This book is Suzanne Collin's debut novel in YA fiction-Mrs. Keuhn
The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is an amazing story. It really gets your adrenaline pumping. I found myself feeling like I was right there with the characters in the giant arena, with death around every corner. This was a book I simply could not put down. It is full of action and has some detailed situations that just make you cringe. This book illustrates how an abuse of power can lead to total chaos, and absolute madness. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes a twisted, heart wrenching, adrenaline filled reading.
~Alicia
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
The Reminder by Rune Michaels
Alicia comes through with another great book! Mrs. Keuhn
The Reminder, written by Rune Michaels, is a quick weekend read. The main character is a young girl, Daze, whose age I cannot determine. The cover of the book has the outline of a girl that makes me want to believe Daze is in her young teens. But as I followed her emotions throughout the story I found myself seeing her as a younger more frightened and fragile girl instead. In this story, Daze suffers the loss of her mother. Her father often watches home movies with Daze, so they can remember her voice, face, and laugh. Daze tries to get her little brother Ryan to remember their mom, with pictures, home movies, and plenty of stories. However she gets easily frustrated with him because he was simply too young to remember her. The story truly gets exciting when Daze first hears her mother's voice while at her father's office. From this point the book flies by. The Reminder is a pleasant and easy read. Great for those weekend stays at home. ~Alicia
The Reminder, written by Rune Michaels, is a quick weekend read. The main character is a young girl, Daze, whose age I cannot determine. The cover of the book has the outline of a girl that makes me want to believe Daze is in her young teens. But as I followed her emotions throughout the story I found myself seeing her as a younger more frightened and fragile girl instead. In this story, Daze suffers the loss of her mother. Her father often watches home movies with Daze, so they can remember her voice, face, and laugh. Daze tries to get her little brother Ryan to remember their mom, with pictures, home movies, and plenty of stories. However she gets easily frustrated with him because he was simply too young to remember her. The story truly gets exciting when Daze first hears her mother's voice while at her father's office. From this point the book flies by. The Reminder is a pleasant and easy read. Great for those weekend stays at home. ~Alicia
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Generation Dead by Alicia
One of my seniors will be submitting book reviews this school year. This is her first. Enjoy!
I recently read Generation Dead, by Dan Waters. If I wasn’t in my P.I.G. class when I finished this book I would have cried. It is an amazing story. In a way it really shows how cruel teenage society is these days. When someone is different and doesn’t quite “fit in” they are excluded from everything and forced to fend for themselves. In Generation Dead, Phoebe, one of the main characters, befriends one of the dead kids, and causes a chain reaction of friendship, and chaos. This book has humor, love and controversy; I had a hard time putting it down.
Alicia
I recently read Generation Dead, by Dan Waters. If I wasn’t in my P.I.G. class when I finished this book I would have cried. It is an amazing story. In a way it really shows how cruel teenage society is these days. When someone is different and doesn’t quite “fit in” they are excluded from everything and forced to fend for themselves. In Generation Dead, Phoebe, one of the main characters, befriends one of the dead kids, and causes a chain reaction of friendship, and chaos. This book has humor, love and controversy; I had a hard time putting it down.
Alicia
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Local book events
http://www.librarything.com/local
If you would like to know what local book events your community is holding or add some yourself you might want to think about becoming a member. Here's a blurb from their website:
LibraryThing LocalBecome a LibraryThing member to do more with LibraryThing Local:
Add your favorite bookstores and libraries
Keep track of interesting events
Connecting with friends, and more.
If you would like to know what local book events your community is holding or add some yourself you might want to think about becoming a member. Here's a blurb from their website:
LibraryThing LocalBecome a LibraryThing member to do more with LibraryThing Local:
Add your favorite bookstores and libraries
Keep track of interesting events
Connecting with friends, and more.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Free Oprah book download
The download version of Suze Ormond's book *Women and Money*http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200802/tows_past_20080213.jhtmlDownload your free copy of Suze Orman's book in English before 8/7c theevening of February 14.It's about 300 pages.This offer was made on Oprah's show on 2/12/08
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
New Christopher Paolini book
The next book in the Eragon series will be called Brisingr. The release date is September 20th.
Click on the egg to see it hatch into a dragon!
Click on the egg to see it hatch into a dragon!
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