Saturday, February 14, 2009

Lovely Pictures

This is a picture of raindrops that I really like:

And I also like Papa Smurf:

Friday, February 13, 2009

The Loveliest Thing on Earth

Don't you just love libraries?
All those wonderful books covering the shelves, just for you to enjoy reading.
The library I always go to has this wonderful little reading spot in the corner of the library, surrounded by windows and with several cushy armchairs. I could live in the library.
And thanks to the online library catalog, I have all the pictures of the books I review. So thank you, libraries, for supplying those pictures (and thanks for just existing, too)!
I love my library card.
I have a cool one, a red one with the library design on it. On the back it has my name and my signature from when I was five or six. I am sad though, because I had it in my pocket and it got bent, and the signature is wearing off. I don't want to get a new one, because the new cards are green with weird lettering.
Maybe I will be a librarian someday. My friends say I should be a teacher because I am so patient. Who knows? the future is a strange and complicated thing, in my opinion.
I love libraries.
No offense to bookstores, of course. The only difference is that you pay for the books and then you get to keep them.
I want a shirt that says this:
Have you been to a library today?
Or this:
I'd rather be reading!

Lights, Camera--Action!!!!!


Title: Stormbreaker


Author: Anthony Horowitz


Genre: Mystery, High ADVENTURE!!


Description: A 14 year old boy becomes a spy.


WARNING: those of you who are weak of heart, be careful when reading this book. This is one of the most action-packed books I have ever read, and I was constantly kept on my toes as the character performed numerous highly dangerous acts. At the start of the book, it is actually fairly low key, but then the main character (Alex) starts learning lots of startling information very fast, and things really speed up. I mean really speed up. Alex gets into to one dangerous situation after another, and you can't put the book down for fear that next time you pick it up, Alex finally will have gone too far and he will be dead. Even at the very end, when you think, Oh, this is the happy ending, and then they hit you with one last gripping scene. One may say it is a little too much, and yes, that is probably true. There is a lot of tension and suspense and high adventure and mystery and all that, but there isn't a lot of character development or some rest time in between all of Alex's tight situations. And because there isn't a lot of time for you to get to know the character, I do admit I momentarily forgot his name while writing this review. I did enjoy most of this book, and I could hardly put it down. I haven't read a book like that in a while. So if you would like something chock full of adventure and mystery and suspense, go check out Stormbreaker from your local library!