Category: book reviews

A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon. Reviews can consider books, articles, entire genres or fields of literature, architecture, art, fashion, restaurants, policies, exhibitions, performances, and many other forms. This handout will focus on book reviews. For a similar assignment, see our handout on literature reviews.

A book for every romance trope. (part 1)

Love triangle.

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

Avery Grambs has a plan for a brighter future: go through high school, obtain a scholarship, and leave. When millionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and gives Avery almost his entire wealth, her fortunes shift in an instant. What’s the catch? Avery doesn’t know why, or who Tobias Hawthorne is. Avery must move into the huge, hidden passage-filled Hawthorne House to accept her inheritance, where every room bears the old man’s touch—and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes.Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also home to the family that Tobias Hawthorne has recently evicted. The four Hawthorne grandchildren are among them: dangerous, charismatic, smart guys who grew up with the expectation of inheriting billions one day. Grayson Hawthorne, the heir apparent, is convinced that Avery is a scam artist and is determined to bring her down. Jameson, their grandfather’s final hurrah, sees her as a twisted conundrum, a puzzle to be solved. Avery will have to play the game herself to survive in a world of money and power, with danger lurking around every corner.

Grumpy and sunshine.

Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.

So starts the newest whirlwind romance from the bestselling writers of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, the latest whirlwind romance from the bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has placed a red notebook full of dares on the shelf of a favourite bookshop, waiting for the right person to come along and accept them. Is Dash, however, the ideal person for the job? Or are Dash and Lily doomed to swap dares, aspirations, and wishes in a notebook they pass back and forth at various spots across New York? Could their real-life selves relate as well as their virtual ones? Or will they be a hilarious mismatch of epic proportions? Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have crafted a love storey that will have readers hunting for love on bookshop shelves.

Star-crossed lovers.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

Ketterdam is a busy crossroads of international trade where anything can be gotten for the right price—a fact that criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is well aware of. Kaz is offered the opportunity to take part in a dangerous robbery that may make him wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. But he won’t be able to do it alone…

A convicted criminal with a hunger for vengeance

A sniper who can’t afford to lose a bet

A fugitive from justice with a privileged past

The Wraith is a sassy spy.

A Heartrender uses her abilities to keep herself alive amid the slums.

A criminal with a knack for improbable escapes

If they don’t murder each other first, Kaz’s crew may be the only thing standing between the Earth and disaster.

Fake dating.

The Deal by Elle Kennedy.

Hannah Wells has finally met someone who makes her want to turn on. However, while she may be self-assured in other areas of her life, she carries a lot of baggage. She’ll have to push herself out of her comfort zone if she wants to capture her crush’s attention… even if it means teaching the obnoxious, juvenile, conceited captain of the hockey team in return for a fake date.Garrett Graham’s only ambition after graduation has always been to play professional hockey, but his slipping GPA is jeopardising everything he’s fought so hard for. He’s all for helping a caustic brunette make another guy envious if it means keeping his spot on the squad. Garrett quickly realises that pretending isn’t going to cut it as one unexpected kiss. Now all he needs to do is persuade Hannah that the man she desires resembles him.

I’m here to kill you.

The Wrath and The Dawn by Renée Ahdieh.

Each morning brings misery to a new family in a kingdom controlled by a bloodthirsty boy-king. Khalid, Khorasan’s eighteen-year-old Caliph, is a monster. He takes a new wife every night, only to have a silk chain tied around her throat the next morning. When Shahrzad’s sixteen-year-old best friend is murdered by Khalid, he swears revenge and offers to be his next wife. Shahrzad is determined not just to survive, but also to put a stop to the caliph’s reign of terror.Shahrzad seduces Khalid night after night, telling him enthralling stories and securing her survival, despite the fact that she knows each morning may be her last. But then something unexpected happens: Khalid turns out to be nothing like she had imagined him to be. This monster is a young boy who has a broken heart. Surprisingly, Shahrzad finds herself in love. What gives that this is possible? It’s a heinous act of treachery. Even nevertheless, Shahrzad has come to realise that not everything in this marble and stone mansion is as it appears. She vows to find whatever secrets are hidden and, despite her love for him, to kill Khalid in retaliation for the numerous lives he has stolen. Will their love be able to endure in this world of secrets and stories?

