The Best Blog #Group 1

Recently, I read the novel My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult. The book focuses on a thirteen-year-old girl named Anna, who was born to be a genetically matched donor for her older sister, Kate, who has a rare form of leukemia. After having donated blood, bone marrow, and stem cell and going through countless medical procedures throughout her life to help keep Kate healthy, Anna decides to go to a lawyer and take up a case against her parents for medical emancipation, meaning that she will have the right to refuse an upcoming kidney transplant that may save her sister’s life. The readers jump between the points of view of a variety of different characters, including Anna; her mother and father, Sara and Brain; her brother, Jesse; and her lawyer, and, as the story unfolds, we learn through flashbacks and descriptions of the present day about each character’s complex worldview, their personalities, and the effect of Kate’s illness on them, and each character’s individual storylines l...

Hi, and thanks for clicking on this post. As the title says, I'm going to be discussing some books that I've read over the break. As I said in my last post, there aren't many options for me to read that are up to my reading level at my house, so instead I started looking for some graphic novels. I use the term graphic novel instead of comic book, since there is a distinct difference between the two. Even though graphic novels and comics both tell the story through illustrations, graphic novels tend to more complex and their presentation of the information is similar to that of a regular book. I eventually found a historical graphic novel:  World War One: 1914-1918 . This book intrigued me as I had never seen a graphic novel based on historical events. I was curious to see how the author (Alan Coswill) and the illustrator (Lalit Kumar Sharma) depicted World War I events. The book is told from the view of George Smith, a young British man who fought in World War I. The auth...

Hello people, today I will be reviewing The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak. The Book Thief was written in 2005 and takes place during the events before and throughout WWII. The story takes the perspective of Death himself, a cynical narrator who guides the reader through the story with occasional remarks placed throughout the chapters. Sometimes these remarks give the reader a preview of what is to come in the next chapter, other times Death will explain a confusing scene that the reader may not have understood, but my personal favorite of these remarks is when Death gives a short monologue and shows his emotions wanting to fight his terrible job right before he has to kill someone. No major spoilers ahead! My favorite thing about this book is how the story is told by someone who knows exactly when and how someone is going to die. As I explained in the previous paragraph, Death gives his own explanations and dialogue in between chapters or major events. The further the reader progre...

Hey guys its Lili and today I will be reviewing the second book in the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead titled Frostbite. Published in 2008 continues the storyline of Lisa and Rose. If you haven't read my first blog post about the first book in the series I would suggest you go do that, anyways lets jump into it.  https://8thgroup1.blogspot.com/2020/04/heyo-its-lili-thanks-for-reading-and.html This book continues the story of the action packed lives of vampire princess Lissa Dragomir and her guardian Rose Hathaway. In this book Rose finds herself in deep guy trouble. The guy she has feelings for is now falling for someone else clouding Roses judgment and focus (not a good look for a guardian). Not only that, but her friend Mason also has a crush on her. She also keeps finding herself in Lissa's head at the most unwanted times. This is a result of Rose and Lissa not being able to control their one of a kind bond yet. The dark magic is beginning to take over and i...