Reading Log #2: Due February 2nd, 2018

1/29/2018

For your second posting, You should have read at least 30 pages of your book so far (if not more). In your writing, please tell us about the following:

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
2. What page are you on?

3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
-Quote: Choose an excerpt from the text and share it here in quotation marks and with the page number.
-Comment: Explain why you chose this section of the text and what you think is interesting/provocative about it.
-*Question: Pose a question about the section that might extend the reader's thinking or might help a reader of your blog make a connection to his or her own life. Your question should extend what you are reading out into themes that humanity as a whole can connect to/relate to. For example, if your book quote has a character named Joe who wants to become a doctor but can't afford school, your question might be: What are some obstacles in the way of you getting what you want? or What hopes and dreams do you have for the future?. Your question should NOT be something like, What is Joe's mother's name? Your extension question should be something anyone reading this section most likely would be able to answer.

For your comment to a peer, read their post and respond to the question that they pose at the end of #3.

104 Comments

Dani Hilmen

1/29/2018 09:37:08 pm

Mr.Mercedes by Stephen KIng
pg286
QCQ: “The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is making a statement before one enters it. Cutting the skin of the world and leaving a scar. That's all history is, after all: scar tissue.” This is a really great quote because it's a very unique point of view on history. Most authors write something very poetic and flamboyant. I think that the more “morbid” points of view ,like this one, tend to be more eye opening, and boundary pushing.
Q: What is your point of view on history, and what is has done for the world?

Luce

1/30/2018 12:47:37 pm

Currently, history hasn’t really done much for us because we haven’t really learned from our mistakes as much as one may suspect. Considering the ample amount of time we have had to reflect on our mishaps. Of course this is a controversial topic but the question was asking for it opinion. And that is my opinion:

Daniel C

1/30/2018 01:28:23 pm

The way that I look at history is at a neutral perspective because there has been a lot of times where the hasn't been equality in the world. Something that the world has done for me is let me live on it.

david

2/1/2018 01:01:51 pm

I view history as I would a teacher or a text book. I think you should learn from it and use the best part;s of it in what you can and learn how to stop the bad parts as early as possible. I think history is a constant reminder to the world of what humans have done very well, very bad, and what we have done throughout our time on this earth.

Allie Lorton

2/1/2018 09:11:21 pm

I believe that history is useful so that humans as a civilization, or countries as countries do not make the same mistakes they did in the past. I also think that history is not the type of thing to spend hours a day learning about because I think only some of it is important. I don’t think I need to know when and where a specific event happened. Overall, history has taught us many lessons and interested us in the past, but in my opinion not all of it really matters.

Carter

2/2/2018 10:23:52 am

History has pushed humans forward in the technology department, but we don't seem to learn from our mistakes. We keep on being the greedy and selfish people we are. That will most likely be our downfall, and cause extinction.

Daniel

2/2/2018 02:50:03 pm

My point of view in history is that it has been dark. Its had its ups and downs. I feel like it has shaped the people that live in the us and has really segregated the us population. Great question Dani!

Kaleah

3/7/2018 08:33:21 pm

I like how the "scar tissue" relates to the world and to history. Things in the world are breaking apart, but sometimes there are important events in the world like Environment. There's positive and negative. Light and dark. Happy and sad. Theres a good side and a bad side which has some different kind of historical ways to say How the world is a like a scar tissue with so many layers (emotions).

Isaac

3/13/2018 03:45:28 pm

i feel like history is the paving stone of the world and it can only be used by not redoing the mistakes others have done

Mattia Amoroso

1/30/2018 11:38:53 am

My point of view on history is that everyone should know it. The reason for this is so people in the future don't repeat the mistakes that happened in the past. What has history done in the world? Other than what I said before, there have been a lot of bad things that have happend.

Luce

1/30/2018 12:44:48 pm

I am reading a really light book called moxie by Jennifer mathieu. I am on page 82. The quote that I decided to use is “like we’re each other’s golden egg on some strange Easter hunt”. I realize that this quote is a little out of context and most likely don’t make sense to majority of you, yet I tought it would be a good quote to use because it gives a lot of space for creative thinking. To me this quote means that these people are of very high value, as a golden egg would be on Easter. I think that referring to people as well known traditions helps the reader connect to the quote or put it in a context that they may comprehend better. One question that I can pose that related to this quote is, What would be your golden egg at an Easter hunt? It has to be a non materialistic item, such as an experience, feeling, accomplishment or a wish.

Andrea

1/30/2018 01:01:25 pm

This book sound really interesting! I would say my golden egg would be the virtue, honesty. Honesty is really the foundation in any friendship and relationship. Without it you don't actually know anyone.

Giovanna

1/30/2018 01:21:39 pm

My golden egg would be getting over my fears. I think once i find that golden egg, i could do anything and will achieve anything.

Brenden Phipps link

2/1/2018 07:28:11 pm

my golden egg persay would most likly be for me to beably to have any pet I want and beable to feed it and take care of it easaly

Andrea

1/30/2018 12:55:33 pm

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
2. i am on page 43.
3. "A visit from President Snow. Districts on a verge of uprising, and all because of me."(page 35)
The Capital is mad at the stunt Katniss pulled at the end of the Hunger Games and feel the country is on the verge of a revolt.They are watching Katniss very closely to make sure she follows by the rules this time. I do not think Katniss will play by the rules and will find a loop hole.
Have you ever found a way to get around something you didn't want to do? found a loop hole? when and how?

