Week three and book three:

the original cover, 1951.

This week i did The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, my review was bad. I feel that's the only way to put it. I didnt like the book, and before class i finished the book and was still hung up on the lack of plot, the craziness of the main character and the sad fall the book took from the high pedistole it had been put on from the moment it was released. Maybe i was excited because the book was such an American classic and famous as it was linked to the killing of John Lennon(The Beatles). I fi could rewrite the review i would, i wouldnt say it was fantastic, bu looking back on 'The Catcher in the Rye', it was amazing writing, the themes involved and the anguish of the main charchter was intense and interesting. The book was released in 1951, and was a strange book even for those times. It is an amazing book and maybe ill read it again without all the expectation. OK book, but bad review writing by me. I'm going to read Perfume next week, I've watched the movie and it's been on the Whitcoulls top 100 for years, so i'm excited and hopeful that it's much better then the last book.

week two and book two:

I read, finished, and worte my review, got the professional review and compared them for 'the other Boelyn girl'. It was harder then last week, but luckily i also loved this book, it was a long book and small writing but i couldnt put it down and found it addictive and seductive. It was such an amazing book, so at the moment i'm really liking this assessment. What i learnt this week was that i need to be a little more formal and to use quotes so that i can really include the plot into my review, i still need to work on the plot summary for my review. I do think i did better then last week though. i used a good genre of words to really draw people in, and yet again i loved the book so it was easy to do. I'm trying to do a different book every week, and different story wise too, so next week im reading The catcher in the rye.. I'm a little nervous as i don't think ive read a book like it before.
Fingers crossed...

The other boelyn girl.... "Scandalous,sexy and sad"

Week one and book one:

It's the first week of my project for brief 2. I have written a review, selected a professional review and compared the reviews for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. My review was a very positive one, i loved that novel. It was an absolute classic and is my favourite book. I felt like this week was quite easy, as i loved the book, the pofessional review was positive and comparing seemed easy. I feel a sense of dread as i begin to select my next book, ive chosen 'the other boelyn girl' by Phillpia Gregory (It was on sale at borders). It's a differnent genre to P & P and also very long so could be challenging.
One challenge i have found so far is how difficult it is to write a review about a book that u just want to say, 'It was brillant and fabulous etc' . I feel like i need to be more professional in my writing, i spent an hour writing ym review for Pride and Prejudice as i felt like every descriptive word was wrong. Looking at it now, i feel like i was quite good for my first go, a lot to learn, but many weeks to learn it.
So far so good....