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1. Explain why you picked your book. Have you read books by this author in the past? Did someone recommend the book to you? Does it focus on one of your interests? What do you hope to learn? Why did/do you think you will like it?
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2. Tell us about your book. Do you like it so far? Can you relate to it? Is it keeping your interest? How did the story begin? What has caught your interest? Are the characters your age? Is it non-fiction?
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
I decied to read the first Harry Potter book because many of my students have read the series. In college, I watched two of the movies, but I do not remember much about them. I do know that I enjoyed them! I hope that reading this book will help me relate to students and their connections to Harry Potter. I have read about one hundred pages, and I am already hooked! I hope to read the whole series this year!
Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult
The book that i am reading is Nineteen minutes. Its about the struggle that trageties put between people, how its so much easier to blame someone else over yourself. The book is about a boy named Peter who finally went crazy when bullies pushed him over the edge. He rampaged through his highschool and shot 10 students and 1 teacher. The whole story goes though his whole life and the trial. It also goes through different characters giving each person's view which is one fact that i love about Jodi Picoult's writing. I picked this book because i really enjoyed a book of her's that i have read before. I read the book because of a book club that im in so i guess it was "recommened" I think i'll like it because its interesting.
I have read other Stephen King boks in the past. I chose to read "The Gunslinger" because it was recommened to me after reading "IT". So far it has started slow bt i think it is going to pick up and be a really good book. I plan to read many more Stephen King books after this one.
So far I like my book. It is a story about baseball. I play baseball so it is easy for me to relate to it. The story started with the 3 main characters discussing their baseball logo. I think the characters are roughly my age. No, it is a fiction story.
Symtomatic
I decided to read this book it was givin to m by someone who i greatly respect, My African American Studies teacher from summer camp. I opened this book with no idea what it is about, but I really do enjoy doing that because I always learn more if I don't read about something I already know. I do enjoy reading about my intrests bu i feel that can only teach you so much. I have got to about the third chapter and so far the book is confusing but never the less keeps me interested.
Shooter
I choose to read the book Shooter cause the cover caught my eye. In this book it is a documentation of different phsycatrist sessions with this kid. It is a different set up than any other book I have read. The thing in this book is the whole thing is a conversation but it is telling a story through it. My characters seem to be roughly my age.
The book that I am reading is Girl Interupted. It is about a girl how is in rehab and struggles with drug addiction and depression. I chose this book because I thought that it sounded interesting and it is very good.
I'm reading a thousand tomorrows by Karen Kingsburg. my book is about a couple that gets married and they end up having a baby boy there first year or being married. his name is Cody, and a couple years latter they had another son named Carl Josph. The dad was a huge football player and in one of his games he got hurt really bad and he couldn't play for a year but he still trained. when they found out Carl had down syndrom the dad was gone all the time, finally the dad left and said that he couldn't be a dad to a child with down synrdom. the dad left and Cody blamed his mom for everything,Cody decided to start bull riding and he was one of the best bull riders in the world. when he was 21 years old he was about to go ride and his mom called telling him that his dad called and wants to see him. his dad had been gone for 14 years with out a phone call or anything and all of a sudden his dad wants in his life again.
I am reading Dongsong. I picked my book because I wanted to read something new. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and read a type of book that I have never read before. I hope to learn more about frozen wilderness and dog sledding. I think I would like this book because it is an adventure and it sounds like it has action in it.
Acid Dreams
by Martin A.Lee & Bruce Shlain
I like the book so far but im still in the prolouge. The book is about the 60's and LSD and how it was created. I sae the book on a show and decided to read it. I have read any books from these authors. But overall i think it will be educational and a good book.
the book iam reading is called Just One Tear. so far it is a journal entry. It's about a kid writing about his life and how his day is going. the kid was in the hospital visiting his or her dad because he is dying. i think its Fiction.
I'm reading Twilight like alot of other teenage girls. Its about a teenage girl names Bella who just moved to live with her dad charlie. She doesn't really know her charlie, and is still getting use to calling him dad. She's started going to a new school afriad of not fiting in. But she fits in just fine! Despite her friends there is also a hansome boy in her Biology class who she sits next to. The first time she meet him. He seemed tense and angry. after the first couple days of school he started to open up to her. They started to get to know each other. But on one cold icy morning as Bella was getting out of her car about to walk up to the school she noticed a big truck sliding in her direction. She froze solid. the next thing she notices Edward the cute boy in her Biology class had rescued her from a faital accident.
The book I am reading id Into Thin Air. I chose this book because I saw a spin off of this book on PBS. I also wanted to know how many people made it up to the top of Mt. Everest in the past. I allso chose this book because i heard that some of this author's books were a great to read book.
My book is called Night of the Cat. I chose this book because the cover was interesting and it looked like a good mystery. So far i probably wouldn't recommend this book because its very confusing and its not very interestiong. This book doesn't focus on my interests. It is about a sex offender and the cops trying to catch a rapist in a neighborhood. But maybe i will learn something interesting!
The book im reading is Unbelievable by sara shepard.
this is actually the 4th(last)book of the series. i started the series because my cousin made me. I highly recomend the book to teenage girls.
my book is interesting because the book starts off at a house. This kid doesn't like it there. So he wants do somthing bad then he decides to blow the house up. Then goes to his girlfriends house to spend the night and the girls dad finds him there and kicks him out of the house he was also naked. He wanders the whole night because hes full of adrenaline and smells like fire thats as far as i got in the book.
I am reading Dogsong. I chose it because it takes place in the frozen wilderness and that is interesting to me. I also chose this book because I have read Hatchet by the same author Gary Paulsen. So far this book is good, and if it is anything like other books this author has written it will end up good.
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
By Chris Crutcher
I really enjoy reading realistic fiction because its more interesting to me if you can relate to it in real life. I picked out this book because I saw that it had something to do with swimming. Even though swimming isnt the main idea of the book, thats what grabbed me to pick it. I hope that I will like this book and so far it seems to be starting off good.
The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone was written by Richard Preston. This book is about a “hot virus” that leaks out through the airport. It has been interesting so far. The way that this virus infects and destroys people is most disturbing. I hope that I will never have to go through something like that
The book i chose was Rainbow six by Tom Clancy. I chose this book because it is a war story and I like war stories. Some of the other books I have read by him are Hunt for Red October.I thought that i would like it because is is a war story.
i chose my book because i had never read a stephen king book before and i felt like trying somthing new. this book was recomeneded to me by matt cole. i heard that stephen king is known for his twist and turns in his books and i like to keep guessing during the course of the book.
Because I LOVE Vamp Romance novel's or just non- romance Vamp novels. No I haven't read any other books by this author. Nobody recommended this book to me. Yes Vampires. Somemore about Vamps. becauses it is about Vampires
The book that I am reading is Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets. So far the book is going good, I always enjoy reading these books and they never lose my interest. Its hard for me to relate to the book because it is set in a magical world and the conflicts that harry goes through are much different than anything i would go through. The book is fiction and it has caught my interest since my mom started reading them to me when i was younger and i have been reading them ever since.
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
This book is the third in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. It is about four friends who have never been separated. They are each going to different places this summer and found a pair of pants that magically fit all four of them. They decide to share the pants and send them to each other with a letter explaining what happens while they were wearing the pants.
i chose the book hatchet because i had heard it was a good book. i like survival books and this author so i picked it. i hope to learn how to survive in the wild some day.this topic is interesting to me.
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