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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Overlander to the Underland?


Today I'm changing up the font(please comment below!). So about the title......... just read to find out!

Gregor the Overlander series also called The Underland chronicles by Suzanne Collins.Imagine this. Home in the summer, but stuck with your 2 year old sister and a Grandmother calling you by some random name that's not yours. Then when take the dirty laundry to the washing machine in your apartment's basement, your sister finds a mysterious vent then falls into a void? What would you do?!? If this sounds appealing, then read the book...............!

THIS BOOK ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in love with this series, to the point where my mom(RunnerMom39) is taking the books out of her library!!!!!!!!

Thanks for reading!
-SwimGirl-


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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Candy+ Candy +CANDY =This Book!!!!!!


Candy, Candy, Candy! If you love candy you'll love this book!

The Candy Shop Wars by Brandon Mull!!

When town newbie, Trevor, runs into 3 kids being bullied by older kids, Trevor stops to help. When the "affair" is taken care of, the 3 kids introduce themselves. Meet Nate, Pigeon, and Summer! When the quartet is walking home from school one night, they notice a candy shop that was never there before. When they go in, a nice, elderly lady greets them. When she offers them some candy in exchange for their spare time to help her make candy, the 4 kids soundlessly agree. But the candy is strange. Can they stop the lady before it's to late?!?!

Get a bag o' candy when you read this book! You will gobble down the book just as fast as you can eat candy!

Thanks for reading!
-Swimgirl-

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

A different senario!


Okayyyyyyyyyyy, hold onto your horses, cause I'm changing it up. Today's blogging is a famous author, can you guess his name???

RICK RIORDAN!

From Greek mythology, to Egyptian mythology, this author covers everything from psycho bird headed gods, to teenage hormones. His most popular series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, is about a normal guy. If you count normal as being the son of a sea god, facing demons, not to mention having dyslexia, and being ADHD. Can Percy face a cruel Titan, and deal with hormones? Find out now!

His next series , The Kane Chronicles, is about Sadie and Carter Kane. The only weird part is they were split up when their mom died, they've discovered that they're the most ancient and powerful family in the world, not to mention that they've got Egyptian Gods on the lose. Can the blood of the pharaohs save Set from destroying North America????

Now there's a series I'm not to fond of that Riordan started. 39 clues. I sooooo don't want to ruin the series for you, so I'm only gonna say this. If you like action-adventure, be sure to get this series(Plus I read the 1st couple of books in the
series' , so I don't remember much;)

So take it from me, just because I didn't like everything he wrote, doesn't mean you can't!

Thanks for reading!
-SwimGirl-

Monday, September 20, 2010

An awfully cursed good book!


So, I know I haven't posted lately, but you can't blame me. School started! Yay! So my cursed book is.........................................

The Billionaire's Curse by Richard Newsome. I'm gonna say this now. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!

When Gerald is expecting a great holiday break, his parents get a troubling call. The great-aunt Gerald never knew has died. So Gerald and his family get shipped off to England. One slight upbeat. Gerald is about to inherit one of Europe's biggest fortunes! When Gerald's lawyer gives him a mysterious letter from his great-aunt, describing how she died, can Gerald piece together the puzzle???!?!?

!0,000,000 stars! I LOVE the way Richard writes!

Thanks for reading!
!-SwimGirl-!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

An awfully good book!


Hi! I haven't been blogging a lot lately, so I'm just going to go for it.
Today's series is..........................................!

An Awfully Beastly Business by David Sinden, Matthew Morgan, and Guy Macdonald.

Ulf lives on a "monster farm" with his friend Dr. Fielding. Ulf the Werewolf leads a normal life. Or as normal a life that a werewolf could have when he transforms. But there's always bad guys on the loose. The same bad guys. Can Ulf save the monsters from the monster hunters???????

10 stars. I feel like the authors did a great job! The descriptions were great, and over all, this is a great read aloud book!!!!

Thanks for reading!
-SwimGirl-

Friday, September 3, 2010

I love Dinosaurs!

Hey! My Mom, my Dad, and I have read this series many, many times! So today,I'm going to blog about.................................!

Dinotopia
by James Gurney!!!!!

When Arthur Denison and his son Will are sailing and end up in a very bad storm, they find themselves in a horrible crash. When dolphins rescue them and take them to a strange island, Arthur wonders where they are. He'll soon find out he is on Dinotopia, the land where humans and dinosaurs live in peace together. Arthur meets very many good and bad people. Will Arthur want to stay on Dinotopia
or find a way off?

10 gold stars!!!!!!!! I LOVE this book because Gurney makes dreams come alive in a wonderful way! I think if you read aloud to your kids, they will fall in love Dinotopia!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for reading!
-SwimGirl-

Monday, August 30, 2010

I love books!


I love books ! Well,not all books.Okay, today's book is............!

Kid vs. Squid by Greg Van Eekhouk(this is a link to his page!) .

When Thatcher Hill spends a summer with his Great Uncle, Thatcher realizes his Great Uncle's town isn't normal. When a weird girl steals something from his"Uncle's" museum, can Thacher get it back?

10 stars. I LOVE the way Eekhouk tells the story as Thatcher! I didn't think the tittle was as matching to the story as it could have been.

Thanks for reading!
-SwimGirl-