Friday, 15 February 2013

Blog post #1

http://bookends.booklistonline.com/2009/10/07/wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson/

     I am reading the book called Winter girls.  3 qualities that make a book a good book to me are it being about a social issue/ about teenagers or something. I really enjoy reading about generic high school problems and problems teenagers have through high school because they are easy to relate to and I just enjoy reading them. Another quality I like in a book is there is a twist in the plot of the book so that it isn't boring, and something that you weren't expecting happens so then it's more interesting. Lastly I like a book that has has shorter chapters so it's easier to read it and not get overwhelmed.
2. In my book Winter girls it is about a girl who struggles through an eating disorder, so it is about a teen issue so I think that fits my number one quality I look for in a book. I'm not very far into the book so I don't know yet if it will have a plot twist but it is pretty interesting so I think that there will be one. And I also like how the writing is fairly large and the chapters are short, so overall this is a good book for me so far.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. New York: Viking, 2009. Print.

1 comment:

  1. You have provided good reasons for your choices here. Next time try to include a direct quotation that will help your reader understand the existence of one of the elements you mention.

    You will have to do some work to fix your stylistic errors.

    1. "I am reading the book called Winter girls." (Wintergirls? - italicize novel titles)
    2. "3 qualities" (Three qualities?)
    3. "3 qualities that make a book a good book to me are it being about a social issue/ about teenagers or something." (you have listed only one quality 'about a social social issue', but claim there are three ; check your grammar: 'are it being')
    4. "Another quality I like in a book is there is a twist in the plot of the book so that it isn't boring, and something that you weren't expecting happens so then it's more interesting." (run on sentence)
    5. "Lastly I like a book that has has shorter chapters so it's easier to read it and not get overwhelmed." (who is getting overwhelmed?)

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