Enemies to lovers.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.

When ude’s parents were slain, she and her two sisters were kidnapped and taken to the perilous High Court of Faerie. Jude, despite her mortality, wants nothing more than to belong there ten years later. However, many fey loathe humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the High King’s youngest and most vicious son.She must resist him–and bear the consequences–in order to get a seat on the Court.Jude finds her own propensity for deception and slaughter as she becomes further immersed in palace intrigues and deceptions. But, when treason threatens to drown the Faerie Courts in bloodshed, Jude will have to put her life on the line in a hazardous partnership to preserve her sisters and Faeri.

The Prince and the Commonner.

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.

This is a universe where blood is separated into two types: red and silver. The Reds are commoners who are dominated by a Silver elite who wield godlike abilities. And it appears that nothing will ever change for Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the impoverished Stilts. That is, until she is offered a job at the Silver Palace. Mare realises that, despite her crimson blood, she wields a lethal power of her own here, surrounded by the individuals she despises the most. One that poses a challenge to the power equilibrium. Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers declare her a long-lost Silver princess who is now betrothed to a Silver prince and conceal her in plain sight.Mare works quietly to aid the Red Guard, a militant opposition group, in overthrowing the Silver dictatorship, despite the fact that one error would result in her execution. Mare has engaged a hazardous dance—Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart—in this realm of treachery and deception.

Book recommendations- genre: Comedy & Humour.

A comedic novel is often a work of fiction in which the author attempts to entertain the reader, sometimes subtly and as part of a well-crafted story, and sometimes above all else. It’s true that comedy fiction is literary work whose primary goal is to make people laugh, but this isn’t always as evident as it appears.

Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events by Brent Spiner & Jeanne Darst. 

Set in 1991, just as Star Trek: The Next Generation has catapulted the cast to global fame, young and impressionable actor Brent Spiner receives a mysterious package and a series of disturbing letters that send him on a terrifying and bizarre journey that enlists the help of Paramount Security, the LAPD, and even the FBI to put an end to the threat that threatens his life and career.

This is the fictitious autobiography that takes readers inside the life of Brent Spiner and offers an astonishing storey about the trappings of popularity and the anxiety he feels, with a cast of characters ranging from Patrick Stewart to Levar Burton to Trek founder Gene Roddenberry, to others wholly created.

Brent Spiner’s spectacular and humorous novel is an intimate look at a celebrity’s little off-kilter connection with his followers. This noir comedy could just be the one if the Coen Brothers were to develop a Star Trek film addressing the complexities of fan fanaticism and sci-fi.

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh.

This book is a list of events that happened in the author life, it involves pictures, words, stories about things that happened to the author because of herself and foolishness, stories about things that happened to other people because of her and her foolishness. Stories about dogs and an endless laughter that will have you crying because your stomach hurts. 

How To Train Your Dad by Gary Paulsen. 

Carl, a 12-year-old, is fed up with his father’s obsessive pursuit of an off-the-grid lifestyle. His father may be clever, but dumpster diving for food, rummaging through trash for usable items, and dressing entirely in clothing purchased at garage sales is becoming tiresome. Carl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to “retrain” his father’s mindset… a crackpot experiment that produces some very unintentional results. Increasingly concerned about what his classmates and a certain girl at his new school might think of his circumstances—and encouraged by his off-kilter best friend—Carl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to “retrain” his father’s mindset… a crackpot

This is a feisty and humorous family novel.

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life by Daniel Sloss.

A subversive and hilarious deep-dive into one of today’s hottest young comedians’ favourite subject: relationships.

