Monday, September 9, 2013

Blog #3 Due: Monday 9/16/13

Discuss a connection that you have discovered between your current book and your life.

Be sure to remind us of the book you are reading, the author, and what page you are currently on. Your response must be at least 5 sentences. Remember to then respond to a least two classmate's posts.

152 comments:

acuccia6 said...

Well first off, molly and I (main character) have a connection between basketball. Were both in middle school and is obsessed about a celebrity, hers is Josh C., mine being Drake (the rapper). My book is “Miracle On 49th Street” by Mike Lupica. I’m on page 34.It’s basically in the middle of chapter 3 going into chapter 4.

jlett6 said...

I’m reading “a tree grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. I’m on page 420. One connection I made in the book was between me and the main character, Francie. Francie got a job working for a newspaper company and had to read the papers and mark them and Francie loved to read. Some connections between me and Francie were that we were we are about the same age and we both like to read a lot. I love to read almost every day!

jlett6 said...

@acuccia6 great connection between you and your main character! Well done.

tmccray4 said...

A connection i have with the book is with the main character Declin his uncle took him in. Well, my auntie took me in a couple months ago. The book i have a connection with is called "Torn Away". I am currently on page 103 out of 185. The book is written by James Heneghan.

@acuccia6 great job on your post, i would have that same connection if i read that book, keep it up! (:
@awilson2 well, i think you need a little help. Try doing a post like the one above. ^

☺the book i am reading is "torn away" by James Heneghan. I am currently on page 83 out of 185. My book is realistic fiction. I know that by how the story is happening, and plus Mrs. Thomas told me. (:
i am completely enjoying the book. I can't wait to finish it and start a new one!

gregorym6 said...

The book I am currently is the under dogs by mike lupica. And I am on page 31 and the way it connects with my life is by him always ready to play football. And it is very uncomfortable when you find a girl playing football and went u do they are really good. And so he runs into this girl and she says that she is a placement kicker. Because when she kicked the ball it hit him in the head and I get hit in the head a lot in football. And it does not feel good. And so he discovers that she is really good and he likes here and they start to hand out and this connects with me by when I was 12 I met a girl that can play football and she was a great teammate and a great player.

jflowers3 said...

That he had a great family. And he has did bad stuff in his life but he is still an good kid. Another thing I have in common with the character is the he was a leader that was adventuress. And Stanley is a curious person who is always has to find out the truth. And blames someone else for his mistake.

aposey6 said...

@jlett6:Great job u was very specific and did exactly what you were supposed to do!!

aposey6 said...

@tmccray4:Good work on your post, it seems like an interesting book!

aposey6 said...

I’m reading “The total tragedy of a girl named Hamlet “by Erin Dionne. Right now I’m on page 70.The main charter in the book is Hamlet .The connections I have in my book between me and Hamlet is we both go too middle school, have sister(s),and also have a dog. It’s getting more interesting as I keep reading and getting more into it.

lfindley6 said...

A connection I have with my book is cancer. Well, my book is about a girl with cancer who sadly thinks shes going to die.My connection is that I know about this girl named Talia who made videos on youtube and she had been facing cancer for about 6 years. But I really loved her and her videos, and she was important to my life. Very recently, she died and I know she will be missed. Im reading the book " The fault in our stars" by John Green. Im on page 115.

lfindley6 said...

gregorym6 great job! I love how it was very specific and related to you a lot.

lfindley6 said...

jlett6 , good job! I love how your comment helps us understand more about you, and the character!

mrossi4 said...

I am reading “Hoot” by Carl Hiaasen. I am currently on page 77. In the book the main character, Roy Eberhardt, finds that his bike has been stolen. He forgot to lock it to the fountain tat was on the golf course. I can relate to this because when I lived in Coral Springs, Florida, my brother’s bike got stolen. He too forgot to lock it up.

blythgoe4 said...

I am currently reading Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. I am on page 304. My connection was with John and Savannah. While John was with the military, they wrote each other letters and talked on the phone. Last year I moved from Utah to Florida. My best friend still lives in Utah, and I text her everyday.
@mrossi4 I love that book! Good job.
@jlett6 Good job! That sounds like a really good book.

apetersen6 said...

