If We Kiss

Summary:

I chose this book because I think that from seeing the front cover and analyzing, it had like a good perspective of what a real adolescent life is. I am expecting that this book shows people of how to react over different circumstances  in life. This girl makes her life weird  because she has her confusions, she has a crush on a lot of boys,  but she has been wondering what would happen if she kisses with Kevin, on of the hottest boys in school. How should it feel, what would be her first impression, what is she gets scared and never asks for one in her entire life or what if she loves it? its an experience she has never done. She was worried because she notices this boy always talked to her and walked with her. The most annoying thing was that all of this happened in school and she could die for him. She tells her friend every single thing, until one day it happened and so on, her mother was called from detention and she had a long talk with her. Her mother told her and explained that sometimes happens but you have to learn how to control it it was kid of awkward at some point until the girl changes the subject.

Quotes:

¨Hey¨ he said. 

I almost swallowed my gum. Pg. 4

Text Response: 

I think that this quote means that when you like someone, its not easy to hold it, what I mean is that you get confused and try to hold it or hide the truth but instead you stupidly do whatever comes first to your mind. Its hard to talk to someone when you feel something and specially when it is someone important so you have to look and seem cool right, thats what a normal girl would say. And its not easy to always get what you need like as simple as we think. 

¨Does it mean I did something wrong?¨ Pg. 9 

Text Response:

By this quote I can understand that yeah since everything was happening so fast, she was feeling worried because she never thought after kissing him. So she didn't have the time to think, it was from one minute to another. She was wondering what was wrong with her, what was Kevin going to think or what if everyone noticed it. What if she had ruined her future or what if she did it just right or something. I could learn form this that sometimes things have to go with the flow and take time. Sometimes if we want something we have to wait and take more chances. 

Final Thoughts:

Finally I think that this book is going to get really inserting because besides the girls life, it also talks about how people can react over things and tell you. After this, maybe she is going to hate Kevin because they have never talked about that and it was like so strange, so she has to take better deceptions and maybe think a little more before doing another thing like this. Its okay to take bad thoughts sometimes but it has to stop someday. I think that love makes us what we are I mean it is a very important step in our lives, it shows us about feelings and concentrates in making people change in their way of acting over other people, to know each of our way of thinking and our defenses in life. The love that we give is the one we deserve and I think that most of the time love defines us, if we have love we find ourselves as well. 

Stand Up

SUMMARY

After the dinner they both talk, they say to each other sorry for all the disaster, Juli tells Bryce that she was angry and she really wanted it to be over. Bryce tells Juli that maybe he was also like that because he was stressed that she wouldn't handle it like that, and that maybe all of their friendship was over. But Juli, thought that maybe it would be better if she forgot for life about Bryce so they wouldn't went suffer any more about dumb things. The next day, Juli noticed something and it was that even though Bryce didn't agree with her eggs, her business started growing and she was very proud of herself as well. After all, they are finally talking to each other again , like normal people. Bryce is on the basket ball team, witch means that he has to date two popular girls that he docent want because he is afraid that Juli would get jealous again and everything would get ruined. But guess what Juli has been invited to date another boy too so its kind of fair but they are worried. In the lunch they both stare and they think, so Bryce stands up and goes to see Juli at front. He tries to kiss her, but she stops him and everything got stuck. Everything starts to go over control, Bryce is confessing everything in front of everyone, she feels shy and runes back home. Bryce new he was the cool guy but from then on he had to do something so Juli was next to him all the time. Juli decides to vote against Bryce for the Basket boys, this time she decides to forget it all and move with her normal life. She gets exited because she sees that her grass is growing again, Juli tells him that she is over it but later she sees that every girl dies for him so she is back again with the same problem. She brings to school about 18 dolars and buys another guy instead of Bryce but later other girls are not him. Juli haves lunch with him since he is kind of funny. When Juli gets home she remembers about everything and feels ashamed, she asks her parents for help the worst thing that could happened to her is for Bryce to come over again to her house after all. Even their teachers told that they were fighting took much. Until one day Bryce made a surprise for her, he started to plant a tree on her background, she thinks it is very sweet for him but she is steel out of her mind, well that moment is when things change and they become more then friends. 

QUOTES

 ¨ I was so relieve that I hadn't bid on Bryce¨. pg 204.

TEXT RESPONSE 

I think that Juli is in the middle of nowhere she is so lost that she would do anything for Bryce to keep away of her. She is afraid, maybe its very difficult to trust Bryce after all, its a hard deception or rather she goes with what Bryce tells or she follow her path along life. This quote shown me that you have to trust yourself when you don't have a choice and you have to do something fast.

¨Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know.¨ pg 212.

TEXT RESPONSE

Julianna Baker is now remembering herself of what they had told her about Bryce. Maybe she was wrong and she needed to understand that yes, Bryce made a mistake but he is more then a jerk, he has more things in front of her that he hasn't showed to her yet. Maybe he is waiting for the precise moment. 

