Blog Response #5
With the introduction of the new novel, share in your blog what attracted you to this novel. What is the primary focus in your novel, and how are the main character or characters handling this situation? After reading the first few chapters, what are your initial thoughts about the book? Slow start? Jumps right in? Share your first impressions.
I am reading the book Kite Runner. The characters are facing many challenges while they are in Afghanistan and the biggest challenge they face is between Assef and Hassan. Assef is the bully in the book and he raped Hassan and Amir (the main character) watched but left even though his best friend was being raped. The book started off really slow and it was very complicated because the characters names are hard to remember as they aren't normal. At chapter 5 the book really took off and had lots of things happen. This made the book better and easier to understand at this point.
ReplyDeleteIs hassan a guy or a girl and if they got raped wouldnt you think that Amir should have gotten the cops involved
Deletei am really wondering if hassan is a boy or girl because it sparks my interest and also do u think that hassan and assef will lose friendship throughout the book
DeleteI agree, I am also Reading the Kite Runner and some of the words in this book that come from there culture are very hard to understand, and it starts to get better in chapter five.
Deletei agree with jacob because kite runner did start out really slow till about chapter 5. now that its easier to understand its a pretty good book
DeleteI like the way you said the book was complicated, I agree because the beginning was rough and hardly made sense but overtime the book started making some sense and was actually interesting to read.
DeleteI can relate to this book because my character faces a lot f challenges in the book the main one is survivng
DeleteIm Reading the book long way gone. The book takes place in sierra leon in afreica. The charachters in the book are in the middle of a civil war between Rebels and the Nations goverment. The book started slow but was quick to jump right into the details of the war and the aspects that come with. I think this book shows alot of details of the actual fighting and has a resemblance between other countries facing real world problems like this and so far i enjoy the book besides for the names that make zero sence on how to pronounce them
ReplyDeletei thought the book jumped into the details and war really quick i agree that the author describes the war with good details as well
DeleteI think the book jumped into the war very quick. The book is really good so far and the author has great details in the book.
DeleteI think that the book took to long to get to the action. It wasted a chapter on a nonsensical dream.
DeleteI agree, i really like how much detail the author uses when he talks about the war. I also really like how you dont have to read that much of this book before it gets good.
DeleteThere wasn't much that attracted me to this book because this wasn't my first choice. The primary focus in my book The Kite Runner is Amir and Hassan and how there friends and how they aren't very close friends anymore after Hassan got raped and Amir watch and didn't help. Amir isn't handling this situation very well he just framed Hassan of stealing money and watches so he would get thrown out of the house. My initial thoughts were that this book is very different and some of the words are hard to understand. There culture is just way different from our culture like having multiple wives. This book hard a slow start getting into it but around chapter five it picked up.
ReplyDeleteThis book started very slow and it was difficult to understand each character as they had weird names. It also wasn't the book I was quite looking for but hopefully it gets better. It also has many of words that they use in their culture but don't say what their meanings are.
Deletedo you think hassan and assef will loose friendship throughout the book and also do you think the first part of the book was confusing
DeleteMy book A Long Way Gone is kind of like your book because some of the words i dont really understand and there culture is very different from ours. My book also had a slow start but mine began to pick up after a while.
DeleteI am reading the kite runner and i would say that the first few chapters were very confusing. it seemed that they put everything in a pot and gave it to us because they just kept adding stuff and i never knew what was going on until about chapter 4. I never really got attracted into the novel i just got put into it. the main thing is flying kites and going to tournaments to fly all these kits and they try to win
ReplyDeleteHow do you think flying kites would be any type of tournament that woukd be worth whie
DeleteThis book had a hard start to it. It did pick up after chapter 4 though. They do many of kite flying but there are many more hardships that they encounter throughout the story.
DeleteI am also reading The Kite Runner and i think that the kite fighting is very strange how they have a big tournament with this. It was also strange that they put glass on the strings to cut the other strings.
Deleteagree with hunter the first chapter where confusing and hopfully reading more in to it it will get less confusing
Deletei agree with luke the kite tournaments is kind of a weird thought because if you ask anybody, they most likely wont know what it is. i also think its weird how they put glass on the string of the kites because every time they have a tournament they players have cuts ll over their hands.
