Wonderstruck

Two stories in one, these two characters are very related. One story is in words and one is only in pics. The one in pictures takes place before the other. It's about a deaf girl who lives near New York city but is never allowed to go, because she won't be able to tell if a car is coming. Her mom is a famous broadway actress and she sneaks out of her house to go see her rehearse. Her mom didn't like that idea. The mom got very upset and was going to organize a trip[ for her to go back, but she escapes, and meets her older brother, who she had never heard of before.

The story in words is about a kid named Ben who lives in MInnesota. He was born deaf in one ear, and during a storm he was using the phone, and lightning hit his house, and went through the phone lines and made him deaf in the other. His mother dies, and when he looks through some of her things he finds something mysterious. It was a book given to her by someone named Daniel. Could this be her boyfriend? he never knew of his dad because his mom never talked about it. There was an address in the book to where he lived. It is in New York city. He travels there all by himself and adventually meets an old lady who knows him, but he doesn't know her. It was his grandmother, the girl from the story in pictures.

What I liked about it:

I liked how there were two stories going at once. It just made it a lot more interesting. I also liked how they were both deaf. Obviously not that it's good to be deaf, but how they learned to f=deal with it, even though it made their lives very rough. I also liked how they were connected. I wasn't expecting that.

What I didn't like:

I didn't like how the writing was just writing. There was no pictures for the story with Ben. Te pictures are the best part, just because they are soooo good! It was also confusing because both of the stories were going on at the same time. It would 4 pages of Ben, and then 4 pictures for Rose. I also didn't read the inside cover which said that was happening, sooo yeah.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Hugo a 12 year old boy who lives with his father has a big secret. He has a notebook, that has notes and drawings of a strange machine. His father dies in a fire and his uncle takes over responsibility of Hugo. His uncle was a big drinker a goes out one night and never comes back.

What I like about it:

The author is also an illustrator, and about two thirds of the book are drawings. It doesn't take very long to read it, but it's still a great story. I love how the main character is sort of a criminal, but that's just because he lives by himself and he doesn't have any money. It's also really realistic. Not the story but the emotions of the characters. I also liked how the author shows you that you don't have to write amazingly good to publish a book.

What I didn't like about it:

I didn't like how it was long. I think there could have been more pictures and less words. It Mostly less words. It felt a little rushed. Like the author had to write more. That's all I really didn't like.

Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse

14 year old son of Poseidon Percy Jackson, has never faced as big of a challenge as he does in this one. Nico and Bianca Di Angelo are two kids that don't know quite a bit about themselves. They themselves are also half-bloods. Percy, Grover, and Annabeth must save them at they're middle school dance, from their principal of the school, who by the way is a Minotaur. Annabeth and Artemis gets kidnapped and tortured and they must save them.

What I like about it:

I love how these books are placed in the perspective of a 14 year old boy in modern times. The creatures in it are just awesome, and that makes it really fun to read. The personalities of all the characters are so different and when together, are hilarious. I also like the Gods. For example, in the words of Artemis, Apollo is very immature. Well, I guess it depends on what you define immature. HE DRIVES THE SUN IN A SPORT CAR! That's just awesome.

What I didn't like about it:

One of the things I didn't like about it was at the end everything happened in a span of 20 pages. I am not saying it wasn't exciting at all the other times, but it was just confusing. The only other things I didn't like, was the bad guys. haha

Can't wait to read the others!

Fablehaven 3

You know golems, fairies, nymphs etc. aren't real...THEY ARE!

After Kendra and Seth Serenson find out that there grandparents secretly are caretakers of a safe haven for magical creatures. When Seth sneaks off with his two satyr friends, Newel and Doren, they stumble upon creatures that have been infected with a plague. A plague that a human started. Seth tells everyone back home about it, and that's just the beginning of this magical story.

What I didn't like:

It was kind of a stop and go book. At some points there was a lot of action, but at other times, it went a little slow. I also didn't like how some characters weren't described all too much, while other ones were described in detail. I guess it depends on how important those characters were.

What I liked about it:

In my opinion it was written very well. The whole book really kept me wondering what was going to happen next. There also is a lot of surprises throughout the book. They also had to fight a dragon. I mean who wouldn't want to read about a huge golem getting dressed into battle armor than hitting things with a 3 foot long wooden club?

Mockingjay

After the Capitol wiped out district 12. The emotion Katniss felt most was anger. In the 3 quarter quell President Snow tried to prove that the Capitol can't be destroyed, but that decision didn't help him. After Katniss comes out of The Hunger Games alive (again) she, and the survivors of District 13 are hiding in District 13 which only the capitol knew still existed. Peeta has been taken in the control of the capitol and has been...basically brainwashed. They need to fight the capitol, but they have to go there, without being seen.

Somethings I liked about this book was that it was very exciting and you never knew what was going to happen next. Throughout the whole series you never really knew how it was going to end. I think the thing i liked the most was that you didn't really like the main character. She was definitely not a bad guy, but she wasn't great.

Something I didn't like was that it was by far the slowest paced, Hunger Games book. The Ending was also a bit disappointing. I feel like there needed to be a longer and fun ending. It sort of seemed like she had to make the book. It seemed like she was forcing herself to write instead of writing it for fun. Only at some points thought. At most parts it seemed like she was writing how she usually does.

