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Two households, both alike in dignity,
 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
  Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
  A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows
  Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,
  And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,
  Is now the two hours’ traffick of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. 


Romeo and Juliet is a fantastic play/story written by the famous Shakespeare. So far from what we have read I have liked it and found the way they spoke during that age quite entertaining. The story itself about how love at first sight brought them together seems pretty cheesy, but at the time it is very touching. I like a lot of the elements used in the book including the rhyming, onomatopoeia, and personification. Overall I get confused about the differences in the households (who is who). But watching the videos on it is helping me. I cannot wait to continue reading this play. So far i give it a 4/5.
Insurgent; this is without a doubt in my mind one of my top three books I have read. I just finished it and all I can say is wow. Veronica Roth wrote this sequel to the book “Divergent”. I thought the first book in this series was fantastic, until I read this.
 Insurgent is about the main character “Tris” who battles herself and the crazed super genius of a mastermind “Jeanine”. Jeanine is trying to use simulations to create a substance to brainwash humans. Tris is one of the only people able to stop her, she has to risk everything to save anyone. That’s not it, there is some huge government secrets being held that the people should know. One secret so big, it leads to a third book! Read the book to find out.

The book is full of twists, crazy cliff hangers, and action. Overall I would rate this book a 5/5! The reader that would enjoy reading this book would be someone who loves romantic action books with a hint of sci-fi. But seriously anyone would love it. 


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I have been reading the amazing book “Insurgent” by Veronica Roth. This book is just as good, if not better than “Divergent”. I started reading it and instantly got hooked on this amazing book.

 I read close to 620 pages in one week, which is a lot more than it sounds like. The best thing about this book is the intense action scenes that are described so well. When I’m reading I feel as if I’m in the book, in the character. 

The author describes every scene and character so well which just adds on to the amazing story. If I had to pick one bad thing about this story it would be the romance. The book is made to lean towards both genders, but I think it has too much romance. Also the character is so bipolar it is hard to make the switch with her emotions. Overall this book has many more ups than downs. It’s a must read! I cannot wait to finish it.