Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Genre: Classic
Brief Synopsis: I'll just add a little to Casey's. It's about Scout an eight year old girl looking back on a time of prejudice and ignorance in her southern town. Her father defends an African American man accused of raping a white girl.
Comments: I thought I would just add another review, if there were any of you still with a doubt! This is one of my favorite books of all time! I read it for school and I thought going into it that it was probably going to be really dull and just boring. And then I read it and it's told by this little girl as her perspective from when she's an adult and looking back on her childhood, it's very hard not to fall in love with Scout. I highly, highly recommend this book.
Classify: It's not that long and it's pretty easy, just really good.
Worth Reading?: Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely!!!
Would I read this again?: Yes, I'm looking forward to reading this again!
How long did this take me?: With school and everything going on...about a week, but I could've done it over a weekend. I don't like rushing classics though either.
Kendal <3
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
To Kill a Mockingbird
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Genre: Classic
Synopsis: Scout and Jem Finch grow up in the 1930's in the south. Their father is a lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. The novel spans three years and is a story of growing up and learning right from wrong. It is told from the point of Scout, who is about 8 year old.
Comments: I was hesitant going into this book because of everyone saying how amazing it is, but I discovered that I really enjoyed it. It is extremely well written and the plot is amazing.
Classify: Well, it is a pretty easy, and it's pretty short. Its only about 290 pages too.
Worth Reading?: Oh, my goodness, yes. It is a classic and defiantly worth reading!!!
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: The southern words take a little while to get used to, but other than that, it is an easy read.
Would I read this again?: I would defiantly read it again, but my grandmother has my copy right now.
How long did it take me to finish?: With limited time to read, I think it took me about a week to read, but it would take much less time to read if I had more time.
Author: Harper Lee
Genre: Classic
Synopsis: Scout and Jem Finch grow up in the 1930's in the south. Their father is a lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. The novel spans three years and is a story of growing up and learning right from wrong. It is told from the point of Scout, who is about 8 year old.
Comments: I was hesitant going into this book because of everyone saying how amazing it is, but I discovered that I really enjoyed it. It is extremely well written and the plot is amazing.
Classify: Well, it is a pretty easy, and it's pretty short. Its only about 290 pages too.
Worth Reading?: Oh, my goodness, yes. It is a classic and defiantly worth reading!!!
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: The southern words take a little while to get used to, but other than that, it is an easy read.
Would I read this again?: I would defiantly read it again, but my grandmother has my copy right now.
How long did it take me to finish?: With limited time to read, I think it took me about a week to read, but it would take much less time to read if I had more time.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Oliver Twist
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Author: Charles Dickens
Genre: Classic
Brief Synopsis:Oliver, a nine year old orphan, is sent to live in a workhouse, from which he runs away to the big city of London. There he finds a lot of adventure and in the end, happiness.
Comments: It took me forever to read. The old English takes some getting used to if you (like me) are not used to it. It's pretty boring in the beginning, but the end is action packed and really interesting.
Worth Reading?: Even though I didn't love it 100%, I think that it is worth reading. No one can not know "Please sir, can I have some more?"
Would you read this again?: I don't think that I would read it again. It was one of those books that was good when it was read once.
How long did it take you to finish?: Oh, my goodness. With school work, friends, and other activities, it took me like a month. I'm not really a slow reader, but I'm also not super fast.
This is my first post, so I hope it was good and helps you guys!!!!
<3>
Author: Charles Dickens
Genre: Classic
Brief Synopsis:Oliver, a nine year old orphan, is sent to live in a workhouse, from which he runs away to the big city of London. There he finds a lot of adventure and in the end, happiness.
Comments: It took me forever to read. The old English takes some getting used to if you (like me) are not used to it. It's pretty boring in the beginning, but the end is action packed and really interesting.
Worth Reading?: Even though I didn't love it 100%, I think that it is worth reading. No one can not know "Please sir, can I have some more?"
Would you read this again?: I don't think that I would read it again. It was one of those books that was good when it was read once.
How long did it take you to finish?: Oh, my goodness. With school work, friends, and other activities, it took me like a month. I'm not really a slow reader, but I'm also not super fast.
This is my first post, so I hope it was good and helps you guys!!!!
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Witch Child
Title: Witch Child
Author: Celia Rees
Genre: Historical Fiction, Drama
Brief Synopsis: A young girl, around fourteen, loses her grandmother to witch trails in England. She gets 'rescued' and is shipped off to the new world, the americas. Life is hard and trying in the puritan town miles away from Salem, but in the mist of it all, she befriends an indian boy named Jaybird. This leads to suspicion in the town and a new trial is soon formed, for her. The book leads off into the sequal 'Sorceress'.
