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Sunday, December 30, 2007
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Hi Dog Bloggers!
Happy New Year! I just finished a great book called The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer. It is the sequel to The Sea of Trolls. It is perfect for fantasy lovers and has 496 pages.
Jack, thirteen, is a bard-in-training, and is learning to use his magical powers. He must save his sister Lucy who was taken by elves, before she is trapped underground forever. With the help of his friends Thorgil [a berserker], Pega [a slave girl], and two brave hobgoblins, Jack faces his fears and travels underground. Will he find Lucy and save her before it's too late?
I loved Sea of Trolls and The Land of the Silver Apples. Both books contain unexpected plot twists that kept me wanting more. There is a bit of violence in the first book, and interesting talk of Norse folklore and beliefs.
Keep Reading! I'm on my 3rd book {Hayden...where are you?] Enjoy the blog site!
Yello fellow bloggers!
Happy New Year!I just finished Snake Head by Anthony Horowitz. It is the 7th book in the Alex Rider series. It is realistic-fiction and has 385 pages. Here are the rest of the series 1-6.
Stormbreaker, Point Blank, Skeleton key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia, and Ark Angel.
After Crashing down from space off the shore of Australia, Alex is confronted by the Australian CIA. But after Alex refuses to work for them they bring out an incentive, Alex's Godfather. Alex quickly sees this as an opportunity to learn more about his parents and their mysterious deaths. So Alex accepts the mission and is immediately transformed into a islamic refugee, and is smuggled deep into the criminal organization known as Snakehead, and to top it all of the bomb known as Royal Blue has gone missing and Snakehead is being blamed for its disappearance. Alex's mission is to find out what Snakehead wants with this bomb. Will Alex succeed, or die trying?
I love the whole Alex Rider series and every book made me stay up with my lamp on until I fell asleep with the book still in my hands. There is killing and other violence but it does not go into description. In my opinion this is a total boy book and a must read.
Happy New Year! I am currently reading a book called Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. It is the first of a three part series. It is perfect for fiction lovers and it is really, in my opinion, for girls only. But who knows some guys may like it. Twilight is 498 addicting pages.
"About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and i didn't know how dominant that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him." Bella
I love Twilight. The book makes you want to keep reading no matter where you are. There is some stuff in this book that not everyone is ready for [a bit of kissing]. I recommend parent permission before reading it. The book also is about vampires but not like them taking over the world or something.
I hope someone who hasn't read this book will want to pick it up and start reading it. It's amazing!
High atop a hill, a Mount Everest of Vista, perched precariously in a house, was a boy, a boy typing furiously to find the answer to this question... What in the name of Ferdinand the cow happened to the old blog?!?!!!!???!? I poure my heart into that thing and what do I get? A new blog! That blog was like a son to me.. and I... I...I... Can I have a moment?
Okay I'm back, and Happy Dappy Sappy Newwy Year-y, my friends who are all in the same family, I noticed. I feel like a tresspasser on some sort of family conspiracy. But it's too late. I can't back down now. I know to much. I'm doomed to- an eternity of blogging.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Aaaaaaaaanyway, I have just finished The Book of the King by Jerry B. Jenkins, also known as JBJ to texters ( OMG, My BFF JBJ, WRtr of LFT BHIND Sris! LOL!)which has a fantastic plot, amazing description, and suberb ( nice word)characters, making an all-around good book! It's about Owen, who believes his only purpouse-porpoise-poorpoose???- purpose in life is to devour books ( yes, I love this character) until a mysterious book finds it's way into his hands, sending Owen tumbling into a war between his world and a mysterious unknown one. Dripping with similies, metaphors, personification, goood plots, great characters, and all around fantasticness, I would persuade you, and especially, you Mrs. Duncan, to READ THIS BOOK NOW!!!!!
And Mrs. Duncan, to date I am on book 4, which disappoints me, but the book I am reading is strictly for the plot, called The Candy Shop War, by Brandon Mull, which has a great storyline, but I havent seen much Hot-List approved methods used. And Tommy, how could a character live with the name "Snakehead?" Is he ugly? Does his jaw open past the size of his head? Does he live in a glass box? Cool sounding name. I should call myself, "Cowhead".And Mrs. Duncan, what is a beserker?
Beserker(n.)- a sandwhich eaten by monks in the Himilayas, used for religious reasons
Kittennoodle, can I call you that that,I remeber you telling me I would like Twilight. Or did I hear right? Am I going deaf? Oh no! What did I type? I didn't hear it!
I want my old blog back! Though, this is much cooler, I admit.
Okay he can stay. Can I see the old one sometimes, though?
Hayden,
As usual, your blog has amazed, entertained, and informed us all. ;-) Thank you for attempting the new sign-in blog... you did it! Remember, you are my long lost son from another mother, so please- join in our family blogging! lol!
The Book of the King sounds great. I just bought 4 or 5 new books at B&N, but it wasn't easy. I read synopsis after synopsis searching for the perfect read. I did not see Book of the King; is it in the Young Reader section? I'll put it on my list- but only because your synopsis persuaded me to!
I have finished 5 books [oh yeah] . Of course, I have been sick for a whole week, so reading was my escape! I finished:
The Extras by Scott Westerfield [great series, great plot, totally appropriate- all 4 books]
Boys that Bite [from Yanely...thanks for the recommendation! You were right- it has some mature moments and language, so parents want to approve of this book first!]