At the same time, Daniel Sloss’ humour engages, enrages, offends, unsettles, educates, soothes, and has audiences screaming with laughter. Sloss has two Netflix comedy specials: DARK, a brilliant, laugh-out-loud meditation on our relationship with death; and Jigsaw, which rips apart the ideas of love, romantic relationships, and marriage–and, according to Sloss, has caused 160 divorces and 95,000 break-ups (he has the tweets to prove it). Daniel Sloss Live: X, his HBO spectacular on male toxicity, is a stunning 85 minutes.Now, in his first book, he picks up where Jigsaw and his other specials left off, tackling every kind of relationship imaginable–with one’s country (Daniel’s is Scotland), with America, with lovers, ex-lovers, ex-lovers who you hate, ex-lovers who hate you, with parents, best friends (male and female), not-best friends, children, and siblings. Every connection gets the humorous, cruel (but always incisive) Sloss treatment in Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die, as he shows why all of our relationships are fragile, absurd, and awful–but, just maybe, vital and meaningful as well.

Thrillers to start your halloween week right.

The Girl On The Train – Paula Hawkins

Rachel takes the same commuter train to work every day. It will always wait at the same signal, overlooking a stretch of back yards, she knows. She’s even begun to feel as though she knows the residents of one of the houses. She refers to them as “Jess and Jason.” Their lives are ideal, in her opinion. If only Rachel could be as content as that. Then she notices something startling. It’ll only be a minute until the train departs, but it’ll be enough. Everything has changed now. Rachel now has the opportunity to become a part of the lives she has only observed from afar. They’ll see now that she’s more than simply the train girl.

The Women in the window – A. J. Finn

Anna Fox is a recluse who stays alone in her New York City apartment, unable to leave. She spends her days drinking wine (perhaps excessively), watching old movies, reminiscing about happier times… and spying on her neighbours.The Russells, a father, a mother, and their teenage son, then move into the house across the street. The ideal family. However, when Anna sees something she shouldn’t one night while staring out her window, her world begins to unravel and its horrifying secrets are revealed.

No Exit – Taylor Adams

Darby Thorne, a college student, is stuck in a terrible blizzard in the Colorado Rockies on her way to Utah to see her ailing mother. She’s forced to wait out the storm at a lonely highway rest stop since the roads are unusable. There are vending machines, a coffee maker, and four strangers inside. Darby returns to the storm, desperate for a signal to phone home… and finds a terrifying discovery. A small child is imprisoned in an animal box in the rear of the van parked next to her automobile. What is the name of the child? Why was she kidnapped? And how will Darby be able to help her?
Darby must find a way out of a perilous scenario in which a child’s life and her own are on the line.

Survive the Night – Riley Sagar

The man behind the wheel, Josh Baxter, is a complete unknown to Charlie. They gathered at the campus transportation board, hoping to split the cost of the lengthy journey back to Ohio. Both of them have valid reasons for wanting to flee. Charlie is torn between guilt and sadness over the murder of her closest friend, who became the Campus Killer’s third victim. Josh’s motivation is to assist in the care of his ailing father. So he claims. Charlie, like the Hitchcock heroine for whom she is named, has her reservations. Josh has a suspicious air about him, from the gaps in his tale about his father to the fact that he doesn’t want Charlie to peek inside the trunk.As they drive along an empty highway in the middle of night, Charlie becomes increasingly concerned that she is sharing a car with the Campus Killer. Is Josh actually a threat? Is Charlie’s suspicion an illusion of her movie-fueled imagination, or is it anything more?What follows is a cat-and-mouse game set on moonlit highways and neon-lit parking lots, in an era when the only way to get help is to dial a pay phone number and there’s nowhere to hide. Charlie just has one chance to win: she must survive the night.

