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 3:40p.m. on Friday, August 24th, 2018.
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What I read for my first summer reading book was Apollo's Trials, The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan. I thought this book was a great addition to the Apollo’s Trials series and that expectations were blown away. I couldn’t put down the book. Every chapter there was some very important event or a twist that kept you on the edge of your seat. While reading this book I learned that teamwork really works. What matters to me was that I would get entertained by the book and I thought it did a pretty good job keeping me entertained. For my second summer reading book a read Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan. I mostly enjoyed this one. It kept me entertained like I wanted but what really upset me was that later after the book came out Rick Riordan announced that this was the last book of the series. This really disappointed me because this was not the end that a wanted. But all in all it was a great book and I really enjoyed it. I would recommend this book to the fantasy story readers. I learned that if you have a lot of money, use it for good. What was important to me about the book was that I wanted to be entertained, but I also wanted a good end to the story. Rick left it on a HUGE cliffhanger.
The two books I read were Go Set a Watchman By Harper Lee and The God of Small Things By Arundhati Roy. Both of them were novels about characters lives. I really liked novels and both books were a decent fit for a life story but Go Set a Watchman was much better. I understand it better and it was cool having a sequel to Scout’s life because I just read To Kill a Mockingbird. I learned that sometimes there is a lot of figurative language and sometimes you need to re-read to understand it. What I thought mattered most to me in the books is the story of their life. Learning from their life experiences and looking through their shoes is really helpful.
I read Rafe by John Carlin and Rafa Nadal. Rafe is a book about the superstar tennis player Rafa Nadal. The book goes through the struggles and life lessons in Rafa's tennis career. I thought it was really cool to see what it looks like in the mind to a superstar.
This summer I read two books both written by Natasha Preston. These books where both suspense in my point of view. The first book I read was "The Cellar" in this book the main characters conflict is that she got kidnapped and needs to find her way back home. But the kidnapper is no ordinary kidnapper. This book is a low paced book but toward the middle it gets more interesting and it kept me reading so I could find out. The second book I read was "Awake" and this was definitely a faster taste book that kept me reading, I finished this book in two days even though I don't like to read. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody who enjoys mystery or suspense books.
Over the summer i read two books, one by George Miller, called "Francis of the Filth". I liked it because it was funny and weird and written by someone I admire. It meant something to me because I feel like I am a part of the reason the book was made, and it is a great adventure story. The second book I read was "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. I liked this book because it was written very well and had a good rhythm, and it told a good story as well. It meant a lot to me because it gave me a lot of insight to the Vietnam war I would never have had otherwise.
Over the summer I read two books. One was “The FIve People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom. This book is one of my new favorites. I do have to say it took me a while to get into it but in the end it was totally worth it. It taught me many lessons in self-worth and it taught me to take everyday one day at a time. In the book the main character, Eddie dies at an amusement park trying to stop a ride from breaking with people on it. He dies and when he “wakes up” he meets five different people from his past and each person teaches him something about his life. I also read “Divergent” by Veronica Roth. This books is one of my personal favorites. This book mainly in the beginning taught me to understand where you come from and not judge others from where they come from. It also taught me to go with your gut when decisions get tough.
This summer I read two books, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (by John Boyne) and The Fault in our Stars (by John Green). They were both great books about two totally different subjects. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about a boy not realizing his differences between him and the boy behind the fence. Who soon becomes his best friend, but ends in a tragedy. This book taught me that someone’s differences shouldn't set you apart from them, and that matters because somebody may seem weird or different, but that doesn’t mean you can’t end up being friends with them. Who knows, they could be way different than you think they are. The Fault in our Stars is about two cancer patients that fall in love, but when the unexpected happens there begins to be trouble in paradise. This book taught that you can’t take what you have for granted because you never know what is in store and what can happen. You need to love the people around you make everyday a good day no matter what the circumstance. It really opened my eyes to how privileged I am, and that I need to appreciate the people and things in my life.