I am currently reading 'The House On The Gulf' by Margaret Peterson. I am on page 112 and finding it very interesting. One connection I have with this book is that Brittany(the main character) has a next door neighbor that is just like her grandma, and so do I. Also, Brittany and her family live in Florida, just like I do. I cant wait to read more!

jzhang6 said...

lfindley6 good job on your blog. Your blog was very detailed. And it's pretty sad about Thalia.

apetersen6 said...

jlett6 Good job on your blog. I love how you like to read, because not many people do. Keep up the good work!

apetersen6 said...

lfindley6 I love how you said that she was very important in your life, that made your blog 10x better. Also, I can tell that you are enjoying the book, that's a good thing! Great job!

Sphillips4 said...

I'm terribly sorry if this disappoints anyone, but I have found almost no similarities between my life and my realistic fiction book, Ungifted (I'm on page 24). I'm not just trying to take the lazy way out here, but you see, it might not be so bad not finding any similarities: I’ve never sent the heavens and the earth crashing through the gym at a hundred miles per hour; I’ve never gotten illegitimately sent to supergenius school while hiding out of trouble from previously stated disaster. My sister isn’t planning on giving birth anytime soon (she’s 9); I’ve never met a kid with an IQ of 206 and more than slightly corrupted him by showing him what YouTube is, resulting in him learning about pro wrestling, leading to him crashing the school dance while dressed up as Kid Nitro and body-slamming the crowd from the DJ booth, and beating another school’s robot’s head in with a judge’s folding chain, WWE style; or anything else of that nature. See my point? This isn’t exactly something you would normally be proud to find similarities in your life with.

Sphillips4 said...

@mrossi4: good post! And I'm glad I have a bike lock!
@blythgoe4: nice job! I'm sorry you had to leave your friend, but happy that you’re still in touch!

mglaeser3 said...

I'm still reading Ronald dahls book of ghost stories and im on page 33 still.I this book is really cool because it leaves you with cliff hangers and tells you stuff you never heard about.My connection with this book is that I really like this book and I like ghost because they are scary and creep me out.I really think I should share this book with the class because it's really good.

mglaeser3 said...

I like sphillips4 because at least he is being truthful but that book does get good. I like mrossi4 because it's well explained and very good written

kharrison6 said...

I'm reading eggs by jerry spinelli. It's about two people that just met and became bestr friends.i have a guy friend that i knew since the second grade and we are very close like two peas in a pod. even though we are best buds we fight a lot to just like davied and primrose.

kharrison6 said...

@Sphillips4
great job very desciptive
@apetersen6
good work sounds like a funny book

JHerrera4 said...

I am currently reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I am on page 190. I have quit a few connections to this book. A Walk in the Woods is about a man who goes on the Appalachian Trail. He faces a few surprises along the way with his buddy Katz. I can relate to this book because I have been hiking before where the book takes place. I have gone along some of the Blue Ridge parkway. I can relate to the book because I have been to many of the places that the main characters go through. Such as Amicalola Falls. It’s a great book and I highly recommend it!

JHerrera4 said...

Great connection blythgoe4! That's a great connection about your friend from Utah and how you text her all the time. Nice job!

JHerrera4 said...

Nice job jlett6! You had some nice connections between you and Francie. Great job!

apinkney3 said...

I’m currently reading the vampire stalker by Allison van deepen. I am now on page 150. There are a lot of things that I can connect to my book. One the main connections that I can make with my book are that sometimes I want to tell my friends some things but I know that I can’t. Just like Amy (my main character) I know that is important to just to say nothing.

jlett6 said...

@lfindley6 Great blog. Well written and descriptive about your book. You nailed it!

Eschrold6 said...

A connection I have made from my book is that the main character is Jewish and I am also Jewish. The book I am reading is letters from RIFKA. The author is Karen Hesse. The page I am currently on is 39.

Eschrold6 said...

@jlett6 great job on the connections you made.

