Thursday, September 9, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Twilight A3
Name: Rodolfo Rodriguez
Class:A3
Book: twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Pages:498
Rating: *
Recommendation: This book I would recommened it to girls. I say this because it about lots of love and drama. lastly because its just a chick book.
Summary: So its about a girl named Bella fallen in love with a vampire and his name is Edward. first Bella moves in with her father and starts school. the soon after that she meets Edward who saves her life. They start going out like boyfriend and girlfriend. Then they go on a date with his family to play baseball and some trouble came up. other vampires that like to drink human blood want Bella's blood. Then take Bella home and they help her out. At the end Bella is safe from danger and they killed the bad vampire.
Explanation of Rating: I just didnt like it. I also had a hard time reading becasue its just not my type of book. Also because it has lots of drama and love in it. Next because its like a chick flick of love. Also i had a hard time foucsing on reading it. lastly because it was a long book.
Favorite Passage:Can't i go back to school was my favorite passage because it sounds like she likes her studies and wants to see Edward.
Class:A3
Book: twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Pages:498
Rating: *
Recommendation: This book I would recommened it to girls. I say this because it about lots of love and drama. lastly because its just a chick book.
Summary: So its about a girl named Bella fallen in love with a vampire and his name is Edward. first Bella moves in with her father and starts school. the soon after that she meets Edward who saves her life. They start going out like boyfriend and girlfriend. Then they go on a date with his family to play baseball and some trouble came up. other vampires that like to drink human blood want Bella's blood. Then take Bella home and they help her out. At the end Bella is safe from danger and they killed the bad vampire.
Explanation of Rating: I just didnt like it. I also had a hard time reading becasue its just not my type of book. Also because it has lots of drama and love in it. Next because its like a chick flick of love. Also i had a hard time foucsing on reading it. lastly because it was a long book.
Favorite Passage:Can't i go back to school was my favorite passage because it sounds like she likes her studies and wants to see Edward.
Eclipse A2
Tia Liddle
A2
Eclipse, the twilight saga
Stephanie Meyer
629
Rating: **** Really Liked it!
Recommendation: I recommend this book to every girl. It’s a good book!
Summary: In this book Eclipse it starts out talking about how people in Seattle keep being murdered. Edward guesses its newborn vampires. Bella and Edward fill out collage applications. Bella wants to see Jacob and be friends with him but Edward doesn’t allow her to because he feels that Jacob and his brothers might harm her. After Bella "sneaks" away from school to hang out with Jacob, Edward can see that he won't harm Bella. Alice see's Victoria in town. Victoria got together an army of newborn vampires to destroy Bella. The wolves and vampires fight together and save Bella’s life. They kill Victoria and the army. Edward proposes to Bella officially. Bella and Edward agree on her changing to a vampire. Jacob is very unhappy about Bella’s decision to become a vampire and he runs away in his wolf form to escape the pain.
Explanation Rating: I gave this book 5 star because it was really good. It has romance, action, fiction ECT. Overall it’s a really good book. A lot of things happen in this book it keeps you interested. As your reading the book, you find yourself in another world. It is really believable.
Favorite passage: "If I had been able to take your place last night, it would not have made the top ten "best" nights of my life. Dream about that." I think it’s funny because Jacob thinks he's all cool because he can keep Bella warm and Edward just puts him in his place. I think its hilarious.
A2
Eclipse, the twilight saga
Stephanie Meyer
629
Rating: **** Really Liked it!
Recommendation: I recommend this book to every girl. It’s a good book!
Summary: In this book Eclipse it starts out talking about how people in Seattle keep being murdered. Edward guesses its newborn vampires. Bella and Edward fill out collage applications. Bella wants to see Jacob and be friends with him but Edward doesn’t allow her to because he feels that Jacob and his brothers might harm her. After Bella "sneaks" away from school to hang out with Jacob, Edward can see that he won't harm Bella. Alice see's Victoria in town. Victoria got together an army of newborn vampires to destroy Bella. The wolves and vampires fight together and save Bella’s life. They kill Victoria and the army. Edward proposes to Bella officially. Bella and Edward agree on her changing to a vampire. Jacob is very unhappy about Bella’s decision to become a vampire and he runs away in his wolf form to escape the pain.
Explanation Rating: I gave this book 5 star because it was really good. It has romance, action, fiction ECT. Overall it’s a really good book. A lot of things happen in this book it keeps you interested. As your reading the book, you find yourself in another world. It is really believable.
Favorite passage: "If I had been able to take your place last night, it would not have made the top ten "best" nights of my life. Dream about that." I think it’s funny because Jacob thinks he's all cool because he can keep Bella warm and Edward just puts him in his place. I think its hilarious.
The Out Law (A-Four)
Shaunece Despain
A-Four
The Out Law
Forrest Carrter
283
Two Star
(Recommendation) I rate this book as a two. it was not a book that kept me introested but has a good plot to it. Id recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading thrills. Also some of an older age whom can relate to the book much more than a young teen would.
(Summery) This book is about a man whom lost his family in a terrible house fire. He becomes mad at the world and has nothing to live for. He begins his journey alone. He comes across a man he became close to witch died while in his presents. He goes on to meet a family whom took him in and loves him like he is one of there own. ont he way he meets an Indian friend witch was a smart man that not only helped him survive but was a great teacher. While they ran from the law after killing a few men they come across a Indian women whom is the women that he will later marry. The main character also meet people that understand him and can relate to his state of being.
(Favorite Passge)I wanna be your kin, and protect the one who need me. There r' many things I have to learn, but Ill do what it takes. Chapter 23 pg. 276
I like this passage because i can see that he is willing to try instead of giving up after the he has been through.
