Marley & Me

The heartwarming and unforgettable story

of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog

who taught them what really matters in life.

This was a really good book especially if you are a dog lover. Of course the ending is sad, but all the classic dog books are. At times Marley and Me was hilarious, touching, and devastating. It was written really well and an overall enjoyable read. It has a few parts that aren't that bad, but possibly not suitable for younger readers. I watched the movie before I read the book and it did a pretty good job sticking to the story. I recommend this book to everyone.

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John and Jenny were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy—and their life would never be the same. Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound steamroller of a Labrador retriever who crashed through screen doors, flung drool on guests, stole women's undergarments, devoured couches and fine jewelry, and was expelled from obedience school. Yet Marley's heart was pure, and he remained a steadfast model of love and devotion for a growing family through pregnancy, birth, heartbreak, and joy, right to the inevitable goodbye.

All We Know of Heaven

So this book is really good for the first half, but the end is a little disappointing. It is drawn out way too long. The story is about two best friends who look almost identical. When they get in a car accident the hospital mixes them up because they are so badly damaged. They thought one girl had died when it was really the other. In a story of mistaken identity one family rejoices and the other weeps. The life of Maureen will never be the same.

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Bridget Flannery and Maureen O'Malley have been BFFs since forever. Then a brief moment of inattention on an icy road leaves one girl dead and the other in a coma, battered beyond recognition. Family and friends mourn one friend's loss and pray for the other's recovery. Then the doctors discover they have made a terrible mistake. The girl who lived is the one who everyone thought had died.

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter was an ok book, of course it's an American classic and has an intersting point about society. It is a little hard to get interested in, but Hester Prynne is a character you want to be happy. Even though she was charged with adultery she doesn't give up, she raises her daughter to a hypocritcal society in which they are outcast. To get the whole story you have to read the book it's really too much information to try and explain.

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Roger Chillingworth, an aging scholar, arrives in New England after two years' separation from his wife Hester to find her on trial for adultery. For refusing to reveal her lover's identity, she is condemned to wear a letter 'A' sewn onto her clothes. Roger resolves to discover and destroy the man who has stolen his honor.For the next seven years the participants in this bizarre love triangle privately suffer the consequences of betrayal, cowardice, and humiliation. Slowly but surely, the need for redemption grows in each as the story hastens toward its dramatic close.

Pride and Prejudice

This was an excelent book. It takes awhile to get used to the language and it starts off a little slow, but it's totally worth it in the end. The movie is also really good, although not as good as the book. Mr. Bennet was one of my favorite characters, along with Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Truely Mr. Darcy is a wonderful person once he got past his pride, which takes him over half the book to accomplish. I really suggest you read this book if you like love stories.

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This novel tells the tale of the convoluted romance of Mister Fitzwilliam Darcy and Miss Elizabeth `Lizzy? Bennet. Basically, Darcy?s pride prevents him from showing his true feelings for Elizabeth, and Lizzy?s prejudice against men keeps her from truly falling in love. The protagonists of the story are Charles Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and the Bennet family. The leaders of the Bennet family are rational Mr. Bennet and foolish Mrs. Bennet, who thinks only of finding wealthy men for her daughters to marry. This is the tale of the courtships of the Bennet girls: beautiful and gentle Jane, clever Lizzy, reclusive Mary, silly Kitty, and headstrong Lydia. The story begins with the incorrigible Mrs. Bennet demanding that her husband introduce the family to wealthy Mr. Bingley, who has just moved to Netherfield Park, in the village of Longbourn, where the Bennet residence can also be found. Mrs. Bennet hopes that Bingley will marry one of her daughters. The Bennet family forms a friendship with Mr. Bingley, his sister Caroline, and their friend, Mr. Darcy. In the mean time, the Bennets also become acquainted with one George Wickham, Darcy?s estranged childhood friend.

Fahrenheit 451

So I had to read this book for English class, but it was good. It was about a society where books were burned if they were found. The ending is a little depressing but if fits the story. It has a lot of good characters but leaves a few unanswered questions about what happens to Clarice. I would suggest if you had to do a paper for English class this would be a good book to choose.

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Nowadays firemen start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future where people could think. And Guy Montag knew what he had to do....

The God of Animals

Talk about a serious reality check. This story seems so real it could be the life of your neighbor. Most books have happy endings, well not this one. It's all about broken promises and dreams that don't come true, the real hardships of life. Not full of fairytales and princesses. Set in the life of a preteen girl living on her family's horse stable. The ending wasn't to be admirered but that was just because it ended like real life story not one out of a story book. Everyone has reasons to lie and lives that get torn apart, nothing is ever what it seems.

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When her older sister runs away to marry a rodeo cowboy, Alice Winston is left to bear the brunt of her family's troubles -- a depressed, bedridden mother; a reticent, overworked father; and a run-down horse ranch. As the hottest summer in fifteen years unfolds and bills pile up, Alice is torn between dreams of escaping the loneliness of her duty-filled life and a longing to help her father mend their family and the ranch. To make ends meet, the Winstons board the pampered horses of rich neighbors, and for the first time Alice confronts the power and security that class and wealth provide. As her family and their well-being become intertwined with the lives of their clients, Alice is drawn into an adult world of secrets and hard truths, and soon discovers that people -- including herself -- can be cruel, can lie and cheat, and every once in a while, can do something heartbreaking and selfless. Ultimately, Alice and her family must weather a devastating betrayal and a shocking, violent series of events that will test their love and prove the power of forgiveness.

Story of a Girl

Story of a Girl was surprisingly good. It was about a girl trying to overcome a past mistake that fro three years was controlling how her life and her family's was developing. She makes quite a few more mistakes during the course of the book, but eventually she resolves those and the one big mistake that was controlling her life. In learning to forgive and overcome, she finally takes control of her life. The ending was ok it left off a little abruptly though.

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When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother's best friend - Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and the stifling role of "school slut," she longs to escape a life defined by her past.