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.