Reading for the Week

Well, I finished my book!!!! Finally, ha ha well this week I read:
Waltz of the Fat Man-- 35 minutes
Harrison Bergeron-- 20 minutes
And of Clay we are Created--  40 minutes
Dry September-- 20 minutes
Clockwork Prince--  55 minutes
Total time spent:   170 minutes
Well the short stories we talked about in class so I'll just talk about my independent book...
Clare's description of well everything was just amazing and she did such a good job at conveying emotions and fitting them exactly with their character, which I find amazing.  An example would be on page 344 when Tessa describes Will's gaze on her as being "like hot flecks of ash landing on her skin" and on page 334 when Tessa is gazing at Jem as if she were staring "at a beloved place she was not sure she would ever see again, trying to commit the details to memory, trying to paint them on the backs of her eyelids that she might see it when she shut her eyes to sleep."  It's deeper and more emotional than saying she stared at him intensely.  And as for the character descriptions, it was their actions, words, and appearances that made them, well, them and how Cassandra Clare wrote them out made them come alive and I felt as if I was there, perhaps watching from the shadows of the institute, their carriages, or the warehouse, as well as anywhere else they had traveled too.  It was a magnificent book. <3