Hello there, fellow bloggers! My name is Allison, and this is my first post in my reading blog for my period two Honors English II class. I am a very avid reader when it comes to books for fun, but I even enjoy most of the books that I read during school (hence this blog for both reasons).
The first two books that I’m going to be blogging about are “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” by E. Lockhart and “A Northern Light” by Jennifer Donnelly, which were the two books I read over the summer to go into English II.
Out of the two books I had to read over the summer, I started with “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”. I enjoyed this book the most of the two novels I had to read because it although the diction was a little challenging to comprehend, I enjoyed the overall “girl power” feel of it. The main character of the story, who is mentioned in the title, has discovered that instead of her boyfriend Matthew canceling dates to go meet Alpha, Matthew’s best friend, he is part of an all-male secret society consisting of drinking beer and pulling pranks. Sneaking around during one of the meetings, she discovers that there was once (and still is) a book filled with the early adventures of the first Bassetts, or members of the society. Frankie decides that she will stop at nothing to get the book, and when she finally does, chaos ensues… If you ever get the chance to read this novel, do it. It’s well worth it.
“A Northern Light” by Jennifer Donnelly, on the other hand, was not as entertaining as I had hoped. Other than the fact that the plot was so drawn out I couldn’t pay attention to it very long and that I was much more appealed to the mystery than I was towards Mattie Gokey’s drawn-out personal life, the novel was okay. Some bits of Mattie’s life, however, were very interesting.
If you do read either of these books, make sure to take good notes.
*Tip for LHS sophomores: the English connection in both these books (the inpeas in “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks” and the vocabulary in “A Northern Light”) may just help you on your summer reading exams.*
Oh, I almost forgot: I might also blog about other books I’m reading for fun besides my books for school.
Until next time, viewers.
