The Blind Side

I'm at the very end of the book The Blind Side, and let me tell you, it's a good book. Because I saw the movie, I really wanted to read the book. At first I didn't know where to get the book, but then it just showed up in my room and, boom, I started reading.

This book is about a teen named Michael Oher, sometimes called ''Big Mike''. He was picked up by a rich family one night, and got taught to play football and turned into a huge and tough offensive guard.

When I read this book, I thought about how hard it would be to go through what Michael went through. For example he was raised in a really bad and rough neighborhood and his dad left so he never saw him. If I had to go through that I would be different then how I am now. Without my dad, I wouldn't know the sports that I know today. I was also thinking about how nice the family was to pick up Michael and teach him how to play football. This book made me think a lot and that's why I like it. I love this book, and I cant wait to read the end.

Flush

Right now, I have recently started the book Flush, by Carl Hiaasen, which I have also read Hoot from this author. The thing that surprised me about this book is that it was not all fun and games, a bit like how the title sounded. To me, I can't make many connections about the book so far, but in any book, I have to have at least a few.


The main character, Noah, is very serious about saving a certain family member in this book, as I would be if my family member was in the same position as Noah's. Like Noah, I also have trouble getting my parents to get along better. Except in this particular story, Noah's parents don't get along for different reasons then mine. Although, generally the same.


How old Noah is, I don't know, but things he's doing seems about right for my age at the time, ten. Now Noah also has a sister as I do, but I feel that the connection between Noah and his sister, is more alike between my brother and I. In the book, the author describes Noah's sister as younger then him, but she seems very mature for her age, almost as if she is older.


I infer that Noah's dad really did do something terrible, but for now I think the author is trying to make the dad sound harmless, increasing the excitement in the story. I look forward to see if my inference is right, and to know what happens next in the story.

Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is the most action packed book I have read in my life. After reading it for the second time I got more details out of it and understood it better. I can't wait until fall, that is when the third book comes out. Until then I will read the first and second books.


If your parents read this book they wouldsay its just a little too grusome. Bt it still is very well written and is just right reading for me, and probably just right reading for many fifth and sixth graders.


This book is 100% action packed, and I am not over exagerating. If I were Katniss I think I would do the same to Protect my sibling and take their plae in the hunger games. Also if I were in the hunger games I would just hide through it until it was over. it would be the scariest tihng in the world to be in the hunger games.


The Hunger Games was a very good book and was the best I have read ever, so if you ever think about reasding follow your thinking.

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Boy: Tales of Childhood was a very good book, but I won't go into details. This book is an autobiography of Roald Dahl, and how he got all of his ideas; from his own life! Now, I realize that Roald Dahl had a difficult life. He almost got his nose ripped off in a car accident, got the cane at every school he went to, and got envolved in "The Great Mouse Plot of 1924."

When I was reading this book, I was thinking over and over and over again the same general thought: "Man, were people cruel!" I was also thinking "ewww! and "gross!" and "ouch!"

This is a very gross book, but, on the contrary, it is good. I hope all you Roald Dahl fans enjoy this one.

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Just reading the first few pages of this book tells me I am going to love it. It seems like its going to have a lot of action and definitely a lot of humor. Most of all I think were going to learn something about our history of criminals and Alcatraz. Maybe that's why we do book clubs. In this book you only have to read the first few pages to know the main character. Our main character is Moose or Mathew. Ideas for the scrapbook already are popping into my head.

The Tiger Rising

I am reading The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCammilo. I have only read about 10 pages so fare and it's been a really sad book so fare. As soon as I heard that Rob's (the main character's) mom died. On the bus every day he would get bullied by two kids but the worst thing about it is that they would hurt him and he would just sit there not fight back but just let them hurt him.

I'm really thinking this book is going to be really good. So far this kid has a lot of different problems in his life and there all pulling him not letting him go. These little details in the story have really kept me on my tows without them this book would be wiry not have a plot or a meaning.

AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS

I have just started reading the book called Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko. I have figured out that the main character is Moose and he has a sister named Natalie and they have a mom and a dad and they all live on Alcatraz. Moose is still freaked out that there is criminals like Al Capone and Machine gun Kelly. Moose is also very sad that he cant see his dad most of the week because he is a guard and he is a mechanic for the prison. I am predicting that he will get in trouble trying to sneak into the guard tower because Moose asked his dad if he could show Moose the guard tower but his dad said that he is not allowed to let kids up their.

I think I have connections to Moose because he wants to go up to the guard tower but he is not allowed to. I have really wanted to go to a roller coaster park but my parents said "it's a family day today." I also think that Moose will be wondering around were he is not allowed to be and he is going to run into some criminals including Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly and they are going tostart picking on Moose. I just suspect that because of the title.

Fly Girl

I just started reading Fly Girl and I really like it so far!

Fly Girl is about a teenage girl named Ida Mae Jones. She is an African American who wants to be a pilot. This is a book that takes place in 1945, so not many women were allowed to be pilots especially African American women. This book is basically about the struggles she goes through to chase her dreams. I like how the author put a message in this story. In this book the message is you have to keep fighting to chase your dreams and have them come true. You also have to follow your heart! The message is one thing that I really like about his book.