The Guest list – Lucy Foley

Guests assemble on an island off the coast of Ireland to commemorate two individuals combining their lives as one. The groom is an up-and-coming television personality. The bride is a magazine editor. The expensive gown, the isolated venue, the opulent party gifts, the boutique whiskey: it’s a wedding fit for a magazine or a star. Although mobile phone connection is patchy and the waves are rough, every aspect has been meticulously planned and will be meticulously implemented.
Resentments and petty jealousies blend with reminiscences and good wishes when the champagne is cracked and the festivities begin. Then someone is found dead. Who didn’t send their best wishes to the happy couple?

5 feminist books to read.

A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminist essay A Vindication of the Rights of Women was published in 1792 as a book-length feminist essay. A Vindication of Women’s Rights campaigned for female equality, especially in the field of education. Wollstonecraft criticised the cultivation of conventional feminine qualities like as submission and service, arguing that women who were not well-educated could not be excellent mothers, spouses, or household administrators. She said that women were supposed to devote too much time to maintaining their delicate look and soft attitude, forsaking brains for beauty and transforming themselves into flower-like playthings for males.

Wollstonecraft addressed themes such as the need of educating women equally, treating women with respect, and giving women with the appropriate training to be excellent spouses and mothers, as well as educated companions for their husbands, in thirteen chapters.Women spend many of their initial years of life accumulating a scattering of achievements, while body and mental strength are sacrificed to libertine ideas of beauty… Can they run a family with prudence or look after the babies they bring into the world?How could women educate, raise children, and maintain a household if they were only concerned with their personal looks and minor achievements such as speaking French fluently, playing the piano, and sketching, Wollstonecraft argued? Such achievements made a woman appealing to a man as a source of entertainment, but not as an equal partner.Although Wollstonecraft recognised that raising a family would be the primary responsibility of many women at the time, she insisted that a husband and wife whose relationship was founded on reason and equality would parent happier and more well-rounded children than families governed by strict discipline and parental inequality. To that aim, she suggested a national education system in which boys and girls would be taught together and all classes would have access to education. Wollstonecraft warned against false sensibility, while writing during the time of Romanticism, a movement renowned for emphasising sensibility/feeling above sense/rational reasoning.

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf.

Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own is a long essay. The article, which was first published on October 24, 1929, was based on a series of lectures she gave in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, two women’s institutions at Cambridge University. Despite the fact that this long essay uses a fictitious narrator and narrative to investigate women as authors and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the Women and Fiction lecture series, and therefore the essay, is deemed nonfiction. The essay is regarded as a feminist text, and it is notable for its argument for a literal and figurative place for women authors in a patriarchal literary world.

Bad Feminist – Roxane Gay.

How could women educate, raise children, and maintain a household if they were only concerned with their personal looks and minor achievements such as speaking French fluently, playing the piano, and sketching, Wollstonecraft argued? Such achievements made a woman appealing to a man as a source of entertainment, but not as an equal partner.

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde’s literary and philosophical personae are brought to life in this collection of fifteen articles published between 1976 and 1984. These articles delve into and illustrate Lorde’s intellectual growth, as well as her long-standing worries about how to increase empowerment among minority women authors and the critical need to define difference—difference in terms of sex, ethnicity, and economic position. Sister Outsider is a title taken from her poetry book The Black Unicorn (1978). Sister Outsider’s poetry and articles emphasise Lorde’s recurring subject of continuity, notably the geographical and intellectual relationship.

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

In the Republic of Gilead, Offred is a Handmaid. She is permitted to leave the Commander and his wife’s house once a day to stroll to the local grocery market, where the signs are now images rather than words because women are no longer allowed to read. Because, in an era of diminishing births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable, she must lie on her back once a month and hope that the Commander gets her pregnant. Offred recalls the years when she lived with and made love to her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; and when she had a career, her own money, and knowledge. But that’s all gone now.

IMPORTANT BOOKS TO READ IN YOUR 20’S

Reading is good for you because it improves your focus, memory, empathy, and communication skills. It can reduce stress, improve your mental health, and help you live longer. Reading also allows you to learn new things to help you succeed in your work and relationships.Reading has been proven to keep our minds young, healthy and sharp, with studies showing that reading can even help prevent alzheimer’s disease. Reading also develops the imagination and allows us to dream and think in ways that we would have never been able to before.

