Summer reading was great this year. All the books I found were intriguing, some were a bit odd, but once I started reading, it was hard for me to put any of the books down. My favorite book of the summer was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon. This book is about a boy named Christopher, and his investigation of a murdered dog. While investigating the murder much more is revealed about his life that he had never known. It was my favorite book of the summer since there was something exciting happening on every page. The multiple themes and mysteries throughout the book always kept me reading. I loved trying to figure out what would happen next because it was always very unpredictable. The …show more content…
We are introduced to the importance in the beginning when we meet Guy’s wife, she is completely oblivious of the world around her and all she cares about is her television family. I loved this theme because for me reading had become something that was forced and was never fun. Something about this book got me to be excited to read again, for every time I picked up Fahrenheit 451 I felt like I learned something and I felt happy to learn. After reading this book I felt more focused on my books. I was absorbing more when I read for fun. It lets me connect with characters like Christopher and I started having feelings for the characters, for example, when Christopher was hit by his dad, I felt a rage toward the dad and I felt bad for Christopher because had done nothing to deserve being hit. Another example of the feelings I began to feel for the characters was in The Grapes of Wrath at the end where Rose of Sharon helped a starving man by suckling him. I felt really proud of Rose of Sharon, for it showed how much she has matured throughout the book. It was awesome for me to be able to see a character change and become a better