The Hunger Games movie comes out March 23, 2012.

Ender's Game

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is a six year old with a wild life ahead of him. The I.F. battle school w3hich trains kids for to fight against the buggers, and alien species that hass attacked them before. The battle school, only picks the smartest kids in the world to come and train. Ender is one of them. They learn everything they would normally learn at a school on Earth, but in addition they learn how to fight in zero-gravity conditions. Each student is assinged an army that they will learn and train with. And that is just the beginning of this story.

Something I like about it is how you really feel the emotions of the characters. You could tell easily that Orson Scott Card loved writing it. All the sentences flowed together perfectly. The other thing I liked is how he had the most intelligent people in the story. Most books I read that have the main characters as kids, make the children have them looking to the adults, for advice. Int this book it's kids, that are making their own decisions.

Somethings I don't like about it, was that in the beginning not a whole lot of action happened. It was more of an emotional part. It did help you know the character more, but I don't think that he needed to have so much of the story be on that. Just like I wrote in the Mockingjay post, Orson Scott Card, made the character not the mos lovable person. He did go through a lot so I understand why Ender was like that.

I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE NEXT ONE'S!

Catching Fire!

The Best Book in the Hunger Games trilogy. (I think most people agree) Just like the first, Catching Fire is amazingly well written, and it made me we want to never stop reading it. The description is wonderful, but the thing that had me hooked the most, was that i felt the emotions of the main characters when I read it. Scratch that, I felt the feelings for ALL of the characters when reading it. That is how well the author wrote it. The author doesn't tell the readers what's happening all thee time, so you have figure it out yourself. That's another reason why it's so good. There's betrayal, pain, ( physical and emotional) shock happiness, and relief in Catching Fire, and that is why it is good!

The Hunger Games!

BEWARE: THE NEW HARRY POTTER

As of right now, The Hunger Games are my favorite trilogy of books. But in this review I am only writing about the first one. The Hunger Games takes place in a distopian future in the ruins of a place know as North America. The U.S. Is split up into 12 districts revolving around a capitol city which is located in the Rocky Mountains. Each district revolves on each other for the things they produce, such as, coal, lumber, agriculture, electronics. Each year, every district sends a boy and a girl to participate in The Hunger Games. The twenty four contestants, get dropped into a 100 acre arena and have a fight to the death. The winner is the one that is the last one living, and he or she (the winner) gets treated like royalty while the rest of the citizens are trying to not starve. It's very well written, and it make s you feel the emotions of the characters.

Sorry for not posting things for a while!

PATRIOTS DEPRESSING LOSS :(

Before the game I thought the Pat's were gonna win (like everyone else in the world) by 7. In the first half it was ok but not great. On our first drive Tom Brady threw his first interception in like 10 games (go figure) and in the second half we played HORRIBLY. On almost every drive we punted and they seemed to score. I never thought I would say this but I wish that they didn't get the by week in the playoffs. Even if we still played the Jets we would have had more playing time in an actual game. I know that they practiced but I still think there is a major difference between a playoff GAME and practicing. When I watched our last drive and we giout the extra point and we were within two i thought we had a chance. The first play for the Jets was a run that went almost 60 yards and they were inside the 5. That was when I knew my playoff hopes for the Patriots were over :(

DARN YOU REX RYAN (and all jets players)!

-Hobbestar :)

BUSTER POSEY!

I bet you guys didn't know this about Buster Posey. For high school he went to Lee County, in Leesburg, GA,. For the baseball team he played short and pitched. But he stood out the most on the mound. Before his senior year he pitched in the World Junior Championship on Team USA that had Ike davis (New York Mets) Justin Uptin (Arizona Daimondbacks) and Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburg Pirates). At college (FL. State) he played only SS (shortstop) but in his sophmore year his coach had an idea to put him at catcher because he wouldn't have the footspeed of a major league short. He once played all NINE positions in one game in college and made the switch from short to Catcher very easily. Even in his first year in the big leagues he still shakes off signs from pitchers and makes sure his decisions are right. Matt Cain pitcher for the Giants said, "He was not afraid to jump right it. He just wanted to get right in." Even in his first year in a big league uniform I can see Posey being in A LOT of all-star games and a future hall of famer. He proved that to me when in the world series he cought on the winning team and getting the MVP.

-Hobbestar :)

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Harry Potter: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows





What Did You Like About The Book?:





Well, I liked how fast moving and exciting the
book(s) was. there was always something happening and you couldn't tell what was gonna happen next. Harry Potter is my favorite series of books and I guess that made me want to keep reading. I think that any one would like these books no matter how old or how young they are.





What Didn't You Like About the Book?:

Ummmmmm... Man that's a hard question! I guess I didn't like that it had to end and the way it ended. After reading it I want her to write a book just on Snape's life and Dumbeldore's life. If you read it you will know what I mean.

If any of you guys reading this post think of any questions, on the bottom of the post there is a botton that says "comments" if you click on it you can write me one! :) (I know a lot of yopu people already this book)