Love books? I do! So if you're looking for a good read, take a look at my favorites (and not-so-favorites) below. And remember: children, we do NOT THROW BOOKS. At least, that's what I have to tell the kids at preschool. Sigh. But you're more mature than that, right? Right?!

Synopsis: Harry Potter is entering his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but not without summertime complications. Once again, he is cited for underage use of magic after something very strange happens at Privet Drive. Then comes the elusive Order of the Phoenix. And as usual, more strange things occur during his schoolyear. However, Harry has come back older and more angsty; in other words, he's grown into a teenager. Review: First of all, I'd like to comment on the complaints that Harry's just too "mean" in this book. Think about it. He's just watched a fellow student die, wizards everywhere are starting to think he's nuts, and he just turned 15! How did you act at 15, if you've been there yet? That's just the way some teenagers act. It's the hormones, I'm telling you! I, for one, am glad that J.K. Rowling is attempting to make Harry very much like a real child and not a fairy-tale one. Moving on, many questions that one might have asked in the other four books are answered in this one. Not all of them, but enough to quench my curiosity, yet make me ask even more. The first few chapters of the book dragged on a little, but it really picked up once he arrived at Hogwarts. Of course, this book is certainly a bit darker, and yes, someone else dies. I won't tell you who, though. But it was one of the two people I was predicting, which I was quite proud of. Although I'm sad to see this character go. Things are going to get very rough on Harry in the rest of the series, but I can't wait to read Rowling's last installments. Hopefully they won't take three years!

Synopsis: Hester Prynne lives in a small Puritan town, and she committed one of the greatest sins (according to the town) possible: she had a baby out of wedlock. As punishment, they make her wear a scarlet letter 'A' (for adultery) wherever she goes. So who's the father? What will happen to Hester and him? And what will happen when a certain someone from her past returns? Review: I had to read this book in AA Sophomore English, and I hated it. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that the characters were fairly dull (and the young minister is a moron, he really is). I was not pleased with the forest scene at all; it was so...I can't even describe it. Contrived? The only interesting thing about this book was Pearl, who I swear is the devil child. Of course, this book is a classic. Maybe I just didn't like it because I was forced to read it and then write several paragraphs and an essay about it. Perhaps I need to read it again, though I hesitate to do so.