5 Reasons Why Perks of Being A Wallflower was a good book
1. It was a story about growing up
In Perks, you learn about the daily struggles of growing up as a teenager from Charlie’s perspective. You get to fully understand what it’s like to be a high school student from his point of view by learning about not having friends to start out high school, making new friends, and parties.
2. The way it was written
The way that this book was written, was extremely interesting to me. Instead of it being just an actual book, you get to learn about Charlie’s life through letters that he has sent out to a random person. This format was very cool to me because I did not expect this going into the book, I thought it was going to be a normal story like all books do, but I was caught off guard in one of the most pleasant ways possible. When I first started reading and noticed this, I thought I was going to hate the idea of it being written in letter form because I have never read any book like that before, but I was wrong. It was very interesting to me and I enjoyed hearing all of his thoughts.
3. The main character went through a huge change
In this book, Charlie, the main character started out his new year at high school by being, as you would say, a very shy person. He came into school and didn’t have very many friends at the beginning due to the fact that he was very shy. He didn’t talk to anybody and nobody talked to him. But, after a while, Charlie makes 2 new friends and his life was forever changed. Charlie was no longer the shy kid in the back of the classroom, he was out doing something with his life, taking risks, having fun. It was very fun to watch Charlie go from the kid that nobody knew to being one a very social, outgoing kid. This is the reason why Charlie is my favorite literary character.
4. This book is very relatable and real
Usually, books that are written about high school avoid some of the many problems that can occur with some teenager’s lives. For example, this book talked about how Charlie had gone through major depression at this book due to the reason his friend killed himself, social awkwardness, making new friends, trying drugs and alcohol and going out to parties. This book captured it, in the best possible way. This book made me feel as if I was at these parties with them, experiencing it. The characters in this book were all very relatable as well, you can’t not fall in love with this book.
5. The buildup of Charlie and Sam’s relationship
This book handled the situation of love between two people, better than I have ever experienced. It talked about how from day one, Charlie had always liked Sam and that he wanted her in every way possible, but it took a while for Sam to feel the same way back to him due to her having a boyfriend in the midst of all of this. It was very interesting hearing about all of these thoughts through Charlie’s perspective and that is the reason why it was so raw and real to me because you got to through a head of a love-crazed teenage boy and it was very well done. This was the reason I stayed reading was so that I could hear about how their relationship ends up, and I don’t want to spoil anything, but wow. It was good.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Post 6: Book 3 Listicle
Reasons why "Every Day" is different from most books
1. The main character doesn't have an actual name
Since "A" doesn't know what his birth name was due to the fact that he bounces from body to body every new morning, he/she has decided to call himself/herself the letter, "A". I use such words like "he/she" and "himself/herself" due to the fact that the main character doesn't know if he/she was born a boy or a girl. But throughout the rest of this article, I will be referring to A as a guy since that is what he mostly is throughout the book.
2. A wakes up in a new body everydayEvery day, A wakes up in a new body. It has been this way since the way that he was born. A has never had a set body and he has never woke up in the same body twice in a row. But to me, this is what made the book interesting. You got a chance to experience new characters, boy and girl, and learn about all their lives and their daily struggles.
3. Even though A wakes up in a new body, A is still in love with the same girl
This is the most interesting part of the book and the part that kept me reading. Even though A wakes up in a different body everyday, he still is in love with the same girl. This girls name is Rhiannon. He falls in love with this girl while he is in the body of a boy who is Rhiannon's boyfriend at the time. This is a daily struggle for A due to the fact that he is in love with her, but she doesn't know how to respond because she is weirded out by the idea that A changes bodies everyday.
4. It is a rule of A's to not mess with peoples lives while he is in their bodies.
A is a very nice individual and he thinks that if he was to mess with someone's life while A was in that body, that karma would come and somehow make his life terrible. There was a few instances of this happening though in the book, but the main example is A coming to Rhiannon and confessing that love that he has for her. “You never get involved in the people's lives? The ones you're inhabiting?"
I shake my head.
"You try to leave the lives the way you found them."
"Yeah."
"But what about Justin? What made that so different?"
"You," I say.”