1) How to win friends and influence the people

How to Win Friends and Influence People is a self-help book written by Dale Carnegie, published in 1936. Over 30 million copies have been sold worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. Carnegie had been conducting business education courses in New York since 1912. The book is very easy to read and provides great examples and stories which makes it 10x easier to relate to and remember. I highly recommend this book, it has helped me improve certain aspects of my relationships and interactions with others.The core idea is that you can change other people’s behavior simply by changing your own. It teaches you the principles to better understand people, become a more likable person, improve relationships, win others over, and influence behavior through leadership.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People

2) Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. He claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_and_Grow_Rich The “secret” of Think and Grow Rich is to place yourself within the overall scheme of creation, obeying natural laws that inevitably and invariably beget growth, expansion, renewal, and generativity.

3) The Power of your subconscious mind

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind has been a bestseller since its first publication in 1963, selling many millions of copies since its original publication. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can help you heal yourself, banish your fears, sleep better, enjoy better relationships and just feel happier. The techniques are simple and results come quickly. You can improve your relationships, your finances, your physical well-being. Your subconscious mind is a powerful force to be reckoned with. It makes up around 95% of your brain power and handles everything your body needs to function properly, from eating and breathing to digesting and making memories.

4) The Richest Man in Babylon

The Richest Man in Babylon is a 1926 book by George S. Clason that dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon. The book remains in print almost a century after the parables were originally published, and is regarded as a classic of personal financial advice.This point is actually the crux of the book: the classic principle of paying yourself first. Clason recommends saving at least 10% of all income earned. Even in his example of those who are paying off debt, he still advocates setting aside this one-tenth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Richest_Man_in_Babylon#:~:text=The%20Richest%20Man%20in%20Babylon%20is%20a%201926%20book%20by,classic%20of%20personal%20financial%20advice.

5) Atomic Habits

An atomic habit is a regular practice or routine that is not only small and easy to do but is also the source of incredible power; a component of the system of compound growth. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. While it is well worth reading cover-to-cover as it is chock full of useful and actionable information about habits, from how and why we form them to how to break them and make them, I’ve decided to highlight my top takeaways and share with you the lessons I felt were the most profound. https://medium.com/tom-thoughts/i-finally-read-atomic-habits-here-are-my-top-5-takeaways-57dd6f904ab4

Mcaffeine Neem Face Wash

Mcaffeine Neem Face Wash Cleanser With Argan Oil & Vitamin E For Men And Women – 150 ml https://www.amazon.in/dp/B071X49GR9/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_9B6RQWH965EW0W12D2T2

Factors used in this face wash are Caffeine, Neem, Argan Painting and Vitamin E. These all factor are skin-friendly. They not only clean your skin but also secure your skin. It’s extremely delicate to the skin, makes the skin smoother and vigour.

Greenberry Organics Detox activated Charcoal Face Wash

Greenberry Organics Detox activated Charcoal face wash for anti-pollution Oil control and anti-acne with the goodness of Tea tree, Mulberry and Grapefruit combo with Bio active Intense Night cream Unisex (100ml + 50ml) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B076PG55CF/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_SFDCQPP9A8T30JCWP80Q

 Factors used in this face wash are Tea trees & fruits, charcoal and Vitamin c helps in keeping the skin healthy and soft. Makes the skin acne-prone and keeps it hydrated. Suitable for all types of skin.

Lotus Herbal Tea & Tree Anti Acne Face Wash

Lotus Herbals Tea Tree And Cinnamon Anti Acne Oil Control Face Wash, 80g https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0079Z7N3G/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_D8N53Y620HHW1X1KDEBG

Lotus Herbals Tea Tree And CinnamonAnti-Acne Oil-control face Wash controls skin break out and lessens plenitude canvas without deserting any cleft- clogging buildup. It further controls sebum creation, lessens dry patches, and hydrates your skin. The cinnamon in it goes about as a natural constituent that evacuates dead skin cells and enhances blood income to make you look replenished and immature.

