emmReadingLog

My reading logs.

﻿  Title: The Cold War Author: David Taylor Date: 5/10/2011 Genre: Non-Fiction Rating: 2 out of 5 Plot Summary: This book is about the cold war that happened between USSR and the USA after World War 2. Personal Response: This book was boring because i wasn't interested in the topic.

Title: Candy Floss Author: Jaqueline Wilson Date:5/10/2011 Genre: Drama/ fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 Plot Summary: In this book Floss(10 years old) doesn't want to move to Australia for 6 months for her mum's boyfriend's job. She ends up staying with her dad in her hometown. They had a great time until disaster strikes and find themselves homeless about the time that Floss's mum arrives back from Australia. Mum lends Dad some money and he gets a job. Personal Response: I really like this book because it drew me in by the way the author has written the story. I definitely recommend this book for others.

Title:Dramatic Displays Author: Tim Knight Date: 5/8/2011 Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 2 out of 5 Plot Summary: This book is about ways that animals show emotion with dramatic displays.It has photographs and information suiting the the type of animal. Personal Response: This book 'Dramatic Displays' was not my kind of book it bored me because it had to much text in one spot and i think the formatting needed to be edited.

Title:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Author: Roald Dahl Date:31/6/2011 Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary: Charlie Bucket really likes to eat chocolate. Mr Willy Wonka has opened the gates to his chocolate factory to five lucky children. In the end Mr Willy Wonka only made the competition so he could choose his favourite child out of the bunch and select them to run his chocolate factory. Personal Response: This book really caught my eye. I couldn't stop reading it so I finished the book in two days. This has been one of my favourite books yet!

Title: The Magic Finger Author: Roald Dahl Date: 28/6/2011 Genre:Adventure/Fiction Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Plot summary: Girl ( the main character) loves animals and when she finds out her nieghbours are killing them girl wanted to do something about it. She figures out she has a magic finger and it zaps them on her command .In the end Girl gets pay back and losses her magic finger. Personal Response: The Magic Finger is a great family book i got through it quite quickly but it was really entertaining and I wanted to keep reading. I really like how Roald Dahl Writes his stories, I find the very interesting.

Title:Skydiving Author:Ticktock Entertainment LTD Date: 8/7/2011 Genre:Non-fiction Rating: 2 out of 5 Plot Summary: This book has interesting facts about all types of skydiving from base jumping to free falling. Personal Response: I slightly enjoyed this book but not entirely. I think that is because I'm not really into the sport.

Title: Poetry Pudding Author: New Zealand poets. Date:27/6/2011 Genre: Poetry Rating: 3 out of 5 Plot Summary:This book has lots of fun and entertaining poems to read and the authors are New Zealand poets. Response: This book was great to read, it was entertaining and very funny at times. I do recommend this book for students aged 8 - 13.

Title: Dolphins and Whales. Author: Dorling Kindersley. Genre: 11+ aged non-fiction. Date: 4/4/2011 Plot: In this book its not only about Whales and Dolphins but its also about wild sea animals like walruses, sea lions, polar bears and much more. I learned a lot of things such as * A Humpback whale can hold its breath for 30 minutes but will usually surface every 4-10 minutes. * Polar bears are excellent swimmers, using their webbed paws to pull them along. * A polar bears Latin name is "sea bear". Response: A really good book and is good for any gender as long as they are 10 years or older.Very interesting facts. Recommend: For both genders definitely. Rating 4 out of 5

Title: Midnight

Author: Jaqueline Wilson Date: 25/03/2011 Genre: Every day lifestyle/fiction. Plot: So far in the book it's about a girl called Violet and she has a brother who is adopted(hes 16 years old and very angry sometimes). His name is Will. Vilolet is sending letters to her favourite author whos name is C.D. Violet is asking questions to him that is happening to her, such as "Did your brother ever swear at you?". If I were Violet I would stand up to Will and forgive him once he apologizes sincerely. Personal Response: I think this a great book and I'm really getting into the book. I also like it because I understand everything she's going through. Recommended for girls. Rating: 4 out of 5.

Title: Lucy Willow. Author: Sally Gardener. Genre: 10-12 years fiction. Date:1/4/2011 Plot:The Willow family live on a train but then they end up on the side of the railway track with the three carriages they lived on because they couldn't afford it and they decide to live in the carriages. Then Mum has a baby which Lucy finds really annoying and starts not liking the baby called Stench. Dad gets a new job at the local garden centre and finds out that Lucy's mean, mean principle is the enemy because they run the 'Sparks Garden Centre' on the next block. That day at school Lucy's class grows sun flowers and when Lucy stuck her fingers in the soil of her flower, her fingers tingled. The next day Lucy comes to school to find that her sun flower is 3 ft tall and all the others don't even have a sprout. Mrs Sparks the mean principle said that Lucy was cheating in their class sun flower growing competition and she disqualifys her. Mrs Sparks calls heer parents into school to tell them that she has cheated and her parents thought she would never do such a thing. Dad goes back to work after the discussion with Mrs Sparks to find that the Garden Centre was trashed and he saw the tire tracks of Mr Sparks vehicle in the drive way. Then the boss of Dad got really stressed and worried and his wife took him on holiday to stop the worrying and they left Dad in charge. Then while his bosses were away the most popular couple in the world came in and requested specific types of roses for their up coming wedding. Dad said he would order them in as soon as possible when he had no idea what they were. He called his bosses and they came home and the wedding was a success. Response: I like the way the authors made the story with lots of problems in it. If I were Lucy Willow I'd stand up to Mrs Sparks and tell her that I wasn't cheating. I recommend this book for girls only because boys wouldn't like it. Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Title: The English Roses:Goodbye Grace? Author: Madonna. Genre: 11-12.5 years fiction. Date: 2/4/2011 Plot: Grace loves football but when she notices her parents are acting strangely, not even football or the attention of the boy of her dreams makes her feel better. There was evidence that she may be moving to Paris. But when her mum calls a family meeting, it was announced that they were acually strongly thinking about moving to Paris but didn't because Dad got offered a new job and they could live happily at the same home. Response: I love reading the series and how Madonnas made the stories modern and especially for tweens my age. Recommend: Definitely for girls but not for boys! Rating: 4 out of 5.

Title: The English Roses: Friends For Life. Author: Madonna. Genre: 11-12.5 years fiction. Date: 3/4/2011 Plot: This book is no ordinary book. Inside it has questions asking all the people in the English Roses. It has tips at the end of the book for all sorts of things like studying, what's inside one of their purses, saving tips and even how to have good manners! At the back there is quiz for you to find out which one of the English Roses you are. Response: Interesting details about the characters. Recommend: For girls only! Rating: 3 out of 5.