Best Books of 2010

Here are just a few of the best books that I read in 2010:

-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Fabulous book. I wrote a book report on it in February, (so I was still in 7th grade) and got five extra credit points. I think that's because I quoted Brian Regan (he's my favorite comedian) in the report, but my mom thinks it's because I read Jane Eyre while the other kids were reading who knows what. Anyway, I loved this book. :)

-Fablehaven book 5: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull. This one was the last one in the series, and it just came out this year. It was really good. If you haven't read the Fablehaven books yet, you ought to. They're good for Harry Potter fans.

-Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord. I loved this book, it was so charming!

-Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale. This one is the sequel to Rapunzel's Revenge, and they are both very good. They're graphic novels, which was kind of fun. I have to say that I was a little bit disappointed by Calamity Jack, (it didn't capture my attention as much as the first one and the plot was kind of weird) but since Shannon Hale wrote it and she's one of my favorites, I have to recommend it. Me and my friend actually got these signed by her at a book signing, which was super fun!

-The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I LOVED this one!

-The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. I had to read this for school, even though I had already read it before. It's a really good book. Also by the same author is Sign of the Beaver, which I loved and read a couple years ago. This author has written quite a few things and earned a couple of Newberry Awards.

-All seven of The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, of course. I read all these for the...I think fourth...time this year, and they are always good! I learn something new every time I read them, the story is so intricate and fascinating!
The seventh movie that came out in November was fantastic, I've seen it three times in all different theaters with some of my friends! Ha ha! Check out my post about the midnight showing, it wasn't very long ago.

-The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. I loved this book, even though it seemed a little long. My dad got all the Lord of the Rings movies for Christmas, but he says I can't watch the movies until I've read the books. (He loves those books.) I haven't found time for them yet, but I'm really excited to read them. Anyway, I loved The Hobbit.

-A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flag. I read this every Christmas, and it's a great book. There's a ton of Christmas books I love.

-The Work and the Glory, book 3 by Gerald Lund. I've only read the first three of these books, because we don't own them all. But I loved, loved, loved the ones I've read.

Okay, this is getting really long, isn't it? I just love books! I'm eager to have another wicked amazing year of reading! Woohoo!

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Just so you know, I really enjoy The Chronicles of Narnia. I think they're so cool. Harry Potter is still my favorite, but these are right up there. Sometimes I don't doubt that Narnia is a real place.

Last night, my family went to see the newest Narnia movie in 3D. I was a little nervous, because I really disliked the last movie, Prince Caspian, for reasons listed below. The first one, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, is one of my all-time favorite movies. It's absolutely fantastic.

Prince Caspian I didn't like because they took all the religion out of it. All the symbolism was gone, and a whole extra battle was added in. It was lame! Frankly, The Chronicles of Narnia are nothing without the religion. There isn't any deep plot line to follow unless you've got the religion, the characters are boring without the religion, and it's really not that exciting of a story without the religion. C.S. Lewis wrote those books for all of the religion and symbolism. I think he wanted to teach us about Christ in a different way. The books are beautiful and fascinating and wonderful with the religion in them, and it shouldn't be removed. That is why I disliked Prince Caspian. (Okay, dislike is an understatement. I was scowling as I left the movie theater, and pretty angry about it for a couple weeks.)
Taking the religion out of a Narnia movie is like taking out the character of Harry Potter in a Harry Potter movie. Stupid.

But this one was much better. A lot more of the symbolism was in there...they didn't go over the part where Aslan helps Eustace go from a dragon to a boy again as much as I thought they should (that part is very symbolic in the book, it's really interesting) but overall it was awesome. Speaking of which, the kid who played Eustace was absolutely perfect for the part. He was just as annoying and obnoxious as the character in the book. It was so perfect!

Anyway, I would recommend this movie. It was cool in 3D, and it was much improved from Prince Caspian. Much. Overall I really enjoyed it. (Reepicheep was one of my favorite characters, he's so cute.)

