The Shining by Stephen King (add on to last post)

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Thinner by Stephen king

I think it kind of boring because it's talk about an old gypsy men and and family who are take the old man to court and the judge who is handler the case is the father best friend sinces pre-k. when the old man come to town the dad little daugther was been come home cry form school for no reasoning. his son had broke his leg while he was running on the school feild track on a sunny day and weird thing been happend sinces the carvaerl came to town.

The Shining by Stephen King

So far in this book, King really emphasizes the type of person Jack Torrance really is. The book starts off with Jack going in for a job interview and immediately showing a strong dislike for the interviewer. Jack is somewhat of a loose cannon, just recovering from alcoholism and having a rocky marriage with his wife. And then there comes his son Danny, who is most known for saying the infamous word REDRUM whom Jack loves with all of his heart but yet does some bad things to. In the early parts of the book, King shows how things between the family of three got to such a bad place. There was an instance when Jack in heated drunken anger broke Danny's arm by accident. This outraged Jack's wife Wendy and then forced her to have thoughts about the marriage. Based on what i have read so far, i like how King outlines Jack and his tactics and highlights the unsteady realtionship he has with his wife and son. King makes this feel like a real life story and makes the reader feel that even the most normal looking families can have problems that dont meet the eye. I am excited to finish this book and see what unravels throughout the Torrance's stay at the big isolated Colorado Hotel (even if i already did see the movie).

The Mask by Dean Koontz

I honestly Really like this book so far. I read the prologue that is suppose to give you background information. Very fast paced, I like that. It keeps me interested in the book I read. Just from that thirteen pages I read I became hooked on it. I have never read much of Dean Koontzs' work but i suppose he is a great storyteller from what I read so far. I'm not really deep into the book so I can't go deep in the story but I like where it's going and I hope that it has a good payoff.

Thinner by Stephen King

The Despair or Craig blitzer and the Genre: Horror

My fellow blog mates and i have choose the genre of Horror. Most resonly is because most of our favorit stories our based on the genre of horror form the shinning to the fall of the house of usher by edger alen poe. Horror is a very celebrated genre it has been a source of entertaiment for centurys and it is still strong as ever to day

Assessment - Indy Reading Project - December

Zach T - 5/5 Responses

Zach, nice job overall.  Your responses are very well developed and it looks like you are putting in a good effort.  You're varying your topics too, which means that you're trying to explore many aspects of the novel.  One thing I noticed in your last response (which was very developed) is that you had a lot of plot and not a whole lot of focus on setting.  You said that each setting is a stepping stone.  It is better to talk in larger terms about the setting's overall significance than just retelling what happened there.  What does each place represent?  You kind of get there in the Hollywood response but not so much in the other places.

Zach B - 5/5 Responses

Zach, I'm glad you enjoyed Palahniuk.  I've read Lullaby, which wasn't really that graphic.  If you get Rant back to me tomorrow I'm going to read it on break.  I'm glad you completed all your work (and finally signed up for Blogger), now I just need you to get a little more in depth about the books.  

Rich - 5/5 Responses

Rich, I'm glad you were able to read a book you really enjoyed.  You might really like Ender's Game, which is a science fiction book about this kid with special abilities who becomes this super military weapon.  It's not graphic like Halo, but I enjoyed it immensely.  Nice job taking leadership position and working hard on this blog.

Spencer - 3/5 Responses

Spencer, forward progress is always good.  Let's keep it up.  Your responses need to go deeper and you need to make sure you proofread.  

Matt - 0/5 Responses

Let's get it together.