Hopefully over the summer, you 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.
24 comments:
1) I read Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien, and Gone: Light by Michell Grant.
2) Something I enjoyed about the books was that they were full of action and had plot twists. I don't belive I learned anyhting from these two novels. To be an amazing book, the content must include, action, plot twists, and be a fast paced novel.
1. The books I read were the three books in the Skinjacker Trilogy by Neal Shusterman.
2. One thing I enjoyed about the books were that face that the author seemed like he just let his imagination run freely and it created something wonderfull.
1. The books I read were The Maze Runner by James Dashner and The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo.
2. Something I enjoyed about the books would have to be the detail that the authors put into the books. They went into so much detail for even the smallest part in a book.
1. The books I read were The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar.
2. Something I enjoyed about the books would have to be how much detail went into The Notebook and how much drama was included in Gossip Girl. Gossip girl was very dramatic which I loved. The Notebook was very descriptive and I could really imagine it in my head.
1. The books I read were Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
2. Some things I enjoyed about the books were that they both focused on real-life problems and were very descriptive. They were also fun to read.
1. The 2 books I read were Fearless by Eric Blehm and Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare.
2. One thing I liked about both of the books was that although the topics were very different they both focused on real events which made it easier for me to connect to the story. I don’t think I learned anything new from either or these books. Something that matters to me when it comes to reading a book is the story line. If it is too predictable it's no fun to read. Both of my books had very unpredictable endings which made the reading much more enjoyable.
1. I read The Maze Runner by James Dashner and the Lorien Legacys by Pittacus Lore.
2. I really like books like these because they have some amazing characters with an amazing storyline, that make the books super interesting. They are also both Fiction books and those are my favorite types of books.
I read the 5 people you meet in heaven and the whole percy jackson series.
I enjoyed reading these books. the five people you meet in heaven really made me think and the percy jackson books were cool how the writer ric roirden combined mythology with real life.
1.I read the books The BFG by Roald Dahl, and Doctor Strange by Brown Little.
2.Both of these books showed me perseverance and kindness from others. The books content that mattered to me was that they never gave up even if it was against what they wanted to do.
I read the Books A Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy by Douglas Adams and 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke.
Hitchhikers was just a simple enjoyable story that made you laugh and smile. A Space Odyssey created many detailed images in my head, and makes you wonder about the unknown. Overall both of these books were enjoyable for their own reasons.
I read "milk and honey" by Rupi Kaur and "changing with the tides" by Shelby Leigh. I also read "the sun and her flowers" by Rupi Kaur on the side. My grandma gifted these poetry books to me for my birthday. I don't really like poetry and I especially don't like to write it but I really wanted these books. They talk about realistic problems for everyone but mainly women. In "milk and honey", there are four chapters. "the hurting, the loving, the breaking, and the healing" which I think speak out a lot. I really, really enjoyed these poems and plan to re-read them.
I do understand that they're not really considered 'books' but I read mainly online and don't usually bother with titles. I've probably read over 200 books since the start of quarantine.
(1) I read "The Hobbit" by J.R.R Tolkien and "The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy" by Adam Douglas. I loved the adventure part of these two books. The new settings in both of these books were really intriguing.
(2) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was a great read because it put detailed images in my head about space and adventure. It taught me how to have a better imagination and that a lot can be achieved through imagination. "The Hobbit" was also a great read that taught me about never giving up no matter what, as Bilbo Baggins went through many challenges but persevered.
I read The Inquisition and The Battlemage, which are two books from the Summoner trilogy. I liked how both of these books could make you imagine that you were in that world and going through the trials they had. Another thing I liked was the "never give up" kind of lessons they gave because they emphasized that you can do anything you put your mind to.
I read the five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom. I also read The Compound by S. A. Bodeen. I liked how both these books had fun characters that kept the story going. I also liked how both books were very different so it allowed me to connect with them in various ways.
This summer in total i read 2 books: "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers, and "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card. Both books were equally as intriguing, but the abstract script format of Monster was like nothing I have ever read before while Enders Game was like any other book but with a different premise. The aspect most enjoyable about the two books is they resonated with my sense of self: mischievous and rebellious, yet holds an independent mindset which helps me venture into places that usually concern other kids.
