Things I've Noticed

Okay, so I have yet to finish either of my books, but I wanted to note a few things I've noticed about The Fellowship of the Rings.

First, unlike The Hobbit there were female characters in this book, but not many. I'm about halfway through and there have been probably about four or five women.

Second, it's incredible how well they know their directions, it amazes me how they can figure it out. If I had to try and get around without a GPS or even a compass, I'd get lost in a second.

Finally, I find that J.R.R. Tolkien doesn't describe the creatures very well. That might be because he can't really pinpoint what each creature truly looks like. I also, might have just missed what each creature looks like. For example, the Barrow-wights. There was kind of a description of them having long arms but that was all I remember reading about what they look like. Maybe it's just me or maybe it's meant to be that way, to let the reader do the imagining for once. It makes sense too because no matter what the author writes, description wise, some people have their own picture in their mind, whether it's what's written or not.

Well, that's my rant for today.
Keep reading!

Mackenzie

The Complete Persepolis

I'm currently a college student and I'm taking a literature class in school, so some of the books I read for this challenge will be from this class. I'm supposed to start The Complete Persepolis sometime this week and I will be reading the and The Fellowship of the Ring. Yes, I'm still reading this but at a slightly quicker pace than before. I'm counting The Complete Persepolis under the letter P because it was originally just called Persepolis, so this seems fair to me.

Keep reading!

Mackenzie

The Chemist

I just finished reading The Chemist by Chris Blewitt so I now have:

Funniest Cop Stories (The)
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N
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E
Chemist (The)
F
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X

Well, that's progress. As for my review for The Chemist by Chris Blewitt it was good for what it was. It was based on a true story that happened during Prohibition. It was really a bare bones story, I would have liked more to it, there was a lot that could have been filled in, but it was still a pretty decent story. I would probably suggest this to someone who likes to read books about America's history. I thought it was interesting and I might be tempted to pick it up again at a later point.
One another note, I'm making very slow progress on The Fellowship of the Ring. I'm hoping to pick up speed soon.

Keep reading!
Mackenzie

Reading Two Books

Sometimes when I accidentily leave home without a book (another crime in my head) I read a book on my Kindle on my phone. Hence why I'm reading The Chemist now too. So I'm conitnuing on with two books for FENNEC FOX. I think I'll finish The Chemist first.

The Funniest Cop Stories Ever

So I have finished The Funniest Cop Stories Ever and so it's now time to review this book, but first:

Funniest Cop Stories Ever (The)
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N
N
E
C
F
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X

Why did I pick such a long animal name? I have no idea. But anyway, so this book in my personal opinion was not very funny. I definitely have heard funnier cop stories. Maybe if you're a cop you will appreciate it more, so if you have any cop friends suggest it to them. I bet they'll get a kick out of them. But it just wasn't a book for me.

So, I'm continuing on with FENNEC FOX and I'm going to read The Fellowship of the Ring since I have read The Hobbit I wanted to continue on with the series. This one will probably take me a little bit longer to read but hopefully I'll stay on track.

Happy reading!
Mackenzie

Grumpy Cat

So, I love my job! I work in a small toy store in my hometown and I do story hours occasionally. Today happened to be one of those days. I read a book called Grumpy Cat which is really just a lonely cat. So then after I got to do a craft and we took the real Grumpy Cat's head and drew bodies for it. It was a lot of fun and I personally love Grumpy Cat so I enjoyed it. If you haven't heard of or seen Grumpy Cat look him up. So cute! And no, I don't count Grumpy Cat on my list because it was a picture book and took five minutes to read.

Happy reading!
Mackenzie

Second thing

Hey everyone!
I haven't finished The Funniest Cop Stories Ever  yet but I plan to do that later tonight. But I still wanted to post today...So this post is about the second thing you should know about me and books. I am a book hoarder. I probably have enough books in my house to do this alphabet challenge, like three times completely but I think once will be enough. I have a mini library in my house and my parents (my dad especially) gets very frustrated when I bring home new books because I have no room, anywhere. But I continue to get books and I will continue to read and hopefully some day read them all. I'm sure a lot of people can relate to this same problem. Another problem I have is if I buy one book in the series I have to get them all, and I won't read the first one until my series is complete. Stupid problem but I can't help it.
Okay, I'm going to stop wasting time on the internet and hopefully finish my book before work (my job is pretty awesome).
Happy reading!
Mackenzie

The Hobbit

So as I said in my last post I would review the books I read. So I decided to start on HEDGEHOG. So far I have, drum roll please:
Hobbit (The)
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So far so good. We'll make it eventually.
So as for my review for The Hobbit, there are so many things I could say about it. But first and foremost what an excellent book. This was one of the rare times I saw the movie before I read the book ( a crime in my mind) and of course, as in most cases, the book was better. The book is perfect for anyone who wants a quick fantasy read. Usually, there was a lot of action to keep the reader's attention which is great because I don't have a very long attention span. There were some parts in the book that made me question it but those were few and far between. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it so I'll keep my mouth shut. But this should definitely be on a list of books to read at least once, especially if you are a fantasy fan. It's even suitable for children over seven-ish. The language wasn't hard and it didn't go into gory details during battles. But anyway, great job Tolkien.
Also, a funny story about finishing The Hobbit. I'm taking a literature class and after a long day I have it at 4:30. So, at this point I'm still deperately trying to finish reading. So, my teacher is talking about the book for class and I'm pretending that The Hobbit is the class book. Finally, I finished withing the first ten minutes of class and could go about listening to the class discussion.
Well, I'm off to do some reading before going off into dreamland, so onto my next book which has no part in HEDGEHOG, The Funniest Cop Stories Ever by Scott Baker and Tom Philbin.
Ta-ta for now! And happy reading!
Mackenzie

Let's do this!

Hi, I'm Mackenzie. First thing that you should know is I'm an avid reader although I don't always read very fast because of school work and such, but I love to read. So I discovered this Animal Alphabet Challenge. You take an animal name for each letter of the alphabet and then for each letter of the animal's name you read a book that begins with that letter. Sounds kind of confusing but I hope you'll understand in a few moments. So I found this challenge as I was reading The Hobbit so I have already taken the liberty of filling out one of my h's. Also, as I go I'll provide my views on the book. So here are my list of animals:

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Hobbit (The)

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J

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So that's my list and we'll see how this goes.