The Princess and the Goblin Book Review

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
What It's Like: Disney's Tangled Meets Tolkien's The Hobbit in the Barbie as Princess and the Pauper twist

        For three whole weeks, I have read this book before. You heard of it before. This story is about a blonde girl with blue eyes who was eight years old. Her name was Irene. She was raised at the nurse's home in the peaceful nursery, until she accidently went up the stairs to meet her great-great-grandmother whose name was the same as herself (her name was also Irene). Eight-year old Irene was more likely to believe that her grandmother was upstairs, but the nurse Lootie didn't believed it. Outside home, Irene meets up with the goblins and Curdie a twelve-year old miner who was the son of Peter Peterson. Together, that seems that it turns out to be a very good story but however, "Princess Irene is in danger from the mountain goblins. Will young Curdie be able to help her in time?"

        Already perfect enough for the next Disney animated film to be adapted from a book - but it should have Irene the Princess to be added into the Princess collection. I wonder why if Elsa and/or Anna from Frozen might be added to the Princess collection in the near future hopefully (if it is a prediction in my opinion). This is the next child heroine read to be perfectly honest with you, but the previous times I read is of Ellen from Ellen Foster, Leslie from Bridge to Terabithia, Susan and Lucy from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, Polly from The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis also, Anne from Anne of Green Gables, Rebecca from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Alice from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Wendy from Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, Dorothy from Wizard of Oz by Frank Braum, and Marie (Clara in the ballet version) from The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann. I mean what can I do to read in my prediction? Is it gonna be the main character of Princess Academy by Shannon Hale or was it going to be child dasmels in distress I'm going to read is Primrose from Hunger Games, Moonchild from Neverending Story or...? Um... I might lean toward Penelope by Marilyn Kaye or Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen. Not sure why I had to decide after this book.
        It's like a mutiple choice pathway like my game I'm not spoiling it until the very point of climax. The secrets are out and I just had enough but... oh another hint for my imaginary friend: last time his favorite color was light brown because I just got my nerdy pillow for Christmas of 2013. The second hint: He's got his own game and it has a multiple choice pathway some of the people think "Oh well, it was very endless and useless that I'm so confused of which pathway to take." I mean seriously, I choose the Pure Hero Side because he can save the kingdom, redeem his own father and keep his promises to his girl of the dreams. It's very a good thing that he was the son of the samurai warrior and the teen novice princess. What?! I revealed two more hints of my imaginary friend. Now that makes four hints: meaning - I had to read two more books of the main storyline.
        What was it going to be? Since the Seahawks won the NFC Championship, I'll go on with the continuation of Maximum Ride, thus having to read the next two installments. Last time I read Maximum Ride was School's Out Forever. It was the sequel to The Angel Experiment and really the first two I read was very awesome that I can eager onto the next book: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports. I already read the sneak preview on the Nook Tablet after Life of Pi by Yaan Martel. Just can't wait to look forward to the next huge thing of my life. If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, I'll read Ender's Game and Where She Went. If the Broncos win, just go to Where She Went already... Here is my list after Princess and the Goblin. It's official:

1. Maximum Ride Episode III: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
2. Maximum Ride Episode IV: The Final Warning by James Patterson
3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (it's already made into film November 2013 that I'll read so badly it's like a priority to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (my time is coming soon...))
4. Where She Went by Gayle Forman (I love If I Stay from last year - it's coming soon to theatres since I checked on behind the scenes on the web. It's coming soon this year to cinemas! So excited! xD I'm looking forward to the sequel since I finished the first installment of the two-parter and I've been dreading on this for too long.)
5. Sequels to Uglies and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Pretties, Specials and Extras were on the way, and Second Summer of Sisterhood, Girls in Pants: Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Forever in Blue: Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood and Sisterhood Everlasting (coming up prior to Enchanted and Nevermore)) (Pretties and Second Summer of Sisterhood is up next halfway through Maximum Ride, Specials and Girls in Pants is after 3/4 of the way there through Maximum Ride, Extras and Forever in Blue is after Angel but Sisterhood Everlasting is after all of the fairy tales and Narnia and prior to Enchanted and Nevermore)
6. Girl in Cage, Princess Academy, Dragons in Our Midst, rest of Merlin trilogy by James Mallory, Love Stargirl (EST. 2000), The Book Thief, Penelope, Undercover and Stardust (not sure where to put in a timeline of the main plot of pure imagination)

