Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Is a wonderful book, but the condition of my reading it was that I had to blog it, so here goes [nothing]: [above link] is a great book. You may think from reading my reviews that I give praise lightly, but its just that I'm hardly ever introduced to a terrible book. Wait until you see my next post.
Peter and The Star catchers is wonderful. I thought it was better than both Peter an movies and will always be, but I haven't seen the old one in a while and I might be wrong about that. It is about a boy [peter] who is going with his friends to work for evil king Zarboff the third [holds up 3 middle fingers], whose name you must speak with your 3 middle fingers held up, or else they are chopped off [and it is my opinion that they are fed to his pet snake].
He meets a wonderful girl, Molly, who warns him repeatedly to not bother with the mysterious treasure held in a large treasure chest in the cargo hold. The 'Never Land' is the ship in which they are riding, with Molly feasting [along with the freakish Ms. Bumbrake {HA ha ha}] and the boys eating a soup filled with all the nutricious
[but not exactly appetizing] things you need for the day: cockroaches, beetles [I know it's redundant!], worms, rats, and live mice!
I am sorry to say that I strongly disliked one of the almost main characters: Tubby Ted. He is greedy, inconsiderate, unkind, and just, well, intolerable. His only thoughts are food. I want to tear him limb from limb.
But I should get back to the story. I can't tell anymore of the plot, but I can say that it gets steadily better, and sappier. My favorite scene: the part where they reveal future hook's secret weapon, the ladies: a large brassier used as a sail. It is as big as the ship.
My rating: *****
my mom's rating: Press control+f and type in "peter and"
so long!
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan is a sci fi about a faerie world and our analog world. It is kinda like a myth [we've been studying them in language arts] because it has lots of explanations for things, from UFOs and demons to why the faeries we see have wings. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH! I am going completely away from the story and making it look like a spiced up history book, which is definitely not the case.
Let's begin.
There is a boy named Henry. His life is like a book that I tried writing once, and still have on my hard drive [if I get comments about it I could put it in a series of posts]; all the action at once and a horrible aftermath. then he goes to clean up an old man's house, like he does once or twice a week.
He is slightly insane, always rambling on about aliens and how the CIA & FBI are all being mindwashed as I type. and his cat is a menace to the many-legged society. So when he sees this cat start to chomp on a beautiful butterfly, he saves it's life, or rather the life of Pyrgus Malvae, a faerie prince from a parralel world.
This prince was escaping from usurpers who are trying to overthrow his father, the king, or as they call him there, "The Purple Emperor". Pyrgus loves animals, and before he changed worlds was in trouble from saving kittens from a glue factory, where they would have been boiled alive as the main ingredient.
Then Henry and old mr. Fogarty [the neighbor whose yard he cleans] go to Pyrgus' native land, him included with the travelers to save the lives of Pyrgus and his people. His is a thrilling tale full of adventure, good for ages [at least I think] 10+.
my rating:***** [a+]
my mom's rating: Click Here [press ctrl+f and type in 'faerie';it is near the bottom]
Let's begin.
There is a boy named Henry. His life is like a book that I tried writing once, and still have on my hard drive [if I get comments about it I could put it in a series of posts]; all the action at once and a horrible aftermath. then he goes to clean up an old man's house, like he does once or twice a week.
He is slightly insane, always rambling on about aliens and how the CIA & FBI are all being mindwashed as I type. and his cat is a menace to the many-legged society. So when he sees this cat start to chomp on a beautiful butterfly, he saves it's life, or rather the life of Pyrgus Malvae, a faerie prince from a parralel world.
This prince was escaping from usurpers who are trying to overthrow his father, the king, or as they call him there, "The Purple Emperor". Pyrgus loves animals, and before he changed worlds was in trouble from saving kittens from a glue factory, where they would have been boiled alive as the main ingredient.
Then Henry and old mr. Fogarty [the neighbor whose yard he cleans] go to Pyrgus' native land, him included with the travelers to save the lives of Pyrgus and his people. His is a thrilling tale full of adventure, good for ages [at least I think] 10+.
my rating:***** [a+]
my mom's rating: Click Here [press ctrl+f and type in 'faerie';it is near the bottom]
Monday, September 06, 2004
aaaaaaaaaaah
What happened to the font in the last post?!?! When I tried to fix the size and density it didn't work!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Interstellar Pig by William Sleater
Interstellar pig by William Sleator
I am a little strange about scaryness, as you may have noticed in my last post. Let me explain. Once I was reading some books that I can't remember the title of, and there were injuries, games where people hunted other human beings [hunted: searched for and killed on a private island], and other pretty gory stuff. But it was science fiction. I didn't mind. Until the very last [or was it next to last?] chapter where they locked a bad guy [really girl; I didn't think it would otherwise sound right] in a thing like a cubicle with a roof and were gassing her. When they told her over the vid cam, she held pearls in front of the camera. The lady on the other end was very upset, as the gas ruined pearls. Now that is a frightening thought. I can't tell you how my mind works, but this gives you an idea.
