Post 10- Reading Wishlist

1. Gone Girl  by: Gillian Flynn

2. The book Thief by: Markus Zusak

3. Cinder by: Marissa Meyer

4. Safe Haven by. Nicholas Sparks

5. Last Song by: Nicholas Sparks

6. Fallen by: Lauren Kate

7. Maze Runner by: James Dashner

8. The selection by: Kira Cass

9. The Elite by: Kira Cass

10. The One by: Kira Cass

Post 9- Book 4 review

Dear audience,

My name is Tally. You may have heard my story before, but you have never heard what I've had to say about what happened at the smoke. Anyways I’m writing to you to give you clarity about it and even to map it all out for myself.

So I grew up in a town called Uglyville where all the uglies live before they turn pretty on their 16th birthday. My best friend growing up was Peris, we did everything together. Everything was perfect until he turned 16, became pretty and left me for two months alone in Uglyville. There was no way I would survive without my best friend for two whole months. I did. It was lonely but I managed.

 So now I'm going to skip ahead to when my life got complicated.... One night I was feeling really lonely so I decided to sneak into New Pretty town where Peris lived. Maybe if I saw him all this waiting for two more months would be worth it. Boy was I wrong! Not knowing that I would cause a scene I went anyway. Now you could probably guess this was way illegal but I had to see him soon!

 Getting into New Pretty Town was easy but seeing Peris was not. I had to wear a mask so people wouldn't see my ugly face. Once I finally found Peris he said what you would accept, and what I should have, I don't recall his exact words but it was something like “Why are you here?" or “You shouldn't be here!". Not the welcome I expected..... So after our little chat I pulled a fire alarm, bungee jumped of a skyscraper and ran from the city officials. Then things got crazy.

 While hiding under a bush I met Shay. Little did I know that I would end up betraying Shay who later became my best friend? Anyway Shay was adventurous, I was not, and she and I went far past Ugly Ville boarders to the Rusties old cities. It was the most fun I've had since Peris. We both had the same birthdays so we'd turn Pretty together1 everything was perfect... almost. One problem Shay didn't want to turn pretty ever. Why not I didn't know at the time. She had friends that lived in a place called the Smoke, a place where people lived off the land and stayed ugly forever. A week before my birthday Shay asked me to come with her to the Smoke and I refused. In case I changed my mind she left clue on how to get there.

 The day of my sixteenth birthday I was scared but super excited to turn pretty! That was the big day! Or so I thought..... I was brought to special circumstances where I saw the scariest pretties ever. They brought in to this mean old ladies room who questioned me about Shay who had disappeared. Great. I told them that we had left the city but never had we gone to the smoke. They said only if I helped them that I would ever become pretty or stay ugly for the rest of my life.

 What should I have done? If I could go back and change the decision I made to help the pretties I would. But what ended up happening is that I traveled to the Smoke, almost killed myself, fell for David, and betrayed people who had become my family. They trusted me; he trusted me. Now I don’t think ill ever see them again or even if I do they will never forgive me for leading the government to the Smoke.

When I got to the smoke I feel in love with it. Everyone and everything was full of life, live, and the spirt that you would never see in the city. So I destroyed the pendent the government gave me and it set of a tracking signal to uglyville.

I betrayed them, but before I had a change of heart. It doesn’t matter what happened and I just hope someday they will forgive me. Especially David.  So there you have it my story. I am now in a government jet watching the people and place I had come to love suffer.

Post 8- Book 2 Trailer

Post 7- My Book talk

Post 4- Adapting book2

So I'm reading The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum, this book is a spy themed novel about a man who was found by some sailors in the Mediterranean Sea. He has no recollection of where he is or even who he is. Then e wakes up on a small island in the care of a drunken doctor....... So this man was found in the sea and no one knows who or where he came from, He's half dead, and has no memory. Great? Not so much because apparently his past that he can't remember came with some freaky baggage....... He has a lot of people after him to kill him- but doesn't remember any of them- and he also has super-fast fighting reflexes. So basically he is on this journey right now trying to figure out who he is and stay alive.

So first of all this would be a great TV show adaptation because of the mystery and length of the book. You could even split the various books in the series into cliff hanging seasons that all lead up to one finally.

5 most important decisions:

1. The first major thing you would need to put into the show is the dramatic tone that is in the book. Without making it cheesy of course, Bourne (the main character) is constantly facing danger and fighting with himself to try to remember so the show would need to have that dramatic feel in order to make the tone of danger and confusion present.

