Book review of Life of Pi

Life of pi by yann martel

4 Stars out of 5 Stars
This was one interesting read. The only thing I didn't like was the ending. I've always wanted to read this book after I saw the Movie. It has a lot more detail than the movie, and was from 1st person view instead of  3rd person view. It's about an Indian boy that's stranded in the pacific ocean with a tiger from his family's zoo.  
I would recommend the book to people who like books about people that get stranded at sea.
read from 1/15/14 to 5/28/14
Date when  checked out the  book 1/15/14
Length of book : 319 pages
About the author : Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2001-2003 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

Book review of island of the blessed

Island of the blessed by Nancy Farmer

4 Stars out of 5 Stars
I would not have read this book, or book 2 of this series if my school library hadn't gotten them, as I originally thought that the sea of trolls wasn't part of a series. Anyways, I liked this book because they went to places that they hadn't gone before, and met new enemies that they had to battle. More about the mermaid is revealed, and what happened to her  
I would recommend the book to people who've read other books in this series, and people that like magic
Read from 2/13-3/7/14
Date when I checked out the book from my school library : 2/12/14
Length of book: 468 pages
Other Books I have reviewed from the Author :
The land of the silver apples
About the author : Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor Books: The Ear the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which, in 2002, also won the National Book Award. Other books include Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, the Trolls trilogy, three picture books for young children and an adult novel, A New Year's Tale. Nancy Farmer grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and lives with her family in Arizona.

Book review of The Story of a Lonely Man

The Story of a Lonely Man by  Tom Hooker
3 Stars out of 5 Stars
This is a some what interesting book about a man that lives as a hermit in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. He has a dog that's hilarious. The rest is what I don't like, he's profane, and is hiding from a surgery that can cure his headaches or turn him into a cabbage.    
I would recommend the book to people that like books about hermits
Read from 3/10-13/14
Date when I checked out the book from my school library: 3/10/14
Length of book : 82 pages
About the author : 
Tom Hooker is the author of The Story of a Lonely Man, and three other books that can be found right here on amazon. 

Book review of Wool

Wool - Part One by Hugh Howey

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3 Stars out of 5 Stars
This was a boring short Dystopian story. It's about this cop who was wearing a Oxygen suit, as he goes to a place without Oxygen. It breaks, and he dies. The story itself was somewhat confusing, and didn't flow that well for me.   
I would recommend the book to people that like short, confusing Dystopian stories 
read from 3/23-24/14
Date when  I got the book : 2/4/13
Length of book :49 pages
Where book can be found - Amazon
About the author : Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde Saga and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling WOOL series. The WOOL OMNIBUS won Kindle Book Review's 2012 Indie Book of the Year Award -- it has been as high as #1 in the Kindle store -- and 17 countries have picked up the work for translation. Look for WOOL in hardback in 2013 from Random House UK and keep your fingers crossed that Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian will do something exciting with the film rights!

Hugh lives in Jupiter, FL with his wife Amber and their dog Bella. When he isn't writing, he's reading or taking a photograph.

Book review of Sword Bearer

Sword Bearer (Return of the Dragons) by Teddy Jacobs

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3 Stars out of 5 Stars
This was a somewhat interesting read for me. It has to do with Anders who was learning magic, then something odd happens, and then he has to get away from the dark lord's minions while Anders is haunted in his dreams by the dark lord. Some parts are confusing, like there was this one person who could help him with a problem, or send him to someone who could help him better. After he tell the person his problem, he gets sent away without knowing the way to the better person that could help him. He also has a faerie sword, it held back information back, as Anders didn't ask her and some one died because of it. 
I would recommend the book to people that like books about magic
read from 2/23 to 3/22/14
Date when  I got the book: 1/30/13
Length of book : 238
Where book can be found : Amazon
About the author : Teddy Jacobs writes novels full of action and adventure from his home in New England. He's happy to have the opportunity to connect with readers all over the world through Amazon. Contact him at theodore AT teddyjacobs DOT com. Visit his website at www.teddyjacobs.com

