First, I read "Mister B. Gone" by Clive Barker. For those of you who read this and dont recognize Clive Barker, he is mostly a horror and grusome writer. He does indeed know how to draw in a reader though. The first sentence says "Burn this book." He says how it will make you mad. Thats what intregued me. As i got ferther and ferther into this book, I could not put it down. I dont want to give it away though, so im only going to say what its about. It was about a Deamon who got caught by a human and brought from the ninth circle to the world above, and it goes through his struggles and how he got trapped inside the pages of the book. Now I know, I know you think that it sounds lame and cheezy, but it's better than it sounds. I for instance, really liked it. But if you don't like things that are about death, murder, blood...... just grusome things, then you arent going to like it. But I find humor in it somehow, so I really liked it. I'm not sure how many people besides me, and perhaps Christian (hehe), would like this book.
I went through that book so fast, and was so exited to not have an assigned book, that I chose another.
Second, I read "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher. This was a really easy read. I finished it in about 3 days. It was really enjoyable for me. By reading my reviews, I'm sure that you are going to think I have a really messed up mind, and am really into sick things, (and I'm not saying im not cause I am), but I like these kinds of books WAY more than books on love or war. So Jay Ashers novel was about a girl named Hannah Baker who made thirteen tapes to explain her death. It was put in perspective of one of the people that were mentioned in the tapes, and who really liked her. She sent these thirteen tapes to all of the people mentioned in the tapes, in the order of disaster. She called it the "snowball effect." She stated how one persons actions lead to others which made her miserable and lead to her suicide. It is a really good book as well, but I really liked it. In fact, I could read it again!
So for the third book that i kind of wanted to read was going to be one that I could possibly actually use on an AP exam. It is called "The Stranger" by Albert Camus. Im not done with it yet, but so far its not bad. It's a little hard to get into, I'll admit that, but I know that it is going to get better, becuase there are only good reviews on it. It is about a man whose mom just died, and he gets drawn into his own murder. Now im still in the first 50 pages, so it's still slow, but im excited to finish it. It's just getting interesting and even though I'm not that far into it, It, i do recommend it as well.
Monday, January 12, 2009
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Thanks for your thoughts on each of these novels, Nicky (and you should know how impressed I am that you managed to get not one, but three books read over break--good for you!). While Camus' novel has the most potential to be of use to you on the AP, I nonetheless enjoyed hearing about these other titles--both here and during your presentation in class today. Again, nice job on this!
Lavender, I think that you should try to read "Mister B. Gone" by Barker. haha, as much as you dont want to admit that you like horrors i know you do. if you want to, you can borrow my copy. I promise it'll only take you like 2 days and it truly was good.
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