A-Four
The Out Law
Forrest Carrter
283
Two Star
(Recommendation) I rate this book as a two. it was not a book that kept me introested but has a good plot to it. Id recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading thrills. Also some of an older age whom can relate to the book much more than a young teen would.
(Summery) This book is about a man whom lost his family in a terrible house fire. He becomes mad at the world and has nothing to live for. He begins his journey alone. He comes across a man he became close to witch died while in his presents. He goes on to meet a family whom took him in and loves him like he is one of there own. ont he way he meets an Indian friend witch was a smart man that not only helped him survive but was a great teacher. While they ran from the law after killing a few men they come across a Indian women whom is the women that he will later marry. The main character also meet people that understand him and can relate to his state of being.
(Favorite Passge)I wanna be your kin, and protect the one who need me. There r' many things I have to learn, but Ill do what it takes. Chapter 23 pg. 276
I like this passage because i can see that he is willing to try instead of giving up after the he has been through.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Indispensable by Monday A4
Name:David Eldridge
Class Period:A4
Book Title:Indispensable by Monday
Author: Larry Myler
Pages: 163
Rating: Liked It
Recommendation:
I would say that people who are looking for a job should definately read this book. This book gives many different ways on how to increase productivity and how to become needed in the company where you work. This book gives great advice on how do make yourself indispensable and has lots of great examples on ways to be the best in your job.
Summary:
This book wasn't really a story as much as it was an informative book. It is a great book on the importance of being valuable for your company so that you will be able to advance and become of more worth in the real world. It was good for me to read while coming out of high school because I am in need of a job and this book helped give me ideas on how to be the best candidate for a job. It said a lot on how to make your application stick out from the others. Wording in the application is so important in the process. You have to credit yourself on past experience in the work place, often times, this can make or break a job application. This book pointed out that there are always ways to cut costs and increase a net profit. It is great to know these simple rules and facts that will help forever in the future to make one more valuable and an indispensable employee for their job.
Explanation:
Not the everyday book the people expect to read but this book was very informational and very useful. I liked it because of the important information that will come to be useful in my career and in becoming the best candidate when it comes to applying and working with new jobs. I am not a great reader, but this interested me from the beginning. It caught my attention with the importance of knowing what and how to become valuable. I am going to start having to work for everything and it is going to be a little easier with the information I learned from this book.
Favorite passage:
You will come across countless lists of things to do, including wearing nice shoes and having a bright smile. But what you really need to do is help the company earn more money than it spends and spend less thatn it earns - period.
This passage points out that all of that mumbo jumbo hints on how to get raises and to gain a higher status in the workplace, but the way to become indispensable is to help the company improve profits and to become the best employee possible.
Class Period:A4
Book Title:Indispensable by Monday
Author: Larry Myler
Pages: 163
Rating: Liked It
Recommendation:
I would say that people who are looking for a job should definately read this book. This book gives many different ways on how to increase productivity and how to become needed in the company where you work. This book gives great advice on how do make yourself indispensable and has lots of great examples on ways to be the best in your job.
Summary:
This book wasn't really a story as much as it was an informative book. It is a great book on the importance of being valuable for your company so that you will be able to advance and become of more worth in the real world. It was good for me to read while coming out of high school because I am in need of a job and this book helped give me ideas on how to be the best candidate for a job. It said a lot on how to make your application stick out from the others. Wording in the application is so important in the process. You have to credit yourself on past experience in the work place, often times, this can make or break a job application. This book pointed out that there are always ways to cut costs and increase a net profit. It is great to know these simple rules and facts that will help forever in the future to make one more valuable and an indispensable employee for their job.
Explanation:
Not the everyday book the people expect to read but this book was very informational and very useful. I liked it because of the important information that will come to be useful in my career and in becoming the best candidate when it comes to applying and working with new jobs. I am not a great reader, but this interested me from the beginning. It caught my attention with the importance of knowing what and how to become valuable. I am going to start having to work for everything and it is going to be a little easier with the information I learned from this book.
Favorite passage:
You will come across countless lists of things to do, including wearing nice shoes and having a bright smile. But what you really need to do is help the company earn more money than it spends and spend less thatn it earns - period.
This passage points out that all of that mumbo jumbo hints on how to get raises and to gain a higher status in the workplace, but the way to become indispensable is to help the company improve profits and to become the best employee possible.
Escape From Germany A2
Name: Rodrigo Sanchez
Class Period: B1
Book Title: Escape From Germany
Aurthor: Sian Bessey
Pages: 183
Rating: It's okay
Recommendation: Yes i would recommen this book to does people out their that like to read mysteries books its kind fun to read them.because you get excited when something good or bad is about to happen in the next chapter.
Summary:It all stated when Matt Williams best friend moved out of his neighborhood. He began to play soocer every day one day he kicked the ball over his back yard wall where it separated his backyard from the Missionary Training Center in Prov, Utah He'd climbed it oten to retrive a ball, or a Frisbee. He and his best frien Jon had sometimes climbed it just to sit and watch the missionaries. Matt and his sister saw a light coming out of a door shed and they jumped over the wall to go see what was going on in the shed and their was some Missionary and they told Matt and his sister that they were going to give them a mission to go to Germany so the y send them over their i guess they were the futer guys something like that.they went to Germany to get Missionarys out of there, but they didnt know how they were going to get them out if they had an American accent. Some Holy gost started to scare Matt and his sister, and the missionarys some how they found their way out of Germany and went back to Utah Matt and Emily were had because they had helped some nice people.
