The Lightning Thief part 2

This weekend my family went to Austin and my dad and I saw "The Lightning Thief" which was renamed "Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief". I liked the movie. I liked how Grover, Anna Beth and Percy worked as a team when they found the pearls and had to get out of the Underworld. The liar of the lotus flower part of the movie I thought looked like lots of fun because they were in Las Vegas which looks like a very cool place. (I would not like to live there though.) When Percy first got the flying shoes, I was thrilled because they looked like regular sneakers but they had little wings attached. I would like a pair!
Do you remember what I said about books and movies? This movie was not as good as the book. There was not as much action, for example they missed blowing up the bus. In this movie Luke was the Lightning Thief but in the book Aries was and he and Percy had a sword fight that I thought would have been good in the movie. Anna Beth was different too. In the movie she had red hair and blue eyes and in the book she had blond hair and grey eyes. Why would they have changed that? Anna Beth is supposed to be the daughter of Athena and everyone knows that Athena has gray eyes. They could have given her gray contacts or changed it on the computer. In the end of the book, Percy is betrayed by his friend and almost dies with a poisonous bug, but not in the movie. In the movie, Percy starts fighting for fun with Anna Beth (because they were training) and then the camera goes up and that's the end of the movie. That's a big ole difference. I still think it was a good movie and I would go see the next one, but I enjoyed the book more and it was way longer.
Did you see that I am on book 20? It's going good, I think. I have 30 more books until I reach half of my goal and get a beautiful blue blazer for school. I can't wait!

A few busy weeks.

What a busy few weeks it has been. I am sorry that I haven't responded to all of the people who have been sending me comments. The comments have been very nice from everyone and I have enjoyed reading them. Thank you for taking the time to write to me. The last couple of weeks I celebrated my dad's birthday, went to school, went to fencing, and on the weekend, to tell you the truth, I have been lazy. Some of the time, I have been reading.
One of the books that I read, was "Alanna, The first Adventure". It is about a girl who wants to be a page and her brother wants to be a sorcerer. So Alanna cuts her hair, dresses up like a boy and heads to a different palace with her servant Corm. In the first couple chapters I was reading, she got into a couple fights with a squire. The book has a lot of action, is very gory in some parts and is set in the Middle Ages. I loved the book because I thought the things that she did were interesting and humorous. My dad asked me if Alanna was worth emulating. (A fancy word for modeling yourself after.) I think not. Alanna tells a lot of lies to get through things, but lies are always bad. She seems to get into fights for no reason because of her bad temper. I have, on a scale from 1 to 10, a temper that is a 4. I would like to change that down to a 0 so, I think I would not want to hang around Alanna. She might get me into trouble.
I started Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator today. I know that Mr. Willey Wonka is going to be crazy, the story will funny like all of Roald Dahl's books, and I am going to like every millisecond. I am going to go and get started on reading it, right after I make a few Valentines.

Willy Wonka Day!

First, I want to tell you that I finished "From The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". The book was really good. I liked it because the kids ran away to a museum. As I got to read about their adventures, I got to learn about art. I don't know a lot about art, so it was a good time to read and learn. This is one of my new favorite books. My friend, Hannah said that it was her favorite book in 4th grade, and I am excited to read it again next year.

Today was Willy Wonka Day at school. I dressed up as Miss Violet Beauregard and my sister was an Oompa Loompa from the book. I won't tell you about the descriptions of these characters because I want you to read it and not watch the movie please. I am begging you, read the book. My favorite parts of this funny book are: Veruca in the nut room, when Charlie gets the golden ticket, the Chocolate Room, and the ending which includes the Great Glass-----you need to research this part on your own. I don't want to give away anything.

Now, I want to tell you about this "candyish" day. Can you see the pictures of all my friends? Sprinkled throughout the fun day, was candy (CANDY...Can-dy!) . I felt like Charlie at the factory, because I could eat candy all day long. I had nerds, gummy sweet tarts, a big sweet tart, a chocolate bar, fun dip dust, and last but not least a jaw breaker. I also had some hot chocolate later on. It was a hyper day! After all that candy, I felt wonderful, even though my mom probably would not have been happy about me eating all that. I also want to tell you quickly that even though I had a lot of sugar, I got a 96 on my Latin quiz and a 100 on my spelling test, which all makes me very proud. It was a wonderful day!

Now I am reading, well I am almost done, with the library book I got yesterday. It is "James and the Giant Peach" also by Roald Dahl. My teacher suggested that I might like it and my friend Madison told me that I would be able to find it in our school library. So, I started last night and today I am on chapter 28 out of 39 chapters. So, as soon as I finish this post and help my mama put away the laundry, I am going to READ. (Try to finish the book if I nobody bothers me!) I hope that you are enjoying the books that you are reading too. Have a stupendous weekend! ****All of this was dictated with a British Accent today!