Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane Final Thoughts

After reading completing my book I have concluded that I did enjoy it. Although in the beginning I found my book to be slow, as it progressed I found myself liking it even more. This book epitomizes the ideal murder mystery because provides an intriguing story line while still remaining enjoyable. Personally, I would relate this book to Frankenstein because in both these stories one man goes to all ends of the Earth to find a missing person. In Moonlight Mile the search is to return a missing girl home in comparison, Frankenstein search is for revenge. Even thought the ideas of searching set them apart, but they theme of located a lost person is the same. In the beginning, I found the exposition to be very slow and to be very boring, however, as the story progressed I found myself to be engrossed in the story and unable to put it down. The next book that I would like to read would be Shutter Island, which also by Dennis Lehane.

Book talk between Sam and Quinn

Sam read Lebron James: Rise of a Star.

Quinn Read the Da Vinci Code.

Quinn: Sam, how did you like your book and what was it about?

Sam: My book was about Lebron James and his friends in high school. It is the sequence of events of how he got to be the number one pick in the NBA draft.

Quinn: Very interesting, sounds like a good read!

Sam: What was your book about?

Quinn: My book is about the death of Jacques Saunière, and how he leaves a trail of clues to try and find the mysteries behind who killed him and the secret to the holy grail.

Sam: Very cool!

Quinn: What are your favorite aspects of reading this book?

Sam: My favorite part of reading this book are the amazing statistics of his game averages as well as others. What was your favorite part of reading this book?

Quinn: I liked how the book kept my attention and was a real page-turner. The mystery of finding out what will happen next really kept my attention.

Sam: Wow, I should read this book, it seems excellent!

Quinn: Seems like both of our books are pretty different, since yours is non fiction book with statics and mine is a historical fiction book with mysteries.

Sam: Also, you still haven’t finished your book and I finished mine in about three days since I loved it so much.

Quinn: That’s amazing, three days?

Sam: Yeah, it was a really good book.

Quinn: I think that in a way our reading experiences were similar.

Sam: How so?

Quinn: First off, we both love our books and can’t stop reading them.

Sam: Good point there! I also think that both books were written very well.

Quinn: That’s true.

Sam: Is there anything about your book that surprised you?

Quinn: I think there are things that surprise me all the time in my book since it is a mystery.

Sam: That’s very interesting, but I meant in reading the book.

Quinn: Oh! Well at first I thought the book was very long and would drag out, but now I can’t stop reading it!

Sam: Awesome! I felt that the statistics in my book surprised me as well as where all of Lebron’s high school friends ended up.

Quinn: I looked at some of those statistics and their outrageous!

Sam: I agree.

Quinn: I think that’s all!

Sam: It was great working with you, and I will definitely get The Da Vinci Code!

Quinn: and I will definitely get Lebron James: Rise of a Star. See ya!

Sam: Bye!

Kelsey, Nandita, Joanna book talk

Kelsey: Hi girls, lets talk about ours books.. What are your books about?

Nandita: My book is about a group of kids who contract a virus and gain supernatural powers. They help save their school and the research institution campus they live on.

Joanna: My book is about the brain and how it reacts to different emotions. Also how we can change emotions so quickly.

Kelsey: Sounds great, my book is a story about a 17 year old girl who is spending the summer with her father, along with her little brother, and their journey when she meets a boy she falls for and her relationship with her father grows throughout the story. What do you like most about your books?

Nandita: It is full of action and very intriguing.

Joanna: Its interesting to learn knew things.

Kelsey: I love how much I am into the book and I can relate to it in many instances. A major difference I see among the three books is that they are all very different due to the type of book that they are and themes. This causes us to each get a different reading experience, where Nandita gets more of an adventure, and action, Joanna and I are able to have more of a heart felt, and emotional experience.

Joanna: I agree, however I do think that our books, The Last Song and The Emotional Brain, can relate in similarities because there are a lot of explanations as to why Ronnie, the main character, is emotional like she is and why she feels the way she does sometimes. It also relates because

Nandita: Has anything surprised you while reading your books?

Kelsey: Not much was significantly surprising, but there are exciting events that are unexpected and enjoyable to read about.

Joanna: I have learned a lot, my book is fun, I get to learn about the emotions in your brain and why certain things make you feel the way that you do.

Kelsey: This all sounds great, what a lucky thing it is for us that we all ended up with books we enjoy! Maybe we will get a chance to read each others books later on.

Blogging Dialogue

Spencer: My book is about the experiences of John Irving in his childhood with his fried Owen Meany who has laryngitis.

Max: My book is about Mikael Bloomkivist and Lisbeth Salander. The book has two main characters each with completely different stories. Bloomkivist is a journalist who has accepted a job to discovered the mystery of a murder and Lisbeth is doing research on a man named Wennerstrom."

Spencer: "One of my favorite aspects is that in the first chapter you know that Owen Meany, this little innocent kid, is going to kill John Irvings mom. You can see it coming but every other time you see him your like oh my! he's going to kill someone. It then changes your perspective of everyone else's characters. Also the humour that the book implies."

Max: My favorite aspect of the book is its mysteriousness. For example when you find out that Lisbeth was a degenerate in high school, like she dropped out, she did drugs, she raved, but she's a genius. Also when you learn of Mikaels love triangle you begin to learn about some of the oddities of the book.