Dani

1/30/2018 07:51:37 pm

I think that every one does this. We all avoid things that we don't like. When I don't want to clean my room, I suddenly find 10 other things to do.

Sofia

2/1/2018 03:26:17 pm

Yes, I have found something to get around not doing. When I need to clean I fake that I'm busy doing homework. So I wont have to clean

Katie link

2/3/2018 07:11:26 am

YUP like i found away to get out throwing away the trash.now my brother has to because i take to long to get ready.

Giovanna

1/30/2018 01:18:05 pm

Wonder Woman - Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
Page 162
"We cannot spend our lives in hiding, wondering what we might accomplish if given the chance. We have to take that chance ourselves."

I chose this quote because it struck me a lot. I always wonder what i could/could have accomplished, but im always scared to do it. I am trying to make myself stop wondering and to just do it.

What chance will you take if you have the opportunity? Do you normally wonder and don't do it? How are you motivating yourself to do it?

Rachel Hopper

1/30/2018 09:00:35 pm

If I had the opportunity, I would explore the world. I am curious about what the world is like, and I tell myself that I will be able to see more of the world someday.

maya

2/1/2018 09:10:02 pm

If i had an opportunity to get into film, either is acting or directing/producing, i would take them. i would be scared to but i want to go places and i would jump at the opportunity. I want to see how it works, i want to go back and make stuff people can look at and enjoy.It is where i want to go with my carrier choice but yet i am scared of failure.

Daniel C

1/30/2018 01:21:23 pm

The title of my book is the house of the scorpion and I am one page 117.
The quote I choose is "When you're small you can choose which way to grow." And I find this quote a little true because you can choose the way you see the world when your young and that can ether be good or bad.
Question: What way do you see the world.

Sienna Dudas

1/30/2018 09:53:37 pm

I see the world as a blank piece of paper. You have the option to fill it in any way you wish, but you only have so much room on that paper. The world allows you to make your own choices for almost everything; our freedom is limitless. You can turn the paper over to use both sides, rip pieces off, but once you crumble the paper and throw it away, you have no more chances.

Ethan Silveira link

1/30/2018 03:32:34 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
Death By black hole
By Neil Degrasse Tyson

2. What page are you on?
Pg.32

3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
-Quote: Choose an excerpt from the text and share it here in quotation marks and with the page number.
“Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.” pg. 21

-Comment: Explain why you chose this section of the text and what you think is interesting/provocative about it.
I chose this quote because it talks about one of the most astounding facts in which the atoms that cause stars to burn elements to light itself. These elements are also in us. Our elements most likely coming from sort of nebula coming from a dead star.

-*Question: Pose a question about the section that might extend the reader's thinking or might help a reader of your blog make a connection to his or her own life. Your question should extend what you are reading out into themes that humanity as a whole can connect to/relate to. For example, if your book quote has a character named Joe who wants to become a doctor but can't afford school, your question might be: What are some obstacles in the way of you getting what you want? or What hopes and dreams do you have for the future?. Your question should NOT be something like, What is Joe's mother's name? Your extension question should be something anyone reading this section most likely would be able to answer.
When I talked about this quote and fact, I talked about how this quote and fact blows my mind. What is an astounding fact that you know that could blow someone else's mind?

Teia Ziegelman

1/30/2018 04:48:26 pm

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Page 54
“I was too good for this war. Too smart, too compassionate, too everything. It couldn't happen. I was above it.” pg. 41
These are tim’s thoughts after seeing the drafting notice come in the mail. It leads the reader to think that the war is unwelcoming and will strip you of your goodness. He felt too “good” to be in the war. He felt he was someone too compassionate or smart to lose that in battle. That someone fit for battle was opposite, an incapable worthless body just to add to their numbers.
Q: What do you think makes someone fit for a war, and would you ever join if given the opportunity?

Aidan Tally (Hottest boy in school)

2/1/2018 12:50:24 pm

I think if someone feels passion and has a good head on their shoulders i don't see why they not. But its not good to throw someone with depression or other issues into battle so quickly. I would easily join a fight if i felt a passion for it. I would stay away if it meant fighting for something i don't agree with.

Andrew Tran

2/2/2018 01:18:56 pm

What makes someone fit for war is being willing. For example, If you are not willing and you go to war people can run away making them traitors.Would I ever join, yes for the main reason of serving my country.

Mattia

1/30/2018 04:50:14 pm

The Laramie Project, Moises Kaufman
Pg.53

Quote: “So what that means is, not letting my twelve year old son walk the streets, seeing a truck do a u-turn and thinking its coming after me.”

Comment: A little bit of context to this quote, in this story a gay man that got beat to death and robbed by two men. This woman was getting interviewed and stated the quote that I chose. I chose this quote because it interest me how much something can affect many different people in many different ways.

Question: What are your thoughts about judging people by race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.

Julian Canez

1/31/2018 04:59:28 pm

I want equality between all ethnic and gender backgrounds. All the organizations like black lives matter or any racial or gender lives matter organization shouldn't exist at all. All lives matter that's it there's no reason to categorize certain people because then you start to contribute to the problem.

Natalya

2/1/2018 08:00:56 pm

I am also reading this book can't waite to here more. I feel like judging people by race etc is such a bad thing that it should not be tolerated anymore.

kelly

2/1/2018 10:31:35 pm

thats wrong people shouldn't discriminate people just by what they believe in or what they look like. People should get to know eachother before they even say any negative things about the other person. Its something that souldnt be tolerated at all.