Comments: It's a great book. Mary is the ideal 'true witch' that was randomly found in early american witch trials. It definitly depends on your knowledge of the witch trials and how much tolerance for history you have.
Classify: It's about 254 pages long and it only took me two days to read. It can be challenging in some ares but other than that, it's flat out easy.
Worth Reading?: Yes, definitly.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: It was easy.
Would I read this again?: Yes, and I have.
How long did it take me to finish?: Around two days, balancing school, friends, etc...
Author: Celia Rees
Genre: Historical Fiction, Drama
Brief Synopsis: A young girl, around fourteen, loses her grandmother to witch trails in England. She gets 'rescued' and is shipped off to the new world, the americas. Life is hard and trying in the puritan town miles away from Salem, but in the mist of it all, she befriends an indian boy named Jaybird. This leads to suspicion in the town and a new trial is soon formed, for her. The book leads off into the sequal 'Sorceress'.
Comments: It's a great book. Mary is the ideal 'true witch' that was randomly found in early american witch trials. It definitly depends on your knowledge of the witch trials and how much tolerance for history you have.
Classify: It's about 254 pages long and it only took me two days to read. It can be challenging in some ares but other than that, it's flat out easy.
Worth Reading?: Yes, definitly.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: It was easy.
Would I read this again?: Yes, and I have.
How long did it take me to finish?: Around two days, balancing school, friends, etc...
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Princess Diaries
Title: The Princess Diaries
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Teen
Brief Synopsis: I'm sure you've all seen this movie...however...it's nothing like it. Mia Thermopolis is a funny, witty, geeky girl. The first in the series is about Mia coping with learning that her dad is a prince, making her a princess. She has to deal with "Princess Lessons" with her evil grandmother, her mother dating her Algebra teacher, fights with her best friend, and a crush on the "most popular" guy in school.
Comments: I love how witty this book is. I love all of Meg Cabot's pop culture references (Degrassi, Lots of Star Wars, Jane Eyre, and anything she can think of) and her funny very realistic character, hits home. I have read, I think all but one in the series (still on hardback) and I absolutely love them! It's just a super light fun, funny read. It's written in diary style, which is different. It's just so funny. Some of the later novels are better, so give them a chance.
AND DO NOT JUDGE THE BOOK BY THE MOVIE! *coughthankyoucough*
Classify: Light,very funny read.
Worth Reading?: Definitely.
Would I read this again?: I have many times! Let's just say I stayed up til four one night reading parts i liked from all of them.
~Kendal
Ps. Okay I'm seriously going to bed this time. lol.
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Teen
Brief Synopsis: I'm sure you've all seen this movie...however...it's nothing like it. Mia Thermopolis is a funny, witty, geeky girl. The first in the series is about Mia coping with learning that her dad is a prince, making her a princess. She has to deal with "Princess Lessons" with her evil grandmother, her mother dating her Algebra teacher, fights with her best friend, and a crush on the "most popular" guy in school.
Comments: I love how witty this book is. I love all of Meg Cabot's pop culture references (Degrassi, Lots of Star Wars, Jane Eyre, and anything she can think of) and her funny very realistic character, hits home. I have read, I think all but one in the series (still on hardback) and I absolutely love them! It's just a super light fun, funny read. It's written in diary style, which is different. It's just so funny. Some of the later novels are better, so give them a chance.
AND DO NOT JUDGE THE BOOK BY THE MOVIE! *coughthankyoucough*
Classify: Light,very funny read.
Worth Reading?: Definitely.
Would I read this again?: I have many times! Let's just say I stayed up til four one night reading parts i liked from all of them.
~Kendal
Ps. Okay I'm seriously going to bed this time. lol.
The Truth About Forever
Title: The Truth About Forever
Author: Sarah Dessen
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Brief Synopsis: This is about a teenage girl Macy Queen, who is preparing for a boring summer while her boyfriend is away. Instead she gets a new job with a crazy and dysfunctional, tight knit catering company and finds a whole new group of friends. Macy has to balance the old orderly half of her life and the new crazy one, while still dealing with the loss of her father and the changes in her family.
Comments: I love this book. I think everyone knows that I love this book. Sarah Dessen is similar to Meg Cabot and Emily Franklin type of authors. This book is so much fun. I've read it like ten times and love it every time I do. It's very hard not to fall in love with Dessen's charming characters. If you're looking for a fun light read try this. It's cute with a kind of cheesy ending, as how is popular with Dessen, but it's good all the way through, and completely held my attention. I read this in one day, the first time I read it, and 300 some pages.
