Spring EN066-01 Reading Workshop: February 25, 2012

Saturday, February 25, 2012

February 25, 2012

So before bed, I started reading my novel. This book is a young girls journal (diary). She would constantly write in her diary about what is going on with the German vs Jew war til the point they had to go in hiding. It's a very interesting book, I did not fall asleep until 3:00am just reading in bed while sipping on my cup of coffee. As I got up this morning at 9:00am, I had to cook breakfast, ate breakfast...then cleaned up a bit then layed down on the couch to continue reading. Very, very interesting! Oh did I just say that already? This book doesn't have chapters but I am currently on her diary dated April 1, 1943. Anne gave a name for her diary and called it Kitty. Anne and her family and other friends are currently hiding out in a old office building they call Secret Annexe. So, until tomorrows blog! Oh by the way, I'm reading more then 30 minutes a day. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

3 comments:

leslieFebruary 25, 2012 at 2:27 AM
sound's like a great book girl but man just reading your post is so intense.well hope follow your book on blog great job.
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