        Thank goodness I am not sure why I did it is because of in no particular order whatsoever. Believe me? No, seriously, what is Broke and the Bookish? It's a meme that has those Top Ten Tuesdays posted one top ten every Tuesday for bookish ideas like Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations (e.g. I love the Chronicles of Narnia films for the important part of making me want to read this complete 7-part book series in chronological order after a few years of not worthing it and trying to make my way but with Percy Jackson the movie (The Lightning Theif)... no just no. I loved the book version over a thousand times nine x (over 9000 times) better. It was a really good book series, but with Heroes of Olympus wrapping up progress eight months away from the end, I can still find out that whatever or not, the sequels to the Percy Jackson movie are getting a bit better to be perfectly honest with you), or how about Top Ten Resolution Genres I'm Looking Forward to in 2014 (How about the movie script genre. I already got started on Superman by J.J. Abrams, but last year I read Monster by Walter Dean Myers for school. For fanfics, I am getting to the SU Remake by Julayla but the reader's block stopped me from ever reading it.) I am getting interested in joining in but in order to read lots, you have to read whatever you want in just so to sign-in. I am a great reader, believe me, I just wished I could read the sequels to 2001: A Space Odyssey but nothing worked out for time flew by really fast I could just forget the Contact novel and get into the movie adaptation. The movie is yet worth my time since I was twelve when I got interested in stars and scifi. Nowadays, as it came to a sudden wrap-up, I was like "What the heck is wrong with me?!" for crying out loud that I totally forgot about the tween chic-fic genre. The last time I read before "I So Don't Do Mysteries" was the sequel to "Eleven": "Twelve". I already read it when I was twelve-in-a-half, now I have to read "Eleven" first, reread "Twelve" and then get into the sequels "Thirteen" and "Thirteen Plus One" (that's fourteen).
        I was supposed to read Girl in a Cage, Dragons in Our Midst and Princess Academy and other stuff, not forcing myself to just cheat on the main storyline just so to read Catching Fire (that's what Simone's so freaking annoying me into forcing me to). I literally hated cheating because cheaters never win in the end BTW. I just can't, my time has not come yet. I have to wait until after the end of the Revenge of the Sith to get into the Hunger Games. So what's the point? Are you with me? Agree?
        I watched the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice over the first half of the weekend in between semesters. It was very interesting and seriously way better than the sappy 2005 version from Focus Features. I had never read this book before, but trust me, I will get it read on the Nook Tablet. It's been "sitting on the shelf" for over a year. I watched the movie together with my family for 2 days straight - 3 episodes on a Friday night, 2 episodes on a Saturday afternoon and a finale for a Saturday night (this is my POV). After all of the mini-series, I was like "Oh, thank goodness it's finally over that I was going to finish 'The Princess and the Goblin' by now!" but I just can't for it's too late for the day.
        I had a list of book trailers I already watched before the finale was shown:

1. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Sisterhood #2-4)*
2. Penelope
3. Stardust
4. The Book Thief
5. Ender's Game
6. Maximum Ride Episode III: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
7. Where She Went (If I Stay #2)

*Sisterhood Everlasting is not adapted into film yet. It can wait until 2019.

        Oh my gosh, there's no way to find out how, but who cares about what comes next after this book I'm reviewing? It was definitely not Hunger Games but I'll just let me have a hint: Since the Seahawks were going to the Big Apple, I may wonder if I go try for Ender's Game. It seems to me that it's like an aftermath to 2001: A Space Odyssey and Starship Troopers, for it's a priority to the Hunger Games... oooh, that's nice! Oh I see, now I get it. Thanks for the hint to the Hunger Games aka Ender's Game. It's just a priority believe me. Looks like it's official of what's next after the book I'm reviewing now.

