Wednesday, September 17, 2008

My Favorite Books

Where Are The Children by Mary Higgins Clark

Clique Series by Lisi Harrison

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Animal Dreams

Barbara Kingsolver writes her book "Animal Dreams" very uniquely which gives me many quotes that i like. My favorite, though, would have to be in chapter 6 when Codi says "But ask her sometime: how old would your child be now? And she'll know" (53). This is my favorite quotes because it has a lot of foreshadowing for the rest of the book. It also explains one of the major themes in this book, death. Codi loses her mother, a child, and starting to lose her father aswell.
There are many characters in this book but my favorite one is Codi. Even though she feels lost and confused, I think she's right to. She has lost her mother, a child and now her father, too. I think she is scared to get too attached to people and places because she doesn't want to lose them. Her journey through this book is making her stronger and I think by the end of the book she will be as independent as she has always wanted to be.
The most important scene in this book is in the beginning of the book when Homero talks about how Hallie and Codi are so close they are like one person. He doesn't know his girls very well but he thinks they are exactly the same. However, they couldn't be any different. Codi doesn't feel like anywhere she goes is somewhere she can stay, and Hallie feels like everywhere is home to her. Codi is always lost and confused and Hallie is living life exactly how she wants to. That is a major part in the book because it shows how different things are than what they appear to be.

Most Recent Book I Read

The most recent book I read was "Where Are The Children?" by Mary Higgins Clark. I read this book because it was on the book list for english last year. This book is about a mother who has two children who mysteriously disappear. The book is told in third person, though, so the reader knows what is happening all the while the mother is freaking out. I really liked this book because there was a lot of mystery to it. Each chapter gave you clues to lead you to how the book was going to end. "Where Are The Children?" is a great book an i would suggest this to everyone who likes a good mystery.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

My Favorite Book



My favorite books are the ''Clique'' books. It's a series based on five rich girls, Massie, Dylan, Claire, Alicia, and Kristin, who live in Westchester, New York. Throughout the series, the girls get older and face new boy dramas and girl fights. I enjoy these books because the girls are my age so I can relate to them and understand what their conflicts are. I also like that these girls can do anything and aren't afraid of getting in trouble, they just want to have fun.

Codi vs. Homero