Thursday, October 1, 2009

Reading Blog2

Book Name: Glass houses

Author: Rachel Caine

Publisher: New American Library, a division of Penguin Group

City: New York NY

Vocabulary-

Unusual Word 1:defaced

Page number:53

Definition:mar or spoil the appearance of

Sentence as used in story:

"Look what the cats dragged in."

Unusual Word 2:smackdown

Page number:59

Definition:A fight; a beating, a physical or emotional confrontation

Sentence as used in story:

"She saw the punch coming this time, and ducked as best she could."

Summary -

Claire is a college in Morganville,Texas. She wants to keep Monica from hurting her fiends. But, that proves to be difficult because Monica's dad is the mayor of Morganville. So they take extra precaution when leaving the house.

Review -

I liked that they focused on just one person and give detail on Claire's reasons for her actions. I don't like that the chapters are long. I think you should you read it because it's sort of realistic, but at the same time still fantasy.

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