The Fairy Realm was great! It was an interesting mix between reality and fantasy [literally!]
The Land of the Silver Apples [see blog#1]
... and my favorite read so far, The City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare. This is the advanced reader copy we received and the sequel to City of Bones. It was fantastic- in fact, I'm ready for book 3.
Twilight is my all time favorite book. For some reason, I do not think it's your cup of tea. My suggestion is ask your mom to read it first- she knows best.
Keep reading Mr. Royster. Not only do I want to read your colorful blogs, I want to see if you can BEAT me!
Happy New Year! Mrs. Duncan
P.S. Hayden,
Here is the definition you asked for:
Berserker: Warriors in Scandinavian society who were noted for their exceptional fierceness and fearlessness in battle, and for their moody, difficult dispositions in periods of peace. Berserkers possesses the supernatural ability to take on the form of bears or wolves to assume their powers in battle.
Day two:
The war draws ever longer. We are getting torn down from our position as top reader. They are relentless, reading, ever reading, yet we stand tall, for there is hope we may beat them. We stand tall. We stand proud, for the readers of America.
General Hayden Royster
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, was’ sup? Want to know was’ up? I’ll tell you was’ sup. Here’s was’ sup. Besides my dog chewing our hose in half, don’t ask why, being outside late at night must be traumatic ( Ahhhh! My pack won’t let me in! Why don’t I chew that tube that sprays water to help me feel better? When they see it they’ll wag their tale and pet me a lot!) but other than that little… sweetheart, I am proud to announce I am tied in the Great Book race with first place winner Mrs. Duncan, because I completed The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull, which, I lied about. The book is not average. It’s fantastic. I do not deserve to be on the blog, if I tell lies about books I’ve barely read. I deserve to be slapped. I don’t like being slapped. My sister slaps me a lot. It hurts. Bad
Well, you guys deserve a synopsis for the terrible crime I have committed. That’s right folks, a synopsis. And heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere it is! Weighing in at about a paragraph of sweet persuasive words, the 2008 Royster Synopsis has all the works, with enthusiastic words, fantastic sentences to sway you toward a decision, and no typos. The Synopsis Examiner raves, “It’s … good!” And Synopsis 4 U says, “The comparison between the last one is inevitable.” And if you read it in the next five seconds, you get mortgage down till 2011! So come get-
Sorry got carried away. Like the time-
A new candy shop’s opened in town, and the candy isn’t very normal, with side effects like weightlessness, looking different, and being unhurtable. And 4 friends get access to it all, if they do simple tasks for the grandmotherly owner Mrs. White, such as breaking into a museum, digging up a graveyard, and giving someone amnesia. All for good intentions, of course. Or are they? The ice cream man, Mr. Stott, also has some magic sweets of his own. Soon the kids are in over their heads, and aren’t sure who is the good guy, and it’s a race for time, with an unlikely ally, to find the treasure their searching for.
Come get your synopsis today!
Mrs. Duncan, I would be honored to beat you. If I may get back to reading….
There are times in life when you feel triumphant. Really triumphant. Like if you're the last person who's ice cream isn't melted, or that by falling off a cliff you found a treasure chest full of Aztec gold. Well that is so today, my friends. I am proud to announce that I, Hayden Royster, have officialy finished my 6th book!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I have just recently learned the fact that hair grows everywhere on your skin except your lips, the palms of your hands, or the soles of your feet. What I'm wondering is, does this aplly to werewolves? Because if you look at a were wolf, you're staring, well I assume your staring, unless your nearsighted, which you could be, I mean, everbody's special, no matter how bad there eyesight is, though, you're looking at human shaped ball of fuzz. Doesn't matter that the law of...hair says it can't grow on your lips, palms, soles ( That'd be a good country western tune. "I got Hair On My Soul," Grammy winner for sure)they got hair everywhere. They're a walking hairballs. Speaking of this, if you do see a werewolf, please call the were wolf hotline, 1-800-I-THOUGHT-I-SAW-A-HAIRBALL, or email us at hairballspotter@hairybeast.com
( also works for Bigfoot sightings.)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanway aaaaaaaagain, the book I finished is titled 100 cupboards by N.D. Wilson, though I just realized I want to call him Indiana Wilson.(Cue Indiana Jones theme song)So the book was fabulouso, has quite funny parts in it, and a very space travel sciency wormhole The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis-edge to it. I loved it an I won't go into the whole " 2008 Synopsis" thingy again. That was plain weird. Though you can get a 2008 synopsis at all your local Royster dealers near you!
Indiana Wilson writes the story of Henry, who has recently moved to Kansas to stauy with his-eclectic aunt, uncle and cousins, when he wakes up in the middle of the night to find to knobs broken through the plaster. And they're slowly turning....( Insert Physco music)After scraping away the plaster, Henry discovers 98 cupboards, which turn out to be all portals to another world. I would reccomend this book th othose who liked The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis, who only like four people know what that is ( me, Mrs. Duncan, some werewolf somewhere-see werewolf hotlines-and C.S. Lewis) but the writing, plot, and cover is fantastic ( gotta love the cover) and I hope somebody reads. you'd like it Duncan clan. Of course, you're like the only people who respond and are on this, but I feel part of the group.
