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 Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is a fitting conclusion to the epic tale. The story begins with our beloved trio, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, embarking on a dangerous quest to find and destroy the remaining horcruxes - objects that contain a piece of Voldemort's soul. As they travel across the wizarding world, they uncover the truth behind the Deathly Hallows - three powerful objects that, when combined, can make the user master of death. One of the most striking aspects of "Deathly Hallows" is its dark tone. The stakes are higher than ever as our heroes face danger at every turn, with Voldemort and his Death Eaters hot on their trail. As they struggle to find the horcruxes and piece together the mystery of the Deathly Hallows, they also face personal demons and complex moral dilemmas. The themes of loss, sacrifice, and the true nature of heroism are woven throughout the story, making it an emotionally resonant and unforgettable read. The Deathly Hallows themselves are a fascinating addition to the wizarding world lore. The Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak are powerful objects that have tempted many throughout history, including Voldemort himself. The story behind the Hallows, and their ultimate significance in the battle against Voldemort, adds another layer of complexity and intrigue to the story. But at its core, "Deathly Hallows" is a story about the power of love and friendship. The bond between Harry, Ron, and Hermione is tested like never before, and their unwavering loyalty to each other is what ultimately leads them to victory. The sacrifices made by our heroes, and the losses they endure, are heartbreaking but also affirm the importance of love and connection in the face of darkness. In the end, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is a triumphant and fitting conclusion to one of the greatest book series of all time. The intricate plot, richly developed characters, and powerful themes make it a truly unforgettable read. Whether you're a die-hard fan or a newcomer to the wizarding world, this book is a must-read. So grab your wand and get ready for an adventure you'll never forget.

In class we are working on mystery book reports. I'd like to make it very clear that I typically do not really like the mystery genre, mostly due to their eerie feeling. Luckily, for this book report though I found a mystery book that I liked. The Secret of Red Gate Farm is a pretty short book ( 178 pages ) written by Carolyn Keene. We only had two weeks to read the book and to the book report though. I highly suggest this book if you have a mystery book assignment because it is so short, there are so many characters, there are a lot of plot twists and you will enjoy reading it. The beginning to the middle of the book is really just setting the scene and giving you a lot of clues that don't go together at all. At the beginning, Nancy and her friends (Bess and George) mention how a saleslady avoids trying to sell them a bottle of perfume. Even though at the time I thought "it's just perfume!," this is actually a big hint. That same day they ride a train back to River Heights and encounter a girl who has fainted on the train. Nancy, Bess, and George immediately help the girl. The young girl says her name is Joanne. She lives at Red Gate Farm and is looking for a job so that they don't have to sell Red Gate Farm. Nancy and her companions help and bond with Joanne for the rest of the book. I liked this book because it wasn't too creepy, but it also has a big mystery hidden in plain sight. I have finished my book report, and I think it turned out nicely. I have done another post on a Nancy Drew book titled, Nancy Drew and the Quest of the Missing Map, (apparently that was for a book report too)! I'm glad I could find some time to post again. I love posting so much but my schedule keeps getting busier. If you have any questions always comment below or ... READ THE BOOK!!

Hello. I will sort of be posting out of order since I have already posted about the Deathly Hallows (but that was AI, does it really count?!?!) I will be posting about the sixth book in the series: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. (This post may be very confusing due to these books being long and confusing but I promise it is a really good book!) At the beginning, Harry stayed at the Burrow just to find out that Fluer Delacour had moved in. Apparently, Fluer and Bill Weasly are to be married!! Fluer is constantly in Harry's hair and everyone finds it annoying. Finally, they escape to Hogwarts and adventure begins. The first big announcement is that the new Defense Against Dark Arts Teacher was ... Snape! Meaning that their new Potions teacher was Professor Slughorn. That meant that Harry could take Potions! He used a teacher's copy and someone had scribble notes all over it that helped him. The book helped him not just in potions, but also spells that this person invented! They signed the book with The Half Blood Prince. Finally, Dumbledore requests private lessons with Harry. He shows Harry many things called pensieve. Pensieve is like a memory you can watch. Dumbledore shows Harry a pensieve of Tom Riddle asking what a Horcrux is. Professor Slughorn fiddled with the memory though making himself look better. Harry needs to get the real memory from Slughorn. This book has a lot of questions, answers, and surprises. Who is the Half Blood Prince? What is a Horcrux? Do you have any questions? If so comment or READ THE BOOK!

