Jessi's Blog Post #2 pg.1

"The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.

Of course, Tally thought, you'd have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right. The scudding clouds did look a bit fishy, rippled into scales by a high-attitude wind. As the light faded, deep blue gaps of night peered through like an upside-down ocean, bottomless and cold."

Even though I could have chosen anything from these first 100 pages, this excerpt is from the first page. It just really left an impression on me, being the first thing I read. I love how you can see into the character through this, just from the description of the night sky. And, the author continues these throughout the story. Depending on the word choice  or focus of the description, you can tell how Tally is feeling or what she thinks of the situation. Like in this case, the summer sky is being compared to cat vomit, something usually considered beautiful and something disgusting. And then there's the ocean being called bottomless and cold, too. So, just from the first paragraph of the book, you know how Tally's mood is, and somethings wrong.I'd say the author's descriptive style is and insight to Tally.