Amulet of Samarkand Review

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The Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid. This book is written by Rick Riordan, one of my favorite authors. He wrote the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series, my favorite series. This book has much the same plot as the other books that he has written. Two kids named Sadie, and Carter Kane go to the British Museum, they are told to lock the curator in his office. They then find there father writing with some sort of magical tool on the Rosseta Stone. They try to stop there dad, and the next thing that happens is they wake up from unconsciousness to see there dad talking to a "Fiery Man". Then, the Fiery Man makes a coffin around their dad, and makes it sink through the floor. They soon find out that they can read hieroglyphics, but they aren't sure how. They are then forced to go with their uncle to Brooklyn. He has an Egyptian castle. They aren't to sure about there uncle, but they go with him anyways. I am only on page 56, and this much has happened. I look forward to reading the rest of the book, there are 521 pages!

Do you like books by Rick Riordan?

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The Worst Book Ever

I have talked about good books, but not about bad books. I have only read a few bad books, but if I do find one I put it back ASAP. I think that the worst book that I have ever read would be a manga called Baby Please Kill Me. This is the worst book that I have ever read (It's actually a manga) because it has no plot, flat characters, and no reason to even write it. Why would you write this, it's terrible. Worst Book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!! Never Read it. I usually don't rip books like this, but this book deserves it, I got tired of it after about 6 pages. Sorry to anyone who likes this book, but it's awful. I need to stop before I kill myself.



In your opinion, what's the worst book you have ever read.

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Books that I'm Reading Right Now.

I don't often like to read a bunch of books at the same time, but right now, I am reading a few books, and manga's. One that I am teading is the Vladimir Tod series, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, a manga called Rocket Princess (Look at one of my other posts), and a manga called One Piece. I also just finished reading a book called Soldier Boy's, and a book called F My Life. I think that my favorite out of these books is either The Bartimaeus Trilogy (The first one, called The Amulet of Samarkand), or the Vladimir Tod Series (The Second one, called Ninth Grade Slays [you have to read the first book to understand the title]). I think that they are better than the others, because they blend a mystery, with action, and suspense. I love that type of writing. My favorite genre I guess would be "Young Adult", or some sort of fantasy, action mix. I would strongly recommend all of the books that I just listed.

Here is a link to a site on the Bartimaeus trilogy, on Amazon. 

What books are you reading right now?
What is your favorite genre?
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Favorite Series

Hello Everyone! My favorite series is Percy Jackson & The Olympians, by Rick Riordan. This series is about a kid who finds out that he is a demigod, a half human-half God. His name is Persius Jackson. His Dad is Posiedon, the god of the sea. Percy soon finds out that he is in mortal danger, because he is a son of the "Big Three", (Posiedon, Zeus, and Hates). These God's were not supposed to have kids, but they did anyway. Percy's mom takes him to a camp called "Camp Half-Blood". This is for demigod's just like Percy. On the way to the camp, Percy has to fight the Minotaur, a famous monster, that is half bull, half man. While fighting this monster, Percy's mother dies. This gives Percy the strength to kill the Minotaur. Percy wakes up in Camp Half Blood, with a Cenataur (A half man-half horse) That he soon finds out is his former teacher, Mr. Brunner. Percy finds out that Zeus's famous lighting bolt has been stolen. Zeus has blamed this task on Posiedon, and Percy. Percy then goes on a quest to find the lighting bolt. He eventually finds it after fighting Medusa, The Hydra, and taming Ceberus with a little rubber ball. He brings it back, and all is well. Except for the Titans, they were the ones who came up with the plot of stealing Zeus's lighting bolt. They plan on taking over the world. This all just happens in the 1st book. You should read the 2nd, 3rd,4th,and 5th books, it gets better. The order that the books go in is: 1 The Lighting Thief. 2 The Sea Of Monsters. 3 The Titans Curse. 4 The Battle of the Labyrinth. 5 The Last Olympian.

Here are some other great series that I would suggest reading. The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonothan Stroud, The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, The Everest series, by Gordon Korman, The Island series by Gordon Korman, The Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau, The Vladimir Tod Series by Heather Brewer, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (This is an assumed name), and of course the Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling.




What's your favorite series?

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Why Do You Like to Read?

I like to read because it gives you an activity that is much better than playing video-games, or watching TV. I also like to read, because if the book is good, you feel like you are a character in this book. I like to read every day, I like to read when I am outside
as opposed to reading inside, that way, it's actually healthy for you.





Why do you like to read?
Where do you read?

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Rocket Princess. WTC?

I'm reading this manga called Rocket Princess. In case you didn't know, a manga is a Japanese comic that is read from right to left. I started reading manga when my friend, who is obsessed with them, basically forced me to read it. Some of these manga are pretty funny, but in my opinion some are really stupid. Rocket Princess is one of those manga that is so stupid, it's funny.

Rocket Princess is about this girl who is created genetically by a scientist. This girl meets a boy named Kan-Chan. Kan-Chan is very "Macho", and he wins every fight he gets into. So when RP ( Rocket Princess) beats him up, he gets pretty mad. Kan-Chan soon develops a crush on RP, and she is too childish to notice. This and many other things happen in this manga, so you should read it.



Have you ever read a manga?
If so, what was it, and was it good?
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readers questionnaire

Hi everyone, here is a questionnaire that I had to fill out. You may want to check it out.





1. What do you like to read? (fiction, nonfiction, books, articles, newspapers, websites) Describe what you read and why.
2. What is (are) your favorite books(s) ever? Why?
3. What is your favorite genre? (fantasy, sci-fi, young adult, mystery, suspense, etc.)
4. How often do you read?
5. List a few of the books you’ve read in the last year?
6. What book(s) would you strongly recommend to your friends? Why?
7. What books are you interested in reading, but haven’t had a chance to read?
8. How do you find books to read?
9. Imagine the perfect book you'd like to read this summer. What's it about - fiction or non-fiction? Who are the characters? What happens in it?







1. I like to read all of those types of books. I just love to read.
2. The Lightning Thief, and The Hunger Games are my favorite books. I like them because they both have a unique type of story telling, that pulls you in, and keeps you reading. Also The Lightning Thief is very funny in a cynical way.
3. Young-Adult.
4. Every Day.
5. Leviathan, Code Orange, The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan, Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, and many others.
6. The Hunger Games. Because it has a very good way of telling a story, and once you start reading it, you just can’s stop.
7. The Eragon series.
8. I just look for good books at the Library.
9. An action-mystery in which there are three characters. These characters are brought together to a secret agency that trains kids to hunt terrorists World-Wide. These kids are from Kentucky, Russia, and Swaziland. They are sent on a mission to hunt down a terrorist in Iran, when they stumble upon a mysterious medallion. It turns out that this medallion can transport you to where you want to go. At first they want to use it for there own good, but then they use it to try to catch the terrorist. Eventually they find the terrorist dead in a cave. What happened to him? And what happened to the medallion? It disappeared in the middle of the night. What do they do now?

I would love for you to leave a comment on anything on this page.