Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Week 15 Blogpost Book review of Red Thread Sisters.


For this week's blog post, I'm doing a book report of the "Red Thread Sisters" by Carol Peacock. This book follows the story of a girl named Wen. Wen had stayed in an orphanage in China for 11 years with only Shu Ling her best friend that she can call family. Wen got adopted by an American family and she now gets to have the luxury that she never had in the orphanage. She now doesn't starve, has a lot of clothes, now goes to school and many other more. Wen though never really enjoyed all of these things knowing that Shu Ling back in the orphanage is alone and is not experiencing what she's experiencing right now. Wen looks for ways to be able to get an American family that would adopt Shu Ling. Her real adventure starts here.
     I personally really wasn't planning on reading this book. I'm not really a big fan of books that doesn't really have that much of actions and adventure. I was really expecting that I'll find the book not enjoyable, but I did. I got really engrossed with the book and couldn't put it down that I finished it in about just 3 hours.
    I really like how the author really wrote it based on the character's race. The way the main protagonist looked at things you could say it was on her race's perspective. I also like ow the story was really realistic. Like you know that these things could happen in real life.  I also like how the story went slow and smoothly. Nothing was rushed.
  There is no perfect book. There would always be a flaw. Though I think that the book is good I also think that the plot is kinda cliche. I found it cliche because when I finished reading the book I looked for other books that has similarities, unfortunately I found a lot.
   I recommend this book to everyone. This book circles friendship, family and love therefore this is a perfect book for everyone. I rate this 8/10.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Week 14


This week for our blog post is a Literary Criticism type of blog post. I'm going to talk about the Matched Trilogy specifically about Cassia Reyes. 
   Cassis Reyes lives in a society where everything she does is controlled by the Society. How she thinks is manipulated by the society. She was born to believe in what the Society tells her to believe in.  
    She thought that the Society. She thought that everything that the Society did was reasonable. The Society in her eyes was perfect and flawless, but all of that changed.  
     The Society decides for her who she's going to love, but she resists to. She falls in-love with someone and she starts to see all the Society's flaws. She sees all the Society's wrong doing. Cassia realizes that most of her life has entirely been a lie. She becomes braver, fighting for her love and what she think is right. Rebelling against the Society, she realizes how foolish she has been.

Friday, November 13, 2015

#13

DIVERGENT and HUNGER GAMES. This week I'm doing Literary Compare and Contrast for my blog post this week.




    There are a lot of similarities between two books. The both of the books were made into a movie by the same company:the Lionsgate company. Also, both of the books have female lead characters. Another similarity is that both are dystopian books. It may not exactly be the same, but in both books the people are divided into groups. The Divergent book has a romantic touch to it, the Hunger Games also has a romantic touch to it. Both are trilogies and are also best sellers. In my own opinion, both of the books are favorites of people my age.
    There are a lot of similarities between two books, but there are also a lot of differences. In "The Hunger Games" you can see Peeta, Gael and Katniss in a love triangle relationship while in the "Divergent" book you'll only see Tris and Four in a romantic relationship, there is no third. I also think that there's more suspense and violence in "The Hunger Games". Both the protagonists in both books are fighting the government but in "The Hunger Games" the fight or you could say the revolution is bigger. Katniss is leading more people against the government.
    Both books have a lot of similarities. Thy're both great books, but unique in their own ways. The plot isn't the same. The authors had different feelings and emotions while writing the books.

Friday, November 6, 2015

#12 Pure Emotions

For this week's blog post, we're doing Pure Emotions. I'm reading the book Red Thread Sisters. The protagonist of the story got adopted, so you could say that we have a big difference. Nonetheless our big difference, we still have similarities. When Wen got adopted, she had her family always around her, but she still sometimes felt alone and far away from them. I have a family that are always around me all the time, but I also always feel alone. Wen felt like no one can understand her. I seldom times feel that. I know my parents love me and all, but I can't help to feel alone. I feel like they would never understand me. This might sound really bad, but at times I feel like they don't even know me. They say that they love me, but I feel like they don't. Wen always felt like she was a burden. I also feel like a burden too. Especially every time when they buy me something and also when they pay for my tuition. Even if we eat outside I always feel bad. They're always wasting their money on me and it always makes me feel really bad. I also always felt like an extra, like what Wen always felt.