This week I haven't done much reading. I have started a new book. However I have been so busy with studying and what not that I haven't read as much as I would have liked to. I did take a trip to Bethel College. Where I hope to go to school next year. I have dreamed of going to college there since my freshman year. And I believe my dream will come true. I have filled the application out and everything is looking great. I will definitely have to read more next week though.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Currently
Pages: 332
Books: The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks and The Zombie Survival Guide
My new book The Zombie Survival Guide is amazing, although it is a graphic novel the reader may still fully expect to learn from the book and understand what is going on. I also re-read The Zombie Survival Guide because I felt like that was such a good book it earned the privilege of being read again.
The are no sentences of the week unfortunately.
I have chosen to do poems about war for my anthology project. By far my favorite poem is "Here, Bullet" by Brian Turner.
Books: The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks and The Zombie Survival Guide
My new book The Zombie Survival Guide is amazing, although it is a graphic novel the reader may still fully expect to learn from the book and understand what is going on. I also re-read The Zombie Survival Guide because I felt like that was such a good book it earned the privilege of being read again.
The are no sentences of the week unfortunately.
I have chosen to do poems about war for my anthology project. By far my favorite poem is "Here, Bullet" by Brian Turner.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
New Book...
The new book I am reading; The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, is everything that I was hoping it would be. This book, although in the style of a cartoon is amazing. All of the pages are very interesting and are worth reading. This is a very good book. However it is not better than World War Z. World War Z is by far my favorite book I have read. Max Brooks is a genius. It is amazing how much he can come up with about zombies. Everything he writes makes it seem like the events actually happened or could happen. The zombie war does not have to be taken literally. The zombie war can also represent the diminishing relationships between nations, and how war is inevitable. Zombie wars could happen though with the ever-innovating weapons that are used in large-scale assaults, whether they be biological warefare or bombs.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
New Book
I now have a new book that I just got. To follow my current streak of Max Brooks books I checked out the book, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks. This book looks amazing. It has an interesting cover to say the least. The back of the book reads as follows,"Man has battled the undead for millenia. In The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks bestselling author and "Studs Terkel of zombie journalism," Max Brooks provides the lessons that history has taught us about zombie outbreaks. This is not a list of all zombie attacks throughout history, but a chronicling of the most famous outbreaks, gruesomely illustrated in graphic novel form. From our descendants on the African savannahs to the legions of ancient Rome to the voyages of Francis Drake to the ill-advised experiments of the Soviet army, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, takes the reader on a journey across many anni horribilis and hauntingly reminds us how close the living dead have come to destroying humanity."
When I first read that I determined I had to read this book. I really hope this book will be everything that it looks like it will be, and possibly even more than I could have hoped it to be.
When I first read that I determined I had to read this book. I really hope this book will be everything that it looks like it will be, and possibly even more than I could have hoped it to be.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Max Brooks
As I was watching TV last night I noticed there was a special on the History Channel on zombies. I thought that would be really interesting. So I started to watch it and it was the best thing I have ever seen! And to make things even better Max Brooks was on the show, along with many other authors and people that are a part of the "zombie movement". The show was very informative and covered every part of a zombie invasion. The program was two hours long and worth watching every moment of it. I am now going to read every book that Max Brooks has written. I am very excited for this because he is a very talented author and zombies are very topical in todays society.
Diction Observation Guide
In this excerpt from Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine, his language is both precise and dignified with a refined suggestiveness. Baker's use of decorative language exemplifies a business-like writing style.
In this excerpt from Catcher in the Rye; J.D. Salinger, uses vivid language to convey a sense of a "journal-like" writing style. His language is to-the-point and very formal, yet conveys a suggestive zealousness.
In this excerpt from Catcher in the Rye; J.D. Salinger, uses vivid language to convey a sense of a "journal-like" writing style. His language is to-the-point and very formal, yet conveys a suggestive zealousness.
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