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          For my book of choice, I read “The Jazz of Physics” by Stephon Alexander. This book is about how music and physics are very similar, and how the best scientists and musicians use equations to learn a den improvise their skills. It talks a lot about cosmology and how music notes and intervals had a role in the creation of galaxies. It uses music as an analogy essentially in teaching people about physics, cosmology, and geometry.           The argument of this book is basically saying that music, physics, geometry, cosmology, these all used to be seen as one. And that the people greatest in these areas still see it that way. They use all of these in all of these areas to further expand their knowledge in the individual subjects. I don't disagree with this because if it's a good enough statement to have a book written about it then it can't be crazy. However, I don't have enough knowledge in any of these subjects to have a big op...

This year we’ve read a lot of different books. We read poetry, autobiographies, fiction, and nonfiction books. Out of all of those, my favorite was probably the Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby story is very well known and it is so good! It is full of mystery, romance, adventure, and all of the things that I enjoy in a book. The movie also has Leonardo DiCaprio so I enjoyed the book even more. My least favorite book of this year (besides GGS) was the Merchant of Venice. Not because of the story, but just because I’m not a huge fan of Shakespeare. I know we had to learn about it because everyone has to learn about Shakespeare, but I have a harder time understanding it than I would like. I know that there was some comedy in there, and I never understood any of it. It wasn’t terrible, but it was my least favorite.