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 22nd, 2014.
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This summer I was asked to read two novels. The two novels I read were #1 Holes by Louis Sacher and #2 Gym Candy by Carl Deuker. I actually liked the books. My reason to that is that in Holes they detailed it so much where I can make a great picture in my head. And I liked Gym Candy because it was about football and I really like football. What I learned from my favorite book of the summer wich was Holes is to be good and not steal because it can send you where you dont want to go. What mattered to me about the content of my other novel Gym Candy is that it really connected with me because it was about football and it helped me see it in my head better and made me feel like apart of the book. I honestly think both authors did a great job and i liked my reading this summer.
Over the summer I read, The Princess Bride by William Goldman. I had seen the movie a number of time before I read the book. I am really glad I read this book because it really made the story become more clear and the details stand out more. After I read the book I watched the movie and it was almost like I was watching a completely different movie. The details I read details in the book I was noticing for the first time watching the movie. Overall, I am so glad I read this book because it really made me notice how important the small details are in the plot of a book.
Over the summer I actually read seven novels but I have picked out my two favorites. My first favorite is the second book in "The Eye of the World" series called "The Great Hunt" by Robert Jordan. "The Great Hunt" I chose as one of my favorites because of the adventurous and action packed story line, and the flow of the book is probably the best I've ever read. My second choice would have to be "I am Number Four the Lost Files the Legacies" by Pittacus Lore . The book is actually a series of three novellas that gave me a new and unique perspective on a series I already love. Such as character backgrounds and an interesting story that intersects with the original "I am Number Four" series. I highly recommend reading both series from the begging if you are ever stuck not knowing what to read.
*I highly recommend reading both series from the beginning*
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This summer I read A Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It is about a girl named Hazel Grace who has cancer and Augustus Waters who has Osteosarcoma in his leg but is now cancer free. They meet in a support group and immediatly become friends but then they start to connect in a different way and fall in love. You travel through their love story throughout the book. I liked this book because I related to it a lot. I had Osteosarcoma in my arm so I know what they supposedly went through and had a different perspective on the whole book. This book had me crying like crazy every time I read it.
The second book I read was The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. This book is about a marine who walks from Colorado to North Carolina to find a girl. He found a picture of a women named Elizabeth on the ground at their base and it served as a lucky charm for him. He survived bombs, won poker tournaments, and many other things. He ended up finding her and offered to work for her at the kennel and they fall in love. There are some rough patches and they have to test their love for one another. I really liked this book because it showed me how far some people will go for love and that nobody's relationship runs smoothly. I don't really relate to this book but hopefully I will be able to one day.
This summer I read Lone Survivor and divergent. Lone Survivor written by Marcus Luttrell and divergent was written by Veeronica Roth. What I learned from Lone Survivor is that our troops fighting for our country do an amazing things and we should really appreciate all that they do for us. Then in divergent I learned that don't let anybody get in the way of the decision your are going to make about your life. And even if the cards are stact against you use it as fuel and prove all those people wrong.
This summer I read Prey by Micheal Crichton. This book is about tech that goes haywire on a group of scientists. I decided to read it because a lot of my friends enjoyed it. I learned from this book that even some of the best books has foul language. I also read The Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher. I loved this book because its a great story about this kid finding his way back both physically and mentally.
I read the Hunger Games that was written by Suzanne Collins, and I read the Lone Survivor who was written by Marcus Lutrell and Patrick Robinson. The Hunger games was very exciting and intriguing. It had a lot of action and it was probably one of the best books i have ever read. I liked how at one part it tried to scare you with the dogs coming out and how it also got sad because of hoe some of Katnisses close friend died. I learned that not all of your friends are actually friends. I learned this because Peeta had a clan with other competitors and this ended quickly. The things that that mattered to me in this book where how Katniss and Peeta had a "relationship" during the games, and I learned a lot about how to survive in the wilderness. The Lone survivor was also very action packed and exciting. I am a very adventuress and out-outdoorsy guy. I like hunting, camping, and the woods. The Lone Survivor is all of that. Except they aren't hunting animals. They are in the woods and that is the kind of=f setting i want in a book. I learned that you always have to watch your back, your head always needs to be on a swivel, a team will always help you, and to survive in the woods you need to be sneaky. What matters to me most about this book is that all four of them were fighting for our country, to help are country, and to help the people that were getting attacked by the Taliban. These three things are so important to me because the four soldiers were trying to help everyone that needed it. Three out of the four people died because they were dong this, and these men should have everyone's respect.
