Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

   Ok so I know I haven't blogged in forever but I have been so busy you couldn't even imagine. First of all my grandpa broke his arm and we have had to take him to therapy every Monday, Wednesday, and friday (BTW I stay at my grandparents every summer). Secondly I have had piano lessons this summer which I usually don't have. Thirdly my grandparents computer has been down and I got fixed literally three hours ago. Lastly we are in the process of moving which is a pretty big deal considering the amount of junk we have...:). So it has been hard for me to find the time to read. Ok enough self pity lets get to books.

   I am in the process of re-reading Fever and the Witch of Blackbird Pond because I read them at the same time BIG mistake I don't remember exactly what happened in each book. I kinda got them confused. But that is ok I don't mind. Anyway so the other day when we were at Barnes and Noble looking for fathers day gifts I found a book called Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier. This is going to be my challenge book because
  
   1) It is 381 pages long. Now that is definitely not the longest book I've ever read, but it is still pretty big.
  
   2) It is set in London and in about the 1800s (I'm assuming I don't recall it saying) so the language is somewhat difficult to understand. One word I thought was interesting was "beggarmonger" I liked how it defined the word in the next sentence too (I'm somewhat lazy you could say)
  
   3) It is gross. Now I know that that may scare you away from the book, you might not think its gross. I can't stand anything medical ok. I can't watch someone get a shot. I can't even see an IV in someone it seriously grosses me out. So that was a real challenge for me. In the beginning it says that a raven pecked the boys eyes out. I can't tell you more because it would spoil the whole book, but don't let that scare you I was grossed out too just ignore that and keep reading. It's a really good book.
  
   4) It made me think in a different perspective. It told the story from the point of a blind person. So it really described the other senses more than sight. So instead of saying "The room I am in is aquamarine. It has pictures of me in Disney World on the wall. There is a bed, two bookshelves, a dresser, and a nightstand." it would say " I am in a room it seems like a square room by feeling of the walls. It is quiet. There is something in the middle of the room that is soft. I think it is a bed. I can hear someone that seems 4 or 5 in the room next door. And I can smell cookies baking in the oven" . I would have never described the room like that unless I was blind.
  
   Ok here's a summary of the book. There is a boy who is named Peter. He is ten and he is blind. He was found on the street by an evil man named Mr. Seamus who teaches him how to pick locks so he can steal. He meets a mysterious man and steals the mans special box. Ok that's all I'm gonna tell you because I want you to read it yourself.

   I can't wait to move :)) I'm so excited. Even though we will have to leave at like 7 in the morning to get to school on time. I'm so used to it only taking 3 minutes to get to school. Oh well:) I hope I have persuaded you all to read this book:)) Bye Bye!

Beach Time!:)

Ok so I know I haven't blogged in a loooong time. Well that's what it feels like.:) Anyway I'm on vacation and it's been awesome so far. This afternoon I went out on the balcony and read about 3 or 4 chapters of The Bridge to Neverland by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. It is sooooo good I can't put it down. On the car ride down today I had a full battery on my kindle, now it has less than 1/4 of the battery left.:) I've already read Fever, my first book. This book is very emotional. I cried my eyes out! It was so sad. I really don't know why but I always get really sad when I read books where somebody dies. I don't usually cry but I feel a wave of emotions. This author really knows how to put the emotions of the characters in. When Matilda's grandfather died I don't know why but I started thinking what I would do if my grandfather died. I guess that's what really got me sad. I probably would have not been able to keep composed like Maltilda did because when I started to think about my grandfather dieng I realized all of the things that reminded me of him... I've also started The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I haven't read very much of it yet. I think I'm on page 56. I'm hoping it lives up to the expectations that my mom told me. I think the reason I haven't gotten very far is because it was placed hundreds of years ago. Ive had to go back and re-read a lot of it because of some of the language they use. So far I think that it is interesting that it was uncommon for women to know how to swim. I would die if I didnt know how to swim (so would Catie:)) Another interesting thing I noticed was that the women all wore plain normal clothes to church. Nowadays most people dress up for church. I can't wait to finish all of my books! :)) I will post a picture of the beach later :) Bye! ~Rachel