As you begin to read your novels, take time to reflect how the title relates to the story. Remember, others do not know what you are reading, so write your novel's name and author, and then answer the question. After awhile, you can respond to other students' answers. Every day, I will give you questions to choose from. Feel free to write as much as you want...
I am reading two books this summer. One is called Zero Hour by Clive Cussler. It's fiction and an action adventure story. The other book is nonfiction called Empire of the Summer Moon by SC Gwynne. It's the life story of Quannah Parker, a war chief of the Comanche Indians.
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I am reading book called the true story of Hansel and Gretel a novel of war and survival by Louise Murphy. It's book which we must read for morning classes. At first, when I heard title Hansel and Grettel, I thought about fairytaile with sweet houses, but actually it's interesting story, it shows us how jews lived in WW2 times. They were wondering in the wood until they find Magda, which ditermined to save them.
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I have chosen to read The cider house rules this summer. It is a fiction book about individuals who define their own rules by which to act and live. I have read not much yet, but the beginning was pretty awesome and i can't want to see what happens further in the book.
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I choose ‘Keeping Faith’ written by Jodi Picoult, because I read her books in my native language and I think that they are amazing. I has just grabbed this book because I haven’t read it before so I think I will be enjoying reading. So far I only read Prologue, because I haven’t got too much time to did it but I can’t wait I read more. I find out that it is about marriage which has a little daughter and already on the 8 page wife with this girl is catching her husband cheating on her. This event will have a bad influence on them child. I'm looking forward to find out what happens next.
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I am reading two books this moths. The first one is called "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. It is a detective story, where the main character is a Herkules Poirot. The second book is "Berkeley and Nashville. The cities of crime" by Jonathan & Faye Kellerman. It is also detective story. I love this type of books, because I am a mathematical brain, who intriguing this things.
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DeleteCaroline...How do you decide which to read? Your mathematical brain will figure it out...david
DeleteHello! :) This month I'm reading a book called ''The True Story of Hansel and Gretel'' by Louise Murphy. It's a book about one of the darkest periods in human history in Europe. The times when no one could feel safe... Two children are left in a haunting forest. They are starving, they need to find someone to help... Just read the first chapter and the hook of a word will pull you in to the air of truth and you won't be able to breathe.
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Karolina...nice job controlling your ideas in your sentences.
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I am reading "The Pact" written by Jodi Picoult. Emily is found dead and her boyfriend- Chris, who is the only witness of the incident, claimes it was a planned suicide and she shot herself. He was about to do it after her. However, the police start to investigate the matter carefully and doubt if it had been a suicide. Also, Chris' parents need to face the question- whether is he guilty or not?
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Martyna...you have a fluid style of writing. The words you have chosen to use sound well together. David
DeleteNeda...watch your capitalization of words...titles I..I like your point of view.
ReplyDeleteNatalia...I like the way you use your words in the sentences. It flows well...David
ReplyDeleteFor my reading class I've chosen a non fiction novel by Jon Krakauer, called 'Into the Wild'. I had started reading it earlier and I thought it was a great chance to finish it and discuss it with others. The story reveals a struggle of a young ambitious man Chris McCandless, who gave up all his worldly possessions and set off for an adventure in the deep wilderness of Alaska, that proved to be fatal. After covering this tragical story with an article in an american newspaper, the author couldn't forget it and over time became sort of obsessed with it. He traced back the final months of Chris's travel and came up with a fascinating novel.
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Kristina...nice job summarizing this story...
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ReplyDeleteI've chosen Portrait of the Artist by James Joyce. As far as I've read, one of my favorite authors, Gavelis, was highly influenced by Joyce so I wanted to look into his works and find the threads that are mutual in their oeuvres. I haven't read much of the book yet but to my understanding, it's about a boy in a boarding school (?). When I said I haven't read much - I really meant it. I'm through with only ten pages so far. But Joyce's language is something I haven't faced before. There are many unknown and rather old English words there so the dictionary is going to become my best friend whilst reading the book. I really loved the very beginning of the book: 'Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road...' Well, that is simply silly ...but catchy too, innit?
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Gabriele...10 pages more than everyone else...you have purpose for reading-- read as much as you can. He will enlighten your mind...David
DeleteI decided to read the novel „My sister’s keeper” written by Jodi Picoult. In my opinion it is the best decision because I know that this author is a very good writer. I read some of her books in my country (Poland). Some time ago I watched a movie based on the book and I find it very interesting. I wonder if the book is similar to the movie. In today’s classes our teacher David told me that the end is totally different and I am very interested in the changes.