Spencer: "well your book is about a financial murder and my book is a story about kids fooling around, peeing themselves, and having weird experiences. So clearly they are similar."

Max: The major similarities between our books is that we both find them interesting. ALso a major theme shared between our books is that we both have weird people in them.

Spencer: "the biggest surprise i found was that Owen is very serious and hes a tiny little man with laryngitis so it is just interesting to see."

Max: "MY biggest surprise was that.... Well i dont really have a surprise the book is mysterious in it of its self so theirs nothing really that could surprise me."

Sheena and Lizzy's Witty Banter About Books

What are both of your books about?

Lizzy; Most people know what my book is about because I’m reading Harry Potter. But, it’s a book about a young boy who goes to a school for wizards and he goes through a lot of situations that he tells about in the book.

Sheena: Well my book is on the serious side, it is about a private investigator that faces the challenge of finding a girl who has been kidnapped for the second time in her life.

What are your favorite aspects of reading this book?

Lizzy; my favorite part about reading this book is how easy of a read it is and how much I am enjoying flipping through the pages quickly.

Sheena: My least favorite part about reading the book would be the swear words; however, I do enjoy the mysterious side of the book.

What major DIFFFERENCE can you identify between your reading experience and your partner’s reading experience?

Lizzy; The big difference is that I find my book easy to read, however, Sheena finds it a little harder considering they curse all the time in her book and she doesn’t approve of cursing.

Sheena: Yes, I do not like the bad words.

What major SIMILARITY can you identify between your reading experience and your partner’s reading experience?

Lizzy; I find that we both enjoy reading our books, but, mine is better.

Sheena: I agree with Lizzy. Her book is a lot more interesting than mine

What has surprised you about reading this book?

Sheena; I am beginning to enjoy the book, and now that the mystery is being brought up, the excitement begins.

Lizzy; I LOVE MY BOOK. I can’t stop reading it and I’m so surprised that I’m already finishing the second book. I can’t wait to keep going and keep reading the books and I’ve become a Harry Potter nerd!

Packing For Mars and Night

Brendan: Sup?

Gina: Hey

Brendan: What are you doing?

Gina: Reading

Brendan: What Book?

Gina: Night by Elie Wiesel.

Brendan: Radical. What's it about?

Gina: It's a historical fiction story about the Holocaust.

Brendan: ooooh.

Gina: What's your book about?

Brendan: It's about what happens when you do weird things in space. It’s called Packing for Mars.

Gina: Ohh like what?

Brendan: Like...do you know what happens when you throw up in space?

Gina: No, what?

Brendan: It would float around like any other matter. The problem is, since it isn't completely leaving your mouth, you could inhale some throw up, which could lead to pneumonia.

Gina: Ew!!

Brendan: Yeh...............

Gina: How are you enjoying the read?!

Brendan: It’s hard to find time, but once I start I can’t stop flipping the pages. I feel like I’m in the story when she writes.

Gina: Me too! Sometimes I have to force myself to read, but once I get into the story again, it’s hard to put the book down. Also, I like how it is based on history but it did not actually happen to one person.

Brendan: My book isn’t like that; my book is full of fun, random facts. It is also in the first person point of view.

Gina: Really? Mine is in the first point of view too.

Brendan: Was there anything that surprised you in this book?

Gina: I never knew how terrible the camps in the Holocaust were. It is very sad. Is there anything that surprised you in your book?

Brendan: Yes. There were a lot of really weird facts that are pretty much are the only thing that keep me interested.

Gina: Sweet. What do you wanna do now?

Brendan: Let’s play some Chutes and Ladders.

A Prayer for Owen Meany

I am a former reader. I used to enjoy reading books greatly but now with all the pressures of high school, I have simply not had the time to “indulge” myself. For example there is a series of books called The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flammel that I really enjoy. I simply could not put these books down once I start reading. But then I had to balance work in and out of school along side sports and I felt that reading would have to come later. Over the summer though I did get a chance to hear the newest edition to the series over e-book during my summer job and was completely engrossed in the world of the novel.

Just one more chapter and I’ll help you… drama queen

When I had to make a choice of reading, I immediately thought of finding a short book with little to no symbolism. I don’t like thinking of things metaphorically so I don’t like it when I have to think that the “red curtains symbolize his internal struggle with his childhood”.

Surprise! It’s not a symbol for Racism!

But then I was directed towards A Prayer for Owen Meany, and at first I was skeptical. Maybe it was the size of the book; maybe it was the old, worn out spine that suggested it had been sitting on the shelf for a while. Maybe it was the fact that when I opened it the words were infinitely smaller than anything I had seen before.

This seems like an easy read.

But as I started reading it I was hooked on the interesting story and relatable characters. Owen Meany is in fact, not the narrator, but rather a friend of the narrator. Owen is a very small child and has laryngitis and must therefore yell through his nose to speak. How this is accomplished I still have no idea, but the idea still intrigues me. The narrator tells the story of the narrators family and how they are the founding family and how the grandmother is extremely opinionated and therefore hates the Meany family for being “union men” and working at a quarry. The book shows the dynamic of old blood having to mix with the new families and how tradition enforces everyday decisions. This book takes lots of interesting twists and throws in some humor along the way. I highly recommend this so far.

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