Looking For Alaska- Book review

 Looking For Alaska by John Green

Grade-A+

Rating- *****stars

Percent-100%

OMG this book was AMAZING! I ultimately loved this book!

 

 Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.
After. Nothing is ever the same.-goodreads

 

Non-spoiler summary

Miles leaves for the "Great Perhaps" or in other words Culver Creek boarding school on  somewhat the last day of summer.  He gets their and says bye to his parents and then later that day meets his roommate named Chip but he is called Colonel throughout the book. Chip has been to Culver creek before so he talks to Miles about it a little and then they go to the room down the hall. The room down the hall belongs to Alaska. The minutes Miles sees Alaska he falls in love.  Miles goes on with his life at culver Creek but not alone, he continues it with Chip, Alaska and Takumi(another friend). There was this one part in the book where they all prank one of the teachers and that was one of my favorite parts.  Miles and his friends have a great year together (or maybe like half) until it happens. Now I cant tell you the it cause it will really spoil the boo so that's pretty much all I can tell you since everything else will spoil the book.

 

 

My review

Now by my summary you must be thinking about how stupid this book sound but trust me, don't judge the book by what I wrote. I really enjoyed this book and the storyline was amazing. I recommend this book to people who like mystery and who also like John Green.

ENJOY!!!

I Am Malala- Book Review

I Am Malala
Grade-A
Rating- **** stars
Percent-90%

So I ended up really enjoying this book. When I first got the book I was like no I don't want to read it since I am not so much of a biography person. But once I got through the first 20-30 pages I just could not put the book down.

This book is based on a  girl, who is named Malala, who fought for her and other girls education but got shot by the Taliban. It shows the story of her since the age of 1 and how she has grown up. It also tells about her fighting for girls education and how it all turned out.


The reason I did not give it the extra 10% is because of the layout. I hoped that the pictures would be scattered on different pages and would not just be put in the middle. If you read this book then I hope you enjoy it just like I did.

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The Girl In Translation- Book Review

Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok  Grade-A                                                          

 Percent- 98%/100%
                                


When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life like the staggering degree of her poverty, the weight of her family’s future resting on her shoulders, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition. Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles.

Through Kimberly’s story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to their family, and their own personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about.

Written in an indelible voice that dramatizes the tensions of an immigrant girl growing up between two cultures, surrounded by a language and world only half understood, Girl in Translation is an unforgettable and classic novel of an American immigrant-a moving tale of hardship and triumph,  heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation.-goodreads


                      
                                                                     Non-spoiler review
Kimberly Chang  and her mother just moved from Hong Kong. They are very poor and they live in an abandoned building. The only reason they live their is because Kimberly's lousy aunt. Kimberly goes to a public school in the day time and after school she goes and helps her mother work at the factory that her aunt and uncle own. In school she meets this girl named Annette and they soon become very good friends. Kimberly barley understands anything in school since she does not know much English  and she tries not to talk to her teacher who is very racist. The factory is the only bright spot for Kimberly since she meets this guy named Matt who is the son of another factory worker. Days go by for Kimberly and her mother. They suffer in their unlit and dirty apartment but they manage. They still are very poor but they have enough money for food and water and to get around. Kimberly starts getting a lot better at her English and at her studies. Kimberly and her mother eventully move to another apartment after finding out that any day the place they lived in  could have been smashed. The found out that what they were doing in the factory was actually labor. Kimberly gets a scholarship at a school that Annette is going to thanks to her school principle. Kimberly's mother finds a job at a bead shop since she quit working at the factory.  Kimberly develops a relationship with Matt and they stay together for a while.  The story then forwards 12 years ahead. Kimberly is a dentist and lives in a nice house with her child and Ma.


                                                                            My review
I personally really liked this book a lot. I like how Jean Kwok based the story a little bit on herself. I also really liked the story line and writing style of this author.  The reason I did not give it the extra 2% is because at some parts it kind of got boring but for the most part I was really into the book and really liked it. If you read this book I hope you like it just like I did.