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Edyta..keep reading and discover the differences for yourself...it's a great story...David
DeleteI read "The True Story of Hanzel and Gretel" by Louise Murphy. I didn’t choose it, but I’m glad that this is the morning classes’ book. The fact that many people keep saying it’s a great title encouraged me to start reading it as soon as it was possible. I took me exactly 5 sentences to realize that they are all entirely right. The very first chapter is an indisputable tour the force for me. And this is why I decided to begin the journey through almost 300 pages of this novel with…the Witch herself.
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Weronika...I like the journey you are on...David
DeleteI decided to read "Into the wild" by Jon Krakauer. It's a biography. It's a book about one guy called Christopher McCandless. He is a young man, who decides to give all of his his savings to charity, abandon most of his possessions and go to the Alaskan wilderness, to find the meaning of his life. I've chosen this book because i saw the movie called "Into the wild" and in my view it was one of the best movies ever created so i'm curious to know how the book differs from the movie and of course remember one of the best stories i've ever heard.
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Andrius...this is as good
DeleteI read "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as this is the book from my morning classes. It is really hard for me to understand the details that are described there but I enjoy the ideea of it and am completely astonished by the events that happen there. I am keen to read it till the end and see what are the futher acctions of the main character.
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Diane...nice job...I like how you are keen to read this book..david
DeleteThe book our teacher David recommended for me is called "The Tess of the d'Ubervilles" by Thomas Hardy, written in 19th century. It is mainly about the family which, surprisingly, appears to be a noble one. But that doesn't make any good for the poor family so the main character oh this book, young girl named Tess, has to look for a job over and over again. She has to be a very strong person because the destiny gave her some really hard things to get over: she grew up in a family with a lot of children, her dad was kinda lazy, he liked going to public houses and drinking there with her mother, then she became pregnant very young from the man she didn't love, the baby soon died.. Another interesting thing about it is that some paragraphs are written in questions, like :"why did she choose the wrong man?";"what if.." etc. letting us to think about it. Now I'm very curious about how the things will go to Tess in her new job, where she's a dairymaid. Maybe she will meet amother man who she is gping to fall inlove with. Can't wait to see. That's it for now.
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Patricia...watch how Tess grows as a character...david
DeleteRecently I started reading two books.One of them is called "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn.It's fiction and it tells the story of single day in the Soviet labor camp's prisoner Ivan Denisovish's life.The other book is a novel by Albert Camus called "The Stranger".The main character in the novel is Meursault who killed an Arab man and was sentenced to death.This story is mostly popular between those who feel more like a rebel inside their hearts. Marija Frenkel Adv C.
ReplyDeleteMarina...glad to see you are trying to read two books...david
DeleteI am reading two books. The first is for my morning class. It is “Of Mice and Men" written by John Steinbeck. And the second one is "Peace Like a River" written by Leif Enger. I read just the first chapter of this book.The main character is a boy, witch name is Reuben. He born dead and everyone said what it was for the best. But his dad took Reuben on his arms and said breathe. This way he became a live....... So I can't wait to see what will be next.
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Daniele...the whole book is like this...it just keeps saying " read me"... David
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ReplyDeleteI've chosen to read "The true story of Hansel and Gretel" by Louise Murphy. Basically book is about two children during Nazi occupation in Poland. These children are left alone in a forest because their parents can't take them together. But one old woman called "Magda" helped them. I didn't read so much of the book. So I can't tell a lot about it. But the beginning of the book looks very interesting.
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Emilia...the more you read, the more interesting it becomes...david
DeleteI’m reading “The passage to India” written by E.M. Forster. This is a book about two Englishwoman whose traveled to India. They want to see the real India during their visit also one of them expects to become engaged with her fellow traveler’s son. This novel let’s us know Indian culture better, too.
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Rutile...good book about cultural differences...enjoy reading it...david
Delete"The best criterion which shows that the book is awesome when during reading you stop and say " What a cool one! " every 15 minutes".
ReplyDeleteThis is actually what happening to me while i am reading the book " 19 minutes". And it is not just the words which students always say to not to be impolite concerning a teacher who adviced it to read. Moreover sometimes i take some shits of paper to write down some tasty phrases such as " maybe bad things happen because it is the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like". In addition i can say that the whole academic year i had to read plenty of anatomical and histological book at the university so I appreciate this book because it`s easy to follow the plot and there are some thoughts which give me food for thinking about.
