Reader's Journal #3

July 29, 2011

7th grade

    Dear Reader's,

             I have recently finished reading a new book. There is actually a movie based on it that is very popular. Even though there is a movie on it I did not see it, so I thought that this would be a perfect choice of book. It is called the "Accidental Billionaire's", or more formally known as The Social Network. It is by Ben Mezrich. I have never read one of his books before, so I thought that this should be something new. At first I didn't know what the book was about at all. Then I read the back and it I was really interested. The genre of this book is definitely Non-Fiction. This book is basically all about how the biggest website was created. I'm sure everyone knows which website I am talking about, but for those of you who don't it is Facebook. A lot of people don't know this, but the journey to creating Facebook was not as glamorous as people think. It was a series of getting built up to getting torn down by people around them. Every time Mt. Mark Zuckerberg would make Facebook even more fun and futuristic, somebody else would sue him. Let me just start off from the beginning. At first young Mark Zuckerberg was just a college boy in Harvard that could do with a bit more of a social unit. Anyways he was just like any other guy blogging about things happening in his tiny cramped up dorm room. Long story short by the end of his story he was living as large as it can get. I would Rate this book a 3 out of 5 because I thought that it was unfair at times. Just because the people sueing him helped him to get to the top, does not mean they should destroy him. I mean why would those people want to destroy something they heped build. Thats just my perspective. "Why do you read the rag? It is such a waste of time." Tyler asked grinning at his friend, on page 29 paragraphs 2 and 3. The second I read this I thought that this was the beginning to the thought of making Facebook. I thought that because even from that little passage I could tell that he wanted to maybe create something that was not a waste of time and was actually fun and a way to connect. Hense the creation of Facebook. 

Sincerely,

Gabriela Goldstein