Over the summer I read two books. The first was "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. This book is obviously very emotional and to read a book like this today really showed me how far we have come since the days of segregation. This book really impacted me because I am around black people a lot due to sports and where I live so to think those people wouldn't be in my life the way they are today if life was still the way it was in "To Kill a Mockingbird" then I may be living a completely different life. So, overall I really liked this book with the roles the different characters played in the grand scheme of things. The second book I read was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. This book was less emotional then the first and was more just fun to read and try and keep up with all of Tom's crazy adventures. This book like the first is based in Buch earlier times which it is still fun to experience and see what kids did before all of todays technology was here.
-- Jackson A
Over the Summer, my favorite book that I read was QB1 by Mike Lupica. I enjoy books by Mike Lupica because they are boos about sports mainly and I can relate to them in my life. For example, QB1 is about a kid in high school named Troy and he is competing for his starter role as quarterback. What I like most about this book is how lifelike it is and the connections I am able to make.
Mason G
One of the books that i read over the summer was Lord of the Rings Twin Towers by J.R.R Tolkien. After watching the movies, and reading the first book, I really wanted to read the Twin Towers since it was my favorite movie of the series. The book did not disappoint, I enjoyed the book from the beginning tot the end with a bunch of excitement from action and adventure it brings. The second book i read was The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. This book was the same amount of excitement, but with different characters,plot, and setting.
I read Astroball by Ben Reiter and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and both books were fantastic. The first book I read was Astroball and it is a book about how the Houston Astros won the world series in 2017. It is written by the same guy that predicted they would win on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2014. At that time they were the worst team in the last decade and nobody thought that this could actually happen. I liked this book because I really like baseball and this book showed an in-depth look at what it is like inside a baseball organization. I really like when a book will just be so interesting that I lose track of time and this book did that for me. The second book that I read was Ready Player One and it was also a really good book. A lot of people said that they didn't like the book, so it really surprised me the book was as good as it was. The book was hard to get through at times but it was all worth it for the times when the book was in a high action part. I really liked the book because it was not very long so I was able to finish it pretty easy.
The first book I read was Because of Mr.Terupt by Rob Buyea. I liked this book because it showed multiple characters points of view on the story. This book was very sweet and meaningful in it's story as all the students change because of their teacher, Mr.Terupt. I learned that people share and have lots of the same experiences. We all are people and if we just communicate we can become closer and better individuals. The second book I read was The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I loved this book! It had such a interesting way to portray the story and the descriptions in it made the book feel very life like. Throughout this book the main character, Eddie, meets five people when he dies. Each person represents a point in his life and they each share a piece of wisdom with him. They also help Eddie make sense of his life. Before, he thought that his life was boring and that he did not do much. Once he met with these people he realized, one step at a time, what each decision in this life ment and the purpose of what he did. I learned that everything I do today will impact my future, and that it will all matter in the end.
Over the summer I read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli and The First Last Day by Dorian Cirrone.
For “Stargirl” I liked that the main characters name was actually Stargirl and I also like that she had a pet rat named Cinnamon. For “The First Last Day”, I liked that Haleigh painted a picture of what she wanted and it came true. I learned that no matter how much you want something to end, it’s better that you don’t relive the same day over and over because then you never try new things. I also learned that being kind is a great quality and it really makes people feel good when they are anonymously congratulated. I think when Stargirl gets bullied for being different that really made me feel bad for her. Also, when Haleigh got ditched by her old best friend I also felt bad for her and hoped that her new best friend wouldn’t leave her.
The books I read were Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders and Five Kingdoms: Rouge Knight they are the first two books in the Five Kingdoms series. Sky Raiders is about a boy Cole Randolph from Mesa, Arizona transported to a new world called the Outskirts and his fight for survival he is just trying to get home. In the second book, Rouge Knight Cole is still trying to get home but now he is in the weird kingdom of Ellower. Can Cole get home find out in the second installment?
