Captivate

The book I'm reading is Captivate by Carrie Jones. This is the second book in the Need series. There is 3 total and the fourth one is coming out this year. I Chose this book because I had just finished the first book Need. This book's genre is fiction fantasy and action. Captivate has 273 pages.
Zara had thought that she had fixed the pixie problem she did but she didn't at the same time. Zara was walking in the woods once again and she heard someone crying in pain. She followed the voice and she found a guy tied to a tree with deep wounds all over his body. She rescued him and didn't stop to think if he was a pixie or not. She helped out of the woods and then he insisted to just let him stay where he was. A few days later the same guy was standing in the middle of the road when Zara was driving home one day. Zara ended up crashing into a tree. The guy rescued Zara from her burning truck. He called 911 and then he told Zara his name was Astley and left. A few days later Zara and Nick went to go check on the pixies they captured awhile ago. When Nick and Zara where in the house they noticed all the pixies were lying on the floor dead. Then all of the sudden a pixie king attacked Nick. Soon after that Nick was taken away to a place where only weres and pixies could go before they die. Zara was just a normal person wanting to save her boyfriend. Zara was forced to make a decision that would change her entire life.
i would recommend this book to kids ages 11 and up. This was a great book! i would defiantly recommend this book to a friend because i just couldn't put it down once i started reading it!

hunted

I read hunted by p.c. cast and Kristin cast. This is the 5^th book in the house of night series. This series is about a girl named zoey who has been gifted with an affinity for all 5 elements (water, fire, air, earth, and spirit) by the goddess nyx.

In the last book neferet the high priestess declared war on the humans, and an evil fallen angel awoke named Kalona.  Zoeys best friend got an arrow shot though her heart and it on the verge of death

In this book zoey had to save stevie rae from dyeing.  And figure out how to get rid of Kalona who has taken over the house of night. The high priestess neferet has turned her back on the goddess and now is worshiping Kalona. Neferet has ordered all fledglings to return to the house of night. Zoey gets badly injured when a raven mocker attacks her. A raven mocker is a child of Kalona and a woman that he raped. Zoey needs to go back to the house of night or she will die because she needs to be around other vampyers . When zoey gets back to the house of night everyone is under Kalona’s spell. Zoey calls them pod people. Zoey figures out a way to get Kalona to flee from the house of night. Zoey is starting to fall in love with stark, although zoey is just starting to fix things with her boyfriend Erik, and zoey has imprinted with her ex heath again. All this and the world as she knows it is falling apart is starting to get to zoey.  

This book is great for all girls who like vampire books with a lot of action. The age that would be good for this book would be about 12 and up. One thing I did not like about this book is that it was kind of confusing at times and I had to re-read some parts like 3 times. one thing i liked about it is that it was very interesting and not one part in the whole book was boring.this book has 323 pages in it. The next book in this series is called tempted.

The Underdogs by Mike Lupica

The book I read is called The Underdogs by Mike Lupica. It is about a 12 year old boy who wants to get a team together for football that the town cut from the budget this year. I chose this book because I love sports and and football in general.
Joe Tyler is a young boy who is a star running back for the football team and this year the town cut the football team.So then he and his dad got a sponsor from New Balence shoes to supply the uniforms and cleats for the team.Then Joe Tyler had to go around school and look for players he had 12 just enough.They would play for the league championship and win it.
Two things I liked about the book was it was to do with sports and it was written by my favorite author, Mike Lupica. Two thing I didn't like was it was kind of a sad book and it had a lot of ups and downs. I recommend this book to anybody above the ages of 12 or 13.I would recommend it to a friend.Sports people would love to read this book.

Catching Fire

I recently finished a great book called "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins. It is a fiction book with a touch of realistic in it. It has event that may happen in the future. I chose this book because I read the book before this one and I absolutely loved it!
Katniss, the main character, is faced between to decisions. One-obey the rules and do what is right to avoid a rebellion against the Capitol. The consequences for that is the other decision. Two-get punished along with all her family, friends, and other relatives including the whole district. All Katniss wanted was a free life for all the districts and for the Capitol to lose control of the districts. She wanted to spark up a change in their society and she was their leading role model. Of course, the Capitol doesn't agree. That forces up a rebellion against the districts and the Capitol. Even more, it is the year of the third Quarter Quell. A Quarter Quell is 25 year anniversary that gets viewers even more excited than the Annual Hunger Games. This year, the president, President Snow, wants all the citizens of all the districts to know that no one can overpower the Capitol. So, the reaping will be held among the victors. Meaning, the victors among each district will be reaped among the victors from the specific district. There will be a female and a male victor from each district participating in the Games. So, Katniss is the only female victor among her district. She and Haymitch or Peeta will be once again participating in the Hunger Games...
Two things that I liked about the book is that it is very adventurous and action taking. The age group that this book is appropriate for is around 12+. The reading level of this book would be 6/10. I would recommend it to a friend and a Hunger Games fan.

untamed

             I read untamed. Untamed is the 4^th book in the house of night series. This book is written by p.c. cast and Kristin cast. All the books in this series are about a girl named zoey who has been gifted with an affinity for all 5 elements (water, earth , fire, air, and spirit ) and is turning in to a vampyer.