I may when this thing. I've got to persevere! And drink lots of energey smoothies! ( insert Eye of the Tiger music)
I spelled win worong. And wrong.
I read a book called The Angel Factory by Terrence Blacker I think.It's science fiction.It's more of adventure i think, not science fiction. It's about a boy who didn't know he was adopted and finds out his family are angels and that he is adopted because he isn't an angel. A head angel wants him to help out with "The Project."
kittennoodle,
I'm reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I'm at about page 100. It's realy good.
Hayden,
I'm sorry to inform you, but I have read 3 more books- and re-read another. I won't count the re-read...so that brings my total to ....ummm...hmmm, let me see.... 8! Read it and weep baby!I'm currently reading the new Eoin Colfer book. It's not an Artemis Fowl sequel- it's totally different. I'm only on page 50 or so, but so far it's good.
Quincey-
I'm so excited that you're reading Twilight! :-) Did your mom finish it? More importantly.... did she like it? Make sure you tab so we can talk plot. I like it when Bella sits next to Edward in chemistry for the first time! He can hardy stand it! :-)
The Angel Factory sounds really good. I'll look for it when I go to B&N tomorrow.
Happy New Year!
Hi people!
I just finished Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, and couldn't stop reading parts over and over again because I liked them so much. Finishing Twilight was good and bad in a way. I finished a really super book, but now I don't have a book to read at the moment. But, I'll probably figure it out. I have books I haven't read yet. Maybe I'll get the sequel (New Moon) somehow! I wonder which book out of the series is the best, I've heard that Eclipse ranks 1st, Twilight takes 2nd, and New Moon is last but definately not least. So, yeah that's it. See ya at school!
Chloe
Oh, Mrs. Duncan, why must you torment me so? The anguish I endure, the pain I suffer. I try my hardest, yet I am beaten brutally, torn down from the position I cling to so firmly! Why, why, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???
There is only so much hurt a man can bear. I am finished, I fear.
( You can quote me on that if you like.)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I am glad to see that I am not the only person besides the Duncan family to witness my horrible defeat. I cannot believe I have be put to this. It's like Are You Smarter Than A Fith Grader. " Now you may play this game, but on one condition. If you lose you have to look into the camera and say ' I do not read a much as Mrs. Duncan.'
But hey, I am still alive, even after that- shocking news, but i will try. I feel ashamed. But i will keep my composure. I will not cry. I will not cry. I will not- can I have a moment? I'm gonna go cr- We're experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by.
Thank you for your patience. Pacicence. Patiense. Cooperation. So I am on book 7 of this monumental contest, and I just hope to tie with Readinator. But the book I read I am almost completely positive that Tommy has read. If not, well I've failed on something else. It is called...drumroll... Operation Red Jericho. You know, Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho,Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumblin' down. Anyway, it's like one of those (blank)ology books, with all the postcards and shiny sparkly glittery stuff and journals,only it's a chapter book.
Ut's about this guy, who, ironically wrote the book, and finds a bunch of documents, which he pieces together to tell the story of two kids, Becca and Doug Mackenzie, who find themselves on their uncle's ship on an arcane mission ( about two of you know what arcane is, and no, it is not a candy can shaped like 18th letter of the alphabet) involving secret orginizations, scientific stuff and pirate warlords. It's an amazing book, and boys would love it, sorry gals, maybe try it out, but don't borrow mine, half the cover's unglued,so, yeh.
As for the place you havve left Mrs. Duncan, i will pick myself up with dignity, and carefully walk away, defeated yet proud I have come this far ( yet again another quote-worthy sentence.)
Hannah-
I just finished reading harry potter over the weekend and loved it. I also finished eclipse. It was great. Katie, just keep on reading. Once you finish twilight which i hope you have new moon was also great. Now that i have read all of the the three twilight books, Harry potter was kind of boring. i just hope that your mom will let me reread them. I know that a lot of people think that Twilight and Eclipse were way better than New Moon, but I liked New Moon way better than both of them. I don't want to give it away so i will just give you a hint in the begining. The vetures are back. oh ya. Delila, i am going to read City of Bones very soon.
I must admit, Mrs. Duncan, in a battle to end, in a fight to the the death, there are times when you just want to lay down and start bawling. but I will not. Though your recent news has cut me deeply I am still getting back up to try my hardest, because it's all a 6th grader can do. And it's so much fun. My family doesn't get it. " My teacher's beating me in reading. " " So?" It's hard to be misunderstood, well, really understood, no one gets why I get mad when people eat those cow shaped cookies from the cafeteria, but I survive. But seriously folks, don't eat Mookie Cookies. Because I get mad. Might knock that stinking bag right out of your filthy cow-cookie-eating hands.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, if my watch is still working and our callendar is correct, school starts in about... Thursay... Friday...Saturday... Sunday... 4 days! I've missed everybody- a lot. Can't wait to get back and be back in the swing of things. Now, I know this is all heartwarming and all, and you just want to just snuggle up to your computer and hug it, but people, focus. This is a blog, not eHarmony. We talk about books. We do not get all emotional about missing each other. Come on, people! Pull yourself together!
