https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m Please reflect on your first experience reading your novel in verse. In your initial post, consider the following questions: Have you read poetry before? If so, do you like it? Why or why not? Have you read a novel in verse before? What was your first reading session like? What did you enjoy? What was challenging? What is your story about so far? Provide a brief summary of what you read in the first 20 minutes. What questions do you have so far about your story or the writing style? Predictions? en-us 2021-06-28 13:58:59 UTC 2021-06-28 14:22:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png faresk8135 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442277 Heaven looks a lot like the Mall
It's a very interesting novel written in free verse, talking about the events leading up to a girl being put into a coma due to a dodgeball game, and how she experiences her "near death" in the mall of her home town where her mother works. The protagonist feels relatable to me, feeling imperfect in her little world, mind racing a million miles a minute, many thoughts occurring in a single second even in attention-demanding scenarios. The book feels more like a normal book rather than a novel in verse, but it's not hard to notice the formatting and the general rhyme of the book.]]> 2021-06-28 14:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442277 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442372 2021-06-28 14:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442372 brooksm3430_1_1 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442536 Solo By Kwame Alexander. ]]> 2021-06-28 14:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442536 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442892 So far, I'm enjoying a long way down; I appreciate how it's written in a poetic style while still being easily relatable. I've read several of Alexander Pushkin's writings in the past, but this writing style is very different. Although the novel is not difficult to read, the author employs descriptive language to full advantage.]]> 2021-06-28 14:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628442892 santamarian7585 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628443180 So far, I find the novel really interesting in the sense that you can really understand how the person is feeling and what it was like for them. The main character, Allison, was just the typical hardworking student, but it all went downhill-ish after she dreamt about having brain cancer. (She believes it was a premonition). The antagonist of the novel is Allison herself, her brain is stuck on one idea (her having brain cancer) where everything else doesn't seem important anymore. All I've read so far was her giving some background to explain how her life was like in the days before the dream, and the day after the dream. ]]> 2021-06-28 14:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628443180 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628443662 A long way down makes you figure things out and doesn't give all the details. However, I like how it is written and how some of the poetry makes shapes on the page. So far it seems to be about loss and anger, as well as finding your place in the world. Also, the elevator is either magic or the people getting on are hallucinations, because they shouldn't be there. I think that so far the story is mostly in his head.]]> 2021-06-28 14:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628443662 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628447018 I read this before so I have no first impression.]]> 2021-06-28 14:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628447018 mashalehn6605 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628452531 amillion ways home is by far my favorite book ive read very ineresting

]]> 2021-06-28 14:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628452531 https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628455441 her name Xiomara and it means battle ready and she's always ready for a fight. 
When she does something good or either bad she gets the phrase Pero, tú no eres fácil which means "you sure ain't an easy one".]]> 2021-06-28 14:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kwest29/ap4oicohq0tcig4m/wish/1628455441