The book I am currently reading is Friday night Lights by H.G. Bassinger. When I first started reading the book I expected it to be about a glorious High School football team from the south with the “perfect” blonde haired quarterback and cheerleaders who adored him. But that’s not the case sort of...In the first chapter of the book the author introduces a character named Boobie Miles. A black athlete from the poor side of town who plays the position fullback. Boobie struggles at reading and has been in and out of foster homes throughout his childhood. But now he lives with his uncle L.V. Miles who is raising Boobie to become not just a great football player but a great athlete.
My book, If You're Reading This..., is about a guy in high school as well. Both of our books contain a main character who is trying to make a name for them self on the football team and doing so with hard work and dedication. A second similarity is again with the main characters, but with their struggle at home. A difference though, is their struggles are for different reasons. Our books are both similar and different in many ways but I would definitely be interested in reading your book based on the similarities!
In my book Monster, I also expected the main character to be a decent person. He ended up being a very bad person and robbed a store. There are some similarities in our books, yours sounds interesting.
The book I am reading is Scan by Walter Jury and Sarah Fine, which at first I thought it was going to be a very interesting book. The reason why I thought that was because of the back cover saying that the book was an intense book and I thought that this would be a good book. Now I know that I was wrong. This book is about a boy named Tate, who is a martial artist. For the first part of the book, Tate talks about his match against someone who he calls CowEyes. After the match, Tate goes on and on about how ashamed he is to losing a match against someone who he calls Coweyes. One part I think that was very confusing was whenever Tate's personal trainer gets mad, he yells in portugueses. The reason I thought was very confusing was that a lot of people don't know Portugueses. So why would the authors write some of the lines for Tate's personal trainer, be in Portuguese and not in English. I am hoping that the rest of the book will be more interesting and exciting and not as boring as the beginning of the book
My book is The Power of Six. Our books are very different, but both have characters that use martial arts. In my book the characters, especially Six use martial arts and other combat techniques along with their powers when they fight against the Mogadorians (the evil aliens). Hopefully your book will get more exciting as you keep reading!
The book I am reading is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. When I started reading this book I thought it was going to be about a boy who a boy in Germany who had just moved to a new town, which was Auschwitz, the boy’s father is a commander for the camp so they moved their for is “work” duties. This was during hitler’s reign. But that’s just the base of the story, there is so much more to it than just a boy who moved to a new town in Germany. Reading more in depth of the book, I realized that it had so much more to offer. A boy who was wearing Striped Pajamas on the other side of the fence, so the one of the main characters Burno becomes friends with this boy. The authors style of writing in this book is third person point of view, which is from through the eyes of the main character Bruno. This is a great choice of writing style for this book because the reader gains a lot of good information due to the way the author chose to write it. I think the writers theme is about Friendship because of the way Bruno becomes friends with the Boy in the Striped Pajamas on the other side of the fence. I think the title of this book perfectly fits the storyline because of how the boy in the book in the striped pajamas plays a huge part in Bruno’s life, it ties everything together and brings his character in nicely so you aren’t wondering why the book was named The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas. I’m hoping the rest of the book is going to be as eventful as the start of it, and I can’t wait for the climax of the book.
I love reading books about history. My family loves history like The Civil War, Revolutionary War, World War, World War II. I would love to read this right now, but now I'm reading a book about the Pilgrims.
Arielle Sheehan Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson, pages #1-64 The book I have chosen to read is Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson. So far, the author has told several stories all centered around Nazi Germany. There have been multiple sections focused solely on people's’ backstories; I feel like that will be beneficial later on in the book when more events start to occur. “The fate of Dmitri Shostakovich was bound up with the fate of Leningrad from the time he was a child” (Anderson 11). That was just an excerpt from one of his backstories, focusing on a man named Dmitri (a famous composer and pianist). One thing I have noticed about this author's style that I enjoy is that he uses very intricate detail. I like that because you know as much as possible so you’re almost never confused, and also just because its is helpful overall. At the beginning when I first started reading, I thought this book was going to be really boring because of the excessive history information. However the more you get into it the more you start to understand it and enjoy it. A few things that really drew me into this book were the title and the cover art; they were a good choice on the author's part. So far, I’m really enjoying reading this book and I hope it continues to get even more interesting.
In my book,The Power of Six, the author also explains the backstory of almost all the characters that we meet. You learn about how they survived up until that point and where they've been hiding. I feel like this helps you to understand why certain characters are the way that they are now. Although many books about Nazis Germany can be confusing, your book sounds good and I would be interested in reading it!
The book that I am reading is The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga (Pages 1-57). So far the book seems to be moving very slow. It starts 72 hours after the zombie outbreak in Atlanta, Georgia; The book is through the eyes of Brian Blake. In The Walking Dead graphic novels and The Walking Dead tv show the governor is know as being a villainous psychopath; this book follows the story of how he got this way. So far it shows that Philip Blake (The Governor) will do anything to save his daughter Penny. He doesn't seem to be very phased by the walking corpse and having to kill them. "The business end of Philip's pickaxe lands squarely in the monster's head, cracking the coconutlike shell of the old man's skull..." (Page 14). I really like how Philip Blake is more like the graphic novel version instead of the tv version; it makes him seem more psychotic. I'm looking forward to them making it into the city and seeing if it's a safe place, or a trap.
I am reading The Rock and the River by Kekla magoon, It’s about a boy who gets stuck between the conflict of his father and brother; his brother being a part of the Black Panthers, and his dad being a peaceful civil rights activist. When I first started reading this book, I thought it was going to be more dramatic and emphasize more on the civil rights movement, but the author focuses more on the love story between Sam; the main character, and Maxie; his love interest “ ‘Can i walk you home?’ I said. …. Sometimes I thought she waited outside just to hear me ask so she could say no (p.50-51). Although the author has a really good reason for doing this, because the book is written in Sam’s perspective, and it makes sense that all he really wants to think about is his love interest. The author did a really good job developing the characters. For example the previous quote shows that Sam isn’t really a confident person, he’s actually quite insecure. And his brother is portrayed as the complete opposite “Stick breathed like he was about to speak, then he paused. ‘Also, you shouldn’t avoid doing something worthwhile just because you're afraid of what might happen.” The quote suggest that Stick is more likely to take risk due to his confidence in himself. So far I have enjoyed reading this book and wish to continue reading more.
Our books seem to have very different settings and problems but they seem to be alike because In my book Speak, the main character Melinda has a big conflict that is pushing her away from her family. Her family is trying to avoid the problem but by doing that its just making them grow further apart which seems to be happening in your book too.
The Power of Six by: Pittacus Lore Pages: 120-140 I think the title is a good choice because the new character introduced to you at the very end of the last book (the power of four) is named Six. In this book your learn about all of Six’s legacy’s and her life before she met up with John and Sam. All of the nine Garde from the planet Lorien have telekinesis, but then the rest of their powers are different. Six’s powers are greatly helpful and impressive. She can be invisible, and control the weather. One of the reasons that I like this book is that it is told from two different points of view, Marina’s, and John’s. On page 396, as Marina (number 7) watches Six fight she thinks:“ I can’t keep my eyes off Number Six. Her strength is mesmerizing.” On page 121, John says, “Six shows us what she’s learned of combat techniques, which is far more than I know.” He says on page 122, “ I work my hardest and she still kicks my butt”. You can see what different characters think of each other.
My book scan, is about a boy who is a martial artist and he looks down upon himself, when ever he loses a match. However his friends are always there for him, and support whatever he does. Your book sounds really interesting and I would love to read the beginning of that series. I also think that when I am done reading my current book, and finished that book series. I might compare the 2 books and see how they are the same and different.
My book, Symphony for the City of the Dead, also tells backstories of characters before revealing plot. In my opinion it's very helpful, because then you have background knowledge. Our books are similar in lots of ways. Yours sounds very interesting; after I finish mine I might look into reading yours!
If you're Reading This… By Trent Reedy Pages 1-114
I think the title is a proper choice for the book written by Trent Reedy. Throughout the story the main character, Mikem is receiving letters from his deceased father. His father was deployed in Afghanistan at the time, and was killed in battle. If his father had not died he wouldn’t of received the letters, however his father was fearful that he wouldn’t return and had written the letters in case. That is where the title comes into play, on page 12 he receives his first letter that says, “If you’re reading this I’m very sorry, but I did not make it home.” In my opinion the incorporation of the main part of the story to the title is really important because in this case it is very literal coming from the letters from his father. The letters are very symbolic towards the title as well. When you understand the connection while reading, it makes you want to read more. Each letter his father gives him has a mission embedded in it and the missions create a self vs. self conflict. The missions vary in each letter but all have a goal for Mike to overcome an internal battle or go outside his comfort zone. “Should I ask Isma to dance with me?” Mike asks himself on page 97. I strongly believe he will conquer all of the challenges thrown at him to please his father. As I continue to read this story the climax approaches and it continues to introduce more problems that he must face due to the pressure of his father wanting him to follow the advice he had learned growing up. It is his father’s way of giving fatherly as Mike goes through the same things he did. By the end of the story I hope Mike will follow his advice and enjoy his life because that’s all his father really wants for him.
Max R. The Knife of Never Letting Go By: Patrick Ness Pages: 1-94
I like the way that the author of this book, Patrick Ness, writes the narration. For example, the sentences “Dogs got attenshun spans about as long as a matchstick.” (Page 73) and “Never mind plugging yer ears, it don’t help at all.” (Page 20) are said by Todd. By misspelling the word “attention” as “attenshun”, and also “your” as “yer” it shows that the narrator, Todd, is uneducated. His grammar also shows this; By saying don’t instead of doesn’t, it helps show the fact that he is not smart, like the author also told us earlier in the book. I think that this may foreshadow something happening later in the story, that might be a bad idea or not too bright. I think that there is a reason that the author is showing us that Todd is not smart, and I think the reason will be uncovered soon.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The title Speak is an oxymoron to the main character Melinda. Melinda starts High School with no friends or anyone to talk to, which leaves her feeling lonely and afraid. The writer does a good job of subtly putting into the text that Melinda is hiding something from us. You first get a hint when someone ask Melinda about the night she called the cops on Kyle Rogers and she says: “I can’t feel my fingers, I shake my head” and “My throat squeezes shut as if two hands are clamped on my wind pipe.” (pg 28). I’m not sure why should would call the cops on him but maybe that has something to do with why she lost all her friends or why she has isolated herself from friends and family. Melinda seems to be struggling to communicate with other people; but she had friends before she went into high school so I’m interested to finding out what happened between all of them. Melinda’s family doesn’t seem to be all that close either, I wonder if they’ve always been like that or if something is going on with her parents.
My book, Where They Found Her, also drops little hints that the characters are hiding something just like yours does. My book also focuses on the struggles of my main characters, and the struggles they face when it comes to relationship building. Your book sounds really interesting because it has a mysterious side to it, and I would really like to read it sometime.
The book I’m currently reading is Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. This book is loosely based on the true story of the last execution in Iceland. Agnes Magnúsdóttir along with 2 other people are convicted of the murder of Agnes’s former employer and lover, Natan Ketilsson, and his friend. One thing that I don’t like about the book is that the author switches points of view in the middle of a chapter and it gets confusing at times. I would rather have the book to be entirely from Agnes’s point of view since the story is about her time leading up to the execution and I don’t think the other characters’ points of view add much to the story. There are a lot of good aspects in this book. For example, I really like the mystery part of the book. As you’re reading the book, you’re not sure if Agnes actually committed the murder or not. Agnes has to stay in a farm with a family that works for the government before her execution in Denmark. It’s interesting to see some of the family members starting to care for Agnes and starting to think that Agnes may be innocent. On page 197, there’s scene where Margrét; farmer’s wife comforts Agnes. “‘Come, Agnes. You’ll catch your death.’ Looking down, I see that Margrét has extended her hand. I take it, and the feel of her skin is like paper. We go inside.” The book uses a lot of imagery to describe the settings of the book. On page 86, it says: “But now, so early in the morning, Tóti could see only the topmost caps of the mountains, their brown bulk still concealed by the band of slowly shifting fog.” My favorite parts of the book have been the flashbacks of when Agnes worked for Natan and their story. The flashbacks make the whole murder more mysterious, because Agnes was obviously in love with Natan, so why would she kill him?. You also find out the type of person Natan was and how he treated people through these flashbacks. Natan had a lot of enemies and he had many affairs with women which could’ve triggered Anges’s motive to kill him. The flashbacks make me hate Natan because it shows how he was a terrible human and it makes me feel sympathetic towards Agnes. This book is very intriguing and it’s hard to put down.
