Thursday, July 15, 2004

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper Mom's review: Here's a quote from her, and a link to her blog's review:   "It's like 'The Hardy Boys'. 'Oh, you want to explore a haunted island? Let me pack you some sandwiches and ginger beer. Don't forget to dress warmly!'. But the others in the series are better." click here   to see her review of this book and the rest of the series. My  review: It's OK . I found it entertaining, but felt as if I knew everything that would happen next, what I would have for lunch the next day... All right, it wasn't like that, but I did feel a strange sense of de ja vu. I probably won't read it again 'till Easter, but that's what normally happens. I would recommend this book to 11-13/14 year olds, and adults. It's very long, and I found myself skipping paragraphs and had to reread them[AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGGGH!!!]. Rating:***

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

The Wind Singer book one in the Wind On Fire trilogy

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
I loved this book!!! My mom calls books such as this one "junk food books". In other words: they have no substance and are usually read only once by people. But as this is true for almost every book I read [even Harry Potter], I don't really care.
I would recommend this book for science fiction and fantasy lovers that don't mind seeing people die in their minds [not one or more of my previous teachers]. It is also good summer reading for slower readers, because it is 486 pages long. However speed readers will finish it in 1-3 days. Here's another persons revue:
Click here to see reviews
To my dismay, there were no bad reviews for me to defeat, so I asked my mom. here goes:
click here to read.
Rating:*****

Sunday, July 11, 2004

Intro Post

My Mom has the blog 365 Days of Books and this is my version...the books that I read in the next 365 days with links and MY reviews (since they are not the same as my mothers) and maybe other people's reviews as well.