Entry two

In my book, the main character is Virginia Shreves. Her number one goal is to lose weight.  She struggles as she has nobody to open up to without getting judged and eating is just a way of distraction.  I think that she would just enjoy a break in her life especially from friends and family. Besides Virginia there are no other main characters.  Her family's desire is for her to lose weight,  her best friend's is to come home to New York, and her boyfriend's desire is to get up her shirt. As I get further into the story the characters' complexity will grow and desires will be answered. As I am not at the end of the story it is harder to find the main theme of the story. So far  themes could be "Happiness should be the main priority" or "If you aren't happy, you have the choice to change until you are". I made these thematic statements because the main conflict is of Virginia not enjoying her life. The structure of this book is made so that it's easy to predict what is going to happen next in the book. I believe because of this structure the theme will continue throughout the book and she will achieve happiness.

Entry one

The book The Earth,  My butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler is a fun, entertaining, and girl loving book. Virginia Shreves is a teenage girl that you could call unlucky.  Her best friend Shannon moved to Walla Walla Washington and absolutely hates the snobby, popular girls at her private school in New York. As so far she hangs out and grades papers for her English teacher instead of sitting at the disgusting lunch tables alone. Her so called "boyfriend" Froggy Welsh ignores her at school but finds a way to get up her shirt at home.  Virginia also lives as an outcast in her thin, beautiful, and blonde family.  Her mom, a fitness freak that would love to help her daughter out but never has the time, her dad that likes to look at thin women,  and Anais and Byron, the older well known siblings. If I would predict as any other book, I think things will get better for her.Questions I have for my future reading are,"Is anything going to happen in which her life gets better? "
"What will happen in her relationship with her boyfriend or friend?"
"Will she ever make friends at school? "