Our next book on the list after a week hiatus is Let Me In by Lindkvist. This book is slightly different than some of our others recently, so I'm excited to see how we will like it.
This book is divied up into five parts, so instead of our usual four week books, I am just going to make it a five week book. Each week we will read another "part."
Happy Readings!!!! Part 1 this week, then the next few weeks will bring us through January and then a new book will be raring and ready to go for February.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Week 4
So finished the book on the plane on Saturday... I have just been feeling really crappy the last couple of days to sit on the computer and type... but I feel much better today!
I loved how it ended. In the end I was completely wrong with Greta, it did not distract Rapp from doing his job at all. And I agree with you Aunt Joyce, his decision at the end of the book to stay and probably hang out with Greta will give him good balance.
I LOVED the last section of this book. Rapp ended up being just as good as everybody else thought he would. How he was able to get in there and help release Hurley was amazing. Rapp is also such a good actor, he acted way in the beginning of the book during his training, pretending to be more exhausted then he really was, etc. And he used that acting when he was being "captured." And I put being "captured" in quotes, because are you really being captured if you want to be captured.
The only part of the book that really made me sad was the death of the third man Richards. I can only imagine what Richards thought when him and Hurley were in the same room and Hurley was acting like a crazy man. When Sayyed kept asking for Hurley's real name while Richards was in the room, and Hurley even said, "Come on, cut his finger off. Cut his wrist off... that would be really awesome." Unfortunately those were some of the last words that Richards ever heard from Hurley, as Richards didn't survive long enough for the escape. But I guess if Richards would have lived the story would have been all too fairy tale like for a "terrorist" story.
What did you think? You'll probably tell me in the car ride up to Grand Rapids.... also, we need another book!
I loved how it ended. In the end I was completely wrong with Greta, it did not distract Rapp from doing his job at all. And I agree with you Aunt Joyce, his decision at the end of the book to stay and probably hang out with Greta will give him good balance.
I LOVED the last section of this book. Rapp ended up being just as good as everybody else thought he would. How he was able to get in there and help release Hurley was amazing. Rapp is also such a good actor, he acted way in the beginning of the book during his training, pretending to be more exhausted then he really was, etc. And he used that acting when he was being "captured." And I put being "captured" in quotes, because are you really being captured if you want to be captured.
The only part of the book that really made me sad was the death of the third man Richards. I can only imagine what Richards thought when him and Hurley were in the same room and Hurley was acting like a crazy man. When Sayyed kept asking for Hurley's real name while Richards was in the room, and Hurley even said, "Come on, cut his finger off. Cut his wrist off... that would be really awesome." Unfortunately those were some of the last words that Richards ever heard from Hurley, as Richards didn't survive long enough for the escape. But I guess if Richards would have lived the story would have been all too fairy tale like for a "terrorist" story.
What did you think? You'll probably tell me in the car ride up to Grand Rapids.... also, we need another book!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Week 3
Well, they have gotten to work, haven't they? They all seem to be working well together as well. Learning from each other, and helping each other throughout.
I am a little bit concerned with Rapp's "relationship" with Greta. It's very easy to do what you have to do out there in the field unattatched, but all of a sudden when you have someone you care about, sometimes you give a second thought to what you are doing and why you are doing it. If something really sparks between Greta and Rapp that could put the whole operation in jeapordy. However, at the same time, I am happy for Rapp, because, just as the book said, he hasn't felt this happy in years, and that of course is a good thing.
Their little stint with the banker has sure put everyone on high alert. I love how nobody knows who did it and why. This means the boys did their job to perfection. It is amazing to see how many people "work together" but yet are in fear for their lives. I'll be interested to see where this goes.
I am having trouble following the ultimate goal of their mission. I know that they have now killed two people that have been giving money to the terrorists... but help me out Aunt Joyce, what is the final operative. Are they there to save that one American, or is that a completely seperate thing?!?! I tend to struggle understanding what's going on through the chapters with the terrorists. And then when we get back to the chapters with Rapp and the Americans I get back in the loop.
Alrighty Aunt Joyce, one more week. I think I have a book in mind, so I will post it later on this week.
Love,
Jennifer!!!
Happy Reading
I am a little bit concerned with Rapp's "relationship" with Greta. It's very easy to do what you have to do out there in the field unattatched, but all of a sudden when you have someone you care about, sometimes you give a second thought to what you are doing and why you are doing it. If something really sparks between Greta and Rapp that could put the whole operation in jeapordy. However, at the same time, I am happy for Rapp, because, just as the book said, he hasn't felt this happy in years, and that of course is a good thing.
Their little stint with the banker has sure put everyone on high alert. I love how nobody knows who did it and why. This means the boys did their job to perfection. It is amazing to see how many people "work together" but yet are in fear for their lives. I'll be interested to see where this goes.
I am having trouble following the ultimate goal of their mission. I know that they have now killed two people that have been giving money to the terrorists... but help me out Aunt Joyce, what is the final operative. Are they there to save that one American, or is that a completely seperate thing?!?! I tend to struggle understanding what's going on through the chapters with the terrorists. And then when we get back to the chapters with Rapp and the Americans I get back in the loop.
Alrighty Aunt Joyce, one more week. I think I have a book in mind, so I will post it later on this week.
Love,
Jennifer!!!
Happy Reading
Sunday, December 12, 2010
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