https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9 National Love of Reading Month en-us 2017-02-03 19:28:28 UTC 2025-09-29 09:41:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Removelove.png karin_renner https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151550558 I am reading the award-winning novel between shades of gray.The book has 344 pages, and I have read through page 200. The genre of the book is realistic fiction. While there are lots of Jewish Holocaust books set in Germany, there are very few relating to the atrocities committed in Russia by Stalin. It’s certainly a story that deserves to be known. The details of the disease and hunger and awful work conditions are well-presented, and the author does not sacrifice realism for sentiment. It's upsetting that American students don't learn more about what was happening in Russia because Stalin killed more people through genocide than Hitler did.]]> 2017-02-03 19:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151550558 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563703 I'm currently reading Fight for Power. I'm on page 235 out of 346. The genre of the book is realistic fiction. I really enjoy that the author of the book goes into great detail of certain events in the book. Although, I dislike that the author spends to much time the protagonists thoughts, I feel that he should spend more time on developing the plot.]]> 2017-02-03 20:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563703 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563712 I am currently reading "The Game Of Lives." The total number of pages is 326, and today I stopped at 276. The genre of the book is science-fiction. What I really like about the book is all the plot twist that it has the farther into the book you get. What I don't like is how one of Michael's closest friends had to die in the middle of the book. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563712 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563799 I am reading A Brothers Journey. It has 261 pages, and I have read through page 149. The genre of this book is biography. This book is what happens after his brother gets taken away by the police because his mother was abusive to him. This book was inspired by A Child Called It. A young boy name Richard tells his story when his brother leaves the house. He gets abused by his mother now since his brother David got taken away. The secret still remains of his mother abusing him and his brother. Richard tells us in the book how his mother wouldn't consider him apart of the "family" because he was singled out when his brother left. Now he was the one who got the wrath of his mother. His mother was an alcoholic who should've never had kids. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563799 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563805 I'm currently reading Until Friday Night. It has 328 pages and I'm on page 245. the genre of the book is theme fiction. This book is about this girl Maggie and this guy West. When maggie was younger her father had murder her mom so they sent her off to go live with her Aunt and Uncle. When she first moved there she meet West and they had a connection. West father is dying from cancer and maggie has been there for him because she knows how it feels to lose a parent. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563805 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563818 I am reading love letters to the dead. The book has 327 pages and I'm on page 134. The genre is realistic fiction. I like the range of people that are being written to in my book. I don't like how short the letters are. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563818 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563830 I am reading My Last Kiss.  This book has 361 pages and I have read through to page 164. The genre of this book is mystery/romance.  I really like the plot of the book, how she's a ghost trying to find her murderer.  It's really interesting to see how people react, grieving or not, to her death.  What I don't like about the book is that the main character didn't act the way I think she should've to the news that she was dead.  ]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563830 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563866 a just started reading the book The Hunted by Matt De La Peña. The book is 361 pages long I am on page 14. The book Im reading is fiction because its not real. I like that the book happens in many different places instead of one. I dislike the main characters name her nam is Shy.]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563866 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563890 I am reading Frayed by Kara Terzis. The book has 297 pages, and I am on page 183. The genre of the book is teen fiction. Something I really like about this book is that it always keeps me on my toes. You never know what types of events are going to happen or how they will tie in a plot twist and make you think differently about a character in the book. I don't like how the KARMA isn't always there but they aren't the protagonist so I understand why. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563890 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563944 I  am reading Punished  by Vanessa Steel. The novel has 326 pages, I've read through page 290. The genre of the novel is a biography. It's very interesting reading about Vanessa situation in comparison to the novel A Child Called "It" which I have also read this quarter. Vanessa endures years of abuse but is comforted by spirits who watch over her. One thing I really enjoy about this novel is that Vanessa doesn't let her mother's harsh words have a lasting effect on her, she believes in herself and as the reader it makes you believe alongside with her. One aspect of the novel that I'm not too keen about is how Vanessa comes so close to telling someone about her situation at the time but just doesn't. For Vanessa to mention in the novel how ashamed she felt about what was happening to her to writing a whole novel about it is truly inspiring. 