Another thing I really like about this book is that it takes place in the 1940's and I don't know why but I really like reading about a time other than right now because I think it's very interesting to see how my life and my lifestyle is very different and similar to people who lived a while ago. For example, most women a while ago were treated a bit different then men were treated, like in the book Ida Mae wants to be a pilot. It was very rare that women got to be pilots and get there license especially African Americans like Ida Mae. Now a days both men and women are treated equally.

Also, back then African Americans were not treated the same as white people. For example, in the book Ida Mae and her friend went to a wedding. Ida Mae's skin is very light compared to a lot of other African Americans so she gets treated just like a white person, however her friend who has really dark skin has to sit in back of the service because people thought she would be farther away from God because she doesn't deserve to be close to God. One last example, is that the white people at the wedding took a brown paper bag and held it up to the African American person's face and if their skin was darker than the paper bag, they had to sit in the back of the church because the white people thought they weren't worthy of being in God's presence.

I really enjoy reading this book and I can't wait to read more, and find out what happens next!

Hunger Games

When this assignment popped up, I had Inkheart as a book to read although I have already read it a couple times. Then Maggie told me about Hunger Games, she wasn't the only one who recommended it to me, but she gave me her copy to read.

Right after reading the first page I was already thinking about what to wright, then Maggie told me that because I only read the first page that I should base my post on my ideas from the cover,back,inner flap, and the first page. I only have a handful to say about the cover like, what does the bird mean? But, I figure that one out *cough*PATRICK.

I still have a lot to learn about this book, and a lot of it I will enjoy. This book is very

good and I love it so much and I hope you do too.

Al Capone does my shirts

The book I am currently reading is Al Capone does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.

The book is about a boy named Moose and his mental sister, Natalie. They live in a very bad town called Alcatraz. Well we all know where that is. This book takes place in the 1930's so that is when the jail was open. Moose's dad is the jail guard and the electrician. Moose has a hard life because who on planet Earth would want to live on an Island with deadly criminals on it! Well, would if Al Capone cleaned your shirts? This was not like in the movies thank goodness because you never want anyone slipping out of their jail cell; no sir.

I think this book is very interesting because I love books that take place in a different time. You just get to know what it was like when there were people in jail. The book is written what Moose is thinking and what others are saying. I really enjoy books that are written what the main character is thinking. I am learning a lot about Moose's manners; why, well he has to speak in a very polite voice to his dad's boss. Such as, Yes sir, No sir. It is funny because the boss's daughter calls him sir too. Well I definitely recommend this as a good book.

The Giver

This week I am reading The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Although I have already read more than half of this book, I am ambivalent whether I like it, or not. There are reasons I like it, and reasons I don't. I have even re-read many parts of it to to help me decide what is enjoyable or not, but I am still indecisive.

The reasons I like the book are because Lois Lowry does a great job describing all the scenes and the character development is great. Her use of descriptive adjectives really paints a picture in my head. "Tiny, cold, featherlike feelings peppered his body and face". Instead of just telling us about the sensation of snowflakes on the skin, Lois tries to help us imagine what it would be like for someone who has never experienced snow. For me, the best books are all about the characters. In the beginning of The Giver, a baby boy, Gabe, was brought into Jonas's family unit. Jonas, the main character, did not really care for all that much for this new baby boy. At first, this story may seem pretty normal because many kids are uncertain when a new baby sibling comes into their household. But we realize that this is not a normal family unit and Jonas's life is very different than most kids. This difference is what makes the story and characters interesting to follow.

One reasons why I did not enjoy the book is because the plot is hard to follow. So far, I am on page 121, and I am still waiting for something interesting to happen. It seems like the plot just describes Jonas's memories, but the recollections are random and scattered. They don't seem to connect in a logical way. His world is so different and disjointed that it makes the book confusing. I am not sure if it is just me, but after about 80 pages, I had to start reading the book from the beginning again because I was getting lost.

Overall, I really cannot decide if I like this book or not, so far. If someone else chooses to read this book, I would like to hear their input, and maybe they can help me understand the book a little bit better. When I finish the book, I hope that many of my unanswered questions will be explained and, hopefully I will know how I feel about it.

How To Survive Middle School

How To Survive Middle School is a great book written by Donna Gephart. The book is about a middle school kid named David Greenberg who suddenly finds he has a lot of problems in his life. The main thing that happens to him is that his best fiend Elliot goes girl-crazy. All Elliot wants to do is hang out at the mall and look at and talk about girls. Poor David.

I really admire David though. I admire him because he is brave and strong. At one point in the story, Elliot deserts David completely. David is sad, but keeps on going. His daily life isn't the same without his best friend (even if all he talks about is girls) and he manages to keep it together even though he feels like his heart is encased in stone. If I were David, I don't know what I would do in that situation. I think it took a lot of guts to not show everyone how lousy he felt. Luckily, in the end, all that strength pays off.

Even though this book was really funny in a lot of parts, I'm hoping a lot of thing the things that happen in the book don't really happen to all middle school kids.

The Secret Order of The Gumm Street Girls

The Secret Order of The Gumm Street Girls, by Elise Primavera is a pretty good book so far. I like the part in the beginning where it said something like, '' You might think that these four girls, all the same age , on the same street, are BFF's and their always ''there'' for one another. But you are wrong.'' When I kept reading I noticed the it was true, I was wrong. All the girls hate each other and they have very few things in common. I think Its a good way to start the story.

