Reflection Week #1

                 The book I have started reading this week is Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik. Lili Anolik graduated from Princeton University and Boston University. There is not a lot of information about herself on the internet except that she is married and has a baby. She currently resides at Manhattan, New York. You can also contact her at http://www.lilianolik.com/.  I chose to read this book mainly because I am obsessed with mysterious, page turning, and books that involve investigation and murder. These kinds of books gives me the urge to keep on reading. Although, I am currently still in the first few chapters of book, there are many characters that are already introduced. Nica, Grace, Jamie, Mom, Dad, and William. Nica is the girl that got murdered; Grace is her younger sibling. Jamie is Nica's ex-boyfriend; William is the guy she was supposedly talking to the night before Nica got murdered. So far, Nica is dead. Everyone at Chandler (private school) including the principal and the article writers are trying to cover up the death of Nica by saying it is a homicide nothing more. On the other hand, Grace does not believe this, she goes through depression and stopped hanging out with her friends.
             My thoughts about the plot as of right now is that, the book started great. As I keep on reading, the plot gets more interesting and intense. Grace is determined to find out the truth about the death of her sister. I really like how the chapters are only of one person's point of view and the way they think. There are some words I do not know though; knickknacks and deferred. Knickknacks is a british slang meaning a household ornaments. Deferred meaning put off or postpone. 

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