Teia

2/2/2018 10:25:01 pm

I think no one should be judged critically until you have properly gotten to know them. I have respect for everyone until it is proven that they aren't worthy of it, but everyone needs that 1st chance. Upon learning more about the person it's you choice to decide if you particularly like them or not. But things that people have no control over like illnesses or deformities etc, should not be judged because changing that is simply not in their control

Michelle Resendiz

3/14/2018 12:14:03 pm

I feel like judging people by on what how what race, religion, or by what by they believe in is wrong. I feel like it's wrong because it makes them change their personalty. And its wrong to change how they really are.

mikara

4/17/2018 04:22:44 pm

i think that you should never judge people by there race,religion, sexual orientation because just they look different from you on the outside doesn't mean that there different from you on the inside.

carolina c.

1/30/2018 08:02:30 pm

whiskey words & a shovel I, r.h. Sin Pg.77

Quote:
“ it hurts but I find myself
pretending to be fine
“I’m okay” had become my favorite lie
and my smile is usually a mask
that hides the truth in what I feel
I’ll say nothing because
you’ll think I’m weak
I’ll say nothing and let
my silence speak
the gift and curse of the broken
being able to hide behind lies
of happiness
the gift of being strong in a moment
of weakness”
I chose this quote because it shows how broken this author had been and how probably other people are broken in the inside as well. So many smiles we see so many laughter we hear and we think they’re okay, right ? Yeah we do but actually some aren’t, they probably want to break and escape that olé that they’re in but can’t because they’re afraid of probably being laughed at being weak or can’t handle it.
Do you think that the people you see crying or ask for help on something that’s bringing them down make them weak ?

yamileth flores

2/2/2018 03:03:42 pm

The quote you choose is very powerful and the book you choose to read is a meaningful book as well. To answer your question i believe that people who cry and ask for help are not weak because they are speaking to others about their personal life and basically whats hard for them to say out loud.

Rachel Hopper

1/30/2018 08:51:33 pm

"Echo" by Pam Munoz Ryan, and I am on page 481.
Quote: "Everybody has a heart. Sometimes you gotta work hard to find it."-Pages 317 and 229
Comment: I chose this quote because it shows that everyone can be kind, no matter how cruel they may seem. I think it is interesting that this quote comes from a boy who may not have been shown a lot of kindness in his life.
Question: Has someone ever shown you kindness when you weren't expecting it?

Sienna Dudas

1/30/2018 09:49:42 pm

I am reading The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison, and I'm on page 47.

I chose the excerpt "Beauty loses its meaning when you're surrounded by too much of it." -Page 34 This quote from my book intrigued me because when I read it, it felt true and powerful. Something that may seem beautiful to someone may lose its meaning and beauty if there is too much of it. When there is too much of it or it is overpowered, it's beauty lowers to just average and does hold its full capability and standards.

A question I can pose is, What is something that you saw as beautiful, but no longer see in that way because of someone elses thoughts or your own?

Teia

2/2/2018 10:29:23 pm

one thing that comes to mind is sunsets, for me. I still think they're beautiful and appreciate even the spam of photos posted on social media every evening. But I frequently hear others complaining about how they don't get why people hype it up so much. I think the world is so gorgeous and want to appreciate every aspect, but I guess when you've seen something so often, even the most gorgeous of sights can become boring.

Julian Canez

1/31/2018 04:54:54 pm

1. The title of my book is Death Wave by Ben Bova<br>
2. I am on page 216
3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
-Quote: "Life is death in slow motion." page 156
-Comment: I chose this quote because I feel like you have to read it a couple times or just think about it for a second to truly understand the meaning of the quote. I think its cool because its connecting life and death as one
-*Question: What do you consider the meaning of life? Are you put on the Earth for something or do you make your destiny?

Aulonnie

2/1/2018 06:47:47 pm

I believe we are all brought here on earth for a reason....I think that's because to make a difference and to help others. We all have a purpose and trying to find it is our purpose. I think I am put on this earth to make a positive effect on others.

Cooper

2/2/2018 08:07:02 pm

There is no meaning to life unless you choose to give it meaning. Humans were an accident, different circumstances presented to an ancient ancestor led us to evolve in to what we are today: sentient, free-thinking beings. Mankind is just a smudge on the timeline of the entire universe. Meaning in life is different for every person, and that question won't have a definite, general answer (well wow this seems really long and unnecessary). My meaning in life, what really gets me going, gets me through the day, is seeing my friends I guess? I've never really thought about it before. Maybe I haven't really found what the meaning of life is yet, but whatever, thats fine. I love you jobbnobbloer. say hola to julian;s familia from us

Teia

2/2/2018 10:32:08 pm

Life is meant to be lived for the experiences. I don't think someone has lived until they have done the things they did and didn't want to do. You live life for yourself, it's all about creating who you are and if you're lucky- leaving your legacy for the generations to come

Andrew Tran

1/31/2018 09:33:16 pm

Book: Upgrade Specialist in Another World
Author: 茫茫云海 (Endless Sea of Clouds)

“ Just as I thought, I need a real fight to really see me
at my best. Thank you everyone. With you guys as my friends, I feel that I’ve used up all my luck in my life.”
-Bai Yunfei (chapter 376)

I chose this quote because it embodies what strength is and the value of the friends around you. Into the book, Bai Yunfei found himself in the Soulbeast Forest where he was put into a squad. Over the course of a week Bai Yunfei managed to create some great bonds, and with these binds came great teamwork. They worked together to hunt various soul beasts, and finally managed to find what they seeked. Yet, he was met with one of the most challenging fights he has had in awhile, a late stage soul exalt(one of the most powerful figures at this current time) took interest in his equipment. Killing was in the enemies nature, so naturally he tried to kill Bai Yunfei and the group. In the end, Bai Yunfei told them to run, while he had fought with the soul exalt. He was put into very concerning circumstances and had to resort to using a very complicated method that shouldn’t be rushed.

