Week 9 Reading

            This week I read Golden Boy, and it is definitely a very nice well-written and gripping book. I have read the first half of it so I am sure I haven't gotten into all of the intensity. As Linda said, it is about an albino boy named Habo (short for Dhahabo which means gold) living in Tanzania with his family. They are forced to move out of their farm and they start to make their way to his mother's sister's house in a bigger village or city.
            Many things happen when they get there and before. This is a quick read, but my life wants to be crazy these weeks so I could only get half way. It is almost 400 pages, and again I highly recommend it.
           
             I will continue reading Golden Boy this week.

Week 8 Reading

            "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss
            This week I read The History of Love, and it is the book that Cam started to read to us a while ago before lunch. As you might have remembered, Nicole Krauss is an amazing writer, and throughout the whole book there were amazing examples of her work. It starts out being about an old man, Leopold Gursky, then switches to a 15 year old girl named Alma Singer.
            There lives intertwine in amazing ways, and the story is completely aw-inspiring. I personally think it isn't such a easy book while being a normal length, but it might be easier for others at around 252 pages.  

Week Seven Reading

"Okay for Now" by Gary Schmidt:
                  In this weeks book reading I read "Okay for Now," which is connected to "The Wednesday Wars" but not totally a sequel. It is told from the view of Doug Swieteck in the late 1960's, a seventh-grader who has an abusive father, and mostly hates being near his family (besides his mom who is sweet and nurturing) because of it. The story continues with school and meeting a friend named Lil' Spice (a girl), who get him a job at her dad's shop. I have like Gary Schmidt's books, because his writing style is fun and interesting at the same time.
                  It is a seemingly easy read, but it is about three-hundred-sixty pages, so for some people it might a two week book. If you have read the Wednesday Wars (I would recommend this book) you would know what genera it is (maybe drama, but it is  mostly just 'life').
                  Next week I will read "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss   

Week 5 Reading

"Eleanor and Park" by Rainbow Rowell
              This is very well written book about two teenagers who happen to sit next to each other on the bus to school. They soon get a close relationship formed around comic books and punk rock, which turns into more. They are both misfits in school and at home, and they can relate to each other in many ways. It is sort of a drama but there isn't much of genera that it fits in ( maybe romance). It is somewhat of an easy read, but I thought it had an amazing way of telling the story and I recommend it.
              Next week I will read "Okay for Now."