I have a few questions to answer for you. Just in case you're wondering:
Q: What have I been doing these past few weeks?
A: I've been wrapping up the school year with a big bang.
Q: Why haven't you been posting as regularly as you promised?
A: Well, to tell you the truth, I get to busy to read a book and write about it EVERY week. I get caught up in other things like school or family
Q: What in the world is that on the side of the screen?
A: Well, Ally Carter's new book Only the Good Spy Young is coming out soon, so she held a contest to see who could make the best countdown widget. I didn't enter. Well, that gadget on the side bar is how long until the book comes out. I'll get it ASAP and review it here.
That's all I have time for right now! Bye!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Little Women
Hello and welcome back to All About Books. Today, I'm going to review an old classic. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
"Christmas won't be Christmas without presents." Is one of the most famous openings to a book in history. Josephine March's complaint is the beginning of this sweet, heart-felt classic.
Josephine "Jo" March is the fictional Louisa May Alcott. This tall, angular girl is part of the comedic light of the story. She's more like a boy, passing her time by whistling, walking around with her hands behind her back, and talking slang. She is an image of a girl growing into a young woman and not liking it.
This lines up a conversation between the March sisters about their Christmas without presents, or their father. He was "where the fighting was".
The March sisters were growing up in Concord, MA during the Civil War. Their father was there, but I can't remember what he did. They knew they wouldn't have him for many months, and perhaps never. Meg is next to speak.
Margaret "Meg" March is the eldest March sister. She remembers a time when her family was rich, and they had no worries. But, after an incident with helping a poor friend, lost most of their money. She complains constantly about being poor, and often dreams of living in the lap of luxury forever.
Cheerful Beth tries to brighten their spirits. Elizabeth "Beth" March is the third oldest of the girls. She is sweet, selfless, and all together happy with the world. She dedicates herself to housework and her music. Her only wish is to be loved and get a fancy piano.
Last, but certainly not least, is Amy. She's the youngest of her sisters. She thinks herself "a very important person". She can be vain at times, but often catches herself. She is called Raphael 2, because she has a talent in art. She likes to spend her time sketching, or making clay figures.
All of these girls have their own little hopes and dreams. That night, when they were complaining, their father wrote them that when he comes home he hope to be even prouder of his "little women". When the sisters read that, they each make a resolution to be good and what his father likes to call his "little women" and is proud of.
Throughout the years, the girls learn about friendship, tempers, sorrow, love, and pure happiness. Through tragedy, and excitement, they never lose sight of their love for each other.
Little Women is actually made up of two parts. Louisa May Alcott wrote two books that make it up. Good Wives is considered part two of Little Women.
This book is sweet, down-to-earth, and funny. I hope all ages get to read it. I absolutely love this book. I hope you will learn to love it, too.
"Christmas won't be Christmas without presents." Is one of the most famous openings to a book in history. Josephine March's complaint is the beginning of this sweet, heart-felt classic.
Josephine "Jo" March is the fictional Louisa May Alcott. This tall, angular girl is part of the comedic light of the story. She's more like a boy, passing her time by whistling, walking around with her hands behind her back, and talking slang. She is an image of a girl growing into a young woman and not liking it.
This lines up a conversation between the March sisters about their Christmas without presents, or their father. He was "where the fighting was".
The March sisters were growing up in Concord, MA during the Civil War. Their father was there, but I can't remember what he did. They knew they wouldn't have him for many months, and perhaps never. Meg is next to speak.
Margaret "Meg" March is the eldest March sister. She remembers a time when her family was rich, and they had no worries. But, after an incident with helping a poor friend, lost most of their money. She complains constantly about being poor, and often dreams of living in the lap of luxury forever.
Cheerful Beth tries to brighten their spirits. Elizabeth "Beth" March is the third oldest of the girls. She is sweet, selfless, and all together happy with the world. She dedicates herself to housework and her music. Her only wish is to be loved and get a fancy piano.
Last, but certainly not least, is Amy. She's the youngest of her sisters. She thinks herself "a very important person". She can be vain at times, but often catches herself. She is called Raphael 2, because she has a talent in art. She likes to spend her time sketching, or making clay figures.
All of these girls have their own little hopes and dreams. That night, when they were complaining, their father wrote them that when he comes home he hope to be even prouder of his "little women". When the sisters read that, they each make a resolution to be good and what his father likes to call his "little women" and is proud of.
Throughout the years, the girls learn about friendship, tempers, sorrow, love, and pure happiness. Through tragedy, and excitement, they never lose sight of their love for each other.
Little Women is actually made up of two parts. Louisa May Alcott wrote two books that make it up. Good Wives is considered part two of Little Women.
This book is sweet, down-to-earth, and funny. I hope all ages get to read it. I absolutely love this book. I hope you will learn to love it, too.
Heist Society
Welcome back to All About books. Today, we're going to be talking about my favorite author, Ally Carter's newest book: Heist Society.
It all starts when Katarina Bishop is waiting to meet with the school board of Colgan Academy about her supposedly putting the headmaster's 1958 Porshe on the top of the water fountain in the middle of the quad, with water squirting from its headlights.
When Katarina "Kat" Bishop was only three, her parents took her to Paris to case the Louvre. For her seventh birthday, her great Uncle Eddie took her to Austria to steal the crown jewels. You can imagine the family business was passed on down to this intelligent, clever strong, independent young woman. She ran away to con herself into the world's most strenuous school in the world when she was fifteen, hoping to leave her family's theiving legacy. Unfortunately, "The Life", came back to haunt her.
It all starts when Katarina Bishop is waiting to meet with the school board of Colgan Academy about her supposedly putting the headmaster's 1958 Porshe on the top of the water fountain in the middle of the quad, with water squirting from its headlights.
When Katarina "Kat" Bishop was only three, her parents took her to Paris to case the Louvre. For her seventh birthday, her great Uncle Eddie took her to Austria to steal the crown jewels. You can imagine the family business was passed on down to this intelligent, clever strong, independent young woman. She ran away to con herself into the world's most strenuous school in the world when she was fifteen, hoping to leave her family's theiving legacy. Unfortunately, "The Life", came back to haunt her.
As it turns out, Kat was actually innocent. Due to so much evidence against her, Kat is expelled. Outside, a limo is waiting for her. Thinking it's the car Colgan sent for her, she climbs in. When she does, she finds herself siting next to her friend and former co-conspirator, Hale. He framed Kat for his putting the Porsche on the fountain for a good reason: A job was pulled in Italy. A big one. Five priceless paintings were stolen. Their owner, a powerful mobster named Auturo Taccone, wants them back in two weeks. Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list.
When Kat goes to Paris to talk to her father, she learns he has an alibi: he was pulling a job in Paris the time the Taccone estate was robbed. Later, when heading to hail a taxi, a car drives up to her. Its passenger beckons her to join him. Kat learns that she is face- to- face with Auturo Taccone himself. She tries to convince him that her father is innocent (for the Taccone robery, anyway) , but Taccone isn't buying it. He reminds her that he has two weeks to retrieve his paintings. If they weren't returned by then, bad things would happen.
Throughout the book, Kat forms a teenage Heist Society, goes around the world to search for clues, and realizes family might be most important.
So what are you waiting for? This book is filled with mystery, drama, and a little suspense here and there. Get to your nearest bookstore and get Heist Society today!
Throughout the book, Kat forms a teenage Heist Society, goes around the world to search for clues, and realizes family might be most important.
So what are you waiting for? This book is filled with mystery, drama, and a little suspense here and there. Get to your nearest bookstore and get Heist Society today!
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