Rj #24

Dear Samuel,


I have finished read the book "Lord of the Nutcracker Men" by Ian Lawernce. I find the book really interesting as I thought this week's genre would be highly boring where you can see in my previous rjs I state that I fall asleep. The book is about a kid who plays war with an army of nutcrackers his father makes since he is a toy maker. While he plays in his imaginative world his dad gets drafted into WWI. I can tell it is WWI because of the year in the story which was 1914. I find the book to have its twist and turns in it. It has a lot of suspense where I wonder what is happening next. I also find that the more I read the more of the book I want to read. I wish it can be longer. One thing I found interesting was how when he plays with the toy nutcrackers in war he believes he has godlike powers that control his father's fate. I found it interesting be cause he can like make his father survive and win the war. I highly recommend the book because its interesting, not boring, and you like Call of Duty so you can relate to it.


Sincerely,
Lucky 

Rj# 23

Dear Person,

I have finished reading my autobiography from last week. A link of it can be found here http://luckybaydounrj2011-2012.blogspot.com/2012/01/rj-21.html. If you did not read my last rj, the name of it is My Remarkable Journey by Larry King. He has done many things in life. As I continued reading he stated that he has been arrested one time when he was younger. He also had many other talk show host jobs before his big debut on CNN.  Ever since I finished reading it, it appears to be that in the rest of the book its just little petty information. He has lived in many other places such as Miami and different parts of New York. Since he is an interviewer its obvious, that he has met many other celebrities. He has also been interviewed too, for many other reasons such as a biography not made by him or to be on a talk show. The book though did not mention his retiring from CNN. He also stated his education in the book. One of the schools he went to was Lafyette in New york. One of my favorite quotes from the book is "Memories are all we have. Lose them, and we have nothing. But memories touched by humor, those are the best of all." I also found his journey through life remarkable hence its name of the book. Like I said be fore in my last rj I would highly recommend this book to anyone since it is well written and an enjoyable read.

Sincerely,

Lucky

Rj #22

Dear Reader,

I am still currently reading Larry King: My Remarkable Journey. Ever since this week is auto-biography you already would know the author since it is stated in the title unless its a regular biography book. I found the way Larry King wrote in the book very appealing to me. It made me easily understand the book and not fall asleep. In the beginning of the book it starts like its a memoir but then it turns into an auto-biography. It starts off with Larry King stating that he had an exclusive interview with Osama Bin Laden. Right away I kept reading as it caught my attention. He has been married 8 times and has/had 7 wives (he remarried a wife). He has 6 kids including his stepson Danny Southwick. The other names of the kids were Larry Jr.,Cannon,Chance,Andy, and Chaia. In the book he has mentioned that he did not meet Larry Jr. until his son was somewhere in his thirties. In the book sometimes his point of view changes into someone else's  view about whats related to that topic or point view about Larry King himself. Larry has had a quintuple-bypass heart surgery when he had a heart attack in early 1987. His original name was Larry Zeiger which was his name when he immigrated here. My favorite part in the book would be the beginning as it showed that he was able to meet Osama Bin Laden when no one  could even receive a exclusive interview with him. My least favorite part would be when he had a quintuple-bypass surgery from a heart attack which was really sad since it was a really major heart attack then the others he had. I overall recommend this book even though I did not finish it as seems really interesting and it is not boring.


