Secrets, Lies, Murder & Betrayal

Hands down, liar has been one of the most fascinating and amazing novels I have ever read in my entire life. It is the first novel that gets you thinking a lot. My brain was spinning a lot doing my reading sessions. Usually when you read novels you can easily estimate the ending or have an idea on how it will end. Whether it will be a happy ending or a sad one. Whichever way it goes, it has an ending. Liar didn't have that. Everyone who reads liar has to make their own ending depending on how they interpreted the book. With the way the novel leaves me in suspense, I would really have loved a part two of the book or even a movie to help me understand the story, a little bit better. When you think you have figured out where the novel is going, its takes a 360 degrees turn on you. Its like taking a roller coaster ride.

My ending of the novel is as follows; One thing I have finally accepted is that Micah is psycho and emotionally broken down caused by an incidence with Jordan or Zach. She is in a mental hospital and she has all these visions about what she wished her life would be like which involves the werewolf illusions, the love relationships and relationship with her parents. The pill she takes helps to keep her on a normal state. The cage she had mentioned is her small room in the mental hospital where she is placed whenever she doesn't take the pill. The hospital is upstate were she claims is the Greats' farm, the is no noise, no electricity, no technology. The greats are probably her nurses at the hospital and her uncle Hilliard and cousins are the nicknames she has given to the other patients there. Something else I have realized is that everything she says is true, is a lie so I'm thinking everything she says is a lie must be the truth, it's more like reverse psychology.

Significance Of The Title - Liar...

I personally think Liar was one of the best tittles the author could come up with for this novel because it is the one word that best describes everything written in the novel. It gets you thinking how so many people can lie to you and you will never know unless they confess.
I think I have finally figured out this novel. Not everything about the book is about the author's life. The main reason the author wrote this book is to show how people can easily fall for lies. The novel is not about the lies told but about how easy it is to tell a lie and get away with it for a while and have people believe it is actually the truth. Not only the characters in the book but also the people reading the book. The beginning of the book makes you believe and visualize because such things happen even in real life. But, as you continue to read the book, it makes you feel foolish for believing what you read before because it is all a lie. If the novel didn't switch from a romantic story about Zach, Micah, Sarah, Tayshawn, Brandon etc to a fictional story about werewolves and their lifestyles just maybe it would have reflected a different story line of the novel.
Apart from that, the author is also trying to put us in the shoes of a liar. Like when she mentioned how when something happens in your life, the brain cracks, can't accept the truth, and it makes its own. Weaving lies is one thing; having them weave you is another thing.

MY LIFE

Hey, I’m Chanda Foster Chiluba. Born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia in Africa. I am the last and only girl of my family. I have two elder brothers; both are in Lansing, Michigan state. Being the only girl, my mother has always been my sister and my bestfriend. She is the one person in my life that I trust a 100%.

I am an International Freshman, currently studying Banking and Financial services. I have huge goals in my life, just to name a few, I aim at working in a bank and owning my own event planning company. Everyone tells me I aim too high but hey the sky isn’t the limit so why not. I may seem anti social at times but this is only because I want to observe the situation or environment before I do or say anything. I am very friendly, noisy depending on the people I am with, like to have fun, hang out with friends, go out dancing, eat junk food and sleep a lot. I’m a laid back kinda person always up for anything worthwhile but not too crazy.

Social networks: Yahoo-chanda2603@yahoo.com, Facebook- Chanda Ceecee or you can follow me on Twitter-ceecee26

LIAR by Justine Larbalestier

One Myth I had about reading was judging a book by it's cover. Liar is one book cover that has changed that. I thought the book would be boring but I have been proven wrong. This book has been the most intriguing and interesting book I have read so far. The writing style was new to me because I'm used to "the before then the after" reading. I found myself going further into the book to read for instance the next before from the one I was reading. After trying that out for a while I decided to adopt to the way the book was written.