Deletei am reading a long way gone. this book attracted me by how they had to do whatever it takes to stay alive. the primary focus of the book is how some kids town was attacked by rebels in a war took over the town they lived in and how they are trying to stay alive. the main characters are doing everything they can to stay alive. after i read a few chapters the book jumps right into what is happening.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book a thousand splendid suns. I love this book so far i can put it down because is so good. the part when nana hung her self it was bad becasuse no one should have to do that. marian went to see her dad and i thought that it was nice to go see him. the book is different but its not bad.
Deletei agree that the book attracted me by doing what ever it took to survive. it really makes you feel like you are in the book and that there is a lot of action and makes you want to keep reading.
DeleteI agree with the author jumps right into the book and starts with the village getting attacked and i agree with the same way I got attached to they book cause it was about war and action.
Deletei feel the same way about my book it took me awhile to find out what was going on in my book but i am starting to find out whats going on.
DeleteI think that the book took to long to get to the action. It wasted a chapter on a nonsensical dream. I think it didn't pick up until chapter four.
DeleteI really like how much detail this book has and it makes you feel like your a part of the book. It makes me feel very attached.
Deletemy book relates to this cause the the main goal is surviving in my book.
DeleteThe book I am reading is A Long Way Gone. I was attracted to this book cause it was with something about war and it was a book with action in it. The primary focus in my book is a group of kids who are trying to survive from a group of rebels that are taking over villages and are recruiting people from the villages. They are trying to get food from villages and everything they go to get some there are rebels there that capture them or kill people who try to go back. As of right now they are just trying to hide from the rebels and not get caught. My initial thoughts of the book is that it jumps right in it was maybe a few pages in and there village already gets raided and they have to survive on there own.
ReplyDeletei agree the book jumped into the war and details in a few pages and the author has good details on the war
Deletei am also reading A Long Way Gone and i agree the book is full of action and it makes you want to keep reading. The book jumps right into the story and gets you involved right way. The book is so full of detail and action its hard to put the book down.
Deletethis book sound really good and i wish i could read this one. the kids running away sounds like its really intresting.
Deletei am reading the same book a long way gone and i really like it so far and its a fast past book witch i really like also and i hope it keeps like it and i want to get more into the book and see what happens to them.
DeleteMy book is also about some conflicts in afghanistan. Its mostly takes place after the war is over but is still interesting to read about the struggles.
Deletei am also reading A Long Way Gone the main character is trying to escape from the rebels because he doesnt want to become a kid solider and have to kill people in the civil war. the fact he is also constantly hiding and always running keeps the book interesting and i think it will be a good read.
DeleteI am reading I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. This book focuses on Malala's life and what she did to become an influencer. Malala is the main character, she is a teenage girl who is growing up in Swat Valley, Pakistan. The girls there are not allowed to go to school but her dad starts up a school for all kids in their town. This book starts off slow and kind of boring. I don't really like the book that much because it is boring. I wish it didn't talk about her dad as much as it does.
ReplyDeleteIt talks about her dad the first few chapters and i don't get why because the book should be about her. she should be talking about herself so then we get to know her more as the book goes on
DeleteMaybe she talks about her dad a lot so you know some of her background and how she is the way she is.
DeleteI dont like this book as well. I wish that this story was not as slow and boring as it is, because they go into too much detail that I feel like is not necessary, like her dad.
DeleteI agree on most of what you said especially how it was boring.
DeleteI am reading the novel, I am Malala. This novel was attractive to me because it is about how a girl was treated in her own country. After reading the first few chapters, I personally think that it is extremely boring. She is talking mostly about her father and things that he experienced. It is a very slow start and I hope it gets better fast. The primary focus would be on why she was named Malala and how her country doesn't appreciate the birth of girls as much as they do boys. Her father doesn't think tat way though and he celebrates her birth anyway. So far in the story, it doesn't even mention much about the main character, Malala.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree it is really boring at first but i am hoping it get better
DeleteMy book is also boring to me, I do not really like these foreign types of books and i hope our books get better as we keep reading!
DeleteMy book A Thousand Splendid Suns is also full of a culture that appreciates men more than women. Luckily mine is not slow so far and I am enjoying it. Hopefully your's gets better!