There is a part of me that is thinking that this book is realistic fiction, but then comes the blank and the blank. I wish I could tell the part that makes me think it's a mystery, but I'll just say that there is a girl that kind of has a spell on her. So, I'm pretty sure that the story is a mystery.

Even though I'm not half way through the book I think it is great.

Fire Bringer

Fire Bringer, a book by David Clement-Davie, is a book about a fawn named Ronnoch with the mark of an oak leaf upon his brow. It is a wonderful story full of tragedy. Though it is confusing at times because of their use of animal tongues (language), it’s still exceptionally good. While I was reading this book, I began to forget it was about deer. Also, while reading this, I beginning to feel as if I was there. This is a good book for any who like animals.

Eldest

I am reading Eldest, the second book in the Inheritance series. This book has been very interesting, some parts I really love, and can't wait to keep reading, and other parts, I am not that interested in.

I love the parts of the book about Eragon, when he's in training, learning new things, it's very interesting, though some of the decisions he makes seem unwise to me, and I don't like reading them because I know he's making the wrong decision. One time he really liked this elf, her name is Ayra,(AR-ee-uh) and she is the Queen's daughter, and she came to see how his training was going. Eragon was learning how to make a picture on a slab of stone with magic, and because of his feelings toward Arya, he made the picture of Arya. When he uttered the spell to take the picture of her from his mind, the picture on the slab was a beautiful view of Arya in a blazing back round that made her pop out and look very special. Now when I read this, I was loosing it! Why would he do that? Why would he show his feeling towards her, I mean by what the author says when they're talking, Arya definitely does not have the same feelings for Eragon! Besides, Arya is very sensitive, and when she saw his vision of her, she threw a fit. She took the stone, and smashed it on the ground, then ran away from Eragon and avoided him for a while. Eragon was silly to show his emotions like that, and it was hard for me to read that, and believe it.

Other parts of this book are about Roran, and his adventures. Roran is Eragon's cousin, and he lives in Eragon's old town. The town suddenly gets in a horrible fight with some soldiers from the king, that are looking to capture Roran because Eragon is a Dragon Rider. Roran and most of the town are tired of fighting off the soldiers, and loosing so many loved ones, that they leave their town and start heading towards the Varden who can hopefully help them and protect them from the King. The Varden are a group of people, dwarves, and elves who hate the King and his men, and fight him, and protect each other. If Roran and his friends make it to the Varden, and are excepted, they will be protected from the empire. Along the way, they have some trouble, and decide to take a boat down the coast to get away from the mountains and rough land. They manage to get a ship worker to take them, but the man thinks they're transporting livestock down the coast, so when he leaves the town and goes a little down the coast and finds a little village that he is to transport, he is quite shocked. I had a difficult time reading this part too, because they lied to the man, and now they could get this innocent guy in trouble, because the soldiers are after them. I had an even harder time reading about how the village was planning to ditch the poor guy, and after the ship ride just run away without paying the full price! That is not fair and I was not pleased to see that the settlers were in such a panic they didn't care if they were cheating this guy.

This book is great, I am really liking it! But, there are some places that I find hard to read because I wouldn't make that decision and I don't think it's right. This is a fantastic read though!

Bird Lake Moon

I'm reading Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes. He is one of my favorite author's because two of my favorite books are by him so I'm glad to be reading another. Bird Lake Moon is about a boy named Mitch who lives with his mom and grandparents in a house on Bird Lake. This book has a character change after each chapter so the other character is Spencer. Spencer with his family, came to visit Bird Lake during the summer. The mom is scared to go there because that's were her older sun drowned in Bird Lake when he was little. Spencer and his family stay in the house right next door to Mitch. At first they are not getting along so well and you'll have to see if they become friends or not. I have not gotten that far in the book to find out though.

I really like this book so far. At times its a little confusing because they switch off between Mitch and Spencer, but otherwise its a fun book to read. Usually I don't really like reading that much but this is actually a really good book. One thing I really like about Kevin Henkes is that he always writes books that want me to keep reading. I loved Olives Ocean and Protecting Marie. Those we also really great books that wanted me to keep reading. I like the way he makes his books interesting and not boring so you will quit the book.

So far this book is happy and sad. Sad because Mitch's dad left there family and went to another woman's house. It was also sad because Spencer's older brother is dead and died at the lake they swim at every day. But it is also a happy book because They get to go to the lake every day, have someone almost your age staying next door, and getting to live with your grandparents to keep you company. For some reason this book makes me happy when I start to read it. Maybe because both of the boys had a hard time in life and got though it or just having sad moments turn in to happy ones, I don't really know.

I'm really enjoying this book so far and I hope to enjoy it some more as a read on. I cant wait to finish this book!

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Ptolemy's Gate

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, is based on demons. Magicians in the series conduct rituals to summon demons from, "The Other Place" and to do thieir master's bidding. The book takes place where America is becoming known, and the city of England, is having some problems. Rebels are coming to fight from America, people are turning against the prime minister, everything has gone wrong. While all this is happening, a great wizard is about to realize his talent. A small kid is taken away from his parents to serve his master until he is of age. This is how it always is. When he is twelve years old, he changes his name, to keep his real name secret from any demons, because if a demon found his real name, the it could do horrible things to him, things you could not even imagine. But, before he turn twelve, he thinks he can conduct a summoning on his own. So, without telling his master, he summons a demon, and the demon learns his real name, but he will be frozen for ever because of a spell the kid learned, if he tells it to anyone. So they have a kind of truce. And so the book goes on, and I think It is a very interesting story, because if follows the lives of three people, one chapter could be about one person, the next, about another person. It is a good story, and series to read. The plot is always good, they are long books, the details are great, but not so much that you have to drag on to that next page just reading about the fly that he saw. This books are great page turners. Anyway, just don't forget about them, I know I can't.

