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!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Hey! Welcome back to All About books. Today I'm going to talk about Ally Carter's book I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You. I understand that it's kind of a scary title, but once you really get into the book, you can't put it down, I guarantee it.
It all starts when Cammie Morgan is watching limousines drive up to drop off pupils at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women. But, nobody knows just how exceptional they are. It may look like a normal boarding school for bored heiresses with no where else to go, but it's really a school for spies.
Cammie Morgan narrates this book. She is the daughter of the headmistress. In this book, she is starting her sophomore year of high school.
The adventure starts when a new student arrives. Macey McHenry was in for a big surprise when her parents forced her to go to the school. She has a tough time fitting in, have been kicked out of all of the other boarding schools in the country.
Macey McHenry is your typical teenager. She know something that even the geniuses at the Gallagher Academy don't know: boys. She loves the facts that she has to keep her school a secret, and that she spends ninety percent of her life away from them.
During a mission in the town of Roseville, Virgina, Cammie is seen by a cute boy who's lived there his whole life. Sure, she knows how to tap his phone, hack his computer, and fourteen different languages, but she has no idea what to do when she likes Josh Abrams, a normal guy who thinks she's just a normal girl.
With the help of Cammie's best friends, Liz and Bex, along with their new-found ally, Macey, Josh and Cammie get together.
But, imagine what happens when Josh finds out that Cammie is more than just a religous, cat-loving, homeschooled girl. That makes the climax of this story.
This book is filled with comedy, romance, drama and suspense. How this confusing romance ends is only told in I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You.
It all starts when Cammie Morgan is watching limousines drive up to drop off pupils at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women. But, nobody knows just how exceptional they are. It may look like a normal boarding school for bored heiresses with no where else to go, but it's really a school for spies.
Cammie Morgan narrates this book. She is the daughter of the headmistress. In this book, she is starting her sophomore year of high school.
The adventure starts when a new student arrives. Macey McHenry was in for a big surprise when her parents forced her to go to the school. She has a tough time fitting in, have been kicked out of all of the other boarding schools in the country.
Macey McHenry is your typical teenager. She know something that even the geniuses at the Gallagher Academy don't know: boys. She loves the facts that she has to keep her school a secret, and that she spends ninety percent of her life away from them.
During a mission in the town of Roseville, Virgina, Cammie is seen by a cute boy who's lived there his whole life. Sure, she knows how to tap his phone, hack his computer, and fourteen different languages, but she has no idea what to do when she likes Josh Abrams, a normal guy who thinks she's just a normal girl.
With the help of Cammie's best friends, Liz and Bex, along with their new-found ally, Macey, Josh and Cammie get together.
But, imagine what happens when Josh finds out that Cammie is more than just a religous, cat-loving, homeschooled girl. That makes the climax of this story.
This book is filled with comedy, romance, drama and suspense. How this confusing romance ends is only told in I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Don't Judge a GIrl By Her Cover
Hello there! Sorry I haven't posted in a LONG time. I got discouraged that this blog would ever get publicity. But then I remembered that I need to keep on writing even though people might not visit. Unlike as I promised last time, today I'm giving a brief summary about New York Times best selling author Ally Carter's book, Don't Judge a Girl By Her Cover.
Boston, Massachusetts is bustling because Senator McHenry is there to accept his nomination as Vice President of the United States from Governor Winters. Cammie Morgan comes to Boston to visit the senator's daughter Macey, who is her roommate.
Cammie Morgan is the narrator of this story. She is destined to be a spy like her parents, going to the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women in Roseville, Virgina. Although her past says otherwise, she doesn't like lying, or snooping, especially when it involves people she loves. It's strange, I know, that she's like this when it's the family business to snoop and lie.
Macey McHenry used to be a typical girl with a big attitude. But then she came to school at the Gallagher Academy. She LOVES the fact that she spends 90% of her life on campus, away from her parents. She also enjoys that she has a secret about her school to keep: that it's a school for spies.
Cammie is led to her friend by a Secret Service agent. She mentions that there are two kinds of people in her world: those that know the secrets of the Gallagher Academy, and those who don't. When she gets to the hall of her roommate's hotel room, she can hear her screaming in anger. She is being the head strong girl that had come to her school a year ago. She was complaining that the Governor's son ( potential first son ) sent her a gift. When the girls are alone, she says that her attitude served as her cover for the summer.
An hour or so later, the girls ( and Preston Winters ) find themselves in a dangerous situation. They were in the middle of a kidnapping attempt! The girls use their karate skills to fight off their would-be kidnapper(s), only to run away into a laundry shoot, where Cammie gets a concussion and Macey breaks her arm.
