Free Read

NAME__Caroline_________ DATE__2/18/10________
BOOK___The Last Song_____
AUTHOR__Nicholas Sparks_______ PAGES ___none finished book____
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK___finished book____

QUESTION 1: What does this book make you wonder about? Why?

RESPONSE 1: The overall thing this book makes me think about is love, but is also makes me think about other things. The thing I mostly thought about while reading this book was how much time we take for granted everyday, and the relationships with people in our life we take for granted. Ronnie was angry at her father for three years, and in the end of the book she discovers it was her mom who betrayed her family, and that she had been angry at her dad all of those times for nothing and he was going to pass away. It makes me wonder about people I should of forgiven and mistakes I might have made. Just by forgiving people we easily create a better relationship with them, and sometimes, like Ronnie, we have been mistaken with our anger and if we had forgiven that person we could have gotten back the time that had been wasted with feelings of hatred and anger. This book makes me think, how can I learn from mistakes I may have previously have made, involving hurting someone, or them hurting me, and how can I use that knowledge and build on it in the future, so I don't make those mistakes again.

QUESTION 2: Do you think you would read another book by this author? Why or why not?

RESPONSE 2: I think I definitely would, and I have read another book by this author. One other book I have read by this author is The Notebook, but mostly what influenced me to read that book and what has influenced me to read Dear John and A Walk To Remember someday, was the movies made based on the books. The books and the movies, have all easily brought me to tears. Nicholas Sparks can write in a way that creates love to show its truest forms and just how wonderful and heartbreaking it can be. These books and movies have all made me look at life in new ways, and go over what I've done or what the future holds for me. His writing has taught me lessons, and one thing it has made me do is also look at my Christian faith in new ways. One thing that also always inspires me to read his books or the movies based on them is in some of them he has incorporated faith as a big role, and my Christian faith is something I strive to live by and learn about. In A Walk To Remember, the movie, a girl changes a boy from ways of hate in violence, to a loving caring person and does this by introducing Christian faith. Also, in The Last Song, the book I have read for this free read, the Pastor plays a big role in the book. He is the dad's best friend and has helped him grow and learn from when the dad was a child. Before the father passes away, he always talks about his quest for God and how to find him, and Ronnie watches as her dad daily thumbs through his bible searching for answers to a father she hasn't known for three years. So yes I know for a fact I definitely will read another book by this author.

NAME_Caroline Brand__ DATE_2/2/2010___
BOOK__The Last Song_____
AUTHOR_Nicholas Sparks___ PAGES __1__-__405__
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK___405___

QUESTION 1:What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?

RESPONSE 1:I think my favorite character in the book is Ronnie. There are several reasons she is my favorite. She is mostly my favorite because of her personality. She is tough and she gets angered easily but never without reason. When she cares about someone she really cares about them and she will do anything for them. Like I said she can be tough, a tough cookie, but once you get to know her she will care about you, listen to you, and you know you can trust her.


QUESTION 2:What was one of your favorite lines (or sentences) in what you read today? Copy it down and tell why you liked it.

RESPONSE 2:"Life he realized was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile." I liked this quote because I believe it is very true. In the beginning life is a mystery. You are new to the world and don't know much. And in the end we know we are going to pass away. But it's in the middle of life where we experience everything that makes it worthwhile. We live, love, learn, teach, lead, follow, inspire, cry, smile, laugh, want, all of these things and more. Our experiences make us wiser and that is what life is all about learning through things enjoying every minute of it.