Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Doctor Sleep

Not getting very far in Doctor Sleep Dan has grown up to an adult and H has not made very good choices at a bar involving a "girl/woman" drugs, and "deadflies." Over night Dan went to a bar and lost his $500 somehow, he thinks it's because he got drunk and bought drugs for a girl that he ended up sleeping with. The book from the beginning hasn't been the most appropriate book I have read, but still isn't as bad as the last book I read Let me off at the Top by Ron Burgundy. I do not recommend this book to a younger reader because of its explicit writing, strong vocabulary, and the fact that it is as big as my little cousins head.
If you are into the supernatural type of book and like to read about ghosts, or just like The Shining than I think that you would like this book. Although it is a very monstrous book, and I don't like reading this book is one of my favorites, obviously after Let me off at the Top.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

English 1B Post 2: Doctor Sleep


Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King’s The Shining, but you don’t have to read the Shining to completely understand Doctor Sleep. I have not yet read The Shining, but I have talked to someone who has, and she has read both books, she has told me that The Shining is a story about Danny who has “the shining” and in Doctor Sleep Danny is still the main character; the two books just take place in different times of Danny’s life. So far I have liked Doctor Sleep, even though it is basically a story about the supernatural. Just like in the last book I read, Let Me off at the Top! This book has no censorship and Stephen King tries to make his book as descriptive as possible.

So far I have only been able to get to the second chapter in Doctor Sleep, and so far the first chapter is all about Danny as a kid and the second chapter is about another girl who gets initiated into what seems like a very secret very prestigious club. Also in the first chapter Danny has to fight off and “lock away” two dead people that he can see. He also pays a visit to Dick, a person that Danny knows and also has the Shining, from the looks of it Dick seems like the only person that Danny can really trust. I expect to read more about the dead people that Danny runs into, and what happens to Dick as I continue reading.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

English 1B Post 1

MY favorite book I read last rimester was by far Let Me Off At The Top! By Ron Burgundy. It is a fictional autobiography about Ron Burgunsy. It is filled with multiple genital references and stereotypes of women on almost every page of the book. On the cpver Ron says "I wrote a hell of a book." At first I thought this was just something he said to make people actually read it and not just throw it to the side. After reading onl the first chapter I can tell that even though it could be a little biased it was a bit truthful.

The book I am reading now is Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. This is the first Stephen King book I have read so I don't know what to expect in this book. I have talked to people who have read this book and the book that comes before Doctor Sleep, The Shining, and they have said that the two books are connected, but you don't have to read the first one in order to understand the second one. So what I have read in the book is a little confused, but what I do understand is that a little boy named Danny has "The Shining" which allows him to communicate with people through his mind. Also there is some sort of demonic creature that is following him and scares him to the point where Danny has to pee in the kitchen sink when he has to go to the bathroom in the middle og the night.