FOR NARNIA!!! :)

The Old Curiosity Shop

I recently finished this book by Dickens. It wasn't my favorite Dickens -- it's too hard to beat David Copperfield -- but I did enjoy it. He has such a wit! There are characters to love in the book, but the characters that are evil stick around for the whole book, which was a bit difficult for me. And a few characters were just sort of abandoned, which is a bit different for Dickens. Of course, I can recommend it highly. On a side note, I read this book on our iPad. That was different. I liked it more than I thought I would, but I still just prefer good old books. I would not be opposed to another e-reader book, though. There are some advantages.

I also recently read The Promise by Richard Paul Evans. It isn't worth another word in my opinion. Don't bother with it.

I'm now in the midst of A Christmas Carol, and we also watched the new Disney version (it came out last year) the other night. I love that movie! I think it is so well done and for the most part captures the spirit (no pun intended) of the book.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Movie

Note: This post might not make sense unless you've already seen the movie or if you've read all the books. This post also got longer than I expected it to, so be forewarned.

My Mom, my friend McKenna and I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows together on Thursday night. I strongly recommend it.

The last few Harry Potter movies I have liked. The special effects are cool and I always love the story, but I don't think I liked them as much as this one. This might have been my favorite.

For one thing, it followed the book perfectly in my opinion. Most of the seventh book is Harry, Ron and Hermione being in a tent, not sure what to do and grouchy with each other. By watching the movie it was clear that that's what happens, but it didn't drag on forever, and there's more humor involved to make the wandering around in a tent more bearable. Every important scene was included, and nothing irrelevant was added in. This could be because J.K. Rowling was one of the directors, which I thought was cool.

The scenes that they included, I thought, were also done really well. The scene when they visit Xenophilius Lovegood's house and Hermione reads The Tale of the Three Brothers to them was amazing. The characters were all dark brown and gold, and it looked super cool. That story is really important, and I'm glad that they read the whole thing and didn't make it boring.
Another scene I liked was the scene at the Malfoy's house. It kind of freaked me out. Every time Hermione screamed, I got chills! It was a lot like how I pictured it in the book. Bellatrix is so creepy!

A week before the movie came out, we heard there was going to be some nudity scenes. For a few miserable days, I thought that I wasn't going to go, because I don't like to see that kind of stuff. After a lot of research online we decided to go anyway. I was glad because mainly the only questionable scene was when Ron is about to destroy the Locket Horcrux with the Gryffindor sword. These random images appear to sort of scare Ron and make him think he can't do it. Harry and Hermione appear sort of dreamlike, and then they kiss for a few seconds. They're naked but you can't really see anything. If the nudity rumors were driving you away, like they almost did with me, just know that it really wasn't very bad.

We were surprised at how much we liked this movie. I thought it was really good overall, and you should go see it.

Classics

I've been reading classics lately... some people seem afraid of them but I love to read them. I recently finished The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. It is masterful and I enjoyed reading it again. He develops the main character in such a thorough way -- it's almost frustrating, though, as he (Henshaw) is really his own worst enemy. I can't find the quote to explain this, but it was something to the effect that when Henshaw tried to turn his life around in the beginning of the book after selling his wife and daughter, he stopped drinking but did not replace that habit with any other really good habit, so he just sort of floated about. He became prosperous and so forth, but not out of a principled way of life. And so things for him unravelled in the end.

One frustrating thing about this book is not an uncommon theme -- that of the nice, pretty girl (Elizabeth Jane) being taken for granted by everyone, even those who seem to have good sense otherwise. Meanwhile, the beautiful, mysterious, but shallow, and sometimes unscrupulous, woman (Lucetta) gets all the attention. And she herself takes advantage of Elizabeth's good nature. I just get tired of this theme. It breaks my heart. Elizabeth Jane is so good natured that she reminds me of Little Dorrit. Well, everything turns out all right in the end. And there are plenty of moral lessons along the way.

Also, I love all the descriptions of rural England. I'd like to visit there someday.

I'm now reading The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens. Not my favorite Dickens, as nothing ever comes close to David Copperfield, but it's interesting nevertheless.

I also recently read Great Expectations by Dickens. I love this book! I love the characters and appreciate the story line and watching Pip grow up. (He also falls in love with a ruthless girl! What is wrong with these men?) The story is so inventive and somewhat creepy -- I just don't know how Dickens could dream up Miss Havisham! If you haven't read Dickens before, this is a great place to start. It's probably my second favorite.