FINAL THOUGHTS

In the end I guess it was a normal love process, they had good and bad moments, but thats when they get to know each  other very good. They are both really nice kids that at first they were kind of confused but later things change, people act different and they both got to the point were they understand each other. 

The Other Side

SUMMARY

Julianna is trying to forget about Bryce problem, she is concentrated more in her family but mostly in her dad. She went with him to his grandfather birthday but they didn't talk that much it seemed like something was wrong between those two. David shows Julianna one of his puzzples since he was master on that. They had a great time and they decide to go get ice cream, when something goes wrong with his grandfather and he falls, they all got scared and cleaned it all up. When Juli got home her parent told her in a very exited voice that Bryce and his family were coming over, she made a really angry face and decided to pretend she ignored him all the time. Bryce is also freaked out since he now what is happening and he is worried because he sent know what to expect. When Juli and Bryce meet Bryce finds Juli really attractive but Juli tells Bruce he is a total jerk and she docent want to see him ever again. Bryce is nervous and his dad starts to embers him even more, he felt really stupid. Juli thinks about everything and she feels sorry, she thinks its enough and she tells Bryce everything, they were in such a good moment that they almost kissed the feeling was really strong. Bryce is realizing that the Bakers family is so awesome and he changes his life from then on.

QUOTES

¨I was completely lost. And even though I was pretending to follow along with what they were saying, what I was really doing was trying to not stare at Juli¨. pg 151.

TEXT RESPONSE

This quote means that Bryce is kind of confused now, he is worried about the dinner night and he is really frustrated. Bryce docent now if he likes Juli or if he is stupidly mad at her for being like that with her. This quote showed me that things happen at any time, even when you don't want them they are there and you have to face them and follow what you need to.

¨Bryce?¨ She says, touching my arm again. ¨Did you hear me? Im sorry.  pg 157.

TEXT RESPONSE

Right know Juli is facing her feelings, she is scared but she prefers telling Bryce the truth fate and letting everything go and she thinks that maybe she is lost and she needs someone besides her and will be Bryce because she is kind of figuring out what is keeping her from being with Bryce every single day besides the eggs. This quote tells me that when you really like someone don't waste your time in other things, just face it and tell him or her the truth.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Finally I think that from now on, they are going to take things easier by this I mean that maybe they are going to be step by step they are going to analyze and think that maybe if they start over and go slowly they are going to end up with a better relationship since right know they both like each other and I think that nothing can spare the because in the end they are going to admit the love they both have and everything is going to repeat. 

Sometimes it all gets a little hard

SUMMARY

So, right now Bryce is getting the concepts that he was wronged, if he docent fix his mistake soon he will loos one of her biggest friends ever. He knows he acted stupid all the way, but he is kind of confused now, he docent know what to expect or even how to tell Julianna he is truly sorry about what happened. Well, things don't always go as planned, sometimes we have to loos things to earn better ones. Maybe its just some space or time that Julianna needs like right know she is really mad at him and she has a really valuable reason. His grandfather has turned into one of Juliannas friends they both get each other and they like the idea of planting nature in Juliannas garden so practically Bryce is alone, he is stressed and is worried that something else besides the big problem he is facing will pop out and basically ruin his idea of telling Julianna he is sorry for all the mess. Bryce is trying really hard, in fact he docent now how to even talk to her at this point. There has been even fights among Bryce family, they thing Juli looks like her grandma that passed out in the spiritual way. They fight because Juliana has a brother with retarded problems and they feel bad because what could they possibly do to help at this piont? Now Bryce is scared. Scared because he is a kid he is not sure of what to tell Juli. Well through all of this at lest Bryce got to know his grandpa better and he recommended some things about her. Bryce starts to read things about her, all of a sudden he is in love with Juianna Baker.

QUOTES

¨Its like your heart has been kissed by beauty¨ pg 98.

TEXTT RESPONSE 

I think that this quote that Bryce remembered was a really significant thing because not just the fact that he understands the importance of the trees but, he know gets the pint and realized that his heart has been shocked recently. Bryce has felt a not usual feeling during those days, his mind in changing and his feelings are to. This is helping him know how he needs to act with her and the way he needs to move on. 

¨ Where would I be if things had been different?¨ pg 94.

TEXT RESPONSE 

In this question I chose it has a really strong meaning because yes, what If Julianna never appeared in his life? What if she never started with her eggs? Would Bryce be feeling guilty of something? Or was he supposed to be more into her after all? Bryce is really confused a lot of thoughts are active in his brain, he is cycling his feelings that are trapped and can't come ti actual words. He is wondering that maybe things are going to end up worst and his friendship is going to be over.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Well after all of this disaster I guess Bryce has to keep doing the best he cans and care about her day and night till he finds a good solution. He has to keep an eye on her and try to every day tell her how much he feels sorry about the egg thing and maybe give her something I mean if it was my point I would probably share a special thing or moment together so she understands how much Bryce really feels for her, and what a bomb would be leaving her with ought his company all the time.