        Okay, back to the review, I finally finished the book today. (SPOILER ALERT: The people went up the mountain due to the waters rising; and that, the goblins became friendly and more good. The last sentence made me want to cringe for a sequel to this book especially.) I didn't know it was the first installment to the Princess Irene and Curdie series, but I already read about the author prior to the story and guess what - The Princess and Curdie was split into four installments. I mean George MacDonald wrote some other stuff like two fantasy books that is just for grownups. I mean who cares about these two books to read. No idea why, but lucky me I heard that trusted grownups had read a book before - it depends on how much they had read it before from a long time ago up until last year. My mom read it before but she didn't know the plot, for she loved it lots and it was recommended for young women. For me, it was very cute that it should be adapted into the next Disney animated film - that would be awesome enough for Mom to go see it. I really do care about Irene and Curdie, but overall, I believe it should be recommended to both boys and girls who had/hadn't read Narnia before - for ages eight and up the back cover says. (I read 3/7 of the way there through Narnia, but it should count as a spinoff to Narnia so 1/2 is alright I think in my opinion.) In conclusion, let's say it's been perfect prior to Prince Caspian I will read. I know the finals are over and I was very relieved that I am done with the tests and everything in it. Thank you and have a nice day! Happy Sunday and hopefully you get your fingers crossed for next week's big event. Go Hawks!

Top Ten Books I'm So Looking Forward to For Bookish What-Nots

This Top 10 Tuesday is brought to you live on the Broke and the Bookish. Sorry about the day's delay folks. Here are the ten things I never read it before in my life but to appeal into it:

1. Movie screenplays. I already started on J.J. Abram's Superman and guess what? I'm on page 6 on the Nook Tablet. Last year, I read Monster written by Walter Dean Myers for school. It was really a good read to be adapted into an MTV original movie.
2. Fanfics. I was trying to get into the Sonic Underground Remake by Julayla, but the reader's block quickly messed me up which it caused me to stop it from happening. Did you know that 10% of all fanfics were worth an excellent job?
3. Nonfiction. I researched for the US Social Studies Semester One Final: a movie poster to put up with, but luckily I found more info about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Also, I got an over 100-paged quick versions of biographies with illustrations of Rosa Park and Abe Lincoln for "Who Was..." series. My dad "forced" me to read this genre, but nothing occurred, for I have to pay close attention to what I would rather do.
4. Finish the series. I had lots of series to just finish it up. 6th grade: When I read Harry Potter #1 in the entire thing through, I got bored into the Magician's Nephew but I had to stop in order to do some English reading for school. When I did the task, I was starting to feel complete with Harry Potter and move on to the movie adaptations. Up until recently, on the Cinco de Mayo of last year, I learned that this series was like Wizards of Waverly Place meets The Hunger Games British style. I believe we're not going to do that, but then the slide just switched to the Twilight. Come on, seriously? The preacher was like sarcastic with Jacob Black. I was so glad I hadn't read the Twilight series, but I had to revise the whole thing around just so to make everyone else feel happy when they read all about my true story of imagination and my love for a friend. I never read paranormal stuff in print, but I would rather read my favorite story blogs: Dawn and Cadence. Series I need to finish up were If I Stay, Stargirl, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Inheritance Cycle, Uglies, Merlin by James Mallory, Maximum Ride, fairy tales, and The Chronicles of Narnia. Series I just finished finally: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (finished summer of 2012).
5. Comic Books. I already read the Star Wars Long Time Ago Volumes 1 & 2 and the Shadow of the Empire. I read the bit of manga when I was a kid. Now I need to do something about comics, speaking of this, I will decide to eventually.
6. More classics. Oh, what the day to go have more vocabulary in my mind.
7. More YA. This is going to have more fun out there.
8. Plays. I already read four plays before: Sleeping Walter, The Mouse That Roared, Anything Goes and 4AM (Is anybody out there?). Now comes Shakespeare in most well-known plays I will read.
9. Technical stuff. I already read some of this in Senior English, but lucky me, I got ehow and wikihow on my stuff to do with instructions in my head. I got DragoArt taken care of for my drawings, but now comes the road after HS graduation.
10. News. I read some, watched some and write some into the journals rarely. I'll keep it up with myself ever since junior year.

