Ok Kids, Lets hear it. I hope you read some non-required summer reading over the past three months.
What did you read that you liked?
For me, I read Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown - a suggestion from a student in a study hall. - My thoughts, it is an interesting and troubling look at life in the inner city.
I also finally got around to reading My Sister's Keeper - cover to cover - and found it kept my interest from start to finish and that the change in narration was well done throughout.
Of course I read the final Harry Potter book - I will, however, keep my thoughts to myself - just in case someone is in the middle of it.
I also read a bunch of education books - but you will hear about those when we start class in September.
Currently, I am in the middle of Cat's Cradle and finding it facinating.
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7 comments:
Ohhhhhh, Harry Potter. It makes me giddy. I read it at midnight the night it came out. I'm so lame. :/
A Painted House is a very good book. It's on the summer reading list, but I didn't do my questions on it because I finished it after the other two. I actually read it because my mom loves John Grisham, knows my kind of books, and told me I'd enjoy it. She was right; very good book.
Right now I'm working on I Capture The Castle, which is a good coming-of-age story about a girl who wants to become a writer. I'm not too far into it, but so far it's keeping me interested.
Yay for summer and reading at the beach!
-Lauren
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In terms of books, a few thoughts.
Kurt Vonnegut is the fiction equivalent to Jonathan Kozol's education books. The stuff is interesting as heck. There are a lot of great ideas. However, after reading a few books, you really have read them all. For Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, Galapagos, and the short story Harrison Bergeron (in that order). Sums his up and is good reading.
I hope people enjoy Painted House, but, unfortunately, that books was written after Grisham became DTM. Word of advice. Unless you are a football player who hates long books and only wants to read a limited work about a football coach and his players, avoid the book, Bleachers, or Grisham will lose all credibility with you as well.
I have restarted Simon Winchester's, A Crack in the Edge of the World. It is non-fiction about the San Francisco eathquake of 1906 with a lot of historical background about SF and a lot of good geology. Good read. Not for everyone. Just finished Mark Frost's, The Second Objective, which is a World War II "what-if" piece of historical fiction Actually fairly interesting and based 60% on fact.
No desire to read Harry Potter, or the castle book, but I look forward to your comments.
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Mr. Dewar, the Harry Potter series is awesome!
On the advice of a former student, I read Impulse by Ellen Hopkins. It was such an amazing, unique book! She told the story of 3 teenagers who were institutionalized for attempted suicide. The insight was profoundly moving, and the language was incredible. She used what I can only refer to as prosetry...a combination of prose and poetry...to express the perspectives of three very individual characters. If you don't mind disturbing literature, this is a must-read!
I read Manchild in the Promised Lang for my freshmen summer reading and I guess it was accidentally put there? I wasn't a huge fan but it wasn't bad.
And I liked Harry Potter until the Epilogue...I thought it was pointless :-\
I also read Impulse by Ellen Hopkins and loved it. I read her other two books because I loved her style of writing. I didn't even realize it was poetry until I read the back one time. She keeps you so interested and I just never wanted to stop reading!
I have just started a new book, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards. I'm only on the second chapter but already I am always wanting to read about what is going to happen next. It takes place in 1964 and is about decisions in life and looking back on the past. I am very excited to continue reading!
-Chantal
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. It takes place in 19th century China and shows the story of two girls and how their love and friendship gets them through challenges such as footbinding and marriage. It's a really good book and an easy read.
~ Michelle Lee
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