I FINALLY GOT THE HUNGER GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D I'm ALMOST done with it :(, I hope to finish tonight or tomorrow. Definitely one of the best books I've ever read and I highly reccomend it. Very suspenseful and exciting! A lot of you have probably already read it and for those of you who haven't (YOU SHOULD!) I don't really want to give away anything. It's one of those books that you just can't put down.
As for this weeks Odyssey reading, I think it's actually started to pick up the pace. Most of the book so far has been setting up the story, talking and planning. Finally Ulysseys gets to leave! I was pretty mad at Neptune for being so mean to him though. Lots of new characters were introduced this week, but I don't think they'll last. I wonder when Ulysseys will get home? I thought it was cool how Homer randomly starts talking about Nausicaa and then goes back to Ulysseys and ties them together. But, it worried me when she said he was the kind of guy she'd want to marry.
So that's it for this week's reading, I can't wait to see how the first book of the Hunger Games ends and what surprises the next couple books of the Odyssey holds.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
This Week's Reading
Okay, so I don't really know why I titled this post "This Week's Reading" because basically the only thing I read this week was books 2-4 of The Odyssey. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to read the Hunger Games, but when I put a hold on it at the library a few weeks ago there were 53 people before me! So if anyone has a copy they can loan to me, that would be awesome!! I don't really want to start a different book and then finally get the Hunger Games because I can't read two choice books at once. I get everything confused and then I never end up finishing one of them.
Anyways, the Odyssey was a lot easier to understand this week. :). I didn't have to do quite as much re-reading and I think that's mostly because of the 'active reading'. Writing my questions and thoughts down really helped me think and understand.
I don't really like how conversations in this book are usually a paragraph (or more!) said by one person and then the other person responds in the same way. And most of the time people are just ordering each other aroud. "You will do this, and then you will do this." So on and so forth. It just doesn't seem like a real conversation and it gets boring. I think that might be becasue the story was told over and over through generations and finally somebody wrote it down.
Also, it seems kind of weird that everybody lets complete strangers into their home and feeds them a feast gives them gifts and then has them stay overnight. But I guess that's just how they are.
Other than that, I enjoyed reading The Odyssey this week (although it did take me a REALLY long time!) Can't wait to see what happens next...
Anyways, the Odyssey was a lot easier to understand this week. :). I didn't have to do quite as much re-reading and I think that's mostly because of the 'active reading'. Writing my questions and thoughts down really helped me think and understand.
I don't really like how conversations in this book are usually a paragraph (or more!) said by one person and then the other person responds in the same way. And most of the time people are just ordering each other aroud. "You will do this, and then you will do this." So on and so forth. It just doesn't seem like a real conversation and it gets boring. I think that might be becasue the story was told over and over through generations and finally somebody wrote it down.
Also, it seems kind of weird that everybody lets complete strangers into their home and feeds them a feast gives them gifts and then has them stay overnight. But I guess that's just how they are.
Other than that, I enjoyed reading The Odyssey this week (although it did take me a REALLY long time!) Can't wait to see what happens next...
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Odyssey--Book 1
So after reading the first book of The Odyssey by Homer a couple of times, I have come to a conclusion. I am confused. I had to re-read and re-read and re-read some more and it still doesn't make much sense. There were so many people involved, I couldn't keep them straight. Also, it was written in really old english that I had trouble understanding. Hopefully, as the story goes on it will get easier to figure out.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
What I Read this Summer!
This summer, I didn't read as much as I usually do over the summer so I'm kind of mad at myself for that now. But here's the couple books I managed to read:
When the summer first started, I was already at the end of the 4th Harry Potter book, (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling) so I continued on with the series. I read almost the entire 5th book (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) before I decided to stop. I LOVED the first book, and each book after that just seemed to go down hill. Finally, it just started to seem too predictable and boring, which isn't what I want in a book.
After that I made a trip to the library to try and find some more interesting books. I read The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. Definitely one of my favorites. I think I liked it because I could relate to it well and it had a lot of twists, which really kept me hooked. I finished it in less than a day. Great book! But I wouldn't recomend it for a boy...
Another good book I read was Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee. This book is about a girl who really excels in school and goes to college at age 11! She doesn't really have any friends and she's just trying to fit in. Also really good and I flew through it as well.
Sweet Love by Sarah Strohmeyer was good too. I picked it up because I was attracted to the giant cupcake on the front :) and because the book was mainly about a woman who starts taking baking classes and begins to enjoy it and I LOVE to bake! There was a lot of romance involved too (which you could probably guess from the title) so definitely don't read it if your not into that kind of stuff. Yeah, I know, I read a lot of girly books.
A couple days ago, I finished reading The Clique by Lisi Harrison, the first of a series of five. I wouldn't say it was the best book ever, but it was decent. Not sure if I'm going to finish the series yet.
So those are the books I read this summer, but I think I might have forgotten some. I also read the newspaper practically every day, I'm really into that. And still waiting to get my hands on a copy of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I know the 4th one just came out and from what I've heard, they look really good. Can't wait!!
When the summer first started, I was already at the end of the 4th Harry Potter book, (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling) so I continued on with the series. I read almost the entire 5th book (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) before I decided to stop. I LOVED the first book, and each book after that just seemed to go down hill. Finally, it just started to seem too predictable and boring, which isn't what I want in a book.
After that I made a trip to the library to try and find some more interesting books. I read The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. Definitely one of my favorites. I think I liked it because I could relate to it well and it had a lot of twists, which really kept me hooked. I finished it in less than a day. Great book! But I wouldn't recomend it for a boy...
Another good book I read was Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee. This book is about a girl who really excels in school and goes to college at age 11! She doesn't really have any friends and she's just trying to fit in. Also really good and I flew through it as well.
Sweet Love by Sarah Strohmeyer was good too. I picked it up because I was attracted to the giant cupcake on the front :) and because the book was mainly about a woman who starts taking baking classes and begins to enjoy it and I LOVE to bake! There was a lot of romance involved too (which you could probably guess from the title) so definitely don't read it if your not into that kind of stuff. Yeah, I know, I read a lot of girly books.
A couple days ago, I finished reading The Clique by Lisi Harrison, the first of a series of five. I wouldn't say it was the best book ever, but it was decent. Not sure if I'm going to finish the series yet.
So those are the books I read this summer, but I think I might have forgotten some. I also read the newspaper practically every day, I'm really into that. And still waiting to get my hands on a copy of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I know the 4th one just came out and from what I've heard, they look really good. Can't wait!!
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