Thanks and Happy Wednesday!

Top Ten Books That Will Make You Cry

This top ten list is dedicated to Brook and the Bookish. Enjoy:

1. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (I literally cried when the merry men die in the end, you will too)
2. King Arthur and His Knights by Henry Firth (This is much of an alternate timeline to my world, but to me it's like an adventure. If you read this, you might want to go read the James Mallory version of the Merlin trilogy and Merlin's Mistake after your book is finished)
3. Finding Miracles (if you read this book, watch October Baby)
4. Ellen Foster (Colored = black/African)
5. A Lesson Before Dying (much of a sad wrap-up to sophomore year before the True Ending of First Season takes place)
6. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (very true to my side of my reading log over last spring, but so sad that I just want to read "Looking for Alaska" and/or "Abundance of Katherines")
7. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (That was very touching and sad that will make you want to cry about whether or not Mia will survive through the situation of out-of-body experience. Can't wait for "Where She Went" since near the beginning of so-last year... must read the sequel after the first installment of Protectors Pentalogy (and the last of the Original Tetralogy) from Maximum Ride. xD)
8. Peter Pan in the Kensington Garden by J.M. Barrie (a better prequel to Peter Pan than Peter and the Starcatchers. So sad in the end...)
9. Tie: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton (these are both great classics to make you tear out your hair)
10. Moby Dick by Herman Melville (I know this is long but sad...)

Books I'll Read So Bad That Will Make You Cry:

1. The Last Five Installments of Maximum Ride by James Patterson (I know the ending but I'm not spoiling it until the very end of the saga to read is because the people surrounded me spoiled it. I apologized Simone for this and she forgave me back. If I read this, I'll might want to cry at the end knowing how to end Melody's, Leah's, and Jenna's story very well to read. Before the final announcements and honor of their blogs, I will read the last book.)
2. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (This is so sad that you will cry at the end to see Romeo and Juliet die together.)
3. Star Wars Ep III by Matthew Stover (It's like Breaking Dawn Part 1 meets Deathly Hallows Part 2 with a Star Trek-like twist that some of you will cry when Padme dies in childbirth.)
4. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (It's like Breaking Dawn Part 2 meets Percy Jackson and Les Miz combined in a dystopian twist. This is like a phenomenon from sophmore year and onward when the first movie is heating up for the release. My time is not yet come, for I hear of Katniss, Peeta, Gale and what-not reactions for so many peers everywhere that I was like "What? What the heck is wrong with you?" This will make you cry when every installment of the book series reaches its end.)
5. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult (I know this book is so tragic, that New Line Cinema completely changed the ending and every little bit of the pieces (some) in the film.)
6. Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miz by Victor Hugo (these are both tragic stories written by one author that will make you cry)
7. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell (I know this is so tragic that I already watched the film last year and I already heard of the sequels written by two different authors were published, but none prevailed; for this real one was a stand-alone. I know some wanted a sequel...)
8. Titanic Movie Novelization (I already seen the ship going to sink in like so many times in my life that it felt like a climax to me that I just want to see the movie trailer first before I have to read this book. You will cry by the time the ship sinks.)
9. 13 Reasons Why (I know the movie's going to heat up - Selena Gomez is starring in this film adaptation. This really is about committing suicide. Family Experience Alert: My mom almost committed suicide when she was a teenager.)
10. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (This is such a good story of a boy in the book (a girl in a film) named Death who was a Book Thief.)
11. Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (I had read the excerpt while at Sylvan, this means that I had to read this book.)
12. Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell (I know both books are terrible from my peers surrounding me. It was so horrific that I will be "forced" to do this piece of a scum bucket task.)
13. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (This is really disappointing that it's like Star Wars Episode IV meets Starship Troopers and Sonic Colors combined in such an political way of being the next 2001: A Space Odyssey. You will cry at the end of this book, whether or not to can't wait for the sequel to rent at the library.)

