Entry Three: Outside Reading

I have come to find that Katie is so upset about Matt leaving her because she is pregnant with his child. The diary is coming to a close and Suzanne had another heart attack. Nicholas is just about one year old and she is working harder than ever being a physician, wife, and mother. She goes to the hospital and finds that she has another problem with her heart. Also, Suzanne is pregnant with her second child. Now we already know that she doesn’t have two children because it talks about Nicholas and how she’s so lucky to have him. The doctors are trying to convince Suzanne to abort her baby, for she has little chance of living and little chance of her baby living because of her heart condition. Everything is against her and she contemplates having an abortion, but she can’t do it. This baby is just as much her life as Nicholas is. I think this shows a lot about her character, how much she grasps on to life. One day Suzanne passes out and wakes up in the hospital. Her heart caused her to black out and fall down the stairs. Matt found her and brought her to the E.R. and she almost didn’t make it. Eventually she got to go home, bet a couple months later, something tragic happened. Suzanne, Matt, and Nicholas go to have family photos done to always have reminders of the struggles they’ve overcome. While Suzanne is driving to go get the pictures she ordered, she gets into a car accident. Matt got a call that no husband would ever want to hear, “You wife has passed away, I’m sorry.” Later we come to find out, it wasn’t just Suzanne, but Nicholas was in the back seat sitting like an angel. Matt lost the two things in life that he cared about most. So now, he’s with Katie, and she finally is starting to understand. Their anniversary is the day that his wife and child were killed, this is why Matt left. He felt due to the conditions, he couldn’t stand the thought of reliving it just one year ago. Eventually, Matt runs into Katie, she goes everywhere looking for him. He tells her how much he loves her and he just couldn’t handle it at the time, but now he’s ready. Matt proposed to Katie and she informed him of the baby on the way and couldn’t be happier. In the end, Matt is forced to move past his troubles and start over. They get married and welcome a new child into the world.

Entry Two: Outside Reading

Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas starts out with Katie, a publisher in New York. Her boyfriend, Matt dumped her, more suddenly than she expected. Matt gave Katie the impression that they were going to get married and he told her he was no longer married. After he broke it off, something didn’t seem right. She was so depressed; she took the day off of work. When she got home there was a package on her front step. Thinking it was from her publishing job, Katie almost didn’t open it. Then she noticed it was Matt’s handwriting. Inside, was a diary with a note on top. It read something like, “Katie, I had to break up with you. I just couldn’t do it any longer. I hope this explains a little about why. I love you.” It seemed to me that he was married and he was just dragging this affair out, but he sends Katie mixed messages like saying I love you. The diary was written by Suzanne, his wife, for their child, Nicholas. James Patterson does a good job on hooking the reader to want to buy into this twisted love story. Suzanne started to write the diary so her baby Nicholas could know everything that happened in her life and what she was thinking at that point in time. She lived in New York as a heavily busy doctor with a routine only the workaholic in her could master. One day at the Public Garden, she got a collapsing pain in her chest. She was almost near death, but then on a miracle survived her first heart attack in her thirties. Finally, Suzanna realized that she wasn’t taking the time to really enjoy life, so she moved back to Martha’s Vineyard where she grew up. She took up a practice and bought a quaint cottage by the water. In the diary, we come to find out that she ran into a guy she knew 20 years ago. He was quite rich and drove a green Jag. They hit it off right away and went on some dates. His name was Matt. To fix up her house she hired a painter named Picasso. Then, without warning Matt stops returning her calls and is nowhere to be found on the small island. Picasso asked Suzanne on a date, but she declined. Eventually, she gave in though. Come to find his name really wasn’t Picasso. It was Matthew Harrison. After a while, they fell in love. He took Suzanne to visit his mother, which he apparently had never done before and she had never felt this way about a man before. Katie read this diary still unaware of how it would explain anything. So, she found out that the guy she was in love with, really was married. Katie wanted to hate Suzanne so badly, but she couldn’t. Everything about her seemed humble, mature, and selfless. I still don’t understand how this diary has anything to do with Katie. Did Suzanne know about Katie? Was Matt cheating? Did Suzanne have another heart attack, but this time didn’t live through it? Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas is very compelling. It’s hard for me to put it down. I can’t wait to find out what really did happen to Suzanne and why Matt got up and left Katie. It’s a book filled with passion, emotion, and suspense.

Entry One: Outside Reading

The magazine Rolling Stone decided to write a comedy issue interpreting "What's Funny Now?" It seems when comedy started people didn't know what made each other laugh. Now a day though, 2008 has shown great characteristics of whit and awkward situations. Some common comedians today are Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, and Zach Galfianakis. The awkward nature in comedic performances is portrayed in The Office, Borat, and Knocked Up. Steve Carell playing Michael in The Office is rude and makes no work experience forgetful. One of the newest to comedy is Seth Rogan. An actor and writer, he is the face for plenty of up and coming inappropriate funnies. I feel that Rolling Stone hit it right on. Today’s television is filled with crude language and unfortunate events. Just watching the shows make me embarrassed for the character. It’s part of the new millennium to have media filled with situations no one wants to be in and movies that relate to drugs as well as alcohol. Why people find it funny, doing stupid things? No one knows. It is obvious though that the new movies hitting theatres are doing quite well, such as Superbad, Pineapple Express, and Borat. The kids watching age appropriate movies has fallen very low. Children watching PG-13 movies at age 9 will only keep getting younger. It’s a question to ask yourself, why are parents allowing their kids to watch everything they shouldn’t?

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