Weekly Reading Response

NAME: Sierra Stratton DATE: 2-11-10

BOOK: The Lovely Bones

AUTHOR: Alice Sebold PAGES: 188-269

TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 81

Question 1: Which character would you like (or not like) to be your friend? Why?

Response 1: In The Lovely Bones, I would like to be friends with Lindsey Salmon. I would like to be friends with Lindsey because she is very athletic and I like being athletic. I would also like to be friends with her because she went through a lot when her sister was murdered and I would like to have helped her through that. she was also very sweet in the book, but she was also rebellious. that made her unique, and I like hanging out with unique people; people who do their own thing and don't follow other people's paths.

Question 2: What has surprised you in the book? Why?

Response 2: The thing that surprised me the most in this book was how fast in the end everyone grew up. In almost one chapter all of the characters were grown up and they each had their own stories. I got kind of lost in a part of the book because almost out of nowhere Lindsay and her boyfriend were graduating college, and Susie's old friends were all on their own. So those parts were very surprising.

Weekly Reading Response

Weekly Reading Response

NAME: Sierra Stratton DATE: 2-11-10

BOOK: The Lovely Bones

AUTHOR: Alice Sebold PAGES: 78-188

TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 110

QUESTION 1:Do you think you would read another book by this author? Why or why not?

RESPONSE 1: Yes, I would read another book by Alice Sebold. I would read another one of her books because I think she is and interesting writer, and I like her writing style in this book.

Alice Sebold’s writing style in The Lovely Bones is different from other books I’ve read, because she switches the characters around. One character will be talking or thinking, and then next another character’s thought will pop up.

QUESTION 2: If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it?

RESPONSE 2: If I could change one thing in this book, I would make it more mysterious. It tells you who kills the girl in the first chapter, so you already know who it is in the end.

I wish the book would have more of a hook, so then nearer to the end I could find out who killed the girl. I might also change the story so it talked more about Susie, the girl who was murdered.