You’re second paper (after the personal profile essay) will be a significant experience essay. Your third will be an argumentative paper, a research paper or a longer project like a film or book review. A book review course project focuses on reading an entire book and then writing your own personal review of the book.
BOOK SUGGESTIONS:
Here’s an example of a book I read with my own review: The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis:
Digory Conrad: I’ve been “Time-Slipped”
Part I: Time Slips: Doorways into other worlds


Then there’s the subplot of a little boy Digory who keeps seeing things go terribly wrong, often because of his own stupid mistakes. He desperately wants to save his dying mother’s life. He can’t bear to see his father’s grief. Through the confusion, the overwhelming challenges, he learns to trust in his faithful friend Polly, the brains of their relationship, and a great magical lion, Aslan. Finally, Digory brings one of the silver apples from Narnia to his mother’s sick bed, miraculously restoring her life. Later, we discover that the core of this apple grows into the special tree from which a wooden wardrobe closet is built and through which more children can slip into the wonders of Narnia.

A Severe Mercy, by Sheldon Vanauken, a true story about sailing, studying abroad, meeting friends you never forget.
Caleb’s Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks, the story of a 1600s friendship between two young people, a Wampanoag male and a Puritan female on the island of Noepe (modern day Martha’s Vineyard.
Girl at War, by Sara Novic, returning home, looking for a lost love and special places.
The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis, a wild bus ride from hell to heaven.
The Sacred Earth: Writers on Nature & Spirit, by Jason Gardner
????? Or how about another book you might choose to read this semester? Fiction, nonfiction, biography, science fiction, poetry, politics, science, a classic, fantasy, education, sports, another country or culture (maybe a book in a language you are still learning) . . .