Lumberjanes

By Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen, Maarta Laiho, and Aubrey Aise.

Jo, Molly, Mal, April and Ripley are five girls who are in the Roanoke cabin at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Girls Hardcore Lady Types. They just want a normal summer, especially their camp counselor, Jenny, but after an attack from some three eyed foxes and a large serpenty monster, it is clear that there is no chance of that happening.
They end up stranded in the woods with no idea how to get back. They enter a cave hoping to find shelter, but there seems to be no rest for the five girls.

It is really funny but also serious at the same time. It's a bit like a thriller comedy with a fantasy twist.
I would not suggest it for anyone younger than ten years old, so it's kind of an 11+ book.
If you can find a copy, read it because it is new, but really good.

Life as we Knew It

By Susan Beth Pheffer

Miranda is a regular 16-year old living in a normal world. She does everything a normal teenager does. She stresses about homework and tests, she dates people, she argues with her mom about things, she gets annoyed with her younger brother, talks with her older brother, plays with her cat, and thinks about her dad and his pregnant second wife.
Then, one day, she hears that an amazing lunar display will be happening. An asteroid will hit the moon, in a beautiful light show. But on Wednesday night, when everyone is prepared for an awesome time, something goes wrong. The asteroid pushes the moon closer to the Earth, affecting the tides. Thousands of people die on the one night, with many more on the way.
People must stock up on food, due to supermarkets closing. Gas prices rise and schools close. Electricity cuts on and off, mosquitoes thrive and the sun is barely visible.
Miranda's life begins to fall apart, due to her boyfriend and best friend moving and her other friend choosing to die. Miranda also drifts away from reality, feeling as if she won't live without sunlight or trying to get away by swimming and skating, despite the risk of mosquito-borne illnesses like malaria, cholera or West Nile virus.

Susan Beth Pfeffer has written an amazing story about friendship, death and life. It makes you feel grateful for everything that you yourself have, like enough food, water that's clean, warm things, and medicines. It also brings up the question, what would YOU do if this really happened in real life?

The True Meaning of Smekday

By Adam Rex
It started the night Lucy Tucci disappeared. Lucy Tucci is Gratuity (Tip) Tucci's mother. After Tip is left alone in her house, with only her cat, Pig, for company, the aliens arrive for real.
The aliens are called the 'Boov' and have come to Earth because stronger, meaner aliens, known as the 'Takers', the 'Gorg', or the 'Nimrog' had taken over their planet. Gratuity suspects that they were the ones who took her mother. Then, while Tip is driving to Florida, she ends up in a corner store, inhabited by an alien who has taken the Earth name, 'J. Lo'. Tip decides to travel with him, and they go an amazing journey to Arizona (because the Boov found out that they really like to wear oranges), to save the world from the Gorg, passing quite a few immature boys on the way.
I really liked how this book is about how you shouldn't judge anything by its cover, how things that seem bad may not be so bad in the grand scheme of things and how it can always be worse. Also, never take cats for granted.

About Me and this Blog

I like owls. (Just call me Gylfie, which is my favorite name and was first in Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole series but I use as a screen name.) I read a lot as you  can see, but I don't put all the books I read on. If I did, there would be about 100 books each month, which would be time-consuming and hard to keep up with. I recently finished Shelby Bach's The Ever Afters series and really liked it. It's in my category 'Things That Make Me Wonder', right up there with Artemis Fowl and the movie Inside Out, which I loved. Here are some of my favorites.

Book-Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Series-Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky

Movie-Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!∑):> <-----Owl in a hat. Like it?

Of Enemies and Endings

By Shelby Bach

Rory is in a new year at Ever After School, and things are hectic. On the day before her birthday, her house is attacked by the Snow Queens witches, the Wolfsbane Clan. Rory knows that there isn't much longer until the Snow Queen decides to attack, due to the fact that Rory will hold the fate of magic in her hands soon. Rory makes her way to EAS, which is the only safe have, only to be soon called to help another attacked family. She realizes that Chase is slacking off missions and dating someone Rory knows is a cheater. She begins to do and say things without thinking, severing her friendship with Chase, but a time quickly comes when he needs Rory, who is the only one who can wake him from a never-ending sleep.
Soon also comes the time when it is time for Rory to leave and find the only thing that can defeat the Snow Queen, but must do it alone. She comes across many dangers on her way, only to find... more danger. And her first (second?) kiss.
It is a thrilling story with action, adventure, and (some) romance, but I recommend this series to all.

Feelings and Stuff

This is not a book or a book review..
Have you ever wanted to be INSIDE a book or movie and be, like, one of the characters?
I dream it sometimes.
First, I'm soaring above the Sea of Hoolemere with Soren and the Band, as Gylfie or me, then as Holly Short, trying to get to a patch of earth, then with Artemis Fowl about to go back in time to save his mother, next, in battle with Rory Landon and Chase or as Rory.
Sometimes, I'm flying above San Fransokyo with Big Hero 6, or maybe I'm meeting Harry Potter, going to Camp Half-Blood, saving the owls from Mother Paula's, possibly searching Fablehaven for secrets with Kendra and Seth, but whatever adventure I go into, whoever I become, no matter how many times I do it, it will always feel exiting and new. I think the books that make me feel the most inside, that I enjoy going into most, are Artemis Fowl, Hoot, and Guardians of Ga'Hoole, and I have learned that books don't have to be 2-d. They can be anything you want them to be. They're adventures on paper, that have been documented for all the world to see. They are stories that are true in your mind, that you can go into and live. You can make yourself part of the story, among the other characters, and maybe become a character, and without further ado, I would like you to go become part of a story.
~Natalie

Hoot

By Carl Hiassen

Roy Eberhardt is not from Florida.
He always says he's from Montana, but is really from Michigan, but Montana felt like his real home. When he moves to Florida, he is not happy. One day, he sees a boy running past the bus with no shoes on. The boy doesn't seem like he goes to Roy's school, so one day, hes follows the boy. It results in cottonmouth moccasins and golf balls. Roy tries to figure out who the boy is, and there are obstacles. On the hunt he meets,
1. A girl with a surprising secret
2. A building company with a scandal
3. And a lot with owls
Can Roy save the owls before it's too late?
Read to find out!