Garnet Hill
by Denise Mina

Terrible book. Don’t waste your time. Drags on. Makes no sense. Terrible ending. I have nothing good to say. Just total waste.
 
 

Who Is Muhammad Ali
by James Buckley Jr

Muhammad Ali was a man who truly inspired the world with his world famous quotes like, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. Before then his name used to be Cassius Marcellus Clay. In America, in the 1940's and 50's exceptionally in the South black and white people did not mix. This was a problem back then, eventually in 54' Cassius rode a bike with his friend to the museum when his bike was stolen, there was a policeman in the building, he had said he would hit whoever was responsible. The officer was luckily a teacher for boxing and was happy to teach Cassius, as it was destiny. He was soon to discover that he would not only enjoy it, but that he was really good at it! Once in his career he even beat Sonny Lipton as he was the Heavyweight world champ! But that title was destined to belong to Muhammad Ali. And that is my short book review.
 
 

Big Nate Strikes Again
by Lincoln Pierce

When Nate's most Hated rival Gina sits right behind him things just begin to change, first Nate has to do his project with Gina, second Nate also has a fleece ball game but Gina is also in it! Then she completely ruins his chance at winning the Spoffy trophy because then she makes her "mascot" talk and it distracts Nate from hitting the ball. Obviously Nate was mad about this and realizes he had a bad day. Then Gina shows up and makes a deal to Nate, she said that if she quit fleece ball then she will do all the work, without Nate doing it because then they would sure enough lose her "academic record" of an A+. But it turned out that if Nate hadn't stepped in then she would've gotten an F because her work had to be all original, and Nate's report was all that it was original, why it was his good ol' comics. Then Gina lied about leaving fleece ball because when Randy stepped on Nate's foot Gina came in as a substitute. But at her last and only swing she hit it, what a show off! And that is my short book review.
 
 

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
by Jk Rowling

Harry potter returns for his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with his friends, Ron and Hermione. There is an upcoming tournament between the three major schools of magic, with one participant selected from each school by the Goblet of Fire. When Harry's name is drawn, even though he is not eligible and is a fourth player, he must compete in the dangerous contest. With the first task fighting dragons, and the second task of the Triwizard Tournament is to rescue something dear or important to the Champion which is being held by Merpeople deep in Hogwarts' lake. And the third task being dangers in a maze including a Blast-Ended Skrewt, a giant spider, and anti-gravity mist. The Triwizard Cup was located in the center of the maze, protected by a sphinx which posed a riddle. Harry saves Cedric once, but couldn't save him twice when Voldemort returns and kills him. And that is my short book review.
 
 

Big Nate Blasts Off
by Lincoln Pierce

In the book Big Nate Blasts Off, there is rivalry between Randy Betancourt and Nate. Also they both like Ruby, which makes an even bigger rivalry between them. Eventually Randy and Nate become friends, but they still have one challenge, defeating Jefferson's students in Ultimate Mud Bowl. The Mud Bowl is something we all learn later on that Nate's dad invented. Later on it is revealed to us that Nate's dad was looking for a job but couldn't find one, and that they might move if his last interview doesn't go well. Then Nate's dad goes to the interview and completely nailed it and got a job, which meant they didn't have to move, now the Mud Bowl, Randy and Nate become friends and Randy is revealed to be great with the Frisbee, so he agrees to help P.S.38 win the Mud Bowl, when the time for the Mud Bowl arrives Randy turned out to be a real help because they win the Mud Bowl. And that is my short book review
 
 

Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins

I loved reading about Katniss, Gale and Peeta’s love triangle.
 
 

This Land Is Their Land
by Barbara Ehrenreich

I read Nickel & Dimed and thought it was wonderful so I was looking forward to reading this book. Unfortunately it was barely readable. It was dripping with sarcasm on every page, it felt like just a rant (an opinion)not really backed by fact and the chapters were too short to get into or have anything meaningful in them. This was sad considering I completely support her premise. Disappointing read. Don’t waste your time.
 
 

Diary Of An Awesome Friendly Kid
by Jeff Kinney

This book was supposed to be all about Rowley, but Greg didn't like the idea so Rowley changed it to be about Greg and Rowley. The book take off on when and after Rowley moves to Greg's street. It started off to Rowley having no fiends and then Rowley's mom makes him read a book on how to make friends. And suggests Greg who is around the street and so off he went, Rowley arrives on Greg's resident. He says a knock-knock joke but Greg becomes confused. Fast forward he has a sleepover at Greg's and stays but, Rowley gets scared because Greg told him something Rodrick said to Greg, that outside there was a half man-half goat and then Rowley wets himself and had to go home. There are many humorous parts in this book. For example the part where Greg pretends he was a chicken, an egg appeared and Rowley actually believed him. And that wraps up my short book review.
 
 

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
by Jk Rowling

Another year at Hogwarts Harry was hoping to get permission to go to Hogsmeade, Hogsmeade was a small wizarding village that had tiny shops in it. Soon Harry's Aunt comes (Harry's Aunt is his Uncle's sister) and Harry and his Uncle agreed that if Harry behaved he could have permission to go to Hogsmeade. Obviously Harry's Aunt was treating him badly, and talking badly about Harry's parents, long story short harry got super mad and, next moment Harry's Aunt was inflating like a balloon and floated all the way outside, Uncle Vernon obviously seized one of Aunt Marge's feet but couldn't manage to grab her. Harry stormed out of Vernon's house and got picked up by a night bus. He goes to the Leaky Cauldron. Earlier before on the television Harry saw on the news that someone escaped from Azkaban, his name was Sirius Black, Who turned out to be Harry's godfather. But everyone thought he betrayed Harry's parents which lead them to their death, but it was actually Peter Pettigrew who had betrayed his parents at the last minute because Sirius changed his name as Harry's parents secret keeper and gave it to Pettigrew. It turned out that Lupin Harry's defense against the dark arts teacher was a werewolf, it would also turn out that Ron's rat Scabbers was actually Peter Pettigrew. And that is my short book review.
 
 

Bad Island
by Doug Tennapel

When Lyle, Janie, and Karen all go on a family boating trip, Reese is the only one who thinks the trip is a bad idea, Reese thinks he is old enough to stay at home, but Lyle(his father) says he's too young. Later on they crash on an island, that has all sorts of mysterious plants and animals. Next Reese falls in a hole and discovers a human skeleton that had a purse that contained a weird mysterious artifact and a journal. The artifact (which Lyle figured out) contained exactly what was on the island and also contained a map. At a later time they discover that the island they were on was actually an extraterrestrial giant that was put in Cryo-Sleep by another extraterrestrial but he wasn't a giant he was a little evil alien, which they defeat. The way they wake up the giant is the artifact was a missing piece to the giant and they needed to put it back on the giant in order to wake him up. And that is my short book review