Over the summer, you were asked to read at least two novels of your choice.
1) Briefly tell me what you read, including the titles and authors.
2) I want to know what you liked about the books, what you learned and, more importantly, what matters to you about the books' content.
*Make sure to adhere to proper conventions and proofread your response. If, for some reason, you did not read two novels, tell me about two novels you have read and answer the above. This blog post must be completed by 2:30p.m. on Friday, August 23rd, 2013.
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I read World War Z by Max Brooks which was a very intense book which was really enjoyable. I also read the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins which also was very enjoyable and adventure filled
I enjoyed both because they were in a way, action packed, slightly informational, and they were just good stories. From both I learned a little what the future may be like and what the world could be like if such an event happened. I thought that the books content was good because its informational and it was a good story
The two books I read were Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden, and The 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I enjoyed both of the books for a couple of reasons. Both of the books had a great storyline, and they both had a ton of action. I'm not a reader type of person. So if I don't like the book by the end of the first chapter, I won't read it.But both of these books had me hooked from the start. I'm glad I chose these two novels for my summer reading.
1)This summer i read The Silver Kiss by: Annette Curtis Klause and The Princess Bride By: William Goldman. I like The Princess Bride better.
2) The Princess Bride was a little bit of a challenge in some parts. It was great to read a book that was not has modern i have also seen the movie. The book and the movie were very similar. I thought they were going to be very different but they were not and that was very interesting. The Silver Kiss was a very interesting book, were this girl has a ghost come to her and asked for help from her. I did not really like it so i did not take a lot away from it.
The two novels I read this summer were Left Behind by Jerry B. Jenkins, and Ship Of Magic by Robin Hobb. I enjoyed reading both both books, but I really loved Left Behind. It was such an intense action packed book, that after every chapter, I had to keep reading more. I liked the books also because they were adult books, or meant for older teenagers so they were more of a challenge to read. And that really helped me alot. In Ship Of Magic I learned how people lived their lives in Medieval times. And how society functioned back then. In Left Behind I learned the possibilities of what could actually happen if the world actually was going to end. But because it was fiction I did not learn any factual information from it.
The books I read were World War Z by Max Brooks and Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. They were both great books, very intense and exciting all the way through. Touching the Void especially touched me because it was such an amazing story of survival and staying strong through everything he had been through.
I read The hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and I also read the sequel Catching Fire. Both were very intense and had me hooked on them because they had no moment without being action packed. They made my summer very fun and I didn’t think these books would be this good. I learned that to be the best you need to be the fittest and work hard and never give up.
Over the summer, I read: Enders Game by Orson Scott Card, and World War Z by Max Brooks. In Enders Game, I liked how fast paced, and the technology that was in it. I learned that Ender is a freakishly smart little boy who defeats an alien race, non-knowingly. The action mattered to me because thats what kept me turning the pages. In World War Z, I liked the action and mystery aspect. It was intriguing and kept the pages turning, to an extent. I wish the book was not as confusing as it was. The narrator mattered to me in this book because if the point if view stayed the same it would have been easier to follow and more interesting.
The two books I read this summer were Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. In Pride and Prejudice I learned that pride can definitely be a fault and/or an asset to anyone. A person can sometimes use a little pride or lose a little. I chose to read this novel because it’s definitely a huge classic. That alone is very important to me. But also, the fact that this story was unchanged throughout the years makes it that much more special to read. In Anne of Green Gables I loved the atmosphere that the author created for the reader. She was so descriptive it was almost like I was standing in every scene watching each one play out. I learned that sometimes being lonely is a good thing and can make a person more independent like the character Anne in this novel. Over all, I’m so glad I chose these two amazing books to read this summer.
The books I read over the summer were Angelfall and The Rithmatist. Angelfall by Susan Ee covers a woman's view whose name is Penryn. The story involves a fallen angel during the end of the world. what I liked about this book was another view upon angels-who turn out to be the biggest jerks history will ever see-as angels have always intrigued me. The other book is the Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson is one of the best books I have ever read! The story really gives me a sense of faith, belief, and character. The story following each person is long and fascinating journey.
