296-315

The bookhas ended and Ambrose has left a recount of the after war professions of all the soliders. This was a good book and I liked it. I havent Decided What the next book will be but I have a week to decide. It will be an easier read so that I can work around A Tale of Two Cities

276-295

The war is over and the 506th is in Austria. The aare cleanig up the area and taking the supplies that are unneeded and shipping them back to France. They are hungry because food doesnt reach them so the hunt deer and mountian goats. Yhe men Are now takeing more causalites from car wrecks than what the Gremans could do.

256-275

The 506th has liberated a German labor camp. They dont have much work because the people they liberated do the work out of thanks. They also dont like the replacement officers that have been brought into the unit. They dont like these officers because they abuse their power on innocent people.

236-255

The 506th returns to mourmelon. they find their bags that htey left behind 10 weeks ago had been gone through by another unit. They are angry but like that they can shower and relax. Also one person gets to go home for 30 days. This raises the mens sprits.

216-235

The 506th finishes the Bastogne campagain and managed to beat the germans best troops. They then move to alsace and plug the supposed hole there even though their just strenghtening the line. They are in reseve for the current line , THen the finslly move into haguenau and take the line there.

196-215

The 506th is in Bastogne on New Years day. They begin an attemt to undo the gain the germans gained durning the battle of the bulge. The foighting is tough but the 506th has it easy compared to the units next to them. The book is getting boring (do to me losing interest?) but i hope it will get better

176-195

The 506th is nrotated into BAstogne in support of units who have been pushed back. THey were push back by the germans in what is refered to as the battle of the bulge. The 506th is poorly equiped an has little ammo. THis could turn into a very interesting part of the book

pgs 156 -175

THE 506th is rotated from the front line back to Mourmelon. Some of the troopers get passes to go to Paris. Passes then got canceled due to fights between airbourne troops. I like the book even more now because of Ambrose's acounts from those who were actually there and it makes this book unique.

pgs 136-155

These Pages explain the failure of Market Garden and how changes would have made it suceed. Then the 506th Goes to the island in holland. the island is a narrow strip of land between the rhine and waal rivers. The 506th gets frustrated becuase life on the island in fall 1944 is like world war 1. I am still enjoying this book and am wishing i had more time to read it because it is so interesting

pages 115-135

The last 20 bages of Band of Brothers have been really good. The 506 is back in England after the Normandy Invasion. They have two scrapped jumps and are enjoying England and then have Operation Market Garden. THe jump into holland is easy at first then the germans start fighting back to stop the allied supply lines

41-100 (56-115 in the books numbering it has an into)

The book has gotten good so im reading the book faster now. the 506 participates in the invasion of normandy france and they are around Ste. Marie-du-Mont. The first part of this section is interesting becuase it brings to light the confusion of D-Day. These 60 pages were extermly detailed in how the paratroops were confused yet still succeded on D-Day. Stephen E. Ambrose is an excellent writer when it comes to world war 2. I like this book so much I may make my next book that I read by him.

Band of Brothers 21-40

The 506th conitues training in England now, They are getting ready for the invasion of Normandy. The book continues to be interesting. I think that it will continues to be interesting and as detial as it currently is. I also think that action in the soilder's live will pick up very much so in the next 20 pages

Band Of Brothers First 20 Pages.

The 506th Parachute Infantry Rigiment (PIR)of the 101st aiborne division goes through basic training and jump school. The way Stephen E Ambrose describes it they are bound to become Lengends of world war 2. the book so far is very interesting and has a lot of detail, due to the fact Ambrose uses the soilders accounts, and is one of the better books I have read. I think the farther I get into the book the more interseing it will become and the more I will Like It

answer to question

The three things that I like most about my book are the quests, the magic and the trickery of the villians. I like the quests becuase they are interesting and all are different . the magic is cool becuase it makes the book better. the trickery is well interesting and makes the book fun. that also relates to The Three Musketeers.

The book I am reading now is about King Arthur and the Round Table. It is another great book like The Three Musketeers. The book has vivid descriptions of fights and other things. It also has a couple of beheadings and I'm only on page 147.

"Good literature substitutes for experience which we have not ourselves lived through" Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The first quote means that in literature you can experience things you have never experienced in real life. This allows you to go where you cannot travel in real life such as the 1600's. This also makes think differently because you're traveling to a place you've never been.This is what the quote means to me.

The applies to my new book (King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table) becuase i cannot experience medeival Britain or have a real sword fight. This also lets me see the way britains thought back then.

answer to question

1.You give love a bad name -Bon Jovi- this song works for the three musketeers because D'Artangnan gets betrayed my a lover named milady.

2 We are the Champions- Queen -This song is appropriate because the characters always win their fights. This song as the title suggests is about winning

3 Hound Dog- Elvis this Song represents the character Porthos becuase he is very bold and this was very bold at the time.

4 Twilight Zone - Rush - This song reminds me of the fight scenes which mostly happen around sunset or twlight.

more details

This book is great because there is plenty of doublecrossing and trickery and mystery. Its so good I cant explain it because its that good with plenty of details andyou should read it.

NEW BOOK =)

My new book is The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas. This book is wonderful with lots of action and gore. It also has sword fighting and other good stuff.

Quote answer

"“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” - C. S. Lewis"-From Miss K.'s blog



In that quote C.S. Lewis means that literature can make your life better. He also means that literature can enhance your perception of reality. It also provides food for thought.

The quote has helped me change my perception of the things they do in my new book The Three Musketeers. The quote relates to my book in that I feel like I'm in the book and I have absorbed knowledge from this wonderful book. I also look forward to going home and reading which i used to rarely do.

VOCABULARY Call of the Wild

FIEND- Evil spirt or demon
RUCTION -The act of making a noisey disturbance
CONCILATED-make calm
INTROSPECTIVE-Examining own sensual and peceptual experiences
PLACATIVELY-manner that placates or pacifies
MALINGERER- one who exaggerates or fakes illness
PRIMORDIAL- earliest or original state
SLOVENLY- negilagnat of neatnes
VIRILITY- the trait of being manly

Chapter 3 The dominant Primordal Beast

I wont say much from here on out because the book is starting to get better and I dont want to ruin the plot for you.

Chapter 2 The Law of Club and Fang

In this Chapter Buck begins to learn how to survive in the wild on a sled dog team. He is also very shocked at the way things are done in the north.

This book will challenge me in many ways. One way will be the vocabulary (I will keep a post with all the vocab and definitions)and another will be the plot which I expect will be very exciting and well written with plenty of action.

Chapter 1 Into The Primitive

This chapter is about Buck adog and the main character being kidnapped. He is then send north to seattle. He is from california.

The book I choose is The Call of the Wild. I choose it because the title sounded interesting and the back of the book was also interesting. It is interesting becuase it is about a dog but is told with a humans knowledge and is also very detailed.

MY BLOG

My name is Andy I am an eighth grader from Westmont Hilltop Middle School. I will be picking a book for an indepentant reading project for my english class. I don't know what book I will pick yet.