Entry Four: An Abundance of Katherines

I chose to read An Abundance of Katherines because I had heard it was a pretty good book and I already had it available at my house. No need to go buy or a rent a novel when I already own one that is on the list. The attractiveness to this novel came about because my mom and brother had both suggested this book to me. I had no idea what it was about but it sounded interesting. As I went through this book, I was always thinking about connections because once a reader connects to a novel, it makes it easier to understand. However, I never found a strong connection with this book. Normally I can connect to book but not this one for some reason.

I would recommend this book to people who like adventures because Colin goes a long way away from home to do some crazy things. It is a very strange and interesting book but I however did not like it. It was hard to follow and boring at times.

I would give this book a three and a half out of five stars because it was interesting for most of the book but was at times very slow and boring. This was overall a nice read.

Entry Three: An Abundance of Katherines

A quality excerpt that contains and displays the concept of "hooking" potential readers comes on page 40. It says,"You don't need a girlfriend, Colin. You need a robot who says nothing but 'I love you.' And it felt like being stoned and sticked from the inside, a fluttering and then a sharp pain in his lower rib cage, and then he felt for the first time that a piece of his gut had been wrenched out of him.
She tried to get out as quickly and painlessly as possible, but after she begged curfew, he began to cry. She held his head against her collarbone. And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could.
But she left anyway, and he was alone in his room, searching out anagrams for mymissingpiece in a vain attempt to fall asleep" (Green 40).

My rationale for saying that this piece from An Abundance of Katherines could hook potential readers is because readers normally get connected to the main characters throughout the book, therefore, you would want to find out what happens with Colin after this breakup. Readers can clearly tell that his girlfriend means a lot to him and it will be interesting to witness how Colin deals with this mini-crisis.