Blog Response #5
With the introduction of the new novel, share in your blog what attracted you to this novel. What is the primary focus in your novel, and how are the main character or characters handling this situation? After reading the first few chapters, what are your initial thoughts about the book? Slow start? Jumps right in? Share your first impressions.
I am reading the book "I Am Malala." What attracted me to this novel was what the main character is trying to accomplish, and many people that have read the book say it was very interesting. The primary focus in my book is based on a girl named Malala Yousafzai's, and how she fights for girls education, mainly in Pakistan. I think Malala is handling this situation so far very well. Her dad is also a big part in the story where he explains his process of opening his own school up. She explains the restrictions being put on women's education, yet she still continues to try and fight for women. My initial thoughts about the book is that Malala is a very brave character, and I think as I get more into the story it will get more interesting. I am eager to learn about all the things she does for women. The book jumps right in giving background knowledge of her and her family and where she grew up, and how she grew up. I think the first few chapters are a little confusing, but I think the background knowledge will later on help me to understand more as I go on.
ReplyDeletei agree the first chapters are a bit confusing but i do also agree with you that im sure the further i read into the book itll make more sense
Deletethe beginning is confusing but i believe that there critical to the rest of the book
DeleteI am reading Night and so far it got me hooked right into the book its about a jew that survived the Holocaust in world war 2 the Jews are very sad and don't really know what's happening to them Elise and his family got separated when they got bused to Auschwitz Elise and his dad are together and they don't know where his mom and sisters are. I really like this book so far and hope it continues to be just as good through the whole thing.
ReplyDeletei am also reading night and i also hope that the book keeps going the way it is. i think its very interesting
DeleteIt seems like you are really into the book. The first part of this book seems interesting and one that i would read. Hopefully you like the book.
DeleteIt sounds like you like your book. it sounds like it is interesting i hope it keeps going the way you want it to. i would defiantly read this book i hope you like it.
DeleteHope you like the book
Deletesounds like a good book i wanted to read that one but am very intrested in malala
DeleteI'm reading The Kite runner i picked the book because how she explained it it seemed like a good book. at first i thought the book was a little show but now as I'm getting in too it the books alot better and I'm only on chapter 3 their is some parts so far that are a little confusing but i just names and some stuff you just have too keep read for it to make scenes
ReplyDeletei am reading the book "Night." and what attracted me to my book is how the author describes event and places. they way he uses words really puts you into the scene of the book. so far the primary focus has been the Jews getting transported from ghetto to ghetto until the finally arrive at the finally stop which is Auschwitz. the main character is just the narrator who's name is Elie, who is also the author of the novel. i think the pace of the book is good its not going by to fast and you have to go back pages to find out what's happing. and its not going slow he uses time skips to speed up the story. as just starting to reading it i think this will be a very intriguing book
ReplyDeleteI like how the narrator uses time skips to speed up the story, I feel like the story can get too long otherwise
DeleteI agree i like how he's not dragging out the book he gets right to the points to make the book better to read.
Deletethis is a book i would have liked to read but having to flip back pages to find out what is happening right then would get a little annoying but if they explain it more it would be way to long i hope you like the book.
Deletei am reading night. what attracted me to this book was learning about a survivors prospective of the holocaust. after reading the first few chapters my thoughts are i like the book because it goes into a lot of detail. also some parts are difficult to read because of the language the author uses.
ReplyDeleteThis was one of the books i wanted to read, sounds like a good book so far. It also seems like you like it was well, hopefully you like your book.
Deletei like how they are using survivors prospective then just the typical historian just telling stories. i fell like it adds more life to the book.
Deletei would've liked to read night. despite the horrors of its subject matter i think it could be a way more interesting read.
DeleteYes i agree with you this book is really good so far its just the language in so parts hard hard to understand.
Deletei agree the language makes it hard to read but so far it seems like a good book.
DeleteI found your book interesting as I read about it before we had assigned books. What stood out to me is that the kid survived through the whole deal and had a story wrote about it.
DeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone, One thing that attracted me to the book was the beginning, when Ishaem was a young boy scared for his life during the war. My book focuses on a guy named Ishaem, who is trying to escape the war with another group. He gets himself caught in a forest. The main character doesn't really care about the war, just knew the rumors about it. Until they got their village attacked and forced to flee and run. The book starts off relatively slow and calm and that's when you get to know the characters pretty well. I would say it builds up steadily and gets more action as you go.
ReplyDeletei agree it starts pretty slow by showing us his daily living then the war starts and the book picks up fast and is interesting and crazy.
DeleteYour book sounds interesting. I am reading "I Am Malala." Our books sound different, but I can relate to you when you said that you got pulled into your book when you heard about a story of when your main character was young. I also got pulled into mine when I heard about a story of when Malala was young. Why do you think your book will get more action as you continue to read? I think my book started off kind off confusing, but I am grasping the concept of it as I go.
Deletesounds fun my book i am malala is similer in ways
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone, what attracted me to this book was what the main character goes through. What he goes through is a long civil war where he has to do his best to survive. So far in my book the war has just started with rebels attacking sierra leone, the characters are foucsing on staying close to one another and finding lost family. I think this is going to be a very fast moving book because the firs attacks happened three pages in.
ReplyDeletethats verry intressting becouse i had somthing very simmular happen to me becouse i chose A long way gone becouse i had a feeling it was going to be filled with tones of action and would keep me on the edge of my seat witch it has done very well so far doing.
DeleteI am reading the book "I Am Malala." I got attracted to my book from hearing what the main characters biggest influence is, which is to protest women's rights, and try to make sure women are equal with men. Your book sounds interesting with everything that is going on. My book kind of sounds similar to yours when you say that people are trying to stay close to family because my main characters family is very close. Do you think that your book will continue to move at such a fast pace, or will it slow down a bit?
Deletei am reading I Am Malala and it also started with Malala getting shot in the head. Most book like these seem start with an act of violence.
DeleteI am reading The Kite Runner, I chose this book because it sounded intresting from what i heard about it. I am only a couple pages into the book, its confusing at first but you just got to read more to understand it.
ReplyDeletewhat confusing about your book in reading along way gone and some parts are very confusing becouse he cuts back and forth between past and present with out saying any thing.
Deletei agree its kinda comfuseing at first but if you keep reading it gets less comfuseing and it lines more up
DeleteI agree when i first started the book it was really confusing trying to remember the characters and everything but now that I'm further into the book it got way less confusing.
DeleteThis also happens in my book. The author starts to try and convey what happened but sometimes it gets a little confusing.
DeleteI can relate to that I am reading "I am Malala" and at first the book was very slow and confusing didn't know what to think about it.
Deleteam reading long way gone what attracted me to the book was the story of the African wars and civil wars in 3rd world countries. the point of the book it to talk about civil wars in country's in Africa and to talk about how hard there life is and to talk about how they have to watch there loved ones die. when I started to read the book it was very slow but it picked up in a hurry. it talks about how the rebels run through towns killing any one and every one that is no importance to them like making food or as a human shield against the military. my innantial thoght of the book was that ishmael is brave for goiing back to his home town just money.the book jumpes around alot and can be confuseing at times.
ReplyDeleteI am also reading a long way gone, I agree that the book jumps around a lot and can get confusing
DeleteI feel like a lot of the books started off slow. because I'm reading the kite runner and started of slow and picked up as i kept reading. that book sounds like it has a lot of violence in it.
DeleteI agree my book started off kind of boring but then picked up a little after a few years had gone by.
Deletethis book seem really interesting i wish i could have read it. i enjoy books with lots of action in it and this book seems to have it. it is crazy to think that if the rebels find someone with no use they treat them like trash and use them as food or a shield they dont seem to even treat people like they are human in the book. i hope you enjoy the book and please keep sharing your views of the book so i can follow along with them.
DeleteI am reading the book "I am Malala" what attracted me to this book is the main character, Malala and the message she wants young girls to see. The primary focus in this book so far is how Malala's life was growing up in swat and how when girls were born it wasn't celebrated as a boy would be. This book has had a fast start and i think has got to the point of the book and what is going to happen,
ReplyDeletea teacher read that book to me in middle school. here life there is not that good.
