This has nothing to do with class, but I needed to get it off my chest.

I know this blog is supposed to be for my college writing two class, but I'm going to take a second to rant about the new book I'm reading: Rumble by Ellen Hopkins.  Honestly, I think that Ellen Hopkins is an amazing writer and story teller, I highly recommend her books to all genders and age groups (they're more for mature audiences, though) if you haven't read any of her books. I have all of the books she has written (thirteen in all) and when a new one comes out, I pre-order it months in advance.  All of the books that Ms. Hopkins writes about are ones that are very controversial, so much that some people want her books to be banned. Rumble, her newest book that came out two days ago on August 26th, is from the perspective of a boy named Matt whose younger brother took his life because of bullying.  His parents have a very toxic and unhealthy relationship and Matt, himself, is in a relationship with a Catholic girl named Hayden.  Matt is very anti-religion and Ellen Hopkins has a way of pushing my buttons with this character.  I was in a similar situation when my boyfriend and I first started dating, but I was Matt and he was Hayden (he's also Methodist, but that doesn't really matter). I had several things happen in my life that made me question God and His existence, while my boyfriend had several things happen in his life that made him turn to God.  This is what happened to Matt and Hayden.  I feel like Ms. Hopkins could have made Matt try and find his faith again, but I guess that would ruin most of the book, since their differing viewpoints is a huge part of the book.  Some of the choices that Matt makes in the book made me want to go into the book and slap him.  A little bit into the book, you find out about something Hayden did that makes you question the entirety of their relationship and her religion.
Sorry for the long post about something that's meaningless to you.

Also, Ellen Hopkins made a book trailer for Rumble, so it's here as well if you want to check it out.