Harris Fulkerson
1. I read The "Compound" by S.A Bodeen and "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green
2. The book The Compound is about a wealthy family in a base during an apocalypse. The main characters go on a camping trip and most of them get to escape to the family bunker. The rest of the world dies off at this time. The book is from a child's perspective and it is told to lead into deep thoughts about this book. I really liked it because it uses a sort of alone setting even though there are others there. The ending is a good cliffhanger and makes you want to read more of the series.
The other story that I read was "The Fault In Our Stars" by John Green. This book was really interesting because it was about a 16-year-old girl with cancer and a 17-year-old boy who had a tumor in his leg falling in love. She meets this boy at a recovery group session and they go to watch a movie together. They become best friends and spend as much time together as possible. They end up falling in love and traveling to Amsterdam to try and find their favorite author of a book series. This book is one that I could not put down because I felt connected to the characters because they are teenagers I can relate to. I was not bored one bit when I read this. This book overall is a very good read.
This summer I read the maze runner the author was James Dashner is a story about Thomas and the people in the maze trying to get out this maze and they have no memories of their past before the maze.
I also read black hawk down the author was Mark bowden. The story was about a war and the perspectives of people who fought in the war.
Oliver Braaten
This summer I read 2 books. The books were World War Z, and Ender's Game
The Book World War Z by Max Brooks is an oral history of the zombie war. The book follows a man trying to put together a history of the zombie apocalypse. He goes all over the world, interviewing different people about their experiences from the war. It is really similar to what happened when Covid 19 started. Governments did nothing until it was too late and many people had suffered. This book was really interesting and was a pretty good read.
The other book I read was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. This Books follows a young boy named Ender in a dystopian future where humans are at war with an alien race called the Buggers. When Ender is only six years old he is sent to a school, simply called battle school. There children are trained on tactics, battle strategies, and how to command an army. Ender is an extremely intelligent boy, at only the age of 8 he is put into an army. Armies play a game in the no gravity battle room to rank how good an army actually is. The goal of the game is to get through the enemy gate. Ender excels at this and any game the school throws at him. The school makes Ender his own army, with no one that is experienced at all. They make Ender's army go through hell. Before no one had ever had more than one battle a week. Ender's army had to do 2 battles a day. Ender had never lost a battle and when he was only 12 he graduated. Ender was sent to command school and was trained on how to command a fleet of ships in space. The game was a simulation, Ender had to give commands to ships in the simulation to destroy the Buggers in the simulation. Ender did not ever have more than two hours of sleep and he had to do a simulated battle for every hour he was awake. When it finally came down to his graduation from command school, the battle he was given was terrible. He had to win against a Bugger force that was protecting the Buggers own planet. He had to destroy the planet. He did, but he did not know he had been tricked; it was never a simulation and he was actually fighting the Buggers the entire time. Overall the book was an extremely good read and was something I did not expect. The book has been out for a while but I could still connect to it.
I read the five people you meet In heaven and the maze runner series
It was really cool have a new way to look at things and one was an action packed book while the other was kind of boring but really interesting.
I read the five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom. I liked how the book had fun characters that kept the story going. I also liked how the books story was told and how it unraveled
1. I read Le Cirque des Reves by Erin Morgenstern and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
2. I really enjoyed both books that I read. Le Cirque des Reves is my all time favorite novel about young in-love magicians in France. It is incredibly creative and leaves room for so much imagination. It feels like you are really apart of the characters. What matters the most to me about the book is how everything is so detailed you can really imagine it in your head and it's very descriptive with the littlest things. And For Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire there is a competition between the top wizarding schools called the Triwizard Tournament and Harry has to be resourceful and courageous in order to complete the difficult tasks. I like this book because Harry and his friends grow so much through the course of the novel.
--Kaila Read
1. I read Eragon by Palonini and Sphere by Micheal Crighton
2. I liked that both of the books were full of action and that they were both very different well Eargon was mostly action Sphere was a scientific mystery as well. They both have many twists and turns they kept me entertained for hours.
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