Explanation of Rating: This a book of Mysterie its king of fun, but at the same time it could get exciting reading it the Author does a good job on keeping the book entertaining. When your reading this book you could even picture it in your head and just thinking about. I think man would enjoy reading this book.
Favorite passage: "Matt Williams had been playing soccer." -Chapter 1
I like this passage because it shows how much people like playing soccer and thats just me I like playing too and watching it on live that my passage.
Class Period: B1
Book Title: Escape From Germany
Aurthor: Sian Bessey
Pages: 183
Rating: It's okay
Recommendation: Yes i would recommen this book to does people out their that like to read mysteries books its kind fun to read them.because you get excited when something good or bad is about to happen in the next chapter.
Summary:It all stated when Matt Williams best friend moved out of his neighborhood. He began to play soocer every day one day he kicked the ball over his back yard wall where it separated his backyard from the Missionary Training Center in Prov, Utah He'd climbed it oten to retrive a ball, or a Frisbee. He and his best frien Jon had sometimes climbed it just to sit and watch the missionaries. Matt and his sister saw a light coming out of a door shed and they jumped over the wall to go see what was going on in the shed and their was some Missionary and they told Matt and his sister that they were going to give them a mission to go to Germany so the y send them over their i guess they were the futer guys something like that.they went to Germany to get Missionarys out of there, but they didnt know how they were going to get them out if they had an American accent. Some Holy gost started to scare Matt and his sister, and the missionarys some how they found their way out of Germany and went back to Utah Matt and Emily were had because they had helped some nice people.
Explanation of Rating: This a book of Mysterie its king of fun, but at the same time it could get exciting reading it the Author does a good job on keeping the book entertaining. When your reading this book you could even picture it in your head and just thinking about. I think man would enjoy reading this book.
Favorite passage: "Matt Williams had been playing soccer." -Chapter 1
I like this passage because it shows how much people like playing soccer and thats just me I like playing too and watching it on live that my passage.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Nights in Rodanthe A2
Name: Maria Gomez
Class: A2
Book: Nights in Rodanthe
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Pages: 212
Rating: ***
Recommendations: This book is about a strong relationship drama, and is also fun to read. It is also full of love and sacrifice. I recommend this book for those who love drama and who are truly in love. It is a very romantic story.
Summary: This is the story of a sixty- year-old women whose name is Adrienne Willis. She decides to tell her daughter the story about how she rebounded from losing her spouse. Fifteen years ago, Adrienne’s husband and father of their three children left her for a younger women and she felt her world had ended. Adrienne is trying to help Amy, her daughter, handle with the death of her husband. Amy’s mom starts telling her the story by saying that her story began at an inn in Rodanthe, North Carolina where she met Paul Flanner. Paul was a surgeon with no time for his wife and son because work was everything for him. His world buckled when a patient died. When Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, searching for tranquility, she meets Paul and in one weekend, a romance sets that will vibrate throughout the rest of their lives. Paul and Adrienne found comfort with each other.
Explanation of Rating: This was an interesting story for me, but I think it was a little too dramatic. I would have preferred that Adrienne’s husband wouldn’t have left her. It would have been a more romantic story. Other than that, I really enjoyed reading this book because it was also interesting how Adrienne was helping her daughter handle the death of her spouse. It was okay in the way that she met Paul and started a romance, but I think that the story shouldn’t have ended like that. I think it would have been a better ending if Adrienne’s husband wouldn’t have left her so that at the end both would have helped Amy with her problem.
Favorite passage: “It was funny that you could know someone for years but still discover something you never noticed before.”
I love this passage because it concludes that you can never finish knowing someone perfectly. Its saying that whenever you feel like you know someone perfectly just because you’ve known that person for a long time, out of no one comes something new that you’ve never noticed before. That’s when you see that you can never get to know someone perfectly enough to know exactly how they are.
Class: A2
Book: Nights in Rodanthe
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Pages: 212
Rating: ***
Recommendations: This book is about a strong relationship drama, and is also fun to read. It is also full of love and sacrifice. I recommend this book for those who love drama and who are truly in love. It is a very romantic story.
Summary: This is the story of a sixty- year-old women whose name is Adrienne Willis. She decides to tell her daughter the story about how she rebounded from losing her spouse. Fifteen years ago, Adrienne’s husband and father of their three children left her for a younger women and she felt her world had ended. Adrienne is trying to help Amy, her daughter, handle with the death of her husband. Amy’s mom starts telling her the story by saying that her story began at an inn in Rodanthe, North Carolina where she met Paul Flanner. Paul was a surgeon with no time for his wife and son because work was everything for him. His world buckled when a patient died. When Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, searching for tranquility, she meets Paul and in one weekend, a romance sets that will vibrate throughout the rest of their lives. Paul and Adrienne found comfort with each other.
Explanation of Rating: This was an interesting story for me, but I think it was a little too dramatic. I would have preferred that Adrienne’s husband wouldn’t have left her. It would have been a more romantic story. Other than that, I really enjoyed reading this book because it was also interesting how Adrienne was helping her daughter handle the death of her spouse. It was okay in the way that she met Paul and started a romance, but I think that the story shouldn’t have ended like that. I think it would have been a better ending if Adrienne’s husband wouldn’t have left her so that at the end both would have helped Amy with her problem.
Favorite passage: “It was funny that you could know someone for years but still discover something you never noticed before.”
I love this passage because it concludes that you can never finish knowing someone perfectly. Its saying that whenever you feel like you know someone perfectly just because you’ve known that person for a long time, out of no one comes something new that you’ve never noticed before. That’s when you see that you can never get to know someone perfectly enough to know exactly how they are.