Kristina. Advanced B
Kristina...I like your enthusiasm...sheets of paper...not shits...david
DeleteI know!! :D i`m sorry, i could not find how i can delete it or rewrite and write new comment.
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ReplyDeleteI chose a book “Of mice and men” by John Steinbeck. I've heard about it one day and decided to read it. This book is about two outsiders who had a dream of owning your own piece of land. They live in their dream, their goal, as if they have already achieved it. I have read a little, but noticed even these two uneducated homeless are more hardworking, they are mentaly reacher than many modern people, they have a purpose they are going to. The book seems a bit boring and contains a lot "unnecessary" details and descriptions, but may be because of them the author wants to take us to the events and to convey the feelings and guy’s impressions.
Kirill, Adv B
Krill...nice job of summarizing the story...david
DeleteThis summer I am reading „True Believer“ written by Nicholas Sparks. It‘s part love story and part ghost story, that‘s why I decided to read it. It‘s about journalist Jeremy from New York, who is a total womanizer and a really stubborn man (I noticed that in the first pages of the book), so he decides to go to the town of Boone Creek, because people say that they can see lights above the cemetery and Jeremy doesn‘t believe in ghosts, so he wants to find out what‘s that. When he comes there, he meets Lexie and fall in love with her in two days. But then he has to choose between staying in the town with Lexie and going back to New York. I wonder what is he going to choose...
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Mingle...I see you are reading to find out something....that is a very good reason...david...have fun finding out your answer.
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DeleteI have chosen to read a book "Between shades of gray" by Ruta Sepetys. She is an American, but her parents are Lithuanians. This book is about Lithuanian history, which was very difficult for our ancestors. The main character of this book is a 15-year-old-girl Lina, who was deported to Siberia. I think this book is fascinating!
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Rimgaile...as you read this story, try to discover how feasible her story line is..david
DeleteI read "Joy luck club" written by Alice Walker. I have chosen this book because in this book we can read a few different stories about mothers and their daughters. I read first chapter and in this chapter tells the story of June whose mother died and she have take her mother's place for club meetings. Also she remembered the story which her mother tell her before she died. Daumante(adv C)
ReplyDeleteDaumante...you are missing some of the verb endings like her mother " tells" and I read "the" first chapter. David
DeleteI am reading "One, two, buckle my shoe" by Agatha Christie. I thinks she is one of the best writers. This story is about suicide. The dentist shot himself but the detective think that it is not true. So he tries to find out what happened. This story is full of mysteries and surprises. I really like this book.
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Monika...have fun with this story...thinks and not think...david
DeleteI'am reading "Left behind" by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. This book is about the the Earth's last days. The beginning of the action takes place on the airplane. On an airplane one hundred of people somehow disappeared and they left their clothes on their chairs. Several people have tried to look for them.
ReplyDeleteDarius Kairys, adv B
Darius...good job...this is a very interesting story. David
DeleteI'm reading Amy Tan book the Joy Luck Club. It's the story of four mothers and their first-generation Chinese-American daughters. I haven't read much yet, but so far I've read about Jing-mei Woo and her mother Suyuan Woo. Jing-mei had to replace her mom at the mah jong table because she died two months ago. Girl remembers her mom's story about her living in Kweilin. She was hideing from Japaniese bombers when one summer night an idea came to her mind to every week host a party for four women to raise their spirits. That was the Joy Luck Club. Monika K. Adv C :))
ReplyDeleteMonika...have fun with this one...all the names...use articles in writing...The girl...david
DeleteMy book for these three weeks in SLI is "Northanger Abbey" written by famous English novelist Jane Austin.This book is a some sort of Gothic novel , but in spite of this fact it is full of humor,satire and life lessons for readers of all ages. It is a story about very young woman Catherine who was born in the small town , but now she lives in the big city Bath, where there are a lot of new people and temptations . She is young , naive and she trusts everybody. It is really interesting to read about her life.
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Alexandra...sounds interesting...I am interested to see what you learn about the character...david
DeleteI am currently reading "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. I know you have already read it, so instead of describing it to you, I will tell you one thing that caught my attention. There is a tradition in the male character's family to only marry their cousins. I know the action was taking place over a hundred and fifty years ago, but there must have been someone in the book who went "What the hell? Are there not enough women for you to choose from that are NOT your actual blood relatives?". They sure had some messed up world views back in the day!