Anyway, back to the book.
there is a boy who is a loner, gets sunburned very easily, and is very suspicious of all activities. He is staying in a beach house with his parents over the summer[Do they at all care about him?]. He meets the people in the cement structure 10 yards away who were very, very upset that they couldn't stay in the house his family was staying in, which is understandable because theirs is very small for three people to stay in and is a horrid shade of pink.
But it is still suspicious when they keep asking to go to his house, and even more so when they pick up every yearbook, pot, and article of clothing in the summer house. And the finger the scrapings on the wall in his room. It gets creepy and cruel from then on, but my favorite part is the last few paragraphs.
Mom's rating:click here [poor]
My Rating: *** C [passing grade, but just barely]
Age Level: 11-15 [best guess]
PS. The reason I talked to you about my weirdo psychology is that I was almost scared to death when they said what 'the piggy' looked like. If you read this book you will probably think this strange.
I am a little strange about scaryness, as you may have noticed in my last post. Let me explain. Once I was reading some books that I can't remember the title of, and there were injuries, games where people hunted other human beings [hunted: searched for and killed on a private island], and other pretty gory stuff. But it was science fiction. I didn't mind. Until the very last [or was it next to last?] chapter where they locked a bad guy [really girl; I didn't think it would otherwise sound right] in a thing like a cubicle with a roof and were gassing her. When they told her over the vid cam, she held pearls in front of the camera. The lady on the other end was very upset, as the gas ruined pearls. Now that is a frightening thought. I can't tell you how my mind works, but this gives you an idea.
Anyway, back to the book.
there is a boy who is a loner, gets sunburned very easily, and is very suspicious of all activities. He is staying in a beach house with his parents over the summer[Do they at all care about him?]. He meets the people in the cement structure 10 yards away who were very, very upset that they couldn't stay in the house his family was staying in, which is understandable because theirs is very small for three people to stay in and is a horrid shade of pink.
But it is still suspicious when they keep asking to go to his house, and even more so when they pick up every yearbook, pot, and article of clothing in the summer house. And the finger the scrapings on the wall in his room. It gets creepy and cruel from then on, but my favorite part is the last few paragraphs.
Mom's rating:click here [poor]
My Rating: *** C [passing grade, but just barely]
Age Level: 11-15 [best guess]
PS. The reason I talked to you about my weirdo psychology is that I was almost scared to death when they said what 'the piggy' looked like. If you read this book you will probably think this strange.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood " & "Persepolis 2" by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
When we were showing these books to some friends, one laughed and said "Is that her real name?". I didn't understand until they explained that it meant something like "an unstable government" [did you see me spell it right!?!:)]. Then them and my parents got into a long and slightly interesting discussion about since it came from somewhere where the story took place it probably evolved from that name...
blah.
I don't really care for long discussions. But it didn't help that it was about words either. School was fast approching and I was to start having a whole class for spelling and grammar. I also don't care for these books much, for various reasons:
1. I don't like depressing stories that actually happened to real people.
2. People, real people, died. I hate the fact of death; yes, i know it's inevitable; yes, I know I can't escape it; and no, I don't want any lectures on the subject.
3. She cursed. A little girl cursed, A little girl younger than me, and the people around her, cursing like I had never seen/heard in any location, from school to any other place[I once saw a fight at school].
My mothers rating: Wonderful. check out the full review here for the first book, here for the sequel.
My rating: *** 3/5 [c-]
Age level: young adult [it is not my right to place an age group for these books]
When we were showing these books to some friends, one laughed and said "Is that her real name?". I didn't understand until they explained that it meant something like "an unstable government" [did you see me spell it right!?!:)]. Then them and my parents got into a long and slightly interesting discussion about since it came from somewhere where the story took place it probably evolved from that name...
blah.
I don't really care for long discussions. But it didn't help that it was about words either. School was fast approching and I was to start having a whole class for spelling and grammar. I also don't care for these books much, for various reasons:
1. I don't like depressing stories that actually happened to real people.
2. People, real people, died. I hate the fact of death; yes, i know it's inevitable; yes, I know I can't escape it; and no, I don't want any lectures on the subject.
3. She cursed. A little girl cursed, A little girl younger than me, and the people around her, cursing like I had never seen/heard in any location, from school to any other place[I once saw a fight at school].
My mothers rating: Wonderful. check out the full review here for the first book, here for the sequel.
My rating: *** 3/5 [c-]
Age level: young adult [it is not my right to place an age group for these books]
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
The Book of Alfar: a tale of the hudson highlands
The Book of Alfar: a tale of the hudson highlands is a wonderful book. it is for ages 9-12 and is science fiction. It is about a boy who moves to the country and he does not greet the life he expected. He meets a native american girl, Mini, and catches a glimpse of a dwarf and the ghost of a hessian soldier. this book is full of adventure and comedy.
my rating: *****
My mom's rating [do control+f and type in 'alfar']
my rating: *****
My mom's rating [do control+f and type in 'alfar']
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