Thanks for reading this list and the Broke and the Bookish will bring to you live next week for Books That Will Make You Swoon. Also on my 18th birthday, I will get one suprising review for you to read. I will see you next time. Bye guys!

Just a Little Update of Book Reviews #1

Breaking News: Lauren wanted to read Moby Dick, but I uncovered the top and she pulled it out of the box. It was such an okay thing for me to do, but we wished we want the library of our own for free. In Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, I learned that knowledge is power and that I am so glad this increased the chance of scholarships more than what I did in Girl Rising. The men opened up a technical library for workers to come in and check-out-and-in with the books they want to rent in the end of the Season Six ender. If I were to buy a children's bookshelf, that would be a lot easier for Daniel and Joseph to look at.

Free Update: Changes are ahead and you just got to be there.

Frozen Movie Review

        This movie is really an moral story for kids who still believe in fairy tales, but anyways this is how Disney made the film. They skim-read "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christain Andersen and just basically discarded to make Jennifer Lee to write the script, so they adopted from story-to-film just so to make it 100% cute for my mom to love it. I know this film is loosely based on the fairy tale, is because I already read a story last year and it came from the big purple book with over 969 pages of Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales. The songs burst into my mind like an never-ending Broadway musical kiddie-style, but the song "Let It Go" is very popular although it also played at the end credits.
        This literally gave me ideas about what to do with my story taking place and what ifs. For example: "What if the young woman had a girl with powers inherited from her 'boy of the dreams'?" The answer: Same story, more YA and darkness, less ice but the ending was supposed to change completely once when I write the end of Part 1 Act 2 of Imaginary Friend Revealed. The girl never saves the kingdom because she had died, not knowing what to make control of this. And plus, why did the tragedy transformed into a complete "happily ever after" cliche? At first, my peers said "That was very sad." but then, when I saw the movie, the plot changes paces and the events go around from one shot to another, it never predicts to me it was like a book unread and it was very suprising that it didn't turn out to be sad, but instead Elsa cried to warm her kingdom and melt all of the snow away. And the cheesy snowman was named after the count from "A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket".
        I like the film, even though it was made for kids, I still remember how to compare and contrast between a literary piece and film. For example: I love The Lightning Thief book version better than a boring cheesy family-friendly film, I like the movie Contact better than a novel, I had never read Pride and Prejudice but I already saw the sappy 2005 film in like so many times that it made me a bit irritating, or I already read 2001: A Space Odyssey before like when I was in seventh grade, but I never got to watch the movie. For more information of Comparing-and-Contrasting between a literary piece and a movie, this is what reactants surrounding me saw: In The Great Gatsby, in the book, Gatsby was very darkening that the girls from English class sophomore year were like "Ugh, I want a handsome version of it." In the film (the 1974 version), Gatsby had changed his character to very handsome-like just so that they were like "Yeah, I like it!" I believe the mansion is very dark in the book, but in the film, it was very brightened. In The Lightning Thief, the people did the same reaction as I did. Simone said that it was the worst film ever and Lauren was like "No! It never happened, for the sequels are going to be for the better or for the worse." I guess the sequels are going to be better, but in The Sea of Monsters, Annabeth's hair was now blonde and it was starting to pick up to where the book series was at. According to YA Book Queen, she watched the movie version first before she read a book version. When she read a book version of the Lightning Thief, her perspective completely changed. Also, I watched Ella Enchanted the movie first in the late 2000s like when I was turning 14 in 2010 before I read a book version of it in the summer of 2012. I loved the movie back then. The book version of Ella Enchanted completely changed my perspective that I was like "Hmmm, it was compared to the movie. That was different from what I expected it to be." If I dare watch the movie version again, I will be like "Nah, that was way too cheesy for me to watch. It's just for little girls who loves Disney princesses so much." Miramax skim-read it, discarded it and made it into yet another boring cheesy family-friendly film as much as the whole entire High School Musical series. They murdered it for heaven's sake, shame, shame, shame on Miramax, Miramax, Miramax.
        There are some complete changes of some literary pieces. In Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Disney company skim-read a book by Victor Hugo and discarded it to make a movie suitable for kids and as a result: they completely changed the ending. Disney made the Little Mermaid to do the same thing to create. I hate happily-ever-afters, even with Twilight. Twilight was all about Bella falling in love with a sparkling, wet, hairy vampire named Edward; in the end, they got married, had Renesmee, had Bella turn into a vampire and save the state of Washington in a lame and most annoying pretendable way. My mom told me not to read any paranormal stuff, but I am so glad I never read it is because Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer was a bad reputation of Washington state, what do you expect? Nobody in the saga died. Sorry Twihards, you better read Maximum Ride instead and just get it over with. You will change your perspective completely, like YA Book Queen did when she read the Percy Jackson series. I already read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Anne Brashares and it was like a better story than Twilight. I just can't wait for the sequel to rent from the library, though I never saw the movie before but I had seen the movie trailer just so to promote me to get into this book over last summer. My sisters hated it, but I love it. It's really a fun read to enjoy.
        Back to the movie review, in conclusion, what I enjoyed the most about Frozen is very catchy and so classy enough to have autistic people, trusted grown-ups and young kids to go sit down, relax and watch the show to enjoy. 4/5 stars. Seen on January 10, 2014.