I am currently reading Where They Found Her, and our books sound very similar! Not only are they both about a murder, but the author switches points of view to tell the story. I am really interested in murder mystery and would like to read your book soon.
Where They Found Her Kimberly McCreight Pages: 1-83
The novel Where They Found Her is about the murder of an infant in a seemingly perfect community with a low crime rate named Ridgedale. The murder twists this “picture perfect” society upside down. In the very beginning of the book, on page 2, an unknown character says “When I pull my hands out, they’re covered in blood. For a second I think it’s mine. But it’s not mine. It’s the baby’s blood.” I love the suspense that starts the book and really picks up a reader’s attention. When I first started reading the book, I thought it was just going to be about a crime scene and uncovering what happened. As I got further into the book, I realized that there was a much deeper plot story behind what is described within the first chapter. This is because all the characters are slowly making connections with each other even though they all lead very separate lives. This can sometimes be a good thing, but at other points in the story line it may present a conflict. Something that this author does really well is having readers make the connections on their own instead of giving everything away. I will have to keep reading farther to make all the connections to the fullest extent. On top of that, I really am enjoying how the book is told from the perspectives of three different people: Molly, a freelance reporter for the Ridgedale Reader; Barbara, the mother of a troubled son; and Sandy, a 16 year old who comes from a troubled family situation. So far, I am very interested in the plot and hope that the rest of the book will keep me interested.
My book, Burial Rites, is also about a murder. Our books are quite similar. Both of our books are full of suspense and are told in multiple perspectives. Your book sounds really interesting!
My book, The Siege, tries to explain some of the wrongdoings and hatred other people and middle eastern countries feel towards the United States. The book uses two main characters, which it switches between each chapter and a couple of minor characters, to explain the plot. I really enjoy this because it gives me multiple points of view to understand the story from, as this seems to have a very complex storyline. Sam is a police detective, hailing from Colorado, where he is on probation. He is trying to help the Calderons’, a very rich family, find their missing daughter when they realize she is being held by terrorists in a fraternity house on Yale’s campus. “Check the calendar. This is April... April again. Waco. Oklahoma City. Columbine. Virginia Tech. (79)” This shows foreshadowing for what I believe will be a terrorist attack or some sort of attack that proves very deadly, to the same extent as the other four listed above. The hostage taker has already proven deadly as he has killed a hostage and just keeps sending them onto the steps. I have no idea what his demands are yet, but he appears to be doing everything in the background. The author likes to keep us in the dark and slowly reveal things and make us put the pieces together. “Orange will show my disappointment. (158)” This is what the hostage taker says and we don’t actually know what it means until Sam figures out that any kid wearing orange will die. This is the hostage takers way of foreshadowing. I hope the rest of the book begins to unravel what the hostage taker has planned and will be as good as the beginning.
My book, The Boys in the Boat, also deals with restlessness of other countries. While yours deals with a conflict with Middle Eastern countries, and mine deals with Germany during WWII, both books show certain feelings towards those countries.
It sounds very interesting. I always wonder what people are the world think of America. I'd love to read it. As long as their is nothing about politics in their, I don't like listening to them right now.
When I first started the book I thought it would be in one person's perspective. But it turns out the book has three perspectives, and it changes every once in awhile. The three people are Will, Mab and a secret person from the past. I dislike this perspective because I get confused sometimes by who is talking. I thought the book would be focused on the magic part, but it really is focused on the relationships between the people. The main part of the book is the relationship of Will and Mab, because the book shows both their perspectives and how they love each other. The magic just kind of gets in the way of their bond, because Will gets cursed and Mab has to unbound it, and get rid of it. I thought the main character would be obsessed over magic. But it turns out Mab only uses it for small stuff, like making food taste more delicious and making soap clean better. On page 119 she is talking about the different magic on the soaps saying,”Some of them make you clean, others make your bruises heal faster.” Mab doesn’t rely on it most of the time. I also thought if they did have magic they could do enormous things with it, but the characters in the book have only used it to heal cuts and do other small things.
I think the fact that the book shifts perspectives is interesting, in the book I'm reading, Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick, the perspective also shifts to explain what happens to the different characters at the same time. I think the fact that they don't use magic for big things just little things is interesting because it would move out of the fantasy area and make the characters more normal and easier to relate to. Maybe I will read that book sometime.
The book i am currently reading is great! Its a love story between a Korean boy and a chubby and a red headed girl. The two face a lot of problems to get with each other. The girls step father will never let her be with her boyfriend. They both are really upset but still secretly love each other. The characters of the book are really fun and exciting.
The Martian, by Andy Weir, is a suspenseful tale of an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars. When I first started reading the book I thought it was going to be completely science fiction, but Andy Weir does a magnificent job at keeping within the bounds of actual science as the book progresses. Mr. Weir also does an extravagant job at creating suspense by characterization of the main character Mark Watney, the astronaut who is stuck on Mars. Mark starts out in the book saying that he is “...just an engineer” (Weir 34), but as he is faced with more and more challenges he becomes more confident and starts to believe in himself. However, the more problems he faces the more imperious he gets which just creates more problems. It is in this that Mr. Weir creates his suspense. I think the overall theme in this book is that you should always try your best no matter how severe the situation is which is portrayed by Mark Watney’s trials. Every time Mark is faced with a problem, no matter its magnitude, he always tries and never gives up immediately.
In the book i'm currently reading, Monster By Walter Dean Myers is about Steve Harmon who is convicted of murder during a robbery at a local shop. When I first started the book it started off slow and got better as you keep reading. Steve is always asking if they are going to win the court case and is very scared of what the outcome could be if he is proven guilty. Steve also is saying he wasn't involved in the robbery and especially not in the murder of the owner, "I don't know what you're talking about, man. I didn't do any stickup." (Myers 71). I think that as I get near the end of the book he will be proven innocent and they will find the real criminal is someone else in the court house, possibly one of the gang members because they are known to be an aggressive gang.
I am reading half bad by Sally Green.The book centers around a kid named nathan he is half white witch and half black witch.This book is playing on races and bullying.This book slowly buillds how nathan was raised which was interesting because of the spin of magic.There he slowly lives with the ways to get powers is to receive them from your relative.
My book is also about magic, it would be interesting to contrast how the characters in each book use it. The main character in my book is Mab and she uses her power and magic for basic needs. Her power she has in the book is very small and she can hardly do anything cool. Also Mab gets her power from blood and the power of the forest that surrounds where she lives. I am just wondering where your character gets his power, so I might read your book soon.
That book reminds me of a book I read in English class a few years ago. The book was called The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. He was treated different because of his race just like Nathan. Junior was native american and avoided at his new, white school, and shunned at his native american reservation. Both books seem to show racial equality and acceptance. Your book sounds good.
Nick Bowman 11/15/15 Boys in the Boat Author: Daniel James Brown Pages: 149-207
This range of pages is a portion of the third section of the gripping true story, The Boys in the Boat. As the book progresses to this point, the value of the Crew team's training and effort increases dramatically, due to the impending 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The boat of the sophomores and boat of older boys are constantly at battle for the Varsity spot, to compete for entrance into the Olympic Trials. The older boys may have more strength, but the sophomores are a better team. Towards the end of the season; the older boys get the varsity spot. The book made it seem like there was no way that the Sophomores would ever lose their varsity spot; for they had a tight bond that led them to many victories. The older boys ended up racing in the National tournament in Poughkeepsie, and lost in an incredibly close race against their rivals in California: "California had won their 3rd consecutive national varsity title, by one third of a second"(Brown 190). This part of the book was very gripping, and it forced the reader to think about what would've happened if the Sophomores had been entered in the varsity race. The coach of the Washington crew, Al Ulbrickson, had said: "The sophomores rowed a great race, but they never would've finished third in that varsity event"(Brown 190); making the reader wonder whether this was true, or the coach was just trying to hide the fact that his decision was wrong. This was a very exciting portion of the book, and I cannot wait to see how the plot evolves.
Where They Found Her Kimberly McCreight Pages: 124-190 (Second Entry)
So far, one thing I’ve noticed about the author’s style is that she likes to keep the reader hanging. By telling the story from three different points of view, she provides a lot of information within a few number of pages and then leaves a reader with a cliffhanger until one of the three main characters speaks again. This is a very interesting style and it is very effective, because it keeps a reader interested in what will come next. It is especially interesting because it is a book about a murder, so there is a lot to be uncovered. In my previous entry, I began to speak about the three main character’s connections with one another that they didn’t previously know about. I have read a lot more since then, and these connections are starting to present conflicts in the plot that I did not see coming. What I have noticed within these pages is that many relationships are beginning to fall apart. One of the most uptight characters in the book, Barbara, is starting to lose it with not only the other two main characters, but her daughter as well. “”Hannah, what on earth happened?” Barbara snapped. She’d tried to keep the accusatory edge from her voice, but it was no use.” is a quote from page 125 that Barbara says to her daughter. This is one of the many examples of the rude and harsh nature Barbara has towards literally everyone. I am excited to finish my book because I will finally see the murder be solved, and I can already tell that it will be very interesting.
The book that I am reading called Scan, is a lot different from your book. Your book sounds really interesting and I might want to read your book some time. The reason why is because I like books with a lot of suspense and your book sounds like that. Maybe after I read your book, I might find some similarities between our two books. As I know of right now the only similarity is that both our books have a lot of cliffhangers and are both very suspenseful.
In my book speak, the writer sounds a lot like yours. Laurie Halse Anderson talks about one night specifically in a little part of every chapter and by the end of the book you know the whole night. I don't like this form of writing because its very slow and it makes the rest of the book seem irrelevant. The reader is left in the dark for most of the book which makes it very confusing and uninteresting by the end.
In my book, Symphony for the City of the Dead, the author also uses many cliffhangers. I agree, its very effective and what helped me along in reading the book, since it made everything more suspenseful.Your book sounds very interesting; I will look into reading it!
The Scan Sarah Fine and Walter Jury pages: unknown (Second Entry)
This book has a lot imagery and it is used throughout the book. So here are some examples of imagery. In the Beginning of this book , I had very low hopes on if this book is going to get better. Now I know that I was once again wrong about my thoughts of the book. In the next part of the book, I learned that the main character Tate, brings this scanner to school. At first, Tate thinks that the scanner tells that blue means boy and red means girl.This is an example of imagery because you could imagine Tate bringing the scanner to school and scanning everybody in school. To tell if they are a boy or girl. He was wrong to think that the scanner tells boys vs. girls. The real purpose of the scanner, is to tell that blue means a human and red means a H2. A H2 is an alien race that has being living on Earth for hundreds of years. Some H2 might not know if they are a H2 or if they are a human. Now, the H2 are looking for the scanner and hunt and kill anybody who is protecting it. In order to protect it from the H2. Tate's dad gets shot in the chest by the H2 and Tate pulls him into a van.Tate's father is losing a lot of blood and it is all over Tate's shirt. This is another example of imagery. The reason why is because you could imagine blood all over Tate's shirt. Tate's father tells Tate" How many are left? I ask.... A third of the population and falling fast"(Fine and Jury page unknown). Now Tate knows that the H2 have taken over 2/3's of the world's population and they are a big threat to humans. I like books that have action and suspense. From what I just read, this is turning out to be a good book afterall. So imagery is used throughout the book, to help the reader see what is going on in the book. Without imagery, this book would be very boring and not as cool as it really is.
Boys in the Boat Author: Daniel James Brown Pages: 207-247
This section of the novel, The Boys in the Boat, was very eventful, which made it difficult to put down. The beginning of this section takes place in the summer of 1935; Joe Rantz is working in the Grand Coulee to get much needed money over the summer. His job description, swinging on the side of a cliff chipping away rock, also gives him an opportunity to build up body muscle; This might foreshadow a more successful crew season for him, due to his increased mental and physical strength. As crew season rolls around, previous season rivalries flare up due to the impending 1936 Olympics in Berlin; all the boys know that only the varsity boat will make it to the Olympic trials, so they had to row their hardest in order to get a spot in the boat. “Right from the outset, the previous season’s rivalries and hard feelings and insecurities erupted again” (Brown 219). Running into trouble in the beginning of the season, Joe can’t seem to get into his normal rhythm that most of the other oarsmen are in. The author does a great job of wrapping the reader up in Joe’s struggles, almost feeling what he feels; this makes the book incredibly hard to put down. The author also does a great job of painting images in our mind of what conditions the crew team is rowing in day-to-day. To Joe’s surprise, towards the end of the season when coach Ulbrickson makes his final varsity selections, he was in the varsity boat. The author talks about this combinations of boys in this boat as art, the way they rowed perfectly together. When Ulbrickson takes these boys to the regatta in Washington to race the California boat, the author uses great imagery to describe the races as it progresses, all the way down to the Seattle boys winning with open water between them. Now that the boys have almost effortlessly won this race, I am very excited to see how they do in the Poughkeepsie regatta later in the book.