This summer I read Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry and Divergent by Veronica Roth. I like Dust and Decay for its many twists and turns that kept you up late reading to find out what happens next. I also like Divergent because it was very similar to The Hunger Games and had exciting action scenery. These books taught me that some things change very quickly and books can describe scenes very well. These books took you through some emotional turns and provided the action to keep you reading and that why I recommend these books to anyone looking for a good story.
Through the summer I read many books, but the two I choose to count for my summer reading assignment were "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini and "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. I picked these two books because they're so different from each other, yet I really enjoyed myself equally as I read both. Eragon was well written and was a great fantasy. I felt that the world building was very thought out and executed nicely. I thought I knew how the book was going to play out from the beginning, but it turned out completely differently than what I was expecting and I like that it caught me off guard. The content wasn't very difficult so it was just a fun and easy read. Pride and Prejudice is a different case. While reading this book, I was challenged in every aspect throughout the whole book. It was especially arduous following whole pages of only dialogue. It is amazing to think that when this book was published in the early 1800's, it was just considered light reading when I had such a tough time reading it. The content was pretty light since the book is just for entertainment, but everything else like vocabulary and the way sentences were structured was elevated to very hard levels. Pride and Prejudice is definitely one of the hardest books I've read so far, but once I got through it, all the struggle was completely worth it. Although both are very different, both books were thought provoking and entertained me a whole lot while reading.
This summer I read Chicken Noodle Soup for the Teenage Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger the book was filled with short stories from different people that told a life lesson. The other book I read over the summer was the Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen and was about how a hiker saw a strange beam and fell into it and got transported to another world.
This summer I read two different books of the same series, Allegiant and Four by Veronica Roth. Divergent is my all time favorite book so I liked this series a great deal and their perspectives. I liked Allegiant because it was nice but had a heart wrenching ending that wraps it all up. In Four, I enjoyed the viewpoint and the way Four saw Tris and also the way Divergent and Four co-existed so flawlessly. I learned a lot more about the characters and the deeper meanings and thoughts, I saw the people in a different light so to say. I would recommend Four to anyone that read Divergent, it is a cool viewpoint in the eyes of Four. It is flawlessly written and leaves you wanting more of the series, but it is really just and equip book to Divergent. I would not recommend Allegiant because it was a strange view, it was definitely not her style to switch between characters every chapter, just didn’t work smoothly. Plus there are a few surprises Divergent readers were not prepared for that I will not reveal. All in all, it was a good experience and left me wanting to explore more utopia stories.
Over the summer I read a lot of books but the two that I read most recently were White Fang by Jack London, and Tamar by Mal Peet. White Fang was about a wolf that a cruel and brutal owner turned into a pit fighter, and how White Fang (the name of the wolf) overcame all of these things when he was bought by a kind and loving owner in the end. I like this because it shows that their can be good in ever situation. Tamar was about A 15 year-old girl whos grandfather was in WWII and how she figures out the story of her grandfather and her grandmother, the book also follows her personal path to enlightenment. I liked how the book protraed the hard life for the people of the countries that suffered from the war, and the harder time the operatives/resistance fighters had.
Over the summer I read "Million Dollar Throw" by Mike Lupica and "City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau. "Million Dollar Throw" is about a boy who is a big Patriots fan. His family isn't doing well financially and his best friend is going blind. He really needs money. I learned that everything can change for the better in one instant if you take the chance and go for everything you can. The second book I read: "City of Ember", is about a world that lives under our world. This really gave me the perspective that there can be two world right next to each other and both worlds don't know it.
