The Host

So I finally finished this book. I had started reading it before Breaking Dawn came out, but wasn't really quite into it so I put it on hold while I read Breaking Dawn. Then I came back to The Host and it has taken me a little while to finish it. I liked it when I finally got really interested in it, but it took me well over 150 pages before I understood what it was about. It just didn't captivate me from the begining like the Twilight series did. But I do give credit to Stephani Meyer for having a vivid and very creative imagination. I never would have in a million years thought of something like that to write about. I guess that is why she is the author and not me. So I would give this book about 3 out of 5 stars. It was good, creative, romantic in parts, a little too sci-fi for me but I enjoyed it.

I wanted to write something yesterday in remembrance of 9/11 but didn't get around to it. Matt and I were watching a show about the 102 minutes that changed our country. It was different video clips that people had shot of the area that morning. It was pretty disturbing to me to see how someone can just not care enough about human life to go and destroy so many families. I just cant belive it, even 7 years later I still have a hard time beliving that it actually happened. How horrific it was near the twin towers and all the people so affected by it. I know that I will always remember where I was when it happened, at home getting ready to go to work at Rupes and watching it on the TV while we were working and I remember feeling so numb about it all and in shock the entire day, maybe even week. I was starting beauty school in about a week and because if this we did not recieve our supplies when we started. They had to ground all flights and trucks with chemicals and stuff like that for a while, so we had no kits to work with for the first couple of weeks/months. My heart goes out to all those that lost family members and loved ones and to those men and women who gave their lives to try and help others. I know I will always remember this day and the impact it has had on my life, and our country's.