So I finished a book in like a day in a half, only it was spread out over three days. And this book was numero uno- Wait, who likes Uno? I love Uno! you know, Uno, the card game! Uno! Uno! Uuuuuuno!- in the Keys to the Kingdom series, called Mister Monday. It was written and not illustrated by Garth Nix. It's about this kid , named Arthrur Penhaligon- and I thought Royster was bad- who is given a mysterious key on the brink of death, that somehow keeps him from dying. But his startling gift is wanted by others, such as weird half dog half human monsters, like The Shaggy Dog movie stuck in limbo, angels with bloodied wingswho are the exact opposite of their title, and other creepy characters, who cause him to go into a mysterious other realm to find the cure to a plague sweeping his town. It was a little hard to get into but once I got into it I was racing to the next page to finish it, though from wanting to tie with Mrs. Duncan or liking the book I won't elaborate.
Well this has been fun, and I'm glad we shared that sentimental moment, but I got to shimmy shake, rattle and roll. Later dudes!
A tumbleweed rolls along the blank empty surface of Mrs. Duncan's blog. It is a desolate expanse of emptiness stretching out as far as the eye can see. Only one boy ventures into this uninhabited domain, a boy who has looked defeat in the eye and blogged TWO BLOGS IN A ROW. TWICE. HIS NAME IS-I mean, his name is.. Hayden Roysterrrrr!!!! ( electric gutair solo)
Hey it is great to be back here on Duncan's BlogSpot. But seriously folks, how about that empty blog? It's like you've stopped reading. ( laughs) Just of the blue, when your in the middle of a great book you decide, ' Hey, I'm not gonna read for the rest of my life so Hayden will be the only one left blogging." ( laughs) Well isn't that pretty. ( laughs) I guess I'll have to make a couple more profiles. ( laughs) Hey Hayden, guess what book i read? No way, Hayden, i read that too, Me too, Hayden! ( laughter and applause) Thank you very much, you've been a great crowd. I'll be here all week! Goodnight!(upraurious applause)
Aaaaaaaaaaaanyway, that was my little standup comedy bit there ( laughter). Always wanted to do one. But I've just decided that recently-recetelyn-di I spell recently right? that I would not make such a big deal about beating or losing to Mrs. Duncan. Because in the end, it doesn't matter who reads the most books. What matters is the quality of the books you read, and if you read 1 book that what mega ginormously good, but someone read 17 1/2 that were pretty avdeage, then who deserves to win more? Good book guy or adverage book guy? That's for you decide right after this very special break with a few announcements from the enter key on the keyboard!
So I read Grim Tuesday, the book after the book before this blog, which I know makes perfect sense to your highly developed brains which are about to become more developed in less than two days when everybody will see each other and be happy. This is the second book in the series.
So just about the moment Arthur Penhaligon ( say it with me kids: Pen-hall-e-gone. Got it? let's move on) gets back from his adventure in that House, he must once again return into the mysterious realm that changed his life. Forever. And ever. This time, Grim Tuesday is the enemy who threatens Arthur's world. To save this he must make friends with a very unfriend making bear spirit, sun bear, to be prescise, which is about 4 feet tall and is nocturnal mostly, and also and omnivore, work in a camp in a giant Pit in the ground, steal a ship that sails to the sun, and fight these creepy Nithlings, all to get the Second Key, which will lead him to an ultimate showdown in the freaky, horrifying, and just plain dark Far Reaches.
Farewell, my friends, I hope to see you soon, and to type on this blog one last time, before the pencils are in our hands, and P.E. uniforms on our bodies, and knowledge pumping in our brains. (applause) You've been a great crowd. Goodnight.
hi,
I also just finishedtwo other books. I finished harry potter and the chamber of secrets wich was great. It took me about one hours to two hours to read it and i didn't stop once. the plot just keeps moving on. it is a book that flows. It is very easy to get so if you don't understand some books this one would be. this one was way better than the first.
I also read a book I got from my forth grade tescher called Peter Pan, by J.M.Barrie. i would not recomend this book. I wanted to stop reading this book the moment I started, but i made a promise that whenever i started a book i would finish it. The plot was just very slow.
I also read Eclipse for the second time. I have to say it was better the second time. i was up all night reading the last part of it, but my mom doesn't know. That is why I am righting it this morning.I made a mistake on my last one. Eclipse and Twilight are the best. I am deffinitly doing this for my recomended read. the plot just had many surprising moments that kept you reading to find out what comes next.
I have about 100 pages left in Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (of course). It's amazing. I'm at the part where there are driving to Bella's house to get away from the tracker. And it's still, I have to say......... AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I have read today has made this book a lot better and go into my top 5 favorite books. It is getting very suspenseful. I can't wait to finish and read the others. And for the last time, THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!! (I love it :):) :) :) )
It only gets better Quincey! ;-) xoxo Mrs. D.
Hi. People. Mrs. Duncan said that my blogs are long. So. I will make them short. And boring. Okay.
Anyway, I read a book. It was good. Real good. I liked it. It was called Drowned Wednesday. You will like it too. It was good. Someone wrote it. He was Garth Nix. I liked it. It was a book. I no like writing boring. But I will. To make you happy. Mrs. Duncan. You happy? Book was good.