Cirque Du Freak Sons of Destiny
Alex Madrigal
A3
Sons of Destiny
Darren Shan
256
****
Recommendation: This book is awesome for action and horror fans. it has fighting from beggining till pretty much the end. It is also great for horror fans because its about vapires and monsters. this book will have you turning its pages for hours.
Summary: This is the final book in the Cirque Du Freak series. it starts out with darren and his brother steve fighting in the sewer where book 11 left off. darren stabs steven then steven stabs darren through the heart then they both fall into the water and there they die. darren then ends up in the lake of souls where he is reincarnated by his father Mr.Destiny he then goes back to the past to prevent the whole disaster from happening and makes diaries of his life so that everyone could know the truth about him even though people would just consider it a set of fiction books. he then looks at the sun set while his body starts to fade away now that his mission was complete his body faded away and he died.
Explanation of rating:i gave it this raing because this book is amazing in almost every way but the sad ending kinda bugs me.
Favorite part: where he makes diaries after returning to the past and preventing the whole disasterbut he leaves themm there as books so everyone will now the truth, and since the authors name is the same as the main characters it kinda makes the series seem like it really happened.
A3
Sons of Destiny
Darren Shan
256
****
Recommendation: This book is awesome for action and horror fans. it has fighting from beggining till pretty much the end. It is also great for horror fans because its about vapires and monsters. this book will have you turning its pages for hours.
Summary: This is the final book in the Cirque Du Freak series. it starts out with darren and his brother steve fighting in the sewer where book 11 left off. darren stabs steven then steven stabs darren through the heart then they both fall into the water and there they die. darren then ends up in the lake of souls where he is reincarnated by his father Mr.Destiny he then goes back to the past to prevent the whole disaster from happening and makes diaries of his life so that everyone could know the truth about him even though people would just consider it a set of fiction books. he then looks at the sun set while his body starts to fade away now that his mission was complete his body faded away and he died.
Explanation of rating:i gave it this raing because this book is amazing in almost every way but the sad ending kinda bugs me.
Favorite part: where he makes diaries after returning to the past and preventing the whole disasterbut he leaves themm there as books so everyone will now the truth, and since the authors name is the same as the main characters it kinda makes the series seem like it really happened.
Tuesday with morrie
Kevin Martins
a4
Tuesdays with morrie
Mitch albom
191 pages
****1/2
I recommend this book for about anybody. There are so many life lessons that come out of the text. The way morrie tells the things he does make it very easy to understand.
This book is an autobiography by Mitch albom. That tells about his life in college and about his life as a sports writer. He became a very successful sports writer in his career. But he got caught up in business a lot and forgot about the important things in life. Then he saw his favorite professor morrie on nightline once and that he was about to die. So he flew over to his teacher’s house and was astonished by how much he had changed since he used to live by there. He visits with morrie and they talk about life lessons. Mitch returns every Tuesday to talk with morrie. Every week morrie gets sicker. When will these important meetings end?
I gave it a four and a half star because there are a lot of things to learn from this book ... maybe if I finished it all the way it would be 5 but I still don’t know how it ends.
Favorite passage: "I will lose the battle when someone else will start wiping my @#$%^)(*&^.."
Even though morrie know he is going to die he still jokes about little things that he won’t be able to do any more and to keep a good attitude.
a4
Tuesdays with morrie
Mitch albom
191 pages
****1/2
I recommend this book for about anybody. There are so many life lessons that come out of the text. The way morrie tells the things he does make it very easy to understand.
This book is an autobiography by Mitch albom. That tells about his life in college and about his life as a sports writer. He became a very successful sports writer in his career. But he got caught up in business a lot and forgot about the important things in life. Then he saw his favorite professor morrie on nightline once and that he was about to die. So he flew over to his teacher’s house and was astonished by how much he had changed since he used to live by there. He visits with morrie and they talk about life lessons. Mitch returns every Tuesday to talk with morrie. Every week morrie gets sicker. When will these important meetings end?
I gave it a four and a half star because there are a lot of things to learn from this book ... maybe if I finished it all the way it would be 5 but I still don’t know how it ends.
Favorite passage: "I will lose the battle when someone else will start wiping my @#$%^)(*&^.."
Even though morrie know he is going to die he still jokes about little things that he won’t be able to do any more and to keep a good attitude.
New Moon A2
Name: Viviana Carballo
Class: A2
Book: New Moon
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Pages: 563
Rating: ****
Recommendation: This book is great for anyone that likes young adult fiction. It’s about a romance between a vampire and a young girl whose desire is to become a vampire so she can be with him forever. Ones you start reading this book you cant put it down.
Summary: This book is the second book of the series of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. In this book Bella is turning 18 and Edward’s family is throwing her a birthday party but when Bella get a paper cut jasper cant help but to attack her. Edward feels that he’s putting Bella in danger by being with her so him and the Cullens move away. Months pass by and Bella still can’t get over him. She looks for thrill seeking activities because she realizes that when she puts her life in danger she “hears” Edwards voice. She becomes best friends with Jacob Black and discovers a secrete about him, he is a werewolf. Edward thinks Bella is dead so he tries to kill himself and Bella goes after him to try to stop him. Edward proposes to her and she says yes, with the condition that she will turn her into a vampire.
Explanation of Rating: I rated this book four stars because it was a very thrill seeking to read. Also because I liked the chemistry between Jacob and Bella, they are really cute together.
Favorite Passage: "I felt like I was trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you can’t make your body move fast enough." –Bella
I love this quote because it’s descriptive and I think a lot of people can relate to that feeling sometimes.
Class: A2
Book: New Moon
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Pages: 563
Rating: ****
Recommendation: This book is great for anyone that likes young adult fiction. It’s about a romance between a vampire and a young girl whose desire is to become a vampire so she can be with him forever. Ones you start reading this book you cant put it down.
