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                 I recently read the first book of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, a short comedy sci-fi that follows the intergalactic travels of a very mismatched crew of aliens, humans, and animals. The main character, Arthur Dent, is the only human aboard the ship. He’s joined by his friend Ford Prefect (an alien researcher for the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who’s been stranded on Earth for 15 years), Zaphod Beeblebrox (the two-headed, ex-hippie, President of the Galaxy), Trillian Astra (mathematician and astrophysicist), a guy named Veet Voojagig, Marvin the perpetually depressed robot, and two hyper-intelligent mice. Arthur and Ford escape Earth moments before it’s demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and from there, the story evolves into a quest involving a fabled planet and the meaning of life. The humor is definitely the main component of this novel and is what keeps it going. The author’s...

In my opinion, a Kindle or different type of digital reader is better than a physical book. This is of course always a decision that has to be made by each specific reader, but these are a few reasons why I believe this. In this article, I am going to be arguing specifically for a Kindle because that is where most of my knowledge and experience is centralized. The main argument that people make against Kindles is that they don’t “feel” like a book when you’re holding it. Honestly, I don’t have a great argument against that. Yes, it doesn’t feel like a book and there is no paper or physical pages. It feels a bit weird at first, but I adjusted to the feel pretty fast. If you’re not someone who can get used to a different feel, then a Kindle might not be for you. For me, the different feel was positive. I can leave my book open on the counter while I’m doing other things and I know I won’t lose my page if the book accidentally closes. It is very light and thin, so you can just throw it ...

I first read When Stars Are Scattered in sixth grade, because it was on the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award list. It’s inspired by Omar Mohamed’s real life story. When I first read it, I thought it was pretty good, but now that I have more appreciation for the deep themes inside the book, I love it even more. When Stars Are Scattered is narrated by Omar, an adolescent Somalian refugee. He lives in a refugee camp called Daadab, with his younger brother, Hassan. Hassan has a disability that limits his ability to speak (he can only say one word), and he sometimes has seizures. Hassan is also the only blood-related family Omar has left; their father was killed in Somalia, and their mother has not been found. The book follows Omar’s day-to-day life in the refugee camp as they hope and pray for a better life. The fact that it’s narrated by Omar and not in third person gives the reader a unique window into his frustrations, worries, complicated emotions as a refugee. This book conta...

 Hi guys, in this blog I'll be going over the classic Peanuts comic series by Charles Schulz. Peanuts has been a world favorite ever since Schulz began writing it in 1950. Throughout my childhood, I have been reading these strips online and in The Complete Peanuts collections of the strips between the years. I have read almost every single Peanuts strip in existence, as when I was younger, I had nothing better to do during my free time. In this blog I’ll overview the strips from the 1950s to 1960s. Peanuts consists of quite a few characters: The main 2 characters showing up are Charlie Brown and Snoopy, showing up 8588 and 7744 times in strips respectively. Charlie Brown is often portrayed as a “wishy-washy” person, with a somewhat weak personality, often giving in to other people. He often has a lot of bad luck, shown in his many kite flying accidents and baseball games. A recurring pattern in these strips is when Charlie Brown chickens out of doing something, and everyone get...

 Hello all,      Sorry for the late post, but the book I've been working on is surprisingly long and hard to get through. Instead of doing a list of books I want to read or complaining about my long book for four paragraphs, I figured I could find a quick interesting read, and I feel that I was well rewarded.      Event Horizon: Dark Descent  is actually a prequel to Event Horizon  (1997 film) that follows a government group who have just figured out how to teleport, go light speed, or create a wormhole. I'm not entirely sure. The head scientist has been grieving the death of his wife but continues to work. He achieves breakthrough after breakthrough all because of the visits from his wife in his dream. Eventually the space shuttle is ready and the crew sets off. Every crew member but one is running from something whether it be cancer, the death of a loved one or an abusive relationship. The crew engages the fancy machinery and gets goin...

I decided to read  this story because I was looking for a short book that wouldn’t take too much time, but still had a good plot and was worth reading. I wasn’t sure I could find a book like this, but thankfully, A Long Walk to Water exceeded both my expectations! A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park follows the stories of two eleven year old children. It focuses on the story of Salva, set in 1985, and the story of Nya, set in 2008. Both stories take place in Sudan. Salva is on what seems like a never-ending walk to safety after his village got destroyed in a war. Nya has to walk 8 hours a day through an extremely treacherous climate just to get water for her family.  A repeated theme throughout the book, especially in Salva’s story, is to get through one day at a time. This makes sense because for a while, Slava’s entire life is just waking all day every day trying to get to safety. This gets especially hard for him when he realizes he will probably never see his family aga...