1. Make your Post Title the name of your book.
2. Then answer the questions below using complete sentences. Each question will need multiple sentences as a response. Give examples of each question you're answering. If you can't answer these questions yet about your book then you should spend some more time reading before you try to answer.
3. Also add an image of your book at the bottom of the post.
1. How have you experienced the book? Were you engaged immediately, or did it take you a while to
"get into it"? How do you feel reading it—amused,
sad, disturbed, confused, bored...?
2. Describe the main characters—personality traits, motivations, and inner qualities.
• Why do characters do what they do?
• Are their actions justified?
• Describe the dynamics between characters (in a
marriage, family, or friendship).
• How has the past shaped their lives?
• Do you admire or disapprove of them?
• Do they remind you of people you know?
3. Are the main characters dynamic—changing or maturing throughout the book? Do they learn about themselves, how the world works and their role in it?
4. Discuss the plot:
• Is it engaging—do you find the story interesting?
• Is this a plot-driven book—a fast-paced page-turner?
• Does the plot unfold slowly with a focus on character?
• Have you been surprised by complications, twists & turns?
• Have you found the plot predictable?
*Don't just answer yes or no, give complete sentences with explanation!!!
5. Talk about the book's structure.
• Is it a continuous story...or interlocking short stories?
• Does the time-line move forward chronologically?
• Does time shift back & forth from past to present?
• Is there a single viewpoint or shifting viewpoints?
• Why might the author have chosen to tell the story
the way he or she did?
• What difference does the structure make in the way
you read or understand the book?
6. What passages strike you as insightful, even profound? Perhaps a bit of dialog that's funny or poignant or that encapsulates a character?