Summary: This book is the second book of the series of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. In this book Bella is turning 18 and Edward’s family is throwing her a birthday party but when Bella get a paper cut jasper cant help but to attack her. Edward feels that he’s putting Bella in danger by being with her so him and the Cullens move away. Months pass by and Bella still can’t get over him. She looks for thrill seeking activities because she realizes that when she puts her life in danger she “hears” Edwards voice. She becomes best friends with Jacob Black and discovers a secrete about him, he is a werewolf. Edward thinks Bella is dead so he tries to kill himself and Bella goes after him to try to stop him. Edward proposes to her and she says yes, with the condition that she will turn her into a vampire.
Explanation of Rating: I rated this book four stars because it was a very thrill seeking to read. Also because I liked the chemistry between Jacob and Bella, they are really cute together.
Favorite Passage: "I felt like I was trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you can’t make your body move fast enough." –Bella
I love this quote because it’s descriptive and I think a lot of people can relate to that feeling sometimes.
Scarecrow A4
Jacob Eichler
A4
Scarecrow
Matthew Reilly
457
*****
This is a really good book for older teens to old people. I wouldn't recommend children and very young teens to read this. It has some language and some other not really bad stuff but stuff not for children.
The main character in the book is a guy named Schofield. He and his Special Forces squad are in Russia trying to terminate some terrorists. While they are there, he discovers he and 17 other people are on a bounty hunt hit list for $18.6 million dollars a head. He and these 17 other people are the only people with reflexes fast enough to disarm America's missiles when they're launched. This super secret organization gets rich off of war. They want to get rich again so they put Schofield and these other 17 people on this hit list so they can launch these missiles and not worry if they'll get disabled. So Schofield and some of his men have to survive 4 days and try to figure out what's going on and survive.
I have given this book a 4 1/2 to 5 star rating. I gave it this rating because it is fast and action packed. It doesn't stay way to long on one scene or subject for to long like other books do. It's very interesting. Another reason why I rated what I did was it was just the right length for a story like that. It also didn't have to few characters and it also didn't have to many characters.
A4
Scarecrow
Matthew Reilly
457
*****
This is a really good book for older teens to old people. I wouldn't recommend children and very young teens to read this. It has some language and some other not really bad stuff but stuff not for children.
The main character in the book is a guy named Schofield. He and his Special Forces squad are in Russia trying to terminate some terrorists. While they are there, he discovers he and 17 other people are on a bounty hunt hit list for $18.6 million dollars a head. He and these 17 other people are the only people with reflexes fast enough to disarm America's missiles when they're launched. This super secret organization gets rich off of war. They want to get rich again so they put Schofield and these other 17 people on this hit list so they can launch these missiles and not worry if they'll get disabled. So Schofield and some of his men have to survive 4 days and try to figure out what's going on and survive.
I have given this book a 4 1/2 to 5 star rating. I gave it this rating because it is fast and action packed. It doesn't stay way to long on one scene or subject for to long like other books do. It's very interesting. Another reason why I rated what I did was it was just the right length for a story like that. It also didn't have to few characters and it also didn't have to many characters.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows A4
Samuel Lopez
A4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
759
****
Recommendation: This book is great for readers currently reading the Harry Potter Series. It’s a book about magic and the adventures of a wizard and his friends trying to save the wizarding world. It’s a story of contention and intense moments. It’s a page turner; every moment will keep you guessing.
Summary: A boy named Harry Potter was attacked by a sorcerer, Lord Voldemort, when he was just a baby. In the attempt, Voldemort was trumped for some odd reason, and transferred powers to Harry Potter. Harry at age 11 attended Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and through the years he trumped Voldemort’s attempts to come back to power. Finally, in the fourth book Voldemort finally returned… the last 3 books have been about the chaos and near death experiences that are the doings of Voldemort. This book is about the war and finally defeating Voldemort.
Explanation of Rating: 4 stars… this rating is completely adequate. The book keeps you reading until finally you’re at the end. It is filled with intense moments that kept me flipping the pages. I enjoyed the character development, and I became attached to them.
Favorite Passage:
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? – Albus Dumbledore
Just because we have dreams doesn’t mean we can’t make them into a reality.
A4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
759
****
Recommendation: This book is great for readers currently reading the Harry Potter Series. It’s a book about magic and the adventures of a wizard and his friends trying to save the wizarding world. It’s a story of contention and intense moments. It’s a page turner; every moment will keep you guessing.
Summary: A boy named Harry Potter was attacked by a sorcerer, Lord Voldemort, when he was just a baby. In the attempt, Voldemort was trumped for some odd reason, and transferred powers to Harry Potter. Harry at age 11 attended Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and through the years he trumped Voldemort’s attempts to come back to power. Finally, in the fourth book Voldemort finally returned… the last 3 books have been about the chaos and near death experiences that are the doings of Voldemort. This book is about the war and finally defeating Voldemort.
Explanation of Rating: 4 stars… this rating is completely adequate. The book keeps you reading until finally you’re at the end. It is filled with intense moments that kept me flipping the pages. I enjoyed the character development, and I became attached to them.
Favorite Passage:
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? – Albus Dumbledore
Just because we have dreams doesn’t mean we can’t make them into a reality.
Raising an All American - A3
Bennett Maxwell
A2
Raising an All American
Devin Durrant
202
****
Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to anyone who has any love for sports. Although it may seem like it is directed to parents who are raising athletes, it has things in it to help high school athletes succeed. It goes through countless examples of how to raise yourself to be an All-American.
