(Outside Reading #2) Book: Private

Reed actually begins school and meets her first teacher. Let's just say she doesn't get off on the best terms since she back talks when the teacher accuses her answer to be wrong. But in truth, he tricked her and tried to make her look bad on her first day in front of the entire class. After that, she was convinced he could do no better and she hated him. When he called her to his desk after class, he asked her to catch up with all the other students by reading 8 books that the other students had by the end of the week. At lunch, Reed had an encounter with the Billings girls. They came up to her and called her their "peeping tom" since Ariana had seen her staring at them in the window.

First of all, if I were in Reed's place during class, I would be furious with my teacher. I think that is really wrong of teachers to make fun of students on purpose. I believe all of it is cruel and unnecessary. Reed knows she doesn't need to read those 8 books to catch up so I wouldn't if I were her. On the subject of the Billings girls, I guess I would be a little weirded out if I saw some random girl looking at me through a window but I don't think they should have been that rude about it. They seem like they always are like that, and very stuck-up. But Reed really wants to fit in, and be a Billings girl.

(Outside Reading #1) Book: Private

I just started reading a book called Private by Kate Brian. The book so far is about a girl named Reed Brennan that is a sophmore at a new school called Easton Academy. Easton Academy is a very expensive school but the truth is, Reed Brennan is searching for a new life, new friends, a new start. She was a tomboy in her old town and had to deal with her pill-popping mother. She moves in and meets her roommate Constance Talbot. She is a real talker, blabs all the time, all about herself. She also meets a boy named Thomas Pearson who ran into her in the hallway. They made small talk and he complimented her on many things. On her first day at lunch, Reed meets the Billings girls-the girls that live in the Billings dorm. The Billings dorm is where all the top-class students stay. The captains and only upperclassman that are "special" get to live there. Right away Reed has a dream that she wants to be a Billing's girl. She believes that will solve all her problems. 

If I was in Reed's situation, first of all i'd be very intimidated by all the people there and I doubt right away I would want to be a Billings girl. The Billings girls seem stuck up and mean but thats just the vibe I get after reading information about them in the book. It's weird because she always used to be a tomboy at her old school so it's interesting that she wants to change and become a Billings girl right away. I'm very excited to read this book though and I've heard from many people that it's one of their favorites. I guess we'll have to see if Reed actually becomes a Billings girl and what she does to try to get in their group.