Friday, February 13, 2009
The Game
Summary:If you like books with action and intensity, during basketball games this is the book for you. In this book there is a kid named Drew Lawson all he has dreamed of is going to the NBA and playing for some professional teams. As he grew up in a nice neighborhood, he would also go outside and shoot some hoops. Drew Lawson played in a league that was very competitive. He wasn’t all that good, but he was good enough to play for the team he was on. If you would enjoy basketball games and to be around all of your friends this book is a good book to read. Drew Lawson plays shooting guard for his local school team. The league they are in really good and their team is at least half way decent. In this book Drew Lawson gets in to trouble and has a hard time finding a way out of it. He is threatened to be kicked off his school basketball team, and his family is having a hard time dealing with the trouble he has been getting into lately. Later on in the book Drew Lawson is starting to clear up the conflict he has been getting into, and the team has him come back and play for them again. Then when they ask him to come back he accepts the offer, and then he leads them to the state finals games, and plays hard, and he plays well. Have the state finals he would walk away from the school basketball team a champion and he would all so be considered one of the best whoever has played for that great school basketball team. Drew Lawson Championship Most Valuable Player in that year. Now, he will always be remembering at that High School.Review:If I was to give this book a rating on how good it is. Judging on how the climax was, if the explosion was a good beginning, and if during the book characters were static or if they just stayed the same during the whole book. I would have to give the book at least 6 out of 10. Reason why I am rating the book so low is that the book didn’t really interest me, even know I love the game of basketball, the book didn’t really explain what was going on during like have of the book. When the book began it really surprised me how is started off. He was in the middle of a basketball game; I don’t know why they did not tell us what happened at the beginning of the story. So yeah was a problem with it that I did not like too much about it. Then after that the book was just kind of dull and void, it really never started to get going until it hit the end of the story then the book ended with that. The book was still good do not get me wrong, but it also kind of bored to sleep at some points, if you are a good reader and can keep along with pretty much every book I think you might like it. This book is very action packed at the end, because that’s when Drew Lawson starts to do more stuff, but he makes stupid mistakes in the process. The Game was a good read and I like how he always dreamed of playing in the NBA with Allen Iverson, Lebron James, and all of the other greats that were in the NBA. If you enjoy this kind of book check it .
The Game
Summary:If you like books with action and intensity, during basketball games this is the book for you. In this book there is a kid named Drew Lawson all he has dreamed of is going to the NBA and playing for some professional teams. As he grew up in a nice neighborhood, he would also go outside and shoot some hoops. Drew Lawson played in a league that was very competitive. He wasn’t all that good, but he was good enough to play for the team he was on. If you would enjoy basketball games and to be around all of your friends this book is a good book to read. Drew Lawson plays shooting guard for his local school team. The league they are in really good and their team is at least half way decent. In this book Drew Lawson gets in to trouble and has a hard time finding a way out of it. He is threatened to be kicked off his school basketball team, and his family is having a hard time dealing with the trouble he has been getting into lately. Later on in the book Drew Lawson is starting to clear up the conflict he has been getting into, and the team has him come back and play for them again. Then when they ask him to come back he accepts the offer, and then he leads them to the state finals games, and plays hard, and he plays well. Have the state finals he would walk away from the school basketball team a champion and he would all so be considered one of the best whoever has played for that great school basketball team. Drew Lawson Championship Most Valuable Player in that year. Now, he will always be remembering at that High School.Review:If I was to give this book a rating on how good it is. Judging on how the climax was, if the explosion was a good beginning, and if during the book characters were static or if they just stayed the same during the whole book. I would have to give the book at least 6 out of 10. Reason why I am rating the book so low is that the book didn’t really interest me, even know I love the game of basketball, the book didn’t really explain what was going on during like have of the book. When the book began it really surprised me how is started off. He was in the middle of a basketball game; I don’t know why they did not tell us what happened at the beginning of the story. So yeah was a problem with it that I did not like too much about it. Then after that the book was just kind of dull and void, it really never started to get going until it hit the end of the story then the book ended with that. The book was still good do not get me wrong, but it also kind of bored to sleep at some points, if you are a good reader and can keep along with pretty much every book I think you might like it. This book is very action packed at the end, because that’s when Drew Lawson starts to do more stuff, but he makes stupid mistakes in the process. The Game was a good read and I like how he always dreamed of playing in the NBA with Allen Iverson, Lebron James, and all of the other greats that were in the NBA. If you enjoy this kind of book check it .
