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What I love now

I am currently watching season 4 of 'Heroes', and reading Hood.'

My Parents’ House Rules

I have been granted the freedom to decide what to watch and what not to watch, as long as it is not rated R.

In My Free Time

My hobbies include reading and playing hockey, as well as writing and watching movies and TV shows. Also I love to worship God

Titles You’ve Reviewed

  • Book: Brisingr: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 3

    I rate this titleiffyand give it4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    Exciting, but the pacing could have and SHOULD have been much better. This was simply overlong...

    To start off, I did enjoy this book. I am rather a machine as far as reading is concerned, so I didn't have any trouble getting through this long novel. However, many Paolini fans will have ...

  • Book: Eldest: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 2

    I rate this titleonand give it4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content

      The pacing has much to be desired, but I really loved this book.

      I really loved this book. The writing has definitely improved, and as the story unfolds, I am more and more falling for Paolini's world. It still feels like Middle Earth, but Paolini has his own ...

    • Book: Eragon: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 1

      I rate this titleonand give it4.0
      My concerns are:
      • Excessive violence

        The writing is a bit choppy, and it is copied off of The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars for sure, so it seems, but I loved it anyway!

        Many people automaticaly hate this book series because of its similarities to The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. The world of Alagaesia is very much like Middle Earth, and the plot itself is almost ...

      • Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

        I rate this titleonand give it5.0
        My concerns are:
        • Excessive violence

        • My highlights are:
        • Positive messages
        • Good role models

        Long years the many MANY loyal fans have awaited this... Was it worth the wait?

        WAS this worth the wait? You betcha. Seven. SEVEN novels there are in this series, and the finale is everything we could have hoped for and much more. I highly reccomend this series to everyone, as ...

      • Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

        I rate this titleonand give it5.0
        My concerns are:
        • Excessive violence
        • Inappropriate sexual content

        • My highlights are:
        • Positive messages
        • Good role models

        INCREDIBLE book puts into perspective just how desperate the struggle against Voldemort really is.

        Relationships bloom, the stakes are raised, and we begin to learn more about the enemy, while at the same time losing allies and gaining new and dangerous foes. What more could you ask from the ...

      • Book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

        I rate this titleonand give it5.0
        My concerns are:
        • Excessive violence
        • Inappropriate language

          One Word: Astonishing

          The pacing in this book is unrivaled, except by the other Potter books, and takes monumental steps in the storyline. It is very long, and yet it never sags or becomes boring and dull even once. The ...

        • Book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

          I rate this titleonand give it5.0
          My concerns are:
          • Excessive violence

          • My highlights are:
          • Positive messages
          • Good role models

          Rowling is the Grand Master of pacing.

          I just want to start by saying that this is an absolutely magical piece of literature. Adults and teens are guaranteed to have fallen in love with Prisoner of Azkaban, and of course this one. These ...

        • Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

          I rate this titleonand give it5.0

            • My highlights are:
            • Positive messages
            • Good role models

            Rowling proves herself to be quite the genious of an author.

            Far too many book series will have a successful first book, and then the second and third books follow the exact same formula, and this results simply as just more of the same. This is not so with ...

          • Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

            I rate this titleonand give it5.0
            My concerns are:
            • Excessive violence

            • My highlights are:
            • Positive messages
            • Good role models

            This second installment breaks no new ground, but is an astonishing book anyway.

            This book follows the same formula as the Sorcerer's Stone, and while it appears at first that no new ground has been made, twists and turns are often and astonishing, and in the end, the events ...

          • Book: Hatchet

            I rate this titleiffyand give it5.0

            A simply BRILLIANT book. A must read for 10 year olds and up.

            I really enjoyed this book. Seeing as I am 14 and the main character in this book is 13, I related with the character really well. This is an intense and captivating tale of survival, and I dare say ...

          • Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

            I rate this titleonand give it5.0

              • My highlights are:
              • Positive messages
              • Good role models

              The Harry Potter series can easily turn non readers into reading fanatics.

              As the csm review says, for parents tired of the hours spent playing video games by their kids, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the solution. It's a marvelous book that will appeal ...

            • Book: The Fellowship of the Ring

              I rate this titleiffyand give it5.0

                • My highlights are:
                • Positive messages
                • Good role models

                An Absolutely Fabulous book to be enjoyed and marveled at by older tweens and up!

                The reason I rated this iffy for 12 year olds is not due to content but simply because I am unsure whether kids under 12, and in fact even some 12 year olds, will be able to get through this book. If ...

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