Wyatt+Powers

These last two weeks were great for reading! I finished //Arguing With Idiots// and finished a new book //The Overton Window// also by //Glenn Beck//. The book is written as a conservatives worst case scenario. It outlines the plot to create a one world government in a fictional story. The story revolves around the romance between Noah Gardner and Molly Ross (The two main characters.) Noah works for a public relations company who the "conspiracy" leaders have hired to change public opinion. Molly is a part of the resistance and uses Noah to get the information she needs while actually converting Noah to the resistance in the process. The whole story ends in a suprising twist and a nuclear explosion.
 * December 2, 2010 Blog #3**

This story is based mostly on fact and the author's vision of the future. The entire story line is plausable and that is what scares me. It really sounds like the times we are going through right now. I think everyone should read this book because it really opens your eyes. It is scary what the government might get away with in 20 years. For the past few weeks I have been reading //Arguing With Idiots// by //Glenn Beck//. I am currently in the middle of the section on home ownership. The book is laid out much like an argument. Glenn will write in red the argument made by the liberals and then will write his, usually rather long, response. There are many topics discussed in this book such as the health care bill, the economy, and my favorite, our borders. My favorite argument is that illegal immigrants do the jobs that Americans won't. The estimates of illegals in the country are as high as 20 million but currently there are millions of unemployed Americans. It seems like it would be easier to take back the jobs we already had than try to create new ones. I'm not going to say Glenn Beck is right and everyone else is wrong but his arguments make sense to me. If someone would like to argue a point different than his I would be willing to listen, but until you convince me otherwise I know on which side I stand.
 * November 18, 2010 Blog #2**

This semester is off to a good start. I've already read one book //Crocodile Tears// by Anthony Horowitz. I thought the book was quite good, however, the Alex Rider series is turning into a series of more generic spy stories. The story line was very predictable and if you've read any other spy story you will know what is going to happen at every turn. Alex was caught spying and escaped. The bad guys found out who Alex was and kidnapped him. There were no interesting twists to the book. It was very straight forward. Honestly I didn't think the book really fit in with the rest of the series. I think the only reason I kept reading it was because I was expecting an interesting twist. That twist never really happened and the book just kind of ended. If there is another book to the series I hope it makes up for this book.
 * November 4, 2010 Blog #1**

BLOG #2 The "crazies" have spread through out the United States. Our group of refugees Clay, Tom, and Alice are trying to decide what to do. Tom thinks they should head west and see if the situation is the same on the west coast but Clay can't leave without returning home to find out what happened to his son. The decided to head north at least until Clay's hometown. When they got there they discovered the town had been deserted. They found a note left in the town hall saying that the surviving residents were heading for Lake Kashwak in northern Maine. The group decides to follow. On the journey they encounter other survivors. They kill an entire "flock" of the crazies. They were then subjected to the mind control powers of the nearest flocks. They were told to go north to Lake Kashwak. On the journey Tom and Alice met another group of survivors and chose to head west with them. They didn't make it far before they were overwhelmed by the suggestive powers of the "crazies" mind control. They met Clay just before he reached Lake Kashwak. They were taken prisoner by the "crazies" and were going to be put on "trial" for the destruction of a flock. They escaped and again destroyed the whole flock of "crazies" holding them. As they were leaving Clay spotted his son. He had been turned into a "crazy". Clay grabbed him and took him along as they ran from the few survivors of the explosion. He wondered how he would change him back.

I think this book has a little of everything. The ending really leaves you hanging wondering if Clay would be able to save his son. It lets you make your own choice for the ending. I think the author could have described some parts better like when Clay, Tom, and Alice met the other group of travelers and when Clay was traveling with his son. The best part of the book was when he went into detail about the psychic powers of the "crazies". I'm a big fan of psychic abilities and superpowers. It told how the "crazies" could suggest that you do something and you would do it just because of that. One of the other travelers even killed himself so the crazies wouldn't discover a plan to destroy a flock by reading his mind. Overall it was a good book and i would recommend it to anyone who likes horror fiction or horror fantasy stories. It was well described and quite addictive.

BLOG #1 Hi this is Wyatt Powers and I'm reading "Cell" by Stephen King. I came across this book by accident while I was in the school library. The cover caught my eye and I had heard Stephen King was a good author. I read the book summary and to me it sounded a lot like the movie Zombieland so I decided to check it out. I actually have already read the whole book because it turned out to be really good and once I start reading something I can't stop. For the sake of blogging I will just share with you the first third.

The books main character, Clay, is a cartoonist. He is in Boston and just received the biggest deal of his career. He is walking through downtown Boston when what will come to be known as "The Pulse" hits the world. People start going crazy, attacking other people, and killing themselves. One man comes running from down the street with a knife and is going to attack one of our other main characters "Tom". The city soon falls into anarchy and our current characters take refuge in a hotel where they meet the day manager who has not gone crazy. They begin discussing what to do when they see a girl at the door who is screaming for help. They kill the "crazy" who was after her and let her in. The girl's name is "Alice". They all decide they will head to Tom's house in Malden. The hotel manager decides to stay behind.

So far the story is very interesting because it really does remind me of the movie Zombieland. It is very easy to visualize what the story would look like. Stephen King did a very great job with the setting. I did kind of wonder how Alice would fit into the story and if she would stay with the group or not. I'm very much looking forward to sharing my next blog with you all.