Choose one of the prompts below and reply to this post. After the prompt, give the name and author of the book, as well as a short explanation or comment. Feel free to comment on your classmates' choices! Don't forget to sign your name. Deadline: Monday, September 10th at 1 p.m.
-the most unforgettable book I have ever read
-the book that made me love reading
-the first book I remember
-the book that has made the strongest impact on me
-the best book I read over the summer
-the best graphic novel I have ever read
-a book that I read over and over again
-one of the funniest books I have ever read
-my favourite book
The most unforgettable book I have ever read: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Owen Meany is one of the best and most unusual characters I have ever encountered in my reading. HE SPEAKS LIKE THIS! Mrs. Chavel
ReplyDeleteThe first book I remember : I don't remember what's the very first book I ever read but I do remember a book I kept reading when I was younger. I don't remember its name, I just know it was about a tornado in a small town. It had about 100 pages and I kept rereading it every single night until the end (sometimes at like 2am when I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep).
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My favorite book, although I feel like I have many, would probably have to be a quite recent read, actually: The Bell Jar by Silvia Plath because this book is a roman a clef (semi-autobiographic) painting the tragic life and unfolding of events of the author's life eventually leading her to suicide. It's her only novel, was published a little before she passed. It's dark and has razor-sharp humor, and tackles the lack of regard given to women trying to succeed professionally in 1950s society (all themes that I'm very fond of generally), here in the fashion industry, and the consequences of it with depression/mental illness (interesting/thought-provoking analogy of The Bell Jar) and how it was perceived at the time.
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the books that made me love reading are Roald Dahl's. I read them in french as a kid, and discovered the english version later. I loved the stories and the way they were told ; moreover, the characters could really be relied on, since they were children. I think that these books will last long in my memory, and while writing this, I just want to pick up one and travel again into this fantastic world that Dahl created and that I love(d) so, so much. Marion
ReplyDeleteThe book that has made the strongest impact on me is : And the mountains echoed, by Khaled Hosseini. It's also the first English novel I read. Some passages are really touching and very powerful. It's a contemporary book, there are several narrators and we follow different characters. The strory takes place in Afganistan and many other places. We can never get bored reading this novel... I strongly advice you to read this book......... Tahmida
ReplyDeleteThe most unforgettable book I've ever read is Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian because it's the first book that has ever made me cry and the only one too! I was about 10 when I read this book and the behavior of the main character's mum has traumatised me for life! VICTORIA
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon. This book is focused on two young adults who don’t know each other but both live in New York. The story lasts 24 hours, during this time many life changing decisions would have to be made which will bring the two protagonists together by fate. I love how the author of this novel put so many things happening in a single day. It passes from doing something you hate to following your destiny by the end of the day, which is exciting to make a choice for a lifetime in a very short amount of hour because time flies and some minutes could make a life lived differently by making hard choices !
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the book that has made the strongest impact on me is "before i fall" it's the story of a girl that dies and keeps re-living the day of her death until she realises something very important...It had a great impact on me because i cryied at the end of the book and later on at the end of the movie. Amelie
ReplyDeleteA book that I've read over and over again is The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas. It tells the story of Starr Carter, an African-American teenager who's decided to fight against police brutality, after witnessing the murder of her best friend Khalil by a white policeman.
ReplyDeleteThis book was published in 2017, 5 years after the murder of Trayvon Martin, an African-American high school student.
The Hate U Give is about making the right choices, fighting for what we believe in and finding our voice.
- Léna
The most unforgettable book I have ever read is "the loneliest girl in the universe" by Lauren James, I read it 2 years ago and it has the biggest plot twist EVER...I am still shocked!
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The best book I read over the summer is The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I really liked the plot and the character of Holden Caulfield, a tired and revolted teenager to whom we can sometimes relate. I found it quite original since the story is Holden's report of the 3 days after his expulsion of Pencey Prep school. This book approaches topics such as dropping out of school or teenage angst.
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The book that has made the strongest impact on me would probably be the second book of The Maze Runner trilogy, The Scorch Trials, by James Dashner. Why? I remember reading the roughly 300 pages in only one day, on holiday in Italy. Some chapters of the book, that I most certainly will NOT spoil, were really powerful, and the death of one of my favorite characters made me cry for 30 minutes straight. To conclude, if you're into post apocalyptic sci-fi, let me know if you would like to read The Maze Runner trilogy, I'd be more than glad to lend them to you.
