Review of the novel: Chapter 4,5,6

Victoria spends the last summer before going to New York with her family. All of her family members want her to stay. Thinking about Grace, her younger sister, she felt sorry but they promised they would meet for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Victoria's college life went well. She did go back to L.A. to see her family during the vacations. Victoria's roommate in sophomore year was a girl who had an eating disorder and frighteningly thin. Watching her not eat made her want to eat more. Then she meets the first boy. He is a tall, good-looking boy with freckles and red hair, from Kentucky. She decides to get skinnier and she did. Things didn't go well and they break up. During her college years, she repeats gaining and losing weight.  When she is in New York going to college, she takes a summer job. She liked teaching kids. Then, she gets a letter and finds out that maybe she could work as a teacher at a private shcool in New York for a year. She goes to New York for the interview of the work.

Eat Expired Food, Be Green: Real World Green

I watched and listened to this podcast. It talked about expired food. The dates printed on food which says best before or expires on, doesn't exactly mean that we can't eat the food after them. In fact, people waste 1400 calories of food every day by throwing out expired food and others. Also, according to a research, 40% of the food produced is wasted. The speaker insists we eat some expired food and be green to the environment.

Review of the novel: Chapter 3

As years pass by Grace and Victoria grow older and Victoria continues to take good care of Grace. Victoria didn't have much friends at school. Only some but never out of school. Victoria likes eating very much. She definitely prefers foods like burgers, spaghetti, meatballs, and so on. She was growing bigger and bigger. Victoria graduates middle school and she moves on to high school. At first she is afraid, but starts to feel that high school is much better than she thought. On the first day, a girl named Connie comes and talks to Victoria. Being the captain of the basketball team, and she tells her she should join a club. Victoria decides to join the Latin club. She works hard to keep up her grade and applies to seven schools which are all far from California. It's because she thinks that she should get away from her family.

Review of the novel: Chapter 1,2

I chose this book called "Big Girl" written by Danielle Steel.

It's about a girl named Victoria. She is a blond-haired, blue-eyed, chubby little girl; which is opposite of her parents who are slim and tall. Her father referred to her as Queen Victoria. While her family could eat anything they wanted, Victoria couldn't without gaining weight. As time goes by, she decides to get away from them and go to college in Chicago.

This week, I read the first two chapters. This novel starts with the main information about the characters and the settings which is like this: Jim Dawson and Christine meets in college and becomes a couple. Their first baby comes out to be a girl, which Jim secretly wanted a boy. He named the baby Victoria because she was beautiful as queen Victoria. Although when Victoria becomes older, she sees a picture of queen Victoria, she is disappointed. Their second baby also turns out to be a girl and they name her Grace. The father says that Grace is the perfect daughter that they always wanted and not Victoria. Victoria looks different from the other family members and feel a little left out.