Bloody Jack

Bloody Jack is about a young orphan girl who cuts her hair and joins a man-of-war. If you get very connected to characters I suggest not to read it, the book is very violent.

King Solomons Mines

I'm not sure if I like this book yet. It's a story being told about the diamond mines of the great King Solomon.

Enders game

I have recently read Enders game. I find the use of sci-fi, which, in this case, comes in the form of aliens, mixed with the external conflict of civil and "intergalactic" war to be entreaging and draw you in to the story. The basis of this book is, in my opinion, is very near in the future and such gives it a nice mix of reality. Their computers are all very similar to today's IPad.

The Quest Begins

This book is about three bears. An polar, grizzly, and black bear. Its third person but you can still hear there emotions worries and hurts.

Halo First Strike

I am halfway done reading halo first strike. I am beginning to see that the book has a third person point of view that goes from one person to the next. The book is starting to get some new character in the story while I read it.

Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan

With this Ranger's Apprentice you don't know what to expect because of the title HALT's PERIL. Halt is one of the main characters and a very important one. If you were going to read this series I would suggest read them from book one so you can get right feel when something drastic happens. I like this book because of the suspense, humor and action.

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Not so very long ago, Eragon-Shadeslayer,Dragon Rider-was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.

Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chance.

The Rider and his dragon have come farther than anyone dared to imagine. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagasesia? And if so at what cost?

Westmark by Lloyd Alexander

This story takes place with a Printer's Apprentice who is horrible at everything but that. He makes a deal with a dwarf named Musket. Only thinking of the money that it will bring in. It back fires and ends up in the smashing of his mentor’s printing press and the death of his mentor. Now the main character killed a man trying to smash the printing press. So now he is on the wrong side of the law. So it is an action packed book and that is why I like it.

Jedi Trial

Jedi Trial is about a young Jedi who is anxious to be knighted. The story is from a couple different perspectives, that of a speeder trooper, a star fighter pilot, the young Jedi, an older Jedi, a Republic commander, and a Separatist admiral.

LLOYD ALEXANDER BOOK OF THREE

The story takes place in mid evil time when the world had no Pease with its self at all and there’s only one man that can stop the horend king with a little help from his friends.

Twenty and Ten by Clainre Huchet Bishop

during the German occupation of France twenty French children were brought to a refuge in the mountains. one day a young man came to their school with a request:could they take in and hide ten Jewish refugee children?

Revenge of the Whale by Nathaniel Philbrick

A book about when people whaled for lantern oil. A ship finds a really, really big whale that tries to destroy the ship. This is a true story that includes pictures and diagrams.

The Art Of Keeping Cool by Janet Lisle

This book is stated in the 1940's during the World War II. It's realistic fiction and I think that’s why I like it because it’s based on a war .The writer made me feel as if I was actually in the book. The book ended in a completely different ending then I would have expected.

Star Wars Ambush at Corella

This star wars takes place after the empire is no more. Now Han, Luke and Leia have to keep peace because there is no war. But there are five worlds that are on the brink of civil war so Han, Luke and Leia are tiring to resolve this problem.

Halo First Strike

I am reading Halo First Strike. The author is Eric Nylund. I just started the book and inside the book has lots of aliens and missions. A group called the UNSC are fighting against the covenant a alien race. I predict that a bigger threat has yet to come forth.

Geralds Game by Stephen King

This book is more of a psychological horror than a normal "Eek a monsters about to eat me!" King book. The main character is a lady named Jessie who has had problems with anger since she was a kid. I'm quite interested in psychology and I think this was a good book to read since it includes my passion for both psychology and horror. It seems in this book Jessie has multiple voices inside her head; one a "angel", one a "devil". King has always interested me because his writing is so different. He uses so many words to describe one thing it's amazing. He can turn one thought into three paragraphs. This book is interesting but I would not recommend it for someone unless they are ready to try and understand a lot of the "boring" stuff that seems unimportant.

This book reminds me more of "The Shining" than any other of Kings books that I have read.

Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin

Young Men and Fire

How do I describe Young Men and Fire, by Norman Maclean? First off, it tells the story of the Mann Gulch fire, a forest fire in Montana in 1949 that killed twelve Smokejumpers, firefighters who parachute into forest fires. Maclean has an obsession with the fire, and writes this book to piece together the details of the fire, but also to exorcise his obsession. The book is partly history in the form of a story; Maclean repeatedly refers to himself not as a writer but as a storyteller. It is partly a detective novel; he spends years looking through archives for research, talks to survivors, and makes three visits back to Mann Gulch to pinpoint exactly where each step of the tragedy occurred. I wouldn't have thought the process of research could be exciting, but Maclean makes it suspenseful. He throws in twists such as new evidence or an overlooked tree that describes which way the fire really went.
I suppose one of the main attractions of a book about wildfire is the extremes. Because the story takes place in the mountains of the West, fire is on a greater scale than on the East Coast. The firefighters job is merely to keep the fire from spreading, and they consider this an easy job if it's over by 10am the next morning, twenty hours after they get on the fire. Maclean describes one fire he worked on where he raced ahead of the fire and, when he finally reached the ridge, "had to put out the fire that smoldered in my shoelaces." This same fire, though not "two hundred feet of flame in the sky" continued to burn from August through the winter, when he saw "stumps and fallen trees still burning, with smoke coming out of the blackened holes in the snow." This is a different order of life from my personal one, and even different from most adventure books. The extreme stakes trim life to the essentials of survival.

Speak

The book I am reading is called Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. This girl is outcast because throughout her summer she sat her fat butt down on the couch in front on cartoons all day and never went to the beach to make some friends or buy new clothes. She has no one to sit with at the lunch table. She is a high school girl, with no friends. She met this one girl named Heather. They are friends. So she kind of has one friend.

Olaf Red-Sword By H.R. Haggard