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone. The things that attracted me to this book was it was about a young boy that was a soldier. And i thought it would be a interesting book and a easier book to connect to beings it was about a young kid. The primary focus of the novel so far is the boys trying to find food and are faced with a lot of challenges due to the town being invaded by rebels and the boys are trying to find food, shelter and most importantly there parents. The characters so far are handling the situation of being involved in the war and struggle of being able to survive well. They are using there resorses and skills wisely to make the most of it. After reading the first few chapters i feel like the book is very good, it really goes into detail about some of the major scenes and really makes you feel like you are actually in the book and you are able to visualize it. i feel the book is going to continue to get better as it goes on. My first impression of the book was good, it really gave a lot of detail and made you feel like you were in the book.
ReplyDeletedo u think ur setting is in a rich or poor setting like reading kite runner it is in a rich setting.
Deletei am reading the book A Long Way Gone i was attracted to this novel because of the civil war that is going on and the fact that our main character is trying to escape the war. The main focus is the main charter is trying to not be captured by the rebels and he is trying to escape the war and not become a kid solider. My initial thoughts on the book is that it is pretty interesting to see what its like to live in those 3rd world countries and what its like to have to go through those hardships the main character is going through. The book is going at a moderate pace and is pretty easy to understand on whats going on and my 1st impression is that the book is going good and that it will be interesting to see what is going to happen to the main charter.
ReplyDeleteI am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. So far it is about Mariam an her mom committed suicide and her dad forced her to get married at 15. She does not have a good home life and now she moved away with her husband she barely knows. I can't tell what the focus of the book is yet though. My initial thoughts are this book is weird, the culture is very foreign to me.
ReplyDeleteDo you know if it was an arranged marriage? Because then she wouldn't have had a choice in marrying him.
DeleteI am reading I am Malala. what attracted to me this book the most is where shes from, Shes from a different country. You read about all the different things they have to do in her country and how everyone gets treated. I would say the book had a slow start because she doesn't talk much about herself at first she talks about her dad.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that she is from a different country also attracted me to this novel. You get to learn about a different place through a story and I think that's pretty cool.
DeleteI agree I don't like that she talks about her dad, but the country the she grows up in I think will be cool learning about.
DeleteI feel like it should of talked more about her and how she feels because it talks more about her dad.
DeleteIam reading the kite runner. the main characters are talking about the past. it will catch up to the future, after reading a couple chapters of the book I think this book is gonna be hard to understand. I wished they explained the characters a little more in the book. I think the story started out slow but I think it will pick up. my first impression of this book was that its gonna be hard to understand and its gonna be hard to keep my focus on it.
ReplyDeletei am reading a long way gone but its kind of completly different from that its a lot easier to understand and there is only a few people in the book the book is very fast past too and its getting good
Deletei do agree i am having a hard time following this book there is so much information being thrown in right its hard to remeber it all.
Deleteour books are similar because our book is a whole flashback into the guys childhood
DeleteMy book Night was pretty slow at the beginning but now it is starting pick up, like your book it was a little confusing at the start but it's becoming easier as I read on and get more into the book.
Deleteim reading the book the kite runner. its kind of confusing right now and hard to keep track of whats going on. the primary focus of this book is kite fighting tournaments. Hassan was the best kite fighter in the area. charlie was almost as good as Hassan. then Hassan stopped playing and charlie won his first kite fight. all charlie wanted to do was impress his father and after winning the kite fight, his father was impressed. after reading the first few chapters of my book i still thought it was kind of confusing but its a pretty good book. its starting out really fast because of all the details of charlies past. i thought this book was going to be really boring but its actually not that bad.
ReplyDeletethere kit fights sound very intresting i have never heard of that kind of tournment and getting that crazy over kites.
DeleteI agree Tyler, I have never heard of Kite fights. It does sound very interesting to have tournaments. The book Night and your book Kite Runner are very different and dont really relate.
DeleteI also agree with tyler ive heard of the the book kite runner but ive never read it. It sounds like something I can read. '
Deletei am reading the book a long way gone and they didnt say the main characters name but he handles the situations very well when they are running from the rebels as they are getting cough and about killed and getting away from getting money and food and keeping everything under control there is 8 people in there group of friends that they meat in the time of running after them going threw the town trying to get food the one died and they about got killed although they all handle it very well.
ReplyDeletethe main character is really in a tight bind right now in the story it is going to be interesting to see if he can find the food water money and shelter to get away from this civil war. It is crazy to see all the hardships he has to go through just to survive it really puts into perspective how bad some places are in the world.