Summary:
This book starts off by talking about his family. He and his wife were both extremely successful athletes. They attended BYU together while participating in sports. They now have 5 kids and all of which are really big into sports. Through out the book he gives you advice on how to be the best athlete and all around person you can be. He does this by taking you through his life and analyzing it. He breaks down all the events in his life and teaches you from it. Reading this book you will learn by his example how to do things right. I also learned from his many mistakes on what not to do. This book truly does show you how to a better athlete and an all around successful person.
Explanation of Rating:
This is a must read book. It is not a book just read for entertainment, you will gain very useful, everyday knowledge about sports. It will help you in your life along with the right way to raise your kids. Even though I am not close to having kids, I believe that after reading this book, I have a better understanding about how to teach my future kids lives crucial lessons. This is a very easy read book. It is straight forward and extremely easy to understand. It isn’t too long but at the same time not to short. I believe it is the perfect length to be entertained without any boredom.
Favorite passage:
“It is better to have a bad coach that the athletes trust then to have a good coach that the athletes don’t trust.”
I really like this passage because it shows the importance of being a team. A team doesn’t just include the players, it includes the whole program, with the coach included. As long as the team are all on the same page and trust each other, they will be more successful than a team with a hall of fame coach that the players don’t are not completely with.
A2
Raising an All American
Devin Durrant
202
****
Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to anyone who has any love for sports. Although it may seem like it is directed to parents who are raising athletes, it has things in it to help high school athletes succeed. It goes through countless examples of how to raise yourself to be an All-American.
Summary:
This book starts off by talking about his family. He and his wife were both extremely successful athletes. They attended BYU together while participating in sports. They now have 5 kids and all of which are really big into sports. Through out the book he gives you advice on how to be the best athlete and all around person you can be. He does this by taking you through his life and analyzing it. He breaks down all the events in his life and teaches you from it. Reading this book you will learn by his example how to do things right. I also learned from his many mistakes on what not to do. This book truly does show you how to a better athlete and an all around successful person.
Explanation of Rating:
This is a must read book. It is not a book just read for entertainment, you will gain very useful, everyday knowledge about sports. It will help you in your life along with the right way to raise your kids. Even though I am not close to having kids, I believe that after reading this book, I have a better understanding about how to teach my future kids lives crucial lessons. This is a very easy read book. It is straight forward and extremely easy to understand. It isn’t too long but at the same time not to short. I believe it is the perfect length to be entertained without any boredom.
Favorite passage:
“It is better to have a bad coach that the athletes trust then to have a good coach that the athletes don’t trust.”
I really like this passage because it shows the importance of being a team. A team doesn’t just include the players, it includes the whole program, with the coach included. As long as the team are all on the same page and trust each other, they will be more successful than a team with a hall of fame coach that the players don’t are not completely with.
Matt Benson
A4
The Cry of the icemark
Stuart Hill
472pgs.
****
Recommendation: If you like adventure and fantasy this book is for you. It is packed with action and has all sorts of suprises for you. It is and enthralling story.
Summary: Thirrin is 15 her dad just died and she inherited the throne to a tiny northern country called the Icemark. The biggest empire in the known world, The Polypontian empire, is attacking from the south. Luckily though the snows have stopped the advancing army for the winter. Thirrin as a short few months to accomplish the impossible. She has to form alliances with hostile neighbors and get an army formed before the snows melt. After finding allies in the unlikliest of places the snows melt, and the Polypontous are again on the move. Will Thirin's army be enough to stop the Polypontous from taking over her proud country? Will the alliances she made see her to victory?
Explanation of Rating: This book is incredible. It pulls you in and you can't put it down. There are no lags in the plot. It is adventurous, enthralling, enchanting and heroic. It is superbly written to keep you entertained from the start. I would recommend this book to everyone.
Favorite Passage: Spurred on by desperation the polypontian charge was a mealstrom of disciplined fury. They smashed against the shield wall, bearing the soldiers of the Icemark until their line was bent like a bow. But at the center stood the burning figure of Thirin Freer Storg-in-the-arm Lindinshield, Wild Cat of the North, and she held her housecarls with a will that grew in strengththe more she demanded of it. Her high pitched voice rose like the cry of a hawk above the din of battle, and her soldiers rallied again and again as she called them to hold the line.
A4
The Cry of the icemark
Stuart Hill
472pgs.
****
Recommendation: If you like adventure and fantasy this book is for you. It is packed with action and has all sorts of suprises for you. It is and enthralling story.
Summary: Thirrin is 15 her dad just died and she inherited the throne to a tiny northern country called the Icemark. The biggest empire in the known world, The Polypontian empire, is attacking from the south. Luckily though the snows have stopped the advancing army for the winter. Thirrin as a short few months to accomplish the impossible. She has to form alliances with hostile neighbors and get an army formed before the snows melt. After finding allies in the unlikliest of places the snows melt, and the Polypontous are again on the move. Will Thirin's army be enough to stop the Polypontous from taking over her proud country? Will the alliances she made see her to victory?
Explanation of Rating: This book is incredible. It pulls you in and you can't put it down. There are no lags in the plot. It is adventurous, enthralling, enchanting and heroic. It is superbly written to keep you entertained from the start. I would recommend this book to everyone.
Favorite Passage: Spurred on by desperation the polypontian charge was a mealstrom of disciplined fury. They smashed against the shield wall, bearing the soldiers of the Icemark until their line was bent like a bow. But at the center stood the burning figure of Thirin Freer Storg-in-the-arm Lindinshield, Wild Cat of the North, and she held her housecarls with a will that grew in strengththe more she demanded of it. Her high pitched voice rose like the cry of a hawk above the din of battle, and her soldiers rallied again and again as she called them to hold the line.