Be sure to read. My book. I like it. Cool. It. Was. Alot.
Like boring blogs? Mrs. Duncan? A lot?
Bye. People. A lot.
P.S.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
I do not like boring blogs! They are short, pointless, boring, and not cool! A lot! Never again! I don't care if all of blogdom falls in on me, you can't stop the beat! I will write blogs, like, like I like to like to write them! That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like blogs! Never again, will a boring blog cross the threshold of my profile!
This has been a special announcement. Thank you.
Oh yah!!
I had so much fun at pages and pjs. Oh and all you fellow bloggers, i found a new, fabulous book. It's called MAXXIMUM RIDE and i know i just spelt MAXXIMUM wrong and there to. Its about a young family of kids, who have been mutated by some wackjob scientists. They encounter difficulties along the way with the erasers, which are another creation by the wackjob scientist, they are half human half wolf. Oh and did i mention that the kids had wings??? Well yah, they do. im only 30 pgs. into it and I love it. I only started reading it yesterday.
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Hey Quinn that sounds like a really weird but cool book I think I might read it after i finish Petter and the Star Catchers wich by the way is a really good book if you like action and the movie Petter Pan.
Hello!
Over break, I read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books, and thought they were AWESOME! I think I like the Lightning Thief the best, though. I can't wait for the fourth book! AAGGHH! It's agony!
I am currently A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin. It's an autobiography of a stray dog who goes through everything from cruel hands, bad wounds, and horrible hunger and thirst, to a wonderful life after she gets separated from her mother and brother. It's great so far, but also very sad. I would recommend this book to people who love emotional books and animals, especially dogs. Most people would probably like it, though.
Cristina
P.S. Hayden,your blogs are very interesting.
GoldieGirl,
Nice to see you on the blog! If we get the ARC of Rick Riordan's 4th book, I'll save you a copy!
If you liked that series, make sure to read The Shadow Thieves and Siren Song by Anne Ursu. They are both great books!
xoxo Mrs. D.
Hey people!
Oops, sorry, I meant in my first blog that I am "currently reading a Dog's Life" not "currently a Dog's Life"
Mrs. Duncan, that would great if you could save me a copy of the fourth book. Thanks so much! I am definitely going to read the Shadow Thieves and the Siren Song! I'm also planning on reading Peter and the Starcatchers and that series. And I can't leave out Dragonsdale and Dragon Keeper! Quinn, that Maximum Ride book sound interesting, too. Tell me how it is after you've finished.
Cristina
Hi fellow bloggers!
I'm Ami in case for some apparent reason, you can't read the first word of my user name. Hey, so, I'm reading this awesome book called "The Chritmas Theif" by Mary Higgins Clarck and Carol Higgins Clarck. It is an awesome story about Patrick Coogan Noonan. (I know. Wierd name right? It gets wierder.) Patrick, or Packy, as his friends call him, is a scam artist. He E-Mails lottery-winners and tells them that money slips through your fingers before you know it and tells them to invest. He usually milks his "clients" for 1MILLION DOLLARS. Then, he suddenly is "untraceable" after they "pass the money". The cops finally caught him, but not his co-workers. There going to let him out early, though. 2 weeks from now! He has served 13 years, 4 months, and three days. He contacts his co-workers and they plan to go to Vermont to get the MILLION DOLLARS worth of diamonds (!) out of an EXTREMELY tall tree. But, what he doesn't know, is that the people he scammed are out for him and the tree he hid the diamonds on is being cut down to be a christmas tree in Rockefeller Center! I don't know WHAT he's going to do when he finds out! I haven't got very far in. I'll tell you more when I know it!xoxo Ciao!
Ami!
I spelled "Cark" wrong the second time. Just to let you know.
goldiegirl if you are going to read Peter and the Star Catchers I must tell you that it is an amazing book. My favorite actually and i'm just barly half way through. It kind of tells you how Peter Pan got started, and were the fairy dust came from(The stuff that makes them fly).
Troy Watkins
Ami-
You wrote a "fooper-dooper" blog! ;-) The Christmas Thief sounds really good. I've never heard of it, but after your blog, I want to read it.
Troy [Prince Charming...;-)] I LOVED Peter and the Starcatchers too! All 3 books in the series are great. The cool thing is that each book reveals secrets about the legend of Peter Pan. I have books 2 & 3, so let me know when you are ready for them.
Keep up the blogs dogs! A new blog posting will be up later today.
I finished Twilight by Stephenis Meyer!!! I thought it was great!!! I was so happy that she survived!!! Even though I knew she had to.....unless the next books were about someone else!!! (which would be wierd!!!)
Anyway, I'm reading New Moon. I think I'm about 50. I'm not really sure!!! It's good still!!!
I am reading Peter and the Starcatchers right now. It is a great book. I have been sick so my head has been spinning so I havn't got to read a lot, but I have gotten to the main problem of the story. Peter goes on a ship called the Never Land and a girl (Molly) is a passenger on it. Molly's dad is on a different boat called the Wasp and is dilivering something for the queen. Some pirates are following the wasp trying to steal the box for the queen. At the same time there is a different trunk on Peter's ship and all of his friends want to see what is in side ( and they want to get food). Slank the co-captain is the most bitter person you would ever meat. Slank has the trunk guarded all nigh and all day. I would deffinatly recommend this book to anyone even though I am not finished with it.
im reading harry potter 4 and i loved the first chapter, cuz it was really weird, and i was like whoa!!!!!Im not gonna tell u what happened cuz that would ruin it for people who want to read it.