My book is Friday Night Lights. It’s also based on a sports team. But a high school sports team so it includes a lot of high school drama. The book includes a lot of racism and at the time period which your book is in has racism too between the nazi’s and the jews. I would like to read your book because it seems to never have a down moment.
Arielle Sheehan Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson, pages #65-146 As I continued reading, the more I thought I was going to be interested; however I was disappointed. Instead of getting engrossed in the book, I just got bored by all of the history knowledge they threw at me all at once. I feel like the author could have done a better job of spacing all of the information to make it more appealing to the reader. The book continued with all of the storytelling, “This child, Pavlik Morozov, became a famous Communist martyr.” (Anderson 141). This quote, again is just telling another backstory, this time focusing on a man with a very different view than the man before (this man was a communist, very praised by the Soviet press). The author’s style didn’t change much at all; he still used very intricate detail, which I appreciated. However I still did not like the book as much as I initially thought I would. For anyone who is seeking a book with very extensive history knowledge based around WWII and the cold war, I would highly recommend this book to you. However be warned, you may get bored.
The Power of Six By: Pittacus Lore Pages: 149, 183, 327
I like the way that the writer uses foreshadowing to help you understand events that happen later in the book. This happens many times throughout the book. An example is when, on page 149, Marina is talking to her friend Hector in a cafe. A strange man enters that starts watching Marina, wearing a trench coat and with a mustache. He is a Mogadorian, who are evil and supposed to kill Marina and the rest of the Garde, but he doesn't. He let’s her escape. On page 183, Marina thinks, “ Who or what was the mustached man in the cafe; why was he reading a book with the name Pittacus on the cover; and, most importantly, why did he let me go if he’s Mogadorian?”. This foreshadows that the man is actually on the good side. You find out that he is a Cepan (protector) from their home planet. On page 327, the man explains to Marina, “I’m not who you think I am. Time is extremely short.” He says “I’m one of you and I’m here to help.” This book has many surprises as I continue reading. I’m excited to see how it will end and will definitely read the next book in the series.
This book sounds really intresting and fun to read. It seems very different from the book I read, because this sounds like a sci-fi or fantasy book and my book is a realistic fiction. Also the author of my book didn't really do much foreshadowing.Which I kind of liked because everything is surprise.There's no hints to whats going to happen next, so it keeps me intrested. Although your book seems very different from mine, I would like to read it.
Max R. The Knife of Never Letting Go By: Patrick Ness Pages: 95-197
As the book goes on, the plot gets more and more interesting, and the story keeps unfolding. The reader learns more and more about what is going on in the world that the book takes place in. This explains some things, but also leads to having more questions. For example, on page 154, Todd says “The Noise kills women. All women”. Hildy replies by saying “No, it don’t, Todd pup” “Like I been telling yer girl mate Viola here. She’s safe”. This shows that Todd has been told wrong about the Noise virus killing women, and didn’t know the actual truth, which is just also being told to the reader now. This is shown as well on page 178. Todd says, “but all the other settlements were wiped out in the war”. Hildy replies to Todd saying this by simply saying “Mmm” and implying that Todd is also wrong about that. These two quotes show that Todd has been told wrong earlier in the book, and therefore the reader doesn’t know the truth either. Both Todd and the reader are learning more and more as the book goes on.
I think writer’s theme of this part of the book is to show Odessa’s relationship with race. In the setting of the book “Odessa” the word “nigger”. In the town the word is used to sufficiently symbolize blacks but also, women and in conversations the word was used as a descriptive adjective. In a town such as Odessa Segregation is an obvious problem. But it seems that the author chooses not to go into detail of situations of racism but people’s reactions towards it. In the book there is an elderly man making a complaint to city council. The elderly man gave his documents to a city employee to copy for presentation for the council. The man couldn't remember the name of the employee so he referred to her as “nigger lady”(page 89). To People in Odessa who use the word they see it as a non harming word to use. To people in Odessa there are two races of blacks. There was the “hardworking ones who were too easy to get along with and didn’t try to cut corners. They deserved the title black. They earned the respect of the fellow whites.” Then there was” the loud,lazy ones, the ones that stole or lived off welfare or spent their whole lives trying to get by without a lick of work. They didn’t deserve to be called black because they weren’t”. Of course like anywhere there was whites that disagreed with the using of the word but those people were never taken seriously. Up to this point of the book I can see that the author portrays problems that not only the players on the team of Odessa overcome but also, the citizens overcome as well.
George Pardee Ashes Ilsa J. Bick Pages 230-465/end
In the book I noticed the author’s style is using grim details, and getting the reader attached to the characters. The author shows the afraidness of the main character Alex, with the metaphor “It took all her will to blink, and then blink again- as if her mind was a camera and she could somehow unsnap that picture so the image she just captured could be erased.” on page 463 after she finds tattered wolf carcases and a pile of heads stacked into a pyramid. The thought of some having evolved powers and others turning into zombies makes it a creative apocalyptic story. The plot thickens and turns as Alex meets new people and realizes they aren't who they seem to be. She also believes Tom is dead and has moved on to Chris which might become tension between the two in the next book. The author throws deaths of others, and near-death experiences around in the book to keep the reader on their heels. The book was suspenseful and hard to put down.
This book reminds me of a series of books that I read. The first book in the series was called The Enemy. This book also had grim details and made you attached to the characters. For the most part my book made you feel bad for the main characters, instead of making you fear them. This series is also about an apocalypse.
Em Remillard The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga pages 163-208
I was able to finish the book and was relatively disappointed. The book was very slow and just uninteresting in general. Brian and his group end up finding two girls when they get to the city; Philip tries to start a relationship with one of them and that's where I began to lose interest. At first it looks like they might stay there. "Look, Daddy, me and April made a garden to grow stuff" (Kirkman 177). This is foreshadowing to the fact that they're going to end up being forced to leave when the buildings become overrun. I would not recommend this book if you like fast paced books.
In my book, the ending was also a little disappointing. Throughout the whole book the main character is stuck between his dad's way of life and his brother's. So the whole book is basically him trying to choose a side, and at the end he decides that he's going to embrace being stuck in middle. In addition to all of this, my favorite character died.
Burial Rites Author: Hannah Kent pages:240-319(end) Blog entry #2
As the book went on, you could tell that the family considered Agnes as part of their family even though most of them hated Agnes in the beginning of the book. On page 307 right before Agnes walked to her execution site, Margrét said:”’You’re not a monster.’ Her face is flushed and she bites her lip, she bites down. Her fingers, entwined with my own, are hot and greasy.” On the same page, Margét uttered: “‘We’ll remember you, Agnes.’ She pressed my fingers more tightly, until I almost cry out from pain, and then I am crying. I don’t want to be remembered,I want to be here. The book finally revealed what happened on the day Natan Ketilsson was murdered. As I was reading that scene, I had to remind myself that this was the author’s interpretation of what happened on that day since this was actually a real criminal case but there was no evidence that Agnes did it or not. When Agnes found out what day she was going to be executed; the author used metaphors to imply how Agnes felt. On page 300, it said: “The Reverend is talking to me, but I can’t hear what he is saying, it is as though we’re all underwater...I can see the Reverend’s hands wave in front of me, he takes hold of my wrists and lets go, he looks like a drowning man trying to catch hold of something to bring him up to the surface. Then on page 308, it said: “‘I think we should go,’ Toti is saying, but I can’t because we are all underwater and I cannot swim.” The author compared the feeling of being underwater to how Agnes felt when she found out what day she was going to be executed. The book was very heart wrenching, because as I read the book, I started liking Agnes and I didn’t want her to die even though I knew she was going to be executed. I found it cool that the documents in the book were the actual documents in this case translated to English. The only reason why this book left me unsatisfied was because it made me wonder if Agnes actually did kill Natan in real life but there’s no way of knowing since the murder took place in the 1820s. I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend to people who like mystery and historical fiction.
Throughout the book the character Will thinks about his future. He says on page 55 “I don’t want to go to the Naval Academy Ben.”. Will doesn’t want to go into the army, like his brothers and his dad did. Will wants to do something else with his life, but doesn’t know what to do. I also don’t know what to do after high school. But unlike Will, I have about 2 and a half years and he has almost half a year. Will did want to become part of the military. But Will changed his mind about what he wanted to do when his brother died in the military. I haven't even decided or changed my idea my future jobs or expertise. On page 283 Will says “I don’t want to do anything just because I’m supposed to or it’s expected of me.”. I also don’t want to do anything just because it is expected, meaning I also want to control it. Will just knows what he doesn’t want to be, but he doesn’t know what specific thing he does want to become. I am similar in the way that I don’t know what specific job I want to have. I also only know what I don’t want to become. What I don’t want to become is a fast food worker, a plumber or any general labor jobs. Will had to tell his parents about his decision of not going into the military. On page 293 Will says “It had gone way better than I expected, I had told Mom and Dad that I wasn’t applying to the Naval Academy or any College.”. This means that his parents were not as mad or crazy about it as he thought they were going to be. Gladly my parents don’t expect me to go into any specific job, because I would hate to have the conversation Will had.I think the author added this part of the book in, was to make the reader relate or feel sorry for Will.
In your book, Will has to think about his future and in my book, Sam has to think into the future to try to stop the terrorists and be one step ahead of them. Unlike Will, who has a half year to figure out his future, Sam has just a few slim hours till all of Yale University goes boom. Sam is even more on the spot than Will, since he is under so much pressure in so little time. Although, your book sounds very interesting and I will try to read it.
After I finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir, I found a new appreciation/hatred for dramatic irony. Near the end of the book, Mr. Weir decided to use this literary element to keep the reader both interested and stressed out beyond control. The main character, Mark Watney, foolishly loses contact with NASA as he is about to traverse, in a rover, 32 km across rough martian terrain. Back in NASA; nice and safe on earth, they pick up a huge dust storm that Mark is about to drive into. NASA’s excitement is simply summed up in this quote “All of Earth is watching but powerless to help” (Weir 287). Mr. Weir definitely used dramatic irony to continue to build suspense as the book nears its inevitable end. Even though I did hate the dramatic irony; I loved it because it kept me interested in the book and it kept me interested all the way until the end.
My book, Boys in the Boat, is somewhat similar to yours in a way that there is a main character struggling to achieve a goal. Although they are under much different circumstances, both main characters undergo challenges that in the end they must overcome. I will look into reading your book sometime.
My book is similar to your book as well, in some way. They both try to achieve a goal(devoting themselves to do something). They go through many struggles and try to get what they want. Sounds like an interesting book!
As the book goes on, the story behind the terrorist slowly begins to unravel. Slowly, and very painfully for the reader, as I just wanted to know who these evil people were. It seemed to take forever for White to reveal their true identity and why they were in America “We had only one goal. To make certain that the United States knows that in the future she will suffer consequences for her acts of callousness” (365). It took 365 pages for us to fully understand who this group was and why they were in America. It was almost a bit of anti-foreshadowing (if that is a thing) and bothered me about the book. Although, it then quickly picked up within the next few pages, which re-engaged me for the end of the book. They soon find that many of the rest of the hostages are let go and the terrorists attempt an “escape” to which the only point was for America to shoot down their plane. They were trying to show the world how brutal America was and if it wasn’t for Sam realizing their plot and stopping them, they all would have been dead. “You were right. They showed restraint (America). We live for now. End of part one” (368). This actually is foreshadowing, saying that this is the end of part one, which implies much more to come for their plans. Overall, this book was very intriguing and kept me interested for much of it. Although I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under high school age, as it incorporated advanced language and thinking to understand the elements of the book.
My book, If you're reading this, is similar to yours for many reasons. Your story contains many literary devices that relate to mine, such as foreshadowing and symbols. While your book deals with terrorism my book talks about the men fighting the terrorist. Although your book is written more for an adult audience mine is written more for children or teen audience. Your book looks like it is fulled with a lot of action and I would be interested in reading it sometime.