5. This book never has a set plot
Due to the fact that A wakes up in a different body everyday, there is a new plot every chapter. Some days A will wake up in a town like Seattle and other days he could wake up in a town all the way across the country. This makes the story hard for me to follow, but it makes me intrigued due to the fact that it gets into detail about the area he is at and the people in his new family that he woke up with.
Conclusion:
All of these reasons are the reason why this book, was the best book that I have ever read. You never know about what kind of struggles that A was going to wake up with the next time he woke up or how his relationship with Rhiannon was going to end up which made you want to keep reading on. This, along with the Fault in Our Stars, is one of those books that once you start it, you do not want to put it down. I recommend this book HIGHLY.
1. The main character doesn't have an actual name
Since "A" doesn't know what his birth name was due to the fact that he bounces from body to body every new morning, he/she has decided to call himself/herself the letter, "A". I use such words like "he/she" and "himself/herself" due to the fact that the main character doesn't know if he/she was born a boy or a girl. But throughout the rest of this article, I will be referring to A as a guy since that is what he mostly is throughout the book.
2. A wakes up in a new body everydayEvery day, A wakes up in a new body. It has been this way since the way that he was born. A has never had a set body and he has never woke up in the same body twice in a row. But to me, this is what made the book interesting. You got a chance to experience new characters, boy and girl, and learn about all their lives and their daily struggles.
3. Even though A wakes up in a new body, A is still in love with the same girl
This is the most interesting part of the book and the part that kept me reading. Even though A wakes up in a different body everyday, he still is in love with the same girl. This girls name is Rhiannon. He falls in love with this girl while he is in the body of a boy who is Rhiannon's boyfriend at the time. This is a daily struggle for A due to the fact that he is in love with her, but she doesn't know how to respond because she is weirded out by the idea that A changes bodies everyday.
4. It is a rule of A's to not mess with peoples lives while he is in their bodies.
A is a very nice individual and he thinks that if he was to mess with someone's life while A was in that body, that karma would come and somehow make his life terrible. There was a few instances of this happening though in the book, but the main example is A coming to Rhiannon and confessing that love that he has for her. “You never get involved in the people's lives? The ones you're inhabiting?"
I shake my head.
"You try to leave the lives the way you found them."
"Yeah."
"But what about Justin? What made that so different?"
"You," I say.”
5. This book never has a set plot
Due to the fact that A wakes up in a different body everyday, there is a new plot every chapter. Some days A will wake up in a town like Seattle and other days he could wake up in a town all the way across the country. This makes the story hard for me to follow, but it makes me intrigued due to the fact that it gets into detail about the area he is at and the people in his new family that he woke up with.
Conclusion:
All of these reasons are the reason why this book, was the best book that I have ever read. You never know about what kind of struggles that A was going to wake up with the next time he woke up or how his relationship with Rhiannon was going to end up which made you want to keep reading on. This, along with the Fault in Our Stars, is one of those books that once you start it, you do not want to put it down. I recommend this book HIGHLY.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Post 5
In my mind, I have always thought that in order for a book to be considered non-fiction, that it has to be 100% true. I think that if there are any elements in stories that are not true, or even that are just stretching the truth, that it should not be considered to be non-fiction. Non-fictions definition is, "writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history." This means that it is written about real things that have happened, so if you're even stretching the truth like Frey did in saying that you were in jail for 3 months when you were really in for a few hours, that the book that says that in it should not be able to be considered non-fiction at all. But, if you are going out and publishing it, and you claim that it isn't a non-fiction piece of writing though, than that is okay. The only wrong thing that Frey did was that he considered the book a memoir. If he didn't do that and just went out and tried to get it published, then I think he would have been much better off, even though it did make his book more interesting. I don't think that people need to distinguish different genres in books because quite simply, a book is a book. A book can have genres in it like fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, etc, but, that is not what the book is.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Post 4: Adapting the Book
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Some challenges that a filmmaker would have in adapting The Wolf of Wall Street to a movie, would probably be capturing actually how extreme the book is. The book sometimes get into some serious detail about what is going on, which is what I find to be the most exciting, but I just think that filmmakers would have some troubles portraying that.
