11.4.08 Gossip Girl

Lim
11/4/08
IRP
Gossip Girl, All I want is anything

Category A, #3: In what ways is the reading challenging? What strategies are you using to help you overcome these challenges? Are you glad you selected this book? To whom would you recommend this book? Why?
The challenges I ran into while reading this book was finishing it in time and motivation to finish the book. I managed to finish it by motivating myself that my teacher wouldn’t be pleased if I didn’t finish. That and I never read two books at same time. So, if I wanted to get onto another book, I had to finish this book. I also had to force myself to finish it.

Nope, I am not glad I chose this book as I was disappointed by the book, the cover and summary on the back tricked me into reading this book. The summary hinted that this book was decent. It is a big waste of my time I could’ve spent sleeping on the bus, talking to friends or writing something in my personal story journal.

I would not recommend this book to anyone as I personally think this book did not deserve to be published or to be read. I am sure that if anyone who has read this book would feel same thing I do. This book has no plot; either that or it is confusing. It looks as if the writer has no writing style, and the characters were really undeveloped. I really got nothing from this book, not even a hint of emotion. There is lack of description. I also did not get the theme from this book. The format of this book is terrible. If I had to give a rating, it would be zero out of five stars. If I could, it’d be negative five out of five stars. The characters are very flat, I felt like they all shared very similar personalities.

Category A, #1: What predictions did you make before starting to read? Explain how your predictions were correct or incorrect.
I made few predictions that the book would be about a girl who all she ever is anything; she manages to get something in the end. I also thought that there would be lot of gossip involved. The setting I had predicted would be at a high-school. My predictions were incorrect because there is no gossip around; the setting is not high school, and the plot? Confusing! This book does not connect to the title at all. There is barely any gossip. The setting is a college and some other places. The characters are college-age, or high-school age. It is hard to tell. The book hardly connected to the summary or the title. It went off-topic.

Category B, #3: Do you think this book is believable: Why or why not? (Theme)
I am sure if I think this book is believable, because it is for teens, and has few situations connecting to teenagers but at the same time, I did not feel as if I was a part of the story, or even watching from affair. Also, there is no plot, the characters are unbelievably flat, and I could not nitpick the theme out. I really cannot say anything else.

Category B, #8: Which part of the book made you feel most curious? Discuss. (Style)
I would say it had to be the cover and the summary. The cover caught my attention with its picture, colors, style, title and subtitle. The summary really sparked my interest and curiosity to read this book. The summary hinted that the book was good. The book was not good at all, it hardly connected to anything. It broke my curiosity and interest on first few pages of the book.