If You're Reading This By: Trent Reedy Pages:114-296 (End)
I liked the way the writer Trent Reedy kept the sender of the letters a secret from beginning to the very end of the story If you’re Reading This. I now see how the author created the effect of foreshadowing by having the character, Derek, be so involved in the story. Derek was present from the beginning because Mike worked for him on his farm along with with little projects at Mike’s house. There were several hints that now, looking back I notice. For example, Derek had always paid Mike a lot of money for such little work and Mike had always wondered why. “...even if all he had were simple chores he could have easily done himself.” (Reedy 279). Come to find out, Derek is the reason why his father was killed in battle and that is why he feels responsible to fill in as a father figure. Secondly, it is the reason why he has the letters because he held onto them after the war. In my opinion it ties the whole story together, and that is one of the things I really enjoyed about this book. I no longer wonder how his father was killed or who is sending the letters, and as a reader that is very satisfying. Although, I had no idea it would be Derek to send the letters, it does makes sense. He was so close with Mike and constantly was doing such generous things for him and his family. The suspense of Mike wanting to find out who was sending the letters all the way until the end left me wanting to find out just as bad as Mike. “What a horrible, painful secret to have to live with for so long.” (Reedy 279). In the end Mike is not mad at Derek for holding the secret in because he understands how guilty he felt the entire time. As the author concluded the story I am very pleased with the ending and lived up to all of my expectations.
Eleanor and park By:Sahera Ahmad When I started reading this book, I thought it would be a really romantic book. As I kept reading along, the book got really interesting. The author uses the literary element suspense, which makes you want to read more and more. The couple who fall in love go through difficulties trying to be with each other. Eleanor says " I told him you are ready to be part of this family" (Rowell 20).She has this conversation with her mom after Eleanor was kicked out of the house for a year. This book mainly focuses on family. The only reason why Eleanor can't be with Park is because of her "family". Her step-father is separating them. At this point, I knew something will happen to her family and to her relationship. So far, the book is really well written. I can't wait to read more...I recommend this book to everyone!
My book, The Martian by Andy Weir, also includes suspense. I feel like authors include that in a book to really draw in the reader and make them want to keep reading.
The Boy in The Striped Pajamas By: John Boyne Pages: 112-(End)
This book is very similar to Maus in many ways, and throughout the book I made many connections to Maus towards the end of the book when the story started to unfold. Towards the end of the book Bruno (One of the main characters in the story) wanted to help his imprisoned friend Shmuel, who needed help finding his father. Bruno attempts to help him by disguising himself as a prisoner of the camp and enters the camp to help find his father. Shmuel gets Bruno a pair of stripped pajamas to blend in when he enters the camp. This is where the title of the book goes hand in hand with the story. When he enters the camp with his new stripped pajamas, Bruno and Shmuel search the camp for Shmuel's father, but then the Nazi's take all the prisoners and put them in the gas chambers with Bruno in this group of prisoners. The two boys sadly died in the gad chambers. This was hard to read, when the boy who wasn't in the camp still went out of his way to help his friend, and entered the most terrible death camp during the holocaust. He risked his life to help find his friends father, and it makes you wish that the ending had turned out to be better. Why couldn't it have ended with Bruno and Shmuel finding Shmuel's father and then Bruno going back home. Not all books end with a happy ending, and the author did a great job showing that. I recommend this book to anyone who likes books about friendship and pursing through hardship.
My book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, has to do with friendships as well. My book has a friendship that keeps developing throughout the book, which creates a better connection to the two characters. I have wanted to read your book ever since hearing about the movie. I feel like it has a lot of connections with my book, that also has to do with friendship through hard times.
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, takes place during the civil rights movement. It’s about a boy who can’t decide whose footsteps to follow- his brother’s who is a member of the Black Panthers, or his father’s who believes in peaceful protest. Soon enough he finds that he is not to follow any of their footsteps, but make his own.The author made me realize that the title of the book wasn’t to show to show conflict between the father and son, but to show the conflict each character had within themselves. “ As the river flows it wonders what it’s like to be so still…. But the rock will always wonder what lies around the bend in the stream(p.282).” The main character, Sam always seemed to be stuck between his father’s peaceful protests and his brother’s radical actions. In reality the only thing that was getting in his way from deciding what he wanted to do was himself. Throughout the book Sam always did his best to please his father while at the same time trying to prove to his brother that he was ready to take serious action. Sam’s problem was that he wanted to be both the rock and the river, in other words he wanted to be both like his brother and his father. He learned that he couldn’t achieve to be either “...I couldn’t see how to move in either direction, but it hurt like hell standing still(p.196).” His own confusion caused conflict within him, because pleasing one would only hurt the other. At the end of it all, Sam takes action based on what he feels and believes, and not on what his brother or father feel and believe.
My book, Burial Rites, also deals with conflict. The character in my book also took action based on what she felt and believed at the end instead of what other people thought.Your book sounds really good and I feel like I would enjoy it.
My book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, also has to do with conflicts with not knowing what to do. In one specific part of my book, the main character is being chased out of the town, and has to figure out what to do and which way to go. He has the conflict of going back to the town and trying to help his family, but eventually ends up going farther away from the town, since this is what his family told him to do. Your book sounds like it has many things similar to parts of my book, and I would love to read it.
My book, The Siege, also deals with conflict. Mostly the Iraq vs. American conflict in the middle east. It explains some of the Iraqi peoples feelings towards the Americans after some of their innocent friends and family were killed. This is a major problem with our military and it is shown how this could really hurt us, as in a terrorist attack in the book. This conflict is what my whole book revolves around and your book seems to revolve around conflict too.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Speak is an accurate representation of a classic high school. It has the: mean girls, athletes, smart kids, theater kids etc.. But it shows how hard it is for some people to fit in and find where they’re comfortable. Melinda has a hard time feeling comfortable and safe at school you get this impression when she says, “I mumble something idiotic and run for the bathroom. I heave lunch into the toilet, I wash my face with the ice water that comes out of the Hot faucet.”. Melinda is uneasy about school and is so uncomfortable she is sick to her stomach. Melinda like many other students let’s people’s opinions and words dictate how she feels about school and how she does in it. Often we forget we’re at school to learn because we get so tied up in the people there that it becomes a social matter instead of a place to learn. That aspect of the book really helps me to relate to Laurie Halse Anderson’s idea of high school. Some of the people in the book are physically and mentally abusive to Melinda but she doesn’t speak up until the very end of the book which is her breaking point. People need to speak up before it gets to that point because there is always a way to help. For Melinda the end of the book is her sigh of relief.. “the tears dissolve the last block of ice in my throat. I feel frozen stillness melt down through the inside of me, dripping shards of ice that vanish in a puddle of sunlight on the stained floor. Words float up… Let me tell you about it”.
In Monster by Walter Dean Myers it all is the same as the beginning it seems to be gettting a little more interesting buy they are still at the court for the murder case. Steve Harmon seems to remember more about what happened so there are more flashbacks to what they were doing the night of the murder. The other people (The thug and The rat) also remembered more and explained how the stick up went down. Bobo said James King was the murder and said " I asked King what happened, and he said he had to light him up because he was trying to muscle him. He was an old man, but he was strong like some of them old west Indian Brothers" (Myers 183). At the stick up they stole a couple cartons of cigarettes and sold them on the streets, Bobo was the man behind that part. Bobo admits to being at the drug store when it happened, they keep saying that he went and did stuff right after he murdered him even though it wasn't him. Bobo and King were supposed to take the money and split it when they got it but when they found out the guy was dead the decided to lay low. Bobo doesnt now what King did with the money, Bobo and Steve never got their cut of the money. I think that Steve now will have to face time in jail with King and Bobo just because he was a sall part in the stick up which ended up being a murder.
Halo: Evolutions Essential Tales Of The Halo Universe
Story: Dirt
By: Tobias S. Buckell
As the book goes on, I realize now that each chapter is a different story. Different people, different timelines, they are not all tied together as one huge story, they are their own separate stories written by many different authors. My personal favorite story is Dirt, by Tobias S. Buckell, which is about a young man named Gage who joined the Colonial Military of the United Nations Space Command, who tells his life story of how he started as just a young marine and becomes a Orbital-Drop Shock Trooper (ODST). The setting of this story starts out on his home planet Harvest, then to a huge battle field where he is injured and tell another fellow ODST his life story.
“I can see by your insignia you’re a private, just out of training, probably your first jump down to dirtside. You might not even remember the CMA...but back before there was UNSC, there was the CMA...so shut up and listen, rookie! There’s something important I have to tell you. About friends. Betrayal. Loss. If you keep your head up and do what I tell you, you might even live long enough to tell someone what happened here…” Gage, page 105
Halo: Evolutions Essential Tales Of The Halo Universe
Story: Pariah
By: B.K. Evenson
As I read through the book, the different stories are starting to make sense to me. As I read, one the stories got my attention. The story is called Pariah, about a 6 year old boy named Soren, who is part of a secret military project called the Spartan 2 program. Though all the children taken didn’t have a choice in project, Dr. Kathreen Halsey the women in charge of the Spartan program, gave Spartan Soren-066 the choice to be part of the project. With the choice he’s made, his adventure begins on the planet Reach. Years after training he grew into a strong, intelligent child. But at the age 14, his whole world changed. After becoming diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Fletcher’s syndrome, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and kick out of the Spartan program, he became a rebel against the UNSC. “I’m sorry, Soren. You can’t serve in this way. You’ll be able to serve, but not in a combat position” Said Dr. Halsey, page 43
As I read through the book Nathen was just praying for his father to rescue him.This is because right now he is treat less than a servant.That because he is half black witch the witch 'government' is making him jump through hoops.Then because he is half black witch he has a tendency to sleep in the forest. This make his bad situation to worse (page 37). This is went the 'government' decides than it is best to keep Nathen. They take him to a mountain high up that is is hard to breath.This was his prison.( page 43)
As the book goes on, the storyline gets more interesting. There are many parts which have you wondering what is going to happen next. For example, on page 190, where it had told us before that Jordan’s dad does not want her to play for Alabama University, but when it comes to the time for her orientation her dad goes along with Jordan and her mom, “When he got into the car with us, I gasped so hard I’m surprised I didn’t puncture a lung.” At this point in the book Alabama college doesn’t want her to be a football player but what they want is for her to be the cover for their magazines, but Jordan just doesn’t seem to understand that. Jordan's dad tries to tell her that Alabama is not the right school for her because they do not want her to be a football player for the school, “Alabama may have the best record ever, but that doesn’t mean it's the right school for you.” Towards the end of the book Jordan figures out Alabama is not the right college for her. On page 260 she talks with her dad about trying for a different college, “When I said options, I meant Florida or Ole Miss or Tennessee, even.” The book didn’t end how I thought it would have ended, but it did have a good ending. The book ended up to be better than I thought it would have.
When I started reading this book, I thought it was just going to be about a teenage girl, Jordan, chasing after her football dreams. This part in the book is the rising action. For example, on page 30, when a new member to Jordan’s football team distracts her like no other of her teammates ever had before, “Try to forget about Ty’s body. ‘I’ve never seen anyone so freaking gorgeous. No one’s ever distracted me like this…’” At this point in the book Jordan is getting sidetracked from football and tries not to let Ty Green, the new teammate, take her chances away from getting to play football Alabama college. On page 63, Ty takes over Jordan’s spot as quarterback in a game, “Coach yanks off his hat...I’m putting Ty in for the second half” Jordan gets upset and doesn’t know what is going to happen to her chances of getting into the Alabama college to play football.
The book I am currently reading is Friday night Lights by H.G. Bassinger. When I first started reading the book I expected it to be about a glorious High School football team from the south with the “perfect” blonde haired quarterback and cheerleaders who adored him. But that’s not the case sort of...In the first chapter of the book the author introduces a character named Boobie Miles. A black athlete from the poor side of town who plays the position fullback. Boobie struggles at reading and has been in and out of foster homes throughout his childhood. But now he lives with his uncle L.V. Miles who is raising Boobie to become not just a great football player but a great athlete.
ReplyDeleteMy book, If You're Reading This..., is about a guy in high school as well. Both of our books contain a main character who is trying to make a name for them self on the football team and doing so with hard work and dedication. A second similarity is again with the main characters, but with their struggle at home. A difference though, is their struggles are for different reasons. Our books are both similar and different in many ways but I would definitely be interested in reading your book based on the similarities!
DeleteIn my book Monster, I also expected the main character to be a decent person. He ended up being a very bad person and robbed a store. There are some similarities in our books, yours sounds interesting.
