Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Fault in Our Stars
From what I have been reading so far it has been a really good book and I highly recommend it. If you like the following such as drama, romance, and emotional then this is the book for you! In this book the text is so well detailed and explained! Also the author uses really good imagery so you you can really get a sense of whats going on in the book. The author also makes the charactors very well-developed.


This book in my opinion so far deserves five stars because it has very good description, dialogue and imagery. It also sets areally good tone in the book and describes very well but to the point on how the characters are feeling. The author also gives a very good sense of forshadowing in the book like whats going to happen next. The book is very good with making connections, I have already made text to self, and text to world connections with this book. This book is by far one of the best books I have read so far.

Monday, September 23, 2013

The Fault in Our Stars

The book I have recently read is The Fault in Our Stars. It is about a girl named Hazel Grace who is diagnosed with lung cancer and she goes to this meeting group for other people who were diagnosed with some type of cancer and while she was there she met a guy named Augustus Waters and they are now started to create a bonding relaitionship. I predict that they are really going to click throughout the book. I think this because the fact that Augustus has bone cancer and Hazel has lung cancer, thats a thing they have in common plus their high knowledge so these things they share I think will bring them together. Questions that I have for now is will there be more to Augustus and Hazel in the future? Will they become more than friends? What are Augustus's thoughts on Hazel?

A few text to self connections I have with this book is Augustus's parents seem to be taking his bone cancer hard since he was recently diagnosed with it. I can relate to their pain because a couple years ago my grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer and it was hard for me to get used to. Another text to self connection I have is Hazel feels like she can't do anything because she has cancer in the beginning of the book and i felt like that in a situation similar to that. A text to world connection I have is this book there are multiple teens with cancer and in our world there are thousands or maybe more with cancer as well. Another connection I have is one of the teens girlfriends still loves him even though he has cancer. Well in our world, we have to learn to love each other not by our looks, but for who we are.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Bad Boy

The theme of Bad Boy is to not let manipulation continue once it’s been diagnosed, because if you do things will continue to get worse.   I think this is the theme because in the book Percy started to become very bossy and Kate thought he would stop.  For example in the book it says ‘“Wow, sweetheart, you look really good… but why didn’t you fix your hair?”’ ‘”Yeah I know,”’ I stuttered, ‘”but you didn’t give me enough time to get ready.”’ ‘”Oh so it’s my fault?”’ Percy asked with raised eyebrows. ‘”No, no, I’m not saying that-“’ ‘”Forget it,”’ interrupted Percy.  This shows how Percy was playing mind games with Kate and making her lose herself of steam.  If Kate doesn’t stop these mind games things will get worse for her. Also the manipulation level will start to increase rapidly in their relationship if Kate doesn’t put an end to it.

Kate in the beginning of the book was very complex and independent, but when she started dating Percy her independence and individuality started to fade away. For example it said “We drove to Brooklyn heights, the ritzy part of Brooklyn. When I got out of the car, Percy looked me up and down. ‘Oh snap, you look like a pumpkin all dressed in orange’ he said, chuckling, ‘but at least your hair looks decent this time.”’ This shows how Percy is slowly starting to take away Kate’s confidence by a lot.