Deletei cant even imagine what it would be like to be in his shoes. probably no good
Deletehow is your book going so far? whats the main thing that has interested you so far and is the read slow or fast and do you thinkk theyre going to escapes.
DeleteI agree that the main character and his fiends handled the situation very well.
Deleteim reading Kite runner and i would say the primary focus of the book would be flyong kites. it seems to be all they talk about and all they do in there town. its a good past time to keep people busy. there is a guy named buba and he seems to be the head guy in the book.
ReplyDeleteI slightly disagree. the main point is to describe how this one summer changed Amir the main characters life forever. The point of kite runner i believe is perseverance because Amir goes through a lot of sh*t but i feel like he brings it upon himself. Baba is his father and he is very set in his ways and Amir feels the need to fight for his love. I hope the book actually describes what happens during the war and how he actually escaped not just little bits of the passage and what happened in the 5 year gap before he fled the country?
Deletei would have to disagree with the book being about flying kites due to the fact that there was one event which involved the kite tournament. I would say that so far the book mainly talks about amir's accounts of going from rich to a refuge.
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone. The things that attracted me to this book was that its about a young boy that was a child soldier. The focus of the novel so far is that the boys are faced with a lot of challenges due to the town being invaded by rebels. The characters so far are handling the situation of being involved in the war and struggle of being able to survive. They are using their resources and skills wisely. After reading the first few chapters i feel like the book is good, it really goes into detail about some of the major scenes and you are able to visualize it. i feel the book is going to get better as it goes on. My first impression of the book was good, it really gave a lot of detail.
ReplyDeleteI was also drawn to this book because of the child soilders and the rebels invading villages and murder people.
DeleteI am reading the book A Thousand Splendid Suns. I was attracted to this book because it was talking about the violence in Afghanistan so I felt it would be a good pick. Mariam decides she wants to go visit her father Jalil at his mansion but her mother, Nana thinks it’s a bad idea because she doesn’t trust Jalil anymore. Mariam goes anyway leaving nana behind as she goes to learn more about her dads life. While Mariam is gone Nana hangs herself in a tree. The book starts off slow and my initial thought is the culture is very different and I have a hard time understanding some things.
ReplyDeleteI am also reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. I agree the cultural difference makes the book very confusing some times. I think it's still pretty interesting so far and I hope it gets easier to comprehend.
DeleteI am reading kite runner and my story also takes place in Afghanistan. This wasn't my first choice but it is beginning to get more interesting. My book also starts off slow and its hard understanding and pronouncing their names.
DeleteMy book is the same way except I can tell what is going on, but It is hard to follow who is who.
DeleteI am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. The beginning was very confusing because of the dialect and cultural word choice. Eventually I could understand who was who and the book started to pick up. The main focus so far is on the hardships Afghanistan women have to endure in their lives. Mariam the main character lives a sorrowful childhood, hidden away. Her father is a rich man who got his housekeeper, Mariam's mother, pregnant. Her mother was kicked out and they have lived a lonely life ever since with visits from her father only on Thursdays. The cultural difference and hardships make me empathetic for Mariam. The book started to speed up in the first chapters and Mariam aged quickly. I am excited to see how Mariam lives the rest of her life.
ReplyDeleteMariams life gets even harder when she returns from Jalils and sees her mom hanging from a tree outside their house. I also feel bad for Mariam because she has never had a good life.
Deletei all so think her life has been nothing but shit and at my current point in the book its not going to get better only pain and suffering emotionally and physically
DeleteThe beginning was confusing and sometimes it wasn't easy trying to figure out who is who because their were so many different names but eventually everything does start to fall in place. The more I kept reading about Mariam I couldn't stop because it intrigued me how much hope this girl had inside her despite all the negative energy surrounding her. I really felt for Mariam when her dad did nothing to stop the marriage and that his 3 wives came to that solution in order to basically get rid of Mariam.
DeleteI am reading the book Night, its about a poor Jewish family at the start of the Holocaust. They get put onto a train by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz and Birkenau, which are famous work and concentration camps. Elie is the main character is our age and very poor. I can't imagine what it would be like to be sent to places like Auschwitz at 14-17 years old. The first 3 chapters were kind of slow but now it is starting to pick up.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think it would be hard to go to a concentration camp at our age. I hope it starts to speed up as it goes on.
