Monthly Archives: November 2017

Lions of Little Rock

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The book I read was The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine. This book is 279 pages long. Another book by this author is The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had. If you like this book, you’ll probably like The Honest Truth, a great book in my opinion since I’ve read it. I love how one fateful encounter changed everybody’s world and taught Marlee how to do things she never could have dreamed of before she met Liz.

Do you have a friend who’s “colored”? Well, you can thank the people who worked long and hard to finally win and let us go to school with other races and actually be friends. Anyway, 12 year old Marlee is a shy little girl that can be pushed around without saying anything back. (I do not recommend this, EVER!) That all changes when a new, tanned girl comes into her life. They quickly become friends, kind of, and they start working on a project together. Liz convinces her to talk during the presentation for a magic square book. They practice her speech, but on the day that the speech was dated for, Liz mysteriously disappears. Marlee then learns that Liz was caught “passing” as white. Marlee is determined to get back her friend and tries to keep in touch with her as much as possible. They finally agree to go the rock crusher every time Liz’s little brother, George or something, has baseball practice. One day, Red and JT follow Marlee to the rock crusher and while they’re going back, Marlee stumbles on a box of dynamite with 12 sticks. Red steals them, and Marlee goes home. Luckily, Marlee isn’t caught, but when they see each other at the zoo and Red leaving his keys on the bench, they hatch a plan. Marlee quickly steals one of the 2 keys and opens the trunk to steal the dynamite; but when Red walks in, she stumbles and falls into the trunk and locks herself inside. Will Marlee successfully escape and save the day? Or will her luck finally run out? To find out, read The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine.

Confessions of a Murder Suspect

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The book I read was Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. This book is 372 pages long. If you like murder mysteries and comedic narrators, this is the book for you. My favorite part of the book is when, in the confessions, she straight out breaks the 4th wall and starts talking to you. Also, this book is serious but it also adds a comedic touch to the deaths.

No spoiler alerts here. 🙁

Well, this book starts off very, very darkly. Not really any exposition at all. So, Tandoori Angel, a.k.a Tandy, wakes up to a knock on the door. She opens the door to two unhappy cops. They shove her aside and barge into her parent’s room. Then, she finds them dead, her dad with a purple, grotesque tongue and her mom just lay there, sprawled out. After, she became determined to discover who had murdered her parents. Now, The Dakota is a very murderous place. Many celebrities died there. Anyway, everybody wakes up and their lawyer, Phillippe, comes into the scene. He tells the cops that they are not allowed to interview kids without an adult supervising them. He then leaves. Then, Tandy starts investigating everybody who had a motive to kill her parents. She looked through Samantha’s room and found a necklace that was engraved. It was a love note from her mom to Samantha, a.k.a Sammy, and she interviews Samantha (Oh, she was her mom’s living with secretary) but she just says that they loved each other. BLECH!!! Anyway, she then looks at her neighbors. (Don’t remember names) All of the neighbors had a motive to kill them. From disagreeing to be in a movie to getting sued for a book because it related too much to the family. So she interviews the neighbors but then, they get arrested for “blocking the path of investigation” or junk like that. I mean, SERIOUSLY?! You’re gonna blame 13-10 year old kids for just sitting in their hotel room? Anyway, they’re arrested and are thrown into jail. They get broken out by Phillipe and they then decide to eat everything their parents wouldn’t approve of. What? Who would do that once their parents are dead?! Then, they flip all the diners off. (Laughed so hard then) Then, they find tapes in the film director’s room. One has been labeled Master Bedroom (or M.B. for short) and Harry pushes it into the DVD player. What will show itself to the Angels? Who murdered them, if they even murdered them? Find out, in Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro!  

Hamstersaurus Rex Vs. Squirrel Kong

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The book I read was Hamstersaurus Rex vs. Squirrel Kong by Tom O’Donnell and illustrated by Tim Miller. This book is 167 pages long. (Don’t judge me, it’s funny and good) If you like mutated pets that battle each other, then you will like this book. Also, it’s funny and weird. My favorite part about this book is that it gives details, but it also has cartoony drawings that help the reader actually visualize what they look like. 

