Book Groups - Again

As the same as last year, we have Book Groups. This year we have a wider selection of books, one of them was 'Tangerine' written by Edward Bloor. This book is about a boy by the name of Paul Fisher, he moves towns and is stuck in a place where tangerine trees were a mere folklore and muck fires, rains, and lightning appear at the same precise time of the day. He struggle to fit in with a mysterious eye injury, he fights to survive in Lake Windsor Middle School until disaster strikes, he is forced to move to Tangerine Middle. He meets a few friends and enemies.

My Book Group consisted of Paolo, James, Astin, Matthew, Sam V. and me. I thought that we would struggle because I certainly didn't think that this group will co-operate well, until the 'Crackers' were announced again. 'Crackers' is pretty much equal to chips, biscuits, chocolate, and candy. The first two times we couldn't conquer the challenge of Book Groups, but eventually we did.

I really liked the Book Groups, it was a great experience to have.

A Book I Read . . .

When I was five, someone gave me a big, purple book about the history of cars. I'm sorry but I've long forgotten the title and author, but I remember all the details of the information. At first I had no interest in reading the huge and intimidating book, I didn't even open it until a few years later when I was seven. When I opened the book, I ws surprised, the book was full of pictures and text filling the page with just the perfect amount of words.

As I read it, my interest in cars grew bigger and bigger, I started to memorize the car brands of passing cars and their logos. My dad then gave me a huge collection of 'Hot Wheels' and 'Matchbox' car models. Soon I had a huge shelf with the cars displayed on them, I kept on reading until the end and I was shocked with the outcome of the book. The book included information about the first forms of transport, horse carriages, to the modern cars. It also talks about army vehicles, trucks, buses, and even the biggest vehicle made!

I really enjoyed this book, and now I have a clear idea of the timeline of cars. And this book not only talks about cars but planes and boats too. 

Have you read anything related to the history of vehicles?

3 Movies I Watched in the Holidays!

Captain America - The Winter Soldier

First of all, this movie has a big twist that I don't think anyone was expecting. Marvel has done really good movies over the past years, but this one was one of the best, yet not quite. This Marvel movie revolved around Captain America and the famous T.V. series, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Captain America works with Agent Romanoff (Black Widow) and Nick Fury to stop some bad people from launching Helicarriers satellites that have the power to destroy threats. And their assassin, The Winter Soldier, is sent to destroy the S.H.I.E.L.D rebels from stopping them. And the rest is in the movie. Over all, this movie is a thriller and is suitable for everyone to enjoy. 

Divergent - Based on the book written by Veronica Roth

Before you watch the movie, as always, you must read the book, or else, the story is spoiled. This movie is about a girl who is different, and this makes her powerful, yet, desired to be destroyed by an evil person, by the name of Jeanine Matthew. She under goes an aptitude test which should help her decide on her choice out of five factions, based on human virtues. The girl, called Beatrice Prior, will meet many friends, but more enemies. She can't trust anyone, or else her life is in jeopardy. Friends might turn on friends, but who? I personally enjoyed this book, and I think everyone should read it. If you liked the Hunger Games, this book is definitely for you.

The Amazing Spiderman - Rise of Electro

This movie by Marvel is the second out of the Amazing Spiderman. This movie is pretty much all action and adventure. Sadly, someone dies, unexpectedly. But, this movie is the best out of all the Spiderman movies. This is because there is two villains, Electro who wants to take electricity from the city because he was always bullied as an adult at work, and Harry Osborn, who wants revenge on Spiderman, because he thinks Spiderman's blood can cure a sickness his father died of that he now will enevitably have.

What movie do you think sounds the best out of these three?
Did you see any movies in the holidays?