Books, Books, and More Books

A while back, I interviewed Mara Baker. Who is a loyal reader of my blog, an intense reader, and works to make video games. I am just now realizing I never fully posted this intriguing moment. This post is pretty exciting for me since the last time I interviewed someone was in 2022, an interview with Erin Schultz . Now, we will dive into the emotions people explore while reading, tell us about some of her favorite books as a child, and Mara will give some adult recommendation

I have finally finished Linked and moved on to another book that I will reveal next week. I realized, I often end every post with "THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!" or " Read the book," etc. For now I thought it might be fun to analyze all the books I have read in 2023. Let's get started. The first book I read in 2023 was Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper. This book was great because it let me see into someone else's problems and empathize. The next book had been on my list for a whi

Think of a fat, juicy hamburger with everything you love on it right at your fingertips. Now I'm not trying to make you feel guilty, but now think of the cow that used to live. About 900,000 cows get slaughtered per day and a lot of these cows feel scared, uncomfortable, and harmed during the process. Temple Grandin has always had a sincere love for animals. Today she works to make a better life for animals that live in a slaughterhouse. Many animals get abused and live thei

HAPPY NEW YEAR! With it being that time of year, I have not had time to finish reading Linked yet but I am reading another book alongside Linked . In fact I will be reading it alongside every book I read in 2024. My dad and I even made this our New Year's Resolution! At this point your probably thinking: wow, great, WHAT IS THE POINT? Well, the point is that this book consists of short meditations for every night before you go to bed. The book has the days labeled for yo

Let me start with a little backstory of how I learned about Fortune Falls. At my school we have a thing called Accelerated Reader. This is a program to see if you are reading books at your level and reading enough books. Since I got so into the "His Dark Materials" series, I fell just a few points short of my AR (Accelerated Reader) goal. I went to the school library to find a book and by chance my friend was in there too. She said that Fortune Falls was among one of the best

Good morning! I just read a book called "Ban This Book" by Alan Gratz. I have mentioned it in a previous blog post when I was interviewing Erin . "Ban This Book" is about a girl my age who is always good and follows the rules. She absolutely loves books so much so that she lies to her parents that she is in an extracurricular activity when she is really just passing time reading at the library. One day, Mrs.Spencer (one of Amy's classmate's Mom), the president of the PTA ba

I have not posted since February. My apologies. Since Febuary I have found a thing called GPT chat. Of course I won't use this again for my blog but I thought it was really cool and you guys should hear what is wrote. Here was my prompt: make this blog post about the deathly hallows 5 paragraphs in my style of writing. ( had shared and old blog with it). The Harry Potter series has captivated readers of all ages since its debut, and the final book in the series, "Harry Pott

The holidays have been crazy and I've been meaning to post, but I've had trouble finding a time to blog. I read Out of My Mind by Sharon M Draper. This book is about a girl, Melody, who is disabled and can't talk or walk. She has cerebral plasy. I started reading this book a while back, but I stopped reading it just because I didn't really like the book. Then, over the holidays, my cousin came into town and told me, "You should start reading that again." I started reading it

My mom started to read us the Ramona series again. I want to clarify that I'm not reading these books, but my mom is reading my sister and me this book. It's perfect for kids around the age of 7, but I still like listening to them. Ramona the Pest is about a young girl, Ramona, going into kindergarten. Ramona has a horrible first day and gets in trouble many times. She is not a bad girl, though. She just has a lot of misunderstandings. She didn't know that of she pulled on S

Last year in fourth grade, my teacher read my class The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney. My class absolutely loved it. I finished my book about Marie Antoinette on September 23, so I I had nothing to read. I went to my class bookshelf and saw the book School Days According to Humphrey. Since loved the first book so much, I decided to read this one. This is a great way to pick out books because when you find an author you like you can read many of their books

I am sorry that I have not been posting a lot lately. I am trying get back into my routine. Let me start off by saying I always prefer books over movies. A while back I posted about a book called Kiki's Delivery Service. Last night I watched the movie. The movie was similar to the book but I am sure that I am forgetting parts of the book since I read it about six months ago. I did notice they skipped a few chapters/scenes where Kiki delivers items. I liked those chapters/sc

I am constantly reading books. I am still reading Harry Potter, but one thing you may not know is that every night before bedtime, my mom reads me a chapter (or a few!) of a book. Usually we read chapter books, but occasionally, she reads me picture books. Currently, she is reading me The One and Only Ivan. So far, the book is sad. It is about a silverback-an adult male gorilla- that lives in a mall for a circus. In the book the gorilla- Ivan- expresses himself. He talks a

It all started when Granny woke her up in the middle of the night. Louisiana was not suspicious of anything. Why should have she been suspicious? Granny had middle-of-the-night ideas all the time. Granny told her that they needed to leave. Did she mean leave all her friends? Yes. Could she bring her pets? No. What was this all about? Then it came to Louisiana . . . They were not going to come back. Lost. Hopeless. Who is Louisiana Elefante? All her life she had thought her

I just started reading this book. My friend suggested that I read it. It is her absolute favorite book! There are a lot of different versions of this book. The version I am reading is by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This famous story is written in a nice way. This story is about a young girl, Mary Lennox. Mary was brought to a huge house and has to adjust to a new life. This house is big but so many doors are shut. There are plenty of secrets hiding in this house and Mary is det

Hello! This will be the last time I will talk about The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. I just wanted to cover what The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar was about because it is what the book is named after. This short story is about a man, Henry Sugar, that reads a book and gets inspired. He wants to see with his eyes closed. He works with the power of yoga. As you may have already noticed (because I put the words in bold) I think that story is amazing! It is

The first thing I would like to clear up is that I am not giving you a summary of Henry Sugar and multiple summaries of six other books. It's title is really The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. Now that we are all clear on that, let us jump into this miraculous book. I am still unsure on where this book is going but often times you can look on the back of the book and it gives you a summary. Before I read it, I looked on the back of the book to make sure it woul

Gift Giving With Books Hello! Sorry for posting late this week. I also realize that a few days after Christmas is probably the worst time to post about gift giving, but I am still going to post about this. Here are some ideas for December birthdays, any birthday, a holiday, or really anything. One of the best books I have received is a book called Frankie and Bug. It was from my mom's friend. This is the book I am currently reading. I know gift giving may be hard when you

Good morning! Last week, I blogged about Gold Medal Winter. This book was divided up into three sections: 1,2, and, obviously, 3! I liked it. A big plot that got my attention was when Esperanza fell. Esperanza, as you may recall, is the main character. Her nickname is Espi. I used her nickname last week. Although, the title could use improvement, it is a good book. Really! This part of the book is really where drama gets Esperanza. Her mom's visa is not coming through so she

I am currently reading a book about an ice skater, Espi, who always dreamed of going to the Olympics but never thought of it as a reality. Suddenly Jennifer, who was another figure skater chosen for the Olympics, gets injured and the Olympics chose Espi. She is famous now! Another character is Danny. Danny is another Olympian from Rhode Island just like her. He is also on ice but not figure skating; he does hockey. The news is setting her up like she is going to marry Danny.

Hey there! This is my first list so this list will be my top 6 favorite books. Harry Potter The Ickabog Stuart Little Judy Blume books with Fudge The B.F.G. When You Trap a Tiger Harry Potter A young boy named Harry soon finds out that he is a wizard. He carries with him trouble, adventure, Hermione, and Ron in his school, Where he learns magic. What adventures are next at Hogwarts? The Ickabog The Ickabog is a monster. This book is full of emotions like suspense, sadness, an