Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

This is a book recommended to me by my friend and this is my first day reading it.  The main character is a man named Arthur Dent.  People are trying to take down Arthur's home without his permission to build a bypass.  Another character was Ford Prefect he is Arthurs good friend and he an alien.  Arthur does not know that he is from another plant but the author indicates this to us.  Ford has been stranded on earth for 15 years now.  He is on earth to write a book called the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.  Arthur is laying down in front of the bulldozers when Ford comes.  Ford does not really understand sarcasm so his conversations usually end up being very awkward.  Ford tries to come up with an agreement with the man trying to tear down his house but the deal he makes doesn't really make any sense.
I like this book also because it did not take me a long time to get into for I have already got hooked on this book I think this will turn out to be a really good book.  I am looking forward to the next reading day in class.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Today I read a book called The Attack on Pearl Harbor.  It is a choose your own adventure book.  Last time I read on reading day I read a different choose your own adventure book so I wanted to read another one.  In this one I choose the role of a Japanese pilot because I did not really know the story from their side.  I was onboard a plane when the U.S.A started shooting at me so I did not crash into the boat I was attacking.  I then went to crash into the USS Nevada and then I died.  Usually the Japanese kamikazi fighters crashed into boats to bring them down.  I think it would be very scary and you would have to hate the other country to be able to do this.
I am very interested in Pearl Harbor  attack and I once went to Pearl Harbor on a tour.  The whole thing was boring except when I got to go on the USS Tennessee which was very very cool.  While reading this book I got a much better picture of the scene.  I was able to visualize the boats getting attacked by Japanese planes.  This book did not make me sad nor happy but I was very interested in it.  I would like to learn more about the US wars and Pearl Harbor in particular.

Return to Atlantis

     Today I read a book called Return to Atlantis by R. A Montgomery.  This book is a choose your own adventure book about two people who have been to Atlantis but no one believes them so they decide to go again.  The story starts where you are in a room and your friend walks in and tells you that you should go back to Atlantis and you decide to go.  You and your friend get grant money to find Atlantis and you go in submarine called the seeker two.  While going to Atlantis you find a giant under water creature with a silver pod attached to it.  The silver pod breaks off of the creature, goes towards you and you then hear a voice that says, "may I come in". At this point you have three choices, first I choose to let the people in the escape pod into my submarine.  They came in and told us that they were Atlantians and they were hunting for food and that animal is used for hunting.  They gave me a choice to either finish the hunting trip with them and then return to Atlantis or for them to give us directions to go to Atlantis.  I choose to go straight to Atlantis.  They gave us directions and once we arrived we found the Atlantians at Atlantis armed and ready for war.  They told us they were at war with another culture and they asked for our help.  We were also given the choice to stay in Atlantis.  I choose to help them. They give me a weapon and in about 30 seconds a bomb goes off destroying Atlantis killing me.
     I like this book because it gives you choices where to go through and sometimes you make the wrong choice.  This book is good because sometimes you don't know what to choose and there are many different endings.

What My Mother Doesn't Know

The book I read monday was What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones.  It is a series of little paragraphs on each page about how this girl is going through high school.  This was a book that I will only read once because I did not enjoy it.  I think this is not a good book for people like me because there is no comedy, action or suspense and that is what I look for in a book.  This book also did not drag me in so after about a half hour I felt like putting the book down and switching books although i did not do this I never got to a point where was dragged in by the story.  I do not believe this is a bad book it is just not the right book for someone like me.  If you like books with action, comedy and suspense like me then I suggest not to read this novel.

diary of a wimpy kid

A book I read a while ago was Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  It is a book about a kid named Greg Heffley and he is a kid going through middle school on the bottom of the popularity list.  He has two brothers one named Rodrick and one named Manny.  Manny is a young little kid who is very spoiled and funny Greg is often jealous of him.  Rodrick the older brother is a mean bully to Greg and will always make Greg's life worse.  This is a funny, interesting and drawing in book that made me feel like I couldnt put it down.  I do not recommend it to anyone in 7th grade because I feel we've all out grown this book but it has always been one of my favorite books and thought i should write about it.

Beetween a rock and a hard place

The book I read Monday during english class was between a rock and a hard place. This book is about a man named Aron Ralston and he was on a hiking trip when a huge boulder fell on his arm and he was stuck there. After a while Aron had to break his arm then cut it off using his small pocket knife to save his life. After he cuts his arm off and is not stuck he returns back to safety alive. I like this story because it is a true story and shows that there's always a chance. Aron was clearly a physically strong person and he is also mentally strong. He is mentally strong because after this horrible tragedy he got back into climbing and did not let this hold him back. This is a true recovery.
After reading this, I felt that even in the worse problem I have I should be able to solve it because hopefully nothing could happen as bad as this. I recommend this book to people who like interesting stories but do not get grossed out easily. The book was very graphic and one of the pictures in the book set me off.




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The Travel Team

This summer I read the book The Travel Team and loved it.  It is a book about a kid named  Danny and his troubles with basketball.  Danny enjoys playing basketball and is having a lot of fun with it.   But the local travel team, the Vikings, cut him from the team which he played on the prior year, because of his size.  Danny still wanted to play basketball, so he and his dad, a former NBA basketball player, made a team called the Warriors.  They took all the players who didn't make the travel team.  Through this book, you learn about this team and how they come together to beat the Vikings.

I enjoyed this book because the novel drags you in early and makes you not want to put the book down.  I like reading about the basketball games especially when it comes down to the final seconds.  The Travel Team helps you get to  know the characters which makes the book a lot more fun to read.

You can still read this book if you are not into sports.  I highly suggest reading this book if you like action, suspense with a little comedy mixd in.