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Vicki is a mother of three and has a husband named Ted. She is also struggling with cancer and is having to take care of everything at the cottage. Although her sister, Brenda, said she would help out with her children it seems as though she is still doing all the work. She is a strong willing mom and person. Brenda is Vicki's sister and I find her to be kind of not as happy as Vicki as a person. She isn't happy that Vicki brought a friend along but soon realizes the problems Melanie is going through. She tries to help Vicki as much as possible. Melanie is Vicki's friend and she comes along on the trip because she finds out her husband has cheated on her. She is also pregnant and she "falls in love" with a much younger man. Vicki goes through the bad stages of cancer and can no longer do anything and has to stay in bed almost all day. Brenda is now having to take care of her and the children. Melanie spends a lot of time with Josh (the much younger man) and is trying to take care of herself being pregnant but she finds it hard being without her husband and going through this all alone. I would rate this book a 4 because it had an interesting story but I felt like a lot of the story was very predictable. I really enjoy reading books by Elin Hilderbrand though she is a really great writer.
 * Final Blog May 26th, 2011**
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The book I'm reading is still __Barefoot__ by Elin Hilderbrand. I've read 25 pages since the last blog. Not too much has happened within these 25 pages. Within this reading they have arrived at Nantucket. The women are very surprised at how much the cabin/house they used to stay at as kids has stayed the same. Although it has aged alot and doesn't look as nice. They're plan for the summer while being there is to relax but right when they arrive they know that's going to be impossible because Vikki (the sister with the illness) has her sister Brenda along to take care of the kids for her but things don't end up working out the way they planned when they get there. Melanie (Vikkis's friend) is heart broken over her husband's affair but vows not to talk to them while they're there, and she soon figures out that is very hard. This book is really good and there is always something going on. There's never a dull moment and I'm excited to read more!
 * Sixth Blog April 18th, 2011**

The book I'm reading is still __Barefoot__ by Elin Hilberbrand. I've read about 10 pages this week, I would of read a lot more but I haven't had a lot of extra time for it. It is a really good book though. My favorite quote from the book so far is where Vicki (the sister who has cancer) says "I'll miss you... But I'm going". She says this to her husband before she left for Nantucket. I liked this line because it almost made it seem like she knew she hadto let go because she knew what was going to happen to her when she went to Nantucket. The book I started is __Barefoot__ by Elin Hilderbrand. I got this book for Christmas from my mom and I've never read one of Elin Hilerbrands books but I think so far that she is a good author. This book is about three woman (two whom are sisters and a friend of one of the sisters) they decided to go to Nantucket where they have a cabin from way back when they were kids. They all decided to go there to sort of problems of one of the sisters illnesses, one is having problems with a husband, and one is just along to help out with the sister with the illnesses kids. The book I'm reading is still __Of Mic____e and Men.__ A lot happened since the last blog. The main characters are still Lennie and George but there are many other characters that came into the book now that they reached the ranch. Slim, Carlson, and Candy are some of the men that work there. Candy is a lot older than the other men there and his does the little things because of his age, he can't do what the other men do. Curley is the boss's son and his wife also lives on the ranch. His wife is a bit of a flirt and tends to get the men in trouble. I think that the best part of this book so far is getting to know all the characters and their personalities. I think that's the best part because it gives you a chance to make a picture of each character in your head. There's a lot more bad parts of the book than good. One bad part, that I wasn't too fond of was when the men decided to kill Candy's dog. Another bad part is when George told Lennie to fight back to Curley and broke his hand. I liked this part of the book but it was very nerve racking because George and Lennie could of got kicked out of the ranch. This book is very suspenseful and the kind of book you don't want to put down. I really enjoy reading it! [|Review: Of Mice and Men] The book I'm reading is __Of Mice and Men__ by John Steinbeck. I got this book from class because I haven't had time to pick a free reading book quite yet. There are a few main characters. George and Lennie are the two main characters. George is more of the leader of the two and takes care of Lennie. Although George is smaller than Lennie he acts more like the older brother. Lennie is a bit slower in the head but he's very strong and a very hard worker. The main problem in this book for George and Lennie is that they have a hard time finding and keeping work because of Lennie being a lot slower than George although Lennie is a very hard worker. George made Lennie promise to let him (George) do the talking and to keep quiet so they don't lose their job this time. I didn't really like this book at first. It didn't really catch my attention at first but afterchapter two it started catching my attention. The characters are really fun to read about and really fun to imagine what they look like. When we watched the movie George wasn't what I thought he'd look like but Lennie did. I really enjoy reading this book!
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