The relationship Pip has with Joe is so tender and Joe is so true -- it's wonderful to see him happy in the end. And wonderful to see that even when Pip is uppity with him... Joe is humble and kind. Despite Pip's youthful follies, he is true to everyone in the end, and that is satisfying. It gives me hope that I can grow up in the end!

It's just about time for Christmas stories! Happy Holidays!

Harry Potter!

Yeah, we were all Harry Potter characters for Halloween. (The movie comes out in two weeks!)

From left to right: Alex was Harry, my dad was Dumbledore, (we didn't have time to make him a beard, but I thought it was still great. At least it was better when he had a too-small Tin Man costume last year and couldn't move, when we were all Wizard of Oz characters.) McKay was Ron, my Mom was Professor McGonagall, and I was Hermione, because I have pretty good bushy Hermione hair.

It was awesome.

P.S. I'm reading the fifth book right now, which is my least favorite one. I can't stand Professor Umbridge. Even though it's my least favorite, I still like it. So I'm okay.

The Last Stand and Touch Blue

I recently read The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick. It is about the battle between Custer and Sitting Bull in which Custer died. There is, understandably, a lot of background information about the battle between the various tribes of indians and the whites and the indians. It was disconcerting on several levels -- humans just behave abominable sometimes -- but also very interesting. It's a topic that I really didn't know much about.

One thing that was a little curious was that there isn't that much actual information about how Custer really died.... his whole entire group was obliterated and there were not too many eyewitnesses, so I guess there's just not that much good information. Still, I was surprised.

Taking a break from the wars with the indians, I read Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord (see Abby's post on this book below). Like Abby, I loved it! I think I read it in only one day. This marvelous author addresses difficult situations with charm and grace and humor. It is truly a gem for all ages about 10 and up! I also HIGHLY recommend Rules... it somewhat explains our family!

1 MONTH! (And another book...)

Yes, one more month until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1 comes out. This is exciting. I'm going to go at midnight, which I've never done before and I can't wait!

I think I have mentioned the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's really sad, but really good if you want to look into it. There should be a post about it somewhere down there. But anyway, it ends super abruptly saying there would be a sequel.
Now, about three years later, I notice the sequel, Forge, at the bookstore! It wasn't near as exciting as finding Touch Blue--I didn't knock any other books off the shelves--and I haven't bought it yet, because I'm in the middle of the Harry Potter series for the fourth time (in preparation for the movie). But I'm very excited that it's out because I'm dying to know what happens. It was all sad and intense at the end...

So anyway, I'm happy about that.

We're also reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare in my English class. Marvelous book! I've read it probably twice, so this should be my third time. It's SO good, and you should read it.
I also highly recommend another book by the same author...The Sign of the Beaver. I think both of those won Newberry Awards of some kind, that's how good they are!

Silas Marner

I recently re-read Silas Marner by George Eliot. Oh, my goodness! How I love this book! It's theme of love and kindness overcoming sadness and pain is so beautiful, and it is so tender. I never get tired of reading certain classics.... I gain some knowledge every time and they always feel fresh. This is one of those to me. This book has so many interesting relationships -- the townspeople one with another, the townspeople with Silas (I love the growth here!) and the relationship between Eppie and Silas. I also enjoy the imagery of the town and the stone pit -- and the colorful imagery of the gold of both Silas' money and Eppie's hair. It's just marvelous and heartwarming.

When Eppie comes into Silas' life, he begins to be healed emotionally and he begins to reach out to other people in his community. My own children have helped me heal in many ways, and I often think about all the people I admire and know because of connections forged by my children. I think I meet the best people in the world through my triplets.

I am thankful for this book... each time I read it I am reminded of the true richness of life.

YEA!!!

One of my favorite books of ALL TIME is Rules by Cynthia Lord. It is so good. If you haven't read it, I command you to. You'll regret it someday if you don't.
It's mostly about a girl named Catherine, and her brother has autism. The majority of the book is about her feelings towards that and how she deals with it. I could relate to her so well because of my brothers, and I really liked that. Even if you can't relate to it in any way, I still highly recommend it. It might not speak as much to you as it did to me, but I loved it and I don't see why anybody else wouldn't at least like it very much. It's written really well and it can help you gain greater understanding of people with disabilities.

