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May 20, 2011. I was reading __Scary Mary__ by; S.A. Hunter. Characters Mary is the main character of this book she can hear and talk to ghosts. She has a lot of difficulties in school and she has no friends because of her gift. Even the teachers judge her because of her gift. Mr. Landa is the vice principle he is really mean and I could make a connection to him with somebody else but I'm not going to for my own sake. Ghosts are also a minor character so far in the book they just talk to her and tell her things. Cyrus Asher is another main character he is going to help Mary out and probably going to be her friend through out the book. Her Grandma is also a major character in the book. Her Grandma is a fortune teller and kind of a witch.

Summary Through out this book there have been people fighting against evil spirits. Mary could hear ghosts and speak to them but she couldn't see them. Mary made a new friend named Cy. The house Cy moved into seemed to be haunted by a very violent spirit. Mary was scared that the spirit was going to try and hurt Cy and his family one way or another. Mary, her Grandma, and her best friend had to try and help Cy out. Although he didn't believe in spirits and ghosts, Mary was determined to help him. Rating I give this book a rating of 4 stars. It is a little slow but it speeds up towards the climax of the story. I tend to like mysteries and ghost stories so this book was entertaining to me. Discussions of Classmates' Reading I like the fact that I am not the only one that hasn't been able to sit down and read lately. All the books everyone has read sound really interesting and i'll have to check them out sometime. I like Dhruva's book __Num8er__s it sounds very interesting. I'll have to put that on my summer reading list. Wiki Reflections I like Wiki for blogging about my independent book it is easy to use and it is a good idea. The other classes would like using it and like I said its easy to use. I don't know how to explain it very well. But I would use it next year too.

April 29, 2011. I Finished the book __Betrayed__ by; Kristi Holl. This is the second book in the Boarding School Mysteries series by Kristi Holl. This book starts off with Jeri McKane's best friend Rosa Sanchez getting the lead in the play Cinderella. But lately Rosa has been avoiding Jeri. Jeri decides to try and find out why Rosa wont talk to her and why she is trying to avoid her at all costs. As Jeri does her detective work she finds out that someone is blackmailing her best friend. Jeri does everything to figure out who it is and find out why they are doing this and how they found out. Jeri go's undercover and reports everything she sees. Does she figure out who is blackmailing all the girls in the play? Yes but I'm not going to tell you read the series and find out ;) if you like mysteries.

April 18, 2011. I read the book __Vanished__ by: Kristi Holl. This book is about these girls who have to deal with a lot of mysteries that happen at their school. Jeri McKane is an 11 year old girl who has lost her best friend. A school van was holding a few of the girls they were on their way home when they disappeared. Jeri believes that they were kidnapped and go's off and tries to find her friends. She ends up interviewing lots of people and ends up finding out that her friends were kidnapped by one of the former teachers. she helps rescue them and the go back to school where just the begining of the whole school year begins. They have a lot of other strange things that over their 6th grade year. __Vanished__ is the begining of the Boarding School Mysteries seires by; Kristi Holl. These are very good books.

April 1, 2011. I read the book __Bite Me__ by; Parker Blue. This book was about demons and vampires. This book pretty much discussed the goods and evil. This book is really good I'd recommend it to anyone. Its more of a girl book though so I don't know if the boys would like. The main character Val is part lust demon. She uses her power to fight bad vampires. My favorite line is when she is saving a high school girl from being killed by a vampire. Val says in response to him laughing at her "Bite me," which makes the vampire chase after her. She used mind control on him and then killed him. this is a really good book. Very action packed and addicting.

March 23, 2011. I am reading __Alice in Wonderland__ by; Lewis Carroll. I got this book on Amazon.com for my kindle. So far this is about a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole and meets a ton of little creatures that don't like her. They are mean and rude to her and she has been wandering around by herself for two days. She meets the Red Queen and has to do chores for her. Alice is lost and alone and just wants to go home. Alice also easily offends every creature she meets. Wonderland is full of mystery and unanswered questions. I choose this book because I liked the movie and it seemed interesting. I'm not that far into it yet but I can tell its going to be a good book.