Eschrold6 said...

@gregorym6 had a great blog it explained interesting parts about the book.

River merrifield said...

A connection betwean me and by book is that my dad alwase hit on me and made threats towards me. But I l love my dad even though he was mean to me before. He came back and were starting fresh. And my favorite ant died to. I did not live with her but she was nice and real with me.

Hlawson3 said...

I am reading Joyride and I am on page 83. In the book this girl named Nina is always moving from place to place around America. I used to move a lot when I was little, so that's a connection right there.

Hlawson3 said...

River merrifield: That's a really good connection.

River Merrifield said...

JHerrera4 did a great job, I'd like to read that book.

Hlawson3 said...

Eschrold6 had a good connection with the type of religon.

River Merrifield said...

Hlawson3 yah thats a connection any more?

mobleyj said...

The current book I am reading is called Search for Safety, by John Lagan and I am on page 83. Right now I only have one connection with my book, and that is when my character goes to work in a convenience store with a man named Mr. Graham. The reason why I can relate to this is because my uncle has a barbeque store and in it he has things that are for the customer’s convenience. My grandma also has a store of her own but her store is just convenience. And this is how I relate to the story so far.

martina3 said...

good god on your blog sphillips4 it was log and detailed.

mobleyj said...

Great job apinkney3 I like your connection

mobleyj said...

Super job mgleaser3 on your blog it was very detailed.

martia3 said...

mobleyj had a very interesting conection to his story that eminds me of my family

tbolton4 said...

I have just finished reading the book Sapphique (sequel to Incarceron) by Catherine Fisher. It was 462 pages long. In the book, Claudia had a bad relationship with her father. I can relate to this because my mom and I don’t get along very well. Claudia rarely sees her father, and I rarely see my mom. My mom lives really far away, while Claudia’s father lives in a whole different world.

tbolton4 said...

@apinkney3 is this book good? You did a great job on your blog. :)

mwilby4 said...

I am currently reading Found by Margret Peterson Haddix. I am on page 124. The connection I have from my book is the main character’s friend has a crush on his sister. The connection I had Is one of my friends has a crush on my sister. The main character is Jonah. His friend is Chip and his sister is Kathryn.

tbolton4 said...

@lfindley6 I watched Talia too. It was really sad. This is a very well put and inspiring blog

ehouston4 said...

Good job @jherrera4!! You had a great connection, keep up the good work!

mwebster4 said...

The book I am reading is The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and I am on page 184. A connection I have with the book is that Ponyboy has a close connection with all of the people in his gang (SodaPop, Steve, Darry, Two-Bit, Dally and Johnny). They are all good to each other and always have each other’s backs when they need it. I have that same thing with me and my friends and I know I have their back while they have mine if anything happens.

mwilby4 said...

@tbolton4 Im sorry to hear that. but i like how you found that connection.

mwilby4 said...

@mobelyj Good job on your blog! keep up the good work!

ehouston4 said...

I am reading the Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan, I am on page 152. I think I have a connection with Annanbeth, because she has amazing bravery and compassion, and I like to think that I am the same way. She has fantastic fighting skills and I am in martial arts. This book is amazing and I highly recommend it,

mwebster4 said...

@mglaeser3: U did a good job on telling what and why u like about the book! Great job!
@mobleyj: U really explained a very neat connection with the book. Good job man!

ehouston4 said...

nice job @jlett6, good connection!

Cnechodom4 said...