Question: What would you do to obtain anything you wanted? What if someone tries to stop you?

David

2/1/2018 12:56:00 pm

The book I am reading is Harry potter and The Chamber Of secrets by J.K Rowling. The Quote I chose was ¨Don´t legends always have a basis in fact.¨ The reason I chose this as my quote was because it makes you think about how deep it can go, especially with all the mythology we are learning in class this semester. If all legends have some basis of fact in them just imagine the most ridiculous myth or legend you can think of and see what fact you can connect with it

Aidan Tally

2/1/2018 01:04:53 pm

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find a Good Death.
Caitlin Doughy

"It is morally wrong to claim that the West has superior death rituals to those of the rest of the world." I absolutely agree with this quote to the fullest extent, for us to claim that putting our dead in the ground and burning their flesh is superior to a tribe consuming the deceased. If we told them to start burning the body's and crush their bones to keep the dust they would most likely be mortified, just like most are when they hear they partake in cannibalism on the deceased. Every place has its own history and death options. Just because ours is different doesn't mean we should despise others.
Do you think we should have more death options other than the legal ones today? (Mummify, cannibalize, alkaline hydrolysis, etc.) or stick to the basics? (Cremate, Embalm and bury.)

Carson Cooley

2/2/2018 03:17:19 pm

I think we should because people should be able to do what they want with their body after they die.

Sofia

2/1/2018 03:17:20 pm

The title of my book is The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
I am on page 33
“The marks humans leave are too often scars.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
I chose this quote because when people do something bad to you its there like a scar. Any time you see that certain person all the time you will get reminded of the hurt they caused. It stays in your mind like a scar stays in your skin.
A question is why people a secret from the people we love the most ?

Mafer Guerrero

5/30/2018 05:08:27 pm

Will most people keep secrets from the people they love the most because they don’t want to hurt the but most or the time they don’t realize that what their doing is hurting them more.

lilliahna

5/30/2018 05:28:39 pm

Do you think that they are keeping the secret to just hide it or also not to hurt them?

Evan Nazario

2/1/2018 04:06:43 pm

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Story title: Among The Impostures.

Page 56: Quote. "Why would anyone build a windowless school?"
I chose this quote because it doesn't make the right sense for there to be a school without windows. And every commercial building and school has windows.

Aulonnie

2/1/2018 06:25:11 pm

Whiskey words & a shovel
By r.h. Sin
page194
"She is a storm, a magnificent force, writing her life's story, in lightning" Was the quote I chose but it was said earlier in the book, on page 7. I chose this quote because the other quotes were about lose in relationships or other things that were hard to connect to. I did really like the quote because I found so much meaning behind it. I was very into the quote because I was able to connect to it. What makes a book interesting for you? For me its when i'm able to connect to it, in some way.

Angie

2/1/2018 11:12:37 pm

I really like the quote that you choosed because It sounds like it does have a lot of meaning behind it and the words on the quote were so strong.

Grace Hernandez-Jackson

2/2/2018 05:50:34 pm

I agree with you. Being able to connect to a book makes it %1000x more interesting. I also think that when there is lots of thriller in a book it makes it more interesting. I think you're really going to enjoy reading Whiskey Words & A Shovel

Brednen Phipps link

2/1/2018 07:21:48 pm

Q:'Yaeger shook his head. “All the data say Time-Quest is clean.”C:The reson I choose this quote was because when you are the reader you know thing that the characters dont, So I know that time -quest was not clean so it left me inferiorated but exited at the same time. I was inferiorated because I know that they were bad murderous people. I was exited because I was interested in how thay would figure out that they were really evil people.Q:If you knew that some one was doing evil things like killing people and they said to you that they would give you one trillion dallars in increments and handed you one million would you keep your side of the deal?

Natalya Metzger-Key

2/1/2018 07:52:27 pm

The Laramie project
Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski
Not sure I have started act 2

3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
-Quote: “I give you life in the memory of one who no longer lives. May you have a long life, and may you thank Matthew every day for it.”

-Comment: I found that it is powerful. Its so important to care for the people you have in your life because they could leave you at any time.

What do u think about black history month?

Gus link

2/1/2018 08:14:33 pm

Hey Natalya,

I really like the quote you chose, It is very powerful and me me think about people in my life. Coming from a white person I think that black history month is a really awesome time to celebrate powerful people. It seems to me like every other month is white history month, so it's cool to have a change.

Thanks,
Gus

Angela Sanchez

2/2/2018 09:30:53 pm

Hey my girl, I really see the power of your quote you choose, but I honestly don't see how you relate your question with the quote but I would say something similar to Gus and I would also say that it is the month to celebrate the strong people that don't let themselves feel less for comments of there skin tone

Gus King link

2/1/2018 08:10:11 pm

The Giver
Lois Lowry
Page 65

Q: "You may Lie" Pg 65

C: This quote may not seem all that spectacular, but for the main character Jonas it is life changing. He lives in a dystopian society where the government controls everything including the emotions of people. In this society they have a commitee that assigns jobs. Jonas is assigned receiver of memory, which is considered to be a very prestigous job. He discovers that in his job he is allowed to lie, which he usually isn't allowed to.

C: What would life be like if you couldn't lie? Do you Lie a lot? Why?