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Giedre...wow...you have got great insights...I am anxious to hear more...david
DeleteNow I am reading a book "Of Mice and Men". It is a novella written by John Steinbeck, which was published in 1937. Two migrant field workers (George Milton and Lennie Small) in California on their plantation during the Great Depression. George Milton is intelligent and clever man, and Lennie Small is well-built, but he has limited mental abilities. They both have a dreams and their visions come true.Really interesting and exciting book!
ReplyDeleteValeriya...this is a good fast read...look for foreshadowing.david
DeleteI am reading ''Full dark, no stars'' by Stephen King. There are six different stories in this book. The story I am reading now is called ''1922''. The whole story is a confession by Wilfred Leland James. He is confessing for murdering his wife, Arlette, in Hemingford Home, Nebraska, in 1922. Sounds boring? Believe me, it's not. And about other stories you will hear later.:) Airida K. (Adv.A)
ReplyDeleteAirida...You use your words effectively...David
ReplyDeleteI am reading a novel "Lord of the flies" by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding. I chose to read this book because I had heard about it before. It is about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results.
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Povilas...what would you do in their situations...david
DeleteMy current book is a novel called 'Lost city', written by Clive Cussler. It's a fiction book, the action takes place in several different times: the First World War and the present. The main characters are also scattered across different locations on the globe: the Alps, the Scottish Isles, Greece. The story tells us that something strange is going on in places around the world. I decided on reading this book, because i have never read something similar to this, the first few chapters intrigued me from the start, of what's going to happen next.
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Dziugas...my Clive Cussler book is fascinating too. I cannot put it down...enjoy the read...david
DeleteCurrently I am reading Louise Murphy's novel titled "The true story of Hansel and Gretel". I've chosen this book beacause of my morning classes. The main characters are Hansel and Gretel. They were left by their father and stepmother in a forest. They are Jews so they must have changed their names into Hansel and Gretel. The Children meet Magda - a local "witch". The story takes place in Poland during World War II. This novel is based on the nursery story that has got the same title. I haven't read a lot yet, but in my opinion this book is really encouraging and thanks to it reading definitely would be a great form of spending my spare time here in Klaipeda.
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Joanna...thank you for your thoughts...maybe you can read more this weekend...david
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ReplyDeleteI'm reading a book called 'Wolf of the plain' by Conn Iggulden.I have choosen this book becouse it's based on true facts. This book is about the young boy abandoned without a tribe on the harsh Mongolian plains.The boy goes throught a lot of difficulties even faces with the death but finally becomes khan of big tribe.
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Gintare...you make me want to read this book...have a good journey...david
DeleteFor reading class I chose a novel "The lovely bones" written by Alice Sebold. I read only three chapters, but this book seems really interesting for me.It is a story about fourteen year old Sussie Salmon, who was murdered by the man, who lived in the same street with Sussie's family. Her death is very mysterious, because no one actually knows that she is dead so the whole book is about trying to find Sussie or her body and also the man,who killed her. I like that kind of stories so I hope that I will have enough time to read the whole book.
ReplyDeleteIf it grabs your attention, you will finish it...david
DeleteI am currently reading a criminal book "Elephmants can remember" by Agatha Christie. Main characters of the story are Miss Ariadne Oliver, writer and Herkules Poirot, belgian detective. They are trying to discover mystery of inscrutable murder of Mr. and Mrs. Ravenscroft, which happened 20 years before. Their success will influence on future happiness of Celia Ravenscroft, Miss Oliver's goddaughter. I am reading impatiently, to see what will happen.
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Julia...I hope your impatience keeps you reading...everything else just gets in the way...david
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ReplyDelete"ABC Murders" is an astonishing story by Agatha Christie. It's a detective fiction which features the characters Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp. But, uuuu, this time all of them will have to use their "little grey cells" to solve the mystery of an unknown cold-blooded serial killer. Wow
Igor....wow is right...sounds fascinating...keep on reading...david
DeleteThe choice of the book was a very tough decision for me because I couldn't decide between the book my teacher was talking about and the one my friend recommended me. So I checked the availibility of "Into the wild" and I found it not accessible. There were no more trouble with taking "Pride and prejudice" by Jane Austen. The novel is about marriage who has five daughters and rich man Mr. Bingley who came to the Netherfield Park. The wife has an idea to present him her own daughter so that from the beginning the reader can be sure that it will be a love story. I have the second book for my morning class but I hope I will have some time to read that one, too. :-)
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Gosia...make sure you read the morning book...have a good read with any of them...david
DeleteMy summer book is “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien. This feedback “.. All of us, by holding O’Brien’s stories in our hands, can approach Vietnam and truth. - San Diego Union” helped me to choose that book. I have read book about war in Afghanistan and have colleague who was there, therefore I want to compare two different wars which at some point of view looks very similar but in the same time and very different.