This summer I was asked to read two novels. I mean I am going to be honest, but I only read one book. I read the "The Fault In Our Stars". I really though it was an amazing book because it had really amazing facts on cancer and how it affects peoples lives and how it used to affect peoples lives. I learned from reading that book that just because you fall in love, in love does not mean forever. This change, good or bad, and it might or might not last forever. Things change, not all in the same way but some in a good and bad way. I also learned a lot more bigger words that I did not know. I honestly thought that John Green did an amazing job. But the part where the boy dies is sooooo sad!!!!! XOXO
This summer I read two books, “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins. They were awesome books. I don’t know why I didn’t read those books earlier because once I started I couldn’t stop reading them and I mean that. Normally people say that to say that because they really liked it. But I finished those books in a week. Thats the fastest I have ever read. Those books had action in it, a little romance and, it always had an unexpected plot twist. The part that really mattered to me was that the content of the book was bloody and gruesome. I love a book that has bloody deaths. Surprisingly I learned quite a bit from reading those books. I learned that we live in a very messed up world. Sure there isn’t some all powerful capital that sends kids to their bloody deaths. But in some places people are being slaughtered for standing up for what they believe in. I know what you are thinking. These books are a waste of time. You are wrong. I encourage all who read this blog to consider reading these books starting with the Hunger Games and I am one hundred percent sure that you will like it.
Over the summer, I read two books, If I Stay by Gayle Forman and Go Ask Alice which was written anonymously. If I Stay was about a young girl who was involved in a tragic car accident which killed all of her family members but left her in critical conditions. Mia is now left in an unfamiliar state with the decision on whether to join her deceased family, or stay alive. Go Ask Alice is a written diary by a teenager struggling with drug abuse for many years. I liked that the author let the character Mia, see her life from a different view and be expected to decide between life and death. I learned that there is a life to live outside family and the content in If I Stay was symbolic and exemplified misfortune and loss. I liked that in Go Ask Alice, the reader got to view someone's actual experiences and struggles. I learned how essential making good decisions are along with how important and fragile people’s lives are. It was an influential novel and I recommend it for everyone. The content in Go Ask Alice was very meaningful yet depressing however, I think everyone should become familiar with the consequences to drug abuse. Both novels were very intriguing and showed me different viewpoints on life.
The books I read this summer were The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan and Shattering Glass by Gail Giles. Before reading them they just seemed to be the most interesting out of a list of boring books but they surprised me by turning out to be actually pretty good books. What I liked about The Last Thing I Remember is that it is full of great action and suspense from start to finish. Sometimes books like that just go for the action, but this book also had a great and compelling plot. Shattering Glass on the other hand had almost no action until the very end but the plot was very well developed and that alone was able to keep me turning the pages. What I learned from Shattering Glass is to be who you are and don't let other people try to changes that. I didn't really learn anything from The Last Thing I Remember except maybe to not give no matter how bad the odds are, because again it was more of an action driven novel. Both books were great though in their own ways that are completely different from each other.
I read If I Stay and Where She Went ( the sequel to If I Stay) both by Gayle Forman. try
What I loved about If I Stay was that even though the two of them only meet in high school their love for each other was amazing. I was feeling so many feelings will reading the book I would cry then laugh then cry then laugh and repeat. When she got in the car accident I really didn’t cry not like I’m a sick person, but it all happened so fast. Then started the flashbacks. The book went between her in the hospital. I would be crying and laughing at the same time during the flashbacks. I really loved then ending, But you will need to read the book to know the ending and more detail, that if I gave you more I would give away the book.
Where She Went was kind of the opposite reaction for me. Instead of starting where If I Stay left off it started with Her boyfriend on tour 3 years later and it is his story about his life now.
Over the summer I read the books The Lone Survivor and No Easy Day. Both books are about Navy Seals. The Lone Survivor was written by Marcus Lutrell, and it is about his life leading up to a very important mission he was a part of in the Afghanistan mountains. I really liked this book because it goes into detail about what it is like to be a Navy Seal. He goes into detail (without telling any national secrets he is not supposed to tell) about his missions, the training to be a Navy Seal, and even his early life at home. I learned what it is like to be a Navy Seal, and how it takes lots of commitment, courage, and endurance it takes to be a Navy Seal. He talks about how Navy Seals would rather die than quit at anything. This book matter to me because i have wanted to be a Navy Seal for quite some time and it shows me what it would be like. The other book, No Easy Day, is another biography about Mark Owen another Navy Seal. Mark Owen was one of the men who went on the mission to kill Obama Bin Laden. This book, much like the other one, is about his life leading p to the mission that killed the worlds most wanted terrorist. Mark Owen was a apart of Seal Team Six which is the best fighting force in the whole world. It is comprised of only the best of the Navy seals. This book matters to be because it is more about what life is like as a Navy Seal.
