My favorite book that I read last trimester was The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. It allowed me to feel emotions I never thought I would with reading a fiction story. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone looking for a good book. Warning, I did end up sheading a few tears towards the end. I fell in love with all of the characters within the first few chapters. The way John Green described the characters and situations made you feel a part of the story. He allowed the reader to make a strong connection to the characters. I enjoyed the book because of how engaged I became. I even spend most of my time on vacation reading it. It played with my emotions in a very good way. I love John Greens books because they are young adult and relatable. Hazel (the main character) showed me so many life lessons throughout the book. Even though she is a made up character, I feel as if she is a role model for me to look up to. I also enjoyed how the characters were close in age to me, so the way they acted was similar. Lastly my favorite part of the whole book was how the characters spoke. Gus in particular was only a teenager but spoke and reacted like a wise old man. He didn’t care what people thought and fought against the way things always seemed to be. The love story between Gus and Hazel in the Fault In Our Stars truly was phenomenal and therefor the best book I have read so far.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Tri 3 First Blog Post
My favorite book that I read last trimester was The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. It allowed me to feel emotions I never thought I would with reading a fiction story. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone looking for a good book. Warning, I did end up sheading a few tears towards the end. I fell in love with all of the characters within the first few chapters. The way John Green described the characters and situations made you feel a part of the story. He allowed the reader to make a strong connection to the characters. I enjoyed the book because of how engaged I became. I even spend most of my time on vacation reading it. It played with my emotions in a very good way. I love John Greens books because they are young adult and relatable. Hazel (the main character) showed me so many life lessons throughout the book. Even though she is a made up character, I feel as if she is a role model for me to look up to. I also enjoyed how the characters were close in age to me, so the way they acted was similar. Lastly my favorite part of the whole book was how the characters spoke. Gus in particular was only a teenager but spoke and reacted like a wise old man. He didn’t care what people thought and fought against the way things always seemed to be. The love story between Gus and Hazel in the Fault In Our Stars truly was phenomenal and therefor the best book I have read so far.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Independent reading: theme
Theme: There is a fine line between happiness and despair.
Within a short amount of time happiness can me transformed into great despair. This describes Light On Snow because it only took one night for the Dillion's lives to me completely turned for the worst. The theme is describing how One emotion can be turned to the opposite within a short amount of time.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
independent reading: book recommendations
The book Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel tells the story of Echo, a teenager who just lost her sister to an unexpected cause. Echo was lost and despressed after the loss, and her parents were not the same. Things start to look better when Echo discovers Zoe's journal. She reads everthing about her life up until the day before she died. The discovery of the journal allows Echo to know her sister as a whole new person. This book allows the audience to feel extreem emotion and feel how Echo felt. I enjoyed reading this book and I recommend it.
Saving Zoe is very similar to Light on Snow because both characters are suffering from a large loss. But with an unexpected discovery their view on life changed for the better.
Saving Zoe is very similar to Light on Snow because both characters are suffering from a large loss. But with an unexpected discovery their view on life changed for the better.
Independent reading: theme continued
Central ideas:
- tough situations will occur.. But staying strong and getting past it will make you stronger than before.
- experiencing A death of a loved one can be one if the hardest situations a person can go through
- life can be forever changed in a blink of your eye.
-family will hold together even when everything else doesn't
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Independent reading: Links
Ohttp://www.anitashreve.com/
This is the author of my books web page. She shares her books themes, her background, her writing style, and many other fun facts about her. Anita's website features inside details about her life and writing. A list of all of her books is on the site and I recomend taking a look at the other types of writing that she does.
I have learned that Anita mainly writes about the strong relationships between family members such as Man women, Parent child, or close friends. She reveals her characters true personalities through small details and conflicts. Most of her writing is taken place in modern day era and is relatible to most people. Anita is a great writer and shares some amazing stories with her readers.
This is the author of my books web page. She shares her books themes, her background, her writing style, and many other fun facts about her. Anita's website features inside details about her life and writing. A list of all of her books is on the site and I recomend taking a look at the other types of writing that she does.
I have learned that Anita mainly writes about the strong relationships between family members such as Man women, Parent child, or close friends. She reveals her characters true personalities through small details and conflicts. Most of her writing is taken place in modern day era and is relatible to most people. Anita is a great writer and shares some amazing stories with her readers.
Independent Reading: Questions
-How does Nicky feel about her new life? How did she feel about her father cutting them off from the world?
-Will the new conflict of finding the baby inhance Nicky's fathers view on life?
-Is Nicky mad that her father wont listen to what she has to say?
-Why has Charlotte decided to go and talk to Nicky and her father? Was she feeling gulity?
-Will the police officer get nicky and her father in trouble for having charlotte stay at their house?
-Why has Nicky's father not forced Charlotte out of thier house?
- Why didn't Charlotte clean up the crime scene?
- What happend to Charlottes boyfriend or the babies father?
Monday, October 7, 2013
Independent reading: links and displays
The author of my book is Anita Shreve. Her writing encourages people to not give up during hard times, and lets them know there's light at the end of the tunnel. In her stories a character faces an extremely life changing event that makes life look not worth living. In the end the character over comes the obstacle and in is a new stronger version of themselves. She teaches the reader hope can get you through a tough situation however dark it may seem. This quote shows her optimistic view on life, and how she sees a bright side to everything. 
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