2.  You would also need to create Bourne's role as was in the novel. Bourne is a mysterious man who has unbelievable reactions to danger. His role is what makes the Bourne Identity what it is. His skills are what makes every situation in the book and now in the TV series  exhilarating and a cliffhanger in  every show to the viewers.  So by saying true to his character in the book and incorporating that into the TV series you will attract more of the fans of the book when you incorporate his role versus if you were to change his character in the TV series.

3. Another very important decision when thinking about making the board and identity into a TV series is the distribute Tatian of the events the book throughout the series. There are several events in the book that make the book what it is and I feel thatyou can stretch that throughout the several series of the show.The most important scenes from the book will be incorporated into the several series with additions of new characters and new plots a new many issues or problems the board has to figure out throughout the show's.

4. Another key character would be the doctor. The one who born falls in love with in the book, she was very important in the book and will continue in the TV series to be just as important with helping foreign figure out who he is and why he's there and helping him overcome Carlos and fight. In the in the TV show she will be more of a main character in the viewers will get to see her side of the story as well as Florence and what she goes through in fighting Carlos and solving the mystery of Bourne.

5.with the series they will need to be a specific feel that the audience recognizes from the book to be incorporated into the TV series. There needs to be a sense of danger excitement and illusion. Will be background music throughout that will give that feel of danger and the illusion of someone always watching just like in the book. This will make sure that the TV series,  all giving a new perspectives of the book will stay true still in most sense bringing the audience and the fans of the book to become excited about the new series.

Post 6- Book 3 Listical

 

 5 reasons why Tris is aggravating:

Her stupidity harms others: Tris makes decisions based on what she thinks is right in the moment. Although having quick reactions can be a good thing many times it’s not. In insurgent she offers herself up to the enemy so that they can test her to make a powerful simulation that can control people like her (divergent). So what your thinking is probably something along the lines of wow she just saved everyone the erudite was going to harm, but in the reality the test were going to help erudite control the people who would stop them in the end. So Tris gave herself up and this would help control the divergent not save everyone else.  

Plays the "16 year old girl card": Tris is 16 years old and has come a long way since leaving abnegation and going to Dauntless. She is strong and knows how to fight. Yet she still manipulates people by playing I'm that helpless little girl card. Like in the book she had other plans to secretly go behind dauntless and while they tried to take down erudite she would try to save some of it. So she said she was not prepared to fight because of the traumatic experiences lately instead. So she went behind everyone's back and did what she wanted. 

Obsessive: Throughout the book Tris constantly obsesses over one thing after another and then they come back again and again. For example Four. She obsesses over him constantly, always wondering if he still likes her. Why he likes her? What's he thinking? For periods of time this certain obsession fades but then another arises. Will, she keeps bringing up Will, which in her defense is sad but it's constantly "I killed him" and she has 100 million thoughts about it. Finally just the list of people that have done her wrong. Every time a person is added she goes over everyone on that list and what they have done.

Anger = clouded judgment:  When Tris gets angry she loses all of her abnegation values and lets someone know it. She usually lashes and becomes violent. For example Caleb, her brother, worked for a women named Jeanine who had Tris "killed" and he pretty much stood by and let her do it. So a few months later when she and Caleb were on speaking terms he said something jokingly and she punch his face repeatedly and said " I'm gunna kill him!" . Now I understand why she was upset but she has done it many other times with Peter as well.


The world revolves around her: Tris is a leader and there is no doubt about that. Although her leadership skills get the characters in the book out of trouble, she acts like the world revolves around her. Tris is very head strong and wants what she wants when she wants it. In the book she has that " I am always right" attitude, for example when Tobias messes up she has to make sure he knows she was right even though he obviously knows. I just get this tone that she feels that everyone should follow her and if they don't there always wrong.   

 

Post 5- Truth in a memoir

I have very simple views on the topic whether or non-nonfiction needs to be true or not. Personally I think for a book to be consider nonfiction or a memoir it must be 100% true or its fiction based off a true story. If it isn't totally true it never happened like that at all or it is totally made up, now does that sound like nonfiction? If your story is full of half-truths than half of the story is a lie and that's fine if you own up to it. Although I do believe Frey and others should own up to making up things and exaggerating.

