Reading Response

Many interesting events have happened in my novel throughout the past week, which has caused the atmosphere to change quite a few times. When Abe’s wife was killed the mood of the story shifted from a romantic, joyful setting to a gloomy, almost cloudy one. Lincoln thought of death; he even wrote a poem about suicide. This section of the novel was quite upsetting. The atmosphere changed again though. After months of desperation, one of Lincoln’s friends dragged him to a dinner party and introduced Lincoln to a sweet, petite woman named Mary. He again fell madly in love. The couple soon became engaged, and Abraham is overjoyed and extremely in love. Here, the mood swings back to a “giggly,” romantic setting.

            The question I am pondering throughout this novel is, “What makes the idea of a vampire such an interesting topic?” I really focused in on this question this week as I read and came to conclusion that vampires make such great topics because they are so interesting. Vampires are far different from human beings in so many obscure ways, but they are partly human! I also decided that when writing about vampires, because vampires are not real an author has the ability to add new exciting detail on his or her perspective of a vampire. This author of this story adds interest by vividly describing the gory battles between Abraham Lincoln and the vampires in which he is hunting.

Reading Log

9/16- 10 mins

9/18- 20 mins

9/19- 30 mins

9/20- 60 mins 

I commented on Eli’s blog about he and Joseph and on Camille’s blog about her literary narrative.