Thanksgiving Break!

I did a lot of reading over Thanksgiving Break!

-I finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I really liked it.

-I finally read a book by Patricia Reilly Giff. I met her at the Literature Conference at Northern Illinois University last March. I read Pictures of Hollis Woods. This book has been made into a movie that will be seen on CBS on December 2nd at 8:00pm (Central Time). I'm eager to watch the movie because I enjoyed the book so much! The picture at the top of this blog entry is of Patricia Reilly Giff and Mrs. Llewellyn in March. If you click on the picture, you will see a larger version of the picture.

-I read the second book in the Gregor series. It is called Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane. It was awesome! I started reading it and couldn't put the book down!! I can't wait to get the rest of the Gregor series in the library at school!! I think I like the Gregor books as much as I like the Harry Potter books!! Until I get the books at JRT... if you want to read them, and find out why I like these books so much, you will have to head over to the Fountaindale Library to check them out there.

-The Spiderwick Chronicles are being made into a movie that will be out in the theaters this winter. I read the first book in the series. It was very interesting. I am eager to read the rest of the books to find out what happens next!

-We have the first four books in the Dragon Slayers Academy in our library. I decided to read the first book. Has anyone else read them? What do you think?

-The book I'm still reading is called The Lightning Thief. It is by Rick Riodan. It takes place in modern times but includes mythology from long ago. In school I was not excited to read Greek Mythology, so reading this book is taking me a little longer than I had expected because it is a topic that is not one of my favorites. This book is full of excitement!