Deletei agree the book did have a fast start jumping right into the backround information but i still think its a little confusing
DeleteI am reading the same book and yes the book jumped right into the background information but i think that made it much more confusing. What part in the book has brought you the most surprise or confusion so far?
DeleteI am reading the same book, but I agree that it made everything much more confusing.
Deletei am not reading "a thousand splendid suns" and to be real it was Far from my first pick. my initial thoughts are that it is going to be an exhausting two weeks because this book is pretty uninteresting. i cant even remember half of what i read because of how boring it is.
ReplyDeletedidnt nana hang herself seems interesting to me
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ReplyDeleteman that's crazy
Deletei am reading the book The Kite Runner. what attracted me to this novel is the way she described it. It is pretty easy to read but there are some parts that don't make sense. The names can get mixed up really easy and the characters all have a kind of sad past.
ReplyDeletewhat dose not make sense to you in the book ? but my book is also not making sense so far.
DeleteI am reading the book Night. The book attracted me because when skimming through the book i seen at the beginning they didn't think that the Nazi party was putting Jews into severe concertation camps like they did. The primary focus is how several years pass before the Nazi party comes. The book was a little boring and it was interesting as the family had every chance to escape. I think the book starts slow but after the first chapter things pick up fast and I am interested on how fast things will move because it is close to the end of the war.
ReplyDeleteI chose this book for the same reason, it looked really cool to read. Do you think it will tell us anything from after the war?
DeleteI am reading a thousand splendid suns i didn't get attracted yet to the book. my book starts about talking about her nana and a bowl she broke. i think it is kind of boring
ReplyDeletehopefully the book becomes more enjoyable
Deletehopefully the book picks up as you read more
ReplyDeleteIm reading Night and i was attracted to this book because it was a shorter book and its over the holocaust, i enjoy reading abbout tha holocaust so i can learn more about it and get a better understanding of it
ReplyDeleteis the book easy to get in too and understand?
Deletei am reading night and that is also why i chose it was because i like to learn about the holocaust
Deletei also really like waar books but some can be very bland
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book A long way gone and what attracted me to this book is that it has to to deal with war from a first hand perspective and you get a real life account of what actually happened and what the main character had to go through. it starts off with Ishmael heading to different village with his friends but they get the news that there village back home gets attacked. the start was a little slow but now there is some suspense on what will happen next.
ReplyDeletesounds great, hope it gets more exciting
Deletei am reading a long way gone. the part that interested me about the book was the fact that he is a young teen who's a soldier. the primary focus of the book is the war that is taking place in their home country and tells us what the character is dealing with and experienced. Ishmael is the main character and it follows him and his friends having to flee there home village for the war and they are handling it pretty well so far but it is a struggle. the book is exciting and i would say it jumped into the action pretty fast
ReplyDeletethat book sounds really interesting. is it easy to read or does it have a slow start then gets easier.
Deletewhat country does this book take place in, is it a true story
DeleteI am reading the book Night, which has a very similar theme of a young kid being involved in a war which has a big impact on the young characters. I wonder how similar their experiences were.
Deletethe book along way gone shares a similar theme because it surrounds a young teen who is experiencing a war.
ReplyDeletei am reading that book as well can you tell me when it picks up because i have yet to find it.
ReplyDeletei think the primary focus in my book is womens rights, im reiading "i am malala" and she is a women who gets shots for promoting womens rights, the book is very slow right not, im not to far in but i havnt gotten hooked yet
ReplyDeletehow does she get shot? I heard this book is a good pick, and interesting. I feel like every book is slow, until you get farther into it. I hope you start liking the book later on.
DeleteWho shots her and is it just because she is promoting women's rights? I have heard the book is good.
DeleteIm reading a Thousand Splendid Suns. So far the book has been decent, the introduction of the characters and how they all relate or know each other is interesting because Mariam has a i guess a situation ship with a rich man but her mother is not a fan. That's about the only thing fun in this book so far
ReplyDeletewhat do you think about mariams relationship and the cultural differences
Deletewhat it the deal with Mariam and her mom they don't get along
DeleteI am also reading this book and I think it is confusing on why Jalil has a lot of wives and how is he so rich, is it inheritances or money he made himself?