My favorite character of the book was Micah Wilkins. Her and I had something in common. Though unlike her, my attention seeking was mainly in private places (at home) rather than in public. Being the only girl in my family, I loved the attention so when it lacked, I enjoyed lying on my brothers, trying to always get them into trouble so I would be the good child in the family. My little lies finally got me into huge trouble and that made me stop lying completely. Lying is not something that just comes up out of the blues. Like Micah she thought because her dad used to lie to everyone and get paid for it, it was ok for her to lie too.

I have mixed emotions on her character. I don't know whether she is telling the truth or lying all over again. Though for some reason I think she is telling the truth maybe not the whole truth. Whey you lie so much and people find out that you are a  liar, the will never believe you again. That's why it is hard to believe what she is saying now.

I understand she wanted to avoid talking about her family like how her parents fought everytime or her mum being a French teacher and her dad being a writer. That wasn't a good enough reason to lie. I was in such a situation back home. I avoided telling people my last name because I didn't want any association and being related to the 2nd Republican President of Zambia. Though I am related to him, his my uncle (My dad's younger brother). I didn't lie about it but instead I just avoided saying anything about it.

RAT RACE

The child is born and goes to school.

The proud parents are excited because the child excels, gets fair to good grades, and is accepted into a college.

The child graduates, maybe goes on to graduate school and then does exactly as programmed: looks for a safe, secure job or career.

The child finds that job, maybe as a doctor or a lawyer, or joins the army or works for the government.

Generally, the child begins to make money, credit cards start to arrive in mass, and the shopping begins, if it already hasn’t.

“Having money to burn, the child goes to places where other young people just like them hang out, and they meet people, they date, and sometimes get married.

They feel successful, their futures are bright and they decide to buy a house, a car, a television, take vacations and have children.”

The happy bundle arrives and the demand is enormous.

The happy couple decides that their careers are vitally important and begin to work harder, seeking promotions and raises and go back to school to get more specialized skills so they can earn more money.

Their children reach 5 or 6 years of age, and the need to save for college increases as well as the need to save for their retirement.

The above sentences show how our lives sometimes is like a rat race. Our parents tell us what their parents told them years ago, go to school, get good grades and find a safe and secure job. This is not the best advice as generations change because the result will be to end up the way our parents have ended up, sort of like a reputation. It may be a good or bad thing, but I personally would want to live a better life than my parents are living now not repeat what has been happening for years  and years.

Only The Beginning

I have only gone as far as chapter one but I thought I should share a little about the book I am currently reading. It is extremely interesting. Short description, it’s about a girl called Valeria who was dating a guy, who one day decided to kill students at his current high school, Garvin. He fulfilled this by using a list he and his girlfriend created. Yes, it’s the HATE LIST by Jennifer Brown.

Chapter one has already affected me because in life you just never know the person you date completely. No matter how long the length of the relationship. You just never know what’s on his or her mind no matter how much you wonder and ask. I personally have a problem and find it hard trusting people and after reading the first chapter it just cleared my conscious that you can not treat somebody you just met 100%. Apart from that, my opinions vary. Firstly I do blame Valeria for what happened and that she played a part, both directly and indirectly. My opinions might change as I go on to read, don’t get me wrong. This was a tragedy which many students and teachers at Garvin will never forget. It was sad that many had to die in the process. Whatever was going on amongst Nick and Valeria and the other students killed was not so serious for Nick to decide to kill them. Bullying is annoying and frustrating at times but death isn’t the right solution to handle bullies. I was a bully in high school but I learnt from my mistakes when one day someone gave me a taste of my own medicine and I didn’t like it. That resulted in me changing my habits towards people.

The text of the chapters are mainly in speech form, were you have a two or three people conversation, in narrative form because it is a past experience that is being explained and in the present.

I am left anxious to know what was on Nick’s mind the night before the shooting. How he managed to keep his plans a secret even from his girlfriend who he seemed to share most of his ideas with. I’m also hoping I can understand Nick’s character which included always thinking of running away and death. The must be a hidden background to that. 

The story continues…………………………………