The book I am currently reading is called, Football Genius by Tim Green and I am on page 34. In a recent chapter in my book, the main character Troy is faced with a conflict. He plays on a pee wee football team in Atlanta, Georgia. He is 2nd string quarterback but all his teammates know the only reason Troy doesn’t start is because the starting quarterback is the coach’s son, Jamie. He is constantly bullying Troy and making fun of him and how he doesn’t have a dad. One day after football, Troy tells Jamie that his mom just got a job with the Atlanta Falcons and she has all the connections with the players. Which isn’t true, Troy’s mom just was interviewed to work for the falcons but at that time, had not received the job yet. Jamie tells Troy that he can’t get a real Falcons Football before the next game on Saturday, which makes Troy determined to get one. His mom gets the job and he asks her if she can get him one but she can’t until after the game. Troy decides to sneak out at night with his friends and sneak into the neighborhood of the Falcons starting linebacker, Seth Holloway. Troy steals a ball from his house and gives it to Jamie but Jamie told him it’s too big to use and his mom probably stole it. Troy goes to put the ball back in his yard and he gets caught by the neighborhood patrol. I can relate to this because I went to a professional soccer game and a game ball was on the field about 15 yards from me. I knew how much those balls were worth because they had “Professional Game Ball” stamped on it. I snuck under the barricade and went and grabbed it and came back. I thought I had gotten it until a security guard came over and told me to put it back on the field. That is how I can connect with my book.

Cnechodom4 said...

Mwilby4,
Great job on your blog you clearly stated your connection and it was very descriptive.

ehunziker4 said...

I am reading Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass. I am currently on page 108. In the book Jeremy has to find a set of keys to open a box his father made for him. Though I have never had to search for a set of keys we both don’t like to travel outside of our town. Everything he needs has always been in close range and that has always been the same for myself. But every so often there is something that I do need outside of town.

Cnechodom4 said...

Mwebster4,
Good job on your blog Malik. You used correct capitalization and punctuation. Fantastic job.

ehunziker4 said...

Good job Cnechodom you were very descriptive.

ehunziker4 said...

Good job mwebster4 you did really well.

kbailey6 said...

cnechododm4
Great job on your blog you clearly stated your connection and it sounded interesting

kbailey6 said...

ehunziker4
Great job on your blog you clearly stated your connection and it sounded interesting

kbailey6 said...

I am currently reading Endangered by Eliot Schrefer on page 91. So far i find this book interesting but i do not have much in common with it. I have never even heard of a bonobo until i read this book. The only thing i can find in common with this book is that im from the united states

miller6 said...

ehunziker4good job and you are at a good part in your book.

miller6 said...

Cnechodom4 good job very well thought out and very Descriptive.

kkaufmann6 said...

I'm still reading Sand Dollar Summer and I'm currently on page 172. In this story her mom was in a bad car accident and was hospitalized for a while. I can relate to this becuase when my dad had a heart attack he was in the hospital for a while too. She also had to do a lot to recover from it like physical therapy and not being able to do anything. My dad had to stay home for an extra month and couldn't do a lot of excersise to let his heart get better.

kkaufmann6 said...

cnechodom4 good job telling what all happened and supporting it all very good

kkaufmann6 said...

JHerrera4 i like how you did more than one connection, good job!

mmoffitt6 said...

I am currently reading I so don't do Mysteries by Barrie Summy. I am on page 163. My book is really insterting but I don't really have any connections to it. My mom has not died and I don't really like to go to zoos to see animals. The only connection that I can relate to is that this book takes place in the United states in Calforina.

lwithers6 said...

I have just finished my book, The Killing Sea, which is 183 pages. I dont have any connections to this book at all. The main character is a boy, I have never expierienced a life changing trauma, or ever been in serious trouble.The closest thing I have in common with this book is that I help others in times of need.Im sort of happy that I dont have any thing in common with this book its all about loss and destruction.

acollazo6 said...

I am reading Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. I’m currently on page 114 out of 454 pages. Scarlet (the main character) is being introduced to many new people and things. For example, she met a new fighter that people call Wolf and at first Scarlet is under the impression that he’s a nice man but is starting to be more suspicious as she comes across her dad and grandma being kidnapped. I have a connection to her, not because her father and grandma got kidnapped, but because I am also meeting new people and experiencing new things. I’m meeting new people because this is my first year at Fort Clarke, and I’ve been making new friends and also I am not familiar with the teachers here.

acollazo6 said...

@Cnechodom4 ...
Wow chase you're really doing the most!Good job on explaining everything in the book that happened and being able to connect with it like that.

acolllazo6 said...