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Summary:
My book, Halo – The Flood, is not written from one specific point-of-view. Parts of it show the Master Chief’s point of view; while other parts are viewed from the enemy’s side. This makes the book more realistic and interesting because all of points of view are connected to each other.
The Master Chief, or also known as John-117, is the last of his kind. He is a SPARTAN-II Commando, the last remaining member of SPARTAN-II program. He wears a suit that is called Powered Assault Armor or The MJOLNIR . When this suit is used it increases strength, speed, agility, reflexes, and enhances his ability to withstand more damage. This suit weighs 1,000 pounds and can only be worn by genetic and cybernetic enhanced soldiers. He performs dangerous and risky missions to defend the human race. The reason this is necessary is they are at war.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) interfaces with the Spartan’s abilities and is extremely helpful. It is used to analyze the enemy and learn more efficient ways to defeat them. It can connect to any type of computer system. Cortana, the human-like personality of AI, is in every way like a human wanting to learn and understand. She has become so intelligent that she understands the level of technology that the enemy possesses.
The enemy, known as the Covenant, wants to eliminate all human life in the galaxy. They include about seven different species including some of my favorites the Prophets, the Jackals, the Grunts, and the Elites. They control a large portion of the Milky Way Galaxy, but not including Earth’s portion. The covenant’s religion is based around the Halo rings, which were constructed by an ancient race called the Forerunners. These rings are suspected to be massive weapons and the humans, including Master Chief, are trying to find the control room before the Covenant seizes control of it.
Halo – The Flood is an action packed science fiction book that is based on the video game Halo: Combat Evolved. The Master Chief has encountered many tough situations involving the Covenant in which his combat intelligence has allowed him to win. He has killed thousands of Covenant warriors. While the Covenant know that the Master Chief is dangerous, they realize they need a way to stop him.
Review:
William C. Dietz uses an extraordinary way of showing descriptions within the book that allows the reader to get a feeling like you just can’t get enough. He tells the story of a specific alien and his struggle to kill the Master Chief. Because the book goes into more detail than the video game, the reader finds himself pulled into the story in order to find the outcome.
Science fiction is one of the most interesting forms of reading because it sparks the imagination and presents some scientific facts that are intriguing to those who enjoy science. In Halo – The Flood, the fact that it takes place 543 years into the future and the fact you are facing aliens from other world helps the reader’s imagination expand. If you enjoy reading science fiction books, you would fall in love with this one.
I would recommend this book to people who enjoy reading different story lines in one book and all Halo fans around the world. If you have played the video game then read the book and most of your questions about the Halo game, will be answered. The end of the Halo video games are known to have a surprise ending, so I suspect that the same will happen in the second half of the book which I will finish next quarter. So stay tuned!
My book, Halo – The Flood, is not written from one specific point-of-view. Parts of it show the Master Chief’s point of view; while other parts are viewed from the enemy’s side. This makes the book more realistic and interesting because all of points of view are connected to each other.
The Master Chief, or also known as John-117, is the last of his kind. He is a SPARTAN-II Commando, the last remaining member of SPARTAN-II program. He wears a suit that is called Powered Assault Armor or The MJOLNIR . When this suit is used it increases strength, speed, agility, reflexes, and enhances his ability to withstand more damage. This suit weighs 1,000 pounds and can only be worn by genetic and cybernetic enhanced soldiers. He performs dangerous and risky missions to defend the human race. The reason this is necessary is they are at war.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) interfaces with the Spartan’s abilities and is extremely helpful. It is used to analyze the enemy and learn more efficient ways to defeat them. It can connect to any type of computer system. Cortana, the human-like personality of AI, is in every way like a human wanting to learn and understand. She has become so intelligent that she understands the level of technology that the enemy possesses.
The enemy, known as the Covenant, wants to eliminate all human life in the galaxy. They include about seven different species including some of my favorites the Prophets, the Jackals, the Grunts, and the Elites. They control a large portion of the Milky Way Galaxy, but not including Earth’s portion. The covenant’s religion is based around the Halo rings, which were constructed by an ancient race called the Forerunners. These rings are suspected to be massive weapons and the humans, including Master Chief, are trying to find the control room before the Covenant seizes control of it.