So, ever since I discovered that book in about fourth grade, I've been looking up the author, Cynthia Lord, to see if she's writing any new books. (I do this periodically with all my favorite authors) And a couple years ago, I saw on her website that a new book of hers Touch Blue, was coming out in Spring 2009. I eagerly waited, but I never found it. The next time I checked, it said Fall 2009. After that I pretty much gave up.
So then a few days ago we were going to Barnes and Noble to buy Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George (my Mom just read it and I'm going to read it soon) and I see this book, next to Rules, called Touch Blue.

I was so excited I seized it off the shelf and another book went flying out of place onto the floor. I was practically jumping up and down "Can I get it? Can I get it?" I didn't care what it was about. I was just excited to read it.

I started it a couple days ago and I'm loving it! It's about a charming little island town in Maine. They go out Lobster fishing all the time in their own boat, and it's really charming. I'm about halfway through and I'll be really sad when it's over.

So anyway, that's my exciting book news for right now.

Food and France

I just finished reading My Life in France by Julia Child and her grandnephew. I enjoyed it very much. It chronicles the story of how she became interested -- obsessed -- with food when she and her husband moved to Paris. She was about 37 or so at the time and she became mesmerized with the French cuisine and way of life. It is interesting and often charming.

The book also tells the story of how she became a chef and how she made her love of food into a career writing cookbooks, and how her television show began.

If you like to cook, this book will likely appeal to you. Bon Appetit!

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Right now I am reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgsen Burnett. It is so charming! I'm loving it!!

Before that I read Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth and somebody else who's name I don't remember. I would highly recommend it. It's about a family with twelve kids which is totally opposite of my life; so that was fun and interesting. I really liked it.
There's also a sequel by the same authors: Belles on their Toes. I might read that one next.

I also read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein and it was VERY good. I just love fantasy books! I can't wait to read The Lord of the Rings now, I'm excited.

A couple weeks ago I also watched the First Work and the Glory movie. I've read the first two books and own the third one, so I was curious about the movie. It was done really well. It covered only about half the first book, but it followed it SO well. It wasn't perfect, (meaning it didn't quote the book or anything crazy like that) but everything was in order and nothing was changed, and the whole feeling of the book was kept just right. I loved it, and now I'm all excited to read the other books and watch the other movies! It was also fun because I had just gotten home from Nauvoo, so I was sort of in a pioneer mood.

I'm hoping to see the Ramona and Beezus movie sometime, because I've read those books about a hundred times. I've got to see the movie, even thought it might not follow the books at all and might just make me angry. But any person who has read the books a hundred times and relates them to her everyday life has got to see the movie, right?

Happy Reading!

A fun summer of reading

Hi! It's me, Allison -- finally. I have been wanting to jot down my thoughts about the books I've been reading lately, but it's been so busy here at the Goose Girls house that I've not managed it yet. But now here I am.

Well, just as an introduction, I love to read! I've always loved to read as long as I can remember. I love lots of different kinds of books... I read a lot of the same books as my daughter Abby does (Shannon Hale, The Penderwicks, anything by Deborah Wiles or Kate DiCamillo, Tuck Everlasting, The Secret Garden, Harry Potter, etc.) and I love classics (Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, all the Brontes, Austen, Anna Karenina -- one of my favorites! etc.) and history (mainly David McCullough, but I've dabbled in Nathaniel Philbrick, Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin). And there are many wonderful contemporary books that I've loved -- Peace Like a River, Cry, the Beloved Country, I Capture the Castle, and lots of others.

I think my favorite book that I have read lately is Brave Companions by McCullough. It's really a series of essays about many different people and topics and I found it to be fascinating. He is such an insightful historian and has a wonderful way of painting beautiful pictures with words about people. He discusses very interesting people such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Conrad Richter, men involved with the Panama Canal and the Brooklyn Bridge, and several others in all different occupations and times. There is also a wonderful chapter on the city of Washington D.C. I highly recommend it, even if you usually don't like to read history. He uses stories that are more compelling than fiction because they are true!