 

Half-truth stories can be very good but you lose the “ah” that it actually happened then if it really did.In conclusion I feel like there needs to be a line between genres because then false will be confused with true. People tend to read based on genre and it’s a way for them to find what they’re interested and taking away genre would mess something almost equal to a book system. .

Post 3- Book 1 Project

What would happen if the only world you knew was 11x11ft? All you had was a small kitchen, bed and wardrobe you had to sleep in every night to avoid and old man who you've never seen but brings you Sunday treats. Strange right? But as we all know it wasn't for Jack...it was his whole world.

 So now you have the chance to experience the adventure Jack went through in the book with the ALL NEW Room Game! What? Huh? YES I said Room Game!!! This game is already going global! If you’re a thrill seeker and love mystery this game is for you! So how do u get involved? Keep reading.....

 To be a part of this adventure you must be able to follow and solve multiple clues found all around the room. Jack needs your help to escape there are clues all around the room to help you figure out the code on the pad lock, you'll be doing different tasks that are required on the clue cards in order to find the next clue. Good Luck! This is how you will begin:

1.First on May 17th you must report to Jack at 210 room place Cincinnati, Ohio

2.Watch out! Old Nick will lock you in!

3.Now that your trapped you'll need to find jack

4.The First clue is under the mat

5.First you will need to find Jack and from then on you will need to complete multiple tasks to find each of the next clues

6.Once you have found all the clues, have the 5 numbers, and have found the keypad you will need to unlock the door.... but who knows who or what's behind it..

7.Your ultimate goal is to get out and meet Ma at the hospital, Good Luck and see you soon!

SO now you know what to do; what next? Bring your friends, family, neighbors, friends of friends, coworkers, random people, just bring anyone and come on down you don't want to miss out on this opportunity! Go out and post this on Instagram, Facebook, Tweet it, and if you people still use Myspace go ahead! Make this go viral!  We want the whole world to play!

 In the book the climax is when Jack and Ma need to escape the room, but there are many risks one mistake and it could all fall through. So in this game you can’t mess up one wrong number typed in the door code an alarm will go off and Old Nick will know someone's trying to escape, once he knows he'll change the code and you'll be stuck in The Room forever! This game gives fans an idea of the suspense that jack and Ma went through in the room for all those years. This game would bring in multiple age groups and even people who haven't read the book who after may be persuaded to now that they have experienced and have gotten to played the Room Game. This game by promoting Room will encourage others to read other books written by the author.

post 2- What is a book?

A book is a story- no an adventure- a place where your imagination comes alive. In books anything could happen, you go places never before imagined, and you follow the characters on their voyage. It’s a journey something new around every corner and the more you read the more you discover in terms of your interests.

  So in class we have been talking about these authors opinions on how e-readers don’t even compare to the all-powerful book……. But then there’s the other side where e-readers are the best thing ever and books are a thing of the past. To be completely honest I am totally indecisive on my feelings on the topic. I believe both sides of the debate have valid points and then again some extreme points. So first of all here is my opinion; the story is the same no matter whether it’s on an e-reader or a hardback.

 You can get so lost and caught up in the story and you’re not paying attention to the physicality of the book. While I do prefer physical books I do read off of my ipad a lot, This is because its cheaper, easily accessed, and you can get it on the spot. Although I don’t know what it is but I like to have the physical copy of the book in my hand ……. Once you have bought and read your digital book its pretty much useless, but with a book you can loan it out, sell it, and you have many more uses after you've read it. So in my opinion well I prefer a hard back compared to an e-reader the story is all the same and there will be no difference in the satisfactory of the story in the end.

 

Post 1- Why I Read

Why do I read? There are many reasons… First of all I read for just the enjoyment of reading. It’s the best feeling to be reading a page turner that you just can’t put down. When you find a good book that you can’t put down and when you finish it you want to find another book that duplicates the same interest. I read also because a lot of my friends enjoy reading and it’s interesting to compare thoughts on various books we have all read. Then there’s school requirements. I am assigned those books but most of the books I have been assigned by teachers I end up enjoying in the end. I also read because when I find a good series it encourages me to read various books. I may not always read as much as I should be…. But when I find a good book I can’t put it down. Especially when I find a good author who’s writing styles I really like I tend to read more of their books. So I may be a little picky (or really really really picky) about what I read but there are a lot of reasons why I read.