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The best book I read over this summer was "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. It is about a topic that I find really interesting. The story is told by many characters (black and white people) who live the story diferently.The fact that it is based on true events makes it even more touching and powerful.
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The book that made me love reading will come as no surprise : Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone.
ReplyDeleteNot only was it the first book I ever read in full and on my own, but is also a book that I still read to this day; I instantly fell in love with the wizarding world and Harry Potter made me realise that I could live a new and different life with every book I read. I tried a load of other books before this one, but the philosopher's stone really forged my passion of reading.
Wrong blog Dorian!
DeleteLord of the flies- that I read this summer- is probably the English book that impacted me the most. I think this book delivers a very deep and sad message about "human nature". It made me realize that we all have a very dark part in ourselves that can make us turn into monsters, grown-ups as well as children.
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Don't be too sad, Eve - William Godling, the author, said once that if the people stranded on the Island had been girls, the book would have taken a very different turn. He added that it did not represent "human nature" as much as "young white boy" nature. If that hurts someone's feelings here, too bad. He said it, not me.
DeleteProbably no one really cares, but i would like to correct my previous statement : Wiliam Godling said that he used boys not only because he had been a little boy himself, but also because he believes little boys to be more similar to "a scaled-down version of society" than little girls. what i said in my previous comment is part of an analysis conducted by Dr Stephanie van Goozen, a professor of developmental psychology at Cardiff University. Sorry for the mistake.
DeleteI think that we can only speculate that girls / black girls (and even black boys) would have had tea parties instead? Who knows. I agree with you that male and females don't always react the same way but what I think he meant by taking a very different turn is the manner in which it would have happened, how events would have unfolded...I know one or two girls with "a dark side" too (especially one who kneed me in my genitals once! ;-) (Many) males and females both have a toxic side to their nature; with males it often demonstrates itself in violence because males are physically stronger and that creates a physical advantage. But equally With females toxicity can be psychological and expressed through bullying and public humiliation of someone (often another female). Both are toxic. Both genders can be equally good or bad.
DeleteI know that ! If you reread my comments, not only will you notice that I did NOT say "girls are angels that would never happen with them :))))" because that is most definitely not true, but I also was careful to do some research on the subject and read a couple of articles on the reason why the author chose only to use boys - and what i found was the content of my previous comments. Here's the link to a good one : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11101515/Why-Lord-of-the-Flies-speaks-volumes-about-boys.html
DeleteI'm sure we could have a very interesting debate about nature versus nurture here - you seem to believe that boys agressivity and girls' bullying comes from nature, I believe it comes from nurture - but this hardly seems like the place for it. If, after reading a few articles on the subject, you decide to reject all of it, and require a duel, I'm sure my dojo master would be happy to arrange it :)
In the meantime, I would like to emphasize on the fact that I did not say nor think that having girls on the island would have prevented the deaths and all the general unpleasantness, only that /according to the author and various studies by psychologists/, people much better placed than you or me to pronounce themselves on this, if the kids on the island had been girls, the novel would have taken a different turn. I did not specify if it would have been a good turn or no.
OK. I would just like to address a few things. The first one is that my previous answer only took in consideration your first post since I didn't ,at the time, see your second one. Moreover I would like to apologies if I miss interpreted it but an number of signs such as "don't be too sad Eve" or " if that hurts someone feelings, too bad" referring to fact that Eve was sad about "the dark part of human nature" made me believe that you meant that girl's fate would had been better or even good. Therefore I think that we are agreeing that men and women can both be good and bad! For the nature vs nurture debate, I don't see why the answer must be so binary since I believe that it is often a mix of both. But if you like, I am still open for a debate although I don't think that Misses.Chavel would be very interested, therefore if you prefer, we may talk about it tomorrow or when ever.
DeleteSorry, I didn't see that I've spelt Mrs.Chavel wrong...
DeleteKeep it up guys, this is very entertaining
Deletedidn't think this post would create such a debate! :)
DeleteThe best book i read over the summer is undoubtedly The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. The way the notion of "God", "good" and "evil" is explained by the different characters, as well as the peculiar writing style, made it a very interesting book to read, although i do not recommend it to people who have never related to an "evil" character, lest they have an existential crisis upon reading any of the three stories contained in this book. Anne Rice's diverse, three-dimensional characters are one of the elements that made me love this book the most - even the "villains" can be lovable, and that is what i find lacking in most books i read.