113 Days Left Until The Ultimate Warning of Them All - Spring Tour

The new year kicked off with printing out stuff to turn it in. I was very glad I sped up time until like more than a half hour to try for reading the story of "The Princess and the Goblin". When I reached to where I left off, I think I should predict what happens next? Is the eight-year old Irene going to prick the finger from the spindle like Briar Rose from Sleeping Beauty coming up for later use? Or is this really what is going to happen next? I mean come on... what's up with the work for the next two weeks. Oh well, here come the Finals.

Top Ten Goals/Resolutions For 2014

Top Ten Tuesdays was dedicated to the Broke and the Bookish.

This year, I got a plan for my world of imagination and books besides the bonuses and what-nots.

1. Do the prequels to Maximum Ride: The Complete Saga sometime around 2014. It has to be two.
2. Where She Went by Gayle Forman. Yup, definitely a sequel from so-last year's read of If I Stay.
3. The Heroes of Olympus. Really, is this exactly what my sister Simone "forced" me to read?! Hah! The last installment is coming soon in nine months or less.
4. The rest of the fairy tales, Narnia and Arabian Nights. Are you kidding me? Why is this taking so long to finish it up just in time for Enchanted and beyond?
5. Dragons in Our Midst, Penelope, Undercover and Stardust. I had never seen the films of Penelope and Stardust before, but I had to read the books first.
6. Girl in a Cage and Princess Academy. I barely read Girl in a Cage, but I heard one part of Princess Academy. It really was a past, but to sum things up, I had to read them.
7. The rest of the Merlin trilogy by James Mallory. I had to read the last two; but oh well, I read Merlin's Mistake before.
8. The Hobbit. I had seen the films, but the lyrics to the song in the beginning of the book was different.
9. The rest of Maximum Ride. I had to go and stop at #7 to hold onto the last book until Enchanted is 100% completely done.
10. The rest of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and the rest of the Uglies tetralogy.
11. Shakespeare stuff. I was part of the Thespian world since last year, but lucky me I must be new with minimal knowledge. Use sparknotes.com!
12. Enchanted and beyond... it needs to be unlocked after all of the adventures were complete in the main storyline to move on to its ultimate and ongoing phrase yet.

And finally, happy reading and may the odds be ever in your favor!