Halo – The Flood is an action packed science fiction book that is based on the video game Halo: Combat Evolved. The Master Chief has encountered many tough situations involving the Covenant in which his combat intelligence has allowed him to win. He has killed thousands of Covenant warriors. While the Covenant know that the Master Chief is dangerous, they realize they need a way to stop him.
Review:
William C. Dietz uses an extraordinary way of showing descriptions within the book that allows the reader to get a feeling like you just can’t get enough. He tells the story of a specific alien and his struggle to kill the Master Chief. Because the book goes into more detail than the video game, the reader finds himself pulled into the story in order to find the outcome.
Science fiction is one of the most interesting forms of reading because it sparks the imagination and presents some scientific facts that are intriguing to those who enjoy science. In Halo – The Flood, the fact that it takes place 543 years into the future and the fact you are facing aliens from other world helps the reader’s imagination expand. If you enjoy reading science fiction books, you would fall in love with this one.
I would recommend this book to people who enjoy reading different story lines in one book and all Halo fans around the world. If you have played the video game then read the book and most of your questions about the Halo game, will be answered. The end of the Halo video games are known to have a surprise ending, so I suspect that the same will happen in the second half of the book which I will finish next quarter. So stay tuned!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Twilight Review
Twilight Review
Book by: Stephenie Meyer
I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a very good book, mainly for the teenage eye. It is a love story with all of its drama, and it was just all around good. I really liked how I was really curious about what was going to happen next. It had me wanting to keep turning the pages until things would settle down. Twilight is a very romantic book because Bell and Edward are young teenagers in love; well at least Bella is. Edward is so mysterious, and it just makes you want to figure him out. I really liked how I could not predict what was going to happen next. Some books you can totally tell what is going to happen next, but with Twilight I was totally surprised. If you want to see the movie, I suggest reading the book first. I saw the movie first, and then when I was reading it, I had every clue of what was going to happen. There are little differences between the book and the movie, but I enjoyed the book a lot more. If you like love stories that have different surprises you will like this book. I know I really liked this book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes these kinds of books. I hope you decide to read Twilight as your next choice, it is a guaranteed good book.
Book by: Stephenie Meyer
I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a very good book, mainly for the teenage eye. It is a love story with all of its drama, and it was just all around good. I really liked how I was really curious about what was going to happen next. It had me wanting to keep turning the pages until things would settle down. Twilight is a very romantic book because Bell and Edward are young teenagers in love; well at least Bella is. Edward is so mysterious, and it just makes you want to figure him out. I really liked how I could not predict what was going to happen next. Some books you can totally tell what is going to happen next, but with Twilight I was totally surprised. If you want to see the movie, I suggest reading the book first. I saw the movie first, and then when I was reading it, I had every clue of what was going to happen. There are little differences between the book and the movie, but I enjoyed the book a lot more. If you like love stories that have different surprises you will like this book. I know I really liked this book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes these kinds of books. I hope you decide to read Twilight as your next choice, it is a guaranteed good book.
Perfect by Natasha Friend
Summary for Perfect by Natasha Friend
Isabelle Lee was a normal 13 year old, she was happy with her nine year old sister, April, and her parents. She was happy with her friends, even though she wasn’t the most popular girl in school, she still loved it. Then, her dad died, this changed everything. One day after dinner Isabelle was in the bathroom and April just walked right in and saw her older sister, someone who should be a role model, puking her guts out. The first thing she knew was outside of an Eating Disorder and Body Image therapy Group Clinic. Her mom was the worst person to talk to about their lose, every night when April was asleep and Isabelle was supposed to be sleeping, their mom was crying, she used to be in nice clothing, makeup every day, out of bed, a job, and every since of her husband’s death she’s been in pajamas, no makeup, in bed 24/7, barely works, and always depressed, and worst of all she doesn’t want to talk about it, she keeps claiming “Everything is fine”. When Isabelle finally got into the group clinic she realized Ashley Brunam was there, the most perfect girl in the whole 8th grade, she had blonde hair, skinny, endless supply of friends, and surprising enough as it is, she was nice. After group, they starting talking, then after she knew it, she was always at Ashley’s house. She then realized that Ashley Burnam wasn’t perfect at all, Ashley’s parents were getting a divorce, so they were never home; this made it easier for Ashley to eat everything in the house and then puke it all up. Ashley was nowhere near perfect, she had an eating disorder, she cheated on homework, and her home life was going down the tubes. Isabelle was still going to Group, but she wasn’t improving at all, she then realized that hanging out with Ashley was the reason she wasn’t getting anywhere. Then, she stopped hanging out with her less and less and she improved more and more. She ended up being still good friends with Ashley, but just in school.