DeleteThe book I am reading is Scan by Walter Jury and Sarah Fine, which at first I thought it was going to be a very interesting book. The reason why I thought that was because of the back cover saying that the book was an intense book and I thought that this would be a good book. Now I know that I was wrong. This book is about a boy named Tate, who is a martial artist. For the first part of the book, Tate talks about his match against someone who he calls CowEyes. After the match, Tate goes on and on about how ashamed he is to losing a match against someone who he calls Coweyes. One part I think that was very confusing was whenever Tate's personal trainer gets mad, he yells in portugueses. The reason I thought was very confusing was that a lot of people don't know Portugueses. So why would the authors write some of the lines for Tate's personal trainer, be in Portuguese and not in English. I am hoping that the rest of the book will be more interesting and exciting and not as boring as the beginning of the book
ReplyDeleteMy book is The Power of Six. Our books are very different, but both have characters that use martial arts. In my book the characters, especially Six use martial arts and other combat techniques along with their powers when they fight against the Mogadorians (the evil aliens). Hopefully your book will get more exciting as you keep reading!
DeleteThe book I am reading is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. When I started reading this book I thought it was going to be about a boy who a boy in Germany who had just moved to a new town, which was Auschwitz, the boy’s father is a commander for the camp so they moved their for is “work” duties. This was during hitler’s reign. But that’s just the base of the story, there is so much more to it than just a boy who moved to a new town in Germany. Reading more in depth of the book, I realized that it had so much more to offer. A boy who was wearing Striped Pajamas on the other side of the fence, so the one of the main characters Burno becomes friends with this boy. The authors style of writing in this book is third person point of view, which is from through the eyes of the main character Bruno. This is a great choice of writing style for this book because the reader gains a lot of good information due to the way the author chose to write it. I think the writers theme is about Friendship because of the way Bruno becomes friends with the Boy in the Striped Pajamas on the other side of the fence. I think the title of this book perfectly fits the storyline because of how the boy in the book in the striped pajamas plays a huge part in Bruno’s life, it ties everything together and brings his character in nicely so you aren’t wondering why the book was named The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas. I’m hoping the rest of the book is going to be as eventful as the start of it, and I can’t wait for the climax of the book.
ReplyDeleteI love reading books about history. My family loves history like The Civil War, Revolutionary War, World War, World War II. I would love to read this right now, but now I'm reading a book about the Pilgrims.
DeleteArielle Sheehan
ReplyDeleteSymphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson, pages #1-64
The book I have chosen to read is Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson. So far, the author has told several stories all centered around Nazi Germany. There have been multiple sections focused solely on people's’ backstories; I feel like that will be beneficial later on in the book when more events start to occur. “The fate of Dmitri Shostakovich was bound up with the fate of Leningrad from the time he was a child” (Anderson 11). That was just an excerpt from one of his backstories, focusing on a man named Dmitri (a famous composer and pianist). One thing I have noticed about this author's style that I enjoy is that he uses very intricate detail. I like that because you know as much as possible so you’re almost never confused, and also just because its is helpful overall. At the beginning when I first started reading, I thought this book was going to be really boring because of the excessive history information. However the more you get into it the more you start to understand it and enjoy it. A few things that really drew me into this book were the title and the cover art; they were a good choice on the author's part. So far, I’m really enjoying reading this book and I hope it continues to get even more interesting.
In my book,The Power of Six, the author also explains the backstory of almost all the characters that we meet. You learn about how they survived up until that point and where they've been hiding. I feel like this helps you to understand why certain characters are the way that they are now. Although many books about Nazis Germany can be confusing, your book sounds good and I would be interested in reading it!
DeleteThe book that I am reading is The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga (Pages 1-57). So far the book seems to be moving very slow. It starts 72 hours after the zombie outbreak in Atlanta, Georgia; The book is through the eyes of Brian Blake. In The Walking Dead graphic novels and The Walking Dead tv show the governor is know as being a villainous psychopath; this book follows the story of how he got this way. So far it shows that Philip Blake (The Governor) will do anything to save his daughter Penny. He doesn't seem to be very phased by the walking corpse and having to kill them. "The business end of Philip's pickaxe lands squarely in the monster's head, cracking the coconutlike shell of the old man's skull..." (Page 14). I really like how Philip Blake is more like the graphic novel version instead of the tv version; it makes him seem more psychotic. I'm looking forward to them making it into the city and seeing if it's a safe place, or a trap.
ReplyDeleteI am reading The Rock and the River by Kekla magoon, It’s about a boy who gets stuck between the conflict of his father and brother; his brother being a part of the Black Panthers, and his dad being a peaceful civil rights activist. When I first started reading this book, I thought it was going to be more dramatic and emphasize more on the civil rights movement, but the author focuses more on the love story between Sam; the main character, and Maxie; his love interest “ ‘Can i walk you home?’ I said. …. Sometimes I thought she waited outside just to hear me ask so she could say no (p.50-51). Although the author has a really good reason for doing this, because the book is written in Sam’s perspective, and it makes sense that all he really wants to think about is his love interest. The author did a really good job developing the characters. For example the previous quote shows that Sam isn’t really a confident person, he’s actually quite insecure. And his brother is portrayed as the complete opposite “Stick breathed like he was about to speak, then he paused. ‘Also, you shouldn’t avoid doing something worthwhile just because you're afraid of what might happen.” The quote suggest that Stick is more likely to take risk due to his confidence in himself. So far I have enjoyed reading this book and wish to continue reading more.
ReplyDeleteOur books seem to have very different settings and problems but they seem to be alike because In my book Speak, the main character Melinda has a big conflict that is pushing her away from her family. Her family is trying to avoid the problem but by doing that its just making them grow further apart which seems to be happening in your book too.
DeleteThe Power of Six by: Pittacus Lore
ReplyDeletePages: 120-140
I think the title is a good choice because the new character introduced to you at the very end of the last book (the power of four) is named Six. In this book your learn about all of Six’s legacy’s and her life before she met up with John and Sam. All of the nine Garde from the planet Lorien have telekinesis, but then the rest of their powers are different. Six’s powers are greatly helpful and impressive. She can be invisible, and control the weather. One of the reasons that I like this book is that it is told from two different points of view, Marina’s, and John’s. On page 396, as Marina (number 7) watches Six fight she thinks:“ I can’t keep my eyes off Number Six. Her strength is mesmerizing.” On page 121, John says, “Six shows us what she’s learned of combat techniques, which is far more than I know.” He says on page 122, “ I work my hardest and she still kicks my butt”. You can see what different characters think of each other.
My book scan, is about a boy who is a martial artist and he looks down upon himself, when ever he loses a match. However his friends are always there for him, and support whatever he does. Your book sounds really interesting and I would love to read the beginning of that series. I also think that when I am done reading my current book, and finished that book series. I might compare the 2 books and see how they are the same and different.
DeleteMy book, Symphony for the City of the Dead, also tells backstories of characters before revealing plot. In my opinion it's very helpful, because then you have background knowledge. Our books are similar in lots of ways. Yours sounds very interesting; after I finish mine I might look into reading yours!
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ReplyDeleteBy Trent Reedy
Pages 1-114
I think the title is a proper choice for the book written by Trent Reedy. Throughout the story the main character, Mikem is receiving letters from his deceased father. His father was deployed in Afghanistan at the time, and was killed in battle. If his father had not died he wouldn’t of received the letters, however his father was fearful that he wouldn’t return and had written the letters in case. That is where the title comes into play, on page 12 he receives his first letter that says, “If you’re reading this I’m very sorry, but I did not make it home.” In my opinion the incorporation of the main part of the story to the title is really important because in this case it is very literal coming from the letters from his father. The letters are very symbolic towards the title as well. When you understand the connection while reading, it makes you want to read more. Each letter his father gives him has a mission embedded in it and the missions create a self vs. self conflict. The missions vary in each letter but all have a goal for Mike to overcome an internal battle or go outside his comfort zone. “Should I ask Isma to dance with me?” Mike asks himself on page 97. I strongly believe he will conquer all of the challenges thrown at him to please his father. As I continue to read this story the climax approaches and it continues to introduce more problems that he must face due to the pressure of his father wanting him to follow the advice he had learned growing up. It is his father’s way of giving fatherly as Mike goes through the same things he did. By the end of the story I hope Mike will follow his advice and enjoy his life because that’s all his father really wants for him.
Max R.
ReplyDeleteThe Knife of Never Letting Go
By: Patrick Ness
Pages: 1-94
I like the way that the author of this book, Patrick Ness, writes the narration. For example, the sentences “Dogs got attenshun spans about as long as a matchstick.” (Page 73) and “Never mind plugging yer ears, it don’t help at all.” (Page 20) are said by Todd. By misspelling the word “attention” as “attenshun”, and also “your” as “yer” it shows that the narrator, Todd, is uneducated. His grammar also shows this; By saying don’t instead of doesn’t, it helps show the fact that he is not smart, like the author also told us earlier in the book. I think that this may foreshadow something happening later in the story, that might be a bad idea or not too bright. I think that there is a reason that the author is showing us that Todd is not smart, and I think the reason will be uncovered soon.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
ReplyDeleteThe title Speak is an oxymoron to the main character Melinda.
Melinda starts High School with no friends or anyone to talk to, which leaves her feeling lonely and afraid. The writer does a good job of subtly putting into the text that Melinda is hiding something from us. You first get a hint when someone ask Melinda about the night she called the cops on Kyle Rogers and she says: “I can’t feel my fingers, I shake my head” and “My throat squeezes shut as if two hands are clamped on my wind pipe.” (pg 28). I’m not sure why should would call the cops on him but maybe that has something to do with why she lost all her friends or why she has isolated herself from friends and family. Melinda seems to be struggling to communicate with other people; but she had friends before she went into high school so I’m interested to finding out what happened between all of them. Melinda’s family doesn’t seem to be all that close either, I wonder if they’ve always been like that or if something is going on with her parents.
My book, Where They Found Her, also drops little hints that the characters are hiding something just like yours does. My book also focuses on the struggles of my main characters, and the struggles they face when it comes to relationship building. Your book sounds really interesting because it has a mysterious side to it, and I would really like to read it sometime.
DeleteBurial Rites by Hannah Kent
ReplyDeletepages: 10-239
The book I’m currently reading is Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. This book is loosely based on the true story of the last execution in Iceland. Agnes Magnúsdóttir along with 2 other people are convicted of the murder of Agnes’s former employer and lover, Natan Ketilsson, and his friend. One thing that I don’t like about the book is that the author switches points of view in the middle of a chapter and it gets confusing at times. I would rather have the book to be entirely from Agnes’s point of view since the story is about her time leading up to the execution and I don’t think the other characters’ points of view add much to the story. There are a lot of good aspects in this book. For example, I really like the mystery part of the book. As you’re reading the book, you’re not sure if Agnes actually committed the murder or not. Agnes has to stay in a farm with a family that works for the government before her execution in Denmark. It’s interesting to see some of the family members starting to care for Agnes and starting to think that Agnes may be innocent. On page 197, there’s scene where Margrét; farmer’s wife comforts Agnes. “‘Come, Agnes. You’ll catch your death.’ Looking down, I see that Margrét has extended her hand. I take it, and the feel of her skin is like paper. We go inside.” The book uses a lot of imagery to describe the settings of the book. On page 86, it says: “But now, so early in the morning, Tóti could see only the topmost caps of the mountains, their brown bulk still concealed by the band of slowly shifting fog.” My favorite parts of the book have been the flashbacks of when Agnes worked for Natan and their story. The flashbacks make the whole murder more mysterious, because Agnes was obviously in love with Natan, so why would she kill him?. You also find out the type of person Natan was and how he treated people through these flashbacks. Natan had a lot of enemies and he had many affairs with women which could’ve triggered Anges’s motive to kill him. The flashbacks make me hate Natan because it shows how he was a terrible human and it makes me feel sympathetic towards Agnes. This book is very intriguing and it’s hard to put down.
I am currently reading Where They Found Her, and our books sound very similar! Not only are they both about a murder, but the author switches points of view to tell the story. I am really interested in murder mystery and would like to read your book soon.
DeleteWhere They Found Her
ReplyDeleteKimberly McCreight
Pages: 1-83
The novel Where They Found Her is about the murder of an infant in a seemingly perfect community with a low crime rate named Ridgedale. The murder twists this “picture perfect” society upside down. In the very beginning of the book, on page 2, an unknown character says “When I pull my hands out, they’re covered in blood. For a second I think it’s mine. But it’s not mine. It’s the baby’s blood.” I love the suspense that starts the book and really picks up a reader’s attention. When I first started reading the book, I thought it was just going to be about a crime scene and uncovering what happened. As I got further into the book, I realized that there was a much deeper plot story behind what is described within the first chapter. This is because all the characters are slowly making connections with each other even though they all lead very separate lives. This can sometimes be a good thing, but at other points in the story line it may present a conflict. Something that this author does really well is having readers make the connections on their own instead of giving everything away. I will have to keep reading farther to make all the connections to the fullest extent. On top of that, I really am enjoying how the book is told from the perspectives of three different people: Molly, a freelance reporter for the Ridgedale Reader; Barbara, the mother of a troubled son; and Sandy, a 16 year old who comes from a troubled family situation. So far, I am very interested in the plot and hope that the rest of the book will keep me interested.
