Book of Job

In order to clearly understand the book, “A Path Appears,” I used critical reading strategies to help guide me through the reading process of the book. Before I began reading the book I started my critical reading process by reading the back of the book to get a sense of feel what the book was going to be about. I closely observed and analyzed the illustrations on the book cover, while trying to predict what the overall purpose of the book might be. While reading through the first couple of…

I going to a local used book store on Saturday mornings. It was the coolest thing because you could trade in your old books for new books. That store is long gone, but a new similar concept store has taken over my life. Anytime I’m looking for a particular book, 2nd & Charles is my first stop. A particular book I’ve been looking for is The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes and after months of searching I finally found the book. I was not disappointed, by this captivating book. If anything, I was…

I wish I could start this off by saying that I was wary of or excited about this book when I first picked it up off the shelf at my local library but I can’t. In fact I had no opinion of it at all. I had known it had existed for some time, having passed by it many times over the years, but I had never stopped to look and see what it was actually about. Now I wish I had. Upon reading the dust cover I immediately began to be sucked into the story the way you often are when finding an interesting…

Title: The title of the book is: “The Twenty-One Balloons”. This title made me want to read the book because it I was curious to know why the author decided to name this book “The Twenty-One Balloons”. Author: The author of this book is William Pene Du Bois. I have not heard of this author until now. Type of Book: This book is an adventure book. The types of people that would read this book are people who like to read about adventures. Another type of people that would read this book are young…

Books are quickly becoming a thing of the pass. With new ways of entertainment emerging, libraries are being abandoned for a variety of millions of apps on their phones. Yet with all this competition arising many people still believe that barriers should be put in to place on what books are allowed and which are not. One of these book is Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Many challenges have rose against the book because of its use of profanity and gore. Kurt Vonnegut, a World War II vet,…

1.Why should someone read the book? In my opinion someone should read this book because it is very fun to read but also has a more serious side to it. Also it is very interesting to see how the book was created. How it was created also should be a part of the answere “Why should someone read the book.“ . “Will Grayson, Will Grayson“(Im going to shorten it to “WG, WG“ in the following text) is a collaboration between two great authors, John Green and David Levithan. John Green and David…

In 2010 Charles Spitzack graduated from Cornish College of the Art in Seattle, Washington with an emphasis on Print Arts and Drawing. Originally from Minnesota he was raised in a family with carpentry skills, this knowledge influences his technique in woodblock and extends to building his own frames for his work. Spitzack primarily works in woodblock, and this medium is what is represented in his gallery shows. He has had multiple solo exhibitions as well as group exhibitions, mainly in…

Why are Books banned? Why are books banned? There are many reasons why books are banned. For instance Language or racial issues. Violence or negativity even religious views or opinions in the book. In the Freedom Writers Diary all of these occur. I believe the Freedom Writers Diary should be banned in school. A few reasons why I think that this should be banned. Is because there is a lot of violence between each other. And a lot of bad language between race and also gangs. The freedom writes is…

Banned books are books that have been banned for certain reasons that may argue against a certain group of people’s beliefs. Books around the world should not be banned because you can learn from what the book tells you. I read My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult, which was a very informative book that gave me a lot of information that I could hold on to. My banned book should not be banned because I learned a lot and it was a great story about a cancer patient and her family. There are multiple…

what I was required to read in school. When book reports were assigned I tended to read books based on the mood I was in, therefore I would define myself as a mood reader. My interests in books are varied. I like fiction novels but I have also enjoyed reading some biographies. I occasionally read entertainment magazines and news articles on the internet. If a book is really good I can read for hours and get lost in the story. I like Nicholas Spark’s books and I am in the process of reading…