Review for Perfect by Natasha Friend
I loved reading Perfect; I thought it was a great story of a bulimic teenager going through some rough patches in her life. First, her dad died, then her sister turned ten changing everything, she loved April when she was nine, she was a cool, funny, sweet sister, then she turned into a monster, she was telling on Isabelle for every little thing she did. After a while Isabelle called her Ape-Face, because she lost so much respect for her little sister. Their dad wasn’t just a normal dad, they loved them more than anything so much more than anyone could love their dad, and the same with him. He cooked dinner every night, helped with homework, lit the candles for Hanukah, worked hard on everything, and made everyone happy. It took the girls and their mother four years to celebrate Hanukah again after his death. I loved the book because it talks about a girl who had anything she could possibly need, then as fast as a snap of the fingers, she lost it all, her sweet sister, her working mother, and her loving father. She met Ashley Burnam, a popular girl she’s practically wanted to “be” since fourth grade, in her therapy group. She started to spend time with her more and more and the first night she spent the night at Ashley’s house, both of the girls ate almost everything in the refrigerator, then puked everything back up again. Then came along Christmas and Hanukah, before Ashley went on her big ski trip to Aspen, she stopped at Isabelle’s house and gave her a little box, Isabelle was happy she got it, but knowing she would keep hanging out with Ashley and never change, she never opened the box because she needed that satisfaction to stay strong and not purge anymore. I loved this book not just because it was about a teenage girl who had an eating disorder, but the fact that she was strong enough to stay away from those troubles and go back to her normal old self.
Isabelle Lee was a normal 13 year old, she was happy with her nine year old sister, April, and her parents. She was happy with her friends, even though she wasn’t the most popular girl in school, she still loved it. Then, her dad died, this changed everything. One day after dinner Isabelle was in the bathroom and April just walked right in and saw her older sister, someone who should be a role model, puking her guts out. The first thing she knew was outside of an Eating Disorder and Body Image therapy Group Clinic. Her mom was the worst person to talk to about their lose, every night when April was asleep and Isabelle was supposed to be sleeping, their mom was crying, she used to be in nice clothing, makeup every day, out of bed, a job, and every since of her husband’s death she’s been in pajamas, no makeup, in bed 24/7, barely works, and always depressed, and worst of all she doesn’t want to talk about it, she keeps claiming “Everything is fine”. When Isabelle finally got into the group clinic she realized Ashley Brunam was there, the most perfect girl in the whole 8th grade, she had blonde hair, skinny, endless supply of friends, and surprising enough as it is, she was nice. After group, they starting talking, then after she knew it, she was always at Ashley’s house. She then realized that Ashley Burnam wasn’t perfect at all, Ashley’s parents were getting a divorce, so they were never home; this made it easier for Ashley to eat everything in the house and then puke it all up. Ashley was nowhere near perfect, she had an eating disorder, she cheated on homework, and her home life was going down the tubes. Isabelle was still going to Group, but she wasn’t improving at all, she then realized that hanging out with Ashley was the reason she wasn’t getting anywhere. Then, she stopped hanging out with her less and less and she improved more and more. She ended up being still good friends with Ashley, but just in school.
Review for Perfect by Natasha Friend
I loved reading Perfect; I thought it was a great story of a bulimic teenager going through some rough patches in her life. First, her dad died, then her sister turned ten changing everything, she loved April when she was nine, she was a cool, funny, sweet sister, then she turned into a monster, she was telling on Isabelle for every little thing she did. After a while Isabelle called her Ape-Face, because she lost so much respect for her little sister. Their dad wasn’t just a normal dad, they loved them more than anything so much more than anyone could love their dad, and the same with him. He cooked dinner every night, helped with homework, lit the candles for Hanukah, worked hard on everything, and made everyone happy. It took the girls and their mother four years to celebrate Hanukah again after his death. I loved the book because it talks about a girl who had anything she could possibly need, then as fast as a snap of the fingers, she lost it all, her sweet sister, her working mother, and her loving father. She met Ashley Burnam, a popular girl she’s practically wanted to “be” since fourth grade, in her therapy group. She started to spend time with her more and more and the first night she spent the night at Ashley’s house, both of the girls ate almost everything in the refrigerator, then puked everything back up again. Then came along Christmas and Hanukah, before Ashley went on her big ski trip to Aspen, she stopped at Isabelle’s house and gave her a little box, Isabelle was happy she got it, but knowing she would keep hanging out with Ashley and never change, she never opened the box because she needed that satisfaction to stay strong and not purge anymore. I loved this book not just because it was about a teenage girl who had an eating disorder, but the fact that she was strong enough to stay away from those troubles and go back to her normal old self.