This summer I read two novels Steel Heart by Brandon Sanderson and 100 yards of glory by Bob Costas. Steel Heart is about Chicago being overthrown by evil super humans. And one boys journey to killing his dads killer. It was one of the best books I have ever read for the unique story. 100 yards of glory counted down the best football players plays and everything else in a 400 page book. It has all the stats you could think of and it never got boring. This summer I felt like I read the best books I ever have.
Over the summer I read I Know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. I learned about Maya Angelou's struggles in childhood and why she was known as such a inspiration. I now know why people should not let our situations define us. The other book I read was called Looking for Alaska. It was a very emotional book that accurately shows what teenagers are truly like. The unique characters and how they were presented made the book more special. Both stories brought out many feelings and emotions that usuaslly I don't have.
Over the summer I've read one book called Scarlet Letter and the book's author was Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel was the main character of the book and he lived in Massachusetts. Also he was homeschooled and then he enrolled in Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Then Nathaniel changed the spelling of his surname to Hawthorne. What I liked about the book is that he has a lot of information in every chapter and that the book was interesting. I learned that Nathaniel married a follower named Sophia Peabody and had 2 kids. The book's content is really good because it has so much details and a lot of amazing facts about him and about each chapter.
This summer read two books, Life Of Pi written by Yann Martel and Hunger games written by Suzanne Collins. Life of pi is about a boy who was trapped on a boat who tell his story because he ends up living, but hes story is full of crazy mystical things that would not normal happen so these recording his story did not believe him. But if you are looking for a book full of adventure and a good story this would be one that i strongly recommend. Hunger games is about the a corrupt government where just to have fun they take people from poor districts and make them fight to the death and there can only be one survivor. This book was a very good and highly recommend book due to the fact that it has a lot of action and the thrill ride your on through out the entire book.
Hi um I read How to live and Vietnam one, um and i learned in the first one that this kid loves soccer and he has everybody die or go missing and it is not going well for him and he has to deal with so many problems and i am smith. um my second book that i read is about a man who was made to go into the army because of his parents and so when he is the army and so when he is in the army he is selected to tank and so he goes through all of his basic training and what not and so when he goes into war his team his perfect and does so good. but at the end they are fighting a group of more powerful group of tanks he loses three of his teammates and it is very sad.
This summer I was asked to read two books but sadly only finished one. I read the book "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers. The book was great and I couldn't stop reading it. The book talked about a boys life during the Vietnam war. Perry, the boy was 18 and was just shipped out to Vietnam. There he met great and not so great guys. Perry really clicked with one boy named Peewee. They were great friends and enjoyed each others company. But few days before they were to be shipped back home they were attacked by soldiers and had to fight their way out. I really loved this book because it showed great heart and love. I enjoyed it from cover to cover and ask anyone to read it.
Over the summer I read the Rangers Apprentice series which was a very cool series. The story goes like this, An orphan boy named Will is left at the gates to the fief's gates to Redmont Castle and Will is taken in by the castle. And by the age of 15 he finds out his mandatory job is to be what the fief calls a "Ranger" so he climbs the walls to the castle to get into the job assingers room to change his job when he is met by an experienced Ranger called Halt and the Job assinger. When Will isnt scolded or beat, but praised for having been passed Halts Test. and the rest of the book is Halt teaching Will how to be a Ranger
over the summer i read all three hunger games books and they were really good. what i really like the most about the books is that they make it so you can really imagine whats happening. when i watched the movie it was almost exactly what i imagined in my head.also the author was really descriptive and made the story really juicy. all in all i thought these two books wee really great.
you should try those books.
you should try those books.
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