My Life In Black and White- Book review

My Life In Black In White by Natasha Friend
Rating- **** stars
Grade- A

Lexi has always been stunning. Her butter-colored hair and perfect features have helped her attract friends, a boyfriend, and the attention of a modeling scout. But everything changes the night Lexi's face goes through a windshield. Now she's not sure what's worse: the scars she'll have to live with forever, or what she saw going on between her best friend and her boyfriend right before the accident. With the help of her trombone-playing, defiantly uncool older sister and a guy at school recovering from his own recent trauma, Lexi learns she's much more than just a pretty face.-goodreads


                              About the book
Lexi has always been very beautiful and she knows it. Now am going to forward a little bit since the beginning is not as important. Lexi at a party with her bestfriend Taylor and boyfriend Ryan. Everything is going fine until Lexi finds Taylor and Ryan making out. When I read this I was like "what?" Anyway, all Lei wants to do is escape and she asks Taylors brother Jarrod to give her a ride home. He listens to Lexi and starts driving her home but he is drunk and everything goes out of control. Lexi's face goes through the windshield and Jarrod get a little hurt. That's when Lexi's life completely falls apart. She has to live with the scars that she has on her face. When she gets back from the hospital she goes and locks herself in her room and doesn't come out. She puts everybody behind her. Days go by and Lexi doesn't do anything. Eventully, Lexi's sister Ruthie tell Lexi to get a little stronger and gives her a mini lecture about how she has to get out of her room and go enter the real world again. Lexi eventully listens and she goes back to high school. Of course she is scared about how people will look at her but she tries to ignore it. Lexi ignores her Taylor and Ryan the whole way through. At the end Lexi finds out about how the whole thing was a dare and Taylor never wanted to make out with Ryan but it was all a dare so Lexi forgave Taylor at the end.

                                                                      My review
I personally really liked  this book but I have read better. It is inappropriate at some parts so I would recommend this book to advanced readers. I really liked the writing style of this book and I think the author did really well. Anyway that's all for My Life In Black and White. Hope you read the book.

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Paper towns - Book Review

 

Paper towns by John Green is a fairly good book. It is no the best John Green book I have read but I still liked the concept of this book. This book had a  lot of mystery in it and some romance to. When I first looked at this book I was like "why is a their a  picture of a thumbtack on the cover?" That question got explained in the book. If you have the same question then you will find out in the book just so you know.


Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows.  After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.-goodreads

Non-spoiler review

The story starts of when Margo and Q(short for Quentin), who are neighbors,  are children and they go to the park. Margo finds a dead guy slumped to the tree at the park and they both race home to call 911. The story then flashes forward to when Margo and Q are teenagers and they have grown apart. One night Margo convinces Q to sneak out and help her take revenge on all the people that might have hurt her. For both of them  it was a long night but the next day when Q gets back to school he finds out that Margo has disappeared and is a mystery. But when q gets back home he finds out that Margo has left clues for him. As  Q solves each clue he sees that each clue leads to the next one. Q and his friends unravel each clue one by one and learn where and who Margo really is.

 

My review on the book

Now I would tell you more about the book but then I will spoil the book way to much. I recommend this book to John Green fans but also anyone else. If you really like , mystery then this book would be perfect since the whole book revolves around mystery. Anyway, I really hope

 you all read this book and if you do read it I hope you enjoyed it just like I did.

 

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Book review- FANGIRL

 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Rating: +A

AHHHHHHHH FANGIRLING RIGHT NOW! No just kidding(kind of)! But if you are a Fangirl then you should really read this book cause you  will be fangirling once you read it! This is an awesome book and I recommend it to pretty much everyone.  When I read it I was laughing the whole way through. I loved it! It is that kind of book where you can just have fun with it.

