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Austin M. Book Comparison

By Austin Metroka | November 6, 2014

Hi Alyssa, I have been really enjoying I am the Messenger so far. It is a great book for many reasons, but this week I feel like changing it up. Instead of blogging about the book I am reading, I decided i’m going to do a comparison between my two favorite books in this project so far. The books I will be comparing are My Brother Sam is Dead and Butter.

My favorite out of those two are My Brother Sam is Dead. This was the first book I read and I was really able to connect with it. The author based the book in the Revolutionary war, but wrote it in a way that the readers had had experiences that of Tim. For example when Tim looses his dad in the storm, it reminds me of loosing my dad in a grocery store when I was younger. I know that’s a pretty lame connection but the point is that the author was able to make connections like that which made it my favorite book out of the three.

The book Butter was a good book but there were a few things that made me not enjoy it as much as My Brother Sam is Dead. The part of the this book that I did enjoy was how the author made you wonder. What I mean by that is how Butter throughout the book keeps putting himself into a corner and has to make tough decisions to get out. That aspect of the book always made me think, “what route will he take?” Or, “what will happen if he does this?” What made me not enjoy this book at times is how real it can be. When he talks about eating himself to death and his “Last Meal.” It makes me cringe and wan’t to put the book down.

This was my thoughts between the two books and I really enjoyed doing this instead of the usual blog post. I hope to hear where you are at in these books and your thoughts them soon.

Austin M.

Austin M. I Am The Messenger

By Austin Metroka | October 30, 2014

Hi Alyssa, After I finished the Maze Runner I was having a tough time trying to figure out what I wanted to read. There is so many good books out there right now such as The Fault In Our Stars, Lone Survivor, and Ready player one that it nearly impossible for me to choose. But after a lot of thinking and getting recommendations from my peers I chose to go with I Am The Messenger.

This book is written by Markus Zusak, and I have never read one of his books so I had no clue what to expect when I opened the first page. Right off the bat I knew I had made the right choice. The book starts off with a big bang (meaning a bank robbery) and the main character Ed Kenny and all of his friends are right in the middle of it. Following the bank robbery is a countless number of questions, mystery’s, and challenging choices that Ed is forced to face. The author creates what would seem like a serious story, but he adds so much humor that it is one of the funniest books that I have ever read, which makes it extremely difficult to put down.

My favorite character so far is Ed Kenny because even within the first 10 pages of the book you feel like you already know his life story. He expresses all of the things he feels and has gone through making your connections with him and the book that much stronger. When you can connect with the book it doesn’t even feel like you are reading a book, it feels like you are in the book. The author did a great job of emphasizing that in this piece.

This is definitely one of the best books I have ever read, and will be for a long time. I am really impressed with Markus Zusak’s writing so far, and I am looking forward to reading more of his books in the future.

This is a great read Alyssa, and I hope you get the chance to enjoy it.

Austin M

Austin M. and Drew S. Artifact

By Austin Metroka | October 27, 2014

Here is me and Drew’s artifact that we did on twitter! We chose to do our artifact on the book Maze Runner because we agreed we could express what our feelings were about this book through the Twitter pages best. I acted like the character Thomas for a week and he acted like Minho. We didn’t get through the whole book but far enough that our two characters lives intertwined. Hope you enjoy!

Thomas’s Twitter

Austin M. Maze Runner

By Austin Metroka | October 26, 2014

Dear Alyssa,

A few days ago I finished Maze Runner. I thought it was a great book, but it wasn’t my favorite out of the other two I have read. You were right about how it continuously makes you question things. That element of the book makes it much more interesting to read and that much harder to put it down.

My first big question in the book that really hooked me was who put all of the kids in the maze. That also sparked another thought. Where was this maze and how far in the future is this book based in. There is always a reason that makes you want to keep reading. My favorite part of the book is when Thomas risks his own life to save Minho and Alby because it gives us an idea of what Thomas is really like and that he has the ability to be a runner.

My favorite character in the book is Minho because of how much trust he puts in Thomas to help get them out of the maze. What really surprises me about Minho is how brave he is and how he would be willing to give his life just to get a hint on how to solve the maze. I can’t wait to see how the character Minho is in the movie and find out if he has the same personality.

I was also wondering what book you are reading and if you have read more than one, which one have you liked the most so far. Im not sure what book I will be reading next but whatever it is I cant wait to get started with it and blog about it!

Austin

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