Book review of Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

3 Stars out of 5 Stars
This was an interesting read about being stranded on a deserted island. It was exactly what I've heard about it, that it's about a bunch of boys on a deserted island that fall to anarchy. It's all down hill from the start from the way everyone treats each other. One of the oddest parts was when Simon met the Lord of the Flies. I gave this 3 stars because of the mild cursing.
I would recommend the book to  people who like books about island survival
Read from February 19 to March 06, 2014
Date when  I checked out  the book :2-18-14
Length of book : 202 pages
About the author : Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his 1954 novel Lord of the Flies. He was awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and was knighted by the Queen of England in 1988.

Product Review of Derwent Onyx Pencils

I have decided to start product reviews of Art supplies I buy online.
this is a review of some Onyx Pencils I recently got. Find them on Amazon here

Here is a compression to Onyx, Charcoal, and a mechanical  pencil with 0.7 HB lead. on medium grain drawing paper

The eraser  is better for smudging then erasing, and the sharpener is good for getting a fine point
   I had hoped the Onyx pencils would be darker then the charcoal pencil, but it's about as dark a HB graphite pencil.

I give this a 4 out of 5 stars rating
three stars for the Onyx pencils plus one star for the things that come with it.

click here to see a drawing I made with is product

Update: 3-4-14

I guess it must have been the type of paper I used, as my Onyx pencils look darker on printer paper. I've also found out that as Onyx is dark graphite, it works great with paper tortillons and stumps, and kneaded eraser, but unlike charcoal, it doesn't mix well with charcoal white. I found this out as I actually used them for making a drawing with them.  

 

Book review of the land of the silver apples

the land of the silver apples by Nancy Farmer

5 Stars out of 5 Stars
This was a good sequel to the sea of trolls. This was mix of the 1st book and the story of King Arthur. There were more mythical creatures that weren't in the sea of trolls. I liked the adventure Jack went through and I can't wait to read book 3. 
I would recommend the book to people that like the story of King Arthur, Norse Mythology, Magic, or Adventure
Date I started reading : 1/31/14
Date I finished reading : 2/7/14
Date when  I checked the book out from my school's library 1/30/14 
Length of book 528 pages
About the author : Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor Books: The Ear the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which, in 2002, also won the National Book Award. Other books include Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, the Trolls trilogy, three picture books for young children and an adult novel, A New Year's Tale. Nancy Farmer grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and lives with her family in Arizona.

Book review of Magic's Guardian

Magic's Guardian by Barbara Mason 

 

3 Stars out of 5 Stars
It was a interesting read about these medieval travelers that find the land of the elves. I gave this book 3 stars for some swearing and taking about people on a ship giving them Erotic feelings. So I stopped  reading it, just encase it began to describe porn.    
I would recommend the book to people who really like  elf books
Date I started reading 1/3/14
Date I finished reading 2/16/14
Date when I got the book 2/1/13
Length of book 310
Where book can be found- Amazon 
About the author : Barbara was born in Colorado where she now resides with her two white Collies, Jackson and Storm. She began writing at a very young age in an attempt to make sense of the world she lived in. Never planning to publish, she now has 2 books in print and e-book, Magic's Guardian, and the sequel, Magic's Dragon. She has always had a love of magic and magical creatures and incorporates them in her writing. "Nothing is impossible. See the magic in the world around you and it will be there."

Book Review of Touching Spirit Bear

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

5 Stars out of 5 Stars
This is the story of how narcissistic Cole  over comes his disability and thinks like a normal person. Someone who takes the blame, of what he did, and tries to fix it. In Cole's case it was taking the blame for hurting Peter who he smashed his head in the ground
I would recommend the book to people who like stories about healing
12-6 to 17-13
Date when I got the book from my school's library 12-6-13
Length of book 240 pages
About the author : Ben Mikaelsen is an award wining,author