The Bourne Identity: The most important line from a chapter is...

I have recently started reading The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.  I decided to read this book because I have seen the movie before and I really liked it.  So far I am really enjoying the book also.  I have wanted to keep reading for a long time without putting it down.

In chapter four, the most important line is,"The clerk continued writing, then lifted up the card, reversing it for the guests signature.  Mr. J. Bourne. New York, N.Y. U.S.A."  This quote is very important because Jason Bourne was working very hard to get some of his memory back for a long time and he finally has some closure on who he is.  This quote from chapter two shows how long he had been working on this: "The weeks passed; the verbal exercises continued as the pages grew and the man's strength returned.  It was mid-morning of the nineteenth week..."

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes crime thrillers or any exciting books.

Post #6: Readicide

Readicide is a problem in schools.  The love of reading is dying because all we are reading in school is literary fiction and it is boring to students.  Students like to read genre fiction and lessons can be made out of those types of books also.  If genre fiction was used more in school, maybe students would actually read the books and not just use Spark Notes.  It is still important to teach some literary fiction, but the 50/50 idea should be used so that students can read some genre fiction in school as well.  Literary fiction is not relevant to our current culture.  Kelly Gallagher said that one of his 18-year old students didn't know what Al-Qaeda was.  The student asked, "Who is this Al guy?"  This is ridiculous because this student was about to graduate and would be able to vote in the next election.  It is important that we read genre fiction that is more relevant today than literary fiction.  Not only do school curriculums need to start incorporating more genre fiction, but book awards also need to recognize the popular books that people enjoy.  What the book awards are doing now is preaching philosophical books that few people enjoy and trying to get people to read them.  Genre fiction is not less "worthy" than literary fiction, because it actually entices readers with interesting plots.  Books do not have to be based on ideas in order to be great.  It would be good for students if Macbeth were swapped for Hunger Games.  Things like that need to be done so that people will continue to enjoy reading.  Readicide will always be a problem until the curriculum is changed to include more interesting books.

Research about Cormac McCarthy

I have recently started reading No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.  Cormac McCarthy is 80 years old.  He is an author and screenwriter who has won awards for his works.  His novel, The Road,  won a Pulitzer Prize and he has also won a National Book Award.  No Country For Old Men was adopted into a film that won an Oscar for Best Picture.  He writes western novels and post-apocalyptic novels.  He has had 3 wives who have all died while he was married to them.  He has had a son with two of his three wives.