Book Report Essay

Book Report 1 - I Was Here Gayle Forman, author of I Was Here, is a famous young adult writer. As a result of “boredom, poverty, and escapism” Forman started writing novels at thirty four years old, but Before her novel writing, she was a journalist writing for Seventeen magazine (Forman). Not only have many of her books been nominated for different awards, her most popular book, If I Stay, has been turned into a movie.. Forman’s writing skills are evident through many of her successful, engaging

The book I choose to read is: “Mexican White boy” by Matt De La Pena. Matt was awarded the ALA-YALSA top ten best book for young adults a distinguishable book according to Global Society and Junior Library Guild Selection. Matt’s first novel was “Ball Don’t Lie” also a ALA-YALSA best book for young adults and quick pick for young adults, and was also made into a major motion picture. Matt went to college at the University of the Pacific where he played basketball on a scholarship and San Diego

discussing my review on the book 10-Minute Mindfulness. I will be explaining the reasons why I chose this book for my review. I will also be discussing my two topics of interest: practice a loving-kindness meditation and Developing a mindful parenting plan. I have included my corroboration for the information on my topics in this paper. Lastly I will be discussing my practice application about my topics. Reasons for Selecting the Book For the book report, I have decided to do a book review on the writing

9 20 March 2015 The Book Thief Summer Book Report 3. What are the best parts of this book? Why? What are the worst parts of this book? Why? Give details with page numbers from the book to explain. I think the best parts of the book are where you see Liesel grow and understand the difficult times that she lives in with her limited knowledge of life. Something I really enjoyed this book was the characterization and background of the characters. One of the best parts of the book is when we see the first

My book was unbelievable and incredibly good! The book title for my amazing and wonderful book is “All Summer Long” by Melody Carlson. The genre of this book is a romance, it is very sweet and all about trying to find love. My book was written in 2016. So it’s practically new! It’s so new that it hasn’t been analyzed for a Lexile number yet. The audience for this book is a mature group because it is a romantic book and about love. I think fifth grade and through any other age would be appropriate

other books before I got my hands on this one, but I can tell you that I plan to go back and devour them much in the same way. Since I had not read the other books, I didn't have any prior knowledge of the mythology involved or the other characters - but I still loved Descent. The book is a good standalone, I eventually figured out what certain things were and how it all connected to the previous novels even without reading them. What I did miss out on, though, was the excitement over this book being

The fiction book that I chose for my summer reading was “Of Mice and Men”. When I was given the list of fiction books, I went on good reads dot com and looked up all the books on the fiction list. “Of Mice and Men” really caught my eye because it was a book about two friends going through tough times, which always has a deeper meaning of friendship. Once I chose “Of Mice and Men” I picked it up at my local library. The book was exceptionally simple to read and my understanding of every page was straightforward

The book I choose to read was 10 minute mindfulness. I choose this book because I gravitate to anything that is positive. I felt the book would give me information on how to manage my life better. I only read a brief description of what the book would be about. The title was catchy “10 Minutes of Mindfulness,” so I started to think this is a self-help book which is right up my alley. The book taught me how to manage my thoughts, what’s important, and to live in the now. I have a natural go getter

My book The Expeditioners, by S.S. Taylor, is a fantasy novel. There are multiple main characters in this story, most of them are actually related to each other. In the beginning there is a strange man that gives the main character, Kit a special package. This package contains a special book from his father who had recently passed away on a far out expedition trip in Fazai. In the book was a secret code that would lead to part of a hidden secret map from their father. Kit shows the map to his brother

Curious Library Assignment Common Hour: Cassie Harbeck The books I decided on checking out included the titles Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman. I have been interested in these particular novels for quite some time since they were on my summer reading list. These books were on my list because I enjoy stories that discuss race. Needless to say, I never had the chance to read either book for various reasons. Entering the DePaul library, I was not