Oh, and i just wanted to say to Quinn, a book about a mutant family sounds strangely interesting...
You people have let this blog go to shambles. You're disgraceful. What is wrong with you? Can you write a blog? And how can what you write be so bad that it has to be deleted by the author? The Author. The Almighty Author. let us give thanks to The Author, who allows us on the threshold of their Blog of Power, and will give and take away what satisfies their needs. Thank you Blog Maker.
But seriously, get ahold of yourselves. Who would want to describe themselves as a fooper dooper? Sounds like a clown. " Hi kids, I'm Fooper-Dooper the clown, and we're gonna have a fooper dooper day! Yup!" Or some exotic animal. " Crikey, mate, it's the blue-bellied fooper dooper, in their natural habitat! We don't usually get a shot of this rare animal during nesting time."
" We'll be right back to the Fooper-Dooper Hunter."
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I hope you guys are having a fooper-dooper time back at school. Well, I just wanted to say that I am out of a book. Honestly. No joke. Seiously. You know, I can kinda see what looks like an angry mob on the horizon with torches and pitchforks. So, I'll go quick.
So I, read a fooper-dooper book a cuppa days ago called The Sword of The Wormling by this dude called Jerry Jenkins and do ya remeber that one blog, the first one I wrote. This may be hard for you, but if you could tear your eyes away from intriguing blog, unless you like so much you cannot look away... must not look away... stare at the blog... stare... But if you can, concentrate on moving your hand toard the thing that moves the arrow, that's right, the mouse, now, i must ask you to do me a favor. Scroll up. To my very first blog. On this site. Do not heed the peer pressure from the pople surrounding you. Do it.
So the book I talked about in my fooper-dooper blog. This is the sequel. I loved it. It just follows up the story. Okay? everything fooper-dooper?
Bye, fooper doopers. I will see you in the morrow when
Ahh.! Angry mob! Mrs. Duncan! I need a b
It's okay. We worked it out. At the end they all broke down crying, and weall had a big group hug. But seriuously, I need a book. The moment I slip up, they come down on me like Quinn McCarthy with a spork. So, I need a fooper-dooper book soon.
Farewell, earthlings.
Over break I read a lot of books, and one of them was called The Night Tourest. This book is about a young boy who meets a young girl about his age and she takes him to no living person has ever gone before. At least not with out a ghosts help. As you may have figured out by now the girl he met is really a ghost. As he goes to a ghost town with his newly found friend he finds something that he has been looking for his whole life. His mother who was supossedly squished by a scafulding. Now he finds himself falling in love with a ghost and is trying to give her a second chance at life. But it isnt that easy. He must fight through many obsticals and over throw a cop. But theres just one poblum, he has to do this all in 3 days, or he will die himself. Will he give his new found friend a nother chance at life, or will he too perish. This book I recomended it to both girls and boys of all ages. You will love this book. : )
This is my first blog so I don't want to make it too long. I am reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Tom Sawyer's Companion], 396 pages (plus more than 60 pages intro), and I'm on page 316. It's a good book, but you have to be a very dedicated reader to stay on it. Chickeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeens!
Anyway, If you wanted to know, if I could count all the books I read in my life (independently), it would count up to about 50, if you wanted to know.
Mr. Chicken Boy,
Thank you for joining our blog. I am looking forward to hearing how you like Huck Finn. It's a classic!! Have a great weekend, and don't forget to READ!
:-) Mrs. D.
PS I bet you would like the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Maybe you can make a trip to Barnes and Noble this weekend and pick up the first book.
Yesterday I finished reading Stake that!. I would reccomend it to all the girls in our class who like to read vampire books. although you might want to read Boys That Bite, the first book of this series.
Ahem-hem-hem-hemmm???? Chickenboy? Would you like to be called Chickenboy, Charlie? Is this desirable among people? Because I would love to get it in on that action. Except, how about- Cow Kid. Cow Kid, defender of dairy related objects and bovine everywhere! To the Cow Cave! Cow Kid, Cow Kid, does whatever a Cow kid does! Faster than a raging bull, more powerful than sour cream, able to leap over tall barns in a single bound, it’s Cow Kid! Look out…. for Cow Kid!
But let’s get down to the nitty gritty, as Nacho Libre would say, and if you have had the pleasure of watching this film, we must chat about the wonders of Jack Black. But how about that rain? It was spectacular that our houses weren’t uprooted and floating down the streets like a strange chain of house boats. Here’s an experiment for you guys. Take a squirt gun out in the rain, and spray people, and see what happens. There’s something about getting water shot at you that irritates you more than water falling from the sky. Though, maybe aliens are just dumping buckets of water on us just to see what happens. It’s possible. Well, not really, cause extraterrestrial life doesn’t exist.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I have just completed a book like no other, different than all the rest, the one, the only…. Can I get a guitar solo?
(Deer-dur-deer-deer-dur)
In the end of time
There was a book that led the way
A book like no other, er-er-er.