While I was on vacation I re-read My Antonia and O Pioneers by Willa Cather. This was inspired by Brave Companions, because he talks about the woman who inspired the character of Antonia. We were travelling across Nebraska and it was so poetic to be reading these rich stories about the strong women who first settled there.

I just finished Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White and truly enjoyed it. It was the first novel reported to be a suspense and it is certainly suspenseful! Collins was friends with Dickens (whose writing I adore!!) and his style is somewhat similar.

Well, that's it for today. I'm currently reading a book a friend gave me called My Life in France by Julia Child. It is charming! Bon Appetit!

...

First off, I just read Dewey The Library Cat and loved it! It was so charming! If you like it, you would also probably enjoy Marley: A dog like no other. I found them rather similar. Both of those that I have read are the versions of the book that have been adapted for kids. Dewey the Library Cat for adults is just called Dewey, I think...but whatever. Anyway, I would highly recommend it. Now I am going to read The Hobbit.

I discovered that the Ramona books are being made into a movie that comes out July 23rd. Judging by what I have seen from the previews, it looks like there are a few scenes that never happened in any of the books (I should know, I have read all the Ramona books multiple times--love them!) which makes me nervous. Why ruin such a marvelous book? Plus, the girl playing Beezus (Ramona's sister, in case you didn't know) is Selena Gomez, which in my opinion doesn't seem to fit. (P.S.--Did you know Selena Gomez was on Barney when she was little? I think that is hilarious.) But oh well. The world is not perfect.

Also, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie comes out around Christmas time I think. I'm terrified because Prince Caspian was absolutely horrible. It didn't follow the book at all. Kind of fun to watch, but it took important stuff out and added pointless stuff that never happened in.

Plus, the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out sometime in November!

:)

Another Birthday!

So, it was my birthday yesterday, and a few of the most exciting gifts I got were:

-A $30 gift card to BORDERS from my friend! I've spent $13 of that already!

-A $35 gift card to BORDERS from my grandparents! Awesome!

-A $10 gift card to BARNES & NOBLE from my fourth-grade teacher. Yea!!

(You see all of those are bookstores, and I am very excited)

-I also got this boxed set of "Classics for LDS Homes" from Deseret Book. I had seen it in the catalog a long time ago and thought it was awesome, so I was excited that my parents had bought it for me. It has in it:

Jane Eyre
Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Secret Garden
Anne of Green Gables

and...

Little Women

They are all in hardback, and have a little ribbon marker. They have sort of the same format, but then every book has a different color spine and a different design on the cover. They're so cool! The main thing I was excited about was that they are MINE. Before, when I read Pride and Prejudice or whatever, it was Mom's book. Those books that I end up loving a lot, I like to have for myself. It's just kinda cool, because you can read them again and again without worrying the other person wants to read it, and you can leave bookmarks in it or whatever...you can just make it your own. I love owning books! Nothing against libraries, (I love libraries in fact,) but the books I really like, I don't want to have checked out from a library. Books I kind of like, I'm okay with getting from a library. That's the beauty of libraries. But ones that I love, I want to own for myself. Is that selfish?

Anyway, I had a pretty awesome birthday.

Ummm...

I'd just like to copy and paste what I read the other day on Shannon Hale's website.
She sort of has a blog type of thing, and posts new stuff all the time. So this is what she said the other day...I didn't read the whole post, but I just skimmed to the bottom...anyway...

"Thanks a bunch. I wish I could give you all a great big hug. Or make you a pie. Which is basically the same thing."

I guess she was thanking we readers, or something, but I didn't read it all so I'm not sure...

Anyway I just thought that was funny.

I'm reading a book called Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. This is my second time reading it. Overall I would recommend it, but it's historical fiction about African-American slavery and is kind of depressing. Also it just...ends, at the end, like almost mid-paragraph, and then says the author is going to write a sequel. I find that irritating. But yes, I would recommend it. It's really interesting.

I love Book Signings!

A while ago, I don't know exactly when, my mom, my friend McKenna, and I went to a Shannon Hale book signing!

