Book Blog #20

The 5th Wave movie came out and I like to read books before watching the movie just so I can say "this part's different," or "she has red hair not blonde, ugh do they pay any attention to detail!?" and so on.
Aliens have invaded Earth. They send out four "waves;" first everything that has an engine or runs using electricity is dead. Next, there's a giant earthquake that sends everyone running toward the center of continents. With that many people in one place, disease kills most of the remaining population. Finally, the Others arrive. They plant themselves in human brains and take over their bodies. Cassie is one of the survivors. The Others take her brother, and Cassie wants to get him back.
I liked this book. It was captivating and even though there were some big blocks of text I skipped over, it was good overall.
No warnings.
Next, I will read the second book in The Naturals series, Killer Instinct.

Book Blog #19

I read The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle. It was very creepy and good.
It's about a girl named Cara, her ex-stepbrother Sam, their older sister Alice, and Cara's friend Bea. Every October, the family is strangely accident-prone. Usually it's just a bunch of scrapes and maybe a couple broken limbs, but sometimes someone dies. Cara is looking through her photos one day in the "accident season" when she notices that one girl is in every single one, even the ones from family vacations. Cara goes investigating, which leads to ghosts, magic, and a bunch of horrible accidents.
This book was very good. Barely any warnings. I would recommend this to anyone, especially maybe Miles and Maya (this just is the kind of book you would like).

Book Blog #18

I read The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. It was very good, and if you like murder mysteries, combinations of sci-fi and realistic fiction, and drama then this is the perfect book for you.

It's about a girl named Cassie. She has this weird ability to profile people, or to know exactly what they're thinking and what kind of person they are by the looks on their faces. She's never really thought much of it until her mom gets murdered.
An FBI agent approaches Cassie and asks her to join a special program for others with her kind of gift. She agrees and is sent to a house with four other people who all have different "natural" abilities. They are trained to catch criminals.
Right after she arrives, a series of serial killings takes place. Cassie believes this might be her mother's killer sending a message to Cassie.

For book genre, I would like murder mysteries. I really like murder mysteries, as you may be able to tell by the books I've read in the past year or so.

Poem #1 - strange limericks

I once met a mole in a skirt.
I exclaimed, "doesn't that hurt?"
The creature replied,
With fear in its eyes,
"I am very scared of the dirt."

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There once was a tiger named Paul.
He was very awkwardly tall.
His head soon reached the moon,
Popped like a balloon,
Free tiger skin blankets for all!

Book Blog #17

     I read Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy. It was very good.

     It's about a girl named Alice. She's kind of the reckless type. One day, she is diagnosed with leukemia. In the year before she's scheduled to die, she makes a bucket list that includes revenge, pranks, and a few good deeds. Then Alice goes into remission. She did all those things on the list because even if she gets arrested or expelled from school, it wouldn't matter since she's about to die. But now that she's not dying anymore, she must live with the consequences.
     This book is told in "Then" and "Now" chapters, and also alternates between being told from the perspective of Alice and her best friend Harvey.

     I would recommend this to everyone. No warnings.

Book Blog #16

     I read 5 books over break, so I'm choosing the best one to blog about.

     The book is Dumplin' by Julie Murphy. It's about a girl named Willowdean, dubbed Dumplin' by her mom. Will is fat. People give her weird looks whenever she goes clothes shopping, and only about 5% of the clothes she likes actually fit her anyway. Her beauty pageant champion mom doesn't tell her straight out, but Will knows that her mom is ashamed to have such a daughter. But she doesn't care.
     She lives in Clover City, a very small town in Texas.  Every year, the town hosts a beauty pageant called the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet pageant. Will's always felt comfortable in her own skin, at least until her best friend Ellen enters the pageant. Will enters the pageant too, determined to prove that weight doesn't matter, it's the person that counts.

     This book was really good. I would recommend this to everyone, especially a few people in this class, you know who you are. I think this book holds some important messages for people who don't feel that great about themselves.

    There is a little bit of language and some mature topics, but barely any.