@apinkney3 ....
I know how you feel about wanting to tell your friends things that you can't. Good job on connecting with the main character but next time maybe describe a little bit more, other than that, great job!:)

cparker3 said...

I have found multiple connections between me and the main character, we are both teenagers, and we like technology, and we are both going to be in high school soon. I'm on page 86. I am reading the absolute value of mike. It is written by Kathryn Erskine.

cparker3 said...

jlett6 I like what you said, and I love how you told the connections you and the main character.

cparker3 said...

I like what mrossi4 wrote, she wrote the connection about early life, good job mrossi4.

mrosario4 said...

The book that I am currently reading is called Baseball Great, by Mike Lubica. I am on page 70 out of 255 pages. One of the connections that I have with the book is that the main character Josh loves baseball. I also love baseball. Whenever Joshes coach tells him to do something or to play a certain position he is right on it, no questions asked. I am the same way as Josh. Me and Josh do not backtalk are coaches or argue with them if we think they are wrong

mrosario4 said...

Cnechodom4 unbelievable job on your blog, you always have great details and back up what you are saying very well, you nailed it!

mrosario4 said...

tbolton4, nice job on your blog, you did good describing the connection that you have with your book that you have already finished, keep up the good work

sknowwles6 said...

I am currently reading Hatchet, written by Gary Paulson. I am on page 187. One connection in this book was between me and the main character of the book, Brian. The connection was that me and Brian are both about the same age and that we both have been lost in the woods for a while. I was lost in the woods for about two hours.

sknowles6 said...

@jlett6 Great job on answering the question! Nice job.

jzhang6 said...

I just finished reading the book Divergent by Veronica Roth. The connection I have with the book is that the main character's friend Christina has a fear of moths. And back in Illinois, my best friend Helen has a fear of moths, just like Christina's fear. Those of you who haven't read Divergent yet, you really should. This book is about the utopian world. Which means the future in chaos and wars.

sknowles6 said...

@gregorym6 Nice descriptive details and answering the question! Great work.

jzhang6 said...

acollazo6 good job on your response. That sounds like an awesome book. So far I hope you like Fort Clarke.

spark6 said...

I'm reading 'City of Orphans' by Greg Ruth. I am on page 37. A connection between me and this book's main character Maks is age. He has same age with me.

@acuccia6 you did great job on the blog, and when I have time I'd like to read that book.

@mrossi4 Nice work. I like that book.

mmoffitt6 said...

kkaufmann6 great job explaining your connection to your book. You were very descriptive!

mmoffitt6 said...

lfindley6 great job on telling your connection.It showed how it related to you a lot.

hhesters4 said...

I am currently reading cyborg the page I am currently on is 26. I personally haven’t been able to find any thing that is the same between me and my book. As though in my life I struggle to help what is happening now and in my book she figures out what is going on in the past, and how it helps us in the future.

hhesters4 said...

@jzhang6
@sknowwles6 good use of words and good exxamples

ahan4 said...

I am currently reading the book Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica. I am also on page 31.The connection that my character in the story Nate Brodie, and I share is a loving passion for a specific sport. Both of us are also in the same age group, and we both try our hardest to do the best we can in sports. I think Nate and I are just alike.

ahan4 said...

@mobelyj I think that his post was really detailed, and well thought out.

ahan4 said...

@tbolton I thought that her post was really informational.

tnegron03 said...

My book is love?maybe. by Heather Helper and I'm on page 80. Me and Piper best friends Jillian and Claire have a connection about love. We like to find a boy for valentine. Also, me and piper (main character) have a connection by helping her friends out.

tnegron03 said...

mobleyj your blog was good and detailed.

tnegron03 said...

mobleyj your blog was good and detailed.

tnegron03 said...

jlett6 nice blog!

lwithers6 said...

Mwilby4 ive read that book but I didn't like it
Cnechodom4 your paragragh was nicely detailed

kaesposito4 said...