*** Warning some spoilers ahead (I will avoid major spoilers)*** I have been out of the blogging routine but I plan to start it up again. Please don't forget to comment on my blog if you have a question. I hope you all have had a great summer (with lots of reading ). I read "the Deathly Hallows" BEFORE Summer but I just thought I should post about it because I have posted all the other Harry Potter books. This is by far my favorite Harry Potter book. It has so many plot twists and intense battles. JK Rowling finishes this book series beautifully. The book starts at a wedding but everyone must flee because of dementors. Harry, Ron and Hermione start planning how they might take down You-Know-Who. Eventually, they have to choose between Horcruxes (parts of You-Know-Who's soul) or Hallows (the three most powerful objects). This book puts together everything we know from the first book to the last book. Evil characters become good and lots of people die. I liked this because they moved around a lot and each place they went to was described beautifully. They have to make sure the death eaters don't find them so they move locations of living every 5 days or so. If I say any more I will give away some big spoilers but make sure to read this book.

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 bans several books from the library including Amy's favorite book " From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. " Mrs. Spencer claims that these books are harmful to children and Amy is not happy about it. “Nobody has the right to tell you what books you can and can’t read except your parents.” ― Alan Gratz, Ban This Book It doesn't seem fair to Amy that somebody can just walk in and ban a book so that nobody can read it. Books should be for everyone to enjoy. Amy decides to take a stand. She had never done anything like this in the past but now she has found something she feels strongly about and is willing to speak up. Amy wants to make a difference. Amy tries many different ways to fight against the PTA but they always shoot back " These books are not appropriate for children" or "Books can teach children how to lie." There are ups and downs and twists and turns in this book but what I liked most about it is that I felt like I was really similar to Amy. I could never imagine myself making a big fuss over something but neither could Amy. The message it got across to me was that if you feel strongly about something then you should protect it. This book is really interesting so I recommend you READ THE BOOK!

I read this book over the summer. Typically, I’m not great about reading over the summer but this book was amazing and I couldn’t put it down. It was fascinating. I just felt like I was in it. If anyone reading this has watched the never ending story that is sort of how I felt. I really didn’t think about the external world around me when I read the book. I loved every second of reading this book because it is intense at some points and inventive at others. This book is also great because there is a TV series so I can see it happen again once finish the book. This book is the first book in a trilogy so there is a lot of explaining in this book. The book is very complicated and it is hard to give a summary of it with no spoilers but I’ll do my best. Young 11 year old Lyra, has lived at Jordan college all her life but her life is flipped upsidedown when a very beautiful woman offers to have Lyra live with her and her best friend is kidnapped. Lyra must find her best friend, Roger. Lyra is given the alethiometer to protect her. It is a truth telling device but Lyra has no clue how to use it. Lyra has no help to use it either, the person who gave it to her said to keep it a complete secret. Lyra also has things called daemons in her world; they are basically a part of someone's soul in an animal. Lyra’s daemon is named Pantalaimon but he goes by Pan. Lyra and Pan can talk to each other ( and typically Pan is the voice of reason.) Pan and Lyra go on an adventure and find out things that they never thought were possible. Lyra is no longer just a little girl; she knows things most adults don’t know! Lyra is strong. I highly recommend this book. It was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I absolutely love the storyline and the character development. Even if you don’t have time to read a big book right now I also recommend the series. I will say though that the books give you more of and understanding of the series. There is a lot of the book that I didn’t even mention because it is so complicated and I don’t want to spoil any thing. If you are wondering how it ends.Who is the beautiful lady? Where is Roger? What are daemons again? I recommend you read the book! Also, feel free to comment below on what you think of these books or you can recommend some books. I also added a search bar now so if you are looking for a certain post you don’t have to scroll all the way down. Thank you!

I want to start off by saying if you haven't read my other post about The Golden Compass then this post won't make much sense. I'd also like to say that this might include some spoilers if you haven't read book one yet. I did a book report on The Subtle Knife, and I truly enjoyed it. I have said before that I don't really like mystery books. This fact still stands, but I do think that this book has some amount of mystery to it that I like. Maybe it is my taste in books changing, but in my opinion, this book is just really well written. It is an adventure for knowledge; it has death, love, war, and magic. In this book Lyra crosses a bridge in between worlds and discovers a whole other dimension called "Citta'gazze" . There Lyra meets a boy about her age fleeing from his world. His world is much like ours (in fact, it might be ours). The boy's name is Will. Will's dad disappeared when Will was a small child. On top of that, Will's mother is neuartic. For instance, at a park she will count every leaf on a bush. Will has protected his mother from the real world for a long time, but now he has to go look for his father. When Will and Lyra meet, they automatically don't like each other, but there is not a single other soul in Citta'gazze; they need each other to stay alive. Soon they meet kids in Citta'gazze, so they learn they aren't the only people. They learn about something called the subtle knife which can cut through anything (including dimensions). With Lyra's alethiometer (truth teller) Lyra and Will attempt to: Find Will's father Find more out about dust Stay alive A witch named Serifina Pekkala also plays an important role in the book. She does everything she can to protect Lyra. Serifina knows everthing that Lyra is trying so hard to learn. Serifina read the "prophecy" as the book says and this is what causes Serifina to make sure Lyra is safe or alive. This book is written in third person limited omniscient, but each chapter tells what different characters are doing rather than just one. In my opinion, this makes the book so much better because by the end of the book you can see that what all of the characters are doing relate to other charcters. I also like the way the book is written because you know more than Lyra and Will. I highly reccomend this book. This book was amazing, and I have started the third and final book of the series already. I love the series so much! The book has so much more going on in it than I explained but I covered the very baseline. If you are curious what happens to Lyra and Will I reccommend you read the book!