             In the last book zoey messed up and had 3 boyfriends at once.  All of her friends turned on her and the one person that zoey thought she would never be friends with became her only friend. Zoeys best friend stevie rae died in the last book and she was still grieving over that and now she came back from the dead

           In this book zoey is trying to figure out how to get all her friends back and still learn how to master her powers. After two vampyers are killed neferet the high priestess of the house of night declares a war against humans. Shekinah the high priestess of all the vampyres shows up and stops the war before it even starts. Stevie rae is a part of a group of (red) fledglings. red fledglings are fledglings that have died and came back from the dead. Zoey wants everyone to know about the red fledglings so they can be accepted. Zoey starts to hear ravens outside all the time and Aphrodite had two visions about zoey dyeing. Zoey tells her grandmother about everything that’s has been going on with the ravens and she told zoey that a demon was going to arise and zoey needed to stop it. Zoeys grandmother gets in a car accident because a raven flew in front of her car and zoey needs to figure out what to do without her grandma’s help.

         This is a fantastic book that would be great for just about all girls. One thing I hated about this book is that it left you hanging at the end like crazy. One thing I loved about this book is that it sucks you in and it is like you are a part of the book. this book has 388 pages in it but it goes by really fast. the next book in this series is called haunted.

Articles of War by Nick Arvin

Articles of War by Nick Arvin is a fascinating book. In the beginning it tells about a young eighteen year old boy from Iowa named George Tilson, A.K.A Heck, because he promised his mother before she died he would never swear. He joined the army and was sent to Omaha beach right after D-Day on June 6th. He wanders off a lot of times and one time finds a crashed German plane, and see's a boy and a girl crawl out. The boy screams really loud, and he goes to help. The boy stepped on a land mine. He then meets the boys father, Albert. In the middle, Heck is sent to the frontlines, and his group gets ambushed by Germans. He gets lost and cannot find his squad mates. He then finds some soldiers, and regroups with them. He then gets lost and ambushed again, finds some other squad mates, but falls through the floor of the building, and scratches his leg. Thinking nothing of it, he decides to climb out. With his fellow squad mates looking for him, he calls out and says, "I'm here!". They continue to patrol until he can no longer walk, and a medic comes by and takes him to an aid station. He is out of action for a little while and sent back to the beach. He goes back to the front after a few weeks and finds his company, the 28th Infantry Division. But there are not many of them listed. There is the Lieutenant, the Seargant, Opie, Zeem, and many others left alive. They begin to go on patrol and find a stray dog. The men leave food and water for her, and she begins to follow. They name her Sweetie. They take a quick rest and the Lieutenant is killed by a sniper. Not having fired his rifle, Heck takes aim at Sweetie, but misses, and scares her off. Another one of his squad mates comes around and asks him what happened. He says he scared the dog off. In the end, Heck and his company acquire a new Lieutenant, and move into a one German controled town. The Germans soon come to take it back. When happening, Heck and a tall blonde soldier clear one house. They find a chest and it blows the blonde soldier to smitherines. Heck, once realizing he wants to get out, sticks his hand up in hopes of being shot, instead he gets shot in the wrist.

Someone to love me

I've read Bluford High: Someone to love me, By Anne Schraff. I though it was a great book that just makes you wonder what if that was me.

Cindy, a freshman at Bluford High, is a troubled teenage girl who just wants to be loved. But her mom is giving all of her attention to her young boyfriend Raffie. Cindy hated Raffie and his disrespectful acts toward her mother. Cindy never goes to school but the one day Jamee(her best friend) forces her to and there she meets Bobby Wallace. He was charming, funny,and cute but he was Jamee's ex. Bobby has a history for being abusive towards women. But Cindy can't resist liking him. Afterward things go downhill. Bobby starts acting up again and ends up with the police and everyone knows the truth about Raffie, including Cindy's mom.

This story tells me that there is always a way out of something you don't want. You just have to have help. This book was amazing and a quick read.