I'm book reading is It's not like I planned it this way, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. I'm on page 78. My book is about a sophomore whose dad is getting remarried, but not everything is going as planned. I think that relates to my life a lot. I believe that the book is saying that not everything goes as planned, and I think that is similar to my life cause not everything goes the way we think it should go, because we don’t know how things are supposed to go. There are always going to be different endings but it depends on how we approach the problem to see if it will go the way we had envisioned it.

rqualls4 said...

I am currently reading Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and I am on page 268. The way this book connects with my life and a lot of other people’s lives are that many people, teen mostly, wish for perfection and a glamorous life where you don’t have to work for love, money, looks or anything. In Tally’s world, when you turn 16, you undergo an extreme cosmetic surgery that makes you pretty, perfect, immune to diseases; have a perfect body, and apparently a perfect pretty mind. Sadly our modern day plastic surgery could never compete with that. With all the modern day pressures of being perfect, to being pretty, the surgery would seem like a small price to pay for a life of glamour, fun, and hakuna matata (it means no worries). It would get rid of war, and people feeling left out, and ugly. Everyone wins, and wouldn’t that be wonderful? But then the big question pops up. Is all this worth losing yourself and giving up how you were meant to look like just to be what others want you to be, all for the sake of equality? Apparently, the truth about the pretty world isn’t all that pretty. The surgery changes how you think and I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my mind to change. I like the way I am and if it involved a choice of betraying your best friend and becoming pretty or remaining ugly forever, I would choose being unperfected because that’s the best part about me. I hope that Tally makes the same decision as I did because even though we all have over cravings for perfection, being perfect is boring and in my opinion, being ugly is the new pretty.

rqualls4 said...

Cnechodom4
Great job on your post. You included lots of detail and your answer was clear.

kaesposito4 said...

Cnechodom4 I thought your blog was very descriptive, and had a lot of detail,and support.

rqualls4 said...

JHerrera4
Great Job. Your answer was well thought and well written.

aouellette3 said...

The book that I am currently reading is called “Perfect” by Natasha Friend and I am on page 163. There are several connections between the main character and I, one is that she has a sister and I also have a sister. The second connection is that the main character and I are both in the eighth grade and we are both 13 years old. There is one other connection that the main character Isabelle and I have and it is a personal one. Lastly, there are several connections but there are times where the main character and I don’t connect.

kaesposito4 said...

acollazo6 I thought that you had a interesting, and descriptive connection with your book.

apinkney3 said...

@tbolton4 yes the book was awesome but sadly i'm finished now.
cnechodom4 great description. the book sounds really good.

apinkney3 said...

@tbolton4 yes the book was awesome but sadly i'm finished now.
cnechodom4 great description. the book sounds really good.

aouellette3 said...

@rqualls4 Great job on your blog, it was very descriptive and well thought out.

cchumack6 said...

The book i am reading is The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I am currently on page 112 out of 328. I honestly don't have a personal connection to this book due to it being very brutal and all. The only real connection i have is the girl having a sister like i do. Even though i don't have anything to compare my book to it still is a great book.

cchumack6 said...

sphillips4
I thought your point of view was great. good job on your post this week.

cchumack6 said...

cnechodom4
great post this week. It was long and very descriptive.

czunkel3 said...

I am reading the stand by Stephen King. I am on page 810. The characters in the book are definitely going thorough some tough times( because every body is sick or dying or dead from the superflu. This reminds me of when my mom lost her job. Our family had to work together more than ever. The characters also had to pull together to survive the sickness.

czunkel3 said...

you did a great job on your post. But I think that It could have been more specific. But other than that you did pretty good.

TJensen6 said...

The book I am currently reading is The Fey by claudia Hall. I am on page 115 or chapter 13. I have a few connections with the main character Alex. First Alex is an American special forces officer and I am American. I also love special forces teams.

TJensen6 said...

gregorym6
great job on the post. sounds like a great book.
<:*)

TJensen6 said...

jlett6
great job on the post. cool book.

aouellette3 said...

@tbolton4 Your blog was great, it sounds like this book is very personal to you.

amartin3 said...

so far in Theodore Boone the abduction my connection has not been directly to me but in another movie. in the movie Taken a mysterious s criminal kidnaps a teen-age girl and the main character is trying to find her. in the book I am reading April gets kidnaped and Theo is trying to save her. I am reading Theodore Boone the abduction I am one page 47 and the author is John Crisham.

amills3 said...

