Blog Post #2: Summary and Review

As your second blog post you will be writing two short concise paragraphs about what you have read, or are currently reading.

Start by finding, saving and uploading a picture of the cover of your book. I am currently reading a novel called The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, pictured here:

 Source: http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2014583721_br27pariswife.html

Once you have found a cover picture online, you will need to: 

1.   Use the "SAVE AS" command to save the photo in your "PICTURE" folder of your "H drive". 

2.   Click on the "INSERT IMAGE" (little Picture) on the tool bar.  Upload the file from your H Drive.

    Make sure you copy and paste the source for the cover art - we want to credit any work that is not our own. I obtained the original image of this cover from searching Google Images. I then clicked on "Website for this image" in order to find the source of the picture. You CANNOT CITE GOOGLE IMAGES as the source for graphics, images, photos etc. Cite the website from which Google found the image.

(ANOTHER OPTION: I have also made the cover a link by adding the original site of the cover, using the "Link button"  on the toolbar.  Click on the cover and see where it takes you.

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Once you have posted your picture you can begin Blog Post #2:

INTRODUCTION: In your first sentence identify the title and author of the book. Please note that you need to properly punctuate the title of your novel - use italics.

A SUMMARY: Your first paragraph should be a 50-60 word summary of the book. If you haven't finished reading your book yet, summarize what you have read so far. A summary is a brief description of the major events of the book. It is general and does not contain specific examples of any of the plot. Look Here for some examples of concise and precise summaries).

A REVIEW: Your second paragraph should be a 50-60 word review of the book. I would suggest that you take a look at the format and style of some reviews before you begin to write. You only have 50-60 words, so use them wisely. Your main purpose is to explain, with specific reasons, your views of the book.