Classify: Light, fun read.
Worth Reading?: Absolutely. Though some of you might not be as cheesy as me...lol.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: This book is very easy and light.
~Kendal
Ps. I know I've done three of these tonight, but I thought since I had two negative reviews I should probably do at least one positive one haha.
Author: Sarah Dessen
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Brief Synopsis: This is about a teenage girl Macy Queen, who is preparing for a boring summer while her boyfriend is away. Instead she gets a new job with a crazy and dysfunctional, tight knit catering company and finds a whole new group of friends. Macy has to balance the old orderly half of her life and the new crazy one, while still dealing with the loss of her father and the changes in her family.
Comments: I love this book. I think everyone knows that I love this book. Sarah Dessen is similar to Meg Cabot and Emily Franklin type of authors. This book is so much fun. I've read it like ten times and love it every time I do. It's very hard not to fall in love with Dessen's charming characters. If you're looking for a fun light read try this. It's cute with a kind of cheesy ending, as how is popular with Dessen, but it's good all the way through, and completely held my attention. I read this in one day, the first time I read it, and 300 some pages.
Classify: Light, fun read.
Worth Reading?: Absolutely. Though some of you might not be as cheesy as me...lol.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: This book is very easy and light.
~Kendal
Ps. I know I've done three of these tonight, but I thought since I had two negative reviews I should probably do at least one positive one haha.
Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama, Romance
Brief Synopsis: This is a story of an orphaned girl, we start the story with her at her terrible Aunt's house and then we move to her days at a terrible school. We follow young Jane all the way until she finds a house in which she is a tutor for an eight year old girl. We get insight into Jane's over-working mind and explore her feelings for the infamous Mr. Rochester.
Comments: May I start by saying... Woah this girl could write!!! This story was sooo eloquently written, just absolutely beautiful! While I didn't actually care for the book (very...very...very...long), I could totally appreciate how well written is was. It is one of the ultimate romantic books, even now...so if you're "Romance Intolerant" put down Bronte. She is not for you. I just felt like this moved really slowly. There wasn't a lot of action and you had to follow what they're were saying very carefully, because every person had a speech, no one just said one line, and they talked in old english, and a lot of metaphors. Not like Shakespeare, just a little more effort then picking up and reading Frog and Toad. . . . Oh and just in case you're wondering (I doubt you are) but Eyre is pronounced like Air.
Classify: Long. Slow. Takes a little effort.
Worth Reading?: Er...if you're willing to take you're time with it...if you're patient, it's worth it. It's excellently written.
Would I read this again?: I think at some point I might try.
How long did it take me?: A long time. I typically read a book in 1-2 days...almost no matter the length. If it's interesting it doesn't take me a long time. However if it doesn't grab my attention I start dread reading it...it took me a long time... I didn't like have to have it with me or read it whenever I could. It took me weeks. With a large uh..."absence of reading" in the middle.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: It wasn't difficult, but wasn't like again...Frog and Toad.
~Kendal
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama, Romance
Brief Synopsis: This is a story of an orphaned girl, we start the story with her at her terrible Aunt's house and then we move to her days at a terrible school. We follow young Jane all the way until she finds a house in which she is a tutor for an eight year old girl. We get insight into Jane's over-working mind and explore her feelings for the infamous Mr. Rochester.
Comments: May I start by saying... Woah this girl could write!!! This story was sooo eloquently written, just absolutely beautiful! While I didn't actually care for the book (very...very...very...long), I could totally appreciate how well written is was. It is one of the ultimate romantic books, even now...so if you're "Romance Intolerant" put down Bronte. She is not for you. I just felt like this moved really slowly. There wasn't a lot of action and you had to follow what they're were saying very carefully, because every person had a speech, no one just said one line, and they talked in old english, and a lot of metaphors. Not like Shakespeare, just a little more effort then picking up and reading Frog and Toad. . . . Oh and just in case you're wondering (I doubt you are) but Eyre is pronounced like Air.
Classify: Long. Slow. Takes a little effort.
Worth Reading?: Er...if you're willing to take you're time with it...if you're patient, it's worth it. It's excellently written.
Would I read this again?: I think at some point I might try.
How long did it take me?: A long time. I typically read a book in 1-2 days...almost no matter the length. If it's interesting it doesn't take me a long time. However if it doesn't grab my attention I start dread reading it...it took me a long time... I didn't like have to have it with me or read it whenever I could. It took me weeks. With a large uh..."absence of reading" in the middle.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: It wasn't difficult, but wasn't like again...Frog and Toad.
