The Black Circle by Patrick Carman

A strange telegram leads Amy and Dan deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the intials NRR, the telegram starts the race to uncover the treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth behind the murder of the last royal family of Russia. But all too soon, the treasure hunts begins to seem like a Lucian trap, but the bait just might be irresistible...what will Amy and Dan risk to find out how their parents REALLY died?

The fifth book in the exciting 39 Clues series. This book was very interesting because it revealed something totally new about the Lucians! I also got to learn quite some new information on Russia, a place that I've never studied and I didn't know much about, so yeah.

Tentacles by Roland Smith

Since Marty and Grace's parents disappeared on an assignment from a nature magazine, Grace and Marty are left in their Uncle Wolfe's care. But Uncle Wolfe maybe be a bit odd and kooky, but he is an anthropologist, a scientist interested and dedicated to studying and hunting cryptids, creatures that are said to be long forgotten and extinct (or never proved to existed). Now Uncle Wolfe is planning a trip to New Zealand to find the famed giant squid and he even rented a giant freighter that just might be haunted. But someone on board is trying to sabotage and stop the missions, and if Marty and Grace keep snooping around, they just might be the saboteur's next victims!

I loved the sequel almost as much as the first one! This one was definetly a worthy sequel. Usually sequels suck but this one was amazing and the ending, wow, amazing cliff hanger! I really hope there is going to be a sequel!

Vacations from Hell by Various

A collection of stories by five amazing writers about vacations gone awry. Pack your bags for five stories worth dying for.

Well, that's pretty much all I can tell you. But I liked this book, though its not as good as the book "Prom Nights from Hell" another book in the "From Hell" series. I was very excited to find out there are two more in this "series"! "Dates from Hell" and "Love is Hell"! I can't wait to read them because in Dates, Kelley Armstrong writes one of them and she is one of my favorite authors!

Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson

Betrayed by their cousins, abandoned by their uncle, and with only the vaguest and slimmest hint to guide them, Amy and Dan rush off to Egypt on the hunt for the next clue. But when they arrive, Amy and Dan get something completely unexpected - A message from their dead grandmother, Grace. Was Grace set out to help her two grandchildren? Or are Dan and Amy headed for the greatest betrayal of them all?

This is the fourth book of the 39 Clues series. This book was obviously equally exciting and suspenseful as the first four. And since I love Egyptian history and am quite knowlegable about Egyptian history, this book was especially enjoyable.

Downriver by Will Hobbs

Downriver by Will Hobbs, Book - Barnes & Noble: "No adults, no permit, no river map. Just some 'borrowed' gear from Discovery Unlimited, the outdoor education program Jessie and her new companions have just ditched. Jessie and the others are having the time of their lives floating beneath sheer red walls, exploring unknown caves and dangerous waterfalls, and plunging through the Grand Canyon's roaring rapids. No one, including Troy, who emerges as the group's magnetic and ultimately frightening leader, can forsee the challenges and conflicts.


What will be the consequences of their reckless adventure?"

Well, I actually had to read this for Mr. Wobbema's class (Language Arts), but I ended up liking it, unlike most people of my grade, who ended up hating it. This book actually made me excited to go to L.A. to read it, and the first action-adventure I have read in a long time. The only two people I didn't like much in the book was Jessie and Troy.....My favorite was Adam and Star though.

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

If you met Chloe a few weeks ago, you would probably thinks he was just a regular girl---someone normal. But her life has changed forever and is never going to be the same.

She's a living science expieriment. Not only can she see ghosts, she can also talk and bring them back to life. She was genetically altered by an organization called the Edison Group.

Now running for her life with three other supernaturalists, a charming sorcerer, a cynical werewolf and a disgruntled witch, she has to fund someone who can help...unless the Edison Group finds them first.

Ha, this is one of the first summaries in a long time I wrote in a long time! I'm proud of myself. This book was sooo good and I simply loved it! I loved reading about supernaturalists and stuff like that. All the characters are likeable (except for Edison Group of course!) and act like they are real! PS: This is the 2nd book in the series. The first one is "The Summoning"

Max by James Patterson

Max by James Patterson{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX:_A_Maximum_Ride_Novel}

The Flock have barely recovered from their Antarctica adventure before they are pulled into another one. Millions of fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii and something—or someone—is destroying hundreds of ships. The government enlists their help to find out the cause after being unable to themselves. While the Flock is undertaking the task, a criminal mastermind is tracking their every move. Then, Max's mother is kidnapped and is being held in an underground submarine. The flock must try to save the ocean, Max's mother, and protect themselves from the criminal mastermind's own ideas for them. During the struggles, Fang and Max's relationship makes progress and strengthens, causing Max to realize the feelings she has for Fang.

Yer. I honestly think these books are amazing. I really love them. Lawl, it took Max long enough for her to realize she has feelings for Fang. This book is exciting and kept me excited til the very end. Can't wait for the next book "Fang" to come out!

