Year 9 Bloggers!

Year 9 were asked to think about reading or their current books and came up with some interesting comments.

Eleanor Martin shares her obsession with HP (not the sauce)

I don’t consider Harry Potter as just a children’s series. It’s so much more to me. I received my first book – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – when I was 9 ¾ (a joke I finally understood when I turned ten).

By my tenth birthday, I had read the whole series and I still vividly remember watching the excitement of the release of the final book on the news. I wished I was older so I could camp outside of WHSmiths with other people like me, people who understood how important this series was. Last year, watching the premiere of the last film on television, I am not ashamed to say I cried, and I know that Hogwarts will always be there to welcome me home.

Charlotte Toon reflects on how hard it can be to find an book that graps you...

How hard can it be?

In general,  I find it hard to get into reading and I don’t enjoy books as much as other people might.  I would choose a book that looks good or a book that has a cool cover, I will start to read it and get distracted by the simplest things. When I start to read them, I take a while to get into it, and inevitable, after a while, I get bored and stop. The chance of me picking the book back up again is slim, but I’m not the only one, right?

Things like magazines and tweets I enjoy reading, but books are a different story. (haha)

Genres, what is the best way to choose a genre?

I usually go for the really girly and pretty covers, but I have a deep interest in  the twilight, films. I would read the books if Robert Pattinson was on every page! But in all honesty, I don’t really enjoy most genres, when I have to I like to read something different, providing I don’t get so distracted and never touch the book again.

George McBrayne agrees...I think he needs to read The Dead!

Ok, I’d admit I don’t put as much effort in to reading into reading books as most kids. But when I do get nagged at for not reading, I find it impossible to find a book that appeals to me! I’ve attempted to read countless books recently and no matter how much people say to me how great and exciting a book is, I just simply get bored after the first chapter. I don’t know if this occurs to anybody else but it is so frustrating!

 But…over the stupid amount of attempts of reading books, l found one book that appealed to me ‘The Enemy’. I felt a sense of achievement that I finally read a book.

Ethan Scally recommends a Susan Cooper novel...

The Dark Rising is a book written by Susan Cooper. It Is about a boy called Will who on his 11^th birthday finds out that he is the last person with the powers of the Old Ones - meaning he has to fight against Darkness.

This book is good as it captured my attention and I felt like I was in my own world while reading it. One thing the author does well is describe the characters with very powerful detail. I am not a massive reader but this is one of my favourite books.

I would recommend this book to mainly boys but also girls as it is a unisex book that I really enjoyed reading.