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Edmundas...I hope you can gain some insights into war from this journey with Tim O' Brien...david
DeleteThe book i have chosen is "Jane Eyre" written by Charlotte Bronte. It is a story about a ten years old orphant, who is living with her aunt and three cousins. Mrs. Reed (her aunt) and her three children are abusive to Jane, both physically and emotionally. After a while Jane was sent to Lowood School for Girls. The beginning of the book is interesting so i will keep reading. P.S. Pictures are included in this book.
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Vytautas...I like pictures too...david
DeleteHi, so I chose a fiction book "Last song" by Nicholas Sparks. I have just started it, because I wanted to finish the book I was reading befote, but sofare the book is great. So the man charcer the girl, Ronnie, strugules to forgive her parentsand especy her fther for the divorce they had. And how she finaly opens up for new opotun
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Selina...you will love the story...david
DeleteI'm reading a book "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. This book is about a man called Okonkwo who is strong, hard-working and strives to show no weakness. Okonkwo works to build his wealth entirely on his own, as his father Unuoka died a shameful death and left many unpaid debts. He is a leader of his village. I just read only two chapters and I think that this book is interesting.
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Ieva...watch what happens when the whites enter the picture...david
DeleteHansel and Gretel. This is a true story, a novel of war and survival. I didn't choose that, whereas my morning class teacher assigned the book, and I'm so happy about that! I plunged to it like fish plunge in to the sea, even though sometimes it's very hard to concentrate on reading while sitting in the pod lounge of our dormatory, where all the new friends that I've made are playing, talking to each other and giggling. And no matter what, I don't want to go out to my room, because i want to be around everyone else!!!
ReplyDeleteAbout a book itself, I can't say much more than most of people would already know, because I have only read 56pages of that, just as the teacher assigned to have read by the 3rd day of reading. It's about 2 jewish kids - Hansel and Gretel, who were left in the wild by their father and stepmother in order to survive. After that they meet Magda the witch, and then all the vicious adventures begin...!
Titas Petrauskas
Advanced A
Titas...enjoy the parallel to the children's story...david
DeleteCurrently I'm reading two books : "The true story of Hansel and Gretel" by Louise Murphy, which is mandatory, and "False impression" by Jeffrey Archer, which I chose on my own accord. Even though both books are fascinating, I'd like to focus on "False impression". I chose this book, or rather masterpiece, because J. Archer captured my heart awile ago with his other bestseller "Prisoner of birth". It was one of the best books I've ever read, if not THE best. Thus when I saw 'Jeffrey Archer' written on a book cover, I couldn't resist the temptation. And I couldn't be more happy about my decision. I'll talk about the book itself in the next entry!
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Urte Adv.C
Urge...you smile because of Jeffrey Archer...keep on smiling...david
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ReplyDeleteAt first i have chosen just to read the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan but I also really wanted to find a book by my own. I have seen the film called Jane Eyre some time ago and guess what?? I found that book in the library, so I took it! I have only started to read this book and the plot is very catching and intriguing. It tells a little bit different story which is unfamiliar to me. Jane Eyre is a poor 10 year old girl who lived with her really strict aunt and her family. Her parents died some time ago and now she tries to see the light in this horrible and unfriendly world. In this family Jane was bullied by other members and she thought that this would be forever. Unexpectidly, her life has changed. Eyre had been sent to a boarding school. Even though she knew it is an opportunity to forget the past ant start the brighter future, her aunt sad very terrible thing about her to the manager. So she prepared for even bigger challenges that could happen here... And still believed that she can definitely survive in different circumstances.
I'm really getting into this book and I'm waiting for the explosion!
Milda. adv C
Milde, cannot wait until you find the explosion...david
DeleteHi. I have chosen a book about Social Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice by Ryszard Praszkier and Andrej Nowak. This book about creative ways in which social entrepreneurs solve pressing social problems. The authors document how social entrepreneurs foster bottom-up change that empowers people and societies. They also review the specific personality traits of social entrepreneurs and introduce the new kind of leadership they present.