I'm reading How to be popular by Meg Cabot and I’m on page 29. A connection that i have noticed that my main character Stephanie and I both are very funny and giggly. She and I both also love romance movies. I have noticed that Stephanie and I are very similar in just our personalities. My book so far is very good it’s just my type of book.

amills3 said...

aouellette3 awesome post, well done.

amills3 said...

cchumack6 your blog was really good, keep up the good work!

qnuttall6 said...

I'm reading A Tran to Potevea, by mike ramsdell. The connection is that my father lived in Russia for two years. they both love it there. The main character is LDS(Mormon) and so is my family and I. I hope to go to Russia some day.

qnuttall6 said...

Sphillips4 nice post, it was good.

qnuttall6 said...

czunkel3 nice post man that was a good post

cfarabee4 said...

I'm reading "Hollis Woods" by: Patricia Reilly Giff and I'm on page 136. I have some similar characteristics with the main character Hollis. She and I are two people that escape in a world of art. We love to draw and love to capture landscapes and everything that comes in our sight. Hollis also comes to a realization that she enjoys taking care of others, even if she didn't start out like that. I have a very similar personality! And that's why I love this book!

cfarabee4 said...

@JHerrera4 Your book seems very interesting! Keep up the good work!
@acuccia6 I would love to read that book because i enjoy basketball also! Great job!

APerez4 said...

I am on page 146, of the book I’m reading, “Chomp”, by Carl Hiaasen. I can connect to this book because Wahoo’s (the main character) mom is all the way in china. My dad is not all the way in China, but he isn’t with me all the time. At the beginning of the book, she was there, but she had to go to China to work and get money for their family. My dad has to do the same thing. Every chance Wahoo got, he called her. I do the same. Of course, I don’t always remember, but when I do I call him. Just like the main character, I have a parent that is far away.

APerez4 said...

@jlett6 Good comment! Also, it is a good habit of reading, it is a good thing you are in the habit.

APerez4 said...

@Sphillips Good comment and analyzation! I like how you gave reason of why you two do not have similarities.

jclark3 said...

I am still reading the book, Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies by Erin Dionne, on page 65. One connection I would make with the main character, Celeste Harris, would be that she feels insecure about herself. She doesn't like her weight and doesn't even think she can be a model. She has a chance to be a HuskyPeach, but doesn't want to be a chubby model. She doesn't care to much what everyone else, she just does her own thing. Celeste and I are very similar when it comes to being insecure.

jclark3 said...

apinkney3 Great job on your blog seems like a great book!

jclark3 said...

gregorym6 Nice job on giving alot of details about your book, seems like a great book for anyone who likes football.

kbergman3 said...

Evan, The brother of Jessie in 'The Lemonade War', reminds me of how I was in when I was younger. I was always really competitive against my older sister. We both had a "reputation" to be upheld so if either of us lost a competition we had to challenge the other to another competition to "get even". It may seem weird to some people but I'm pretty sure that at least one of you were like this when you were younger. My book is The Lemonade War, By Jaqueline Davies (I did not put the page # becuase i finished the book but have not read enough into the new book to give five sentences worth.)

kbergman3 said...

@acuccia6 Nice fully fleshed out connection from your main character to you. *golf clap*

kbergman3 said...

@mrossi4 quite the specific connection between the main character in your book and someone in your life.

bking3 said...

The book I am still currently reading is called "Border Town" the author is "Malin Alegria".I am on page 52. This book connects with my life now because it is in school and theres alwasys drama. The main character "Fabi" likes a guy named "Dex" and her younger sister who just joined the school has her eyes set on him too. Her sister"Alexis" seems to fit in the cool group really good and Fabi is kinda jelouse. This connects because tow of my hairs can like the same boy and its just alot of drama mixed up. That is how it connects to my life now.

@gregorym6 Great Blog!