Da Vinci Code A4
Kevin Nielsen
A4
Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
489
Rating:****
The people that would like this book are those that like mysteries. There is a lot of action in this book as well. If you like a fast paced read this book is for you.
The Da Vinci Code is about a college professor, Robert Langdon. Robert is a specialist on the legend of the holy grail. When he gets a call from a detective in France about a murder he goes to help investigate. He arrives to find his name scrawled in blood on the floor and a clue about the holy grail. The detective suspects him, but he escapes with a decoder who believes that he was innocent. They follow the clue that the dead man left behind, to another clue. They continue to face challenges and great puzzles. They begin to unravel a great mystery and a shocking surprise.
I rated this book the way I did for several reasons. It is a great mystery and I like mystery books. There is a lot of action and intense moments in the book. Dan Brown has a great writing style and it really drags you in. He does a really good job developing the characters. The only reason I wouldn't give it a 5/5 is because he doesn't expound on some things enough.
"The ancient male symbol was the blade, it's a basic phallus. It's still used today on military uniforms" Robert Langdon
A4
Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
489
Rating:****
The people that would like this book are those that like mysteries. There is a lot of action in this book as well. If you like a fast paced read this book is for you.
The Da Vinci Code is about a college professor, Robert Langdon. Robert is a specialist on the legend of the holy grail. When he gets a call from a detective in France about a murder he goes to help investigate. He arrives to find his name scrawled in blood on the floor and a clue about the holy grail. The detective suspects him, but he escapes with a decoder who believes that he was innocent. They follow the clue that the dead man left behind, to another clue. They continue to face challenges and great puzzles. They begin to unravel a great mystery and a shocking surprise.
I rated this book the way I did for several reasons. It is a great mystery and I like mystery books. There is a lot of action and intense moments in the book. Dan Brown has a great writing style and it really drags you in. He does a really good job developing the characters. The only reason I wouldn't give it a 5/5 is because he doesn't expound on some things enough.
"The ancient male symbol was the blade, it's a basic phallus. It's still used today on military uniforms" Robert Langdon
Chosen
Name: Jessie Brown
Period: A4
Title: Chosen
Author: P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Pages: 307
Rating: ****
Recommendation: I think that girls about sixteen should read The House Of Night series. They are really good but have some inappropriate parts. These are the only books I have actually read. They are really good.
Summary: This book starts out a couple months after Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae dies. (she doesn't make it through "the change" of becoming a vampire.) Zoey and her human boyfriend Heath find out that all the people who don't make it through "the change" become undead creatures that live in tunnels under a building. Throughout this book it is mostly Zoey trying to save Stevie Rae and help her become a fledging again but things are really hard because people from her step-dads church killed one of the vampire teachers so they have a lot of officer vamps there to do some research. This makes it hard for Zoey to sneak off campus to take Stevie Rae blood.
Explanation of rating: I gave this book 4 stars because I liked it a lot. This whole series is amazing. The authors do a really good job on making it intense and makes me want to keep reading. They have really good intense chapters and end them in the right place to make you want to keep reading. Most books end the chapters so you have to keep reading. In these books they have the chapters cut off so you can stop reading if you want to. It is just REALLY good.
Period: A4
Title: Chosen
Author: P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Pages: 307
Rating: ****
Recommendation: I think that girls about sixteen should read The House Of Night series. They are really good but have some inappropriate parts. These are the only books I have actually read. They are really good.
Summary: This book starts out a couple months after Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae dies. (she doesn't make it through "the change" of becoming a vampire.) Zoey and her human boyfriend Heath find out that all the people who don't make it through "the change" become undead creatures that live in tunnels under a building. Throughout this book it is mostly Zoey trying to save Stevie Rae and help her become a fledging again but things are really hard because people from her step-dads church killed one of the vampire teachers so they have a lot of officer vamps there to do some research. This makes it hard for Zoey to sneak off campus to take Stevie Rae blood.
Explanation of rating: I gave this book 4 stars because I liked it a lot. This whole series is amazing. The authors do a really good job on making it intense and makes me want to keep reading. They have really good intense chapters and end them in the right place to make you want to keep reading. Most books end the chapters so you have to keep reading. In these books they have the chapters cut off so you can stop reading if you want to. It is just REALLY good.
Caleb Worthen
A4
Lightning Thief
375 pages
Rick Riordan
Rating:***
Recommendation: This book is great for people who like fantasy. This is a book that shows how an ordinary kid can become something spectacular in just a few weeks. If you like greek mythology then this book is for you.
Summary: This story is about a kid named percy jackson. At the begining of the book percy is seen as a trouble maker. As the book progresses you find you that he is actually someone special. Percy Jackson is a son of one of the greek gods. Percy finnaly realizes that he is this gods son and is sent on a quest to find a lightning bolt that percy's dad supposedly stole from zues. Percy is trying to find this bolt and also get to the under world to save his mom who was killed by a beast. As he is trying to find his mom and this bolt he encounters many mythical creatures that he has to fight.
Explanation of rating: I gave this book three stars because I don't usually like fantasy or science fiction, but this book was pretty good for being a fantasy. One of the things I liked about this book is that you really get an image of whats going on. One of the things that bothers me about this book is that it is so predictable. I could predict just about anything that was about to happen and my prediction was usually right.
A4
Lightning Thief
375 pages
Rick Riordan
Rating:***
Recommendation: This book is great for people who like fantasy. This is a book that shows how an ordinary kid can become something spectacular in just a few weeks. If you like greek mythology then this book is for you.