]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563944 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563949 I am reading Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay. This book has 293 pages and I stopped on page 87. The genre of this book is Historical Fiction. In this book I like that there are two stories being told at the same time. The chapters alternate on which story is being told. I like this because one is set during World War II and the other is set in modern day France. The things that the people are going through in the World War II chapters are the same things that the modern day people are learning about. One thing I dislike about this book is that I don't know how the stories are intertwined. My guess is that as the story goes on I will learn more about how they are intertwined.]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563949 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563965 The book I am reading is the Outside Shot by Keith O'Brien. This book has 270 pages, I stated it last class and I got to page 66, now I am on page 108. The genre of the book is sports fiction. The book follows the story of a high school basketball team in Scott Country, Kentucky. Its a story of hard work, commitment, and dedication for the game of basketball. A town of home grown boys tunes into a town over run by city dwellers. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563965 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563980 I am reading the book trapped right now. The book has 232 pages and this book has won 2 awards. I have read 4 pages into the book so far as a right now it is pretty mind catching. This book is an young adult book, It has seven characters in the book a group of friends who get stuck in school and a blizzard comes on their way, the blizzard is suppose to last for a good week and they have to learn how to survive.    ]]> 2017-02-03 20:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563980 ka3171 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563992 I am currently reading Under the Lights by Abbi Glines. The book has a total of 328 pages and I stopped on page 137. The genre of my book is coming of age. I really like how it isn't predictable and keeps drawing my attention back. One thing I don't really like is that there are three different characters that it's told through: Willa, Gunner, and Brady. The first book in the series, Until Friday Night, was only told through two character's point of view. This one is a little hard to follow along with who it is being told through. But overall, it is a very good book so far.]]> 2017-02-03 20:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151563992 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564054 I am reading Between The Lines. There are 352 pages in this book, and I got to 176. The genre of this book is fantasy, romance, and fairy tale. What I really like about this book is that there are two perspectives. You get the two main characters point of views. What I don't like about this book is that it takes random parts of the fairy tale book in the story, and puts it in there. I don't like reading about something that doesn't help solve their conflicts. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564054 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564058 I am currently reading sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I am on page 92 out of 313. The genre of the book is young adult and science fiction. I read the fist book in the series and found it to be really interesting. At this point in the 2nd book, they are traveling through time and are in the 15th century. ]]> 2017-02-03 20:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564058 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564149 I am reading Alive. I just finished the 357 page novel. It is a Young Adult Fiction book by Chandler Baker. I started out really liking how the story was told. However, towards the end, I began to dislike how the story ends and just what happens in the last few chapters.]]> 2017-02-03 20:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564149 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564510 I am reading Gone by Michael Grant. Im currently on page 251 out of the 557 pages. The book is classified as science fiction. The book adds a interesting twist on the usual books I read. It all comes from a teenagers point of view, making interesting from what is perceived and from whats actually happening.]]> 2017-02-03 20:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151564510 jp3509 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151968560 I am currently reading Eve & Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate. I am on page 132 out of 291 pages. The genre of the book is Science Fiction, and a bit of a Romance novel. I really like how relatable the characters in the book are. The author gives a bit of foreshadowing by using different view points from different characters. Adding even more suspense to the main plot. ]]> 2017-02-06 20:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/151968560 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/152499412 I am currently reading Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. I stopped on page 332 or 392. This book is a graphic, non-fiction novel. I really like how descriptive this book is and how it captivates my attention. Marcus is very in depth and leaves out next to no details. ]]> 2017-02-08 15:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/152499412 https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/152927526 I am currently reading Invasive by Chuck Wendig. I stopped on page 269 out of 320. This book is a horror science-fiction novel. I really enjoy the suspense throughout the novel. Whenever it seems like the conflict will be resolved, something always happens ]]> 2017-02-09 21:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/karin_renner/5lqn46wjima9/wish/152927526