New Book - Generation Dead

I am about to start yet another new book (any of you keeping up with me yet?). Generation Dead by Daniel Waters is my new embarkment. This is a book that I thought looked really interesting from the cover and by what I understand from the back, this book is going to be about how some of the dead are coming back to life. Just what I love...zombies (not!). Apparently, this is a series, so we'll have to see if the story is interesting enough to keep up with the rest of the series. It can't be that bad if more books are getting published, but then again, they did print Breaking Dawn.

Week 5 - 11.23.10

1.Using your notes from your reading, summarize what is happening in your story using 2 examples from your book. Include at least 2.one connection and 3.one inference that you made while reading. Keep in mind the previous feedback that you've received so that you don't make the same errors.

Sisters Red was a great book. I've finished reading it and I have to admit that it was actually a really quick read. It was fast paced and there was a lot of dramatic action that kept the story moving. The ending was very surprising which made it all the more interesting and kept me turning the pages all the way up to the very end. I'm not really going to give a summary because, well, I've finished reading. If you check my previous blog, you'll see that I made a connection to being an older sibling, always feeling the weight of responsibility of watching over someone one, guiding them and blaming yourself for their mistakes, even if they make them on their own. One inference that I was able to make was within the last few pages of the book actually when I guessed as to who the Potential was for the Fernis (the werewolves) and it turned out that I was right. I love being right (as most of you know!).

Although I don't have a hard copy of Sisters Red to share, I highly recommend that any those of you who are interested in reading it go to the library or pick it up at your local bookstore. It is very unique retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood tale.

As I continue to read...

As I continue to read Sisters Red, I can't help but make some comparisons to what the sisters go through in their own relationship. Scarlett is the oldest of the two and she feels as though she is the ultimate weapon in which to protect her little sister, Rosie, even though Rosie is completely capable of taking care of herself. I can relate to this because, as a big sister, there were many times when I felt that I needed to protect my baby sister, even when she was big enough to take care of herself. Like Scarlett, I can't help but blame myself sometimes for the mistakes that my little sister has made. Rosie often makes bad decisions because she doesn't have the same type of experience as Scarlett does. Scarlett can't help but wonder that maybe, if she allowed Rosie more freedom when hunting the wolves, then Rosie would develop the skills that she needs in order to truly be self reliant. It is difficult to relinquish guardianship over someone that we care about and it often feels like a double edged sword.

Sisters Red is a fantastic book so far because it is very fast paced and it tells the tale from the perspectives of both sisters. This helps because, being only a big sister, I too have often lost perspective of what it must feel like to have someone constantly look over your shoulder and judge your actions as to whether they are right or wrong.

Another New Book

I have finished Monster High and, although I still read COUNTLESS brain candy books, my new book for reading in class is Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce. I picked this book because as I was looking at the cover I was really intrigued by the cover. I also enjoy when author's take a classic fairytale and retell it adding their own imaginative spin.
Here is the synopsis:
Sisters Red is the story of Scarlett and Rosie March, two highly-skilled sisters who have been hunting the Fenris—werewolves who prey on teen girls—since Scarlett lost her eye years ago while defending Rosie in an attack. Scarlett lives to destroy the Fenris, and she and Rosie lure them in with red cloaks (a color the wolves can't resist), though Rosie hunts more out of debt to her sister than drive.

But things seem to be changing. The wolves are getting stronger and harder to fight, and there has been a rash of news reports of countless teen girls brutally murdered in Atlanta. Scarlet and Rosie discover the truth: wolves have begun gathering in the city in search of a Potential Fenris—a man tainted by the pack but not yet fully changed. Desperate to find the Potential to use him as bait for a massive werewolf extermination, the sisters move to Atlanta with Silas, a young woodsman who is deadly with an ax. But the clues to finding the Potential aren't adding...

I think that this is going to be a really intriguing and facinating book.

Learning Question Response

Betty asked:

Msluthey,
How can you describe the relationship between Frankie Stein and Dr. Frankenstein's daughter

Frankie Stein is actually the granddaughter of the actual Dr. Frankenstein. The relationship between Frankie and Dr. Frankenstein's daughter is that Frankie's mom IS Dr. Frankenstein's daughter-in-law. Dr. Frankenstein made his bride, they together made Viktor (Frankie's dad) who, in turn, made Frankie's mom, Vivika, and they together made Frankie. Their relationship was typical of a mother and daughter. There were often disagreements and times when they didn't see eye-to-eye, but their relationship was a good one.

I have finished the book and it was really great. There was a very upsetting cliff-hanger (which I hate because that means that I am going to have to read the next part when it comes out) but the book was very funny and contemporary.