Enchanted Book

Well, last week I finished a book that I had always  wanted to read, but for some reason had never started it. The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit. I loved it! If you have read, Five Children and It, or The Amulet, and enjoyed them, then you will love this book.

It had mystery, humor, wit, magic, and secret passageways. I would count it one of my favorite Nesbit books.

This week will be War of the Worlds, by Wells. I hope I'll like it.

White Witch

I finished the White Witch last week. I had never read an Elizabeth Goudge book before so this was a new experience for me.

I really liked the book's writing style. It was descriptive, informative, and a little poetic. I likes the story but did not entirely like the ending. It ended too quick and without enough information. And two of my favorite characters did not end as I wanted. Ah-well.

It looks like the Enchanted Castle, by Nesbit.

Two Unrelated Subjects

DONE! The Cont of Monte Cristo I am done with! It was pretty good. The main problem I had with it was keeping character names straight. :)

I, in my spare time this year was working on writing a book. It's called The Dying King. I finished the first draft last week! I am so excited, I have never written a book before but I have always wanted to. Now I have. I've sent it to several friends to give me their reviews on it.

I am happy with myself right now. :)

From Counts to Fire, Then Back to Counts

Okay. I have had such crazy weeks recently, plus the fact that my current book is long and once I got further into it I don't know if I really like it. I'm not finished yet. I think I might switch to Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire, And after that's done go back to Dumas.

Catching Fire, is the second book in the Hunger Games series. I loved the first and so far the second is pretty good except when Peeta or Gale make an appearance. I'm not a fan of either guy but oddly enough, I like them in the movie. Weird. I hope this one is as good as the first. :)

Continuing Count...

Okay, I will finish The Count of Monte Cristo this week. It is long but I can do it! :)

Not Far But Enjoying

Since I lost it this week I'm still at the beginning of The Count Of Monte Cristo, But I am really liking it. It's very well written and well paced.

Next week I'll be continuing it and maybe I'll also read something short...

Farming for Animals

Well I have been reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas this week but somehow I misplaced it. I'll have to look for that today. Anyway, I read Animal Farm  by Orwell yesterday, and finished it yesterday. Just like when I read Frankenstein, I could not put it down.

I found the overall story to be depressing, the end to be creepy, and the writing style hilarious. The book is a what if kind of story. It's a, what if the animals threw the farmer out and began to run the farm. Throughout the story, the pigs of the farm At the end the farm is the way it was in the beginning, except the pigs are the new farmers.

My mom quoted Lord Acton, a British historian, that night when we were discussing the behavior of the pigs in the book. "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely". Very True.

What did I learn from the book Animal Farm? Never, trust a pig with power. ;)