Outside reading

This week I continued to read my french book, a poem called "hanging fire", and I also continued "It's Not Summer Without You." I finished reading my french book, and I have a new one. Reading these books improve my French speaking my broadening my vocabulary, teaching me new things, and also by being exposed to a book that is meant for French kids! A family that is pretty close to us is moving to Paris in a few weeks. They have a little boy who is in first grade. I think that it is pretty cool that I would be reading the same books that he would probably start to read next year. Maybe I can lend him some of the books that I finish reading, haha. I am excited that I can say that this year in French I began to read chapter books; that is not something I could have done last year, or even earlier this year. I am proud of my accomplisment. There isn't much to analyze in a 2nd grade level book, so I just figured I would write about the effect that the books that I have been reading has had on my life.

My other book, "It's Not Summer Without You," just keeps getting better. I really like how this book is written. It is first person, and you get to hear a lot of her thoughts. I almost think of it as a Diary, but maybe that is just me. It is hard to put this book down, because it is just so engaging. The scenery and images of the beach remind me of my beach house in Water Color. It is a little town that sounds a lot like that area. The only thing is I am not sure that they have crazy parties in Water Color, but you never know... I am really hoping that she gets her happy ending, because if she doesn't I am sure that a lot of people will be upset. Anyways, I can't wait to see how this turns out:)

150 minutes of reading:

"It's Not Summer Without You"- 85
French book-50 minutes
"hanging fire"- 15 minutes