During the course of reading this one book, it was not good as I thought it was. When I read this book I was pretty much lost. I didn’t know what was going on or who the characters were. At home I when I read the story I dozed off after reading hundreds of pages. This is because I don’t read at all for fun. When I do read it I would read it usually isn’t for fun and that just discourages me to read at all. The only book that I remember reading completely is “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. When I read I usually read in a library, school, and at home. I sometimes read for fun, but I usually read because I have too. When I choose “The Children of Hurin” picked it because i watched the entire Lord of the Rings movies and I thought it would be something I could easily like to read, but I was wrong. I should have changed books since it was boing but I didn’t hoping it would get better. Because of this I did have a hard time meeting the weekly page quota. Also since I have 20 other books to read for school it made it almost impossible to read this book. When I did find a chance to read I read in silence because if it wasn’t quiet then I will not be able to concentrate. I don’t usually talk about books with other people because I don’t feel that I need too. After reading this book I really don’t want to read another book, but I will read as much as I can for the fun of it. Also I still need to read regardless so I can pass my classes.
11/11/11
11/4/11
Currently 2x...
The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolken
Last week: 19 pages
This week: 5
Total: 24 pages
Sentences:
1. "If you wail, other things will find you first."
2. "For onset against ou foe I long, rather than defence."
3. "This is Orc-work in the woods! Orc-work there was; this is only Orc-play"
The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolken
Last week: 19 pages
This week: 5
Total: 24 pages
Sentences:
1. "If you wail, other things will find you first."
2. "For onset against ou foe I long, rather than defence."
3. "This is Orc-work in the woods! Orc-work there was; this is only Orc-play"
10/21/11
Currently
So far this story has been interesting even though it doesn't a lot of the fighting and killing has slowed down. Even though it has been like this for a few chapters it is still interesting. The characters were in the forest on their way to find Hurin until they were stopped by the elves because they were trespassing in their forest. But were allowed to move forward since the they were affiliated with Hurin. The elves then have a long conversation with the travelers about where they were going to and eventually tell them where to go using a confusing elves way. The travelers were confused at first but somehow figured out the riddle and continued to on until reaching this ancient door that lead to mines of moria. In the book the door and the environment around it looks much greener and lush than what it did in the Lord of the Rings movie. They again need to solve the riddle to enter the mines. The characters had a conflict among each other when deciding what it is. This makes the story become boring and not interesting just like this post. When they enter the mines they are greeted by the dwarfs in their city. The king of the dwarfs welcomes the travelers. The story goes into detail in the city and the people and how they live, making the story very boring at this point. The dwarf then introduces them to the king of the dwarfs and he was much older but still able to maneuver around his kingdom. After that part I stopped because I feel asleep……....
So far this story has been interesting even though it doesn't a lot of the fighting and killing has slowed down. Even though it has been like this for a few chapters it is still interesting. The characters were in the forest on their way to find Hurin until they were stopped by the elves because they were trespassing in their forest. But were allowed to move forward since the they were affiliated with Hurin. The elves then have a long conversation with the travelers about where they were going to and eventually tell them where to go using a confusing elves way. The travelers were confused at first but somehow figured out the riddle and continued to on until reaching this ancient door that lead to mines of moria. In the book the door and the environment around it looks much greener and lush than what it did in the Lord of the Rings movie. They again need to solve the riddle to enter the mines. The characters had a conflict among each other when deciding what it is. This makes the story become boring and not interesting just like this post. When they enter the mines they are greeted by the dwarfs in their city. The king of the dwarfs welcomes the travelers. The story goes into detail in the city and the people and how they live, making the story very boring at this point. The dwarf then introduces them to the king of the dwarfs and he was much older but still able to maneuver around his kingdom. After that part I stopped because I feel asleep……....
10/19/11
The poem "I Believe" by Jim Harrision is a lower type of language. It has a serious style of writing when the writer expresses how he believes on the many things that he must like. It also sounds as if he concerned when he says, "I believe in steep drop-offs, the thunderstorm across the lake in 1949, cold winds and empty swimming pool." The word "believe" is very serious also in this poem too. In the poem "Looming Gloom" by Austi Bruck is also a lower language. When he uses words like "gloom" it is very depressing. It is also depressing and sad when the author says, "These dark clouds, they hang so low." The poem "Bestfriend" has a higher language because of its happier and joyful style. It has a happy style when the author says, "It sounds like lullaby."
10/14/11
Quarterly.......
The book so far was very exciting and entertaining. I wish that i could be in the story so that i can kill orcs and stuff. When i read this book it seemed that the language or the way that the book was written was very complex, making me goes back and read it again. The characters so far are very interesting and cool. Even though the good guys cool I think that the villains are better because of the how they are portrayed and visualized like the character Morgoth. My favorite part of the story was when all of the orcs killed all of the war soldiers and staked them. I basically read this book because of all the fights and magic and other cool things they have in more than the actual story. When I read this book I usually read this at night because every time i read a book it puts me to sleep. This is what i usually do when I read a book because I don’t like to read. Hopefully I can complete my goal of reading this entire book in a decant time so that I can move on to the next one.
10/11/11
Currently
Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolken
This week: 35 pages
Total: 133 pages
Sentences of the Quater:
1. "Then Morgoth laughed, and he said: 'Death you may yet crave of me as a boon.'"
2. "And the sun glittered on fifty blades as they leaped forth, and the court rang with the battle-cry of the Edain of the North: Lacho calad! Drego morn! Flame Light! Flee Night!"