DeleteI am reading the Kite Runner. I chose this book because it sounded very interesting. I was also interested in learning about a different culture and how it is different from ours. So far in the book ive learned the relationship between baba and amir. At first is was hard to get into the book but now that im further into it is is getting interesting.
ReplyDeletei am reading a thousands splendid suns, the books definitely kicks off slow. it starts off introducing the characters such as nana and Mariam. introducing the culture and a look into their family life
ReplyDeletei agree it was a rilly slow start to the book
DeleteMy book also started slow then started speeding up around the fourth chapter
Deletei am reading night the thing that really interested me in the book is how in the beginning he explained ever little detail of how things where going the main focus of the book is the war and how they are being moved and lied to so far id say they are handling it about the best they can because they do not have much of an option there really wasnt anytime in the book that something hasnt ben explained or there being detail i think that it is a pretty good book
ReplyDeletei am also reading night and i liked how quick they got into the book with a lot of detail
DeleteI agree! I m liking the book as well, its sad what they did to them but I think they handled it as best as one can.
DeleteI am reading I Am Malala what first attracted me to this book was the fact that she got shot but that didn't make her back down. At the moment the focus of the book is history based, Malala telling the reader about why the people believe in what they believe and including not only her story but also the story of her parents. I'm enjoying this book so far all thought it can get a bit confusing in parts other then that I've liked it.
ReplyDeleteWhat parts in the book can be confusing ?
Deletewhat interested me in my book Night was that it was about World War 2 it was about a jew that had survived the holocaust and about how they were living in fear. after reading the first few chapters my thought was i liked the book and the way they portray what had gone on.
ReplyDeletei agree i like how we can maybe learn from the perspective of someone who was actually there rather then someone who made a story up of what they think happened i like the book so far as well
DeleteI read the book a few years ago and I liked reading it too. The author of the book has a really good way of describing what it was like.
DeleteI agree that also caught my attention and made me want to read the book. What was your favorite part so far and why do you like that part
DeleteI am reading the book Night, i was interested because I've read a book in the past about the holocaust and it was a very good book. The main point of the book is the life of a Jewish boy who got his life taken by the Germany soldiers and now has to try and survive a concentration camp in Auschwitz. The boy is having a difficult time enduring the harsh conditions like being split from family, being starved, hit, overworked, and without basic necessities. My initial reaction is just disbelief that this was a real part of history. The book moves very quickly which I prefer anyway.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds really interesting. Was it hard for you to get started on the book or did all the harsh details just start right away?
DeleteI am also reading the book Night, what part of the book surprised you the most so far
DeleteThis book seems like a good one. Was it hard to get into or has it all flowed together to make sense? Is it a book that gives a lot of details and is very disturbing or just the key points?
DeleteI am reading along way gone i think the book started kind of slow but is defiantly speeding up now that i am getting near the middle of the book. the mane character sems scared at times in the book. he has faced some fears already in the book I am glad i am getting the chance to read this book.
ReplyDeleteDo you think he will be able to survive or no?
DeleteI am reading the book Night, I chose this book because I have always found the stories of the Nazi concentration camps interesting and I have read books about the Holocaust before. the main point of the book how the Jews were were treated during the Holocaust and how they kept thinking that the war would stop before anything happened to them. After reading the first few chapters it has a slow start to the book but it still keeps my attention.
ReplyDeleteI am reading a long way gone. This books primary focus is about a young boy named Ishmael and he gets caught up in a civil war. Fighting for his life everyday with fighting for food and fighting people that were once his friends. I think the books starts off pretty fast paced. It does start with a bit of a into of an introduction of their situation then got into when the rebels first attacked them.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book A long way gone and I choose this book because I wanted to learn how a civil war can affect a country and its people. The main thing about is book is a boy who is twelve years old trying to find a way to be able to live his country to survive the civil war.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Night, I picked this book because I rly like another book about the holocaust, Prisoner B-3087. The main plot of Night is that Elie Wiesel gets taken by nazis and now has to survive in a concentration camp. Elie is having a rough time with the conditions of the place. After reading for a little while it felt pretty slow but I am interested to see what happens next.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the same book! i thought it also started off pretty slow but I'm hopefully it will start to speed up. what place is she having a rough time with?
