Once Upon a Marigold

Once Upon a Marigold is a very inticing love story that you will not want to put down. It starts with a troll named Ed who has been exploring the forest for most of his life. He takes his dogs Cate and Bub with him everytime for protection from anything that might be lurking in the night.

When he was exploring one day, his dogs found a little boy in a bush. So Ed took him home and let him stay with him. The boys name was Chris.

Chris loved to invent things and be very creative. There was only one thing he loved more than inventing, and that was watching the king's family go about their daily lifes. He took special notice to the youngest princess. Her name was Marigold.

Years passed and Chris finally built up the nerve to talk to her through p-mail. After gaining each others trust, Marigold told Chris about a curse that was put on her when she was born. Whenever she touched someone she could read their thoughts. Surprisingly Chris was not disturbed by this because he had nothing to hide from Marigold.

They sent letters through p-mail for about a year when Ed had some news for Chris. He thought it was time for Chris to move out and get a job. So the next day Chris heads across the river to the castle where Princess Marigold lives, in search of a job.

When he receives a job, over time Marigold and Chris meet face to face and hand to hand. Marigold takes in Chris's thoughts and discovers that he is no dirty servant, but he is her close p-mailing friend.

Marigold's mother is always trying to bring in suiters for Marigold so that she will marry and be out of the castle. But Marigold is not willing to get married without truly loving her husband. So together Chris and Marigold have to try to crash her arranged wedding so that she can have a happy life.

To find out if Chris and Marigold can find happiness and crash her wedding, I suggest you read Once Upon a Marigold.

When the Bough Breaks

When the bough breaks is about a girl named Rachel that looses her dad in a car accident. Rachel had no idea what was going on until she got home from her friends house and saw that police cars were outside of her house with the light on.

From there everything has turned upside down, her mom is devastated and her brother, Ryan, starts to drink and do bad things. Then this guy, Mr. Ackerman shows up at her house and asks for her mom. Her mom is still in bed when she goes to get her so she invites Mr. Ackerman in. When the mom is up and out of bed she comes out and he stands up and he says that Ryan was in a fight with his son, Dillon, and that Ryan broke Dillon's cheekbone.

The book has a lot of surprises, they come so fast and with somewhat of a warning that the only thing to do is guess when they will happen.

If there was a scale from 1-10 on how good it was it was a 9. This book was very slow in the beginning but then it just got better and better as the chapters were read.

Alex Rider Stormbreaker

This book is really cool. I usually don't like reading but I couldn't stop reading this book. I think that someone who likes action books that surprise you will love this book. This book is about a 14 year old kid in England that has an uncle that dies. He later figures out that his uncle was part of an organization called MI6. MI6 later has Alex do some work for them as a 14 year old spy. Alex receives some training to learn how to be a spy and he gets some cool gadgets. he is a beginner and still learning a lot. "If that was real life you'd be dead," the sergeant said.

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You

Cammie Morgan goes to Gallagher Academy, an all-girls school for Exceptional Young Women. Which in fact is a spy school. Cammie can break CIA codes, talk in fourteen different languages, and kill a man in seven different ways with her bare hands, but nothing she has learned can prepare her for a perfectly normal boy she meets. Can Cammie have a normal relationship with a normal boy, while keeping her school’s secret?

Find out in I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You.

If you like thrilling, romantic, books, then you would like this book.

Favorite Quote: "This is only Phase One," she said, sounding hurt. "Do I want to know what Phase Two is?" I asked. Liz just looked at me for a long moment and then said, "Go back to sleep."

I absolutely loved this wonderful book! If you read it, I think that you would like it too.

Janitors

I read the book Janitors by: Tyler Whitesides. Janitors is a book about Spencer and his friend Daisy. Everything at there school Welcher Elementary appears normal, but one day Spencer goes into the bathroom and washes his face with soap that is by the sink. After Spencer washes his face he starts to see weird creatures that are appearing around the school and he starts to get worried. A few incidents occur where Spencer talks about the strange creatures in class and he is made fun of because no one else can see them. The only person that actually believes him is Daisy. She is very gullible and thinks that anything that someone says is true. Spencer stays after school one day and a man talks to him and says that the janitors at Spencer's school are doing things wrong. Spencer is told to get a special item at the school and give it to the man. Daisy and Spencer cause tons of trouble getting the item, but give it to the man. The Janitors, Marv and Walter tell Daisy and Spencer the truth about the creatures and they find out that they are very bad. They start to help out Marv and Walter. Little do they know that the man and his friends are trying to find a way to help the creatures and ruin schools across the nation! Read the book to find out who wins in this crazy battle...

