Saturday, November 26, 2011

"Bras & Broomsticks" - By Sarah Mlynowski


       "Bras & Broomsticks." If the cover doesn't catch your attention, the title will.
       The story is about Rachel, a freshmen in highschool who's busy trying to achieve her goal of making it in the A-list crowd, snagging a hot boyfriend, and getting her BFF back when she finds out her little sister, Miri, is a witch.

      Getting over the fact that Rachel seems to have missed the magical gene, she decides to convince Miri (who isn't supposed to use magic yet) to poof her into the cool group -- that is, as long as mom (who's a witch too) doesn't find out. And then comes the little problem of STBSM (or "soon to be step-monster"), STB for short. STB has to go. Dad has to realize what a horrible person STB is and call off the wedding before it's too late.

      With Miri and her spell book and Rachel's math skills, they have to split dad and STB up, get someone (maybe Raf) to invite Rachel to the spring dance, and all without messing up too badly. .

        "Bras & Broomsticks" is a funny, lighthearted story about a girl who realizes what is most important in life, and how it doesn't has anything to do with her cup size.

Friday, November 18, 2011

"A Walk To Remember" - By Nicholas Sparks

    I really thought I had written about this book already. But there are no traces of it anywhere. Twilight Zone moment. . Doo-dee-dee-doo. . .

    I had to finished this book before I could do anything. It was that good. It's an adorable and touching story that stays with you and makes you think about the quality and importance of your life. That's what got me the most. I'm a Christian, and I want people to think of me like they did of Jamie. They thought she was weird because of her faith, they thought she was annoying because of her kindness, and none of that stopped her, she kept on being herself. I love that.

    If you haven't watched the movie, which I did before reading the book (that didn't ruin it for me so you know), the story is about Landon Carter, the bad boy in town who somehow finds himself falling for Jamie Sullivan, the pastor's daughter (uh oh). Jamie changes him in ways he never thought possible, and he learns something, about himself. And about Jamie.