IT'S BOOK TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

I woke up at five thirty this morning and waited til six ten exactly but Andi didn't wake up to do the read-a-thon so I decided to go back to bed.She ended up waking me up sooner or later and we started reading.
This time with the read-a-thon, I am really excited because i have my own blog to review on and it is going to be awesome.
I am reading The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks first since i had already started it.
That is not all I am reading though, duhh. I have a whole stack of books right in front of me. RocketBoy might even jump in with us this time.



WORD OF THE DAY: TODDLE
(I thought it was a cute and funny word.)

Hey :P

I'm back!!!! :P I am so sorry I have not posted anything lately. The reason is because I haven't been reading lately. Well actually that is a lie; I had to read two books for school. The first book i had to read is for Ap Human Geography.

The book is called "Three Cups of Tea." It wasn't boring but it was just slow. I actually admire what Greg Mortenson is trying to do, building schools for un-educated kids in Afghanistan.

The second book I had to read for English Pre-Ap is "Charlie St. Cloud." I had to pick the book and of course, I picked this book because of Zac Efron and because I saw the previews for the movie. I got it on my birthday and had mentioned it in a later blog, on my birthday. Within the first thirty pages I was in tears. If you haven't read it yet, you need to.

The latest book I read is "Big Nate Stikes Again" by Lincoln Pierce. I kind of started it on an accident. I started to read it to my baby brother because I was bored and it is an easy-read with pictures. I started reading it and ended up not wanting to put it down because it was so good. I am at page 119 and I started today. Ha!

Okay, I admit I should have been reading more but I got caught up writing this book I   
had started with my G-mama.

I look forward to Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-Thon in October reading for twenty-four hours, and I am starting "Little Vampire Women." It's the first of four books I am going to read by October 31 for Carl's RIPV Challenge.Hope to accomplish them, and most of all I hope I can stay up the full twenty-four hours. :)

Thanks!!!

Dictionary Challenge

When I was grounded, my dad mentioned something about a punishment. So one day I was like "I'm going to try it!"
He had mentioned something about writing a whole entire book with all the dictionary words. I have been going at it for about a week now. It is thirteen pages, front and back, on notebook paper. It is hard work. And it is a challenge.
The book is about teens who make mistakes in life. This girl gets pregnant at age 16. Her boyfriend, also the father of her child, is now off with a diffrent girl. She is now kicked out of school and everybody except two siblings look at her with disgust. Logan is seventeen and his sister Giggles is fifteen. They are now this girls nextdoor neighbors with their parents. Even know their parents didn't like her that much, they helped her a little, it didnt stop their kids. Atleast not Logan. Logan has a deep secret that he doesn't want to tell Brownie, the sixteen year old girl, other that that he likes her alot and wants to keep her safe. Brownie has a crush on this boy too. One day, when she is at his house, she stumbles upon a photo album that holds the secrets that Logan is not telling her but she doesn't know it.
In the book, they make a bet on the baby, Logan says' girl and Brownie says' boy.
Who do you guys think should be able to win this bet?
I need to know. I want to know what you guys think about the book, the bet, and the review. Please comment.

New Books!!!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? is a weekly event to list the books finished last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It was created by J.Kaye’s Book Blog, but is now being hosted by Sheila from One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books.!

Books Completed Last Week: I didn't finish anything--just worked on my own stories.

Books Reading This Week: Gone, by Michael Grant

Books to Be Completed This Week: Gone and whatever else I can finish!

Yesterday we went to Andi's mom's house and I asked to look through some books she'd boxed up. I found a bunch that looked really good, so I brought them home. I started reading Gone, by Michael Grant, on my way back home.

I also got;
 Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen
 Life IS SO GOOD, by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman
 Behind the Attic Wall, by Sylvia Cassedy
Autobiography of a Face, by Lucy Greely
Evil Genius and Genius Squad, by Catherine Jinks
Life of Pi, Yann Martel
Night, by Elie Wiesel
Remembering Raquel, by VivianVande Velde

I literally went through a box full of books and dug all these out. They all sound pretty good too.

If you guys like any of these books and have anything to say, comment. And if you want to suggest any books to me you could be my guest.

Gone is so far so good. I am only up to chapter two though. :P

Favorite quote in My made up story

I made up this story, of course most of you know that , but i already have a favorite quote from it.

This quote I shared with three other people and they said they liked it. Andi, one of the people, said it sounded like poetry. I hope you like this quote as much as I do.

"The billboards on some streets tell us little.Our minds are like the billboard signs, we only know little!!"

The Shawl

I read The Shawl. This book is about a woman, also a Jew, who gets sent to a concentration camp with her daughter, cousin and her family.

Her daughter ended up murdered by the soldiers. After a few years she ended up moving to Florida and her cousin moved to New York. This woman has problems with people but she wants this shawl. This shawl is the thing that saved her baby. This might sound crazy but the shawl kept the mother and daughter in tact.