EXTRA: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Dalmatian Press Edition Book Review

        What a good classic, but it was an easy and a quick read you will own at the Dollar Store. If you recognized Tom Sawyer when you're a kid, you may carry on with the story to your kids with this classic. It's been cherished and very well-done written for older elementary students, but younger elementary students may find the book interesting if they're at the second grade reading level or more. Even though it was a quick bonus received from Dad, I think I perhaps may be ready for every single detail later in the future to find the true meaning of a book. I guess the adaptation for the Dalmatian Press seems fine and it's a quick read for over two hours. Previous classics from Dalmatian I read last year were Anne of Green Gables (I also read the Illustrated Junior Library Masterpiece Collection uncut with some illustrations), Oliver Twist (I also read the Sterling uncut edition of the book), Alice in Wonderland (one of my favorite childhood books and several adaptations I enjoyed), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and The Wizard of Oz. And that was the first ever intermission break double feature, thanks for reading and I'll see you next time. Kudos! xD

Chapter 5: A December to Remember Part 4: Christmas Time to Accept Gifts from Each Other

        Monday, I woke up and enjoyed myself watching Isle of the Midnight Sun, but I got ready for the day and headed out to wrap-up the presents I bought. I wrapped up my presents while I listened to the music but once when it stopped, I grabbed the Nook tablet and it said that it needs connection so I turned it off and just keep wrapping without the music - yes, it's just silence. When afternoon came, we shopped at the 99 cent store and Hancock Fabrics. There we bought some goodies and three fabrics. When we go to Rite Aid, I see Simone checking to see if she's a normal person. She's still normal. I bring 3 satin tapesters for Mom to buy. Mom got the rest taken care of as I go out. We all go out and we went home so Lauren had to wrap up her presents she bought while I chilled out. While I chilled out, I then hear the footsteps. I think the person put the box down on the doorstep. When the truck leaves, I grabbed a box on the doorstep and put the box down on the living room table. I wonder why I'm looking forward to fairies, curses, dragons galore and ghost love letters of what-nots.
        I continued to just chill out, but I hear Dad going home. I spent time with my family the whole evening until 11pm where Dad and Simone started to wrap up surprises and I headed down to Simone's room where I can wait for the presents to be delivered but it takes too long; for Simone handed me a book to read. I call it a bonus: I So Don't Do Mysteries by Summy. Bonus books for goodreads reviews do not count, but instead it can be exclusive from my blog. I stayed up until 12:11 in the morning.
        Tuesday is Christmas Eve, as I woke up when the birds chirp very nicely and smoothly. As I warm-up for the wrap-up of Treasure Island with the last 11 pages, last Advent candle and post-adventure discussion from my blog and goodreads, I had to use the bathroom and just so to finish something up. When I finished the reviews, I got ready for the day and yes, there's some wrapping-up big surprises and what-nots to do so.
        Later, in the day, my whole family came to church for the Candlelight service which is very nice. After the hour of having the misconceptions go away, we began to go home. We passed the Snowflake Lane because the finale of flying colors is already over for a year. We missed out because we think we might have a prank on what the heck is going on in there but to be perfectly honest with you, I shouted to people saying, in like "Merry Chritmas! Happy 2014! God bless you!" I'm in like, "Yeah, maybe." We sorta missed out on all the fun we enjoyed on non-stop X-Mas music on Spirit 105.3 because we skipped ahead and we listened to a bit on our way home from the passing of Snowflake Lane. I was a little depressed that the Music Choice on non-stop X-Mas music made me want to feel hapless all Christmas Day long. I was disappointed by "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" song and "Santa Baby" song which makes me feel irritating and so annoying that I want to list this one onto my top 10 most hated/annoying songs of all time above "Just Be Friends" from J-Pop and behind HSM's "All for One" and YouTube's "PBJ Time". #3 is times a charm so it's a tie. Finally, I got a composition book for Christmas.
         Christmas morning, we unwrapped all of the gifts, but my favorite gift was my nerdy pillow with my imaginary friend in which I'm not daring to spoil it until it is revealed on one of the climax posts of all time in my blog. Hint: his favorite color was light brown. That's the first hint I unlocked after Treasure Island but we'll get into more hints later in my blog. Hey, I got an idea for hints. My first hint was a favorite color. Check! Other than a pillow, I got Undercover and The Book Theif for Christmas, but my dad gave me some extra bonus: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dalmatian Press Edition). I guess it was exactly a good idea that I might be getting into a book, but I called it a bonus. Bonuses do not count on the goodreads reviews according to the main storyline rules of pure imagination and my list of goals I'm trying to accomplish on. My sister Lauren had a book I just read in one week and a half. It was dedicated to YA Literacy Week of 2013 (April 14-20) in my opinion. You heard me right: "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. My dad recommemded this book for high school girls, but Lauren thinks the comprehension was too easy so she can try for it I guess. The rest of my book gifts were delayed for the next day which is December 26, the day after Christmas. Me and my dad ordered them on Super Saturday December 21 - the winter solistice day.
        A few days later, New Year's Eve came. We had the last hours of 2013 writing resolutions, waiting, did the countdown, made some noise, watched the Seattle Needle fireworks, and stayed up until 1:15pm. The next morning deals with Rose Parade and the granddaddy of all football bowls (The Rose Bowl). Today, we placed the Christmas decorations away because the holidays are 100% over. We decided to make room for a new bookshelf which is mammoth-taking. Although we wrapped up the holidays, I don't think whether or not a van or a Explorer may want to clean out. Happy Holidays, merry Christmas, happy 2014 and sorry I'm late about this folks.

