Literacy Blog #5

My favorite scene in the book Sugar and Spice would be when Jane and Hannah are setting up for Scarlett's surprise birthday party at Coco de Ville (chapter 21). I like this scene because the idea of having a surprise birthday party for her best friend. That's so thoughtful and nice of Jane. Also in this chapter, Jane and D discover about Trevor's journal, where he plans out what they will do in the next episodes. This is a big turning point in the book because now Jane knows what Trevor is up to and what he wants her to do in the next week. With D's help, she decided to outsmart Trevor, this is the end of chapter 21 and where I left off right now. I think that the book will be different now and have a different twist. This is my favorite scene because it is a nice thought (to have the party) and it shows suspense because we don't know how Jane will act towards Trevor now, and the effect on the show it will have.

Literacy Blog Assignment 4

   L.A. Candy is written in third person, omniscient.  This is a good choice on Lauren Conrad's behalf because there are four main stars on the TV show, L.A. Candy, in the book.  This is helpful because we can know the characters thoughts and get to know them more, and what they are planning to do to others in the future (like Madison...).  Her personal word choices are basic and not that complicated.  I like that because then I can understand what is going on in the novel more.  It also makes more sense because Lauren Conrad is also a model and a fashion designer, so she probably doesn't know that many big words.  Her style of writing also fits in good with her books because they are about young women who go to clubs on their free time, they probably don't spend their free time reading (other than Scarlett who is in university) so they don't know or use big words.  Since this writing is omniscient, there isn't that big of words because the girls don't think that way.  The sentences overall evenly balanced and the writing flows good.  The writing is more so informal than formal because there are some swears and slang.  For each chapter, Conrad takes a few words from the present chapter and titles the overall chapter that.  It when she does this because I find it more interesting and it shows you a little hint of what is coming up in that chapter.  The text is also organized for text messages, she writes them in bolded all caps letters, and she uses italics often (but not too often) for extra effect.  The book is written as a problem-solution.  The book is about what it is like to star in a reality TV show.  Lauren Conrad's tone about this is positive because she wants to tell people what it is like to be on a reality tv show.  She is telling what she experienced (kind of) when this happened to her.  She is just telling people the true reality behind the scenes.