Beauty and the Beast Galore!!!!!

Ok, finished Blank Confession, two days after starting it. It was a short book and I really liked it. Definitely for teens and adults, because of the topics in it, but it is not a bad book.
Started Beast imedietly after finished Blank Confession. It took me a little bit longer to get through, but it was pretty good. It was fascinating how the beast was so much like the lion he looked like. Napoli did an amazing job with it. Again not for kids under 13.
Saturday night, I went to Barnes and Nobel and bought Beastly by Alex Finn. The movie has just recently been released in theaters and I'm hoping to see it soon. The book was fantastic (I finished it last night after starting it yesterday morning), I really liked it. It's written from main character, Kyle's point of view. In the beginning he is the biggest jerk ever! but he gets so much better. Even though I haven't seen the movie I can already tell one difference: the book describes him as hairy with claws and fangs, in the movie he just has scars and tattoos all over his body. Not a big deal, but still. I loved the book and can't wait to see the movie.
For school, I'm reading Emma. I spent most of Friday reading it and got 35 chapters into it, got 20 more to go....I like the story a lot. I've seen the movies so it's not too confusing. Emma has a lot more dialog in it then some of Jane Austen's other novels, which I like a lot. Need to finish it soon then I can get working on Beowulf.
At night when I'm not reading for school, I'm reading Halt's Peril. Just kinda waisting my time till Ranger's Apprentice #10: Emperor of Nihon-Ja comes out (April 19th). Just can't wait!!

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Library Trip

OK, been a while, but haven't been doing much reading. I finished Vampire Diaries. It is such a strange book, I seriously can't make up my mind on it. There is so much mystery and old myth going on its hard to keep track, not to mention the constant twists in the story. It is reasonably well written and I like it, just a little shaken after reading it.
Over vacation this past week I started Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. A timeless classic, one I haven't gotten the chance to read yet. I love the movie and the book it written beautifully, but it is a very slow read and can get boring easily because of the little dialog, which I tend to be fond of. She doesn't describe the scenery much, but the characters shes goes into full detail about them, even if it takes the whole book to finish.
From the library today, I got Blank Confession by Pete Hautman and Beast by a Donna Jo Napoli. Started Blank Confession this afternoon. Its about a kid named Shayne Blank who walks into a police station and confesses to killing someone. It goes back and forth from him and the detective to the story told from a kid named Mikey's point of view. Its confusing and a little weird, but the story seemed interesting and I like it so far. Beast is the story "Beauty and the Beast" with a twist. Napoli has written several books and all of them are old stories from over a thousand years ago retold with her personal twist. I am a huge fan of Beauty and the Beast and just had to read it.
Though I haven't read much recently, I'm trying to pick up on it, I miss my books. =)

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