The Host

Stephenie Meyer

"Hello there, Wanderer! Won't you take a seat and make yourself

at home?"

I hesitated on the threshold of the Comforter's office, one foot in

and one foot out.

She smiled, just a tiny movement at the corners of her mouth. It

was much easier to read facial expressions now; the little muscle

twitches and shifts had become familiar through months of exposure.

I could see that the Comforter found my reluctance a bit amusing. At

the same time, I could see her frustration that I was still uneasy

coming to her.

With a quiet sigh of resignation, I walked into the small brightly

colored room and took my usual seat - the puffy red one, the one

farthest from where she sat.

Her lips pursed.

To avoid her gaze, I stared through the open windows at the

clouds scuttling past the sun. The faint tang of ocean brine blew softly

through the room.

To me Stephenie Meyer is a wonderful author, her books bring out

myths and things that no has dreamed of before. Her books are something

new and exciting there different.

I would say that the her books have been favorites of mine forever, and

always will be. I will recommend this book to teenagers and adults, mainly

because her ideas are ideas mainly for mature teenagers and adults.

Junie B. Jones & the Mushy Gushy Valentine

Barbara Park

Today at school, my teacher had a 'nouncement to make.

A 'nouncement is the school word for listen to me ...... and I

MEAN it.

My teacher's name is Mrs. She has another name, too. But

I just like Mrs. and that's all.

Mrs. told us that we were going to have a special day in room

nine. And it is called Valentime's Day.

She said that valentimes are special cards about friendship.

And all of us in Room Nine are going to give them to each other!

One of the main reasons why I think this writing is poor is, because ever since I was little I would read Junie B. Jones, and because of all the grammatical errors she purposely made to give you Junie's character made my writing and speaking as low as it could go. She has a good plot line for a child's book, but all the mistakes she purposely makes can ruin a way a kid learns proper grammar. For instance, because she say's valentimes instead of valentines, when I was younger I would get confused and always say valentimes. Other wise is she could fix her errors I think she could make a very good child's author.

The Old Man & The Sea

Ernest Hemingway

He rubbed the cramped hand against his trousers

and tried to gentle the fingers. But it would not open.

Maybe it will open with the sun, he thought. Maybe it

will open when the strong raw tuna is digested. If I

have to have it, I will open it, cost whatever it costs.

But I do not want to open it now by force. Let it open

by itself and come back of its own accord. After all I

abused it much in the night when it was necessary to

free and unite the various lines.

To me Ernest Hemingway style is different from many other author's.

He writes like he's thinking, but in a weird way. His writing to me is personally a

little dull, but we all have our different styles.