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Ella Rakowski
I read the books If I stay by Gale Forman and Fault in out stars by John Green. I found both of them sad but also inspiring. I liked how real they were and how they sad they were.I love books that show the real parts of life. That is what I liked about the books.
Over the summer I read two novels; one was "We Were Liars" and the second was "The Hunger Games". I liked that in the book "We Were Liars" you get are discovering things with the main character like your in the book and throughout the whole book you are left in the dark about what happened during what the main character calls summer 17. Throughout the whole book there is a lot of mystery but also some comedy. In the second book, "The Hunger Games" although the book is not real life it shows us real life aspects about how governments have more power than we think and how some people have less than others. I like how each chapter leaves you on a cliffhanger. It makes me want to keep reading!
i read te books the outsiders by S.E. Hilton and and Fellowship Of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolken and these books are very diffrent by how in the outsiders it is more about why not to be mean in school and the other is about saving humanity. I liked how the books showed curage and how they each had a very good plot line.
I did not do the summer reading but something I did read was a story about how people that have disabilities and they are going on these amazing adventures. Such as blind people climbing mountains or people who have severely hurt or lost limbs going on huge hikes. It shows how people who thought they couldn't do anything again doing things what will change their life forever. This program that lets people do that is an amazing program it makes them think that nothing can stop them in what they want to achieve.
I read I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan and Feeling Sorry For Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty. I Know What you did last summer is more of a mystery book, it's about 4 teenagers that go to a party, get drunk, and then run over a kid while driving home, instead of calling the police they keep driving so they won't get in trouble. The book was kinda all over the place and I didnt really learn from it. Except that you shouldn't do a hit and run. my other book Feeling Sorry For Celia was basically a book about notes, it was full of celia's notes from her mom and pen pal mostly,The book was pretty boring. You had to figure out the toryline by reading every letter/note.
Over the summer I read the book refugee and the hate you give. the Book refugee was an eyeopener. It showed me that where every you are in the world and what ever Time period you are from you can almost always see refugees. I thought that refuges where just from war torn countries. realized that everyone can be a refugee it just depends on how it happens. the second book I read was the hate you give and it was about a girl that witness her best friend being shot at the hands of a white police officer'. this book showed me the racisim and brutal people of color are showered. it allso taught me it is not about what happened it is about what is being done after the fact.
Elisabeth Henninger
I read two books over the summer, one called Count All Her Bones by April Henry and the other called Blackbird by Anna Carey. These books were both about someone being kidnapped which is a coincidence because I didn’t pick them off the topics. I liked that the books were very interesting and not very boring in some parts and they both led me on and had me wanting to read them. I didn’t really learn much from these books they were just fictional and useless unless I get kidnapped someday. If I have to read a book the book has to be very intriguing and not boring because I don’t really like to read that often, but if the book is really good at getting my interest I will read it.
One of the books I read was Look Behind You by Iris Johansen. This book was about a Serial Killer who’s M.O. is leaving behind strange items at each crime scene. It took one musical therapist to crack the code which led to the creation of the “dream team” to catch this notorious killer. I liked this book, my favorite part was reading about how they went about catching this serial killer. I learned that you have to hold your head up and speak for yourself. Since I want to be in the FBI this book was very alluring since a female solves a crime of a Serial Killer that no man could catch. Another book I read was The Christian Atheist by Craig Groeschel. This book is about “believing in God but living as if he doesn’t exist.” I feel like this is a common issue Christians today struggle with, including me. I learned in the book that nobody is ever too far gone from Christ and God is waiting for you with open arms. What mattered to me most in this book, was I learned how to pray deeply and truly pray.
I read unnatural deeds by cyn balog, and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. I liked that storyline was nothing like anything i expected and how it was wrote like a long letter. the book was important because I really how the end kind of teachesyu that not all things end in a good way.
