Guest Post by Zoe Georgia Cymrot

I have been reading lots of books too. Here's the list of my favorite books:

Ramona series (all of them!)
Fudge series (all those too!)
Little House series (all of them)
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Caroline Series (American Girl)
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Uncle Wiggly's animal stories
Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

I am reading Inkspell by Cornelia Funke.  It is the second one in the series.  There is also Inkheart which is the first and Inkdeath which is the last.  It is about a girl named Meggie whose father can read things out and in to books.  This means that Meggie's father could say a person's name and a place in a sentence and the person would go into a book to that place.  When Meggie was very young, her father got a book named Inkheart.  He was reading it to her mother one night and suddenly three people came out of the book--a person named Capricorn, who is a leader of a group of evil people that are called the Fire raisers that light fires and burn down people's houses; Basta, a person with a very sharp knife; and Dustfinger, a fire dancer who can talk to fires and make them do what he says.  Dustfinger is not evil.  I do not know why he came into our world too.

Meggie's mother, Teresa, disappeared into the book.  The rule of coming in and going out is that someone has to go to the other world in order for someone from that world to come here.  Meggie was only three when this happened so she didn't remember, but when Dustfinger arrives one rainy night, and tells her the story, her whole life changes. 

My Rating: 9 owls (out of 10)

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire's parents died in a fire that burned down their house.  They got sent to Count Olaf, a nasty man that wants to get their fortune that their parents left for Violet when she got of age.  Mr. Poe, the banker who is in charge of their fortune, doesn't believe that Count Olaf is a nasty man.  Other than Mr. Poe, their next door neighbor, a judge, is the only kind person they have got.  When Count Olaf makes a show The Marvelous Marriage and the evil scheme along with it, the Baudelaires only got each other. 

This book is a very scary book but very fun and loving too.  If you liked the Percy Jackson series, then you will like this series. 

My Rating: 9 stars (out of 10)

Liars and Spy By Rebecca Stead

This book is about a boy named Georges (the "s" is silent) who moves to another house and finds a sign that says "Spy Club."  His father writes, "What time?" and when he comes back down to the lobby in his new hotel, there is another piece of paper on the board that says, "3:30."  In this club, there are two people: Safer and Cherry.  When he joins, Safer says to him that there is an evil guy that is named Mr. X living above Georges apartment and Safer ask Georges to spy on him.  When Safer goes too far, Georges wonders whether he is doing the right thing. 

My Rating: 8 owls (out of 10)

Where I've Been...

I've read 32 books since I posted last!  These included the rest of the Warriors Series (almost 24 books after the first series), Ella Enchanted, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, Shiloh and the Birchbark House. The last few we listened to in the car.

These are all really good books! The Warriors series is one of the best series I've read.  It includes lots of adventure and fun.  I'm sad that the series is over, but there are lots of new good books in the world. 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

The Percy Jackson and Olympian series (by Rick Riordan) is about a boy named Percy Jackson who figures out he is a demigod (half god, half human) and comes to a camp called Camp Half Blood.  At the camp, the Camp Director is Dionysus (god of wine) and there are twelve cabins of campers, one for each god.  At the camp, Percy Jackson meets a girl named Annabeth that he likes.  The two of them battle monsters together and go on quests.  He also meets a boy named Grover (half man, half goat) who also goes on a quest.

In this series, there are five books. There is another series named Heroes of Olympus that has three books now. Mark of Athena is coming out today.

This is my favorite series in the whole world. I hope you'll like it too.

My Rating:  10 owls (out of 10)

The First Warriors Series

My favorite character in the Warriors Series is Firepaw, Fireheart and Firestar (these are all the same cat).  In a clan there are usually three stages of life: Kit, then Apprentice (a cat that is training to be a Warrior with a mentor), then Warrior.  Firepaw wasn't a Kit in a clan because he was a kittypet while he was a Kit. A kittypet is a cat who lives with two legs (a person).  He also was a Firestar because he was a leader and a deputy.  In the stages of life, you get different names.  As a kit, a cats name ends with kit. As an apprentice, your name ends with paw.  As a warrior, your name ends with a word that describes you.  As a leader, which most cats don't get to be, your name ends with star.  As a deputy, which most cats also don't get to be, your name ends with your warrior name.

I love Fireheart because he has a lot of courage in battles and he never gives up.  For example, when the Bloodclan attacked in the 6th book in the series, he killed Scorge, their leader.  He believed that all the cats would run away because their leader died and he was right. As a leader, Fireheart had been given nine lives from Starclan (the cats that died that live in the sky).  You get nine gifts to go with the lives and one of his gifts was courage.  He is much braver than his other clan mates. 

I'm planning to read all of the books in all of the Warriors Series.  The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan is coming this week!

My Rating: 8 owls (out of 10)