The Baseball Codes, the Unwritten Rules of Baseball

I am reading The Baseball Codes, the Unwritten Rules of Baseball, by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca. This book is fantastic in my opinion, I think meant for grownups with the more sophisticated language. But I understand it and it's great. The book is about well, the unwritten rules of baseball, which are rules that all the players know about, but the rules are not written in some book (except for this one).

An example, well, one of my favorite examples is when a pitcher is going for a no hitter (when a pitcher does not give up one hit in an entire game, this is good for the pitcher) and then there are two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the next batter comes up and thinks, "Oh, I'll give him this no hitter". So he takes the first two pitches for strikes, then is going to get out to be soft for the pitcher, when a ball comes screaming at his head. He falls to the ground, and barely avoids it. (I really, really love how much and how often pitchers express themselves by trying to hit the batter with some blazing fastball) The next pitch, however, the hitter knocks the ball over the left field fence to break up the no-hitter. After the game the hitter said, "I was going to give it to him, I really was, until he tried to hit me in the head". This example was funny for me because really, the hitter was just going to go soft, but then a attempted beanball made his thoughts go askew, and then he was mad.

I didn't know that behind those baseball caps, there is something else going on in pro baseball player's heads. And that is the unwritten rules in baseball. Many people in the MLB get furious at some dekes, as they call them. These are just some plays the players do to trick out other players to help their team do better. If I were that player who deked another player out, I'd be kind of scared, because the next time I came to the plate, the pitcher would be hunting for my head. About headhunters, when a baserunner gets bullied or deked, he then tells the pitcher, and the pitcher knocks him off his feet, and goes for a head shot. That's what is so interesting, baseball is so nasty between the players and that's what makes this book the best baseball book ever!

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

So far this book has been really exciting, for example when Harry got chosen for the 4th champion and he was to young to be a champion that was really exciting, because they had to figure out how that happened and if they were going to let Harry compete. Another thing that was exciting was when Harry saw the dragons and knew what the first task was going to be, I thought that was exciting because he was not supposed to know what the first task was and it was sort of scary. A third thing that was exciting was when lost his wand at the world cup and the death eaters came and recked the tents, that was really exciting because there was a huge commotion, although some parts are really uninteresting, for example when the author just goes on and on about a conversation I don't think that is very fun for the reader. I think that it is a little to long for a book because in my opinion I don't like long book nor do I like short books I like them medium. I am on page 282, and there are 734 pages in the book, I hope to finish it soon.

Lake Rescue

I am reading the book, Beacon Street Girls Lake Rescue, Annie Bryant. So far, I really enjoy the book, I can always connect to it and I never want to stop reading the book. The Beacon Street Girls is a group of teenage girls that are BFF'S they love fashion and adventures. There are many girls in the club, but the one I am most similar to is, Katani, she has annoying older siblings and loves fashion, just like me!

Although I have not gotten far into the book I am into the story, it sounds fun to be a Beacon Street Girl. They have sleepovers every weekend, they also have someone to tell stories to. That sounds fun to me!

The Lightning Thief

This past week I have been reading The Lightning Thief. I really like it, because it involves gods and goddesses, and just about everything from Greek Mythology. A lot of the kids in 5th grade read The Lightning Thief, and they said it was really good so I said, " I'm going to read the Lightning Thief."

My thinking about the book is all positive. I'm about half way through the book. So far it is really fantastic. I think that in this book there is a lot of action which is what I like in a book. Because there are so many descriotive words, I can picure the action in my head. My favorite part is when Percy finds out who his father is. But I'm not going to tell, because I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

There are some sad parts in the book, but there are a lot of good parts, and a lot of action parts in the book. I'm enjoying the book, and when I read I can't put the book down. One time when I was reading I read 50 pages, because the part that I was reading was so intense in and exciting way. Reading that many pages is twice as much that I usally read a night. I really like the book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes action. I have to go right now but I hope you read The Lightning Thief.

Witch Child (Eric, Max, Talia, Haley, Tommy)

Eleven (Jayden, Jackson, Harrison, Sydney, Audrey)

The Giver (Olivia, Olivia, William, Henry, Anna)

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Eva, Levi, Ben, Riley, Jack)

Number the Stars (Maia, Becca, Tallulah, Abby, Patrick)

The Sisters Club

    The wonderful book I am reading is called, The Sister's Club by Megan McDonald. She wrote the "Judy Moody" series. 

    This book is about three sisters that made a club and you talk about family news and basically about interesting news. The mom, dad and Alex (the oldest sister) are all actors and actresses. I have a connection. Joey the youngest always feels young and she is always managing everything like I do. Like for example she writes everything down and she is always the good character in all plays. The middle sister Stevie is always jealous of her. Sometimes I feel bad for my sister because I am always getting attention. But most of the time I am getting bad attention.

    I have another connection. My dad is like Alex and I am like Stevie. She is bossy and I can handle it but she is the biggest. And I take long showers and she is always saying "Don't take such long  showers!" 