Ethan Rau

2/2/2018 08:09:02 am

Life would be different, people would have better friends but those who don't get along very well would be not very well liked because they could not lie about their hatred for others. I don't lie a ton but when I do its mainly to protect someones feelings or thoughts.

cadayzia w.

2/2/2018 02:38:38 pm

i like the book you chose it's a really good.

Ian

2/4/2018 07:56:07 am

If you couldn't lie, life would probably be better. People would have to be honest, and I think people would be less self conscious. Maybe people would have less friends but I think they would have a lot more "real" friends and stuff like that.

Allie Lorton

2/1/2018 09:06:13 pm

I’m reading the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace.

I’m on page 216

QCQ: “a world where all human beings are taken care of shouldn’t be called a “revolutionary” way of life & yet it is. -Burn” This specific poem just perfectly depicts the world and how we value living in a free country where we are known for being taken care of all the time but in reality it shouldn’t be. Everywhere everyone should feel taken care of in some way making it a basic human right, instead of it being revolutionary. Taking care of people doesn’t require technology, or billions of dollars. Just some love and a little extra time. I also love the use of burn at the end because it just uses the perfect amount of sarcasm to sum up the powerful ness of the thought.
Q: What has been considered revolutionary, that shouldn’t have been?

Maya Lewitt

2/1/2018 09:39:18 pm

1.I'm reading HP& The Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling

2.Im on page 597

3.“But why? I don’t think you will kill me, Draco. Killing is not nearly as easy as the innocent believe…” Chapter 27 ,page 586. This is when Dumbledore is about to die and Draco is threatening him. This part of the book is very sad because a loved character is killed. When I first read this part I did cry! It's sad because you get so emotionally wrapped up in this and something like this happens and the story takes a complete 360. I was so nervouse to whats comming and when Snape ended up killing him i was so confused and astonished!!

Question: Draco is foreced/thretened by Voldermort to kill Dumbledor but Snape does it in the end. Draco obiously didn’t really want to do this but, he did it because voldermort would have killed Draco and his family. So the question is, If your family or (important person) was being threatened, would you kill someone to protect them?

Sami Cormack

2/2/2018 07:39:13 pm

This is a very deep question indeed, but it totally depends on the scenario. I will try to stay away from murdering someone as much as I can of course, I would never want to murder anyone. If the person I had to kill was someone very important to many people, such as the worlds best doctor or something like that, then I wouldn't kill them for my family or someone less important to humanity. However, if it was someone I truly cared about or is very important to humanity as a whole and the person I had to kill was someone evil or a threat, I would consider murder but it would be entirely out of self-defense.

Liam travassos

3/13/2018 05:02:44 pm

I think that I would because, if put in a situation where someone was going to kill me and my family or just one person. It would have to be the one person

Kelly

2/1/2018 10:29:06 pm

Prodigy by Marie Lu
page 101

Q: "Lamar. We're headed for a warfront city up north. One step closer to Eden, i remind myself. June will be fine. This mission will all be over soon".pg83

C:I chose this quote because the boy is despreatly trying to find his brother who was taken away by the government to do experiments with hi because of a rare disease that the little boy got. The gril that sacrifised everything to be with him to save his brother and get revenge on the government who killed her whole family to keep a secret.

Q: They are both trying to do the imposible when the government has so much of an advantage with powerful weapons and trained cadests. Would you go through such far lenghts to save a family memeber or get revenge on powerful people who killed your family?

Angie Carreon

2/2/2018 01:24:05 am

Who is the author?The Secret Languages Of Sisters By: Luanne Rice
Page 37
“She’s in there fighting for her life” pg.17
I choose this quote because people having a hard time are fighting for their lives to survive or to be successful
I can relate to this quote because you need to try your best to succeed on somethings you need to.

Joseph

2/2/2018 10:30:21 am

This is a really interesting quote.

Ethan Rau

2/2/2018 08:05:02 am

The title of my book is The Hobbit, the author is JRR Tolkien.
I am on page 130.
“A very good tale. The best I have heard for a long while. If all beggars could tell such a good one, they might find me kinder. Said Beorn” pg 124
I chose this quote because I think it represents the character Beorn very well. Beorn is a man that doesn't interact with humans much and when he does he usually isn't very hospitable, but because these men have told him a good tale he is very nice and feeds them supper. Beorn before and during the story was being told was very angry/ annoyed that so many strangers were showing up at his house but as they showed up and as the story progressed he relaxed more.
EXAMPLE
In the Hobbit the goal of the dwarves and bilbo is to get back to the misty mountain and fight the dragon to reclaim their home. Some challenges they have faced is the goblins capturing them, the wargs scaring them into the trees, and the giants that almost ate them.

Have you ever had a goal that you really wanted to accomplish? What was it? What were some challenges?

Fredo Gonzalez

2/2/2018 03:08:40 pm

A goal I've had in life is to get to Diamond rank in Overwatch competitive. Some challenges I faced in doing so were playing poorly, getting bad teams, or not practicing enough. But eventually I got there and I was pretty happy.

Carter

2/2/2018 10:21:57 am

My book is Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. I have the first read 30 pages.

