Beastly by Alex Flinn

      While I was in Ohio, I had time to read another one of my challenge books (I had a lot of free time at the horse show...). So I read Beastly by Alex Flinn. I loved how it was like another version of the Disney movie of Beauty and The Beast (I know there are a lot of different versions, but that's the only one I know of), but there are still a lot of differences. For example, this version was set in New York and most other versions happen in the past while this one doesn't. Anyways, I thought this book was very good!

      This book was about a boy named Kyle who was very popular at school. Almost everyone liked him. But he was also very mean to some kids. One of these people happened to be a witch. So, she turned him into a beast. Kyle was very good looking, which is one of the reasons he was popular at school (and because his dad was very rich). So being turned into an ugly beast was terrible for him. Kendra (the witch) wanted to show him how ugly he was on the inside by turning him just as ugly on the outside. The only way he could return to normal was to find someone who would love him because of who he was and not because of his looks. But if he hadn't gotten a kiss from somebody who really loved him and who he really loved back by the end of two years, he would be stuck that way forever.

      Then one night (His dad didn't want to worry about someone like him so he got Kyle his own house where he lived with his blind tutor and maid) Kyle heard someone breaking in. It turns out it was a drug addict who offered to let Kyle keep his daughter there as long as Kyle didn't turn him into the police. Kyle agreed because he was lonely and thought that maybe the daughter could love each him. So they lived together in the house (which had plenty of rooms since it had five floors) and waited to see how things would turn out.

      Like I said in my last blog, I don't want to give anything away for people who haven't read the book. And if they haven't read it, then they better do that soon because it was very good! During the summer I also read the other books in the series, which were also very good. They weren't like most sequels, which are usually about the same characters. Like one book of the series had nobody from Beastly but was about the same kind of things... like witches and spells put on people. So I thought the book was very good! I am very glad I chose that book to read for my challenge book!

Still Reading :)

      It's been forever since I've posted a blog! I would have posted one earlier, but I kept forgetting. Anyways, as you've probably guessed, we got back from Ohio a looong time ago. Or at least it seems like that. So, I've already finished the book I was reading, which was Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. I thought it was very good!
     
       I really loved reading my book. I couldn't put it down. The bad thing about that is that it made me read it the whole way up in the car to Georgetown. That would have been fine if it wouldn't have made me feel sick once we got there since I read so much in the car. But I still read at the hotel and finished my book.I was even able to finish my second challenge book (but I don't want to talk about that book in this blog... I'll stick to Percy Jackson for this post).

      So Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief was about a boy (Percy Jackson) who discovers he is a half blood, which is when one parent is a god and one parent is a mortal. He doesn't know who his father is until his father claims him. The bad thing is that his father is Poseidon, one of the gods who agreed to never have a child because the child would be too powerful. Then Zeus' master bolt gets stolen. Since Zeus and Poseidon were argueing a while before, Zeus blames Poseidon. But since gods cannot steal another god's symbol of power, Zeus thinks that Poseidon had Percy, his son, do it. So Zeus says that the master bolt must be returned by Percy by the summer solstice or war will break out with the gods. So Percy goes on a quest with Annabeth (daughter of Athena) and Grover (a satyr) to go search for the master bolt and return it to Zeus before the summer solstice.

      I don't want to ruin the book for anyone who might read it, but I do have to say that it was very exciting. I also loved how there were many people and monsters from Greek mythology. Some of them I recognized (such as Medusa). But there were some that I had never heard of. I couldn't put the book down! Even when we were eating pizza at the hotel in Ohio, I was reading while eating. I can't wait to read the rest of the series!

Reading on Vacation

          It seems like it has been a very long time since I've posted a blog! I guess that's because it has been a really long time. I haven't had much time to read lately. First I was in Alabama so I couldn't get a book since there was no wi-fi that I could use. And anyways, I was finishing the book I had started in school but it wasn't a challenge book so I didn't want to use it for my blog. So, I finally just started my challenge book.


          So in two days I will be going to Gerorgetown, Ohio. My sister Shelby shows horses and there is a horse show there that we will be going to where she'll show. So, I will be able to read on the way there! And I don't find horse shows very interesting unless someone I know is showing, so a lot of times I will be staying at the hotel when they go to the show (We stay from Thursday to Sunday and there is a day show and a night show). I might be sitting beside the pool reading while my brother swims (We both like to stay at the hotel when we don't know anyone showing). So, there will be plenty of times where I can be reading! Hopefully I'll be able to finish my book!

          The book that I have started reading is Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I haven't gotten very far but so far it is very good! I saw the movie a long time ago and I've been wanting to read the book. Although I don't remember much from the movie, I can still see differences from the book and the movie. I know I'll be reading this book a lot during our trip!!