    This book is interesting because of the connections from me and the characters. 

Artemis Fowl Connections

I am reading the book Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code but I can't say that Artemis and I have a lot in common but I'll do my best. For one Artemis is not athletic and neither am I. The sports I'm probably the best at are probably jump roping or golf. Another way Artemis and I have something in common is, that we are both kids although he is 12 and I am 10. 

We have the same number of things that we don't have in common than things that we do have in common. One thing that we don't have in common is that I am not a criminal mastermind but he comes up with the most brilliant schemes ever. Another thing that we don't have in common is that I don't have contact from fairies from a world under us.  

It's Raining Cupcakes

I was reading It's Raining Cupcakes. It was fantastic, the part that I was interested in most was the when her mom was opening a cupcake shop called It's Raining Cupcakes. The book was about this little girl named Isobel and she moves to an apartment so her family and her can open up a cupcake shop. She really wants to travel around the world but she cant's. But she gets a chance when she sees an add in the paper to make a recipe of an desert and the finalist get to go to New York and she's never been outside of Oregon.I had a lot of connections in this book. Like it involves cupcakes and I love cupcakes. It takes place in organ and I love Oregon. Isobel the girl in the story has a lot of problems and I do to. And I recommend it to people who like treats.

Mattimeo

Mattimeo is about a young mouse and his friends get kidnapped. One of my connections to the book is on page 157. My connection is when people were depending on John to decode a lamscript. Why that's my connection is because sometimes people depend on me in important situations. It is pressuring, but sometimes you can be right. Another one of my connections is when Cornflower remained sitting while everyone else left. Sometimes I will do that when I'm thinking about something important or when I think something is wrong. My final connection is on page 19, when Mattimeo is late to see his mother. Why that's my final connection is because sometimes I can wander off and not turn around and stop when they call my name.

Vanished

I am reading Vanished by Marc Tyler Nobleman. Vanished has a new story each chapter. The chapters are about people that have been kidnapped or just disappeared. I don't really want to have a connection with this book but I do. The first chapter is about this 7-year-old girl who gets kidnapped and the kidnappers keep her in a abandoned house that people think the house is haunted. She is trapped there over night while her family mourns over her disappearance. The next morning she find a way to get out and she gets rescued by to kids that were just playing around that house then heard her cries of help. She and the kids won an award for being brave.

I can connect with this 7-year-old kid because one time I almost got kidnapped and it is really scary. It was around 6:00 though and her kidnapping was when she was walking home from school with her little sister. When I almost got kidnapped me and Georgia were in third grade and we were having a sleep-over. Her mom said we could go outside until dinner. We were telling scary stories to each other, I was telling her about the frightening story "Claws." Then a white car with a black car bra came and stopped driving right next to where we were standing then the man in the car yelled, "HEY KIDS," amazed and worried I stood there and couldn't budge. Thankfully Georgia yanked me along and told me to run. So I followed her. We started to run and the car kept moving to stay next to us. This was the scariest part. Next I told Georgia to hide behind the trash can coming up. She dove behind it and I followed right after her. The man in the car thought we turned the corner and he kept going around. When ran inside and we told Georgia's mom, Brenda, what happened. She called the police and reported him. The next night I got a call, my mom answered it and told me it was for me. I picked it up, it was the police. He told me he went over to Georgia's house and asked her some questions about the car and the person inside it. He asked me all kinds of questions.

I couldn't imagine actually being kidnapped. I couldn't imagine how her family felt too. I bet it feels like a temporary death in the family. But I can't imagine how she felt after the kidnappers car drove away. The police found out who the kidnappers were and they got thrown in jail. If I didn't give away too much of the book I would recommend this book to whoever is reading my post.

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism

I am currently reading the first book in the Molly Moon series by Georgia Byng. It's called, "Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hyponotism." I am really enjoying this book and every chapter is like a step into a new adventure. I have to say, at first glance, Molly Moon and I don't have much in common, but that is not what I'm focusing on here, I'm focusing on what we do have in common. First of all, Molly found an old hypnotism book and is learning all the hypnotism tricks, kind of like I have a magic book and I'm learning many magic tricks. Molly has a deep connection with her little dog Petula. I can see how she felt when Petula got lost because once my rabbit Peter was lost, and I feel very close to him just as Molly does to Petula. I know how Molly feels about her closest friend Rocky and when she was separated from him I know how it felt because I am very close to my friend Celeste and if were to be away from her for months and months, kind of like I was from my other good friend Haley, I would have felt sad like I did when Haley left for a while, and also very lonely and upset. It seems, at least according to the book, that Molly also does enjoy getting her way as much as (I hate to say it) I do. In addition, both Molly and I sometimes get made fun of. It's for different reasons, but it is true. This book has taken me on a roller coaster of fun and thought, and I can't wait to read the next book in the Molly Moon series!

The Mysterious Benedict Society

This week I am reading the book The Mysterious Benedict Society. This book by Trenton Lee Stewart, is wonderfully written about four orphans, Sticky, Kate, Reynie, and Constance, who are pulled together by a mysterious man to fulfill a secret mission regarding the human minds of the world. In order to do this, the children must use their genius minds and put aside their differences to succeed.

