Book Update

I haven't been getting around to reading a lot lately because of dance and Nutcracker, but I'm reading a lot this week. Here's what I've read lately:

13. Fifteen Love by Robert Corbet
14. Calling On Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
15. Tsubasa Chronicle Vol. 1
16. Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
17. Girl Stories by Lauren R. Weinstein
18. Crescent Moon Vol. 4
19. Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty

Updating Finally!

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time! I've been busy with dancing. I'm taking five dance classes a week now, and I have two parts in Dance Kids' production of The Nutcracker (baby ballerina doll lead and junior Chinese).
So, here's what I read in the final week of the Summer Reading Program:
The Essential Calvin And Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Cardcaptor Sakura, Master Of The Clow Vol. 1
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
Inuyasha Vol. 12
Crescent Moon Vol. 1

We get to choose a free paperback book, so I chose Capt. Hook by J. V. Hart. Sadly, it's sitting on my bookshelf getting dusty. I'll have to continue reading it once I finish my current stack of library books.
Here's what I've read so far since the end of Summer Reading:

1. Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay
2. Ranma 1/2 Vol. 1
3. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
4. Crescent Moon Vol. 2
5. Crescent Moon Vol. 3
6. Ranma 1/2 Vol. 10
7. Ranma 1/2 Vol. 11
8. Under The Mermaid Angel by Martha Moore
9. Mary Jane by Judith O'Brien
10. Stink And The World's Worst Super Stinky Sneakers by Megan McDonald
11. Holes by Louis Sachar
(I'm not sure if I already added this somewhere, but I've been a bit lazy about writing down my books)
12. Searching For Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

I'll have more read soon! I've finally gotten back into reading more; for a while I was staying up late watching Cardcaptor Sakura episodes on YouTube. Hopefully I'm over that phase!

Summer Reading Update

Last Week

Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay
The Great Green Diary Of Katie Roberts by Amy Hest
Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block

Got a little camera with pictures of animals in the lens. Hopefully next week's post will have Deathly Hallows in it!

Book Review: Hilary McKay

Recently I read two of Hilary McKay's books, Indigo's Star and Permanent Rose. I liked them very much, so I decided to review them.

Indigo's Star

In Indigo's Star, thirteen-year-old Indigo Casson has trouble with a bully gang in school. Then he meets Tom Levin, who stands up with him against the bullies. Indigo has a large family: Permanent Rose, his eight-year-old sister, who decides Tom is a wonderful person even when Indigo doubts him; his older sister Saffron, or Saffy, who is adopted; eighteen-year-old Caddy, trying out boyfriends but knows the one for her is Darling Michael, the driving instructor; Eve, their mother, who is an artist and paints pictures of peoples dead pets; Bill, their father, also an artist, living in London and doesn't come home much; and Sarah, Saffy's handicapped best friend, who is like one of the family. This book has good humour, witty characters, and a good plot. It's on my favourite books list.

Permanent Rose

Rose, Indigo and the others are back once more. Now, Tom has gone back home to America for the summer, and hasn't contacted them at all. Rose is worried that Tom has forgotten about them, and they have no address or phone number to check on him with. Caddy is beginning to feel doubtful about Michael. Indigo reads a book about King Arthur and Sir Lancelot and the knights of the Round Table, and tries to get Rose interested in it. David, a former gang member, becomes friends with Indigo. Rose detests him at first. Saffron wants to find out who her real father is; she already knows her mother, Linda, was Eve's twin sister. Eve herself is feeling a little down because of Bill, who is still in London. Permanent Rose is even better than Indigo's Star, showing a different side to Rose, all it's characters with still more humour, a few surprises here and there, and yet another wonderful story to tell. I love this book as well.

I still have to read Saffy's Angel, the prequel to Indigo's Star, and Caddy Ever After, sequel to Permanent Rose. Currently I'm reading The Exiles, another one of McKay's books, in which four sisters are sent to their grandmother's house for the summer.
Hilary McKay is one of my favorite authors, and I hope those of you who haven't read her books will try them out!

Summer Reading Update

This week. More books read, yay!

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay
Phoebe Danger, Detective in The Case Of The Two-Minute Cough by Paul Fleischman
Searching For Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

I got a pair of sunglasses which I will give to my niece, Violet.
Check back next week!

Summer Reading Update

Heres week 3, another busy one.

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
The Rope Trick by Lloyd Alexander

I got a puzzle pen, sort of like a Rubik's cube.
Hopefully I'll have more read next week (^^")

Summer Reading Program

I started the summer reading program at my library two weeks ago. Heres the record of what I read:

Week One:
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Amelia's Best Year Ever by Marissa Moss
Peter Pan In Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean
(Got a READ temporary tattoo)

Week Two:
Inu-Yasha, A Feudal Fairy Tale Vol. 3 by Rumiko Takahashi
Wish Vol. 2 by Clamp
Snap by Alison McGhee
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Wish Vol. 3 by Clamp
(Got a purple notebook and green pencil that says "Books Are Treasures")

I'll post again next week!