3: "It was Artemis the First, our subject's father, who had thrown
the family fortune into jeopardy. With the break-up of communist
Russia, Artemis Senior had decided to invest a huge chunk of the Fowl
fortune in establishing new shipping lines to the vast continent. New
consumers, he reasoned, would need new consumer goods. The
Russian Mafia did not take too kindly to a Westerner muscling in on
their market and so decided to send a little message. This message
took the form of a stolen Stinger missile launched at the Fowl Star on
her way past Murmansk. Artemis Senior was on board the ship, along
with Butler's uncle and 250,000 cans of cola. It was quite an
explosion.
The Fowls were not left destitute, far from it. But billionaire
status was no longer theirs. Artemis the Second vowed to remedy this.
He would restore the family fortune. And he would do it in his own
unique fashion."

I chose this quote because it gives a little bit of backstory to WHY Artemis (The Second) is trying to steal gold from fairies.

Question: If you had to restore your family's fortune, how would you do it?

cadayzia

2/2/2018 02:39:26 pm

thats a really good question.

Joseph

2/2/2018 10:28:57 am

Title:The Beast of Noor
Author: Janet Lee Carey
The page I am on is 45
A quote that I found interesting in this book is on page 1, Do not wander in the deeps, where the shirkers shadow creeps. When he rises from beneath, beware the sharpness of his teeth." I chose this quote because it shows so much mystery and rhyme in it and I just love it. And my question is who really is the shriker because in the book it explains that he is this dark man like creature who kills people. But this really relates to the real question in life and that is death, how is it like and when will it come.

Tony

2/2/2018 03:03:17 pm

This is a really interesting quote because it sounds like it describes what the story is mostly about. I like how broad you think about the question on life and death.

Cole (required)

2/2/2018 02:44:09 pm

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Novel by J. K. Rowling

I’m currently on page 79

“You did not do as I asked. You have never treated Harry as a son. He has known nothing but neglect and often cruelty at your hands. The best that can be said is that he has at least escaped the appalling damage you have inflicted upon the unfortunate boy sitting between you.” Pg. 55.

We finally get to see Dumbledore’s opinion on the Dursley’s. The Dursley’s is Harry’s Uncle and Aunt who take care of them. They treated him poorly every year he has lived with them and Dumbledore finally said

What would you do if someone did this to you. Treated you poorly for years and then someone you know goes up and personal and talks to them about it. How would you react? Would you do anything? Whose side would you be on?

Anthony

2/2/2018 02:57:20 pm

What is the title of your book? The boy in the stripped pajamas Who is the author? John Boyne
2. What page are you on? 32

3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
-Quote: Choose an excerpt from the text and share it here in quotation marks and with the page number. "I dont understand"... "Who would build such a nasty-looking place?"
-Comment: Explain why you chose this section of the text and what you think is interesting/provocative about it. Well the children Gretel and Bruno were playing outside until they saw people trapped in a cage with horrible conditions. Then they realized that that is terrible because they finally notice why their parents moved around that area.
-*Question: Pose a question about the section that might extend the reader's thinking or might help a reader of your blog make a connection to his or her own life. Your question should extend what you are reading out into themes that humanity as a whole can connect to/relate to. For example, if your book quote has a character named Joe who wants to become a doctor but can't afford school, your question might be: What are some obstacles in the way of you getting what you want? or What hopes and dreams do you have for the future?. Your question should NOT be something like, What is Joe's mother's name? Your extension question should be something anyone reading this section most likely would be able to answer. Have the parents of the children lied about what they do? Who they are?

tony

2/2/2018 02:59:50 pm

To the reader
How would you react if you saw people trapped in a cage?
Would you question your parents? or would you be too afraid to ask.

Fredo Gonzalez

2/2/2018 03:06:42 pm

The book I'm reading is Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett. I'm on page 73, where some interesting things have happened, such as one of the main characters have found out of the existence of vampires, and how they're nothing how he originally thought they were.

Q: "The vampire turned and smiled, its teeth the distended fangs of legend, its lower jaw slick with dark blood. But the face was that of a singularly beautiful woman..."

C: This is interesting because people thought that he was crazy for believing vampires still existed in the 19th century. But on his search for Count Dracula, he actually found Dracula's wife. She was friendly towards him and told him everything he thought he knew about vampires was a lie.

Q: What is something you thought you knew about then were proven wrong?

Cole (required)

2/5/2018 12:29:57 pm

Interesting book you are reading.
To answer your question; I used to think that I understood a lot about a specific program (forgot the name) I then started to look at tutorials and got help from others. I noticed how much you could do on it and how much I didn't know.

Kaden (Fredo's #1 fan)

2/5/2018 04:48:43 pm

I was proven wrong when we got into the argument about gaining weight. I believed that you are able to gain or lose weight without consuming anything. You can lose weight without consuming anything but you can't really gain weight that way.

$ebastian

2/2/2018 03:23:27 pm

The title of my book is LORD OF THE FLIES
Page thirty of my book
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
So there's a beast that they think that there's on the island and there trying to kill it but they question what the beast really is.
My question to all you is whenever you guys got scared want it only you scaring yourself

Daniel Tamayo

2/2/2018 03:24:30 pm

The Alchemist
By Paulo coelho
Page 36
"At that point in their lives,everything is clear and everyone,when they are young,knows what their personal legend". Page 21
I chose this comment because this is a big part in the book and he meets the king of salem and he basically tells him that he must follow his dreams and his must travel to eygpt but he has to give the king 1/10 of the flock is given to him.
Question.
would you leave everything you have to go on a hunt for treasure. Would you believe 2 strangers that tell you. you are destined to find treasure.