The characters in the Mysterious Benedict Society and I have some things in common, but we are also very different. For one thing Reynie Muldoon, a puzzle-solving eleven year old boy prefers tea, over juice, as do I. Even though, we both like tea, there can be differences. He likes his tea with honey, whereas, I like mine with milk. Kate Wetherall, a resourceful twelve year old girl has something surprisingly in common with me. When she is nervous, she cannot sleep, as many people can't. The only difference is, after she falls asleep, she will arise very early, eager or not to start her day. I, on the other hand, like to sleep in as late as possible. Constance Contraire, a very stubborn, yet clever clever girl is like me, but only in size. Constance is the smallest member of the group, and I am the smallest girl in my class. The only difference is that Constance hates it, because she feels she cannot keep up with the group, because her legs are so short, and she feels out of place. I, on the other hand, do not feel out of place, and feel quite comfortable and content with my petite size and abilities.

Sticky Washington is a brilliant 11 year old boy who knows more than 3 college professors. Sticky and I both have good memories. He remembers everything he sees, reads, and hears. The only thing that sets us apart, is he remembers everything forever. The information he learns never escapes his head. Although I am able to remember things pretty well, sometimes I have to repeat it several times before I have it memorized, like the state capitals or multiple tables. Sticky knows it after only one time. That is pretty amazing.

In the end, I realized that I enjoyed this book because the characters are all so interesting and each one has something that I can relate to. I'm grateful that I am not an orphan like them, although it would be an exciting adventure to join a group like the Mysterious Benedict Society.

Breaking Dawn

I have read all the books in the Twilight saga, by Stephanie Myer, and by far I think this one is the best. I think this because the author captures the great perspective of writing, with the brilliance of her imagination.

The main character, Bella Swan, and I do not really have much in common. She is a 18 year old with a stubborn personality, and a Vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen. The only thing we have in common is, she has one really good friend, Jacob Black, and does not really click with many others.

I have read this book before and I am presently reading it again. I loved reading this book and it was a very enjoyable reading experience.

Masterpiece Connections

I am reading the book Masterpiece, by Elise Broach. I am not too far into the book yet so I don't have a lot of connections, but I have a few that I will share. In the book, James, the main character, gets a gift that is an art set, from his Dad that he does not like, but he try's it anyways, and ends up loving it. That has happened to me to I got these clothes that I didn't like, and I wore them, once, and now I love them!

Another connection I have to James is when James gets asked a question, he often says, " I don't care", in reply. I do that too. Like, in the book, someone asks James "do you want to go to the Art Studio", and he said "I don't care". Now in my life my friends always ask me "what do you want to do"? I say, " I don't care".

Those are all the connections I have with the beginning of the book. I hope I will make many more later on in the book.

The Titan's Curse

The Titan's Curse is the third book in the Lightning Thief series. Percy and I are alike in some ways but not a lot. For instance I would not want my sister to abandon me, so I agree with Percy. I am not a half blood, but I do understand things that he does. I would like to be a half blood son of Posidion just like Percy, but I am not so I will just half to deal with what I have.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phinox

This book so far is pretty good.This book is about A boy that has magical powers and gets put into a magic school named Hogwarts.There he met 2 kids named Ron and Hermione and went through a lot of adventures at the school

There were some ups and downs 1 up was that it kinda leaves you hanging after a chapter.1 down was that they could have done a little better on getting you hooked and there wasn't a lot of action in this one so that wasn't good .Another up was that they made it really mysterious at the end.This for me is the least interesting of the 7 books.But over all I think the book was pretty good.

INKHEART

I am a person who likes to read fantasy books so I may not have a lot of connections but I have a few. My first connection is my family would read me bed time stories everyday.(I put day because I was young then and I would go to bed at like 4:00 or 5:00). I can't relate to much more but I can tell you some things that I can't relate to. Like with having a stranger in my front yard but actually sometimes my dad brings people over that I don't know so when I answer the door most of the time it scares because they know me but I don't know them.

Ragweed

You may have heard of the book Ragweed, and it is surprisingly good for both genders. It is about a mouse named Ragweed who wants to see the world and goes on a train to the city of (mostly desserted) Amperville. Then he becomes friends with two other mice. Together, Clutch and Blinker, Ragweed's friends, help Ragweed defeat Felines Enraged About Rodents (F.E.A.R.). F.E.A.R. is made up of two cats, Silversides and Graybar.


I think I am alike and different from Blinker because we are both willing to betray our friends to keep them alive, but are brave enough to ventre out alone. We are different because I, personally, love double-crossing people. I don't know why, I guess it's because I get to see their astonished, smug little grins after they realize I have won. Blinker doesn't like it, though, he did it anyway to "keep them alive."

This, overall, is a very good book and I think you should read it, for school or for fun, that is your choice.

Eldest

All books are considered good by one person or another, but this book is a favorite of mine and many others. This book I’m going to tell you about is a very good book and is one that, even though it’s a long read is still very interesting the only problem is that it’s one of those books that you look at it and immediately reject it for being so thick. This book is Eldest it’s about a boy and a dragon, it’s a wonderful book and is a mix of all genres. I won’t give any more to what the book is about because that would give the book away this is a good book and I recommend it to any searching for a book. I think that it’s the best book ever, well second to harry potter that is. This book really is a good book, but I think that the real reason I liked is because the dragon I really want to see and feel a dragon as well as experience magic, I guess that’s why I like to read so much. There are other things that I make connections with, though not many, because this is a book of fantasy and not fiction. But one connection I did make is that both this book and dragon rider have a dragon, a cat, a rider, and the dragons are both blue.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I am reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling. I relate to this book in some ways. I am like Harry because I never find out what is going on and I always want to know. When my dad became a baseball coach I was the last to know. When Sirius Black escaped Harry was the last to know. I am not like Harry that much. I don't relate to him in anything more, except when it comes to sports, I am really good at sports and so is he. When we do races in P.E., I always finish first. When Harry plays Quidditch he always catches the snitch first. We are alike in some ways.

