Summer Reading post 4

What really drew me to this book was the tittle. I was at the store and had barely enough time to skim the list. The tittle really jumped out at me saying a bold statement “I AM THE MESSENGER”. It was between I Am the Messenger and Looking for Alaska. I had known that Markus Zusak was a known author so I went with him. After picking up the book and reading the back cover I had a good idea I would enjoy the book. And I’m not going to lie I did. But there were parts I did not like. I did not like in the beginning when he was very focused about sex. However the rest of the books awesome plot and plot twists literally left me thinking hard at the end. Who would I recommend this book to? Anyone over the age of 13 who likes a good book with very nice character development and loves a good mystery with a few plot twists (the book has a few). There were necessarily slow parts which I got sick of fast. But in the end it made for a much better story plot. Overall I enjoyed this summer reading project! I learned to love a new kind of book as well.

Summer Reading (post 3)

My book: I Am the Messenger has a few excellent “hooking” parts that are kind of sprinkled through the book. The first chapter got me hooked enough to read for a few more then he receives the first “card “and I got hooked more etc. A good example pf the first few hooks go as shown. Ed is involved in stopping a back robbery becoming a little bit more known. Ed receives a playing card in the mail with three addresses and three times on them. He ends up helping a teen with stress, helping an old woman with her Alzheimer’s and stopping a rape case. The book and plot starts to slow down a little and focusing more on the characters and their relationships. Ed has a huge crush on Audrey which may or may not develop into something more (not giving spoilers) and he and his friends come closer. Then he receives another card, (I don’t want to give away too much about this one.) The biggest part of the whole book is the last card. At each address or place or riddle there has been someone he has to help, someone in need, or someone who he helped change, the last address, is his.

I am the messenger post two

My main character, Ed Kennedy is very complex, but at the same time very simple. He is obsessed with finding out his mission, and who is sending him on this crazy hunt of cards. He is in love with his best friend, Audrey. He desperately wants to have sex with her. In fact this is a main topic of the story. He is always talking about how he is trying to get her in bed, or dreaming about them conforming as one. A constant theme is that each address that he goes to he learns something new about himself. Whether it’s that sex isn’t everything or that being hard on people isn’t always the answer. He learns about himself and the world around him.  He loves his dog and he is starting to learn more about Ed as well. The dog is becoming closer and closer to Ed as the story goes on. Also Audrey’s character is developing quiet well.  You learn about her past what she is doing and what she wants to do in the future. Ed is learning compassion by helping an old lady. Bravery by stopping a rapist, and humanity by helping an over worked girl.

I Am The Messenger (summer reading post one)

My book is I AM THE MESSENGER by Mark Zusak

The most major character in my book so far is Ed Kennedy. Ed is the main character in my story. He is a 19 year old cab driver. For a long time his life is boring. He has a small group of friends who likes to play cards. Really the only thing he has accomplished is partly stopping a bank robbery. Then one day he gets a card in the mail. Not a card from a store, a playing card. The card is the ace of diamond. The card has three addresses and three times on it. They read: 

45 Edgar Street, midnight

13 Harrison Avenue, 6 PM

6 Macedoni Street, 5:30 am.

Confused Ed tries to figure out what he is supposed to do.

After a few days of consideration Ed decides to go to the first address. What he finds there is shocking. He witnesses a rape case. He parks away from the house and sees a man. He is pushing and suffocating a screaming woman. He then rips her clothes off and pushes her in the door. This happens every day, for the past year. He is conflicted.

MY swag trailer

Turn down for what?

Krista Ramsey

Krista Ramsey part2. Krista has came to our High School! Unfortunately i was not able to attend her speech/ Q&A. I did however get to watch a video of the entire presentation. I enjoy her columns every time i read them.

The proving

For my father is writing and is far in the process of writing and publishing a fantasy novel. It is about a young group of adults who all discover they have different powers and come together to save the day from the evil people. I really am not describing it as good as it supposed to be. the book is set in another universe in more medival times as we would describe it. The proving is the first book in the series of the Tome of passaron.

For I have only read the first four chapters of this books adventure. So far i have met two of the 12 main characters Argan and Kossin. They were hiking through the woods when they realized they were being hunted down by thugs. with amazing skilll kossin struck each one with throwing knives in a swift movement then hit an arrow out of mid air as well.


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