From writer,
Lucky

Rj# 21

Dear Person ,

I am doing my rj on "Shooting the Moon" by Frances O'Roark Dowell. I did not like the book it made me fall asleep. However I had to read since I am in book club. Some of the characters are Jamie,Cindy,Jamie's dad, Jamie's brother (T.J), amd Pvt. Hollister.. The book mainy focuses on Jamie missing her brother. The reason why because her brother is in Vietnam during the war so this was back then. To keep in touch they sent each other letter. However the first letter that came from her brother wasn't a regular letter, it was film waiting to be developed. The book immediately starts with a boring card game then the book kept on going on a slow, tiring pace. The ending of the book was not even good since it was only 3 sentences. The ending was that T.J became M.I.A (missing in action). To me the ending should have been a bit better so it wont make me seem that I have read this boring book for book club with a terrible ending. It should have been why T.J was captured or T.J coming home after he served his time in the military. I rate this book for .5 stars out of 10 since it was boring, had a horrible ending, I didn't understand some of the plot line, I did not like the author's writing style, etc. I do not recommend this book as you will not like this book. Ever since the ending was horrible they should of made a sequel to it so we understand what is happening just like in The Giver. If they did make one  then it should be better than this book as I did not like it for the reasons I have stated above. Surely wish we, book club members chose a better book in my opinion however, others liked the book.

From,

Lucky

Rj #19

Dear Samuel,


I am reading this book called "Star Wars The Old Republic: Deceived" by Paul S. Kemp. The book is confusing if you don't have a vast background of Star Wars. The characters are  based on way before the event of the republic and separatist. These are the original roots of who Star Wars began. Most things that you think are normal in the Star Wars stuff you might know about. Some of the things are lightsabers weren't made by the way you think. Most of the characters don't have correct naming and such. Jedi ans Siths were there though. I didn't understand this book even though it was recommended on amazon.com. I don't even know any of the characters or remember the blot because it was too confusing. I do know the era is around the Darth Bane time. Im abandoning this book as it makes no sense for me to comprehend. I do have a vast knowledge however this book did not make any sense. I'm not sure if you will be able to understand it but go know yourself out and read the book.


From you friend,
Lucky

CE 5

Title: “To Preserve History on the Moon, Visitors Are Asked to Tread Lightly”

Author: Kenneth Chang

Source: The New York Times

The topic of the article is to keep history on moon.

The main idea of the article is: keep history of the moon this is stated.

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform the reader about keeping history on the moon like footprints.

The author’s perspective in this article is subjective because he says why NASA shows why they want to keep history on the moon. NASA wants to keep it there the author does not part with any side.

The pattern of organization of the article is cause and effect

The reason the author chose this pattern for the article because the cause would be no preservation and the effect would be no tourism, souvenirs, no history about it, and from having no tourism and souvenirs there would be no money.

The text features included in the article are: the title

This article is about (a summary in your own words) the reason why people have to tread (walk in a specific way) lightly on the moon so NASA can preserve footprints.

The significance (importance) of this article is

What I learned from this article is NASA would like to preserve many things.

What I liked about this article

I liked how it included Google Lunar X Prize.

What I did not like about it

I did not dislike anything in this article.

Who should read this article and why

Anyone if they are interested in NASA because it deals with it or if they just like reading.

This article reminds me of (text-to-self) it reminded me of science since we learned about NASA.

(text-to-text)

It reminded me of my science textbook under the NASA section

(text-to-world)

It reminds me of NASA

New vocabulary I learned

No new vocab words

Rj# 18

Dear Samuel,

I am reading the book "Star Wars Deceptions: special edition" by Jude Watson. This the only sci-fi book that I found in my house, however it was badly damaged so I downloaded the e-reader version of it. If you ever seen any star wars movies then you would get the idea of it. This book is based on episodes I-II. The characters in this book are literally the characters you expect in those star wars movies that I listed above. So Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme, those funny droids (R2-D2 and C-3PO), Darth Maul, Emperor Palpetine (Darth Sideous), Qui-Gon Jin, Clone troopers,etc. Well you get the point. The plot seems to have twist and turns as it strays off and sometimes it talks about  the future (Darth Vader era). In those parts I find confusing. The plot mostly is based on Obi-Wan being framed for a Jedi murder which he didn't even do, Darth Maul was the one who actually killed the Jedi. Then the book splits up into a new part where Anakin becomes a teenager (episode II) in this part they mostly focus on it and don't stray off on the section. My favorite part in the book is when Darth Maul is killed because he is a sith. My least favorite part is when Anakin loses a hand fighting Count Dooku. If you want to read go ahead but I don't think you know anything about this certain edition of star wars.

From you friend,

Lucky