@jclark3 Good job kepp up the good work!

djouvenas3 said...

The book I am still currently reading is called “My Almost Epic Summer”. The page I am currently on is 59. This book is connected to my life because it takes place in the summer and there is a little drama. In this book a girl dreams to have this perfect summer and everything goes right but we all know that is not how reality works. Then everything goes downhill from the first day of summer. That is how it connects to my life now.
@bking3 Great job on your blog! I can relate to that.
@jclark3 Good job! Keep up the good work.

gmiller6 said...

Sphillips4 your book sounds realy cool

gmiller6 said...

djouvenas3 i would love that summer where every thing is perfect

cjones4 said...

The book i am still currently reading is called "My little phony", by Lisi harrison. I am on page 100 and it is really good so far. This book is connected in my life because its about this group of friends that get a couple days out of school due to the amount of snow. They all then got together and had a sleepover. They played funny games, gossiped, and went to a party.That is the same thing i did this weekend with my friends, but only one stayed to my house.

KChrisopulos3 said...

I am currently reading the "Fault in our stars". So far I am on page 242. My connection is with Hazel. She would rather stay home and read books, then go out and do things. This is so like me.

KChrisopulos3 said...

@acuccia6 very good job on your blog!! Good in detail.

trahman4 said...

Currently, I'm reading "Michael Vey - The Prisoner of Cell 25" by Richard Paul Evans. I am not much similar to the main character of the book (which is evident by the fact that I can't seem to shoot electricity from my fingers), but he is very fond of his mother like me. I do share a few similarities with Ostin, the main character's best friend. Like him, I'm fascinated with science and maths.

KChrisopulos3 said...

@gregorym6 very good job on your blog. You had all that was needed, and it was a all around good blog.

aanzivino6 said...

I am reading Percy Jackson the Lightning thief, which I am on page 42 and am enjoying it a lot.
A connection that is between the character and I is that we both don't do too well in school and struggle to keep out of trouble. Percy Jackson is always trying to find new schools that suit him better as for me I'm not really trying to find new schools so we do also have our differences. The Percy Jackson is a very good series and will ready all the other books later.


aanzivino6 said...

gregorym6 I think your blog is great on how it described. Good work.

aanzivino6 said...

jlett6 I love how you talk about how you both love to read! keep up the good work!

aacash3 said...

My current book is the Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake, and i am on page 48. This book shows a connection between life because it has to do with bullying. This is a connection because bullying is something that people face everyday.There are tons of reasons why people get bullied 24/7. The main character in this book is being bullied for her race. Bullying is not ok yet people will still do it anyways.

Unknown said...

In my book [my book is called "Cracker the best dog in Vietnam"] the main character Brian loves his dog that he got, Cracker. I also love my dog Tuck he is a pit/black lab. Both dogs would do anything to protect there owners. i have recently finished my book. i have to say that it is one of my favorite books of all time. i would definitely recommend it for anyone who likes a good story following a dog.

athomas6 said...

I'm ready Daniel X and I'm page 186 and the author is James Patterson. Me and Daniel both have a connection because he's 13 in the beginning and he's to get on a sports team just like me.

Unknown said...

acuccia6 good connection. i do have to say you are a little behind tough ha ha but just red really fast.

Unknown said...

jlett6 that is actually a really good connection because all readers have an unspoken respect for each other.

kbergman3 said...

David, the main character, in general can't seem to cope with that fact that his mother has passed away. He keeps hoping that if he obeys enough rules his mother will come back. Even if he follows the rules, his grandmother's rules, he thinks don't apply to him. After the death of his mother he became very quiet and withdrawn about the subject. His father only comes home on the weekends ,due to him being a sales manager, he can't always be there for David so his grandmother watches over David. Throughout the book he has been quite gullible, and always believes what he sees whether it was put in context or not. An example of this is when he found an egg in a girls' mouth covered in leaves and eyes closed. He believed she was dead and alerted to local authorities. He then saw the girl at a book reading he screamed because he thought the girl was a ghost. The book is Eggs By Jerry Spinelli. I am on page 114.