Independent Reading

       The book I am reading is The Round House by Louise Erdrich. The beginning of the book started off as a mysterious and secretive person murdering a women on a Sunday spring morning. The conflict in my book is finding clues for the murder and putting together evidence which becomes very difficult throughout the novel. The women who was attacked is no help and isn't reveling any information of who the murderer was. The incident was taken place in the spring of 1988 on a reservation in North Dakota, also known as the Round House.  The women who survived the murder is Geraldine. Joe, her son, and Geraldine husband, tribal judge, and a father to Joe; both are helping to piece together clues to find more about the attacker.

     The most important passage (MIP) was on page 127. It allowed me to have a completely different view of who the attacker could be. It also provided more information about this creepy, and this strange guy. The passage states “After his mother was gone, Linden moved back to South Dakota and soon he cracker again, or so I heard. Cracked? I asked. What do you mean by that? He did things, said Linda. What things? I asked. Behind me, I could feel the force of my father’s attention. Things he should have got caught for, she whispered, and closed her eyes.” This passage really made me think, and it felt as if it shocked me. The fact that this could possibly be the attacker and that they were narrowing down on the case really pulled me in and felt as if this passage was very important.

    The sentence of brilliance (SOB) was on page 123. I liked how they used creative writing to describe new characters. Its a very distinctive sentence and a pleasure to read.  The sentence states “While down in South Dakota, I stayed with Cedric, who was a veteran, and his wife, whose name is Cheryl with a C.” I enjoyed how they used lots of commas to separate the characteristics and also thought it was unique when they added Cheryl spelled with a C. Even though the sentence is very simple its fun to read, and something you don't see lots of in books. I will defiantly be using this technique in future writings.  





This is a picture of the book I am currently reading!