Grace Hernandez-Jackson

2/2/2018 05:46:03 pm

The title of my novel is Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. I am on page 60.
I chose the quote, “She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
Photography is the art that I appreciate most. When I’m taking and looking at photos I feel a different feeling then when I’m looking at anything else. But it’s a good feeling. I reproduce moments of that feeling of amazement when you first see it in person. It makes me feel grateful for the life I live and that I’m able to live in this very moment. If I take a picture of a sunset then I’m capturing the feelings and being able to look back and have almost that same feeling. How does art make you feel? Do you agree with the quote that art isn’t supposed to look nice?

Sami Cormack

2/2/2018 07:26:09 pm

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: Volume 2 by Bryan Lee O'Malley

2. I finished the book today in class.

“How are you?
“Right now?”
“Sure.”
“Not good. I’m not doing so good right now.”
“That sucks.”
“Well, it’s obviously your fault.”
“Well, duh.”
(this book doesn’t contain page numbers)

In this scene of the book, Scott gets a call from his ex-girlfriend who he hasn’t talked to in forever. This scene is very essential to the story and is one of the most thrilling parts of the book. The expression on Scott’s face in this part of the book is very prominent and is nothing like we have seen in any of the art so far. This moment we also see Scott confess that he isn’t doing well at all, and the entire reason is because of her. This means that Envy, his ex-girlfriend, might be the main cause of Scott’s sadness. This is really interesting and make us, the reader, want to know what exactly she did to hurt Scott so badly.

My question is: Are you the type of person to face your problems with another person head on as soon as possible, or do you wait it out and ignore them?

Alana

2/3/2018 11:07:37 am

I feel like this question really depends on the situation and just how much the person means to you losing people sometimes is good and other times and bad. For me if the person means a lot to me I take on the problem right away to sort things out and just make sure I don't lose them. Though if a problem were to start between me and someone that has treated me poorly in the past, I wouldn't really feel a need to get to fixing things all fast. Cause when a problem comes along it could be cause someone hurt me or I hurt someone else and which in that case if someone hurt me I know that person isn't worth fixing things between but if I might have hurt someone else and they mean a lot to me I would what to know I won't lose them.

Cooper Mitchell (cobnobbleoer)

2/2/2018 07:55:34 pm

1. History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
2. I am on page 61
3. "...if bringing up the past annoys you...know that I'm sorry, but please don't get mad at me for reliving it all. History is all you left me." This is about the part where I started crying. It seems like Griffin is so desperate to hold onto what him and Theo had, and it makes me feel awful thinking about how Griffin didn't even get to say goodbye to Theo, and you have to see him struggle with his guilt and heartache.
Question: Have you ever lost a loved one?

Angela Sanchez

2/2/2018 09:37:25 pm

The title of my book is “Breakaway BEYOND THE GOAL” and the author is Alex Morgan.
I am on page 81 in my interesting book
"Step Out of Your World
When you’re going after goals, you can sometimes become set in your ways. you might wear the same lucky socks every game or eat the same breakfast before every game, or more broadly speaking, just develop the same mind-set before every big challenge or step. But venturing outside your comfort zone can be really good for you. Exploring other cultures is so important, whether you do it on vacation or by reading a book. I learned things from playing against Italians that made my game better. Don’t get into a rut. Constantly try to expand your worldview so you can dive into your goals with a well-rounded mentally."
i chose the this main quote of GET OUT OF YOUR WORLD because I can identify with it personally because it can be a really common thing where someone will get used to a certain routine that finishes making you turn into a robot that each day you do the same thing.Do you get out of your rut often or are you stuck in that world of yours?

Katie link

2/3/2018 07:05:03 am

1. The little Prince
2.page number #30
3. "I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
This can be taken two ways. To you it could mean that in order to be around beautiful things you need to often be around, and accept, the not so beautiful things (I say beautiful as in means of a soul, not appearance) to find them. I see this moreso though, as people can grow into more beautiful souls. That often it is the one's you would not expect who turn into the butterflies. ?Which way would you take this quote?The lst or 2nd?

Alana Balignasay

2/3/2018 10:43:26 am

Book: The Unloved by: John Saul
Quote “ ‘Love me,” he whispered, his voice so tremulous that he could hear the words wither away as quickly as they left his lips. “Please love me ….”” pg 3
Comment: I chose this cause in the book, this man has never been loved by is mother and has a recurring dream that his mother is trying to kill him. This quote is just so sympathetic and he says this line right before he gets to when his mother pulls an axe over his head, he’s scared if you couldn’t tell by the words chosen in the quote. He just wants to be loved by his mother and this book so far is so odd but I just love the way its starts.
Question: How would you picture this scene play out in a movie?

Ian

2/4/2018 07:50:23 am

With the Lapps in the High Mountains.
25% done with the book (I’m on Kindle.)

QUOTE:
“After we’d eaten and drunk coffee on the other side of the lake, Turi put out our small fire on the beach and, around two in the morning, we set off with the bags on our backs up through the forest over the low mountains to Kattuvuoma.”

Hatt, Emilie Demant. With the Lapps in the High Mountains: A Woman among the Sami, 1907–1908 (Kindle Locations 627-628). University of Wisconsin Press. Kindle Edition.

COMMENT:
I chose this part of the text because one thing really stood out to me. They had coffee. I really thought this would have been impossible for a few reasons. One, they were discriminated against, and in the 1900s coffee was still a special commodity so I thought it was unlikely the government would allow them to have it. And, two, they are in the middle of nowhere. The area where they are currently at in the book is right on a lake 5 hours away (by car) to the nearest large city, Lulea.

