Reading Response 2: Ashfall

I just finished reading the book and it was really good. The main character Alex fights through the ash from the erupting volcano to get to his family. His journey takes longer than he expected and ends up having to fight snow and the cold. During his time trying to get to his family Alex meets a lot of different people, some just want food while others were ready to kill to get it. Alex did meet a couple of people that want to help and one person follows and helps Alex get to where he wants to be after a lot of unfortunate events.

 The book talks about a lot of things but one thing that sticks out the most for me is how everyone doesn't know what they have until its gone. The main character talks about how he used to fight with his mom about stupid stuff and now after everything is gone all he wishes to say he's sorry. Another thing is how food is taken for granted in America. Once the volcano goes off and everyone starts to starve the people soon realize how lucky they were.
After reading the book I would recommend it to others to read. It is very entertaining and sad, but has a great story.

My Inspiration

I receive most of my inspiration from reading. I enjoy reading and when I do it inspires me to write something for myself. Seeing others ideas helps me to think about what to write about. The only bad part about it is that I procrastinate until the very end so I might start writing but usually will never finish it. I also get a lot of inspiration from finding out how people think and why. I enjoy reading horror stories and finding out why people get scarred helps to make a more creepy story. In all I get inspiration from a lot of things, but another way for me is to listen to my teacher Ms.James.

Reading Response 1: Ashfall

      In the story so far Alex, the main character, is in his hometown of Cedar Falls, Iowa when an explosion happened. He fights the ash from the supervolcano in Yellowstone goes off and sends the states near it into chaos. Alex then finds himself heading off to Warren, Illinois to find his family and make sure that they are all right.
                                 
I like the book a lot so far. It has action in the book and is very exciting. I reccomond people read this book if they like stories of apacolypes, expecially one that can really happen.