The Monkey's Raincoat Posting #1

For my next set of blogs, I will be reading The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais. This book is about a detective and his sidekick who are solving a case about a missing person. So far, we learn that a woman's husband is missing along with her child. Right now the detective is just asking the wife about the husband. He hasn't figured too much out yet.

I like this book so far because it is funny but at the same time it is serious. I also like the characters. The main detective is a big smart alec. His partner is a very big man who doesn't really talk, but he beats everyone up. I started reading this book because everyone in my family said it was a really good read.

Third FD/HF Blog Assignment

So far I like everything in my book. It's interesting and fun to read. I think the dialect can be a little hard to understand sometimes, but it still makes it interesting.

Second Reading Circle Blog Assignment

I think Mark Twain writes in a southern dialect. A lot of vowels are taken out of words like when characters say the word "going", Mark Twain writes it as "gwyne". When he writes dialogue, it is often very hard to understand. An example of some really difficult speech is when Twain wrote: Jim told it to me. He says: "Yo'ole father doan' know, yit, what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way." This dialogue continues on for another half of a page. I had to read this a cople of times, each time understanding a little bit more. Although it is difficult to read, I think it really adds to the book. It makes you understand how they really talked.

So far I'm rily enjoyin' dis book. I like how Huckleberry wants tuh be a bad kid, but he still follows rules. I enjoy readin' 'bout wen all uv thuh kids go into fantuhsees 'bout robbin' peeple and killin' 'em. I look forward to readin' more uv dis book.

First Assignment for Huck Finn

1. You don't know me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no matter.

I think the first sentence shows that the book is going to be contrary to previous beliefs. It's saying that if you have read "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", this book will explain things differently. I also think it shows that this character who is speaking could be untrustworthy. I believe this because he is saying something totally different from what his friend previously said. This means that one of them is lying, or bending the truth.



2. The author ends chapter one by telling us that Huckleberry Finn snuck out of his house. This shows that he is a very sneaky character. This backs up my idea that he could be lying/bending the truth. In chapter two, he is continuing to be mischievous by sneaking out with a group of bad kids, including Tom Sawyer, to go do bad things. Chapter one was introducing Huckleberry Finn and showing what his life would be like without all the trouble caused by his friends.



3. I really think I am going to like this book because I enjoy reading stories with the main character being the same age as me. This helps me relate to what's going on. Also I think I am going to like it because I like adventure stories and everyone I know that has read it says it is one of the greatest books they have ever read.

"Angels & Demons" Posting 2

Leonardo Vetra was the foster parent of Vittoria. He was a priest and adopted her when she proved that she was smart in mathematics. Vittoria and Kohler showed Langdon a particle accelerator under their facility. He was amazed by it. After that, Vittoria showed Kohler and Langdon a secret project that she and her father had been working on, anti-matter. A small amount f anti-matter was very unstable and could cause a large explosion. After Vitoria showed them a small example, she wanted to show them a hidden container of anti-matter, a much larger container. When they went down to see it, they stopped at a retina-scanner. When she put her eye to it, she realized there was blood on it. She looked down and saw her father's eye.

I still really like this book. Dan Brown writes very well in the sense that he is introducing all this stuff like particle accelerators and anti-matter, but he explains it so well, you would think you had prior knowledge of these things. I thought the end of the chapters that I read was very suspenseful because I realized that bad people used Leonardo's eye in order to break into the hazmat room and steal the large quantity of anti-matter. I can't wait to read more and post about it.

"Angels & Demons" Posting 1

The second book I am reading is Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. At the beginning of the book, the main character, Robert Langdon, receives a mysterious call by a man named Max Kohler. Following the call he receives a fax by a group known as the "Illuminati". The Illuminati are a satanic cult. Kohler wants Langdon's help to investigate the murder of a co-worker. It is very urgent so he sends for Langdon very quickly. When Langdon arrived at the research facility, he was greeted by Kohler. Langdon was escorted to the room of the murdered man. Leonardo Vetra was his name. The first thing Langdon noticed was that Leonardo's eye was missing.

After started this book, i was mesmerized by how quickly the action and suspense starts. The first page starts with Langdon receiving a mysterious call. After that he is whisked away to a secret facility to investigate the murder of a man with "Illuminati" burned into his chest. So far I am really enjoying this book. My parents recommended I read it and I thank them. I have read other Dan Brown books and I think he is a really good writer. I look forward to reading more of this book.

"Grapes of Wrath" Posting 10 (Final Posting)

For the final posting of this book, I read chapters 29 and 30. In these last chapters, the boxcar that the Joads have been living in starts to flood. While they are all trying to fix it, Ma realizes Rose of Sharon is having her baby. It dies during birth. Pa tells Uncle John to bury the dead baby. Instead, Uncle John lets the baby float down the stream to send a message. They decide to leave the boxcar and spot a barn on a hill. When they get there, a boy is with his father. The boy says his father is starving. Rose of Sharon begins to breast feed the man and smiles.

I think the last part of the book where Rose of Sharon breast feeds the man and smiles, makes her happy because she feels like it is her own baby. I think this was a happy ending because they all find a barn to sleep in, they all have jobs to get money and food, and they aren't sick or on the verge of death. I thought it was a good way to end the book after all of the chaos that occurred earlier in the story.