| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| A Time For Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin |
This book was sad, especially at the end. I can't believe that her best friend died. I wouldn't know what to do if that happened to me. I never thought that the ending would turn out like that. It is very depressing that a main character dies. I was very surprised especially when she decided not to have chemo anymore. Julie would put her life at risk and it wasn't a very good decision.
I think that it was good that Jack finally talked to Sam about Julie. It was sad to see him cry , but it was good that he finally faced the facts about Julie, how she helped him get through his father's death. I think that Sam should've listened to him more but she just ran off. Jack was talking heart to heart to her and Sam just ran away.
If you were Jack, how would you feel about dumping a girl he cheated on and then died? |
posted by charisse @ 7:38 PM  |
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| Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| A Time For Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin |
1) I don't completely understand why Jules avoids her friends and her problems. She would want to be alone and and always wants to leave situtations such as at the dinner. It seemed like Jules doesn't want to talk to her friends and family that wants to help her through this. I felt pretty bad at the part where she was at the mirror and her hair... I would be pretty freaked out too if I was in her shoes.
2) "but I was beginning to realize that I didn't know them..........I couldn't have said what they thought about late at night, how they felt about themselves, or what they wanted from their lives. They knew even less about me, because they probably thought they knew it all." - pg 119
As I read this, it got me to think about myself. I wondered about who were the friends that were like this, and what I would do if I had a friend like Sam. Sam would have probably given up banging on Jules' door to come in her room if she wasn't a true friend that cared about Julie and wanted to help her.
3) Like my last question. If you were in Jules' position, what would you in this situation? (such as dance, friends, family) |
| posted by charisse @ 9:11 PM |
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| Friday, April 4, 2008 |
| A Time For Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin |
Pages Read: 1 to 74 (Part 1)
1. Sometimes in this book I get confused if whether I'm reading Jules or Sam. Though you can carefully tell if by how they each talk, and the characters and setting that take place. I don't really read the beginning of the chapter to see who the narrarator is (Julie or Sam), or I would forget after a page or two. I keep getting confused on which characters family is who. At first I thought Rosie was Sam's sister but it was actually Jule's.
2. This is a pretty good book so far. I though felt that the book was pretty spoiled for me since in the back it says that Julie gets cancer. The beginning gets a little boring because you know that Julie gets cancer, and I really just want to get to the part where Julie finds out she gets cancer. It is sad that she has cancer since she is only 17.
3. If you were in Sam's position, what would you do to help Jules? |
| posted by charisse @ 3:05 PM |
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