The book is about the goblet and how Harry is too young to put his name in the cup. It is about him going through the tasks. It is really good. I am on page 85. I hope to finish it soon.

Carlie Bone and The Beasts

I've been reading the Charlie Bone series, I'm on the sixth book. There great, my momread 1-5 to me a long time ago, now I restarted them onmy own.

At first I though I didn't have any connections to the guy in my book but now that I look deeper I found a few. One way how we are both alike is we both hate it when kid notmuch older then you acts like there in charge of you. The reason i say this is in the story Charlie, the main character, goes to an academy called Bloors. At this school there are people who are in there last year that are prefect one of them's the son of the principal,his name is Manfred, he's really mean and he acts really arrogant. Some times my sisterdoze that some times and I hate it. When Charlie was small he lost his dad if this were ever happen I would never get over it I fell so bad for him. Charlie is endowed which I think is really cool, but for him it stink, because he has to go to that school called Bloors.

The Shadow Thieves

In this book I relate to I person and that is Zee. Zee is a boy who plays soccer. I like soccer because it is a fun sport and it gets you fit. Zee is weird. I am weird by saying random stuff. I think he is wierd because one time when something happened he said "they followed me". He and I are not weird in the same way but we are both definitely weird. Zee and I both love soccer in the same way. Zee seems to love soccer so much that he goes to a sleep away soccer camp. I am going to do the same if I get the chance. Although we don't have much in common thigs that we do have in common are very important.

Flush

I'm just about to finish Flush by Carl Hiaasen. It is a really good book. It was much better then I thought it would be. A lot of people said this was a good book so I thought I would give it a try. I thought I was not going to like it because the title was weird. Now I know never ever judge a book by its cover because it could be really really good.

I did not have many connections with most of the characters. I think I was most like Noah. Even though he did some crazy things, I think I have some connections with him. We both are very curious. We always want to know whats going on. Noah has a little different kind of curiosity. His dad is in jail so Noah visits him almost everyday. He always wants to catch up with whats going on and wants his dad to answer all the questions he has. He also listens to all the conversations his mom and dad have to try and get the inside scoop to whats happening with there relationship. My kind of curiosity is different. I like to try and ease drop on conversations whenever I'm close enough. I want to know everything that's going on but I never end up getting to. I also have a connection with Abbey, Noah's sister. She also is very curious. We have that in common but we also over hear something wrong and think its true. Abbey overheard her mom talking on the phone about divorce. Abbey got all mad and told Noah and he got mad too. Than the next day they saw there moms suitcase out on her bed. They thought for sure it was going to happen soon. Well they did not get divorced after all, well not yet. I once overheard my talking on the phone about my family moving to a new house in Tiburon. I got all scared to leave Park School. Turns out my mom was talking about her friend moving to Tiburon. I was so happy after I figured out the truth.

I did not have much connections with the characters in Flush, but I still think its a really good book.

Pushcart war

To start off I don't have many connections with this HISTORICAL-FICTION book I got stuck with.

If I did have any it would with the main guy's friend. He has only one friend, the main guy. Now I have a connection which is that, I have a friend who only has one friend...me. At first I thought that this person was weird, but when you got to know "this person" they were very nice and funny. In the book their friendship is way different than anything normal, as with mine it is just a friendship.

Although not many connections, that is one that counts.

Eragon

Eragon is a fantastic book, it is adventurous, very mystery and fantasy like, and has quite a lot of fighting scenes, which are very surprising and entertaining. It is a different kind of book then I normally read, however, I really like it.

The main character, Eragon and I don't have many connections. He lives such a dangerous life, and he has such a different way of thinking then I do. His whole life he is being chased by someone, the King, the Varden, (a group of people against the king, or empire) or some other crazy monster working for one of the groups. He is always on the move, and when he meets people, part of this long mystery of strange events starts to unfold. I on the other hand, have a much more realistic, and sometimes boring life. In my life, there are no urgals, (big ogres that work for the empire), elves, dwarves, dragons, and there are no people with names like, Ajihad, Orik, Arya, Galbatorix, Morzan, or Brom! However, we are both learning about our past, and we have both had some tragedies happen in our life, Eragon more so then I. We are both very curious people too, we have a lot of questions, and we are always worrying. In one part of the book, Eragon is taken on a quest with a very talented man that teaches Eragon a lot of his knowledge, to find his uncle's murderers, and along the way is figuring out how powerful he really is. He asked Brom, the talented man, a whole bundle of questions, pestering him about Eragon's power every day, and as I am reading the book, I have questions pop up in my head too.

