Another book please!!

      
       Personally, I REALLY dislike starting a book and not finishing it. It makes me feel so unaccomplished and it feels like a waste of time. I don't really know why I'm blogging about this topic as to I haven't 'quit' a book lately. I guess this just sort of crossed my mind and after posting about books I LOVED, I guess this is kind of going the opposite way. So here is a list of books that I have read and did not really like.

1). The Red Badge of Courage- This book takes place during the Civil War in the midst of a battle. It is about a young man- Henry Fleming- who signed up to fight for the Union Army, he is very scared and ran from one of the first battle he fought in. As he is escaping through the woods, he cannot help but feel ashamed of how he acts. After a while of wandering, he encounters a column of soldiers and he is envious that all these men have wounds that symbolize their bravery (or as he calls them, they have red badges of courage). Here he meets a wounded man close to dying and leaves him to die in the woods because the injured soldier keeps asking where Henry got shot. Later, Henry gets hit by a gun on his head by accident. When he returns to camp ground, all his other companions treat him like royalty because they believe he got shot. In the end, Henry feels bad that he fled from battle, but he felt worse that he left a poor, defenseless man in the woods to die.
***This book didn't suit me because I didn't understand a lot of the military terms, so it was confusing. But, if you find stories about war interesting, then this would be a great book for you.


2). Nothing But the Truth- This book revolves around a ninth grader, named Philip Malloy, who wants to get transferred from a mean teacher's class to another. He does so by ignoring the school's policy of observing "The Star Spangled Banner", and hums along with it. This small action makes national media and becomes a hot topic of debate of whether Philip did anything wrong.
*** The plot of this book was very well thought out but it was written in play format. So it had only dialogue. So every page was like this- (Someone's name): "[Dialogue]".This made the book so not descriptive and was quite bland to read.


3). Johnny Tremain- Johnny Tremain is a gifted, but arrogant, silversmith apprentice who bullies his peers. He starts off in a wonderful status with a roof over his head, food on the table, and a family who cared for him. However, after a prank turns bad, Johnny's hand is burned and he no longer can work as a silversmith. He has proof that he is related to the wealthy Boston merchant Mr. Lyte. After a huge amount of unfortunate circumstances, he finds a job delivering newspapers and befriends Rab. Rab later dies in the Battle of Lexington, and Johnny vows to avenge his friends death. He finds a doctor who says that his hand can be fixed to the point where Johnny can fire a musket and that is what he decides to do.
   *** Just not enough action for my liking....

       Well, still reading Great Expectations, but I'm progressing at a much slower pace than I would like because at this point, it is more of the desire to finish the book than the excitement of the book that propels me to read it. Don't get me wrong, the book is really good, but it's just not as action packed as some of the other books I've blogged about in my blog. Anyways, if you guys have any suggestions for books I can read along side Great Expectations, I'd be really grateful!!