One scene that I think would be essential to add to the film would be when the Duchess is teasing Jordan. Jordan had just recently cheated on her, but wants to become intimate with her. This is a must show in the movie because it is very interesting but also very funny at the same time. This was probably my favorite part in the book so far and I would not want to see it be left out of the movie. One other scene that I think would be a must to keep, is when they are in the workplace and it shows Jordan getting so mad and serious to the point to the point where he takes the fish out of the fishbowl and eats it. This part in the book shows how serious he is about his work and it would just also be very interesting to see actually happen. Jordan eats the fishbowl because a new employee is cleaning the fishbowl when he shouldn't be and it made him super mad. One final scene that I think must be in the film is that they should show how the company became to be. It started out to be very small and then Jordan built it up to be one of the biggest companies in all of the world.
One part of the book that I would want to cut out if it was made into a movie is when it shows Jordan talking to his driver. His driver isn't a talkative person at all so I feel as if that it wouldn't be needed in the movie. During the beginning of the book, it sometimes described their "conversations" and was very boring to me and it seemed unneeded. One other part that they should leave out of the movie is when the Duchess gets so mad at Jordan that she throws glasses of water on him. I feel as if they were to make this into a movie scene, that it shouldn't be just glasses of water and that it should be buckets, if anything. This part for me just kept going on and on even though it was only a few pages, but it was very boring to me.
Some challenges that a filmmaker would have in adapting The Wolf of Wall Street to a movie, would probably be capturing actually how extreme the book is. The book sometimes get into some serious detail about what is going on, which is what I find to be the most exciting, but I just think that filmmakers would have some troubles portraying that.
One scene that I think would be essential to add to the film would be when the Duchess is teasing Jordan. Jordan had just recently cheated on her, but wants to become intimate with her. This is a must show in the movie because it is very interesting but also very funny at the same time. This was probably my favorite part in the book so far and I would not want to see it be left out of the movie. One other scene that I think would be a must to keep, is when they are in the workplace and it shows Jordan getting so mad and serious to the point to the point where he takes the fish out of the fishbowl and eats it. This part in the book shows how serious he is about his work and it would just also be very interesting to see actually happen. Jordan eats the fishbowl because a new employee is cleaning the fishbowl when he shouldn't be and it made him super mad. One final scene that I think must be in the film is that they should show how the company became to be. It started out to be very small and then Jordan built it up to be one of the biggest companies in all of the world.
One part of the book that I would want to cut out if it was made into a movie is when it shows Jordan talking to his driver. His driver isn't a talkative person at all so I feel as if that it wouldn't be needed in the movie. During the beginning of the book, it sometimes described their "conversations" and was very boring to me and it seemed unneeded. One other part that they should leave out of the movie is when the Duchess gets so mad at Jordan that she throws glasses of water on him. I feel as if they were to make this into a movie scene, that it shouldn't be just glasses of water and that it should be buckets, if anything. This part for me just kept going on and on even though it was only a few pages, but it was very boring to me.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Post 3: Book 1 Project
Book 1 Project: Fan Experience
For my book choice, I decided to read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. My idea is to make the book more of a journey and fun experience for the reader. Instead of just being a book, I am adding a bonus pack to the book which includes the book along with actual cassette tapes to listen to her story instead of having to read it.
I think people will enjoy this because the tapes were the most interesting part of the book, and if you listen to the actual person who is saying those things, you can capture their emotion better by listening to their voice. This would also be appealing to people who are lazy and would prefer to just listen to these parts of the book instead of just reading it! But going back to what I was saying, this would be very interesting because you could capture Hannah's emotions and feelings much better than you would by just reading them. One example that I would've preferred to hear Hannah say rather to read is, "I hope you're ready, because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to these tapes, you're one of the reasons why." This would have been so cool to hear from her actual voice. It would really pull the listener in to keep listening because the emotion behind that would be so raw and it is so interesting that you would want to keep listening. One other quote I would have liked to hear instead of read was, "Hannah Baker is not, and never was, a slut. Which begs the question. What have you heard?" This would have been very interesting to hear as well because it would be interesting to capture the mixture of sadness and anger in her voice. One final quote that I would have liked to hear instead of read was, "You can't stop the future, you can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret...is to press play." This would have interesting to hear because I would like to hear the voice of anger and knowledge rather than read it.I think that this idea would help the book tremendously. It would bring together people who have already read the book to get a better understanding of it, and it would also help people who don't find interest in reading, and would prefer to just listen to the book instead. Going back to what I said about people who have already read the book, it would bring them back to take a second listen to fully understand Hannah's feelings and thoughts about all of the people who ruined her life.
