I enjoyed this book very much. I love each and everyone of the characters, they each have their own wonderful personalities that is just great. I hate Calli, the whole time she is mentioned. I just wanted to jump in the story and slap her for being a terrible mother. How can a mom make her daughter feel useless and unloved? Makes her feel like her mother only wants to see her screw something up. When Echo does something great, her mother makes fun of her with something else. I believe the cause of Echo wanting to loose so much weight is because of her mother always saying she got so fat during Christmas that she believes Echo will never loose it. Now look at Calli; your daughter is starving herself because of you. I truly believe that this is a good lesson for all girls and boys who think that they are not perfect cause of their weight. There are so many people who do this; stop eating and then pukes themselves to get rid of any food; it's sickening. Can't you see that you're beautiful just the way you are? We all change in life, we just need to accept that and enjoy our lives.
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
A new student review of Revealed
I think that this was a wonderful extension to the series. I always love reading these novels and have the hardest time putting them down. They keep drawing me in for more.
A new student review of Girls Like Us
Gail Giles presents to us an emotionally hard to chew novel. Though heart-touching and full of personal troubles, I would not recommend this book to any weak-hearted or weak-minded individual. Girls Like Us is a good book if you are looking for something to get your brain thinking. Realistic hardships and true facts about the cruel world makes this book a good read if you are up to the challenge.
A new student review of Zebra Forest by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Short, but to the point, Zebra Forest quickly captivates your full focus with the plight of the Snow children. Emotionally touching and gripping; you will never forget this excellent tale of how long-kept family secrets can damage children. Impossible to put down! Any reader will love.
Sunday, January 05, 2014
A new student review of Once Upon A Road Trip by Angela N. Blount
I really enjoyed this story, and found many people, (Angie espicially) very easy to relate to. Angie has a nice sense of humor, and I really think she portrays other high schoolers very nicely. All in all, I enjoyed the book, and think many others would as well.
A new student review of The Dark Between by Sonia Gensler
The Dark Between started off slow but around page 70, things began to pick up. After the plot began to unfold, the book was difficult to put down. Nothing in the book seemed predictable, at least not too much, and each time I thought the book would take one turn, it took a different one and I was never able to pinpoint how the story would wrap up. The mysteriousness of the novel made it enjoyable and a fun read.
Saturday, January 04, 2014
A new student review of The Extra
I really enjoyed reading The Extra and found it very interesting because very little has been written about how the Gypsies were sent to concentration camps in World War II. The characters were likeable, and you were able to connect with their feelings (if not the situations) and sympathize with them. I first chose this book because it was written by Kathryn Lasky who has written lots of good books, including the best-selling The Guardians of Ga’Hoole series. I also found this new book of hers to be very well written and interesting. There were, however, some rather intense and sad parts; but these are to be expected when talking about the Holocaust. All in all, I thought this was a wonderful book full of bravery and loyalty.
Friday, January 03, 2014
A new student review of The Grimalkin's Secret
I think this book was excellent. It had a mixture of magical, kind of realistic, and adventure. I like that at the begining of the book it showed two different alphabets, Resse and Symbari.
A new student review of Charis: Journey to Pandora's Jar
How would you feel if all the miseries of the world were yours to fix? When I read Charis, I was sympathetic for her. I mean if you had to battle horrific monsters from the underworld,who wouldn’t freak out? I really liked how Nicole Walters uses a lot of details. It made the book a lot more interesting. Another thing I liked was it was very clear who was talking. It was really easy to follow, but interesting and fast paced. There is one con. The ending was kind of disappointing. All in all, though, I really liked it.
Thursday, January 02, 2014
A new student review of The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean
This book grabbed me with its description of a boy telling his own story. It seemed to be a mix between a horror and an autobiography, which it most definitely was. One of the first barriers to reading this book was a textual hurdle. Everything was typed out in nonsensical spelling. I wasn't ever sure whether that was for an effect for the experience of the book, or if it was just a sloppy choice of creative thought. While I appreciate expanding the ways to print, and use the paper with which you print a book, this did not work. Nearly every word was spelled wrong, phonetically.This made it incrediblly difficult to get through the book, which, in the end, I never did. The next suprising thing to me was the edginess of it all. I was fully aware that it came with a mature rating, however the things in this book really just weren't okay to be dwelling on. I'm not sure if that was clarified later in the book, but it honestly doesn't matter all that much. There was adultery, abuse, language, a boy who was locked up in his room from childhood.
The intriguing and confusing parts of the book usually came when the boy was describing his own psycological troubles. While I really do appreciate troubles in someone's life used to demonstrate something specific or to help you learn new things, in this context, it was not appreciated. The first words had me reading the book aloud to be able to read it, and it continued on with obsenities that I didn't feel necessary to fully understand the troubles the boy was experiencing.
This book was a dissapointment compared to what I expected, and had I known what it was or what it was supposed to be, I would have never attempted to read this book. I was frustrated by something as simple as the choice of misspelling the words because if that had been fixed I would have enjoyed the good parts found in the book to a fuller extent. The author dampened his possibly incredible affect on someone by choosing to make his book like this.