3. "This is Orc-work in the woods! Orc-work there was; this is only Orc-play"
Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolken
This week: 35 pages
Total: 133 pages
Sentences of the Quater:
1. "Then Morgoth laughed, and he said: 'Death you may yet crave of me as a boon.'"
2. "And the sun glittered on fifty blades as they leaped forth, and the court rang with the battle-cry of the Edain of the North: Lacho calad! Drego morn! Flame Light! Flee Night!"
3. "This is Orc-work in the woods! Orc-work there was; this is only Orc-play"
9/30/11
9/25/11
The Favorites
1. "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." The Gunslinger
2. "Nepetrov was used to playing highway chicken and winning." That One Guy's Blog
3. "To kill a monster sometimes you have to become one.""No, sometimes while trying to kill a monster you become one yourself my son." Under the Oak
9/23/11
Week 1-4
In the story so far there are two brothers Hurin and Huor. Their home was attacked by orcs so they escaped to find somewhere else to live. Then they are taken by these eagles and they go to a secret place where the elves live. Then they live there for the rest of their childhood and stay their as if they are family. Then once they are older Hurin asks permission from the king to return home. One of the elves suggest to the king that they should not leave because he is afraid that one of the two will tell someone where they live but the king allowed them to go back anyway because he trusted him. They come home by riding on the eagles again. When they get home , family and friends ask where they were for all these years, but instead they kept quiet because of the promise that is made. Then later on in the chapter Hurin has a children. Also there is a war between the men and Morgoths forces of evil. In the end of the battle the men loose and are all executed by the orcs and are steaked. Hurin is taken away by Morgoth and is held captive by him. They both have a conversation about the future how bad Morgoth will make it. At the same time Hurin is in denial that any of this will happen so Morgoth uses magic or whatever and shows some kind of illusion of the future and it shows a bunch of slave doing slave work. Even though he sees all of this take place he still doesn't believe it will happen. While all of this is happening Hurin's children escape from the aftermath of the war and try to find somewhere else to live. They believe that the elves are held somewhere near the mountains so they go there. They almost get caught by these warriors called the Easterlings, but they didn't.
In the story so far there are two brothers Hurin and Huor. Their home was attacked by orcs so they escaped to find somewhere else to live. Then they are taken by these eagles and they go to a secret place where the elves live. Then they live there for the rest of their childhood and stay their as if they are family. Then once they are older Hurin asks permission from the king to return home. One of the elves suggest to the king that they should not leave because he is afraid that one of the two will tell someone where they live but the king allowed them to go back anyway because he trusted him. They come home by riding on the eagles again. When they get home , family and friends ask where they were for all these years, but instead they kept quiet because of the promise that is made. Then later on in the chapter Hurin has a children. Also there is a war between the men and Morgoths forces of evil. In the end of the battle the men loose and are all executed by the orcs and are steaked. Hurin is taken away by Morgoth and is held captive by him. They both have a conversation about the future how bad Morgoth will make it. At the same time Hurin is in denial that any of this will happen so Morgoth uses magic or whatever and shows some kind of illusion of the future and it shows a bunch of slave doing slave work. Even though he sees all of this take place he still doesn't believe it will happen. While all of this is happening Hurin's children escape from the aftermath of the war and try to find somewhere else to live. They believe that the elves are held somewhere near the mountains so they go there. They almost get caught by these warriors called the Easterlings, but they didn't.
9/20/11
9/16/11
Currently...
The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolken
This week: 10 pages
Sentences:
1. "Yet I may come at you, and all your acursed house; and you shall be broken on my will, though you all were made of steel."
2. "But grass came there and grew again long and green upon that hill alone in all the desert; and no servant of Morgoth thereafter trop upon the earth beneth which the swords of the Eldat and the Eldain crumbled into rust."
3. "Then Morgoth laughed, and he said: 'Death you may yet crave of me as a boon.'"
The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolken
This week: 10 pages
Sentences:
1. "Yet I may come at you, and all your acursed house; and you shall be broken on my will, though you all were made of steel."
2. "But grass came there and grew again long and green upon that hill alone in all the desert; and no servant of Morgoth thereafter trop upon the earth beneth which the swords of the Eldat and the Eldain crumbled into rust."
3. "Then Morgoth laughed, and he said: 'Death you may yet crave of me as a boon.'"
9/2/11
"There, as the Sun westered and the shadowes of the Ered Wethrin grew dark, Huor fell pierced with a venomed arrow in the eye, and all the valiant me of Hador were slain about him in a heap; and the Orcs hewed their heads and piled them as a mound of gold in the sunset."
This week: 5 pages
Last week: 2 pages
Total: 61 pages
This week: 5 pages
Last week: 2 pages
Total: 61 pages
8/26/11
"Currently..."
The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolken
This week: 54 pages
Sentences of the Week:
1. "Give with a free hand, but give only your own"
2. 'The Kings grace is great indeed,' answered Hurin, 'but if our word is not enough, then we will swear oaths to you.'
3. And the sun glittered on fifty blades as they leaped forth, and the court rang with the battle-cry of the Edain of the North: Lacho calad! Drego morn! Flame Light! Flee Night!
swag
This week: 54 pages
Sentences of the Week:
1. "Give with a free hand, but give only your own"
2. 'The Kings grace is great indeed,' answered Hurin, 'but if our word is not enough, then we will swear oaths to you.'
3. And the sun glittered on fifty blades as they leaped forth, and the court rang with the battle-cry of the Edain of the North: Lacho calad! Drego morn! Flame Light! Flee Night!
swag
8/21/11
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