The Perfect Storm

I have just read a book called ' The Perfect Storm'. The book was written by Sebastian Junger. It was an adventure story that was set on a sailing ship in the middle of the ocean.

The writing in this book was small and really hard to read. The language was hard to understand, they did however explain ,ay of the words that i found difficult to understand at the end of the book. All through the book they talk about wind travelling at 100 knots, the word knots i thought was describing the knot in a piece of string,after reading the meaning to the word at the back of the book i found out they were actually talking about the speed of the wind.

The book was all about a crew of fishermen on board a sailing ship out on a fishing trip. The crew were to expierence many problems while out on this trip, they had a broken ice machine that meant they could not catch any fish as they had nowhere to store them onboard the ship. This was to be the least of there worries as there was a freak storm on the way and it was heading straight for them. Did the crew survive? Please read the book you may just be surprised.

Despite this being a book that i was not really fond of i would still give it a rating of four.

Reaching For The Stars

I have just read a book called ' Reaching For The Stars'. The book was written by Lola Jaye. The book followed a young lass in her bid to become a writer.

The book had text that was easy to read and understand. I really enjoyed this stroy and i would recommend it to anyone.

The story was all about a young lass who had a dream that one day she would become a writer. While working everyday tokeep herself, Lola Jaye managed to have the energy to write every evening and all through the weekend. Lola finished writing and sent off many manuscripts to many different editors. Lola was starting to lose intrest in writing due to all the rejection letters that she was recieving. After many years her life was about to change, but how? Did she get the publishing contract that she desperately wanted? You must read the book and find out, i would highly recommend it.

I would give this book a star a rating of four, it was very well written and contained many twists and turns but they always worked themselves out in the end.

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The Kite Runner by khaled Hosseini

This story is set in Afghanistan, and centres around the lives of two 12 year old boys. Hassan and his father are servants to Amir and his father. The boys are best friends. Hassan is fiercely loyal to Amir, but his loyalty is not reciprocated. Hassan is badly let down by Amir when he is brutally attacked one day, and Amir does nothing to help. As a result of this, and lies told by Amir, their lives take separate paths. Amir has to live with the shameful knowledge that he failed his best friend, but he vows to return to Afghanistan, and find a way to right the terrible wrong he has done.
This is a riveting tale of loyalty, bullying, rape, self loathing, love, and finally - triumph. It is a story that I have remembered long after I closed the book.

The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas

I agree with Janice, this book is a great read and can give the impression that you are reading a true story. The writer has been very clever, by writing the story from the child’s prospective the horrors of what is actually going on with the various characters Bruno interacts with is left very much to the readers imagination. For readers with some knowledge of what happened at this point in history this brings the story vividly to life. Whilst the writers methods mean the book could also be used as a tool encouraging discussion of a painful part of history that should never be forgotten. Once I got into the story I couldn’t put the book down and the ending stayed with me long after the final page closed.

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

The book was fiction but you would think it was non-fiction when you read it as it’s set in the beginning of World War 2.

The story is about a boy Bruno who lives with his family in Berlin. Bruno’s family have to move from their home to Poland. Their new home is next to a concentration camp. At first Bruno has no one to play with so he set off to explore his new home. He meets a boy called Shmuel who is the same age as him and is like a skeleton with short hair and a uniform that to Bruno looks like striped pyjamas. The boys get very close and meet every day at the fence where Bruno brings food for Shmuel.

One day Shmuel's dad goes missing. Shmuel gets Bruno a pair of striped pyjamas and he goes under the fence to help Shmuel to find his father. Bruno gets his eyes opened at what is really going on there. You will have to read the book to enjoy it as I did.

I would recommend this book. I enjoyed getting into the boys way of thinking. It was hard at first but as you get into the book you can see yourself there and the ending was not what I thought it would be.

The black horse

The story I read was based on a western theme. It was about Big Jack Corrigan a Bounty Hunter operating within the law to bring his quarries back to justice dead or live. However for Big Jack, it had to be dead every time. The law took objection to this. So when Corrigan and his henchmen set off in pursuit of the bank robber and killer Pearly Gilles and his gang, deputy US marshal Lee Saleen followed facing the unusual task of trying to stop the bounty hunter from killing the killers. Surrounded by enemies, how would Saleen cope against the overwhelming odds? Read this book and you will enjoy finding out.
A good read lots of excitement!