Summary: This story is about a kid named percy jackson. At the begining of the book percy is seen as a trouble maker. As the book progresses you find you that he is actually someone special. Percy Jackson is a son of one of the greek gods. Percy finnaly realizes that he is this gods son and is sent on a quest to find a lightning bolt that percy's dad supposedly stole from zues. Percy is trying to find this bolt and also get to the under world to save his mom who was killed by a beast. As he is trying to find his mom and this bolt he encounters many mythical creatures that he has to fight.
Explanation of rating: I gave this book three stars because I don't usually like fantasy or science fiction, but this book was pretty good for being a fantasy. One of the things I liked about this book is that you really get an image of whats going on. One of the things that bothers me about this book is that it is so predictable. I could predict just about anything that was about to happen and my prediction was usually right.
Eragon A4
Staci Rasmussen
A4
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
509
Rating:*****
Recommendation:I think that anyone can and should read this book. I really enjoyed reading it. Not everyone will like this book, but it is a really good book, if you like types of books that are tense. Maybe really young kids should not read this book, but older kids and adults should read it.
Summary: Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. Eragon thinks that the egg is a rock at first, then he goes into the barn where he had the egg, and it was cracked then that is when he realized that it was not a rock but an egg. He hears a noise in the barn and tries to find what it is and a baby dragon comes out of its hiding place. The dragon grows up in the care of Eragon. Evil people want to take the dragon from him so they can have her. So Eragon is trying to keep her safe and fight for what is right. In his journey he comes upon a elderly man named Brom that was a dragon trainer. Brom teaches Eragon sword fighting, and the ways of the Dragon Riders, as well as many other things he needs to know as a Dragon Rider. Eragon has to fight these evil guys, who are trying to kill him. Eragon also has to fight and kill the Shadow, which there is only one way to kill a Shadow.
Explanation of Rating: The reason for my rating is because Eragon is a really good book. I like tense edge of you seat kind of books and this book is like that. It has lots of parts in it that make you want to continue reading, instead of putting it down. So you just keep reading the book, and then before you know it you are finished with it and want to read the next book.
A4
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
509
Rating:*****
Recommendation:I think that anyone can and should read this book. I really enjoyed reading it. Not everyone will like this book, but it is a really good book, if you like types of books that are tense. Maybe really young kids should not read this book, but older kids and adults should read it.
Summary: Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. Eragon thinks that the egg is a rock at first, then he goes into the barn where he had the egg, and it was cracked then that is when he realized that it was not a rock but an egg. He hears a noise in the barn and tries to find what it is and a baby dragon comes out of its hiding place. The dragon grows up in the care of Eragon. Evil people want to take the dragon from him so they can have her. So Eragon is trying to keep her safe and fight for what is right. In his journey he comes upon a elderly man named Brom that was a dragon trainer. Brom teaches Eragon sword fighting, and the ways of the Dragon Riders, as well as many other things he needs to know as a Dragon Rider. Eragon has to fight these evil guys, who are trying to kill him. Eragon also has to fight and kill the Shadow, which there is only one way to kill a Shadow.
Explanation of Rating: The reason for my rating is because Eragon is a really good book. I like tense edge of you seat kind of books and this book is like that. It has lots of parts in it that make you want to continue reading, instead of putting it down. So you just keep reading the book, and then before you know it you are finished with it and want to read the next book.
Out of the silent planet
Tanner Lundskog
A-3
Out of the Silent Planet
C.S. Lewis
160 Pgs.
****
Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to people who like logical books that have out there plots. This book has lots of big words so I would recommend it to people about 16 and older. It’s an okay book with a pretty good plot. In order to like this you have to be okay with impossible things happening, because nothing in this book could happen.
Summary:
Dr. Elwin Ransom, a great linguist was an average man except for his mastery of languages. One day he was just going for a walk when he was knocked unconscious and kidnapped. When he woke up he wasn’t on earth, he was in space with two men ha had never met before. One was a rich well to do man with an adventurous mind; the other was an extremely smart physicist. He had been the one who made the spaceship that was carrying them away from earth. Once they arrived the indigenous aliens that inhabit mars are having problems. He realizes the only way to get home is to comply with the aliens and help them solve their problems. He decides to help so he can get home.
Explanation of Rating:
It was good but some of the plot is so ‘out their’ that it’s hard to comply with. The characters in it are pretty well introduced. The dialogue in some parts can confuse you. It has a little to keep up with but most people can do it. Most people will probably like this book.
Passage:
"These things are not strange, Small One, though they are beyond our senses."
It seems a little like something I would say. It makes it more real.
A-3
Out of the Silent Planet
C.S. Lewis
160 Pgs.
****
Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to people who like logical books that have out there plots. This book has lots of big words so I would recommend it to people about 16 and older. It’s an okay book with a pretty good plot. In order to like this you have to be okay with impossible things happening, because nothing in this book could happen.
Summary:
Dr. Elwin Ransom, a great linguist was an average man except for his mastery of languages. One day he was just going for a walk when he was knocked unconscious and kidnapped. When he woke up he wasn’t on earth, he was in space with two men ha had never met before. One was a rich well to do man with an adventurous mind; the other was an extremely smart physicist. He had been the one who made the spaceship that was carrying them away from earth. Once they arrived the indigenous aliens that inhabit mars are having problems. He realizes the only way to get home is to comply with the aliens and help them solve their problems. He decides to help so he can get home.
Explanation of Rating:
It was good but some of the plot is so ‘out their’ that it’s hard to comply with. The characters in it are pretty well introduced. The dialogue in some parts can confuse you. It has a little to keep up with but most people can do it. Most people will probably like this book.
Passage:
"These things are not strange, Small One, though they are beyond our senses."
It seems a little like something I would say. It makes it more real.
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