And here we are:

(This is big news because I just figured out how to put pictures on a blog!)

Anyway, it was really fun.

Also speaking of book signings, the very same McKenna in the picture went to a Brandon Mull book signing. If you've read all the Fablehavens, you'll know there is a place called Zzyzx. McKenna told me that Brandon Mull pronounces that Z-ee-zix. I always said Z-ih-zix, but I don't know about you.
Thought that was interesting!

Cheating?

Last Tuesday my friend Olivia said "Guess what my mom brought home today. Fablehaven Five!" I immediately had to find out where her mom had gotten it from, and she had gotten it from the Smith's in Pleasant Grove. I had Dad drive me there and I bought it, feeling excited, but appalled at the same time. Why was it there at Smith's, of all places? Is it fair to read it now, when it isn't technically out yet? What is going to happen to Kendra and Seth in this book? What should I do? This seemed like a perfect solution...I'll know what happens! Yea! But isn't that sort of like cheating, because it isn't out yet?
So I kept on reading my current book, (Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale. This was probably my fourth time reading it-SO GOOD) and after a day or two read a couple chapters in Fablehaven Five. But I felt so guilty! It's not out yet, and there I was reading it! I tried explaining that to Olivia, who didn't seem to understand what I was saying at all. What's worse is that for Missionary Month, the week it actually does come out I can't read it, (I can only read church books that week) so if I waited till the day it does come out and then read it, I wouldn't be able to anyway. So I finally just stopped reading it, and I suppose I'll have to wait a whole week after it actually does come out to read it...am I weird to feel like I was cheating? Now I still have to wait, even though it's sitting on my bookshelf RIGHT NOW! This is so confusing.

Twenty-two days left!

I'm so very pathetically eager for March Twenty-third to come! Mostly just because it's the only thing to look forward to until summer, and because I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK HAPPENS!!!!!!!!

I bought the second in the Percy Jackson series on Thursday. Everyone says that the books get much better as they go along, so I'm going to read that one as soon as I finish Jane Eyre.

Thirty-eight days left! But who's counting? (Oh, me of course.)

I don't think I can possibly wait thirty-eight days until Fablehaven comes out. I have nothing else to look forward to until then. How very, very pathetic.

I recently got a form letter from JK Rowling. I had sent her a letter a while ago. I put my heart and soul into it, and got back a form letter. Oh well. It was still pretty darn cool. It said she currently has no plans to publish anything else. which was disappointing. Anyway.

I'm still reading Jane Eyre. It's sort of sad right now, but mom says it gets happier.

Forty Days left! Augh!

IN FORTY DAYS...

We'll know what happens to the characters in the Fablehaven books. I can't wait! I'm absoloutely dying to find out what the heck happens. (I'm also distressed because when it comes out, I'll have to go to SCHOOL, where reading only comes along once in a while.)

Also, the movie, The Lightning Thief came out today. I read the first in that series, (which is called The Lightning Thief, the series is called Percy Jackson) and I certainly liked it enough to read the next four books, but I wasn't like, "WOW!". I don't really know why. I guess all that Greek Mythology didn't really float my boat too much. But I guess I'd recommend that first one, and probably the others.

I'm still reading Jane Eyre.

Fourty-four days left!!! Agh!!!

In about forty-four days, if I counted right, Fablehaven number five, Keys to the Demon Prison will come out! If you haven't read these books, you must. They have all the suspense (sometimes more) and excitement of Harry Potter without being as dark. They're really good. If you have read these books, then you'll know that number four was a total cliff-hanger and I'm DYING to find out what happens! Hence the fact that I am so excited that number five is coming out soon.

I'm reading Jane Eyre right now, and it's really good. So now you know what I'm reading.

New Shannon Hale Book!

This week, Shannon Hale released a sequel to her graphic novel which is called Rapunzel's Revenge. Rapunzel's Revenge was a pretty good book. It was cool, because it looked like a comic book with speech bubbles and everything, but then once you went and read it, it was actually a Shannon Hale story. I was excited to hear that there was a sequel. It's called Calamity Jack, and it's probably in hardback still, so I'm waiting for the paperback to come out, even though it won't do much good because as of yesterday, I have about four dollars.