Recreational Reading Blog
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies... the man who never reads only lives one." - George R.R. Martin
Hasti Razavi
Sellman 6th Period
Sellman 6th Period
Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence- a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
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These are the secrets I have kept. So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In the short time he has lived with the doctor in nineteenth-century New England, Will has grown accustomed to his late-night callers and dangerous business. But when one visitor comes with the body of a young girl and the monster that was eating her, Will’s world changes forever. The doctor has discovered a baby Anthropophagus—a headless monster that feeds through a mouth in its chest—and it signals a growing number of Anthropophagi. Will and the doctor must face the horror threatening to overtake and consume the world…before it is too late...
The novel What She Left Behind follows the stories of two girls in completely different time periods, but it merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty, and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.
Hi! I'm Hasti and this semester I will be reading and analyzing "What She Left Behind" by Ellen Marie Wiseman, and "The Monstrumologist" by Rick Yancey. I hope you enjoy my blog!
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