I liked how The Maze Runner was very fast and I did not get bored at all. the book is important to me because it matches my type of reading where I'm interested the whole time.
One of the books I read this summer was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. I did not like the book and this is because it was very slow. I like books that have action or something intense happening. In the Outsiders there is no action for the first half and only a little in the second. Personally I would not read this book again. The second book I read was The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith I loved it. What I liked was the mystery, romance, and the action. I actually read the whole series because the story was so interesting.
I read Lord of the Flies by William Golding and I learned that you always need friends and you always need to find people you can trust and compromise if you disagree. I have also read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and i learned that you definitely should not judge people on their skin or stories you hear about them and that you should be open-minded.
I read ready player one by Ernest Cline and on scope by Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis. I liked the story, but what I really like about ready player one is that there was so much action but it was definitely interesting.
One scope was really weird and interesting but it was not enough action as I wanted to.
This summer I read two books both written by Natasha Preston. These books where both suspense in my point of view. The first book I read was "The Cellar" in this book the main characters conflict is that she got kidnapped and needs to find her way back home. But the kidnapper is no ordinary kidnapper. This book is a low paced book but toward the middle it gets more interesting and it kept me reading so I could find out. The second book I read was "Awake" and this was definitely a faster taste book that kept me reading, I finished this book in two days even though I don't like to read. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody who enjoys mystery or suspense books
I read Treasure Hunters by James Patterson and Eight Tales of Terror by Edgar Allan Poe. I liked that the two books were very different from one another, so it was easy to see the contrast. Treasure is a very family friendly book that's a story about a family of kids running around the world treasure hunting, while on the other hand the Eight Tales of Terror book is about early 1800s horror stories. I learned a lot about archaic language and comparing and contrasting the books Edgar wrote to his own personal life. It also gave me some insight on how horror has changed and gotten much scarier. To me treasure hunters is just a fun summer read that's smooth and funny along with a couple plot twists. The Tales of Terror were to more challenge me and expand me as a reader to new types of writing.
This summer I read The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Gravitational Waves by Brian Clegg. Both books were about physics and space. I enjoyed both of the books because they were very informational and easy to read.
I have read To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The book was a story about a little girl, Scout Finch (narrator). She was told the reader that her dad, which was a lawyer, had to defend a black man in the early times where racism was big. Allegedly Tom Robinson, the defendant, had raped a 19 year old white woman. I liked how this book told a realistic story that had a good meaning in it. I also learned to be more trusting in people and how to enjoy time with people you care about. The book matters to me because it really helped showing how rough times were in the early 1900's for black people, it truly was a shame. The second book I read was titled, The Lemonade War. Written by Jacqueline Davies. The story was a dispute over the summer between Evan Treski and Jessie Treski. They made a bet, whoever made the most money at the end of the summer wins. Eventually they tie and makeup in order to not make their mother sad. I liked how the story was relatable between siblings. I have an older brother and we fight all the time over bets and such. I learned that siblings need to be nice to each other in front of their parents because it won't make the parents frustrated and sad at the children. The book matters to me because it shows how siblings can get along and it shows how much my parents would care about me if something bad were to happen.
Over the Summer I read Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and Andy Weir's "The Martian". Both of these are sci-fi books, and I enjoyed both of them quite a lot. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is a bleak depiction of Earth in the year 2021 after many of the creatures on Earth are killed in "World War Terminus". The book follows Rick Deckard, who is a bounty hunter that kills rogue androids. I personally really enjoyed this book because it does well at diving deep into Deckard's character and it makes a great commentary on today's society, even though it was written in the 1960s. It was also the inspiration for the 1982 film "Blade Runner", which is one of my favorite movies. I also read "The Martian", which I thought was great. It follows Mark Watney, an astronaut stranded on Mars after being accidentally abandoned by his crew. I thought that this book was super good because for the majority of the book it only follows one person, who is a relatively grounded character. I felt interested in all of the characters, which made it extremely suspenseful at points.
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