Sorry!!!

Hey this is my first post of the school year. Sorry I haven't updated in forever, my computer has had to endure a steady stream of viruses for the past few weeks. I'm accepting book reccomendations and reviews from any of my readers, so just send me something at dancingnixie@yahoo.com.

Also, some new information about your favorite books. Read the article in the October 19th edition of The New Yorker, or get a summary of it here. Basically, most of the bestsellers (19 out of 20) are actually made up by a commitee and then handed off to lots of different authors often writing under the same name. Among the books by this commitee (Alloy) are Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Clique Novels, Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries, and other seemingly unrelated books. This is very interesting and will for sure change the way you think about books! Any Q's or comments leave one on the page!!! (If you would like the whole article, I can possibly send you a .jpg or email document personally, just leave a request in your comment)

Reading List

Ok, here are the books you need to read this school year: (all books marked with a * are in the library)

1. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card*
2. Savvy by ?*
3. The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
4. Wicked by ?
5. Any Margaret Peterson Haddix book* (there are a lot in the library, my personal favorites are Running Out of Time, Turnabout*, and Uprising*)
6. Any book reviewed on this blog (they're all great, and many can be found in the school library, or borrowed from me)
7. A Lemony Snicket book*
8. Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet

Any Warriors book by Erin Hunter* (many are in the library)
continued list available soon!!!

So Sorry!!!!!

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My ipod isn't compatible with blogger, and my computer has been acting up! Also, you can get to my blog from my mom's facebook page. Coming up: a school year reading list, and a review of "Game of Kings". Read more soon!

News!

Hi, everybody! First of all, The Book Isle is now registered with yahoo! Search "the book isle" on yahoo, and we come up first. Also, expect more posts, as I'm getting an ipod touch! Goodbye for now!

The School Story by Andrew Clements

Natalie Nelson is a twelve year old 6th grader living in New York City. Her mom works at a publishing company, Shipley Junior Books, and her dad died a few years ago. When Natalie writes a school story called The Cheater, her friend Zoe Reisman, Natalie's best friend who is rather eccentric, decides that The Cheater must be published. But Natalie wants her mom to be the one to takes care of her book at Shipley. Zoe comes up with a brilliant plan, but will it work? Natalie Nelson becomes Cassandra Day, and Zoe becomes Zee-Zee Reisman (pronounced Raceman) from the Sherry Clutch Literacy Agency. But can two sixth graders really pull off masquerading adults?
Not without the help of three skeptical adults! Will Natalie ever get her book published? Read to find out!

Conquering new territory: Google!

Hey, folks! Guess what? The Book Isle is now officially registered with Google! If you search "The Book Isle" on Google blog search, ( scroll to the top and click on the arrow next to more and click on "Blogs") this blog comes up first! Hip hip hooray! Next on our list is Yahoo!
More announcements: Leave more comments! We just LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE to hear from you! Also, we have a problem! We aren't getting any new reviews! We want you (yes, you, right there, sitting in front of your computer) to submit reviews! You can contact me by emailing dancingnixie@yahoo.com. And to new readers of this blog: U rock!
You can expect more amazing reviews right here, at The Book Isle!

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Hey everyone! The only winner for the contest was Bhumphrey. U go girl!
More announcements: check out Asha's new blog!
That's it for now, more reviews are coming soon.

Who is this?

Who is this? Post a comment, winners will be posted on the next post!
Hint: He's an author.

Girls in Antarctica Part 2

The White Darkness
Symone Wates has an "imaginary friend" called Titus Oates, and he has lived in her head for quite a while. He was a real person once, he lived 125 years ago. He was on an expedition to Antarctica when he died.
Symone can hear him.
Symone is completely obsessed with Antarctica, and so is her Uncle Victor. Uncle Victor was always a dad to her, even before her own dad died.
But when Uncle Victor drags Sym off to Paris, he has another, much colder, destination in his mind. And the reason behind the trip is so insane and more sinister than imaginable.
And if all goes according to plan, Sym could die.

Girls In Antarctica: Part 1

This is part 1 in a 2-part post, with the theme of girls and Antarctica. Here goes!
Troubling a star by Madeleine L'engle
When Vicky Austin comes back home after a year in New York, her home in rural Connecticut didn't seem the same.
Vicky's friend from New York, Adam Eddington, has an Aunt (great aunt) Serena. Aunt Serena invites Vicky to tea, and they hit off straight away. But when Adam II's letters are found in a box in the attic, Vicky suspects that his death on an Antarctic expedition was no accident.
When Vicky learns that Adam the III (her friend) is off to Antarctica to study at LeNoir station, she feels left out. So when Aunt Serena gives Vicky tickets to go to LeNoir station, she's thrilled. But with the sinister warnings showing up in her locker, and strange letters from Adam, Vicky is caught in an international controversy involving Vespugia (Mad Dog Branzillo, anyone?), Vicky's life is getting more complicated every day. When she boards the boat, she believes everything will be fine. But not everyone is who they seem. . .

Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty

Life is hard for Elizabeth Clary. Her best friend Celia keepsdisappearing (strange but usual for Celia), Her father suddenly reappears with a startling secret, and her communication with her mom consists of wacky notes left on the fridge, such as this one:
GOOD MORNING,
EAT THE OATMEAL IN THE BIG SILVER SAUCEPAN ON THE STOVE. PUT SOME ALOE ON YOUR FACE.
DON'T BURN YOUR FACE LIKE THAT AGAIN. YOUR SKIN WILL PEEL AWAY AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT BUT BONES AND BRAIN AND EYEBALLS.
IT IS VERY AND EXTREMELY COLD TODAY. WEAR 7 PAIRS OF STOCKINGS.
HAVE A NICE FIRST DAY BACK AT SCHOOL.
LOVE FROM YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE MOTHER.
When Elizabeth's english teacher wants to rekindle the "Joy of the Envelope" Elizabeth finds herself writing a letter to a Complete and Utter Stranger.
This "stranger" is Christina Kratovac, of the high school down the road.
Then Celia goes missing. Possibly for good.
What will happen when a bungled suicide attempt and a burst appendix bring two penpals together?
Read it now! It's possibly the most comedic book I've ever seen, written entirely in the form of notes and letters.