Book: Seven Tears into the Sea

This book was the perfect fairy-tale novel. I liked how the author Terri Farley had given fall for a silicie, a magical creature.

Grade: B

Movie: Changeling

This movie was very intriguing! Angelina Jolie did an amazing job playing the part of a lady who loses her son. She was very passionate and strong-willed. I don’t think I’d ever seen another movie she acted that she showed such emotion. I could feel her pain! Awesome movie :]

Grade: A

Movie: Schindler's List

This movie was a powerful movie. It touched me deeply how the Jews were treated and how a Nazi single-handedly saved all those condemned Jews. He truly was a hero and he touched so many people’s lives. It amazed me how cruel human beings could be. This movie was very good.

Grade: A

Book: Gone with the Wind

Excellent; deep; symbolic. It really shows the changes Scarlett O’Hara goes through even though she was selfish, in the end, she turned out to be extremely caring, idolized lover, whom she first pictured flawless, ended up having a meek, weak character although it was covered by his physical beauty. The book had many ironies in it. Your favorite characters die, and the ending isn’t completely ideal, but that’s what’s so great about it-its real.

Grade: A

Book: After Summer

This book earned C because it really wasn’t that fun. I read like the first two chapters and I kind of got bored with the plot of the novel. The author did an okay job; the book was okay. And I really didn’t understand how the main character could decide not to go back home with his mom but stick around because of a girl. That made no sense but I liked the author included an element of romance.

Grade: C

Book: Twilight

It’s suspenseful and very interesting. I would recommend it.

Grade: A

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Book: To Kill a Mockingbird

This was a good book because it taught about prejudice and courage.

Grade: A

Movie: Angels & Demons

Quite surprisingly close to the book. The deaths of the cardinals were all very accurately depicted, along with much of Largdon’s journey; a big improvement from the film Davinci Code. Angels & Demons not only had enthralling and mind-boggling mysteries; the action also kept me on the edge of my seat. I wouldn’t recommend it to those with faint of heart, though.

Grade: A

Book: Northanger Abbey

This Jane Austen novel was not one of the British author's best works, although still not too shabby. It definitely expresses Christine Morland’s growth into adulthood, although it was quite predictable. Hanny Tilney was definitely a likable, intellectual character, and from the beginning, you can tell that the two would get together. But for those who haven’t read much British Literature, this book is fine.

Grade: B

Book: My Horizontal Life

It was a true story about the author. She is an average person with an average job, but her love life is very interesting.

Grade: B