Gannon Gosselin
block 6
aug 22
1) The two books I read over the summer was The Death Cure and The Kill Order both by James Dashner. The Death Cure was about Thomas who is a teenager trying to find a cure for a sickness threatening to kill everyone. He goes on a journey to find a cure with other people and finds a lot of challenges on the way. The second book The Kill Order is about people who are trying to survive in a world where it is scorching hot and and flooded most of the land. They try to fight back against the people who are in charge and end up getting in a huge fight with them in a struggle to survive.
2) I like the books because they both take places in the future and the details were really clear. I learned that when you are in need you have turn turn to family or friends. What really matters to me was how the book was about the future and survival which are my two favorite types of books. Also the details made me really like the books.
1.) This summer I read The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins; the popular, intense thriller about twelve districts entering children in a fight to the death and one's journey to stay alive for her district and her family. I also read Hiroshima by John Hersey which is about the devastation told through six survivors about the devastating bombing in Hiroshima in 1949.
2.) Both books really intrigued me because there was non-stop action throughout the whole story. Every chapter left me on a cliffhanger wanting to read more. Neither of the books felt like a forced summer read but more for enjoyment. Hiroshima taught me a history lesson about the bombing and what it is like for a city to go through absolute chaos. The book also showed what a true sense of community is, in how everybody comforted the dying and attended to the sick. The Games taught me what a dictatorship appears as and how it affects every citizen under it. What matters to me in Hiroshima’s book content is the lesson to never let that happen again no matter what the circumstances. The content of The Hunger Games was all important to me because it was pure entertainment for me.
Over the summer I read two books by John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, and Looking for Alaska. John Green happens to be my favorite author and his writing is absolutely amazing.
The Fault in Our Stars is about a girl named Hazel (Hazel Grace) who is suffering from cancer in her lungs. She meets a man at the support group that she attends, and they develop a relationship that strengthens as the book goes on. Augustus Waters is everything Hazel is looking for. The only problem is that his days are numbered as well as hers. Together, they visit Amsterdam, and create an inseparable bond.
The second book, Looking For Alaska, is also such an intriguing novel. A boy named Miles “Pudge” Halters leaves his current, easy life to go looking for The Great Perhaps (metaphorically speaking). Pudge begins going to a boarding school, and makes friends with him roommate. This book is divided into two sections, before and after. He falls in love with the girl of his dreams, who dies in the before, while the after is spent looking for clues about how she died with his new found best friends.
Both of these books have such intriguing plots, and I loved reading the novels. John Green’s writing style is so interesting, and different. The content of these books, have really inspired me. Because of the fact that anything can happen in the story as well in real life, his writing keeps me on the edge of my feet waiting to see what happens next. John Green’s writing makes me walk away from the novel with an open mind.
Jordan P, period 6
Over the summer I read two books by John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, and Looking for Alaska. John Green happens to be my favorite author and his writing is absolutely amazing.
The Fault in Our Stars is about a girl named Hazel (Hazel Grace) who is suffering from cancer in her lungs. She meets a man at the support group that she attends, and they develop a relationship that strengthens as the book goes on. Augustus Waters is everything Hazel is looking for. The only problem is that his days are numbered as well as hers. Together, they visit Amsterdam, and create an inseparable bond.
The second book, Looking For Alaska, is also such an intriguing novel. A boy named Miles “Pudge” Halters leaves his current, easy life to go looking for The Great Perhaps (metaphorically speaking). Pudge begins going to a boarding school, and makes friends with him roommate. This book is divided into two sections, before and after. He falls in love with the girl of his dreams, who dies in the before, while the after is spent looking for clues about how she died.
Both of these books have such intriguing plots, and I loved reading the novels. John Green’s writing style is so interesting, and different. The content of these books, have really inspired me. Because of the fact that anything can happen in the story as well in real life, his writing keeps me on the edge of my feet waiting to see what happens next. John Green’s writing makes me walk away from the novel with an open mind.
Jordan P, period 6
The first book I read is Pele, By: Robert L. Fish. It is about an guy who really loved the game of soccer and wanted to be the best at it. So he did what ever it took to become the best. Such as played soccer with no shoes, no goals, and a ball made out of newspaper because he did not have any of that when he was younger. He ended up winning three world champions.
