Star Wars: Legacy/Secrets of the Jedi

Day 1 Review:  I am reading Star Wars: Legacy/Secrets of the Jedi.  There are two books and I am a little past the beginning of the second one.  I really like this book because in the first book it talks about when Count Dooku was young (13) and in the Jedi Order.  Then it talks about when Count Dooku  was Quigon Jinn’s master.  After that it talks about Quigon Jinn is Obi-wan’s master, and finally when Obi-wan is Anikan’s master.  I really like the first book because of the sequence of events.

Day 2 Review:  I just finished the book.  There are reasons that make me like it, but at the same time like it a little less.  Part of this book is another book that I have already read.  The reason this makes me like the book more is because it reminds me what happened so when I read the next part I can’t be confused.  But then the reason I don’t like it is because I already know what’s going to happen sometimes and it makes it boring.  This is an all around good book, but there are little things they need to work on.  I like how it will switch from Qui-gon’s thoughts to Obi-wan’s thoughts in the first part and in the second part from Obi-wan’s thoughts to Anakin’s.  In my opinion on a scale from one to ten, one being bad and ten being excellent, this book would be a nine.

Paul Revere: Son of Liberty

I’m reading a book called Paul Revere: Son of Liberty.  The book is a very good biography.  I like the series that this book is in.  It includes many different biographies that are important in U.S. history.  I’ve read one of the other books, Ben Franklin: Extraordinary Inventor, Brave Leader, and both of them are very good.  I really think that Francene Sabin and Joanne Early Macken are very good authors.  I’m looking forward to reading the other books in this series and I’m sure they will be just as interesting.

I really like this book because it teaches you things that you may not have known about Paul Revere.  For example, I thought that Paul Revere was the one that hung the lanterns, but it was actually his fellow patriot Robert Newman.  There are a lot of biographies, but this is my favorite.

I have an opinion that people should not have had to house soldiers as it talks about in this book.  I’m glad that people included that we don’t have to have soldiers in our house without our permission but if it’s okay with us then we can.  I really like this book and recommend it to anyone.

Star Wars by Timothy Zahn

I’m reading the book Star Wars: The Last Command.  I’m reading the book because I really like Star Wars books.  This book is different though. The words are way too small and there’s a lot more pages.  I usually like Star Wars books, but I don’t like this one.  This book has easy words but is hard to stay with it.  It keeps going from Imperials to Rebels and it drives one crazy.  I think I’m going to abandon this book.  It’s hard to follow.

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funk

Day 1 Review:  I’m reading the book Dragon Rider.  I really like books with dragons and my first idea for my book was to be about dragons.  I think that Corenelia Funke is a really good author.  I like how there are made-up creatures that in the book some people already know about.  My favorite character is Twigleg, he’s a manikan.  He’s supposed to spy for Nettle brand, but he starts to reall like Ben Sorrel, and Firedrake.  The thing that bothers me in this book is that every bad thing that happens is from one person, everything taht’s lost belongs to one person, Nettlebrand.  One thing I learned from this book is that dragons can only fly at night and that dragons get their energy from the moon.  I like how even though Twigleg was sneaking around he still got caught by Sorrel who never even trusted him.  I really like the book Dragon Rider.

 Day 2 Review:  I really like how the author includes other creatures that she made up.  I like the names she uses and how they look.  I like making up little things to put in my story and my friends help me.  The book Dragon Rider is one of my favorites, it’s probably my second favorite.  I really look forward to reading other books by Cornelia Funke.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

There are some books that just don’t really pull you in or catch your interest.  One of these books for me is Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.  I’ve seen all of the movies and this book is definitely not as interesting.  I like books that pull you in from beginning to end, not from page 200 to the end.  In Lord of the Rings it takes forever to get interesting.  In the book I’m writing I’m not going to have everything interesting in the beginning, but I’m not waiting until the end either!  I’m having interesting things from beginning to end.  Lord of the Rings doesn’t pull you in that way and I don’t like it.

I Sailed With Columbus

Review Day 1:  The book I Sailed With Columbus is a boy named Julio de la Vega Medina.  He was an orphan on the Canary Islands but went with Columbus on the Santa Maria, because he could sing!  He always writes and records everything that happens that day.  He really liked the indians and made friends with all of the ones they met. Julio was really nice to everybody and always did his job.  Julio would actually look at Columbus’ journal sometimes.  I really liked the character Julio.

Review Day 2:  I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.  It tells the story of how Columbus found the Bahamas thinking it was the Indies.  It talks about all of the jobs on the ship and how to do it.  It is really cool how it tells almost everything that happens in a day.  I Sailed With Columbus is a really good book and anyone can read it.