Nick and Norah's infinite playlist
Summary:
Nick and Norah’s infinite playlist is sexy, romantic, funny, and daring. This story’s not your typical boy meets girl story. Well, it starts with boy meet girl but boy also asks girl to be his girlfriend for only five minutes, and surprisingly girl agrees. This boy, Nick is a great guy that doesn’t smoke, drink, or do drugs. But he does have a downfall Nick has a tendency to swear a lot. On the other hand this girl, Norah is a sweet, quiet girl that only knows Nick from the mix CD’s he gave his ex. Both characters Nick and Norah are heartbroken teens. And then with one kiss everything changes, their off together on a crazy, exciting adventure in New York City. This book has alternate chapters, where Nick and Norah tell their views about their adventures and just trying to recover from their relationships that they both have gotten broken up with, while trying to figure out who they really are, and just where the next great band will be playing next. Once I read this book I believed that there is such a thing as love at first sight, even if it is unintentional. I’m the kind of person where a book I read has to be interesting from the first page to the last. And this book was it. This was a great book I would recommend this book to anyone. Reading this book I wish I could find something as strong and passionate as Nick and Norah found in each other. So don’t let it, or them pass you by read this book. You’ll want to put this playlist on repeat
Nick and Norah’s infinite playlist is sexy, romantic, funny, and daring. This story’s not your typical boy meets girl story. Well, it starts with boy meet girl but boy also asks girl to be his girlfriend for only five minutes, and surprisingly girl agrees. This boy, Nick is a great guy that doesn’t smoke, drink, or do drugs. But he does have a downfall Nick has a tendency to swear a lot. On the other hand this girl, Norah is a sweet, quiet girl that only knows Nick from the mix CD’s he gave his ex. Both characters Nick and Norah are heartbroken teens. And then with one kiss everything changes, their off together on a crazy, exciting adventure in New York City. This book has alternate chapters, where Nick and Norah tell their views about their adventures and just trying to recover from their relationships that they both have gotten broken up with, while trying to figure out who they really are, and just where the next great band will be playing next. Once I read this book I believed that there is such a thing as love at first sight, even if it is unintentional. I’m the kind of person where a book I read has to be interesting from the first page to the last. And this book was it. This was a great book I would recommend this book to anyone. Reading this book I wish I could find something as strong and passionate as Nick and Norah found in each other. So don’t let it, or them pass you by read this book. You’ll want to put this playlist on repeat
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Summer Ball by Mike Lupica Summary by Sam Cavener
Danny Walker is from Middletown who goes to a basketball camp called Right Way for the summer. His friends get to go with him to Will and Ty. This is a camp where all the kids in the whole country that are talented enough get picked to go. He has a friend that he has known since they were little. It was a girl named Tess and Im pretty sure he has some sort of feelings towards her. But to be honest read the book and see what you think about the situation. In Right Way Camp he later meets new friends that traveled to get here like Tariq. When Danny gets there it starts off bad because he gets separated from his friends Will and Ty. Danny is not in the same cabin as them. In his cabin he meets a kid named Zach . He thinks that they have the same personalities as he does. He doesn’t want to be here to, so Danny helped him get comfortable. He meets his enemy in the tournament last year a kid named Rasheed. Rasheed has worse problems the his new basketball coach. This wasn’t what he thought it was for a camp. In the end off the book Danny meets new friends and improves his basketball skills in the meantime. Even though Danny is short for age he is still very talented. In the next book Travel Ball you can find out how he is doing in high school.
Review
If i were to rate this book from 1 to 10 and 10 being the best. I would give it a 9.I gave it an 9 because in some parts of the story there is holes. For example in the beginning of the book it doesnt talk a lot about how he did in eight grade. All it says is that his team was descent and he was the best player on the team. It talked a lot about how he was short and that got boaring. He was very scared when he went to the camp because he was short and the best players in the country. This made the book very interesting. It made me want to keep reading. There were many good parts to the book. I would recommened this book to a teenager that is interested in sports. Overall i enjoyed reading and i hope you will to.
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