                                                                       About the book
Cath and Wren are two twin sisters and their hugest similarity(other then their looks): being Simon Snow fans. They have been since like forever. Cath writes stories  of Simon Snow on fanfixx (that's the website she writes stories on) and sometimes Wren helps. Cath has millions of followers! Now Cath and Wren are both going to college and Wren has drifted away from Simon Snow but Cath, she just cant let go. Simon is like her best friend and she will never be able to let go of him no matter what. Wren has even told Cath that she doesn't want to be roommates since she wants to meet new people. I personally think that's very mean! Like what kind of sister does that? Anyway, back to the story, or should I say summary. Once Cath reaches college she meets this guy names Levi and he is Reagans(Cath's  roommates name) friend/boyfriend. Days go by and Cath attends her classes and all and gets to know Reagan a little to. She  also learns that  most night she as the dorm room to herself since Reagan is out half out the time. The days that Reagan is in the room she has Levi with her. Cath keeps worrying about her fragile dad who has never been alone before and she has to cope with the relationship she has with Wren right now since it is not going the best. In fiction writing class Cath meets this guy named Nick and they make it a routine to write together every Thursday night at the library and they become very good friends. Now here comes the good parts. Cath finds out from Reagan later on in the book that  Reagan and Levi used to be a couple but they are now just friends and they broke up since Reagan kept cheating on Levi. The reason that Levi hangs around so much is since Reagan helps him study. On some days when Levi is waiting outside the door for Reagan Cath just lets him in. The eventully start getting closer and closer. The night that Cath is reading to Levi on the bed they both fall asleep together kissing. Cath later on goes to Levi's house for a party and finds him kissing another girl. AHHHHHHH! I was freaking out at this part in the book! Cath ignores Levi for the longest time ever and finally they talk and Cath tells Levi everything. After that their relationship goes more smoothly.  Cath also finds out about how her mom, who abandoned them at a young age, wants to meet them now! After like 16 years(I think 16)! Now I don't want to tell you more since it will spoil the book but that does not mean you all shouldn't read it!

                                                            My review of the book

Three words. I loved it! It was an amazing book from the beginning to the end. I love Levi's and Cath's relationship a whole lot an I think it's really cute. There are parts in the book where you were about to put it down but then you read a sentence or two and then your like no, I got to keep reading!
The book is also hilarious! Through the whole book(almost the whole book, some parts were sad) I was laughing and I just couldn't stop. You can also sometimes feel what the other characters are feeling and what I mean by that is the way they are feeling, you can feel their feelings. Lastly, the writing style of Rainbow Rowell is pretty good. I have seen better but hers is awesome to and I like the way she explains everything.


Anyway, that's all for FANGIRL. If you read this book I hope you like it just like I did.
                                                                     ENJOY!!!

The Fault in our stars- Book review

 

 So how do I start? This is technically my first blog post and its about my favorite book The Fault In Our Stars by John Green! Now I can list a whole bunch of reasons this is my favorite book or I can go right ahead and tell you about the book. 

 

 It all starts of with a girl named Hazel who has cancer( her lungs also don't work so great),is 16 years old and she goes to a support group which she doesn't like but goes to it anyway just for her mom. She has a friend in support group named Isaac. One day a new guy, named Augustus, comes to support group and eventually both Hazel and Augustus catch eye contact since Augustus had been staring at her the whole time. Soon enough they both are flirtatious friends and they talk about everything together. Hazel shares her favorite  book with Gus(short for Augustus) named An Imperial Affliction and they both obsess about the unsolved ending. Gus somehow gets to email the author and the author, Peter Van Houten, invite's them to come visit in Amsterdam to talk about the ending of the book. Now don't forget about Isaac because he isn't having the greatest life right now.

Isaac is losing his eye(the only one left) so that he can be cancer-free at long last. He also lost his girlfriend Monica since she didn't want to have a blind boyfriend. Rude! Gus surprises Hazel with telling her that he still has his with(the one they give to dying children)  from when he had cancer and lost his leg. He tells her that he wants to take her to Amsterdam to meet Peter Van Houten. That's what I call love. Hazel is beyond happy but is worried how to convince her parents and doctors who are worried about her lots.

 

Hazel ends up convincing everybody that everything will all be fine and her mom, Gus and Hazel set off to meet Peter Van Houten in Amsterdam. The night they reach Hazel and Gus have a romantic dinner and a restaurant paid by the author. That night Gus tells Hazel how much he loves her. The day that they go to meet the author, it ends up not as planned. First of, the author was drunk and mean. Secondly it ended up that well, Van Houten did not answer any of Hazels questions. Hazel ended up being mad and very upset. When they get back to the hotel room Gus spills that he has cancer again.

 

 

Now I don't want to tell you the end since it will spoil this amazing, sad and funny book. But let me tell you, if you read the book(YOU HAVE TO) then you have to keep a box of tissues will you because I guarantee that you will cry! But let me tell you that you will fall in love with Hazel and Gus's relationship. It is the most romantic and cutest relationship ever.

 

This book is more than just a book but is a story of 2 people who fall in love and its their story.

 

ENJOY!!!!