The second book I read is called I survived, By: Lauren Tarshis. It is about a young boy who has been living in New York. Then his parents decided to move to Hawaii to get out of Danger in New York. He decided to go back to New York and that day planes come flying in dropping bombs surrounding Pearl Harbor. He ends up surving the attact and facing his fear.
This summer I read the books Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth. I loved these books. The two books I read were a series. They were very interesting to read because they were written in the future. These books have a bit of everything in them and that is what I enjoyed most. There are parts with romance, action, drama and much more. While reading these books I realized that everyone has a purpose. Divergent and Insurgent were some of the only books I have ever read that I can't put down.
Over the summer I read Band of Brothers by Steven Ambrose which is an interesting historical novel. I also read The Panther by Nelson Demille which is an action packed novel. Both of these books are full of action, although Band of Brothers is a true story and The Panther is a realistic fiction. In both books I learned about the struggle of fighting an enemy in a different territory and how you have to overcome the difference in scenery to succeed. The thing that mattered most to me about the content of the books is that in each book there is one man who stands up against the rest to help others succeed.
Jake Durr 6th Hour
I read The Assault by Brain Falkner which is a book where 6 teens become a special forces team and fight against the Bzadians who have invaded earth. I also read No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz. It is about 4 teens that are stuck inside a mall with many other people with a bomb going to go off and they have to find a way out or find the one who put it there. There is one traitor.
I liked the action and adventure in both books because it can be intense and I like violent books. I also learned some new vocabulary in the book. I think that the more difficult content than middle schools book is what matters to me the most because it is more challenging and there is a lot more in these books that I read.
The two books I read were Son of The Mob by Gordon Korman and Red Tails by John Holway. I enjoyed the two books because they had action in them and a good story. Son of the Mob was cool because it was about the mafia and had a lot of humor. Red Tails was cool because it had real life accounts in combat of pilots from WW1-WW2.
I read Daniel X:demons and druids by James Patterson and June:conspiricy 365 by Gabrielle Lord. Daniel X is about a alien hunterwith a mission to kill the most wanted alien is the universe, he has powers that he got from his dad when the dad died. June is about a midlle age teen that is on the run from a group of people that want information that he has, if the bad guys get the info it could change the world.
I read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I enjoyed The Book Thief because it was a different take on the holocaust. I liked that both books had an interesting narrator: a dog and death. These are the kinds of books I would read again and I'm glad I chose them for my summer reading list.
The first book that I read over the summer was The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne and the second was Witch and Wizard by James Patterson. What I like in the first book was the story line with the young boy not knowing what was going on around him. Then how he dose not know who the people are who are outside his bedroom window, and how they are at a concentration camp. Then I like in the second book how these two young kid who come from a regular family who become hope when they are taken to jail for something they don't know what they have done. These two kids are taken to jail for a crime for being a witch and wizard and they revolt agents the parents to restore they way there life use to be. In the first book i learned that some parents would hide things to there kids because they did not like what was going on around them. Then in the second book it taught me not be give up and trust in what you believe in.
Over the summer I read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. I liked how there was a mystery to the books and how later on what you thought was exactly the opposite of what it really was. I learned that racism was a big part of that time period of To Kill a Mockingbird. Also that Frankenstein is not the name of the creature it is the name of the scientist. What matters to me is that there wasn’t an obvious moral.
The two books I chose to read this past summer were The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom and Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi. I enjoyed The Five People You Meet in Heaven because it gave you lessons at the end of every person that had an impact on Eddie's life. I enjoyed Crispin: The Cross of Lead because Avi is my favorite author and wanted to figure out if this book would fit my reading styles. This is exactly what this book did for me. Overall, these two writings gave me an impact on my life, and it changed my perspective on everything that goes on around me.
Over the summer I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I liked Uglies a lot because of the detail in the book and how it was in the future. And the creative ideas and what people will think like and look like in the feature in this book. I thought the book protraied today’s world because in the book the characters had surgery to become what they thought was pretty and in today’s world a lot of people look up to celebrities to see what pretty is. I like My Sisters Keeper because it shows how family can stick together through hard times. But then I didn’t like the book because I thought the parents had their second child for the wrong reasons. They used her body to help heal the older sister and tried to get her to be cancer free. Overall I enjoyed both books!
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