QUESTION:
How do you think small things like coffee can connect people despite their differences? For example, coffee in Arabic is qahwah and in Finnish it is called Kahvi and in Greek, it is called Kafeo.

josh baker

2/20/2018 03:20:43 pm

yeah the way most people connect is through common interests

Kaden Dusharme

2/5/2018 04:44:42 pm

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien
Page 262

Quote: "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

Comment: I chose this section of the text because it stood out to me how much it made me think. Along with being good advice it made me think about how quick we are to judge or come to conclusions about things.

Question: Do you think people are to quick to judge and/or make assumptions?

Meca

2/6/2018 03:28:09 pm

1. Out of my Mind by Sharon M. Draper
2. Chapter 3
3. “A person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.”
4. in the book so far the little girl name melody is a quadriplegic and is super smart but because of her disability she cant speak so nobody knows that she is smart. that´s why this quote is so important because its talking about not judging a book for its cover.
5.Have you ever been judged before getting to know someone?

Carolina cruz

3/15/2018 01:37:17 pm

I've had judged my best friend before I got to meet her because she hang and talked to these people that had bullied me and my friends but when I got to know her we've got really close and noticed that she wasn't like them.

Carson Cooley

2/14/2018 05:57:30 pm

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
41
“Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.” (Page 18). I thought this was a interesting quote because how little power and control they have over their own life. The question I have is do you think it is moral to have the hunger games.

josh baker

2/20/2018 03:18:03 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?

The book I chose was the art of war by sun tzu

2. What page are you on?
Page 352

3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
-Quote: Choose an excerpt from the text and share it here in quotation marks and with the page number.

“who wishes to fight must first count the cost”

-Comment: Explain why you chose this section of the text and what you think is interesting/provocative about it.

This is a meaningful quote because it shows that you have to think about consequences which is an important lesson

-*Question: Pose a question about the section that might extend the reader's thinking or might help a reader of your blog make a connection to his or her own life. Your question should extend what you are reading out into themes that humanity as a whole can connect to/relate to. For example, if your book quote has a character named Joe who wants to become a doctor but can't afford school, your question might be: What are some obstacles in the way of you getting what you want? or What hopes and dreams do you have for the future?. Your question should NOT be something like, What is Joe's mother's name? Your extension question should be something anyone reading this section most likely would be able to answer.
Do you often think of the consequences?

Evan

2/27/2018 02:58:48 pm

I think anyone can be kind at times but are generally rude. Even nice people can be really mean and rude. An example was when I was talking to someone in a kayak who was fishing and was being rude to me when I only asked him a few questions. And I've talked to the same man before and he was perfectly nice in the past. But the last time, he was being rude to me saying hurtful bad words.

Kaleah Salustiano

3/7/2018 08:29:49 pm

Title of book: The House On Mango Street
Author: Sandra Cisnero
Page: 57

Quote: "When I am to sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees. […] Four who reach and do not forget to reach. Four whose only reason is to be and be." (On page 24)
This means that when Esperanza personifies the trees outside her house, she thinks of them as reaching. Esperanza, who likens herself to the trees, must also be reaching for something. Does she even know, or is her only reason "to be and be"?
A question I have is why do Esperanza has hopes and dreams, can this kind of relate to an American Dream by M.L.K?

Liam Travassos

3/13/2018 04:31:40 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
Ready Player 1
2. What page are you on?
50
3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
"the OASIS is all ive ever known"
The OASIS is a simulation where you can do everything you could in the real world but online, including school work and hanging out with friends. I chose this because it is very intresting that people can take school and do all this stuff in a virtual reality and that people choose to do this.
My question is, whould you choose this route for schooling, why or why not?

Michelle Resendiz

3/14/2018 12:09:23 pm

1. What is the title of your book? Who is the author?
The title of the book is Backlash. The author is Sarah Darer Littman
2. What page are you on?
Im currently on page 153.
3. QCQ: Quote, Comment, Question
-Quote: “Elmo is telling kids about how great it is to share. Oh, Elmo, you poor, deluded little red fur ball. You don’t have a clue, do ya, li’l buddy? Kids are way meaner than Muppets.” I found this quote on Page 82.
-Comment: Explain why you chose this section of the text and what you think is interesting/provocative about it.
I chose this quote because I found it interesting that the character Lara was talking about how kids are way meaner in the real world. The reason why she said that is because she almost tried to kill herself because a boy that she thought was real dumped her.
-*Question:
Do people fake other people's identity in the internet?

Isaac Ellis

4/24/2018 02:32:29 pm

I am reading The Alchemist i am on page 129.

One quote i found interesting was “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” Which this is when the sheaperd boy was explaining why he started to sheaperd and not become something like a lawyer. I chose this qoute because i can overall connect to it and i believe this qoutes is kind of what i want to live by because i want to chase my dreams like the sheaperd boy and i really just want to do what i have dreamed of

One question i have is if you had the oppurtunity would you follow your dreams throwing away all of what you have acheived earlier

Mafer Guerrero Garcia

4/24/2018 03:56:59 pm

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzal and Christina Lamb. The main character in my story is Malala Yousafzal she is very brave and isn´t afraid. When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price. I can relate to her because I like to speak up when their something that I don't like or when I want to give my opinion.

Mafer Guerrero

5/30/2018 05:37:38 pm

The book I’m reading is : I am Malala
By: Malala Yousafza
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” This quote opened up my eyes to make me see how important our voices can we and how we only start realizing that when we start noticing movement that we aren’t okay with or that we notice that doesn’t seem right and we give our opinions we see the change the change that we like the change that we noticed that our voice been heard. When was a time that you noticed the Power of your voice?

Reading Log #2: Due February 2nd, 2018

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