The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis

The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangi{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sword_Thief}

The book starts with Dan and Amy in a Venice airport. There, Ian and Natalie Kabra steal their plane tickets and board a plane where their au pair, Nellie, already is seated. Then, Amy and Dan are then forced to team up with Alistair Oh and fly with him on his private plane to Japan. Together they learn about Toyotami Hideyoshi, the greatest warrior in the history of Japan, and the son of the first Tomas.
While Amy, Dan, and Alistair are researching, the Holts take them captive, forcing them to lead the Holts to the possible site of a clue—a Tokyo subway station. When a train approaches, the Holts run. Amy's foot gets stuck in the tracks, and Dan struggles to pull her out. Before the train hits them, Alistair pulls them out of the way into a hidden room. Amy is saved but suffers a sprained ankle.
In the room, they find a haiku, which tells them to use geometry to find Hideyoshi's treasure. Later, they find some geometric shapes, but are chased by the Yakuza, who throw shurikens at them. They are rescued by Nellie, who has struck a deal with, and is accompanied by, the Kabras. When the Kabras give Amy and Dan a small coin of importance to the search, the two Cahills agree to join forces with the Kabras. They decode another message in the shapes, and some English letters. The message tells them to go to Korea.

This was a great book. Yep. This is the third book in the 39 Clues series. This is my favorite out of all the ones I read (1,2,3), I don't know why, but this one I was more interested in. Lol, maybe because there's a little romance between Ian and Amy.

One False Note by Gordon Korman

One False Note by Gordon Korman

{From Barnes and Noble.Com}

"THIS JUST IN! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. BUT WAIT! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects ALSO sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. UPDATE! Amy and Dan have been seen in a car . . . no, in a speedboat chase . . . and HOLD EVERYTHING! They're being chased by an angry mob?!?

When there's a Clue on the line, anything can happen."

Now, Amy and Dan are following Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Nannerl Mozart's path of life to discover where the clue and the mysterious music came from.

Hehe. Honestly, I liked this book better than the first one though it was still a bit boring. I liked the same thing from the first book, how it told about some famous person in history, this time Mozart and his sister. It was so cool to find out all this stuff about Mozart and his "mysterious" sister.

The Maze Of Bones by Rick Riordan

The Maze Of Bones by Rick Riordan

{From Barnes and Noble.Com}

"Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her descendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue."Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 Clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and young Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what REALLY happened to their parents."

Now, Amy and Dan, along with their "au pair" babysitter Nelly, must travel to France and follow Ben Franklin's footprints through his last few years of life.

This is not the best book by Rick Riordan, because it was sooo boring until like the last eight chapters. But I liked how it gave so much information about Ben Franklin, its kind of cool when in Social Studies and I hear about Ben Franklin and how I learned it from this book.

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

{Summary/Overview from Barnes and Noble.com}

"Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. "

YAY! The 2nd book! I really love this book, though I liked the first one better. I'm soooo against the couple Peeta and Katniss, its just so...fake and all a show, along with being a one-sided love. I like Katniss and Gale together, because they have been friends for a long time and actually care for each other! Oh, and there goes me babbling again.

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

{From Wikipedia}

"Percy Jackson, his friends, and the Olympians fight in a war resembling the original war between the Greek gods and the Titans and in a final battle with the powerful Titan, Kronos. They ultimately defeat Kronos in the battle and Olympus is saved. Many fight for Olympus, including the Hunters of Artemis, dryads, satyrs, naiads, and tree nymphs, Chiron's centaur cousins the Party Ponies, and the hellhound Mrs. O' Leary. They have to defend Mt. Olympus while defeating Kronos' huge army of rogue half-bloods, dracaenae, Hyperboreans, Laestrygonians, telekhines and hellhounds..."

[opinions contains spoilers]

This is the last book of the Percy Jackson series. It was amazing, and I really liked the ending, though I didn't really want Luke to die, because he was one of my favorite characters odd enough. But I was really sad that this was the last book, I wanted it to keep going! But oh well.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games take place in the future in the ruins of North America known as Panem. In Panem, there is a rich capital and twelve poorer districts. As a punishment from previously rebelling against the capital, each year, each district have to send one boy and one girl, between the age of twelve and eighteen, who are know as tributes, to the Hunger Games; a brutal battle to the death that is filmed as entertainment to all the districts. This story is about Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen year old girl who voluteers to take her younger sister Prim's place in the Hunger Games, also participating, is Peeta Mellark, a boy Katniss knows from school and once gave her bread that risked his chance of being beaten by his parents.

When Katniss and Peeta are shipped off to the Capital, where they meet the other tributes and are shown to all the districts. During the showing, Peeta declares his long-time undying love for Katniss, Katniss thinks this is an act to gain more sponsors from the districts, this is important because sponsors can send gifts to the tributes during the games.

And soon the Hunger Games begun, as Peeta and Katniss fight together to survive.

I absolutely loved this book, it was simply amazing. I love Suzanne Collin's book, especially the Hunger Games and Catching Fire and Gregor the Overlander series.

The Battle Of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Battle Of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

After being attacked by monster cheerleaders at his new school where his soon-to-be stepdad is the principal, he soon returned to Camp Half Blood where he learns about "The Labyrinth". During a game at camp, Percy and Annabeth soon found a entrance to the Labyrinth where Luke led his army straight into the heart of camp!

Now Percy has to use to Labyrinth to find Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth, so Luke cannot get Ariadne's string which can keep him from getting lost in the large Labyrinth. And if Percy finds it, he can foil Luke's plan of attacking his precious camp. But will he survive in a place where many people failed?

I LOVE the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, its really good! This is the fourth book in the series. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is interested in Greek Mythology or just like a good adventure about a boy of fourteen. :)