The End

Maybe I was bored. Maybe my mind was being lazy. Maybe I was just to tired after surgery.

For whatever reason, I stopped reading the life of Pi... Big mistake.

This is one of the best presents I have ever received, and it is an instant favorite. thank you again, Riana.

I started it in the gully. I read the first half at Kim's house in St. George. Then it got to the story, and oddly enough, that is when I stopped... until I returned to St. George this last weekend. I started when we got to my cousins house... and I couldn't stop. I fished at the Bhar's when we stopped by to watch some movies (which I didn't watch).

I estimate I read 20% of this book going 80 miles an hour. 20% in my cousins house. 58% at the Bhar's. 1.5% at my house. And 0.5% in the gully. Not bad.

I don't know if it's based on a true story or not. I tell people it is, but I don't know. Frankly, I don't want to know. I choose to believe it for what it is. Please don't tell me otherwise.

Its a bittersweet thing to finish a book. Or should I say "...to finish a 'good' book". And the feeling is amplified when its a good series. This week I will be saying goodbye to and old friend. He has been with me for eight years.

Good luck Bobby.

Buddies

I love all my book buddies, but Riana takes the cake! (sorry guys) A couple of weeks ago she asked me my address and told me she was going to send me something in the mail, and that it was a surprise, and that I couldn't buy anything until it came. NOT EVEN FOOD! So I didn't. (except a spicy chicken from Micky D's.. sorry again.) Well today I got that surprise.

They had been ordered in my name. Riana, you rock. Thank you for being a real friend.

Everyone needs a friend like you.

Fable'Heaven'

Today I finished Fablehaven 4. I read a lot of it waiting in a dentist chair for 2 hours. Then, after that, I had planned all sorts of stuff I wanted to do, but it was to late. The book got me.

Books capture me for different reasons. Great writing like "The Road" made me believe it was truly happening, and that scared and depressed me. Amazing stories like "Pendragon" and "The Hunger Games" make me wish it was really happening. Fun voice like "Leven Thumps" and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" entertain me too much to stop.

Fablehaven has a great story and is really fun, but the best thing for me is the characters.

I don't want to believe some of the things that happened in this book. When my little band of heroes felt there was no hope, I lost hope too. When they were betrayed, I felt betrayed. These are real emotions, so real that I am effected by them long after I stop reading. So if I seem a little upset sometimes, its probably because one of my friends in a book did something.

Not only was this book the best in the series so far (each book is better than the last) it was also a little more advanced and gruesome than I would expect for a kids book. Granted, those parts weren't too detailed, but it was using words I didn't even know. (Megalith? What the..?!)

I'm sad I wont be around when the final book is published, but it will be one of the first I read when I get home. I expected big things from this book and its author (judging by the title), and I wasn't disappointed. My heart was pounding 'til the last page. I need to shake this mans hand. If only I could get up the courage to knock on his door or say something to him in church. (refer to post "Best Day Ever!")

Books are my friends. They always will be.

P.S. Turns out a megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.

Best Day Ever!

I was just minding my own business, walking through the church hallways, when I recognized the person in front of me.

It was Brandon Mull! I couldn't believe it! (except

I could because I knew he went to my church) He was talking to some un-famous lady about 10 feet away. I continued to walk towards him, but couldn't think of anything to say. In the end I just passed by, wide-eyed and breathing heavily, deciding it would be rude to interrupt their conversation. I realized then that that would go down in history as one of the most exciting moment in my life. but it got better...

I went and sat down in the foyer and started listen to the talks, when I saw him coming down the hall to where I was sitting! I wanted to talk to him but, again, my mind went blank and all that came out was "hey...". Then he gave me a head nod. (which I've never really liked, but when he gave it it was cool) Later, he walked by one more time. I was so starstruck.

Its weird to think that he has probably already forgoten about the nervous looking boy at church but I will never forget it.

Needless to say, it was the best day ever.