I think that this people will buy this product, because nothing like this is really on the market. Cassettes are considered to be old fashioned which I feel would possibly bring in older people and teenager who are looking to be different.
This will cost a total price of $14.99, which is 5 dollars more than just the book by itself, but it would be extremely worth it to a dedicated reader who wants to fully understand a book. It comes with 7 cassette tapes and a mini cassette tape player.
This will cost a total price of $14.99, which is 5 dollars more than just the book by itself, but it would be extremely worth it to a dedicated reader who wants to fully understand a book. It comes with 7 cassette tapes and a mini cassette tape player.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Post 2: What is a book?
A book is an escape. A book is a way for a person to escape the world and to put themselves in the shoes of other people. I think that both e-books and regular books can both be considered books because they both have a story to tell, so I would consider them to be books. I personally hate reading books though when they aren't on a mobile device though, for many reasons. One reason is that, if I ever get bored and I'm out in public, I could easily take out my phone and start reading if I felt the need to, but if I'm ever out in public and I really wanted to read for some reason, I couldn't with a normal book because no regular person just casually brings a book with them wherever they go. So that is very handy for me. But, for a counter claim, regular books are just as good and plus, they don't have a battery so they couldn't die out of nowhere. Whenever I am reading a book that isn't on a mobile device, I feel as if I get bored very easily. For example, in class right now, I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird, and whenever I read it from the book, I find myself reading it, but not being able to understand what I am exactly reading. But whenever it comes to reading off of a mobile device, I find myself understanding and enjoying this story better and actually finding myself somewhat enjoying this book. One thing that I really enjoy about having a kindle when I read, is that if I don't understand what something means, I can just highlight that word and it will give me a definition of that word, which I find to be very handy. I lean more towards the side of getting rid of books/bookstores because I enjoy e-books more, and if I had to guess, most of the highschoolers at this school do too.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Post #1: Why I Read
I enjoy reading because I find it to be very interesting. I have been reading for my entire life and have always liked it. I have been able to read at very high levels ever since I was a young kid. I was able to read before the age of 2, and since I had a much higher reading than all of the other kids at my preschool/kindergarten, my principal had to bring in books just for me that were at my level. I find reading very fun to do because I can forget about the rest of the world while I do it and put all of my attention to reading. I have enjoyed reading because it helps me gain knowledge and it helps me to grow my vocabulary. Sometimes I only read books though if my friends do because I want to be able to be similar to them and be able to talk about more things with them. Reading, for me, has been something that I have always been surrounded by due to the fact that my family is always reading books and going to the book store to buy more books. It has been one of my favorite things to do to pass the time ever since I was a little kid as well.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Entry Four
Entry Four: Eleanor & Park
Out of all of the choices that I could have picked from, I chose this book because I've heard from a friend of mine that it was so good that it changed her life forever. She said nothing but good things about it, and when I saw that it was on the list, I decided to go for it and see what it was all about. I was blown away by how good it was. This book, has to be in my top three books that I've ever read. It was so interesting and unique and different from other books. The way the book was set up made me personally feel as if I had a strong connection with both of the main characters and I can't recall a single time I have had this happened with any other book. I can not personally relate to this book since it is about a girl who changes schools and is the new kid, but I strongly request that if you are nervous about going to a new school and making new friends, that you read this book because it will give you hope. This book was absolutely amazing.
Entry Three
Entry Three: Eleanor & Park
I don't think that the author has a strict intent to "hook" the reader in any way, except for the way she set up the book. The author set up the book so it allows one of the chapters to be strictly about one character in the book and get a full insight into their thoughts. This is what kept me hooked on reading this book because I found it very interesting. I have never read a book that has a layout like this, and since the author did this, I feel like I understand the characters much better than I would in any other ordinary book. Usually when I read books, I have a hard time connecting with the characters and understanding them, but not in this book. This book made me feel as if I actually knew the characters, almost as if they were friends of mine. This is probably one of my favorite books that I have ever read and it was due to the way that it was set up. It made me also, along with understanding the characters, understand the story line and setting of the story as well. It was a very interesting way that the author set up this whole book and I really enjoyed it.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Entry Two
Entry Two: Eleanor & Park
Complexity: Park, in the past few chapters, has been really wanting to find ways to communicate with Eleanor because he finds her very interesting. Eleanor also wants to go out and make new friends but her shyness is what makes it very hard for her to interact with anyone outside of her family. I predict that Park will do something that will get Eleanor to talk to him and pop out of her shell, and they will slowly start to become better friends.