Clean & Clear Foaming Face Wash

Clean & Clear Foaming Face Wash For Oily Skin, 150ml https://www.amazon.in/dp/B00CI3HDMU/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_HKAP31DH2V0G6FYKDJP1

A pomade-free facial cleanser that removes extra slick to help heal and avert boils. Formulated specially for gushy and combination skin types, this detergent flushes supererogatory canvas and contaminations. It helps combat papules and prevents them from returning. The detergent has a gentle formula suitable for everyday use.

Mama Earth Charcoal Face Wash

Mamaearth Charcoal Face Wash with Activated Charcoal & Coffee for Oil Control (100) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07FPNW916/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_dl_YSBZ7WZ30HTZNWR5C6K8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Tired of the day-to-day struggle with gushing skin, choked pores, and dull skin? Bring back immaculate skin that looks immature and canvas-free with the power of Cranked Charcoal &Coffee.Crafted with the integrity of nature, Mamaearth Charcoal Face Wash pulls out poisons and contaminants from deep within the pores. The integrity of Coffee tightens skin pores and promotes yea skin tone to give you an canvas-free glowing complexion.

Neutrogena Deep Clean face wash

Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Cleanser For Normal To Oily Skin, 200ml https://www.amazon.in/dp/B006LXDQRY/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_dl_0F1YKXWWE1NGE0KQYS20

 Neutrogena is notable for making face fens for fulsome, acne-prone skin. This is your most solid option in the event that you have fulsome, and acne-prone skin. Delicate on your skin yet extreme on skin inflammation, the specific canvas-free equation tenderly purifies your skin from deep out. This face fen for fulsome skin contains Salicylic acid which is known to dispose of skin break out and reduces coming bunks.

Himalaya Neem Face Wash

Himalaya Herbals Purifying Neem Face Wash, 100ml https://www.amazon.in/dp/B002Q5JE2C/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_1D670NAQADQ4RFK07F0X

Himalaya Herbals Purifying Neem Face Wash reduces skin inflammation and hickeys for all skin types. It has the combination of neem and turmeric for deep purification the skin from out without drying it out. It battles bacterial complications and forestalls there-occurrence of facial irregularities and calms your skin. It likewise improves the adaptability of the skin and positions out its tone.

Oily Skin

Soapy skin is more prone to acne, whelks, and pustules and hence you need an painting-free face swampland to remove supernumerary sebum and painting. So, to get relieve of the towering painting on your skin, you need to start using an painting- control face swampland.

Hagiographic skin is the main reason behind theover-creation of sebum in your skin. It makes your skin inclined to skin break out, pocks and operatives. It effectively catches other skin pollution which will in general obstruct pores and do your skin to appear dull and glutinous. But fret not as canvas control face mire is there for your deliverance. Use a face mire that suits your skin and mitigates you from your over the top creation of sebum. The worst part is soapy skin looks slippy and sticky which in turn results in occasion of whelks, pustules, and warts.

READING IN THREE KEYS: How to Write a READING RESPONSE

Active reading involves looking at the text in more than one way.  For your reading responses write using these three “keys,” or methods, of analyzing what you have read: 

Reading responses in this class generally vary from 250 – 400 words. The length required will be specified on the assignment.

 

 Sometimes you will be asked to post your reading response to the Discussion Board and then follow-up with a response to one of your classmate’s postings. You may respond in any of the three “keys.”  A sample response building on a previous posting might start off with a sentence like this: “I agree with David that advertising objectifies women by portraying them as dehumanized objects, but I wonder whether women benefit from that objectification in any way?”  You can build your ideas on comments others have made.  And feel free to keep chatting with each other.