DeleteIm reading that book too. I have to disagree with riley. I don't think has has put fourth the effort to read and understand the book and that is why he thinks the first couple chapter are boring
Deletei think the book is starting to pick up the pace i think its a good book so far and can see it getting better as the story goes on and i agree with you Riley because i would have no clue what to do if i was in Elie position
DeleteI am reading the book I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. I feel the primary focus is on Malala's life and how she spoke out an started influencing people. The main character is Malala, she is a young girl who grew up in swat valley, Pakistan where women are treated like house wife's. They are known for cooking, cleaning an having more kids. My initial thoughts about the book are it started off boring nothing really big or really interesting happened yet.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book a long way gone. This book really interests me because of what they all have to do to stay alive. The main focus of the book is how a kids town was attacked by rebels in a war. The characters so far are handling the situation of being involved in the war very good. They are using there resources and skills wisely to make the most of it. After reading the first few chapters i feel like the book is very good, it really goes into detail about some of the major scenes and really makes you feel like you are actually in the book and you are able to visualize it. i feel the book is going to continue to get better as it goes on. My first impression of the book was good, it really gave a lot of detail and made you feel like you were in the book
ReplyDeleteI am reading The kite runner and my book also has a war going on. It doesnt describe what is happening in the war so far just what is goingon in Amir the main characters life. I wish it would go in depth about what happened in the war and not skip around that much. The story was slow at first but it is slowly gaining speed now. I hope it all comes together and i know what happens during the war and everything else in his life.
DeleteI am reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The book is about a guy and his time in the Holocaust. The Jews make it seem like nothing is going to happen to them in the town of Sighet. I like the book right now because the author makes everything in detail and makes it personal. I don't like the fact that it's very slow in the beginning. I hope it speeds up and gets more action in the book. My first impression was a little confused because I didn't know what was going on.
ReplyDeletei all so think that night can be confusing at first it toke back in 8th grade a bit to understand some time reread a part to fully understand and my book also starts vary slow and it was not till i got further i the book that i got interested....good luck
DeleteI agree with the fact that they think that they are safe from the Nazi's. If I was in there shoes I would be prepared and eat a ton of food because you never know what is going to have. You always have to keep your guard up.
Deletei agree that the start of the book is a little confusing but after the first chapter or so it gets better.
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone the primary focus of the book is the life of a child growing up in a country that is having a civil war. The main character Ishmael travels around the country trying to end up in a city that is safe and away from the rebels. I think that the book started a little slow but after the second chapter it began to pick up and is pretty interesting now.
ReplyDeleteHow would you feel if you were Ishmael? I would be a little scared
DeleteDid you find the book confusing, because I found the book super confusing in the beginning.
Deletewhat country is it in?
DeleteI didn't have a choice in what book I read because I was not here. I am reading the book "NIght". This book gets straight to the action. So far it is about a bunch of jewish people getting transported to Auschwitz. The main characters handle well. They try to stay strong so that they don't look weak. I'm pretty interested in the book because it gives some action right from the jump. At, first it is a little confusing, but it gets easier the more you read.
ReplyDeleteMy book was also very confusing in the beginning, and got better after chapter 3. Your book sounds pretty interesting.
DeleteIt is interesting but you can tell whats going on, but it it hard to follow who is who.
DeleteI disagree, I think the book starts off slow and will get more interesting as we get further into the book.
Deletei think the hardest part about this book is all the strange names
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. The book started with a rocky start. I had trouble following along with the book. At one point he is in one town then the next he is in another. Then the author throws in chapter 2 that jumps to a present dream that talks about he has a gun. After chapter 2 the book got a lot better. Once he stats talking about his experiences it got way better. I thought the book was going to be a bad book but so far it is not bad.
ReplyDeleteDoes the book get easier the more you read.
DeleteRight now it is pretty easy to read and the only thing hard about reading it is there is some foreign language.
DeleteI am reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini and it was my second choice for what book i wanted to read. The beginning was pretty boring and then it finally got to sort of explaining why the book is named the kite runner. The main focus of the book i believe is how one summer changed Amir forever because of a war. I wish they would go more into depth of everything instead of skimming over it all. It is slowly starting to speed up but i dont like how it jumps all over the place.