DeleteI am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and already on chapter 10 and at first it is confusing but once you get reading it allot more then you will understand what is happening through out the book.
ReplyDeletei am reading the book a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini i choose this book because i wanted to what it was like to see the view of how others are treated in the world. so far i can get a little grasp of that right now as nana was casted aside by her husband even though they have a kid but the husband dose not neglegt his kid who is the main chacracter of the story where the book takes place woman do not have the right to choose who they want to marry and that is what happens to marium she was forced to marry at the age of 15 also when marium went out to look for her dad in the city she came back to the house and her mom nana had hung her self. i think the book has many plot twist and unexpected turns but i have enjoyed it so far.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Night and what got me hooked in the book is when a jew that survived the Holocaust and the Jews don't really know what is going to happen to them. Elise and his family got split up when they got moved to Auschwitz and Elise and his dad got to stay together but they don't know where his mom and sisters are. I like this book so far because i like reading about world war stuff.
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting, I like learning about the worlds history and the Holocaust is very interesting to me. I think there will be many weird things that will grab your attention as you read. I've read a couple Holocaust books and i think each and every one of them have a different point of view.
Deletei dont belive it has a slow start i just think it is trying to introduce everything early on in the book and that makes it seem slow but i can also tell that the relationship between marium and nana is strong. i belive this book will be very interesting later on.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Malala. I was interested in this book because I remember learning something about Malala. It interested me because I would be able to make connections with things I've previously learned about Malala. Throughout the book so far, Malala describes her life in Pakistan and tells the readers a lot about her family. The book defiantly starts out very slow talking about her family and the country she lives in. At first it was a book that was tough to comprehend but eventually it made more sense.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book I Am Malala. What attracted me to this book was what the main character Malala is trying to accomplish and all she does to get there. I have heard many good things about the book as well. The main focus in my book is based on a girl named Malala and how she fights for girls education where she lives. Her dad also plays a big part in the book because he has his own school which helps Malala be so determined. Malala explains all the rules that are being set in place the restrict girls from getting education but she still wants to try to change it. My first thoughts in the book were that Malala has a lot of challenges to face and she is very brave and mature about it all. The book starts off by giving a lot of background knowledge which was very confusing in the beginning but it is getting more interesting as I get further into the book.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds good! if you were Malala would you and your parents fight for education and do the same things as Malala?
DeleteI am reading the book Night By Elie Wiesel. the initial attraction i had this book was that the main character was around my age, also that he was in the Auschwitz concentration camp as this as this topic always intrigued me. It is a slow start and hard to follow the story but i hope it gets better as i read!
ReplyDeletei am reading the book Malala something that is catching my eye with this book is how intense her story is i like how she is a rebel and she goes on her own path she is independent and wants to be different from everybody else she wants to learn
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Night and i feel that the book was written to inform people how the concentration camps really were. overall i think that the main character and his family are handling the situation really well with the high hopes and the positive attitude.
ReplyDeleteif you had to rate it out of 10 for quality what would you give it
DeleteI am reading the book I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. The attraction I had with this book was that I wanted to learn more about what Malala did for everyone and how she recovered from the shooting and how people reacted to everything that was happening. The book was very slow at the begging just because they were telling us about the history of the place she lived and how she did everything.
ReplyDeletewould you recommend this book this far into the book
Deletei am reading the book a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini what attracted me to this book was it was a different culture, so it is always intorting to hear about different cultures the main character Mariam she handled her situation to the best of her ability i believe that she could have done a little better but this is book.my thought on this book are it is a very slow moving hard to comprehend book.it has a very slow start. it doesn't jump right in at it is a slow-moving begging but i enjoyed it.
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