My book, Burial Rites, is also about a murder. Our books are quite similar. Both of our books are full of suspense and are told in multiple perspectives. Your book sounds really interesting!
DeleteBen Funyak
ReplyDeleteThe Siege
By: Stephen White
Pages 1-198
My book, The Siege, tries to explain some of the wrongdoings and hatred other people and middle eastern countries feel towards the United States. The book uses two main characters, which it switches between each chapter and a couple of minor characters, to explain the plot. I really enjoy this because it gives me multiple points of view to understand the story from, as this seems to have a very complex storyline. Sam is a police detective, hailing from Colorado, where he is on probation. He is trying to help the Calderons’, a very rich family, find their missing daughter when they realize she is being held by terrorists in a fraternity house on Yale’s campus. “Check the calendar. This is April... April again. Waco. Oklahoma City. Columbine. Virginia Tech. (79)” This shows foreshadowing for what I believe will be a terrorist attack or some sort of attack that proves very deadly, to the same extent as the other four listed above. The hostage taker has already proven deadly as he has killed a hostage and just keeps sending them onto the steps. I have no idea what his demands are yet, but he appears to be doing everything in the background. The author likes to keep us in the dark and slowly reveal things and make us put the pieces together. “Orange will show my disappointment. (158)” This is what the hostage taker says and we don’t actually know what it means until Sam figures out that any kid wearing orange will die. This is the hostage takers way of foreshadowing. I hope the rest of the book begins to unravel what the hostage taker has planned and will be as good as the beginning.
My book, The Boys in the Boat, also deals with restlessness of other countries. While yours deals with a conflict with Middle Eastern countries, and mine deals with Germany during WWII, both books show certain feelings towards those countries.
DeleteIt sounds very interesting. I always wonder what people are the world think of America. I'd love to read it. As long as their is nothing about politics in their, I don't like listening to them right now.
DeletePhillip Pardee
ReplyDeleteThe Blood Keeper
By: Tessa Gratton
Pages 1-361
When I first started the book I thought it would be in one person's perspective. But it turns out the book has three perspectives, and it changes every once in awhile. The three people are Will, Mab and a secret person from the past. I dislike this perspective because I get confused sometimes by who is talking. I thought the book would be focused on the magic part, but it really is focused on the relationships between the people. The main part of the book is the relationship of Will and Mab, because the book shows both their perspectives and how they love each other. The magic just kind of gets in the way of their bond, because Will gets cursed and Mab has to unbound it, and get rid of it. I thought the main character would be obsessed over magic. But it turns out Mab only uses it for small stuff, like making food taste more delicious and making soap clean better. On page 119 she is talking about the different magic on the soaps saying,”Some of them make you clean, others make your bruises heal faster.” Mab doesn’t rely on it most of the time. I also thought if they did have magic they could do enormous things with it, but the characters in the book have only used it to heal cuts and do other small things.
I think the fact that the book shifts perspectives is interesting, in the book I'm reading, Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick, the perspective also shifts to explain what happens to the different characters at the same time. I think the fact that they don't use magic for big things just little things is interesting because it would move out of the fantasy area and make the characters more normal and easier to relate to. Maybe I will read that book sometime.
DeleteThe book i am currently reading is great! Its a love story between a Korean boy and a chubby and a red headed girl. The two face a lot of problems to get with each other. The girls step father will never let her be with her boyfriend. They both are really upset but still secretly love each other. The characters of the book are really fun and exciting.
ReplyDeleteThe Martian
ReplyDeleteBy: Andy Weir
Pages 1-329
The Martian, by Andy Weir, is a suspenseful tale of an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars. When I first started reading the book I thought it was going to be completely science fiction, but Andy Weir does a magnificent job at keeping within the bounds of actual science as the book progresses. Mr. Weir also does an extravagant job at creating suspense by characterization of the main character Mark Watney, the astronaut who is stuck on Mars. Mark starts out in the book saying that he is “...just an engineer” (Weir 34), but as he is faced with more and more challenges he becomes more confident and starts to believe in himself. However, the more problems he faces the more imperious he gets which just creates more problems. It is in this that Mr. Weir creates his suspense. I think the overall theme in this book is that you should always try your best no matter how severe the situation is which is portrayed by Mark Watney’s trials. Every time Mark is faced with a problem, no matter its magnitude, he always tries and never gives up immediately.
Monster
ReplyDeleteBy: Walter Dean Myers
Pages 1- 131
In the book i'm currently reading, Monster By Walter Dean Myers is about Steve Harmon who is convicted of murder during a robbery at a local shop. When I first started the book it started off slow and got better as you keep reading. Steve is always asking if they are going to win the court case and is very scared of what the outcome could be if he is proven guilty. Steve also is saying he wasn't involved in the robbery and especially not in the murder of the owner, "I don't know what you're talking about, man. I didn't do any stickup." (Myers 71). I think that as I get near the end of the book he will be proven innocent and they will find the real criminal is someone else in the court house, possibly one of the gang members because they are known to be an aggressive gang.
I am reading half bad by Sally Green.The book centers around a kid named nathan he is half white witch and half black witch.This book is playing on races and bullying.This book slowly buillds how nathan was raised which was interesting because of the spin of magic.There he slowly lives with the ways to get powers is to receive them from your relative.
ReplyDeleteMy book is also about magic, it would be interesting to contrast how the characters in each book use it. The main character in my book is Mab and she uses her power and magic for basic needs. Her power she has in the book is very small and she can hardly do anything cool. Also Mab gets her power from blood and the power of the forest that surrounds where she lives. I am just wondering where your character gets his power, so I might read your book soon.
DeleteThat book reminds me of a book I read in English class a few years ago. The book was called The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. He was treated different because of his race just like Nathan. Junior was native american and avoided at his new, white school, and shunned at his native american reservation. Both books seem to show racial equality and acceptance. Your book sounds good.
DeleteNick Bowman
ReplyDelete11/15/15
Boys in the Boat
Author: Daniel James Brown
Pages: 149-207
This range of pages is a portion of the third section of the gripping true story, The Boys in the Boat. As the book progresses to this point, the value of the Crew team's training and effort increases dramatically, due to the impending 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The boat of the sophomores and boat of older boys are constantly at battle for the Varsity spot, to compete for entrance into the Olympic Trials. The older boys may have more strength, but the sophomores are a better team. Towards the end of the season; the older boys get the varsity spot. The book made it seem like there was no way that the Sophomores would ever lose their varsity spot; for they had a tight bond that led them to many victories. The older boys ended up racing in the National tournament in Poughkeepsie, and lost in an incredibly close race against their rivals in California: "California had won their 3rd consecutive national varsity title, by one third of a second"(Brown 190). This part of the book was very gripping, and it forced the reader to think about what would've happened if the Sophomores had been entered in the varsity race. The coach of the Washington crew, Al Ulbrickson, had said: "The sophomores rowed a great race, but they never would've finished third in that varsity event"(Brown 190); making the reader wonder whether this was true, or the coach was just trying to hide the fact that his decision was wrong. This was a very exciting portion of the book, and I cannot wait to see how the plot evolves.
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ReplyDeleteWhere They Found Her
ReplyDeleteKimberly McCreight
Pages: 124-190
(Second Entry)
So far, one thing I’ve noticed about the author’s style is that she likes to keep the reader hanging. By telling the story from three different points of view, she provides a lot of information within a few number of pages and then leaves a reader with a cliffhanger until one of the three main characters speaks again. This is a very interesting style and it is very effective, because it keeps a reader interested in what will come next. It is especially interesting because it is a book about a murder, so there is a lot to be uncovered. In my previous entry, I began to speak about the three main character’s connections with one another that they didn’t previously know about. I have read a lot more since then, and these connections are starting to present conflicts in the plot that I did not see coming. What I have noticed within these pages is that many relationships are beginning to fall apart. One of the most uptight characters in the book, Barbara, is starting to lose it with not only the other two main characters, but her daughter as well. “”Hannah, what on earth happened?” Barbara snapped. She’d tried to keep the accusatory edge from her voice, but it was no use.” is a quote from page 125 that Barbara says to her daughter. This is one of the many examples of the rude and harsh nature Barbara has towards literally everyone. I am excited to finish my book because I will finally see the murder be solved, and I can already tell that it will be very interesting.
The book that I am reading called Scan, is a lot different from your book. Your book sounds really interesting and I might want to read your book some time. The reason why is because I like books with a lot of suspense and your book sounds like that. Maybe after I read your book, I might find some similarities between our two books. As I know of right now the only similarity is that both our books have a lot of cliffhangers and are both very suspenseful.
DeleteIn my book speak, the writer sounds a lot like yours. Laurie Halse Anderson talks about one night specifically in a little part of every chapter and by the end of the book you know the whole night. I don't like this form of writing because its very slow and it makes the rest of the book seem irrelevant. The reader is left in the dark for most of the book which makes it very confusing and uninteresting by the end.
DeleteIn my book, Symphony for the City of the Dead, the author also uses many cliffhangers. I agree, its very effective and what helped me along in reading the book, since it made everything more suspenseful.Your book sounds very interesting; I will look into reading it!
DeleteThe Scan
ReplyDeleteSarah Fine and Walter Jury
pages: unknown
(Second Entry)
This book has a lot imagery and it is used throughout the book. So here are some examples of imagery. In the Beginning of this book , I had very low hopes on if this book is going to get better. Now I know that I was once again wrong about my thoughts of the book. In the next part of the book, I learned that the main character Tate, brings this scanner to school. At first, Tate thinks that the scanner tells that blue means boy and red means girl.This is an example of imagery because you could imagine Tate bringing the scanner to school and scanning everybody in school. To tell if they are a boy or girl. He was wrong to think that the scanner tells boys vs. girls. The real purpose of the scanner, is to tell that blue means a human and red means a H2. A H2 is an alien race that has being living on Earth for hundreds of years. Some H2 might not know if they are a H2 or if they are a human. Now, the H2 are looking for the scanner and hunt and kill anybody who is protecting it. In order to protect it from the H2. Tate's dad gets shot in the chest by the H2 and Tate pulls him into a van.Tate's father is losing a lot of blood and it is all over Tate's shirt. This is another example of imagery. The reason why is because you could imagine blood all over Tate's shirt. Tate's father tells Tate" How many are left? I ask.... A third of the population and falling fast"(Fine and Jury page unknown). Now Tate knows that the H2 have taken over 2/3's of the world's population and they are a big threat to humans. I like books that have action and suspense. From what I just read, this is turning out to be a good book afterall. So imagery is used throughout the book, to help the reader see what is going on in the book. Without imagery, this book would be very boring and not as cool as it really is.
Sounds like a good book Spenc.
DeleteNick Bowman
ReplyDeleteBoys in the Boat
Author: Daniel James Brown
Pages: 207-247
This section of the novel, The Boys in the Boat, was very eventful, which made it difficult to put down. The beginning of this section takes place in the summer of 1935; Joe Rantz is working in the Grand Coulee to get much needed money over the summer. His job description, swinging on the side of a cliff chipping away rock, also gives him an opportunity to build up body muscle; This might foreshadow a more successful crew season for him, due to his increased mental and physical strength. As crew season rolls around, previous season rivalries flare up due to the impending 1936 Olympics in Berlin; all the boys know that only the varsity boat will make it to the Olympic trials, so they had to row their hardest in order to get a spot in the boat. “Right from the outset, the previous season’s rivalries and hard feelings and insecurities erupted again” (Brown 219). Running into trouble in the beginning of the season, Joe can’t seem to get into his normal rhythm that most of the other oarsmen are in. The author does a great job of wrapping the reader up in Joe’s struggles, almost feeling what he feels; this makes the book incredibly hard to put down. The author also does a great job of painting images in our mind of what conditions the crew team is rowing in day-to-day. To Joe’s surprise, towards the end of the season when coach Ulbrickson makes his final varsity selections, he was in the varsity boat. The author talks about this combinations of boys in this boat as art, the way they rowed perfectly together. When Ulbrickson takes these boys to the regatta in Washington to race the California boat, the author uses great imagery to describe the races as it progresses, all the way down to the Seattle boys winning with open water between them. Now that the boys have almost effortlessly won this race, I am very excited to see how they do in the Poughkeepsie regatta later in the book.