ReplyDeleteWould you recommend this book and is it easy to picture the setting? Because I like to read a book that is in depth and easy to understand.
DeleteMy book is kind of like yours because my main character Ishmael is trying to survive as he walks around Sierra Leone. He has no food or water and has to scavenge and beg to get food to live with the different groups of kids that he is with.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the novel Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. So far Its about Amir and Hassan (Amir's servant but also friend) getting in a conflict's with Assef. Nothing attracted me until they got to the part where they were flying the kite's. Amir found Hassan in the alley with Assef getting raped and Amir did nothing to stop him which confuses me. I think it has a slow start to the story but after the beginning it starts to get more interesting.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Night by Elie Wiesel. The book is able how Jews like Elie were treated for their faith. So for the Jew are accepting the new laws like living in the gettos and that they need to have faith to survive. They handled the long trip in cattle cars with little food and water. Each car containing 80 people. Reading makes me think how lucky we are to defet Germany because I belive that I would be died for my religion. The book jumps right in to the point and stays their. Reading how Jews were treated make me feel thankful that they were able to stay strong and upset to the fact that they were blamed. I hope you read this book and learn how strong Jews really are.
ReplyDeleteI agree what the Jews all went through was just so horrible to think about it just makes you so mad at the soldiers and it makes you open you eyes that we don't have this now a days because it would be just horrible.
DeleteWe are lucky to create the Atomic Bomb for the better and who knows what would happen if Germany build the bomb first.
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone. The main character is facing a revolution in his country. This uprising leaves death behind it as it moves from village to village across the country. The main character is almost killed multiple times while he is trying to escape the rebel uprising. I don't like how the book constantly jumps around and doesn't explain what is happening before going to the next place. The first three chapters of this book are extremely slow to dive into the action. It has slowly getting better and finding it's footholds to develop the story.
ReplyDeletei am reading kite runner and i also don't like how the book jumps around in time periods. My book is also slow in the beginning and is kind of boring. It also seems like the more i read, the story gets interesting and makes me want to keep reading
DeleteI am reading the book The Kite Runner, I did not choose this book or know about it and would definitely chose a different book. The book is very slow going and hardly made any sense in the beginning. I think the book is kind of confusing to because the narrator, Amir, has a lot of flashbacks and jumps around alot.
ReplyDeleteDo you think the book would be different if he didn't flashback as much? or do you think it helps?
Deletei am reading thousand splendid suns and what attracted me was the sheer brutality and cruelty that was written in just one page with the seen of the pedals. the main focus is how women are treated and how mariam is just rolling with the punches. after reading the first few chapters it was boring slow not event full my over all impression was i made a mistake.
ReplyDeleteThis book does sound slow but i think it will get better was you go on maybe something happens that is a big deal that really catches your attention what do you think?
Deletemy first impressins of that harsh brutalityin the book attrakted me too but i was miss led bar a far margin at least from what i can tell in the book its a hard read.
DeleteI'm reading Night by: Elie Wiesel, The book started off really confusing to me but then after i got done with the first chapter it got a lot more interesting. The primary focus in this book is The Nazi soldiers taking the Jews to the concentration camp and the book is in the point of view of a Jew. The Jews are scared and they do not know what is going on so they really don't know how to react yet they are just kinda all in shock of what they see. Like i said it was a slow and confusing start to the book kinda hard to read to me but after the first chapter things started to make since and it gets a lot more exciting and interesting.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was not so confusing. I read the intro and it really prepared you for what is happening. If you didn't read the intro I would recommend it. Also the book just gets more and more interesting.
DeleteThis book god damn i almost cried when they started to use the babies as target practice that hits hard in so many levels, the Jews are very scared as i feel they lost all hope in being saved.
DeleteI am reading the book Night. It is about world war two and how the Jewish got took to the concentration camps by the Nazis. The story is told from Elie, a young Jewish boy's point of view. I don't mind the book because it is about the Holocaust and I like learning about world war two, but the book is kind of slow right now in the beginning so hopefully it starts to speed up a bit.
ReplyDeleteThis is weird i didn't know you were also reading the book Night but not apart of the group but i am glad you get to read this very emotional book about the holocaust and how it impacts not just himself but the readers To.
