The Knife of Never Letting Go By Patrick Ness

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness is a very good book. It is about a 12 year (and 12 months) old boy (not a man yet) named Todd, who lives in a town called Prentisstown. Though, Prentisstown isn't like any other town, it's on an alien planet that has a germ that makes all your thoughts be heard by everyone else (and animals able to talk). This germ killed all the women in the town, so now they are a dying civilization on a alien planet. But one day Todd stumbles upon a area of silence, which leads him to discover some horrible secrets about his towns past.

My favorite character in this book is Manchee, Todd's dog (who he never wanted). I like him because of all the funny things he says during the book, here is a excerpt:

"Got to poo, Todd."
"Shut up, Manchee."
"Poo poo, Todd."
"I said shut it!"

Manchee's an extremely funny character, who's just so easy to love. Throughout the book he serves as a comedian (and I love him anyways). Todd certainly has different perspective about Manchee, than my family members and I do. Down under the picture I have a spoiler about the books that has to do with something I've been talking about.

Keep an eye out for the sequel 'The Ask and the Answer'!

I cried when Manchee died! It was so sad, because Todd had to choose between Manchee and Viola (the girl he meets in the swamp). I CRIED!!!!!!!!

Amazing Agent Luna By Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, Art By Shiei

Amazing Agent Luna by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir (art by Shiei) is a very interesting book. I picked it up because my friend from China (who moved here last year) told me to, and since I'm such a wonderful friend I read it. Though what I find interesting is that I think I wouldn't have read it if it were a written book. See, that's the magic of manga, it can make something that I normally wouldn't read into something that I LOVE!

Amazing Agent Luna is about a teenage, government-raised, super spy-ninja who has to face her greatest threat yet, going to high school! The whole book starts out with Luna breaking into the "French Embassy" to steal Count Von Brucken's files. There's also a mysterious boy that takes an interest in Luna while she's in France. When that same boy (named Jonah), who happens to be Von Brucken's son, starts going to Noble High school, Luna's already crazy life, gets even crazier.

I think my favorite character is Oliver, a guy who skateboards around the school and has a certain interest in Luna (same one as mysterious lover boy, Jonah, who I mentioned earlier). I like him because I've always liked the nerdy/un-popular guys that keep popping up over the course of the book. Also, I think he's kind of cute, in the pictures. When ever my friends steal this book to draw pictures from it (below) they always have to mention that I like Oliver. Though, when they do, I always reply "She likes Jonah!" and then we proceed to have a staring contest until the other people walk away (works like a charm).

Friend #1 drew the on on the right, Friend #2 on left

Friend #1 drew both

Friend #1 drew both

Friend #2 drew one on right, I (yay me) drew the other

Friend #1 drew this.

(I hope this makes up for the lack of cover-image)

A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup is a wonderful book about the three Cheeseman children, their father, and physic hairless dog are on the run. "From who?" you might might ask, the CIA of course! Also hot on their trail is Agents #5, #29, and #207, along with two other super-spies, one of whom happens to be chimpanzee. Now "Why?" you might ask. It's because Doctor Cheeseman and his wife Olivia, were working on a time machine. The one problem is that it's out of order at the moment so you can put out all thoughts of time travel out of your head.

I think my favorite part of the book is the "unsolicited advice" and did you ask me to tell you that? No! That's why it's unsolicited. Throughout the book he gives you all sorts of unsolicited advice that (normally) has absolutely nothing to do with the book and they aren't pieces advice, they're more like pieces of information. My two favorite pieces of information that he calls advice is the one on his mailbox which has a bowling alley, christmas lights, and many other things I can't think of right now. Though I think the best part of that advice is the picture of his mailbox. My other favorite one is the one on triskadekaphobia which is the fear of the number 13. I like that one because when he's explaining what triskadekaphobia is he says some really funny thing like "Do you fear when the clock strikes 13?" Next to it it has a picture of a clock with 13 numbers on it and the hour hand is on the 13 and the minute hand is on the 12.

Unsolicited advice #1:

READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep an eye out for the sequel, Another Whole Nother Story!

New Room!

I got a new room, and as you (should) know, the most important thing about a new room is how much book space you have. So I took a few pictures of my room to give you a taste of the whole room.

Outside

of my wonderful book area.