March 4, 2011. Characters Plot Rating
 * I read the book Hide in Plain Sight by; Marta Perry.
 * Andrea, Rachel, their Grandmother Cathrine, and Cal Burke were trying to get the family inn off the ground, after Rachel was the victim in a hit and run.
 * Lately they have been having problems with prowlers vandalizing their property. While Rachel is recovering in the hospital Andrea starts to do research on the financial records of the inn and finds her Grandmother is in debt because of her Grandfather. Her Grandfather was a real estate salesman. His firm was the best in the town. So naturally Andrea went to the firm to talk to her Grandfather's best friend Nick about the financial problems her Grandmother was having. He kept avoiding her questions and had to go because he was very busy. His secretary was being rude to Andrea and she was trying to be nice. Andrea didn't think anything was wrong, just age was getting to her. Andrea ends up staying for as long as she can or as long as her boss will let her, to get the inn running. Andrea go's through a lot why she is staying back in the one mansion she grew up in and finds a very different side to a hidden story.
 * I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars :).
 * This book is full of mystery, romance, and shows different views on life. It is a very good book for the characters are well characterized, and there is a lot of mystery in the story. This book shows the life on Amish people and regular people and how they can interact so easily together. The Author does a good job at showing the Amish life as well. This book is full of mystery and is very addicting. you wont be able to put it down. I like how the Marta Perry makes her Characters personalities stand out but correspond with the other characters as well. There is lots of conflict in the story leading up to the big bang of the plot.
 * The book I will read next will probably be The Tenth Circle by; Jodi Picoult. Danielle Welsher read this book and blogged about it. I tend to like the same books as her so I decided to check out her blog. And I found this one. It sound really interesting and like a mystery book I really enjoy reading mystery books so I am going to try this one.I hope I will be able to find it though.

February 18, 2011. I am still reading the book Hide In Plain Sight By; Marta Perry. Andrea decided to stay and help with the inn her grandmother and sister Rachel started. Rachel is recovering fast from the hit and run accident. Lately as she stays longer he makes allies with the tenet of the house, Cal. But lately there has been a prowler harrassing Andrea and her family. He stared at Andrea one night through the window. He looked Amish and that is always bad. Later in the book Emma their cook for the inn got her face half burned off because their stove blew up. Cal believed it was for Andrea and I think he is right. Most of the bad stuff has been happening more often and recently while Andrea has been staying and helping with the inn. This book is really amazing! It has wonderful and exciting things happening in it. It's really fun to read. I'd recommend it to anyone.

February 10, 2011. I am reading Hide in Plain Sight by; Marta Perry. I just started reading this book. This book is about this very rich family who lives around an Amish town. Andrea is the main character she is a big business woman who's life revolves around her family and her job. Her little sister Rachel was involved in a hit and run. Rachel is the victim of the hit an run. The worst part is that Andrea got into an accident going to the hospital to see her sister. I think that Andrea is going to fall in love with her grandmothers new tennet. Her grandmother is opening a bed & breakfast with her granddaughter Rachel. The best part of this book is how the author describes the characters in the book. She gives them a real personality. I am not that far in the book yet but it is a little slow at the beginning. [|Book review for Hind in plain sight]

January 27, 2011. I read The Apothecary's Daughter By; Julie Klassen. I bought this novel with my Kindle. I decided to read it because everyone kept teling me it was a really good book and they didn't lie. The main character is Lillian Haswell, she is 18, Lilly is a very curious, intellegent, caring, out going, friendly young lady. Lilly's mother dissappeared when she was young. Lilly took her mother's place after that taking on all the responsibility of a grown mother, like taking care or her "slow" brother and keeping him out of trouble. One day out of the blu her aunt and uncle decide to visit they want to adopt an heir to their name and they adopt Lilly. They take her to London for two and a half years. During that time period Lilly's Father falls really ill. Lilly returns from London to take care of her father and take over the shop. When she returns everything has changed rapidly. Then everything just go's down hill from there. Lilly almost gets thrown out of business and a few people almost die. I really don't want to spoil the book for anyone so i'll just stop there. The book is amazing and I suggest to anyone who reads my blog to read it. There is nothing to really dislike about the novel in my opinion, everything is really good all the details and everything else is amazing. :D

January 13, 2011 Today i successfully made a wiki account, joined my class in this blogging thing and am ready to go!