Deletei am reading the book a thousand splendid nights. and the beginning of the book it takes a little bit to get into the book and to understand it. there is a lot of things that are going on. it is hard get started into the book but after the first couple chapters then its an easy read. there are a tone of things going on in the book but as you go on in the book it all goes together and makes more sense. right now in the book its about mariam and her having the life she wanted with her father. but it happened not how she wanted to happen. shes feeling like an out cast at her dads house with all her siblings and his 3 wises.
ReplyDeleteKite runner is the same way and i dont like it i cant stand reading as many pages as i have to with it not going anywhere i dontenjoy my book at all
Deletei hope you are truly right about it getting better. it is really hard to want to read the book.
DeleteI did like how the author took his time describing Mariam's childhood and what she had to face at a young age.I would agree that this book can sometimes be hard to read because it does mention different words that I have never seen or heard about but it does get easier through out the book because it those give you a hint on what it means sometimes. I do feel bad for Mariam because she never got what she wanted and her life is slowly starting to go downhill.
DeleteIm reading kite runner. I really hope that the book picks up its pace very soon otherwise im going to have a long next couple of weeks because i do not enjoy this book at all because it jumps around is very confusing. the parts that i can understand are kind of interesting because the whole kite toutnament and the music and stuff. I wish i could have read the kinght book tho.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you this book jumps around a lot and is very confusing but it will probably become more understanding as it goes on.
DeleteThis is the 2nd time my crap deleted so 3rd time must be the charm. I am reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The book starts off great with power of emotion and i never lost interest to read the book and god i hate reading but this book is a good read so far its about a guy that writes about his past experience in the holocaust as a child. I chose this book because it seems dark and horrifying and i love reading about the experience. The book is going by fast it pretty much jumps right in to a horrible experience that he encountered that no one believes happened.
ReplyDeleteis there any part in the book that you could relate at all? like feelings? or thought?
DeleteI really wish i could have gotten this book because it seems very good and interesting.
Deleteim reading night, its about a jewish bow during the holocaust. there is nothing the main character cant really do anything to handle the situation because hes in a concentration camp. my first impressions of the book are good, it jumps right into the story.
ReplyDeleteI am read A Thousand Splendid Suns and what attracted me to the book was the passage we read as a class about the pain of chewing rocks. but ill tell you the beginning of the book is unbarbley slow and unenjoyeble. i really wish i had a different book. this wasn't even one of my top 2 choices. it is so slow and hard to understand that i reread almost every page. i really hope it gets better. any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, this book was my 3rd pick and i wish it was my 5th it is very slow and it jumps around and goes from flash back to current time over and over. it gets very aggravating because half the time you have no idea what is going on. The book is mainly about relationships. Amir talks about a event that happened 26 years ago when he was a little boy in Afghanistan, he says something happened there that has shaped him into the person he is today.
ReplyDeletewhys it called kite runner?
DeleteIm reading the book Night. The biggest thing that attracted me to this novel is that I like ww2 a lot so this book automatically interested me. The primary focus of this novel is them trying to survive in a jewish death camp during world war 2. After reading the first few chapters I really like it and it seems like a good read. The only question I have about the book is will he survive till the end.
ReplyDeletein the book night, i didn't really chose it cause i was gone. but i will say i am interested. for the simple fact that i love history and WW2 was a hug part of the worlds history. and thats what gets me interested to read it. the focus of this novel is to show how Elie and his family got into and out of concentration camps to eventually survive the WW2 era.after the first few chapters i feel like it will be an interesting read and i am excited to see where this book goes.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book "A thousand splendid suns". This book starts of slow explaining and giving more information about the 2 main characters which are Mariam and Laila. After reading a few chapters about Mariam I instantly feel bad for the girl because she never got to experience a normal childhood. I feel like the primary focus on this novel would be the hardships these girls face during their marriage. So far surprisingly during any situation these girls are going through they are facing it maturely which really got me hooked in because they show strength but they don't realize how strong they truly are.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the book Long Way gone, what attracted me to this novel was the boy on the cover is holding an RPG bullet and has an AK-47 with a bayonet attached to the barrel. The main character and his friends village gets attacked by rebels and they have to survive by staying on the run and not getting caught by the rebels. I think the book is really boring and slow so far but i think it will start to pick up as i read further.
ReplyDeleteim reading the book night. I got attacked to it because I like ww2. The primary focus of this novel is beating the Nazis and surviving the camp. the book is really exciting and is very interesting right now.
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