auden grow and change for the better.