I recently learned about a new book report that my teacher assigned the requirement is that the book must be a Newbery Award winner. I was trying to decide between Jacob, Have I Loved and Julie and the Wolves. Eventually, I decided on Julie and the Wolves. I like to decide what books to read based on their backs. Typically, an author will write a short summary there and I'll decide if it sounds interesting. I have just started Julie and the Wolves but I think I have a pretty good understanding (of course though, there will be more action than I even know) and I think I have a few good hypotheses. The book starts in the middle of the cold and barren arctic, where Julie is lost. Julie's name in her community was Miyax. Miyax was starving and she needed help from the wolves. The wolves know how to hunt and stay warm. The problem is that the wolves are refusing to even look at her. They look at literally everything but her. Whilwolf packe Miyax waits to be acknowledged she thinks about how easy this would be for her father: an arctic hunter. He had a story about befriending a wolf but he never told Miyax how he did it. Then she remembers why she is here in the first place. Why? That is for to find out! I'm not positive but I have a few theories that are as follow: Julie befriends the wolves and is treated like family Julie still has to fend for herself in many near death experiences. It might have a similar story line to Hatchet (which I have also read). Julie reunites with her old community but doesn't want to say bye to the wolves Julie learns from the wolves. Again, I don't know if these predictions are correct and I'll update this if any of my predictions turn out to be correct or completely off track. I recommend reading this book and seeing for yourself what occurs throughout the book. Happy fall and in my opinion you should read the book ! Edited on 11/4 6:59 Some of my predictions were correct... others weren't even on the right track. Don't read this edited section if you don't want spoilers. Lets begin. My first prediction was " Julie befriends the wolves and is treated like family" This prediction was completely correct! Julie learns the wolves language and gains trust. Next, " Julie still has to fend for herself in many near death experiences." Yes, Julie is always fighting against starvation! She definitely receives much help from Amaroq, the leader of the wolves. "It might have a similar story line to Hatchet (which I have also read)." Not really, this book was about a girl finding where she belonged. The wolves? With her dad? Alone? The city? Seal camp? In Hatchet he is really alone. Then I said, "Julie reunites with her old community but doesn't want to say bye to the wolves." No, this prediction was completely wrong... Julie has to decide where she wants to live. "Julie learns from the wolves." Of course Julie learned from the wolves (if she hadn't of she would die within the first 100 pages). So let me know if I answered any questions! Tell me by commenting below if I should do something like this blog post again. I have to admit I almost forgot until I logged on to do a Halloween blog! If you have any book recommendations feel free to share them to. Read the book!

Sorry I haven't posted in a month ( and for doing the Halloween post late). I'm trying to get through a 500 page book so I can blog about it. Until then I can't blog about that specific book but I can tell you about a book that every night before Halloween my mom, my sister, and I read together. It's called Space Case! Every Halloween we gather around to look at the pictures in Space Case. Yes, this is a children's picture book. This means if you have younger kids this would be an amazing Halloween book for them. There is also a "Reading Rainbow" on this book if you want to watch it virtually. Space Case is about an alien that comes to Earth on Halloween and trick or treats with a group of boys. Once it is all over he follows a boy named Buddy home. Once he studied the dictionary he could talk. Then what happened? I could tell you but instead I'm going to urge you to use your imagination or read the book! Halloween can bring many surprises, like for Buddy it brought an alien-robot guy. This book can get you thinking about what else is out there in the vastness of outer space. I hope that everyone reading this had a enjoyable, safe, and maybe even surprise filled Halloween. I know that this book suggestion won't help much this year since Halloween is over but keep it in mind for next year. Thank you and