Many questions follow: who were trying to kidnap Macey? What do they want from her? Al l these questions are given a suspenseful, dramatic twist at the end of the book. The girls, including their other roommates, Liz and Bex, investigate only to find a shocking truth.
This book is great for several reasons. But I advise you read the first two books in the series before reading this one. I hope you won't lose hope in this blog! Thanks, bye
Boston, Massachusetts is bustling because Senator McHenry is there to accept his nomination as Vice President of the United States from Governor Winters. Cammie Morgan comes to Boston to visit the senator's daughter Macey, who is her roommate.
Cammie Morgan is the narrator of this story. She is destined to be a spy like her parents, going to the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women in Roseville, Virgina. Although her past says otherwise, she doesn't like lying, or snooping, especially when it involves people she loves. It's strange, I know, that she's like this when it's the family business to snoop and lie.
Macey McHenry used to be a typical girl with a big attitude. But then she came to school at the Gallagher Academy. She LOVES the fact that she spends 90% of her life on campus, away from her parents. She also enjoys that she has a secret about her school to keep: that it's a school for spies.
Cammie is led to her friend by a Secret Service agent. She mentions that there are two kinds of people in her world: those that know the secrets of the Gallagher Academy, and those who don't. When she gets to the hall of her roommate's hotel room, she can hear her screaming in anger. She is being the head strong girl that had come to her school a year ago. She was complaining that the Governor's son ( potential first son ) sent her a gift. When the girls are alone, she says that her attitude served as her cover for the summer.
An hour or so later, the girls ( and Preston Winters ) find themselves in a dangerous situation. They were in the middle of a kidnapping attempt! The girls use their karate skills to fight off their would-be kidnapper(s), only to run away into a laundry shoot, where Cammie gets a concussion and Macey breaks her arm.
Many questions follow: who were trying to kidnap Macey? What do they want from her? Al l these questions are given a suspenseful, dramatic twist at the end of the book. The girls, including their other roommates, Liz and Bex, investigate only to find a shocking truth.
This book is great for several reasons. But I advise you read the first two books in the series before reading this one. I hope you won't lose hope in this blog! Thanks, bye
Monday, August 17, 2009
The Hidden Staircase
As promised, here is a brief summary of the second Nancy Drew Mystery, The Hidden Staircase
This story is about eighteen year old, Nancy Drew, being asked by her friend, Helen Corning to come to her great grandmother's mansion, Twin Elms, to solve the mystery of the ghost haunting the house and scaring her and her daughter, Helen's great aunt Rosemary.
Helen Corning is a brunette, fun loving girl. Though nearly three years older then her, she and Nancy are great friends. Later, a man named Nathan Gomber comes to warn Nancy that her father is in great danger and that she should stick close to him.
Nancy's father is a well know lawyer in River Heights, Nancy's hometown. In fact, Nancy's first case to get publicity from ( she had helped her father many times ) was passed down to her to take care of personally by her father!
Nancy doesn't take the warning about her father too seriously. But, she had to admit she might be better off to stick by him, though it would mean giving up the new mystery she was asked to solve!
That night, when Nancy's father came home, he didn't take his daughter's relay of the warning any more serious then a joke. But, when Nancy mentioned the name Nathan Gomber, his expression changed completely.
Later, after having dinner, Mr. Drew assured Nancy that he was in no danger, and gave her his permission to go to Cliffwood to solve the mystery at Twin Elms.
It's an over one hundred page book, which includes action, suspense, and Nancy saving her father from a colonial dungeon along the passageway underneath Twin Elms and Riverview Manor, the neighboring property. All's well that ends well. I deeply recommend this book to readers young and old.
Next week, I will review the Hardy Boys' Mystery, The Clue in the Embers.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Intro: All About Books
Hi! I'm Miss Cellaneous. In this blog, I will name my favorite books and describe them. Also, I will encourage young kids to read and find their own interests. I will try to make a post every Monday. Who doesn't want something to look forward to on Monday, right?
I will mainly describe Nancy Drew books, but sometimes I will post about others! Carolynn Keene is one of my FAVORITE authors. Only recently ( don't think me naive because of this ) did I discover that Carolynn Keene is a pen name, and that she also wrote the Hardy Boys.
I haven't read any Hardy Boys yet. I only know from friends that Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys are somewhat simailar. All that I know is that they both have friends that are blonde, and eating is mainly their hobby.
I know I probably shouldn't spoil anything, but The Hidden Staircase is what my first official post is going to be about
I haven't read any Hardy Boys yet. I only know from friends that Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys are somewhat simailar. All that I know is that they both have friends that are blonde, and eating is mainly their hobby.
I know I probably shouldn't spoil anything, but The Hidden Staircase is what my first official post is going to be about
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