Blood Red Road – Weekly Reading Response Blog

I finished my book ‘Monsters of Men’ and I’ve started a new book called ‘Blood Red Road’. Monsters of Men ended with Todd and Viola killing the mayor and asking the aliens (Spackle) for peace. At first, they were hesitant, but they eventually agreed to peace. Todd got shot in the chest by an acid rifle and DIED! I was so upset when he died because he was the main character and they killed him. At least, I thought they did. He didn’t 100% come back to life, but I think he was just in a coma coming out, because he was talking in his coma and he kept saying “Here I come”, so I think he must have come back. Of course we’ll never know because it just ends there.

In Blood Red Road, twins Saba and Lugh are out in the desert where they live with their young sister Emmi, and their father. These 4 horsemen come out of nowhere and kidnap Lugh and kill her father. Saba must save Lugh, and sets out to find Mercy, a woman their father said they could trust. Saba leaves Emmi with Mercy, and sets out with her bird, Nero, to find Lugh. Emmi leaves Mercy and comes out on a horse to help Saba find Lugh. That’s as far as I have gotten, and so far it’s pretty good.

Question 7:

Saba reminds me of Todd, from the ‘Chaos Walking’ Trilogy. Saba reminds me of Todd because they both have horrible grammar. She narrates the book just like Todd did, and she is always spelling things wrong, even more so than Todd was. Also, this story reminds me of the movie ‘Taken’ because people just came out of nowhere and took Lugh.

Question 1:

I like how they write the book because it was just like ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ but Saba talks without any structure in her words whatsoever. It bothers me because sometimes I can’t keep up with what she is saying because she uses different words for different meanings. Also, there are no quotation marks! I never know who is talking, and that bothers me the most.

Question 4:

I found it surprising when Emmi came back to Saba without Mercy. I thought that Mercy would have at least come with Emmi to help Saba, because that was the kind of person she was. I guess she just didn’t want to get raveled up into Saba and Emmi’s story. It is also possible that she didn’t know Emmi left, that’s probably the most accurate prediction.

5 comments

I like their younger sisters name Emmi 😉 nice post!!!!

jmoore7811 says:

April 3, 2012 at 4:35 pm

Thanks Emma. It would make sense that you’d like the namee!

🙂 are you going to repost now that you know how to post in pink?

Nice post jen do you still not like your book or is it getting better?

Great job Jen!!! the book sounds great!! 😀

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Reading Response Prompts

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why.

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question.

3. Tell what you noticed about the characters, such as what made them act as they did or how they changed.

4. Write about something in the book that surprised you or that you found interesting.

5. Write your predictions and about whether your predictions were right.

6. Ask for help in figuring out meaning of your book.

7. Tell about the connections that you made while reading the book. Tell how it reminds you of yourself, of people you know, or of something that happened in your life. It might remind you of other books, especially the characters, the events, or the setting.

8. Write about the author’s style and how it makes you feel.

9. Write about the language the author used and why you think the author wrote this way.

10. Write about the author’s craft – what was effective about the way the author wrote.

11. Write about anything else that you may think of that deals with the book.

12. Do you relate to any of the characters in the book? Explain how and why.

13. If you abanded the book, why did you?

14. Name 3 examples of signals that went off in your head while you were reading and explain them.

15. Explain what happened at the climax and explain why you think that is the climax.

16. Tell what you think could be changed in the book to make it better for readers.

Reading Response Rubric

Level 3 (B Range)
In your response you:
- have written at least one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read effectively- relate to the books you read
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly.
- demonstrate that you are a critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary - devices effectively

Level 4 (A Range)
In your response you:
- have written more than one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a good variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read very effectively
- relate to the books you read very effectively
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly and concisely.
- demonstrate that you are a highly critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary devices effectively