Song: Need a Little Love by Hanah Montana

EXTRA: I So Don't Do Mysteries Bonus Book Review

This is my first ever bonus that's straight for the blog. Hope you enjoy.

I So Don't Do Mysteries by Barrie Summy

        It is spring break season. Sherry's dad got remarried to The Ruler and went on the honeymoon, but however not so long ago, earlier, Sherry's mom died because she was addicted to coffee up until now that she just ate her food in real-life; for Sherry was questioned of what caused her mom's death. She doesn't do mysteries. One day, while her dad and stepmom go on the honeymoon, Sherry goes off to San Diego to do the whole rhino experience and figure the mystery out before her mom's afterlife was gone for good, but other than that Sherry, her cousins Junie and Amber, and Kendra enjoyed fun at the Wild Animal Park. Josh didn't show up until later on in the book during the vacation. It was a good ghost story with a middle school twist.

        I really think the book was that much sappy enough to say "Eek. Ack. Ick." even though it was that related to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Sherlock Holmes combined. I already read the quick version of Sherlock Holmes when I was a sophomore, even though it had three short stories in it, our whole entire class wrote the original mystery stories dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. I was one of them to figure things out, but lucky me I created Cherry the Detective for the missing picture from the art gallery in Paris, France situation.

        What about the ghost? I already saw so many ghosts in LPs from Justin the water ghost to colorful ghosts that come out of the grave in like a few real-life minutes or less. I imagine Sherry's mom as a ghost in pure clear white. I remember one of my sketches when my grandpa shaved on the mirror, it was completely the same color as Sherry's mom.

        Celine Dion. That woman who sang the main theme from Titanic (My Heart Will Go On). Come on, she showed up to Sherry and friends while at the dinner during the saving rhinos experience. Sheesh... this is so embarrasing. What the heck is wrong with me?!

        The saving rhinos and bird talk. Well, how about the crash and Western-like stuff that keeps happening like yeah? >sigh< I just learned the new kind of meat - rhino meat. The last time I just learned that new kind of meat is whale meat. It's from Moby Dick. What do you expect? Did you know how many rhinos are there as of April 2008 and now? Oh, well. There goes nothing but turquoise + sea green Keflit.

        I really sorta liked it is because that's very odd to me it was very juvenile-like back in the 2000s where iPods took place. No wonder this book was taking place in spring 2008. It could make my day back then, even though my sister Simone borrowed it for me. I really had accepted that the cover color was turquoise + sea green, the same color as the room walls of Sherry. Very excellent coloring of the cover. I believe this book is for tween girls and middle school girls who don't do mysteries. Also, it was recommended to teen girls with Resource programming including me in which I am done with the book, believe me; that's exactly the bonus. It was very logical for me to improve my thinking, critical, and problem-solving skills. On a scale of 1-10, I give it 8/10.