I really liked this book. It was very interesting and it kept me intrigued. It has a hint of fantasy and realistic fiction which made me really enjoy it. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in fantasy and action.

A quote from the book is: "Spencer, Daisy, I'm afraid you've been tricked." -Walter Jamison.

New Moon

New Moon is about A girl named Bella who lives in Forks, Washington with her dad Charlie. Her parents are divorced and her mom Renee lives in Arizona with her boyfriend. Bella has a boyfriend named Edward, and he is a vampire along with the rest of his family. One day Edward and his family decide they need to leave because they aren't getting any older and people are starting to wonder why. Edward tells Bella that he is leaving and Bella goes depressed for about 2 months. Then her dad tells her she needs to go out and do stuff, so she goes and starts hanging out with her friend Jacob. Later in the book Edward finds out that Bella has been hanging out with Jacob and thinks Bella is dead. Which makes him mad so he goes to the Vultori and asks them to kill him. Edwards sister Alice finds out that he is going to the Vultori and she tells Bella that Edward is going to ask to get killed. So they go to Italy to save Edward. Read the book to find out more...

I liked the book because it was romance, and sort of adventure. And those are my favorite kind of books.

I think the people that would like it are the people who are into Romance, or adventure, or Vampires.

Quote: Edward: "I love you, you're my only reason to stay alive... if that's what I am."

The Red Pyramid

This book was about a brother and sister named Carter and Sadie Kane. They both come from two different worlds, Sadie lives with their grandparents in England and Carter lives with his dad who is a major in Egyptian mythology and they travel a lot. Carter and Sadie see each other once a year at Christmas time but this year was different. They went to an Egyptian museum where there learned that there dad was an Egyptian magician who tried to raise a god and ended up getting captured by an evil god name Set who locked him in a sarcophagus. In the story they have to rescue their father and stop Set from destroying the world while trying to figure out how to use their powers. I thought this book was great! I would rate it a ten out of ten. Anyone who likes mythology, action packed, funny books then you would love this one. This is a quote from the book when Carter said, "You know how hard it is to feel like a extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "Chicken Man"?"

Uglies

I have been reading the Uglies. It has been pretty good so far. It is about a girl named Tally. In Tally's world, there are uglies and pretties. The difference between the two is that a ugly is a normal regular person. To become a pretty you must first turn sixteen. Then on your sixteenth birthday you go to a special hospital and you under go a special surgery. They make you so that you look perfect. Tally's friends have all become pretties. She made a new friend named Shay. They have the same birthday so that they will never have to be a part! Then the day before their birthday's Shay decides she doesnt want to be a pretty and she runs away into the woods with a group of people that ran away so they dont have to become pretty. They call them selves the Smoke. When Tally's birthday comes, a car comes and gets her. She goes to the hospital but they tell her she can't become a pretty until she helps them find the Smoke (the group of people that ran away). Will she help them and turn in her friend? or will she help Shay and the others stay hidden?

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful- David, Uglies

So far I really like this book. It is so action packed. It also always has something exciting going on. It hasnt been boring yet and I am on page 299. It is really good but a little confusing. I totally recommend this book. I bet you guys will love it! I cant put it down!

Uncommon Criminals: A Heist Society Novel

Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter

This is the second book in the series.  Kat has grown up in a family of sophisticated criminals.  She tried to leave the "family business" in the Heist Society, but she was drawn back in while trying to save her dad.  Kat and her crew--Hale (her friend and love interest) and Gabrielle (her cousin), and a few others-- are famous for having robbed one of the greatest museums of the world.  After their great heist Kat has been going on solo missions by herself.  During her latest trip she stole a Cezanne painting from a house filled with former KGB agents.  After returning Kat talks to her cousin Gabrielle who says, "Our world is built on adrenaline and getting away with it...It's a far simpler life to lead when there's no one around to tell you when you're being stupid."   Later Kat is approached by an old woman to make the steal of the century, and Kat needs her crew.   Their next challenge is to steal the infamous Cleopatra emerald, that of course, is cursed.  Little do they know what awaits them. 

I loved these books even before reading them because the cover reminds me of Audrey Hepburn, and some of the great movies like To Catch a Thief or more recent titles like the Ocean Eleven series and The Italian Job.  There's always a little adventure, mystery, and romance.  Both books are fun fast reads.