In the end of time,
There was a book that was so different,
That it rose above the rest.
It was
THE LOOKING GLASS WARS!
What’s it gonna take to read it?
THE LOOKING GLASS WARS!
The book will change the world,
But it’s MINE!
Sorry, I have just, just always wanted to do that. But it was written by this guy who I forgot, and it’s about Lewis Carrol’s classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Except he screwed up. When Alyss told him the the story, he changed it. Let me start over. Alice is Alyss but Alice is Alice except she’s not cause she’s Alyss who’s Alice but really is Alyss. Okay? So Princess Alyss is about to ascend the throne of Wonderland when her viciously evil aunt Redd takes it from her, causing Alyss to flee to our world, where she tells her story to Mr. Carrol. Meanwhile, Hatter Madigan is searching valiantly for Alice to save Wonderland from the clutches of evil, and to make Wonderland wonderful.
In the end of time,
When blogs had all gone bad,
A hero, rose to take a stand.
A boy with heart so tru-u-ue,
But the legend of, Cow Kid,
Is way past DUUUUUUUUUUUUUE!
COW-OWOWOWOW KIIID!
I finished New Moon by stephenie Meyer! It was great! I think all girls should read this book! Not so much for boys!
Hey people!
I finished A Dog's Life about a week or two ago, and I really liked it! The ending was nice, but, like I said earlier, the book is a little sad. Right now, I am currently reading Dragonsdale, and I love it! I wish dragons were real. I think I will read the Night Tourist next (Mrs. Duncan, may I borrow it when I'm ready?). See ya!
P.S. Hayden, what's up with cow kid and everything?
Well, Iv'e amost finished "The Lighthouse Land" and I'm at 300 pages! I dont have much farther to go, and I really like it so far. I dont really understand what the salmon looks like.
P.S. What's wup with Hayden and The Legend of Cow Kid?
- Chace
Hi,
I just finished Peter and the Starcatchers. It was a fabulous book, but i really didn't like the ending it was too sad for me. Some surprising twists for me and that is was made it great. I just started reading The Night Tourist this afternoon. I dont really get it right now, but I am only on, I think the third chapter. I am going to read more of it tonight, but it is kind of confusing for me at this point.
Finally, the Legend of Cow Kid can be told to the public. Ahh, gone are the days when he was a strapping young boy working on his father's dairy farm. But that all changed when a plane carrying cargo of nuclear waste stalled and then exploded, sending the powerful substance raining from the sky. The boy was dipping his hands in a bucket of fresh milk when he was splattered with the nuclear power. The radioactivity morphed him with the DNA of the milk transforming him into- Cow Kid!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway,
I have finished a book about this dude who wants to fly, like you know, wings and the whole kit and caboodle, and it's called Airman, it's by that lovable Eoin Colfer
( pronounced o-wen, even ask Chace Bower, he even got a bag of treats for his laborious search for the Colfer truth)ansd this book would win an Oscar or Grammy or Nick Award or Tony or any award possible to be given. So read this book now, or suffer from spending eternity in the dark about this book. Read this fooper-dooper book!
Never beofre has a blogger been so debonair as to write two blogs so soon, so cunning to write a blog write after another, never before a person so bold as to break the barriers of blogging. But it's true! Welcome to another edition of " Mad Blogger: A Compilation."
Yes it is true that I have finished a book about Colin Broekhart, and his visionary dream to fly that will save his lives and many more, and revolutionize the world, but I have finished a book just moments ago that has captured my heart and warmed it to the breaking point.
I am talking of course, about Captain Underpants and the Proposterous Plot of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey.
Not really.
I'm actually talking about Freak the Mighty, a book I think should actually go in the Sports Hall of Fame, though I really can't come up with an idea why it should go in the particular place. But honestly, no jokes in this sentence at all, this book deserves a place in every body's bookshelf. Freak the Mighty is about a boy named Max, who seems to have no purpose in life except to be a ( quote on qoute) "butthead." He's just been called stupid his whole life.
But that changes when Freak comes to town. He a tiny little guy with a big brain, and makes up for Max's learning disabilties. They become a team, and call themselves Freak the Mighty.
And so, that book I will remeber forever, and I must get back to weaving the tale of Cow Kid. That guy has a bright future ahead.
Cristina, nice to see you blogging again! I loaned The Night Tourist to Hannah, but I'll call a friend of mine to see if I can borrow her copy. ;-)
Chace, welcome to the blog! I LOVED The Lighthouse Land! The Lighthouse War is even better, so as soon as you're done, bring it in and we'll swap.
Evelyn [my little vampire babe!], I'm so glad you liked Stake That! You must read Blue Bloods after Alexis...it's AMAZING! ;-)
Hayden/ cowboy [or is is Cow the Kid, or Cow Kid?] You utterly amaze me. Your gift of words is like milk flowing freely for all who thirst. I mean... the fact that you are not cowardly... you are brave-ready to graze in new pastures to share new plots for us all. ;-)
Mrs. Duncan, I am flattered.
Ok. I'm reading Eclipse. I'm almost done. I have 74 pages left! I am going to finish today or tomorrow! I think its gross when at the end of the fight Edward is holding Victoria's head. I can't wait to finish!