I think this book is very similar to Maus in the sense that they both have a WWII background.
DeleteAsuan Farrell
DeleteMy book is Friday Night Lights. It’s also based on a sports team. But a high school sports team so it includes a lot of high school drama. The book includes a lot of racism and at the time period which your book is in has racism too between the nazi’s and the jews. I would like to read your book because it seems to never have a down moment.
Arielle Sheehan
ReplyDeleteSymphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson, pages #65-146
As I continued reading, the more I thought I was going to be interested; however I was disappointed. Instead of getting engrossed in the book, I just got bored by all of the history knowledge they threw at me all at once. I feel like the author could have done a better job of spacing all of the information to make it more appealing to the reader. The book continued with all of the storytelling, “This child, Pavlik Morozov, became a famous Communist martyr.” (Anderson 141). This quote, again is just telling another backstory, this time focusing on a man with a very different view than the man before (this man was a communist, very praised by the Soviet press). The author’s style didn’t change much at all; he still used very intricate detail, which I appreciated. However I still did not like the book as much as I initially thought I would. For anyone who is seeking a book with very extensive history knowledge based around WWII and the cold war, I would highly recommend this book to you. However be warned, you may get bored.
Samantha Padula
ReplyDeleteThe Power of Six
By: Pittacus Lore
Pages: 149, 183, 327
I like the way that the writer uses foreshadowing to help you understand events that happen later in the book. This happens many times throughout the book. An example is when, on page 149, Marina is talking to her friend Hector in a cafe. A strange man enters that starts watching Marina, wearing a trench coat and with a mustache. He is a Mogadorian, who are evil and supposed to kill Marina and the rest of the Garde, but he doesn't. He let’s her escape. On page 183, Marina thinks, “ Who or what was the mustached man in the cafe; why was he reading a book with the name Pittacus on the cover; and, most importantly, why did he let me go if he’s Mogadorian?”. This foreshadows that the man is actually on the good side. You find out that he is a Cepan (protector) from their home planet. On page 327, the man explains to Marina, “I’m not who you think I am. Time is extremely short.” He says “I’m one of you and I’m here to help.” This book has many surprises as I continue reading. I’m excited to see how it will end and will definitely read the next book in the series.
This book sounds really intresting and fun to read. It seems very different from the book I read, because this sounds like a sci-fi or fantasy book and my book is a realistic fiction. Also the author of my book didn't really do much foreshadowing.Which I kind of liked because everything is surprise.There's no hints to whats going to happen next, so it keeps me intrested. Although your book seems very different from mine, I would like to read it.
DeleteMax R.
ReplyDeleteThe Knife of Never Letting Go
By: Patrick Ness
Pages: 95-197
As the book goes on, the plot gets more and more interesting, and the story keeps unfolding. The reader learns more and more about what is going on in the world that the book takes place in. This explains some things, but also leads to having more questions. For example, on page 154, Todd says “The Noise kills women. All women”. Hildy replies by saying “No, it don’t, Todd pup” “Like I been telling yer girl mate Viola here. She’s safe”. This shows that Todd has been told wrong about the Noise virus killing women, and didn’t know the actual truth, which is just also being told to the reader now. This is shown as well on page 178. Todd says, “but all the other settlements were wiped out in the war”. Hildy replies to Todd saying this by simply saying “Mmm” and implying that Todd is also wrong about that. These two quotes show that Todd has been told wrong earlier in the book, and therefore the reader doesn’t know the truth either. Both Todd and the reader are learning more and more as the book goes on.
Asuan Farrell
ReplyDelete11/29/15
Friday Night lights
Author: H.G. Bissinger
pages (89-111)
(Second entry)
I think writer’s theme of this part of the book is to show Odessa’s relationship with race. In the setting of the book “Odessa” the word “nigger”. In the town the word is used to sufficiently symbolize blacks but also, women and in conversations the word was used as a descriptive adjective. In a town such as Odessa Segregation is an obvious problem. But it seems that the author chooses not to go into detail of situations of racism but people’s reactions towards it. In the book there is an elderly man making a complaint to city council. The elderly man gave his documents to a city employee to copy for presentation for the council. The man couldn't remember the name of the employee so he referred to her as “nigger lady”(page 89). To People in Odessa who use the word they see it as a non harming word to use. To people in Odessa there are two races of blacks. There was the “hardworking ones who were too easy to get along with and didn’t try to cut corners. They deserved the title black. They earned the respect of the fellow whites.” Then there was” the loud,lazy ones, the ones that stole or lived off welfare or spent their whole lives trying to get by without a lick of work. They didn’t deserve to be called black because they weren’t”. Of course like anywhere there was whites that disagreed with the using of the word but those people were never taken seriously. Up to this point of the book I can see that the author portrays problems that not only the players on the team of Odessa overcome but also, the citizens overcome as well.
George Pardee
ReplyDeleteAshes
Ilsa J. Bick
Pages 230-465/end
In the book I noticed the author’s style is using grim details, and getting the reader attached to the characters. The author shows the afraidness of the main character Alex, with the metaphor “It took all her will to blink, and then blink again- as if her mind was a camera and she could somehow unsnap that picture so the image she just captured could be erased.” on page 463 after she finds tattered wolf carcases and a pile of heads stacked into a pyramid. The thought of some having evolved powers and others turning into zombies makes it a creative apocalyptic story. The plot thickens and turns as Alex meets new people and realizes they aren't who they seem to be. She also believes Tom is dead and has moved on to Chris which might become tension between the two in the next book. The author throws deaths of others, and near-death experiences around in the book to keep the reader on their heels. The book was suspenseful and hard to put down.
It sounds like this book is very similar to the book I'm reading, but better.
DeleteThis book reminds me of a series of books that I read. The first book in the series was called The Enemy. This book also had grim details and made you attached to the characters. For the most part my book made you feel bad for the main characters, instead of making you fear them. This series is also about an apocalypse.
DeleteEm Remillard
ReplyDeleteThe Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor
Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
pages 163-208
I was able to finish the book and was relatively disappointed. The book was very slow and just uninteresting in general. Brian and his group end up finding two girls when they get to the city; Philip tries to start a relationship with one of them and that's where I began to lose interest. At first it looks like they might stay there. "Look, Daddy, me and April made a garden to grow stuff" (Kirkman 177). This is foreshadowing to the fact that they're going to end up being forced to leave when the buildings become overrun. I would not recommend this book if you like fast paced books.
In my book, the ending was also a little disappointing. Throughout the whole book the main character is stuck between his dad's way of life and his brother's. So the whole book is basically him trying to choose a side, and at the end he decides that he's going to embrace being stuck in middle. In addition to all of this, my favorite character died.
DeleteBurial Rites
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Hannah Kent
pages:240-319(end)
Blog entry #2
As the book went on, you could tell that the family considered Agnes as part of their family even though most of them hated Agnes in the beginning of the book. On page 307 right before Agnes walked to her execution site, Margrét said:”’You’re not a monster.’ Her face is flushed and she bites her lip, she bites down. Her fingers, entwined with my own, are hot and greasy.” On the same page, Margét uttered: “‘We’ll remember you, Agnes.’ She pressed my fingers more tightly, until I almost cry out from pain, and then I am crying. I don’t want to be remembered,I want to be here. The book finally revealed what happened on the day Natan Ketilsson was murdered. As I was reading that scene, I had to remind myself that this was the author’s interpretation of what happened on that day since this was actually a real criminal case but there was no evidence that Agnes did it or not. When Agnes found out what day she was going to be executed; the author used metaphors to imply how Agnes felt. On page 300, it said: “The Reverend is talking to me, but I can’t hear what he is saying, it is as though we’re all underwater...I can see the Reverend’s hands wave in front of me, he takes hold of my wrists and lets go, he looks like a drowning man trying to catch hold of something to bring him up to the surface. Then on page 308, it said: “‘I think we should go,’ Toti is saying, but I can’t because we are all underwater and I cannot swim.” The author compared the feeling of being underwater to how Agnes felt when she found out what day she was going to be executed. The book was very heart wrenching, because as I read the book, I started liking Agnes and I didn’t want her to die even though I knew she was going to be executed. I found it cool that the documents in the book were the actual documents in this case translated to English. The only reason why this book left me unsatisfied was because it made me wonder if Agnes actually did kill Natan in real life but there’s no way of knowing since the murder took place in the 1820s. I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend to people who like mystery and historical fiction.
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ReplyDeletePhillip Pardee
ReplyDeleteThe Blood Keeper
By: Tessa Gratton
Pages 361-422
Throughout the book the character Will thinks about his future. He says on page 55 “I don’t want to go to the Naval Academy Ben.”. Will doesn’t want to go into the army, like his brothers and his dad did. Will wants to do something else with his life, but doesn’t know what to do. I also don’t know what to do after high school. But unlike Will, I have about 2 and a half years and he has almost half a year. Will did want to become part of the military. But Will changed his mind about what he wanted to do when his brother died in the military. I haven't even decided or changed my idea my future jobs or expertise. On page 283 Will says “I don’t want to do anything just because I’m supposed to or it’s expected of me.”. I also don’t want to do anything just because it is expected, meaning I also want to control it. Will just knows what he doesn’t want to be, but he doesn’t know what specific thing he does want to become. I am similar in the way that I don’t know what specific job I want to have. I also only know what I don’t want to become. What I don’t want to become is a fast food worker, a plumber or any general labor jobs. Will had to tell his parents about his decision of not going into the military. On page 293 Will says “It had gone way better than I expected, I had told Mom and Dad that I wasn’t applying to the Naval Academy or any College.”. This means that his parents were not as mad or crazy about it as he thought they were going to be. Gladly my parents don’t expect me to go into any specific job, because I would hate to have the conversation Will had.I think the author added this part of the book in, was to make the reader relate or feel sorry for Will.
In your book, Will has to think about his future and in my book, Sam has to think into the future to try to stop the terrorists and be one step ahead of them. Unlike Will, who has a half year to figure out his future, Sam has just a few slim hours till all of Yale University goes boom. Sam is even more on the spot than Will, since he is under so much pressure in so little time. Although, your book sounds very interesting and I will try to read it.
DeleteThe Martian by Andy Weir
ReplyDeletePg 329-end(369)
After I finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir, I found a new appreciation/hatred for dramatic irony. Near the end of the book, Mr. Weir decided to use this literary element to keep the reader both interested and stressed out beyond control. The main character, Mark Watney, foolishly loses contact with NASA as he is about to traverse, in a rover, 32 km across rough martian terrain. Back in NASA; nice and safe on earth, they pick up a huge dust storm that Mark is about to drive into. NASA’s excitement is simply summed up in this quote “All of Earth is watching but powerless to help” (Weir 287). Mr. Weir definitely used dramatic irony to continue to build suspense as the book nears its inevitable end. Even though I did hate the dramatic irony; I loved it because it kept me interested in the book and it kept me interested all the way until the end.
My book, Boys in the Boat, is somewhat similar to yours in a way that there is a main character struggling to achieve a goal. Although they are under much different circumstances, both main characters undergo challenges that in the end they must overcome. I will look into reading your book sometime.
DeleteMy book half bad, is similar to the fact that he is trying to escape his prison.That he undergo challenges to deal with his escape.
DeleteMy book is similar to your book as well, in some way. They both try to achieve a goal(devoting themselves to do something). They go through many struggles and try to get what they want. Sounds like an interesting book!
DeleteThe Siege
ReplyDeleteBy: Stephen White
Pages 198- 394 (End)
As the book goes on, the story behind the terrorist slowly begins to unravel. Slowly, and very painfully for the reader, as I just wanted to know who these evil people were. It seemed to take forever for White to reveal their true identity and why they were in America “We had only one goal. To make certain that the United States knows that in the future she will suffer consequences for her acts of callousness” (365). It took 365 pages for us to fully understand who this group was and why they were in America. It was almost a bit of anti-foreshadowing (if that is a thing) and bothered me about the book. Although, it then quickly picked up within the next few pages, which re-engaged me for the end of the book. They soon find that many of the rest of the hostages are let go and the terrorists attempt an “escape” to which the only point was for America to shoot down their plane. They were trying to show the world how brutal America was and if it wasn’t for Sam realizing their plot and stopping them, they all would have been dead. “You were right. They showed restraint (America). We live for now. End of part one” (368). This actually is foreshadowing, saying that this is the end of part one, which implies much more to come for their plans. Overall, this book was very intriguing and kept me interested for much of it. Although I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under high school age, as it incorporated advanced language and thinking to understand the elements of the book.