<SPOILER ALERT!>

READ THE 1ST BOOK BEFORE READING THIS ONE! (IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER, BUT STILL!)

By the way, I’ll summarize/spoil the 1st book for you if you’re still reading this. So basically, Coach Weekes got some type of drug that gave you “Prehistoric Power” and H. Rex, not a rex right now, dug into the stuff and mutated. Then, Beefer hated him so he tried to kill him at the science fair. Right when a SmilesCorp assistant showed them the invisible doughnut, Beefer’s snake ate it. Then, H. Rex swung him around and threw him out the window. Now, this book starts with Sam Gibbs, the main character, taking H. Rex out of his cage to film a movie. They then get attacked by a giant squirrel. He loses his camera and memory card and runs off. He then, tomorrow, finds out that this giant squirrel smashed through the science room. He tells his best friend, Dylan, and they look for proof of the giant squirrel and his camera. They don’t find anything except his camera, and then they move on. The next day, Martha or something resigns as hamster monitor because H. Rex wasn’t in the cage. Then, he gets called to the principal’s office, where she tells him H. Rex will be sent to the home for troubled pets. (which name I do not know) Will Sam be able to show that Squirrel Kong is real and save H. Rex? Find out in Hamstersaurus Rex vs. Squirrel Kong by Tom O’Donnell and Tim Miller!

The Rule of Thoughts

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The book I read was The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner. It is 325 pages long. If you like gaming and futuristic books, then this is the book for you. I love how this book sticks to one person’s perspective, but still is in the 3rd person, which is very annoying since all we want to know is what’s happening to everybody else. I also love how this book is very thrilling and everything isn’t as it seems.

<SPOILER ALERT> READ THE 1ST BOOK BEFORE READING THIS ONE!

This book starts off with Michael, A.K.A Jackson Porter, getting visited by Agent Weber. Then, he gets kidnapped by some of Kaine’s lackeys and escapes off a train. He finds Sarah’s house address and takes some money from the Porters. Then, Gabriela, Jackson’s girlfriend, confronts him and he runs away. He goes onto the Bullet Train, which goes 200 mph, and finds some woman looking at him. He chases her down, she says he has 3 days, and then steps out of the train and kills herself. Michael thinks that she’s also a Tangent and then leaves. Once he reaches the city Sarah lives in, he goes into his hotel and buys two state-of-the-art Coffins. The next day, he leaves for Sarah’s house, reaches it, and knocks on the door. Sarah’s mom answers the door and he goes in. Sarah’s dad threatens to shoot Michael with his pistol, they wait for Sarah to come, and Michael convinces her that he is who he says he is. Once she’s convinced, Sarah’s parents are kidnapped. They then go to his hotel and they dive while trying to find Bryson. They wait in their treehouse and find someone snooping on them. They run like lightning and Michael thinks it was Agent Weber. They then find Bryson, talk about stuff, and then give him a clue on where their hotel is. They then wait for 3 days straight just hanging out at the restaurant and then they finally find Bryson. They talk about what happened, how much money Bryson used to track them down, etc. Then, they look through the NewsBops on Bryson’s ancient tablet, which can’t be traced. They find stories that seem like Kaine is behind them. Politicians changing their minds about the weirdest stuff. The biggest Buddhist killing all his followers, etc. Then, they realize that they need to tell the VNS about this and they find the closest VNS building and go there. They find some smoker that is apparently part of the VNS and talk to Agent Weber. She reacts by telling them that she doesn’t know them and throws them out. Almost directly after that, a copper (slang for cop) pulls them over and arrests them. Michael (probably) kills him and they run into the police station. They then kill more cops and run away. They go to the VNS’s central headquarters in Atlanta and they get helped by Gabby. They then find Agent Weber, ask her about why she hung up on them. She tells them, they go into Coffins to try and track down Kaine and find some information. They get trapped in an abandoned city, and they then fall into holes. After they get out, they try to find information on Kaine, but will they be able to survive some of the worst trials that Kaine has in store for them? And even if they do, will the facts that they find be enough to bring down this powerful Tangent? Find out in The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner.