Brett+Tharp

= Blogging content for FINAL BLOG. Due May 18, 2011. =

This blog should have a heading for each bullet listed below.

 * List the major and minor characters (at least 4) and write a paragraph describing them. Included any relevant literary terms, such as protagonist and antagonist. Header will be __characters.__
 * List a summary of the plot, but do not give away the ending. Heading will be __summary__.
 * Give the book a rating (1 is poor; 5 is amazingly awesome) and explain your rating. Heading will be __rating__.
 * Reactions to classmates blog: Read several classmates' reviews. You can also go to other 2B sections' blogs, too. Then on your blog, write which book you might (or will) read next quarter based on these other blogs. Be sure to mention who had read it and written about it AND why this book/blog appeals to you. Heading will be __Discussions of Classmates' Reading__.
 * Comment on what you think of using this Wiki as a place to discuss your independent reading. Is this a good idea? Not a good idea? Explain as best you can. Heading will be __Wiki Reflections__.


 * May 23, 2011.** I have slacked off in reading __The Revenge of the Shadow King__ by Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis. I have only read about fifty more pages. I can still tell you some of the main characters. Max Sumner is the main Character. He has magic powers to destroy evil. he is a protagonist. Max has three best friends. They are also protagonists. The first one is Harley. He is a big, buff, scary looking guy who is a teddy bear to his friends. Ernie is what most people would call a nerd. No one picks on him though because Harley sticks up for him. He always has thick rimmed glasses, a pocket protector, and jeans that are just always to short. The last one is Natalia. She is a red headed girl who is just short of being a genius. She is smart and knows it so she sometimes comes off as stuck up. The plot is max trying to defeat the mythical creatues on the earth and stop the underlord from rising. THis book is a four. it is really engaging but has some parts that drag. I want to read the book kirby has by Ken Dryden. I want to read it because Ken Dryden was a good hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens. I liked using wikis because it was alot better than handwriting a paper or typing one and printing it.


 * April 18, 2011.** I am still reading __The Revenge of the Shadow King__ by Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis. I have read probably just about fifty pages since the last entry and now i will explain what happened. After Max got in the attic the creature went away and Max then found a big book with Codex written in big, old, letters on the cover. Max couldn't open it but hen all of a sudden this voice in his head gave him words to say. the were weird because the words weren't english. Now i left off when Max was taking the book to his friends to show them what was inside. This is a good book because it grabbed you on page one and just keeps getting better with all the twists and mysteries established in the first hundred pages.


 * April 1, 2011.** I am still reading __The Revenge of the Shadow King__ by Derek Benz and J.K. Lewis. I have read about thirty pages this week and this book starts of hooking you at page one. It starts out with a passage in italics and it is about Max, the main character, being attacked by some sort of monster in his room. Then he wakes up and realizes it was a dream. My favorite part so far is that he goes to his grandmas and during the night he starts to remember the dream, and then it happens in real life. A creature tries to kill him and he has to hide in the attic. I left off with him in the attic.


 * March 24, 2011.** The book i have been reading is __The Revenge of the Shadow King__ by Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis. This is the first book in the grey griffens series. The series is called Grey Griffens because that is the club name of the main characters. I'm not very far in the book but the book takes place in a very small town called Avalon in Minnesota. The main character is Max Sumner. He is very rich and has like a gazillion dollars. His parents are divorced and his dad lives in Europe. His best friends and the people in the club are Harley, Ernie, and Natalia.The book is well written and is a good fantasy fiction book. So far i like it. [[image:0978043979574_500X500.jpg width="150" height="150"]]

February 10, 2011. I am still reading the book __Of Mice and Men__ by John Steinbeck. Now in the book you find that Lennie killed the puppy he wanted and is upset that george won't let him tend the rabbits. Then he is talking to Curley's wife and she tells him to touch her hair because it is soft. He does and then she freaks out and tells him to stop. Lennie picks her up and shakes her and tells her to stop screaming. when he stops he realized he had broken her neck and killed her. he goes to the place that George told him to and hides there until George comes. When George comes he tells Lennie to look down stream and George shoots him in the head. The worst part of the book is when George has to kill Lennie. The best part is when Curley gets his hand broken. [|Review]

January 27, 2011. The book i have been reading is __Of Mice and Men__ by John Steinbeck. I got this novel because we are reading it as a class. So far it seems like a great book but it seemed kind of short for a class book when compared to __To Kill a Mockingbird__ which we read last semester. In this book there are two main characters, Lennie and George. George is a short, small man with defined features. He has a rough personality yet is still caring. He travels with Lennie who is a big, strong, clumsy man who is mentally handicapped. The problem the two face is that Lennie can't keep a job because he is mentally retarded. he forgets thing and then he does something bad and they get run out of the town or job. George has to lie and say that Lennie was kicked in the head by a horse when he was young because otherwise no one would hire someone who was mentally retarded. I like this book so far. i have read it once before a long time ago but i still enjoy it the second time. I like the way it is written and ow the author describes everything with great detail.

January 13, 2011. Today I have successfully a wiki account! Yea.