Week 23 Reading

    "Who-oligy" by Cavan Scott and Mark Write
    Hi everyone, we are back from break, and this is the book I read over Winter Collective. I wanted to have a simple fun time in terms of reading, so I read a book I got for Christmas from my aunt in England called Who-oligy (Doctor Who: The Official Miscellany). So, I really like Doctor Who and I think any episode is really good, but unfortunately I haven't dived so deep that I have watched all of the episodes. Even though sometimes I consider myself to be, I am not as hardcore of a Whovian than some people.
     As I said, this is a really nerdy book about Doctor Who in general, and it goes through many random things about any episode that has aired. I can't really go into detail about this or recommend it or you if you haven't seen the show. If you have however, (god bless you) when we have a week that calls for an easy, fun book you should just read it. That is all I have to say.
     I will read Half-Brother this week.  

Week 22 Reading

    "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle

    On a dark and stormy night (the book starts with that) fourteen year-old Meg goes downstairs from her room in the attic. Meg is an in-secure-low-self-esteemed girl who doesn't do very good in school, but is loved by her family, especially her five year-old brother Charles Wallace. The both of them go down to the kitchen at the same time on that night, and using his odd ability to seemingly read people's minds, Charles Wallace makes hot cocoa and a sandwich for her. They are soon joined by their mother, and they find themselves all eating a midnight snack together (this amusing ridiculousness is continued throughout the book). Told from the third-person perspective of Meg, this book continues as during their snack, they have a strange visitor who is recognized by Charles, named Mrs. Watsit. After having a conversation with the family, Mrs. Watsit leaves on the note of telling the children's mom, that 'there is such thing as a tesseract.' Not knowing what Mrs. Watsit meant or why their mother reacted in a strange way, Charles and Meg embark on an unexpected journey to an odd world to find out. 

     This is and odd and entertaining book, and I can see why people call it a classic. If you haven't read it, I would definitely recommend it for the future when a conversation comes up about it. Happy almost EXPO everyone!    

Week 21 Reading

   "The 5th Wave" by Rick Yancey
   If you read my blog last week you will remember that I read the first half of the 5th Wave, but you will not remember that I lied about part of it. I thought this wouldn't be something I would need to tell you about the book, but it turns out that in the second half/end of the story it is more relevant. The book switches off from different characters in different points of view. I was surprised/confused about the book when it first changed point of view because no one told me about it, but I will spare you from some of the confusion of the first chapters and say that every once in a while it changes the 'protagonist,' and also the point of view the story is told from (first or third person).
   If you didn't read my post last week, than that paragraph was unnecessary. This is actually a really good book, and I understand why everyone is giving it such high approval. In the first half or so, I thought it was going to be just another book with aliens invading earth because their home planet is dying (which is part of the plot) but the author actually filled the characters up with feeling and human-ness. In my previous  blog, I didn't really recommend this book, but now my feelings for it have changed, and I think everyone in the class is able to read it, and should read it.