(if you can't see, the tape says "Do not disturb")

Inside

of my wonderful book area.

BOOKS!

Next
to my bed.

MORE BOOKS!

And
just because.

Stuffed animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you like it?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Well, even if you don't I do, and if you have anything to say about this post please comment. I know this isn't normal for my posts, but I thought it would  be a nice thing to tell you guys about.

The Lightning Thief

What am I doing?

I'm making a little show that's made up of pictures of my geckos. I have one picture for each chapter, and there are twenty two chapters in the book. This show will not spoil the book for you, so if you haven't read the book (and you should!) it won't matter.
I worked very long and hard to get this done so I hope you all like it!

So sit back, scroll down, and enjoy the show!

I hope you like it!

I know scrolling down is so hard but it's worth it!

The Lightning Thief

By Rick Riordan

(A.K.A. the best author ever!)

This book is about a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson who goes to a boarding school called Yancy Academy (sixth school in six years). One day when he's on a field trip to the MET (Metropolotin Meusem of Art) he "accidentally vaporizes his pre-algebra teacher" who turns out to be a monster. Soon enough he goes to a camp called Camp Half-Blood, where he finds out that his long-lost father turns out to be a Greek god! Once he gets there a girl named Annabeth calls him "the one". Turns out that means that he stole Zeus' master bolt, knowing that's not true Percy sets out with Annabeth and his best friend Grover, on a quest to find the lightning thief.

I think my favorite character in the book is Annabeth, I like her because of all the witty comments she makes over the course of the book. I also like comparing myself to her, in a way she's like my role model. This book is very important to me because this was the book that started my love of books. It affected me so much that when my middle school said they were cutting Latin I got so mad. I also like the fact that this book has mythology "infused" in it. I love all the things that Riordan does to make learning mythology enjoyable. At my school I think I have a permanent spot in the library's hall of fame because I was the one who introuduced everyone to the Percy Jackson series. I think the one complaint I've gotten the most is that the books are too childish for some peoples liking:

Them: Hey Maggie, I read the first chapter and I didn't like it! 

Me: Well, did you read the rest of the book? 

Them: Well, no. 

Me: Then read it!

That's normally how those conversations go. I know I had a little trouble with the first chapter, but I kept reading and now that's me favorite book series! 

This book means A LOT to me, and I hope you at least like it!

Happy Reading!

The Search For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

The Search For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi is about a young girl named Eva Nine, who has lived underground with a robot for all 12 years of her life. Eva has been wanting to go the "outside world" for her whole life so she can see if there were any other humans that live on the planet. Then one day when she is at home with Murthur (her mother robot), some crazy hunter/assassin comes and lights the Sanctuary (her underground home) on fire. Then Eva is forced to go into the outside world, which is nothing like she expected it. The world was over grown, the birds and plants both looked strange, and there wasn't a single human in site.

The reason why she is searching for "WondLa" is because, back in the Sanctuary Eva had this "secret room" that she kept stuff in. Most of the stuff was little toys Murthur had given her, but one of them was a little scrap of paper showing a man, a girl, and a robot. They were all smiling and holding hands with each other, at the top of the paper the words were faded so all you could see was WondLa.

I fell in love with this book the second I started reading it. 

I hope you like it that much, too.

Middleworld by J&P Voelkel

Middleworld by J&P Voelkel is a wonderful book. It is about a young boy named Max who lives in Boston (woo hoo!) and is a all-American style kid. Over summer break when his parents are (supposed) to go to Italy with him they completly blow that idea off and go on a trip to (fictional) San Xavier. His parents are crazy archilogists, who go on a lot of trips to "digging" sites. Soon he finds out that his parents got lost, almost as suddenly as that sunk in to Max, his housekeeper, Zia, buys him tickets to San Xavier. Soon after he boards a plane to find his parents in San Xavier. When he gets there he meets a mysterious girl with two companion monkeys. She calls herself Lola and Max' life takes a turn that enhances each emotion differently, for the better.

I think people in 5th grade will like this book because it makes many references to Mayan culture (I read it at the end of 4th grade). For younger children this book might too confusing because there are so many different (not to mention, foreign) names that you have to keep track of. Older people might think that it is a bit young because of the plot line. Then again, if you are interested in Mayan culture you'll love this book!