ReplyDeleteMahammad Sharifov / advanced A
Mahammad...I hope this book gives you some insight into leadership...david
ReplyDeleteHello. I choose a fiction book of J.R.R Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings". I started to read the 2nd part of this novel "The two towers", because I already read the 1st part many years ago. This part continues an epic fantasy adventure of Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring. The beginning is so dark, because one of the main character was killed in the previous book. Now, the Fellowship is broken and only Frodo and Sam with Gollum as a their guide can take the Ring of Power and bring it to Mordor.
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Veronica...I chose rather tha choose...I hope this book quenches your thirst...david
DeleteI' m reading two books for two lessons. So, for reading I took from the library The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald and for another lesson I took The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
ReplyDeleteI have not started reading novels. But I know what I can expecting something intelligent and exciting according my previous experience with Fitzgerald . So, I hope that it will be interesting and not so difficult .
Daria Gl adv. A
Daria...the Fitzgerald story may be easier to read...david
DeleteHi. My book is What is the What by Dave Eggers. This book is about a boy from Sudan and his difficult life. He meets with wild animals, crossing the deserts to find freedom. I chose this book, because my dream is to help poor children from Africa, so I will read this book with real pleasure. I have read some pages and can say that the language is rather easy.
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Alina...this book will open you world view...david
DeleteI have chosen a book " the perks of being a wallflower". It's a novel by an american writer Stephen Chbosky and it's written like a letters from Charlie to unknown character. The story tells about Charlie's life, various situations, his experiences, fears and expectations. I think, for me this book is the best decision because I had seen the film and I like it, thus I suppose that the book won't be a disappointment for me.
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Daria..the book is much more sexually graphic than the film...you may be shocked in places...but it is good...david
DeleteThe book I'm going to reed during these three weeks is 'A brief history of time. From the big bang to black holes.'. It was written by Stephen Hawking in April, 1988. Books introduction was made by Carl Sagan. This non-fiction work is withal well-pictured. All illustrations was prepared by Ron Miller. As you've understood from the title, this popular work is about exploring outer limits of knowledge of astrophysics and the nature of the time and the universe. The first article of this book caught my attention. I was taken aback by the authors language. It is surprisingly comprehensible. Writer has a dialogue with reader. There're a lot of vagrancies which are atypical for nonfictional literature. For example when Stephen Hawking alludes to the Einstein's famous equation (E=mc^2) he talks to his interlocutor. He said:' I hope that this will not scare off half of my potential readers.' For me it denotes a lot. I understood that reading this book will not be slow-footed. When author adds such comments, it's marvelously.
ReplyDeleteIt' s really gratificative to learn that 'A brief history of time' concerned religious questions. Usually scientists are naturalists. So they choose finding some theories to explain themselves different topical guestions. At the introduction Carl Sagan present the contents of the book and here he give us following information:'This is also a book about God... or perhaps about the absence of God. The word God fills these pages.' It would be quite interesting for me to know how did Stephen Hawking combinates science and religion in a hole thing.
Finally, I have to say that this learned work is really worthwhile for people who want to explain to themselves organization of our universe, who want to know the nature of time, who found themselves asking this question: ' Will the universe come to the end who want to experience the intellect of one of the most imaginative, influential thinkers of our age... this enlightening book will be the best adjuvant.
Afonina Maria, adv C
Maria...you have a good heart and admiration for this man...david
DeleteThe true story about Hansel and Gretel a novel of war and survival (author: Louise Murphy)
ReplyDeleteThis book is about war as you can guess. I'll help you by telling that it is the Second World War. I'm not a big fun of wars, I've heard too much about war at school, from my parents, grandparents and so on, because my motherland terribly suffered from it. And now I respect everything that happened, but I try to avoid this topic.
As for Hansel and Gretel.
I've told you that I prefer not to speak about war, so when I started to read this book I was waiting for annoying and simple actions that everyone could create. You know, after the first chapter everything changed. This book is not about strategies, not about fighting plans, it's about horrible circumstances, that people had to experience. You can imagine, what could happened to you, if you were 10 years old child on the war as Hansel And Gretel.
While reading this book you can be in children's shoes. Really nervous. Try it.
Lida Semak. Advance A
I am reading book cold " The kitchen boy" by Robert Alexander. It is about last days of Russian monarch family and it is only 229 pages, but hard-going book because it is easily to lose main idea. It hard to me read in English, but I swear some day i will read it all.
ReplyDeleteAleksander Cifirov. Adv B