Eragon sometimes surprises me with his actions. Sometimes he will do things that I do not understand why he does them, and then I will think that we really don't have very many connections, and that we are so different. One time, Eragon was in a place where their king, was telling him it was time to go to the land of elves, because they could train him better, but Eragon was upset that he didn't get to put his opinion on the matter! I was gasping when I read this! How can he be angry when a king just told him with respect, that he will go to train with the elves? I would be thrilled! I would be excited and very pleased to be able to train with the elves, right away.

Eragon also changes his personality on me sometimes, and then I think we might be the same. In the story, I know him as brave, daring, and will do whatever it takes to stay alive, and keep his travelers alive too; then in one part of the book, a soldier is going by, that was going to take them as slaves, but falls off his horse and begs for mercy, as Eragon's friend slices off the soldier's head. Eragon is suddenly furious, he gets all infuriated at his friend, just for killing someone when Eragon thinks the man's life should have been spared.

Eragon and I have some similar connections between us, but we are sometimes not connected at all!

The BFG

In 3rd grade Ms.McCormick read us The BFG, aka Big Friendly Giant. And when I finished The Last Olympian, I had no idea what to read. But then I looked through the SFF (science fiction fantasy) bin and saw The BFG. I thought, why not, I forgot every thing about it anyway. So, since then I have been reading it.

The book and I have barely any similarity's. First of all I have never seen a giant, not even in my dreams. And Sophie has seen one. Oh, but when the BFG first snatched her out of her bed and took her to Giant Land, Sophie thought he was a Big Bad Giant and would eat her on the spot. My reaction would be the same. I mean, why would a giant grab someone out of there bed and take them miles away and not eat them. Not only is the BFG a nonhuman-eating-giant, but he is also a dream catching giant. He catches dreams with a net in this dream place, where all the dreams stay. At night the BFG blows dreams into children's bedrooms wile they are sleeping. And everyone sleeps and dreams. The BFG is made up but he could have done it to me. Because he is very sneaky. Which I am not. When I am three feet away from someone and I'm ready to say ''boo'', I crack up, and it ruins the whole thing.

I guess I do have some similarity's with the book The BFG. Who knew.

The Mysterious Benedict Society

I am reading The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. This is kind of my second time reading it. What I mean by that, is that in the beginning of fourth grade my mom wanted to read it to me so I let her. Every night before I went to sleep she would read a little bit to me, so I kept renewing it and after about the fifth time renewing I was not allowed to renew the book anymore and we still had not finished the book. So then my mom bought the book for me, and ever since fourth grade it just sat on my shelf, and one night I started reading it.



I don't have that many connections to the characters in the book The Mysterious Benedict Society. One of the connections I do have is to a character in the book named Reynie Maldoon. and I both tend to doubt ourselves. For example, in the book Mr. Benedict sends out a message that Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance have to figure out what Mr. Benedict means. Reynie suggests that Mr. Benedict's message means cheating but then he starts to doubt himself even though he is right. I tend to do the same exact thing as Reynie. Another connection I have to this book is that the Mysterious Benedicts Society's mission is that they have to spy and not get caught. When I want to know something that I'm not being told, I usually eavesdrop and find out what I want to know. For example, I climb up on the kitchen counter and look out through the window and watch my neighbor and her boyfriend cook dinner--ha, ha, ha!



As I said the characters in the Mysterious Benedict Society and I don't really have very much in common. Like Kate, another character in the book is very risky, and she likes to take chances. I on the other hand prefer to keep it safe. Also Constance, another character in the book is annoying and complains like no tomorrow. I try not to complain, because my sister does it all the time, so I know how annoying it can be. Also, all of the kids in this book are incredibly smart, and I'm pretty smart, but not as smart as any of them.

I think that one of the reasons I like this book so much is since I'm very different to the people in this book and it's interesting to see how different people can be from one another.

Rangers Apprentice

I think that I can connect to the main character of the Rangers Apprentice books, because, he uses a bow and arrow, and I personally really like Archery. I'm staring to take classes on it. Also, sometimes he will accomplish something that he really didn't think he could do, and he will be really surprised, and I think am kind of the same way. I'll try something, that I'm convinced I can't do, and if I do it, I kind of go into a kind of small trance for a second or two. He is the same way. Like, he tried to shoot an arrow, knowing he could not do it, but then he did it perfectly, and was wide eyed with surprise. All and all, my life is in a small way the same as his, always changing for him, moving from where he is working to the next place, and same with me, I move from house to house. He has all kinds of challenges to pass, and at times I do to. Not necessarily the amazing heroic kind for me, but like a challenging math paper or something at school. I think we have more things in common as well, but none as common as those couple. Its a great book to, you should read it if your looking for a book.

POPPY

I have lots of connections in this book, such as Poppy is very exciting, and he has a very very thrilling life. My life is like his but my life is also a bit more normal, my life is very exciting and thrilling because of all of the sports that I play, and I am like the hero on all of my sports teams because I have ninja powers! I actually don't but I play like I do. I am a one man team just like Poppy too. I also know that it is hard to go solo because whenever I play flashlight tag at night with my two older brothers, I have to hide by myself and they always try to scare me. So I always have to be on the look out or else something bad will happen like when Ragweed got eaten by the owl. I think Poppy is very curios too, and I am curios because whenever I am near anything ideas start popping into my brain of what I could do with it, I also love being a "ninja" in my sports part of my life, there is so much thrill! I also have a connection with Poppy because we are both totally awesome, we are both curios, and we are both have thrilling lives. So I guess you can say that we I have a lot of connections.