Theme: One main theme that has been present to me so far is; family is important. This theme applies very greatly for Eleanor. Eleanor is the new girl at her new school and she is also a very shy person which makes it hard for her to become friends with people. After a long day at school where she feels like a nobody, she can go home and be surrounded with people who make her feel comfortable and that love her.
Structure of the book: The structure of the way this book is written is actually very interesting. In one chapter, is focuses directly on what Eleanor thinks and says to other people, and in the following chapter, it just focuses on what Park thinks and says to other people. What I like a lot about this book, is that instead of giving the chapters actual names, it just gives the words "Park" and "Eleanor" and strictly revolves around them only. I hope it remains like this throughout the whole book because I get to fully understand what is happening with both characters, but I predict that Eleanor and Park will become better friends and some chapters will be called "Eleanor & Park" and talk about what the two of them do together, instead of seperately.
Complexity: Park, in the past few chapters, has been really wanting to find ways to communicate with Eleanor because he finds her very interesting. Eleanor also wants to go out and make new friends but her shyness is what makes it very hard for her to interact with anyone outside of her family. I predict that Park will do something that will get Eleanor to talk to him and pop out of her shell, and they will slowly start to become better friends.
Theme: One main theme that has been present to me so far is; family is important. This theme applies very greatly for Eleanor. Eleanor is the new girl at her new school and she is also a very shy person which makes it hard for her to become friends with people. After a long day at school where she feels like a nobody, she can go home and be surrounded with people who make her feel comfortable and that love her.
Structure of the book: The structure of the way this book is written is actually very interesting. In one chapter, is focuses directly on what Eleanor thinks and says to other people, and in the following chapter, it just focuses on what Park thinks and says to other people. What I like a lot about this book, is that instead of giving the chapters actual names, it just gives the words "Park" and "Eleanor" and strictly revolves around them only. I hope it remains like this throughout the whole book because I get to fully understand what is happening with both characters, but I predict that Eleanor and Park will become better friends and some chapters will be called "Eleanor & Park" and talk about what the two of them do together, instead of seperately.
Entry One
Entry One: Eleanor & Park
For my summer reading project, I chose to read the book Eleanor & Park. I heard about this book from a few of my friends, and one of my friends said that she enjoyed the book very thoroughly and that it was her favorite book that she has ever read. I also have heard rumors that they are going to make this into a movie, so be on the lookout.
Main Characters: One of the main characters in this book is named Eleanor. Eleanor is described as a girl who has red hair. She also is described as a person who is the oldest in her family of four other siblings. One final description of Eleanor is that she is the new girl at the school and is very shy.
One other main character in this books name is Park. Park is described as a boy who is a huge comic book fan and has one younger brother. He comes from a family of an Irish/American father and a Korean mother.
Setting: This book takes place in the big city of Omaha, Nebraska.
Conflict: The only conflict that has been happening in this book so far is that Eleanor & Park have just started talking and it's very awkward between the two of them, but, I believe that in the future these two will fall in love.
For my summer reading project, I chose to read the book Eleanor & Park. I heard about this book from a few of my friends, and one of my friends said that she enjoyed the book very thoroughly and that it was her favorite book that she has ever read. I also have heard rumors that they are going to make this into a movie, so be on the lookout.
Main Characters: One of the main characters in this book is named Eleanor. Eleanor is described as a girl who has red hair. She also is described as a person who is the oldest in her family of four other siblings. One final description of Eleanor is that she is the new girl at the school and is very shy.
One other main character in this books name is Park. Park is described as a boy who is a huge comic book fan and has one younger brother. He comes from a family of an Irish/American father and a Korean mother.
Setting: This book takes place in the big city of Omaha, Nebraska.
Conflict: The only conflict that has been happening in this book so far is that Eleanor & Park have just started talking and it's very awkward between the two of them, but, I believe that in the future these two will fall in love.
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