I liked this book but it was awfully sad what the soldiers did to her baby. I also liked that it had a beautiful ending. I am really suprised that I finished this book because Andi had said that this is a college read. With that some words were difficult to understand.

I look forward to reading more short stories because I am acctually writing a book of short stories. I am planning on sending it into a writing competition with a chance of getting it published. If it does not win I may just self-publish it. Either way, hopefully you guys are able to read my short-stories.

I have to admit though, this author may have me beat seeing as I am younger and have way less experience than her. Wish me luck!! I NEED IT. :P

BRUISER

Andi recieved BRUISER in the mail and I decided to read it.. Of course I would never give up the chance to read a diffrent book.

I read this book because it sounded awesome but not only that it also caught my attention on the first page.

In this book there are four main charachters, Brewster, Cody, Tennyson, and Bronte. Brewster is a teenage boy that starts out with no friends. He lives with his uncle and his little brother Cody. Brewster has a secret only his family knows about. Throughout the book Brewster takes in other peoples' pain.There is a tragic turning point when something happens to Brewster's and Cody's uncle.

Cody is only eight. Near the beggining Cody grieves over a dead pet bull, TriTip, with his brother. While Cody tries to help his brother in parts of the book, he ends up hurting him instead. (Not on purpose.)

Tennyson and Bronte are sisters; Bronte is Brewster'ss girlfriend and Tennyson is Brewster's friend. When they find out Brew's secret they label it the impossible.

After things happen Cody and Brew have to live in Tennyson's and Bronte's parents' house. They end up regreting it. They end up regreting it because they find that they have been using Brew without knowing it.

I love this book because there was a lot of emotion going through me at different times as I read it. The feelings were, of course, for the characters. While reading the book, before reading the next part, I was like "No don't do that!!". I think that is what authors like to hear. That their readers are getting into the book. This Neal Shusterman book is amazing. I need to read more of his books soon.

The only thing that I hate about it is that I had to finish it. Also that, I don't know where Cody and Brew end up living.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Note: Spoilers included!

I read To Kill A Mockingbird, and I loved it. I didn't get into at first but when I read farther into it I was not able to put it down. I was caught by Andi, the person who recommended this book to me, making what-the-heck faces. I thought Jem and Scout were really funny together. I have to admit I cried twice. The first time is when Tom Robinson was shot while hopping the fence and was killed. The second time is when Jem and Scout got jumped at the end of the book.

I believe everybody has got an opinion and I believe that Tom Robinson was not guilty and it was not fair what they were doing to that poor man.

When Scout and Jem were jumped I cried because they hurt Jem and cold have killed Scout. I was overjoyed when I found out that Boo Radley was the one that saved them. I got to admit that I teared up a little there. I even had to put the book down to take it in!!

I do not like this book, I love it. I am still excited. I may even start using the word "yonder."
There is nothing I don't like... oh yes there is one thing. I didn't like how the teacher punished Scout for knowing how to read and write. That is where I was making the faces.

I was so excited I was even telling my dad about this book and he said that he might have to read it because it sounded so good.

It's time to take on the bookshelf with the exception of the few books Andi says "No Way" to.

Of All the Stupid Things

I was roaming the bookshelf looking for something to read when I stumbled upon the book Of All the Stupid Things! I read this book within two days because it was so good. The book is about three best friends: Tara, Pinkie, and Whitney Blaire.

Tara is an athletic girl who has to train for a marathon coming up in a few months. After hearing a rumor about her beloved boyfriend, Brent, having an affair with a boy cheerleader, everything starts to go downhill. While Tara was away on a trip with her mother she ran into her father and his new family. Which made things even more difficult . When this new girl, Riley, comes to town they become best friends. Pinkie and Whitney Blaire's friendship with Tara gradually fades away because of anger. It only makes things worse when Tara's assumption about Whitney Blaire and Brent together gets into her head.

Pinkie is like the glue in the friendship. She is the one that is happy, huggy, and is pushed to the side when there is a fight. Whitney Blaire ends up forcing Pinkie to choose sides. She ends up running to her best friend, David, for some guy advice after Whitney Blaire assumes something horrifying to Pinkie about Tara. Yet she has different problems; Pinkie is dating, or she thinks she is dating, the after school teacher when he invites her to an assembly. When she's not dealing with friends, family, and teachers, she's visiting her mom's gravestone, giving her letters, and telling her everything that goes on.

Whitney Blaire tries to stop the relationship from ending but also is trying to stop the new girl, Riley, from stealing Brent from Tara. When Whitney Blaire overhears Riley talking to some friends she tries to step in but is at the wrong place at the wrong time. And then Whitney Blaire runs into trouble with David, the guy who's had a crush on her for years.

I love this book because it teaches you lessons in different ways. One is you can't assume anything because if you assume wrong it will end up in chaos. In this novel, it's all about trust in others, friendship, loyalty, support, and being there for others.

However, I'm not a big fan of the misspelled words. Sentences that were missing words, or words that didn't belong, and some sentences where words needed to be switched.

Overall, with those adjustments the book was great.