Book Suggestions?

                I have recently decided to stop reading An Abundance of Katherines. After being a couple chapters into the book I have realized that I am not finding much interest in it. I love the author John Green and his other book The Fault in Out Stars that I had previously read but I am not finding much of a connection in this particular one. I am by no means saying that this is a bad book, I know many people that have read it and loved it. I just want to move on to a book that sparks more interest- one that I can connect to more.

            I am interested in reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I have heard many good things about it from friends and it just has good reviews online in general. This book is about a murder that takes place in a museum in Paris, France. The body is left with symbols and artwork that are said to be from ideas of the illuminati. I want to switch my focus of books from more typical love stories to adventurous, mysterious novels. If you have any other suggestions or have read The Da Vinci Code, please leave a comment below!

                                     Click Here to see more about The Da Vinci Code.

Krista Ramsey

Krista Ramsey Column 

      In the post "See the hit, save the brain gameplan at cautious UC" Krista talks about the concussion rates taken throughout the past couple of years. It also talks about the 'gameplan' in UC that dramatically dropped concussion rates by training players to see their 'blindside'.
   
                                                            (Best Written Line) 
  " As they smack flashing buttons, the Bearcats are improving eye-hand coordination, timing, anticipation, depth perception and peripheral vision. It's fun. It's also potentially brain-saving."
       I think that this is the best written line because of the diction and syntax that is used. The diction that is used includes a variety of informal and elevated words. When she explains how the Bearcats are improving by saying "...improving eye-hand coordination, timing, anticipation, depth perception and peripheral vision."  you get a much more sophisticated, knowledgeable vibe compared to "It's fun. It's also potentially brain-saving." This line shows the readers that the article is quite casual by getting a clear point across using informal diction.
     Syntax used in this sentence also varies. Krista first uses a long and involved sentence separated by many commas. The next sentence is very short, only two words; "It's fun." This defiantly changes the tone/ mood of the paragraph.  
      I believe that Ramsey's writing style is informative but comical/ laid-back at the same time.                                                
                                                                     Examples:
- "But before parents claw back the iPhones, experts say the problem may not lie in the technology itself, but the amount of time spent on it, the environment in which it's used and the activities it's replacing." (For better vision, kids need time outdoors)
- "Manning is a Southern-bred gentleman whose classic suits match up nicely with his classy manners." (Super Bowl QBs score points for great style)
- " As they smack flashing buttons, the Bearcats are improving eye-hand coordination, timing, anticipation, depth perception and peripheral vision. It's fun. It's also potentially brain-saving." (See the hit, save the brain gameplan at cautious UC)

Questions:

1.) Have you always loved writing and suspected it to be a future job or hobby throughout middle/high school?

2.) What did you major in college and what was your first job coming out of college?

3.) Where does your 'voice/style' of writing come from? Was it influenced by any family members growing up?

            Prompt I am responding to: Describe a conversation that you would like to have with a character from your book. What would this conversation sound like?

                If I could have a conversation with someone from An Abundance of Katherine’s, I would want to talk to the main character Colin. I would want to have a conversation with him because there are many things about him that confuse me. One of these things being why he feels like he needs to have a girlfriend at all times to feel complete. Clearly the relationships that he has been continuing to have, haven’t been working out. I would also like to question his parents on how they feel about their son and his many different relationships.

                Another question I would ask to Colin is why he only dates girls named Katherine. I know that everyone has preferences while dating, whether its height, hair color or interests but only dating someone because of their name is ridiculous. At the moment in the book, Colin has dated and been dumped by 19 different girls named Katherine. Therefore, I would really like to know what it is about girls named Katherine that draws him into liking them.


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