'The Amber Spyglass,' is the third and final book in this series. I posted a little late because I was trying to finish my book. That was a lot of talk about how I read the book but what about what I actually read. Well, the book itself is really good, you won't understand a thing it says though f you start on the third book. I like how the book makes you feel like everything it is saying could be true. You know it is impossible, but they are in different worlds so it very well could be true. As I have probably stated when blogging about the last two books, ( The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife ) the book makes it easy for you to picture in your head and paints vivid descriptions throughout the book. I will say it is a time consuming book to read, but it is incredibly elaborate. The first one was about a golden compass, the next about a subtle knife, and now it's the amber spyglass. What is an amber spyglass though? I will briefly dive in without giving much away. Lord Asriel, Lyra's disconnected father, is starting war against the authority. Lyra and Will are two main characters from the previous two books. They must save, not their world but every world throughout the warp of space! Every decision, sacrifice, and mistake they make impacts how the worlds will live forever! While jumping in between worlds and frantically getting each other out of scarring situations they make some friends that aren't even their species such as angels, harpies, Gallivespians, armored bear, witches and of course daemons. (I am 100% aware that half of the words I just said sound like gibberish but the point is that they made friends.) Are you following? If you have read the first or second books you may have a sense of what dust is, in this book series. Dust has a different meaning than what we know as dust. A lot more about this so called "dust" is in the third and final book. I really encourage you to read this book. If you haven't read the series it makes sense to start on the first one. Sorry I haven't posted much lately but I will post frequently from now on. ( No promises of a perfect record though.) I have one question for you did my summary make sense? If not please comment below how I can improve my writing. You can also READ THE BOOK! Get ready! Above is a real clip from the TV series His Dark Materials. Lyra's mother is standing closest to us.

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 books in the library, so I decided to give it a try. In the town of Fortune Falls superstitions are true, and you are either lucky or unlucky. Up until sixth grade, everyone is undetermined; after that you must take the luck test. Sadie has always known she was unlucky. Now that she is in sixth grade she is freaking out about the luck test because she does not want to be sent to Bane's School for Luckless Adolescents (a boarding school). The week before the luck test she encounters a black cat, breaks a mirror, and doesn't find any luck charms (4 leaf clovers, lucky pennies, rabbit feet, etc). Family stuff is also getting in the way. Sadie's dad passed away a year ago. Sadie's younger brother is obviously lucky. Also, Sadie cannot step on a crack or she'll break her mother's back. Not to mention this year her birthday lands on Friday the 13th. Sadie has to make a lot of decisions and sacrifices but will any really matter if she turns out to be unlucky? Does she even have chance of being lucky? Will her family be brought down with her? My final point to make is that this book can represent something. Obviously this is up for interpretation but to me it represented the thoughts pre-teens entering adolescence. Some may feel lucky or unlucky, but all will probably feel self-conscious. Despite everything Sadie goes through at school, she still has a profound love for her family. The message is probably whether you are lucky or not, you being who you are is what really matters. It does not matter what other people think of you or how you do on a silly test. This is something everyone can share. As twisted as Fortune Falls is, it is also relatable. Fortune Falls was an AMAZING book and an easy read at that. If you are looking for something just to read for fun but not have to be committed, this would be the perfect fit for you. I think the author painted the picture of the emotional, fun, and disappointing scenes in the book fabulously. Will Sadie pass the luck test? Find out now, READ THE BOOK!

***The following book and review will have heavy topics about the neo-Nazi movement. I am currently reading this book called Linked. I chose it because I already knew I love the author, Gordon Korman. He wrote Unplugged (a book I have read), along with many others such as: Resart , Ungifted , Unteachables , Master Mind , Swindle , Slacker , etc. I have heard from a close friend that has read quite a few of these that they are all amazing. We are here to talk about Linked though right? Linked is set in the present day. Around the school swastikas started appearing and frightened many people. Dana Levinson the only Jewish girl in the town of Chokecherry feels the most threatened by these signs of hate. Michael Amorosa was the first student to see the swastika and he is president of the art club; this means he has all of the materials to paint a swastika. This is why he is the prime suspect. Lincoln Rowley (a.k.a Link) is the most popular guy at school, not to mention the most athletic. Everyone is turning to him to figure out who is causing the disruption in their small town. All three kids feel strongly that this should not be occurring but none know what to do. The school decides to fight back by attempting to create over 6 million million paper links; each one standing for a Jew murdered in the Holocaust. This project is for the purpose of uniting the school and preventing the swastikas from dividing the school further. 6 million is a mind blowing number but the point of their project is to wrap their minds around how many people died. Gordon Korman got his inspiration from the paper clip project done by eighth graders at Whitwell University in Tennesee 1988. This project was much similar to the project in Linked. The eighth graders started an after school program to learn about the Holocaust and respect other religions. Once they learned that 6 million Jews had died in the Holocaust they wanted to collect something to grasp the greatness of 6 million. They collected 6 million paper clips. The children went above their goal and received 30 million paper clips in the end! If you want to learn more about this click here. Thank you for continuing to support my blog. I am not finished with the book but so far I am enjoying Linked. It is an easier book to just read for fun without being intimidated by the length of the book. Thank you for reading and if you are interested in this book I recommend reading the book! This is what the school in the book was collecting! I think you all know what paper clips are but this is what Whitwell University was collecting.