Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

about the book
Crusoe (the family name corrupted from the German name "Kreutznaer") sets sail from the Queen's Dock in Hull on a sea voyage in August 1651, against the wishes of his parents, who want him to pursue a career, possibly in law. After a tumultuous journey where his ship is wrecked in a storm, his lust for the sea remains so strong that he sets out to sea again. This journey, too, ends in disaster, as the ship is taken over by Sale pirates (the Sale Rovers) and Crusoe is enslaved by a Moor. Two years later, he escapes in a boat with a boy named Xury; a captain of a Portuguese ship off the west coast of Africa rescues him. The ship is en route to Brazil. Crusoe sells Xury to the captain. With the captain's help, Crusoe procures a plantation. Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. This first edition credited the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. It was published under the considerably longer original title The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner

my thoughts on the book

 I have never really read this book. I had heard about it but I had never really read it. But I read it now to my daughter. We have been reading long books while she sits on the potty during her potty training. It has been a good way of getting her to sit still on it. It is a pretty good book and I am glad I read it to her. I hope that she will want me to reread it to her again or that she will read by her self in several years. 

I think that everyone should read at least one classic book and this is a good book to start with. I bought it at a small used book store. 

Happy Reading

Winter by Marissa Meyer

Winter by Marissa Meyer


About the book
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.
Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend--the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been raging for far too long.
Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters? Fans will not want to miss this thrilling conclusion to Marissa Meyer's national bestselling Lunar Chronicles series.


My thoughts

1. Did you get lost in the book?
Yes and No. I did get lost in it when my daughter was not demanding my attention (which is alot so it took me awhile to read lol

2. Was the character development intriguing?
Yes it was

3. Did you care about the characters?
Yes in some ways I did

4. What is your favorite quote from the book?
Yeah, but broken isn't the same as unfixable.

5. Why was it your favorite quote?
It just holds some truth to it. As anything can be fixed if you just give it a try

6. Was there anything you disliked about the book?
Nope there was not

7. Were you engaged immediately, or did it take you a while to "get into it"?
Truthfully I do not remember as it did took me a while to read it as my daughter demanded lots of attention.

8. Would you recommend this book to others?
Yes I would. ( see there I just recommended this book to you lol)

9. Is there a lot of material in the book that would not be good for kids to ?
Yes there is a lot of fighting. So if you do not want your kids to read books with fighting in them then do not let them read this book

10.  Where did you buy it at? 
I bought it at target but you can buy it on Amazon and I want to say that I have seen it at books a million and barnes and noble but not to sure

Happy reading.