I definitely need to shorten my posts....

I basically forced myself to put down my outside reading book and blog. In earlier posts I mentioned me being concerned that I would finish this book all too soon, and I am finding that to be very true. Despite the late hour, I suspect to finish reading Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac tonight, and therefore wanted to get at least another blog post in before ending. Where did I leave off now…. Ah yes, page eighty-four. Now I’m on two hundred and twenty, so I will try to make this summary very straightforward. Naomi, who remembers nothing from the past four years of her life, breaks up with her tennis playing boyfriend Ace. She is not really sure why she began dating him in the first place (before losing her memory), but she knows their relationship is no longer working out. Then, Naomi earns herself a part in one of her friend’s play- acting the role of a female Hamlet. She does not tell her best friend, Will Landsman, about the play. He is the head of the yearbook committee with Naomi- they first met at yearbook and have worked hard to become chief editors. However, Naomi does not see the attraction of yearbook after her fall, and thus does not care about missing work hours on it for play rehearsal. During all this, Naomi has discovered that her father is engaged to a woman by the name of Rosa. Though before her accident Naomi realizes she was not very fond of Rosa, the new Naomi turns over a new leaf with Rosa, to her father’s pleasure. With Naomi’s real mother though, things are less than perfect. They have not spoken since Naomi’s stay in the hospital where she discovered the reason for her parents divorce was because of her mother’s affair, and that now her mother has a completely different life with a husband and child. Now, Naomi has begun to date the previously blogged character James. He is a very hard character to describe, but the author does it well. James is new to Naomi’s school, and a year older than her since he was held back. There are rumors about him from his old school; that tried to off himself after going crazy over some girl. Naomi really like James, they have gotten to the “I love you” stage, but sometimes when they’re together, I get the feeling that James feels he might lose control. His emotions are very mixed and hard to interpret, and he can get very depressed or angry over things that seem infinitesimal to me. At these parts in the book I wonder why Naomi and Will don’t date instead. Will is always very sweet to her, helping her whenever she needs it. One day, while James is helping Naomi prepare for her French exam, she suddenly remembers everything- everything she had forgotten from the past four years. Naomi hides this from everyone, preferring to just move forward, and not deal with the past.... (to be continued)