Reader's response

Atlas of Pathophysiology                                                               Read for 2 Hrs.

         This book is about the various conditions of the body and how they affect the organs. It has various articles about the pathology of the condition, how it affects the body, risk factors, and treatments. It also has various pictures and diagrams.
         i love this book because it is so deatailed and deep. It provides all the information I need to know and also leaves no questions.
         A great book for those intrested in medicine. 5 Stars.

Vocabulary words

             iota- a small amount
             Foofaraw- a fuss over a matter of little importance        
            Fungible- Interchangeable                     

Reader's response

A small Light in the Darkness                     Completed                     Read for 3 Hrs.

          This book is about kids who overcome their social pressures and live their religion. It talks about the examples they set, and how people notice them. It is very sweet and heartfelt.
          I like this book because it is inspiring. it is realistic fiction, but it makes you think, " Hey, I could do that." It aso is very sweet. There is one story that is in the form of a letter. it is from a boy who's brother has died in the militery, and is writing to the dead brothers girl friend. It is so sweet!
            A good read. 4 Stars.

Reader's Response

Amazing True Stories                         Completed                                    read for 30 min
             
                  This book is about small events that are amazing that really happen. They vary from a dead guy who was elected as congressmen, to a man who disapperead in a feild, and a girl who gave of electric waves, causing alot of problems.
                 This book is pretty amazing, but I have trouble beiliving it, although I suppose that every onc and a while luck combines with someone doing something stupid and you get an amazing event. What suprises me ost is how alot of these occur because people are stupid, like the prisoner who sued the jail for letting him escape.
                 This book had a writing style that wasn't engaging, but had good content. 3 Stars.

Vocabulary 11

autodidact- someone who teaches themself

irenic-tending to promote peace

animalcule-a microscopic animal

Reader's Response 33

Feet of Clay                                              Completed                                Read for 7 Hrs.

             Taking place in Ankmorpork, a huge city, Feet of Clay is about several murders and their mysteries. The first victim is an old man, who is a priest. The second is a dwarf, also an old man, who bakes weapons.( Yes, in this book the dwarfs BAKE weapons, some of their items include Battle bread, and Throwing Scones) It’s up to the Watch( Policemen) to find the murder and unravel how it connects with the poisoning of their ruler.

           I like this book, a lot, because it covers all the bases I look for in a book. It has an exciting plot line with a deep mystery, combined with a descriptive, insightful, and funny writing style that makes the book a great read. It also has some points about human nature that are extremely true, but never really brought up.

             In one scene, the ruler ( before he was poisoned) talks to the commander of the Watch about why he has ruled so long. He talks about how most people think that what they want is a good honest government run by good honest people that does good things. He states that what they really want is to have consistency, things to stay the same.  I find this very true, because unless people are unhappy with the government. They want things to stay the same.

A great book and read, 5 *STARS*.

Reader's Response 32

Big Nate strikes Back                    Completed                                         Read for 1Hrs

              This book is about a sixth grader who is trying to deal with an arch enemy, a crush, and a huge project for which he isn’t prepared for. He breaks his arch enemy’s nose, spills egg salad all over his crush, and is partnered up with a snobby girl for his project. Follow him as he tries to get through 6^th grade year and win a gym championship.

              I read this book because my brother got it and really liked it. The book is very similar to Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, but with new humor and drawings. I would classify this genre as the Elementary-Level-Book-that-Exaggerates-Middle-school-and –makes-fun-of –it. These types of books are getting pretty big. Also, in the book there was a girl that got all 100 in everything and thought she always would. That just makes me angry because that is entirely impossible, due to the fact I have teachers that don’t give a hundreds and when you get to high school there will be AP teachers that feel that if 30% of the people in their class have A’s, then they are not making the class hard enough. ( Trust me I know, my brother has a teacher like this)

          This book is written well and is very clever, with good drawings, comic strips, and a good sweet plot line.

       A good read, 4 Stars.

Reader's Response 31

Arthur and the Round Table                                              Completed                         Read for 1Hr.

     Spoiler alert

                   This story covers all of Arthur’s Life. It begins by telling of his birth and how he claimed his kingship by pulling the sword from the stone. Next it talks about how he wed Guinevere and formed the round table. Sir Galahad the greatest knight ever, comes for a short time, sees the Holy Grail, then dies. Then it talks about how Sir Lancelot was one of the greatest and most powerful knights and Arthurs best friend.  Unfortunally, he had a thing for Guinevere, which led to an affair, which led to Guinevere almost being burned( For it was a crime back then) which led to Lancelot having to rescue her, which triggered a big war that ended in almost all the knights dying and the death of Arthur.

                  Let me just say that this is one of the most depressing stories I have ever read.  I mean come on. It seems like everyone dies at the end.(Is it repeating Hamlet?) I mean come ON, Sir Galahad, my favorite knight, has to die in this version! Then there is this whole Lancelot affair thing. Why couldn’t Guinevere have been faithful? Couldn’t Lancelot have shown more restraint? He was Arthur’s best friend after all. But no, they had to go betray Arthur and lead to the death of all but the bad people and one knight.  Plus, once they killed Galahad I was done, I mean he only got 2 pages out of the countless ones.

This book was written poorly, it dragged and was hard to understand sometimes.

This book was very depressing, a struggle to get through because it was boring, so I’ll be nice and give it 2 stars.

Vocabulary words 10

epigamic- attracting to the opposite sex

purlieu-a haunt

dandle-to pet

Reader's Response 30

Hodgkin's Disease                    completed                              read for  1hr.

              This book gives an over veiw of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a type of cancer. It includes quotes from people with Hodgkin's disease, an overveiw of the symptoms, treatments, and how to cope with the disease.
             I liked this book because it gives factual information but wasn't boring. I love the study of cancers because they are so interesting and this book gave alot of information.
             I currently know a 5 year old who was just diagnosed with a very aggresive cancer. She had a brain tumor and after they removed it and tested it they found it was cancerous.
           This book was good so it gets four stars.

Reader's Response 29

Sourcery                                      completed                       read for 5Hrs.

         Sourcery is about wizards and a sourcerer. A sourcerer is a wizard cubed, the eighth son of an eighth of an eighth son, but are not normally seen because wizards are not technically supposed to have children. This sourcerer comes to Unseen University(the school and domian for wizards) and takes over the university. He also takes over the world. Can Rincewind, a wizard lacking in magic, and a dangerous and beautiful girl save the world?
         I liked this book as it was another humoress book. the plot was exciting and the description made me feel present for the book. The whole concept was really interesting. I also thought the romance in ti was sweet. Sometimes it was boring but it was all in all good.
        I didn't really make any connections.
       This book is really good, 4 stars.

Reader's Response 28

Jingo                                                   completed                                             Read for 10hrs.

                    Jingo is a Fantasy book about two very diffrent countries that are on the brink of war. The tension have arisen because an island has popped up in the middle of the ocean that divides them. As riots and assinations break out in Ankmorpkpork, one of the countries,( more of a city really)it's up to the watch(policemen) to set order.They go under cover in klatch (the other country) to get to the bottom of this whole ordeal.
                   I really like this book because it is funny. I find it hard to have humor in my life because i am not good at gettiing jokes, so this book was very good for me. It also is a great story, with an exciting plot line, and a deep mystery. This book has it all!
                   I connected with one of the characters who doesn't quite fit in, because she is a werewolf. Iam not a werewolf, but I know how it is to be weird.However she is accepted in the watch(policeforce) because they are all weird. In my life my friends and I have accepted that we a all weird, so I fit in.