My book, If you're reading this, is similar to yours for many reasons. Your story contains many literary devices that relate to mine, such as foreshadowing and symbols. While your book deals with terrorism my book talks about the men fighting the terrorist. Although your book is written more for an adult audience mine is written more for children or teen audience. Your book looks like it is fulled with a lot of action and I would be interested in reading it sometime.
DeleteIf You're Reading This
ReplyDeleteBy: Trent Reedy
Pages:114-296 (End)
I liked the way the writer Trent Reedy kept the sender of the letters a secret from beginning to the very end of the story If you’re Reading This. I now see how the author created the effect of foreshadowing by having the character, Derek, be so involved in the story. Derek was present from the beginning because Mike worked for him on his farm along with with little projects at Mike’s house. There were several hints that now, looking back I notice. For example, Derek had always paid Mike a lot of money for such little work and Mike had always wondered why. “...even if all he had were simple chores he could have easily done himself.” (Reedy 279). Come to find out, Derek is the reason why his father was killed in battle and that is why he feels responsible to fill in as a father figure. Secondly, it is the reason why he has the letters because he held onto them after the war. In my opinion it ties the whole story together, and that is one of the things I really enjoyed about this book. I no longer wonder how his father was killed or who is sending the letters, and as a reader that is very satisfying. Although, I had no idea it would be Derek to send the letters, it does makes sense. He was so close with Mike and constantly was doing such generous things for him and his family. The suspense of Mike wanting to find out who was sending the letters all the way until the end left me wanting to find out just as bad as Mike. “What a horrible, painful secret to have to live with for so long.” (Reedy 279). In the end Mike is not mad at Derek for holding the secret in because he understands how guilty he felt the entire time. As the author concluded the story I am very pleased with the ending and lived up to all of my expectations.
Eleanor and park
ReplyDeleteBy:Sahera Ahmad
When I started reading this book, I thought it would be a really romantic book. As I kept reading along, the book got really interesting. The author uses the literary element suspense, which makes you want to read more and more. The couple who fall in love go through difficulties trying to be with each other. Eleanor says " I told him you are ready to be part of this family" (Rowell 20).She has this conversation with her mom after Eleanor was kicked out of the house for a year. This book mainly focuses on family. The only reason why Eleanor can't be with Park is because of her "family". Her step-father is separating them. At this point, I knew something will happen to her family and to her relationship. So far, the book is really well written. I can't wait to read more...I recommend this book to everyone!
My book, The Martian by Andy Weir, also includes suspense. I feel like authors include that in a book to really draw in the reader and make them want to keep reading.
DeleteThe Boy in The Striped Pajamas
ReplyDeleteBy: John Boyne
Pages: 112-(End)
This book is very similar to Maus in many ways, and throughout the book I made many connections to Maus towards the end of the book when the story started to unfold. Towards the end of the book Bruno (One of the main characters in the story) wanted to help his imprisoned friend Shmuel, who needed help finding his father. Bruno attempts to help him by disguising himself as a prisoner of the camp and enters the camp to help find his father. Shmuel gets Bruno a pair of stripped pajamas to blend in when he enters the camp. This is where the title of the book goes hand in hand with the story. When he enters the camp with his new stripped pajamas, Bruno and Shmuel search the camp for Shmuel's father, but then the Nazi's take all the prisoners and put them in the gas chambers with Bruno in this group of prisoners. The two boys sadly died in the gad chambers. This was hard to read, when the boy who wasn't in the camp still went out of his way to help his friend, and entered the most terrible death camp during the holocaust. He risked his life to help find his friends father, and it makes you wish that the ending had turned out to be better. Why couldn't it have ended with Bruno and Shmuel finding Shmuel's father and then Bruno going back home. Not all books end with a happy ending, and the author did a great job showing that. I recommend this book to anyone who likes books about friendship and pursing through hardship.
My book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, has to do with friendships as well. My book has a friendship that keeps developing throughout the book, which creates a better connection to the two characters. I have wanted to read your book ever since hearing about the movie. I feel like it has a lot of connections with my book, that also has to do with friendship through hard times.
DeleteMy book half bad,has to do with hardships and how he makes it though because of his friends.Your book sounds like a good read.
DeleteThe Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, takes place during the civil rights movement. It’s about a boy who can’t decide whose footsteps to follow- his brother’s who is a member of the Black Panthers, or his father’s who believes in peaceful protest. Soon enough he finds that he is not to follow any of their footsteps, but make his own.The author made me realize that the title of the book wasn’t to show to show conflict between the father and son, but to show the conflict each character had within themselves. “ As the river flows it wonders what it’s like to be so still…. But the rock will always wonder what lies around the bend in the stream(p.282).” The main character, Sam always seemed to be stuck between his father’s peaceful protests and his brother’s radical actions. In reality the only thing that was getting in his way from deciding what he wanted to do was himself. Throughout the book Sam always did his best to please his father while at the same time trying to prove to his brother that he was ready to take serious action. Sam’s problem was that he wanted to be both the rock and the river, in other words he wanted to be both like his brother and his father. He learned that he couldn’t achieve to be either “...I couldn’t see how to move in either direction, but it hurt like hell standing still(p.196).” His own confusion caused conflict within him, because pleasing one would only hurt the other. At the end of it all, Sam takes action based on what he feels and believes, and not on what his brother or father feel and believe.
ReplyDeleteMy book, Burial Rites, also deals with conflict. The character in my book also took action based on what she felt and believed at the end instead of what other people thought.Your book sounds really good and I feel like I would enjoy it.
DeleteMy book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, also has to do with conflicts with not knowing what to do. In one specific part of my book, the main character is being chased out of the town, and has to figure out what to do and which way to go. He has the conflict of going back to the town and trying to help his family, but eventually ends up going farther away from the town, since this is what his family told him to do. Your book sounds like it has many things similar to parts of my book, and I would love to read it.
DeleteMy book, The Siege, also deals with conflict. Mostly the Iraq vs. American conflict in the middle east. It explains some of the Iraqi peoples feelings towards the Americans after some of their innocent friends and family were killed. This is a major problem with our military and it is shown how this could really hurt us, as in a terrorist attack in the book. This conflict is what my whole book revolves around and your book seems to revolve around conflict too.
DeleteSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
ReplyDeleteSpeak is an accurate representation of a classic high school.
It has the: mean girls, athletes, smart kids, theater kids etc.. But it shows how hard it is for some people to fit in and find where they’re comfortable.
Melinda has a hard time feeling comfortable and safe at school you get this impression when she says, “I mumble something idiotic and run for the bathroom. I heave lunch into the toilet, I wash my face with the ice water that comes out of the Hot faucet.”. Melinda is uneasy about school and is so uncomfortable she is sick to her stomach. Melinda like many other students let’s people’s opinions and words dictate how she feels about school and how she does in it. Often we forget we’re at school to learn because we get so tied up in the people there that it becomes a social matter instead of a place to learn. That aspect of the book really helps me to relate to Laurie Halse Anderson’s idea of high school. Some of the people in the book are physically and mentally abusive to Melinda but she doesn’t speak up until the very end of the book which is her breaking point. People need to speak up before it gets to that point because there is always a way to help. For Melinda the end of the book is her sigh of relief.. “the tears dissolve the last block of ice in my throat. I feel frozen stillness melt down through the inside of me, dripping shards of ice that vanish in a puddle of sunlight on the stained floor. Words float up… Let me tell you about it”.
Monster
ReplyDeleteBy; Walter Dean Myers
Pages:131-200
In Monster by Walter Dean Myers it all is the same as the beginning it seems to be gettting a little more interesting buy they are still at the court for the murder case. Steve Harmon seems to remember more about what happened so there are more flashbacks to what they were doing the night of the murder. The other people (The thug and The rat) also remembered more and explained how the stick up went down. Bobo said James King was the murder and said " I asked King what happened, and he said he had to light him up because he was trying to muscle him. He was an old man, but he was strong like some of them old west Indian Brothers" (Myers 183). At the stick up they stole a couple cartons of cigarettes and sold them on the streets, Bobo was the man behind that part. Bobo admits to being at the drug store when it happened, they keep saying that he went and did stuff right after he murdered him even though it wasn't him. Bobo and King were supposed to take the money and split it when they got it but when they found out the guy was dead the decided to lay low. Bobo doesnt now what King did with the money, Bobo and Steve never got their cut of the money. I think that Steve now will have to face time in jail with King and Bobo just because he was a sall part in the stick up which ended up being a murder.
ReplyDeleteVictoria Margeson
Halo: Evolutions Essential Tales Of The Halo Universe
Story: Dirt
By: Tobias S. Buckell
As the book goes on, I realize now that each chapter is a different story. Different people, different timelines, they are not all tied together as one huge story, they are their own separate stories written by many different authors. My personal favorite story is Dirt, by Tobias S. Buckell, which is about a young man named Gage who joined the Colonial Military of the United Nations Space Command, who tells his life story of how he started as just a young marine and becomes a Orbital-Drop Shock Trooper (ODST). The setting of this story starts out on his home planet Harvest, then to a huge battle field where he is injured and tell another fellow ODST his life story.
“I can see by your insignia you’re a private, just out of training, probably your first jump down to dirtside. You might not even remember the CMA...but back before there was UNSC, there was the CMA...so shut up and listen, rookie! There’s something important I have to tell you. About friends. Betrayal. Loss. If you keep your head up and do what I tell you, you might even live long enough to tell someone what happened here…” Gage, page 105
ReplyDeleteVictoria Margeson
Halo: Evolutions Essential Tales Of The Halo Universe
Story: Pariah
By: B.K. Evenson
As I read through the book, the different stories are starting to make sense to me. As I read, one the stories got my attention. The story is called Pariah, about a 6 year old boy named Soren, who is part of a secret military project called the Spartan 2 program. Though all the children taken didn’t have a choice in project, Dr. Kathreen Halsey the women in charge of the Spartan program, gave Spartan Soren-066 the choice to be part of the project. With the choice he’s made, his adventure begins on the planet Reach. Years after training he grew into a strong, intelligent child. But at the age 14, his whole world changed. After becoming diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Fletcher’s syndrome, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and kick out of the Spartan program, he became a rebel against the UNSC.
“I’m sorry, Soren. You can’t serve in this way. You’ll be able to serve, but not in a combat position” Said Dr. Halsey, page 43
As I read through the book Nathen was just praying for his father to rescue him.This is because right now he is treat less than a servant.That because he is half black witch the witch 'government' is making him jump through hoops.Then because he is half black witch he has a tendency to sleep in the forest. This make his bad situation to worse (page 37). This is went the 'government' decides than it is best to keep Nathen. They take him to a mountain high up that is is hard to breath.This was his prison.( page 43)
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ReplyDeleteAs the book goes on, the storyline gets more interesting. There are many parts which have you wondering what is going to happen next. For example, on page 190, where it had told us before that Jordan’s dad does not want her to play for Alabama University, but when it comes to the time for her orientation her dad goes along with Jordan and her mom, “When he got into the car with us, I gasped so hard I’m surprised I didn’t puncture a lung.” At this point in the book Alabama college doesn’t want her to be a football player but what they want is for her to be the cover for their magazines, but Jordan just doesn’t seem to understand that. Jordan's dad tries to tell her that Alabama is not the right school for her because they do not want her to be a football player for the school, “Alabama may have the best record ever, but that doesn’t mean it's the right school for you.” Towards the end of the book Jordan figures out Alabama is not the right college for her. On page 260 she talks with her dad about trying for a different college, “When I said options, I meant Florida or Ole Miss or Tennessee, even.” The book didn’t end how I thought it would have ended, but it did have a good ending. The book ended up to be better than I thought it would have.
Beginning of book-pg.119
ReplyDeleteWhen I started reading this book, I thought it was just going to be about a teenage girl, Jordan, chasing after her football dreams. This part in the book is the rising action. For example, on page 30, when a new member to Jordan’s football team distracts her like no other of her teammates ever had before, “Try to forget about Ty’s body. ‘I’ve never seen anyone so freaking gorgeous. No one’s ever distracted me like this…’” At this point in the book Jordan is getting sidetracked from football and tries not to let Ty Green, the new teammate, take her chances away from getting to play football Alabama college. On page 63, Ty takes over Jordan’s spot as quarterback in a game, “Coach yanks off his hat...I’m putting Ty in for the second half” Jordan gets upset and doesn’t know what is going to happen to her chances of getting into the Alabama college to play football.