ReplyDeleteThe book that I read this summer is called "Sea Otters gmbolling in the wild, wild surf" A pretty long name for an usual book, full of energy and humour. It's the story of a teenager who decides to drop everything he has to go around the wolrd to solve the mystery of a strange statue. I really enjoyed reading it, especially because it made me think of trips, friends, familly, freedom and life in general!!
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an unusual book, full of energy and humor**
DeleteThe most unforgettable book I have ever read is "1984" by George Orwell. It is a very interesting but almost traumatizing read. I think everybody should read this book at least once, but be warned it is a very dark book.
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The book that had the strongest impact on me is Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History Of Time". Not only is it an extremely rewarding book to read since it is quite long and scientifically complex but the theories and laws that he describes are also literally MIND-BLOWING!. This is the perfect read for those who like physics and who want to understand a bit more about what goes on in the darkest areas of our beautifully scary cosmos.
ReplyDeleteThe book that made me love reading is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
ReplyDeleteI know it seems a little cliché but don't judge me! My sister taught me how to read when I was five. It's the first book I read (so obviously in French) and I loved it! Then I read all the following books. That's also the reason why I love fantasy books (or movies, series ...). :)
Augustin
A book that i really love is "What's eating Gilbert Grape" by Peter Hedges. I had fallen in love with the movie so i decided to read the book this summer, i could read it over and over again. The story might seem quite ordinary but as soon as you get into the book, the feeling you get is so real and unique. It is a feeling that i have never felt while reading another book.
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The book series that has made the strongest impact on me is probably the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. I remember how crazy I was about these books, and even though I was reading them in French, they are still the ones that made me start to read in English: indeed, I was such a big fan that I couldn't wait for the translations to be made, so I bought a couple of Warriors books in English and started to translate them myself. In the end, I never finished my translation, but at least, it made me fall in love with English ^^
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Mila, sometimes I think we may be the actual same person XD
DeleteMy favorite book so far (because there is a whole world of reading still to come ;)) has got to be The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon. It's a book that i can first of all relate to, as it takes place in the Area of London that i grew up in, on a street a few roads away from mine.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, i absolutely love the main character Christopher as we can really get a feel for what it's like to have Asperger syndrome (high functioning autism. My favorite thing about the book is that it's not a book about the syndrome in itself: if anything it's a novel about difference, understanding, and seeing the world in a surprising/revealing way, as an outsider. And at it's heart a gripping murder mystery !
- IRENA
What made me love reading is not a book but an author. Some might know him; his name is Michael Morpurgo. He wrote many fantastic books, which have profoundly affected my childhood. They go by the name of Shadow; War Horse; Alone on a Wide Wide Sea and Born to Run. In order to represent this author, I chose Kensuke's Kingdom one of my personal favourite. It's the story of Michael a child of eleven or twelve, who finds himself washed up on a pacific island. He has to do one single thing, survive on this deserted tropical island! But is he alone?
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OH YES, Tristan, I appreciate you even more, I use to read lots of Michael Morpurgo books :) although I must say that my personal favorite was War Horse.
Deleteomg yes Alex, WAR HORSE is my fav !
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The book that has made the strongest impact on me was Inheritance by Christopher Paolini, the last book in the Eragon series, beacause it was the first time that an ending really had an emotional impact on me. For the first time I felt something in me that was part sadness, part anger and part joy : it was an odd mix of feelings that I rarely feel at the end of a story but it shows that I loved it.
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The first book I remember reading in english was a short version of "Strange Case of Dr Jekill and Mr Hyde". Reasons why I remember this book in particular are that it's one of the few novels that I actually found to be interesting and that at that time, english seemed to be a difficult language to speak. This book greatly helped me to enrich my vocabulary and to overcome my so-called fear of speaking this language.
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My favourite book is "The Book Thief " by Markus Zuzak. I think this book is very original because it is narrated by death. I also liked a lot the story of this girl who does not know much about life but discovers it throuh he ones she loves in a world she has all the reasons to hate.
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The book that marked me the most.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Gatsby, by F.S Fitzgerald
An appreciable novel of manner with all a lot of suspense and predictable but still twisted love stories. Its draws the audience’s attention even though there are a lot of descriptions. The audience can easily foreshadow and even give his/ her opinion on certain characters at certain moments, especially when the plot gets to its climax. It definitely marked me with its unpredictable ending and the actions of some characters which I hope they will regret.
Xavier.V
The first book that I read was the series of Nikki's diaries, it´s about a teen girl diary of her messy and interested life, well, of course, its not the first book but it´s the one that I liked the most, I read all 12 books. really recommend it!.
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