Summer Reading

Here are the books that I read this summer;

Screen Shot 2016-09-03 at 5.02.36 PMScreen Shot 2016-09-03 at 5.02.53 PM

All of the Lorien Legacies set, Pittacus Lore. (they are really good)

Screen Shot 2016-09-03 at 5.06.25 PM

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’engle (from the list)

Screen Shot 2016-09-03 at 5.08.19 PM

The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (I annotated this book, so the notes are there. It is also from the list.)

Here are my annotations. These are the questions

Are the letters from his mom? pg. 94

Why did his dad lie about the letters? pg. 110

Why didn’t Christopher do research about London before he went? pg. 172

Why did he wait 7 trains before he got on one? pg. 184

What was bad about the books that his mother got? he doesn’t specify. pg. 206

Why does he care so much about the dog? pg. 40

Is he autistic? pg. 46

He likes to be alone, does he have friends? pg. 56

Why does he pay so much attention to everything? pg. 188

Why does he think that his dad wants to kill him? pg. 122

Why does he use so many metaphors? pg. 161

Why does he have a pet rat?

Why does he hate yellow and brown so much?

Why wouldn’t he let his mom hold his hand? pg. 194

Why did Christopher hit his dad? pg. 174

How old is he? pg. 98

Misc.

He likes to write. pg. 4

He isn’t social. pg. 8

It takes place in Europe. pg. 12

He is smart in some ways but not in others.

He likes things to be done the same way every time. pg. 24

He is really good at math and physics. Pg. 26

He only listens to things that are precise. pg. 32

He doesn’t have a good sense of others feelings. pg. 34

He is very determined. pg. 50

He always wants to understand things fully. pg. 72

He likes to prove people incorrect. pg. 74

He has a photographic memory. pg. 87

He is really stubborn. pg. 160

He always has a set plan. pg. 220

 

 

 

Screen Shot 2016-09-03 at 5.10.25 PM

Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (from the list)

Screen Shot 2016-09-03 at 5.13.07 PM

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, L. Pichon (for a one day read)