Book Response Questions

1. How did you experience the book? It's not always helpful to talk about whether or not you liked the book, but rather how you felt as you were reading it? Were you pulled effortlessly into the book...or did you have difficulty getting into it? Why?              

• During the book I felt that I was "sucked" into the book. There were a lot of descriptions and it explained a lot about the places they were in.

2. Were you happy about your book choice? Why or why not?

• I was happy about my book choice because it had a lot of information and it was very descriptive.

3. Which place discussed in the book did you find the most intriguing? Why do you think that was the case?

•  I think that the most intriguing part about the book is when Holly, Amanda, and Jennifer went through the Amazon Jungle because I have never in a jungle before and the way that the book described it made me want to go there. 

4. What central ideas might the author be exploring-the novel's themes? Consider ideas about the nature of love, the requirements of goodness, the meaning of justice, the burden of the past...basic human issues that are at stake in the book.

•                  I think that the author's theme was about adventure and finding yourself.

5. What do you feel you learned from this project? Please consider the book, the technology involved with producing the project, or any other aspect regarding the project.

• I learned how to make a blog and how it works. I also learned a lot about different places to go if I were to ever go on an adventure like the three woman in the book.

6. What was the most enjoyable part of the project? Please explain why you felt this way.

• The most enjoyable part of the project was looking for pictures of the places because when I read it in the book I didn't really know what it looked like but when I saw the pictures I actually saw the beauty of the places they went to.

7. What was the most difficult part of the project? Please explain why you felt this way.

•   I think the most difficult part of the project was reading the book because the book I picked was really long and it was hard to read.