I also was suprised when she started kissing Jacob!!! I was thinking, you're not supposed to like Jacob! You love Edward!! So, I hope she picks Edward!!!
Well, I probably will finish Eclipse today and I was thinkng about reading the Specials series but I'm not sure what to read!?!?
Cow Kid, continued: Due to his bovine features, his father sent Cow kid away in disgust, and Cow Kid spent years roaming the world, his features becoming less and less human, until he was just a biped cow who could speak, turned away at every place he went, a freak to the world.
One sunny day in Little Rock, Arkansas, he was passing by a pawn shop when a heavily mustached man burst through the door with an enormous diamond under his arm.
An age old cow instinct made Cow Kid let out a bellowing moo, and he galloped after the man tackling him to the ground. The man blacked out, and the police came running up just in time to find a cow standing victoriously on the moust notrious diamond thief in America. to be cotinued...
I'm really getting into this origin of Cow Kid thing. I could make a comic book, or a graphic novel, or both, or one and then an other,or the other and than one, or maybe just a TV show.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I read Grim Tuesday, and it was pretty good, but mr. Nix drew out a certain part foreverrrrrrrrr, but other than that, a-ok. so, yup. Rock on, brotha!
Or sistah.
Hi, justa trying my-a new name out. Seein if it works.
I'm reading Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. I'm on page 266. It's really good. I love when people fly. I wish I could fly. I'm at the part where Molly, Peter, Alf, the orphans, and Black Stache and the Jolly Roger. Alf and the orphans are with the savages. i can't wait to finish and read the second book in the series!!!
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS BLOG? This blog was a safe haven, a place of peace and serenity, where you could be yourself, or at least I could, and this started it all, where blogging was unleashed, and a mad tumble of comments and interesting quirks, and now it's just me and the cyberspacial breeze whistling across an abandonded blog.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway,
I have finished the sequel to Here, There Be Dragons, part of the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, and it is fantastico, so, yah.
hiya from Hayden
And so it seems, my friends, that "Start Talking Plot" has become no more. Oh, it did indeed live a long legacy, a legacy of power,and it could be looked forward to with much anticipation, to learn and enjoy the beauty of this great hall of blogging. But today, Tuesday,February 26th, 2008, the great blog with give us one more blog that captures the freedom and beauty of free expression, before we draw a curtain and breathe one final breath. But first, lets take one last look at this blog. Yes, a tribute to "Book Blogs... Start Talking Plot."
Hayden's endless array of interesting comments.
What in the name of Ferdinand the cow happened to the old blog?!?!!!!???!? I poure my heart into that thing and what do I get? A new blog! That blog was like a son to me.. and I... I...I... Can I have a moment?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, was’ sup? Want to know was’ up? I’ll tell you was’ sup. Here’s was’ sup.
You know, Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho,Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumblin' down.
That’s right folks, a synopsis. And heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere it is! Weighing in at about a paragraph of sweet persuasive words, the 2008 Royster Synopsis has all the works, with enthusiastic words, fantastic sentences to sway you toward a decision, and no typos. The Synopsis Examiner raves, “It’s … good!” And Synopsis 4 U says, “The comparison between the last one is inevitable.” And if you read it in the next five seconds, you get mortgage down till 2011!
You people have let this blog go to shambles. You're disgraceful. What is wrong with you? Can you write a blog? And how can what you write be so bad that it has to be deleted by the author? The Author. The Almighty Author. let us give thanks to The Author, who allows us on the threshold of their Blog of Power, and will give and take away what satisfies their needs. Thank you Blog Maker.
Except, how about- Cow Kid. Cow Kid, defender of dairy related objects and bovine everywhere! To the Cow Cave! Cow Kid, Cow Kid, does whatever a Cow kid does! Faster than a raging bull, more powerful than sour cream, able to leap over tall barns in a single bound, it’s Cow Kid! Look out…. for Cow Kid!
The endless battle for bbok reading between Hayden and Mrs. Duncan.
Keep Reading! I'm on my 3rd book {Hayden...where are you?] Enjoy the blog site!
Keep reading Mr. Royster. Not only do I want to read your colorful blogs, I want to see if you can BEAT me!
Mrs. Duncan, I would be honored to beat you. If I may get back to reading….
Mrs. Duncan, I would be honored to beat you. If I may get back to reading….
I'm sorry to inform you, but I have read 3 more books- and re-read another. I won't count the re-read...so that brings my total to ....ummm...hmmm, let me see.... 8! Read it and weep baby!
Oh, Mrs. Duncan, why must you torment me so? The anguish I endure, the pain I suffer. I try my hardest, yet I am beaten brutally, torn down from the position I cling to so firmly! Why, why, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???
There is only so much hurt a man can bear. I am finished, I fear.
( You can quote me on that if you like.)
The odd choices of names for bloggers.
Amier-fooper-dooper
Goldiegirl
Hanna 1fob fan
Charliechickenboy
Troyboy
and
Cowkid
The ever terror-inducing
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Oh yeah, and this thing.
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From the legend of Cow Kid, to Twilight, each person's blog is unique, different, like a snowflake, each so intricate that you can only just begin to comprehend the beauty of the blogs and the author of them. Thank, you Mrs. Duncan. And thank you, for watching.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway,
you've been a great crowd. Goodnight.
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