~Kendal
Twilight
Title: Twlight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Brief Synopsis: This story is based on the point of veiw of an average divorcee child who decides to move in with her father who lives in the small town of Forks, Washington right before her junior year in high school. There she meets a mysterious boy in her grade who is like no other. As much as she is drawn to him, there is an air of danger and hostility surronding him. She soon finds out his secret, and her own feelings, but something that he was trying to prevent, happens anyways.
Comments: Personally, I love this book. It is the perfect balance between reality and fantasy. Yes, you have to have a taste for vampires or any other fantasy. It starts out a bit boring, if I do say so myself, but after you get into it, you won't be able to put it down.
Classify: It's 498 pages, but it definitly depends on the amount of time you have and how fast you read. In some parts its fantastic where others are iffy.
Worth reading?: Definitly.
Would I read this again?: Let's see, I've already read it ten times...you tell me.
How long did it take me?: I'm a fast reader, but between school and friends, about three to four days.
Did I find this book particularly easy of difficult?: It's quite easy, and i think that's what makes it a fun read. Because you know it was written by a real person, and not a professional.
Enjoy my first review!
<3 Lauren
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Brief Synopsis: This story is based on the point of veiw of an average divorcee child who decides to move in with her father who lives in the small town of Forks, Washington right before her junior year in high school. There she meets a mysterious boy in her grade who is like no other. As much as she is drawn to him, there is an air of danger and hostility surronding him. She soon finds out his secret, and her own feelings, but something that he was trying to prevent, happens anyways.
Comments: Personally, I love this book. It is the perfect balance between reality and fantasy. Yes, you have to have a taste for vampires or any other fantasy. It starts out a bit boring, if I do say so myself, but after you get into it, you won't be able to put it down.
Classify: It's 498 pages, but it definitly depends on the amount of time you have and how fast you read. In some parts its fantastic where others are iffy.
Worth reading?: Definitly.
Would I read this again?: Let's see, I've already read it ten times...you tell me.
How long did it take me?: I'm a fast reader, but between school and friends, about three to four days.
Did I find this book particularly easy of difficult?: It's quite easy, and i think that's what makes it a fun read. Because you know it was written by a real person, and not a professional.
Enjoy my first review!
<3 Lauren
A Separate Peace
Title:A Separate Peace
Author: John Knowles
Genre: Coming-of-age, Tragedy
Brief Synopsis: This story is centered around two teenage boys at a school in New England during World War II. Gene is very academic and Phineas (Finny) is very athletic. We get to see the dark side of two friends relationship, while the war slowly begins to effect everything they do.
Comments: This book was okay, however for all the hype I didn't find it satisfying. It's been said that it's one of the greatest pieces of American literature, and one of the best books about war of all time. I didn't find this to be very true. I kept turning pages expecting something huge to happen, and it never came. For some books even if I don't like them I can admire how they're written, but I didn't even think this was exceptionally written. He did have really good adjectives though.... Brendan's girlfriend read this too and she didn't think it was good either, by the way.
Classify: Not very long...you don't really need to think...just mediocre.
Worth reading?: No. I say you can skip this one.
Would I read this again? I don't think so...maybe when I'm a lot older.
How long did it take me? I read it for school, it's short, it didn't take me that long.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult? It wasn't hard at all.
I really hope this helps you guys!
~Kendal
Author: John Knowles
Genre: Coming-of-age, Tragedy
Brief Synopsis: This story is centered around two teenage boys at a school in New England during World War II. Gene is very academic and Phineas (Finny) is very athletic. We get to see the dark side of two friends relationship, while the war slowly begins to effect everything they do.
Comments: This book was okay, however for all the hype I didn't find it satisfying. It's been said that it's one of the greatest pieces of American literature, and one of the best books about war of all time. I didn't find this to be very true. I kept turning pages expecting something huge to happen, and it never came. For some books even if I don't like them I can admire how they're written, but I didn't even think this was exceptionally written. He did have really good adjectives though.... Brendan's girlfriend read this too and she didn't think it was good either, by the way.
Classify: Not very long...you don't really need to think...just mediocre.
Worth reading?: No. I say you can skip this one.
Would I read this again? I don't think so...maybe when I'm a lot older.
How long did it take me? I read it for school, it's short, it didn't take me that long.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult? It wasn't hard at all.
I really hope this helps you guys!
~Kendal
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