It's 3:40 AM, and what am I doing?

      I'm studying for Biology. This is not a book review or a sentimental post, this is merely me stating what I have discovered in the past few months.
      Sleep. What is that again? Oh yeah, it's a rest period for the human body. A state of tranquility for most. An escape from what's real to the realm of imagination called dream land. Yes, that. I vaguely remember a time when I actually got a sufficient amount of that thing we call sleep. 
     So I have a quiz tomorrow. A vocabulary quiz. Such a simple thing that I have had so many times before, with grades ranging from a fifteen to a ninety-five, but never a hundred. I am not a hundred/A+ student. In my school, 98% of the population is made up of kid geniuses/A+ students. The other 2% are regular teenagers, perhaps slightly smarter than average. I am of that two percent. I am sad to say that when the teacher mentions the range of grades on a test, I am at or around the lowest grade. I wish for the circumstances to be different, but that's just the way it is.
    What am I trying to say? For the 2% of us that are not geniuses, getting A's and sleep is utterly impossible. I do all of my work, study myself to the point of madness, and it's still not enough. So I've taken sleep out of the equation. And, guess what? Poof, no D's, no F's. Only a middle-ranging C (Not even a low C!), and a low B. The rest are B pluses and higher. Isn't that uncanny? If I keep this up, I'll have straight A's by June!
      Seeing as it is now 4 AM and my alarm will be going off soon, I will not even make an attempt to sleep. In the morning I will simply splash my face with ice cold water and load up on coffee and be on my way. Ah, success at its best.
                                             Signed,
                                                       Victoria.

Across the Universe.

      Across the Universe by Beth Revis is yet another futuristic book with advanced technology, controlling rulers, etc. The first chapter actually takes place in present-day America with Amy and her parents. You are instantly sucked into a scene that just radiates with Science Fiction. As Amy watches her mom being cryogenically frozen, the setting and situation is described. A new Earth-like planet was found that is believed to be able to sustain life. A city-sized ship was built to start shipping people over to the new planet, but there is one problem; the journey is 300 years long. That's where the freezing part comes into play. In order to settle into the "New World", they must have experts in every area, from agriculture to weaponry. All of the "essentials" are frozen and stored on a separate level of the ship. Both of Amy's parents are essential to the project. Amy, however, is nonessential. She must decide whether she wants to abandon everything she knows on Earth to be with her parents, or if she will instead stay with the rest of her family, her friends, and her boyfriend. An intense ride; and that is only the first chapter.
       In my opinion, this book was thrilling to the very last page. I felt that in the end, nothing was truly resolved, and that is acceptable since it is the first in a trilogy. It's is a great read for fans of Matched and The Hunger Games! Read it and be amazed!
                                  Signed,
                                            Victoria.