Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire 

Title of Book - The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  98 pages

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 4

Questions Answered:

What is your prediction for how the book will end? (First)

How is this book like another you have read or movie you’ve seen? (Both)

What lesson/moral is the book teaching? (Both)

Bret McGuire - iRead - Week 1

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire

Title of Book - The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  Pages 98-196

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 5

Questions Answered:

Summarize the plot (Should be completed for each talk, but you should use different information for each)

Give a recommendation for this book - Would you encourage others to read it, why or why not? (Second)

How would you change the story? (Both)

Bret McGuire - iRead - Part 2

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire

Title of Book - Looking for Alaska

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  1-141

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 5

Questions answered :

Summarize the plot (Should be completed for each talk, but you should use different information for each)
What is the story about?
Who are the main characters?
What is the setting?

What is your prediction for how the book will end? (First)


iRead - Book 2, Part 1

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire

Title of Book - Looking for Alaska

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  around 100 pages 

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) 5

Questions Answered:

Summarize the plot (Should be completed for each talk, but you should use different information for each)
What is the story about?
Who are the main characters?
What is the setting?

Give a recommendation for this book - Would you encourage others to read it, why or why not? (Second)

What lesson/moral is the book teaching? (Both)

Bret McGuire - iRead - Book 2:Part 2

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire

Title of Book - The Fault in Our Stars

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  All of it

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 5

Questions Answered:

Summarize the plot (Maximum of 1 and ½ minutes allowed)
Talk about the plot. 

Did you think the characters and their problems/decisions/relationships were believable or realistic? Talk about the secondary characters. Were they important to the story?

What were some of the major themes of the book? Are they relevant in your life? Did you think the story was funny, sad, touching, disturbing, moving? Why or why not? 

Compare this book to others you have read. Is it similar to any of them? Did you like it more or less than other books you've read? What do you think will be your lasting impression of the book? What will be your most vivid memories of it a year from now?

Were you glad you read this book? Would you recommend it to a friend? Did this book make you want to read more work by this author?


iRead - The Fault in Our Stars - Bret McGuire

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire 

Title of Book - An Abundance of Katherines

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) - 220 ish  

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 4

QUESTIONS ANSWERED:

-Summarize the plot (Maximum of 1 and ½ minutes allowed)
-Did the author use any structural or narrative devices like flashbacks or multiple voices in telling the story? How did this affect the story and your appreciation of the book? Do you think the author did a good job with it? 
-What were some of the major themes of the book? 
-Compare this book to others you have read. Is it similar to any of them? Did you like it more or less than other books you've read?
-Talk about the location. Was it important to the story? Was the author's description of the landscape/community a good one? 
-Would you recommend it to a friend? Did this book make you want to read more work by this author?


Bret McGuire - iRead - AAOK

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire 

Title of Book - Crank

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) - All 

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 5

Questions:
Summarize the plot (Maximum of 1 and ½ minutes allowed)
Talk about the plot.

Did you think the characters and their problems/decisions/relationships were believable or realistic? If not, was the author trying to make them realistic, and why did he or she fail? Did the male/female author draw realistic male and female characters? Which character could you relate to best and why? Talk about the secondary characters. Were they important to the story? Did any stand out for you?

Was the author fairly descriptive? Was he or she better at describing the concrete or the abstract? Was the author clear about what he or she was trying to say, or were you confused by some of what you read?

How was the book structured? How did this affect the story and your appreciation of the book? Do you think the author did a good job with it? 

Crank iRead - Bret McGuire

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire

Title of Book - 1st to Die

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  All

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 5

QUESTIONS ANSWERED:

Summarize the plot (Maximum of 1 and ½ minutes allowed)
Talk about the plot.

Which character could you relate to best and why? Talk about the secondary characters. Were they important to the story? Did any stand out for you?

How was the book structured? Do you think the author did a good job with it? Whose voice was the story told in (from whose point of view is the story told)? How do you think it might have been different if another character was telling the story?

Was the author fairly descriptive? Was he or she better at describing the concrete or the abstract? Was the author clear about what he or she was trying to say, or were you confused by some of what you read? How did this affect your reading of the book?

What were some of the major themes of the book? Are they relevant in your life? Did the author effectively develop these themes? If so, how? If not, why not? 

Compare this book to others you have read. What do you think will be your lasting impression of the book?

Talk about the location. Was it important to the story?

Were you glad you read this book? Would you recommend it to a friend? Did this book make you want to read more work by this author?

iRead - 1st to Die

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire

Title of Book - Divergent

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  all

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 5

Questions Answered: 

Summarize the plot (Maximum of 1 and ½ minutes allowed)

Which character could you relate to best and why? Talk about the secondary characters. Were they important to the story? Did any stand out for you?

Was the author fairly descriptive? Was he or she better at describing the concrete or the abstract? Was the author clear about what he or she was trying to say, or were you confused by some of what you read? How did this affect your reading of the book?

What were some of the major themes of the book? Are they relevant in your life? Did the author effectively develop these themes? If so, how? If not, why not?Did you think the story was funny, sad, touching, disturbing, moving? Why or why not? 

Compare this book to others you have read. Is it similar to any of them? Did you like it more or less than other books you've read? 

Talk about the location. Was it important to the story? Was the author's description of the landscape/community a good one? Talk about the time period of the story (if appropriate). Was it important to the story? Did the author convey the era well?

Finally, what else struck you about the book as good or bad? What did you like or dislike about it that we haven't discussed already? Were you glad you read this book? Would you recommend it to a friend? Did this book make you want to read more work by this author?



Bret McGuire - Divergent iRead 7

Name (First and Last) - Bret McGuire 

Title of Book - Fallout

Amount Read (Number of Chapters and Pages) -  all

Rating so far on a scale of 1-5 (1= Cow Dung, 5=Best Ever) - 3

Questions Answered:

Summarize the plot (Maximum of 1 and ½ minutes allowed)

Did you think the characters and their problems/decisions/relationships were believable or realistic? Which character could you relate to best and why? 

How was the book structured? How did this affect the story and your appreciation of the book?Whose voice was the story told in (from whose point of view is the story told)? 

Was the author fairly descriptive?Was the author clear about what he or she was trying to say, or were you confused by some of what you read? How did this affect your reading of the book?

What were some of the major themes of the book? Are they relevant in your life? Did the author effectively develop these themes? If so, how? If not, why not? Did you think the story was funny, sad, touching, disturbing, moving? 

Compare this book to others you have read. Is it similar to any of them? Did you like it more or less than other books you've read? 

Talk about the location. Was it important to the story?Talk about the time period of the story (if appropriate). Was it important to the story?

Finally, what else struck you about the book as good or bad? What did you like or dislike about it that we haven't discussed already? Were you glad you read this book? Would you recommend it to a friend? Did this book make you want to read more work by this author?


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