My Reading Goal: The Forgotten Garden By Kate Morton

Critique: Some libraries set specific reading goals and provided children with incentives as they worked to meet their goals; some awarded prizes upon completion.

The book I choose for my summer reading was, Blink Once by Cylin Busby. I choose this book because I read the first page and it kept my attention and I knew I needed to read the rest of the book. I did and it turned out to be a wonderful book with a nice twist.

My main goal is to read more. When I mean read, I mean read at least twelve books. I rarely read, so twelve books is a lot. The main reason I don’t read is because I am a picky reader. I only read books that have a bit of romance content in the book because I love reading these kinds of content, and I get bored if there is no romance. As a result, I should train myself to stray away from that topic and explore more genres because on the ACT, there are never passages about romance, which doesn’t help me out at all. By reading different kinds of books, I won’t get as bored reading ACT passages and train myself to read more. By reading more, I can better my Lexile, my ACT score, and my speed for reading since I read pretty

My favorite reading was, Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler hands down. I believe the connection that was made with real life situations such as the Berlin wall of the Cold War or the 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion in which was a very interesting and knowledegable aspect to adhere upon.

The postmodern style of writing John Kennedy Toole, makes so that the various cast of the characters in the story are much closer to people in real life making this book a perfect case to study and relate to characters of people across the world .

This book is mostly told in the dairy format and for some people that may be a turn off but I thought it was a very interesting way to look at things. We may not be inside the main character’s mind but in a way we are, we sense her desperation, we feel the doubt gnawing at her. We see as she gets worse and worse. We are also stuck in this situation where we pretty much get one POV which makes it all the harder to find out what is actually real.

My other summer reading book was a fiction novel by Nancy Farmer called "The House of Scorpions". I choose this book based on a recommendation from a friend. I also choose this book because science-fiction is one of my favorite genres. I was overall pleased with this book and glad I gave it a shot. I read this books every night, just before I went to bed for about a week and a half. I would recommend this book to my classmates because it's an exciting but thought-provoking book. The book made me rethink topics of soul, identity, who we give power to, and human rights. The book was was well-paced with a great plot line.

One of my favorite books is emily and einstein Sandy lives a crazy mixed life with his wife Emily. A mysterious man offers him a second chance. He accepts it. Sandy wakes up as a dog. Sandy’s name is changed to Einstein and Emily adopts him. Without knowing what happened to her husband, Emily deals with rent and debt. She gets kicked out of her own apartment and she also finds out that her marriage was a lie. The book was not only exciting because of its content but also how the author writes the book.

The way this book is written tricks me up sometimes because it goes from talking in past tense to the quotes being in present tense and she also refers to the readers. It was strange to read at first, but once I got the hang of it the book was made more enjoyable because of it.

-The book was really easy for me to read. I didn’t get confused at any point. I liked it, because it gave me a better understanding of what was happening in the book.

When I was a kid, I absolutely had a passion for chicken nuggets—that is until I realized what they were made of. I have been called a “softy” and a “hippie” millions of times when I tell people I care for my health, and the lives of other living beings. We live in a time and place where all of the people around us have different things to say about what exactly is the definition of the best kind of lifestyle. Some companies sell diet pills whereas other people write books about the “best life” that you can live. Every time that you open your eyes, a choice has to be made about what kind of day you will have and what kind of person you will be. Out of all the options there are, the one that seems to be gathering the largest

In the future, I hope to be reading challenging books and read more pages of a book at home. Right now, I am reading 10-20 pages a night and at school. I hope to be reading more pages in a book like 15-25 pages by

My second reading goal was to read nine books this semester due to the fact that I read seven last semester. I did not reach my goal to read two more books than last semester. I believe this is because I read books that I have to stop and think about and read over multiple times because they are not the genre I am used to reading.

This book is amazing in itself. Susan Orlean creates this novel by exploring all different kinds of people and places she encounters and write a chapter or 2 on each. I really enjoyed this book because usually regular books get boring with the same plot but, Orlean keeps the story alive with a new plot constantly. This keeps you interested for example she would go from a 10 year old that loves recycling to Danny’s Pizzeria the story switched which is what I admire most about this book. In addition, i love her visual detail and how whatever she is explaining is

A garden that holds your secrets, that is a secret itself, holds a special spot in the book “The Secret Garden”. The garden is described as an overgrown hidden beauty that has not been seen for ten years. The woman who created the garden passed away because of an accident; in turn, her husband becomes bitter and wrathful. The door which led to the garden was locked and the key was buried while the orders were given for no one to enter the garden again. There’s more to the garden than just being hid away. The garden is a secret to some very important characters in this story, but why? Perhaps the overgrown secret may even have a secret of its own.