Boredome

Today I am going to write about boredome, and what you can do about it.  Here is a list I have made:   read a book listen to an audiobook write a blog post draw a picture daydream make a book play with paper make an invention re-create an invention write a letter to someone, even yourself read a blog use the computer programs Illustrator and Photoshop and Carara make funny faces take pictures watch […] Read more »

The Paper Holder Folder (it’s a paper holder/folder)

These are the directions for making one of my inventions:   Materials: brads (2-3) box lid or bottom (box to put gifts in, I mean, that kind of box) duct tape scissors hole punch papers smaller than the box ruler pencils or pens (1-2) clothespin or clip   What 2 Do: Put a ruler horizontally on the middle of the box lid or bottom.  Crease box around ruler.  The box should now look like a […] Read more »

Blog Stuff

This is a long, boring note about the hopefully exciting stuff on my blog, Random Thoughts.  Remember when you’re typing in the site address that it is more than one thought, plural thoughts.  I would go insane if I only had one thought. Just so you know, the only reason I password-protected this page on my blog is because it gives away what happens in a few of my stories.  The only other password-protected pages […] Read more »

The Boxcar Children, a book series review

I have read most of The Boxcar Children series, by Gertrude Chandler Warner.  The first book in the series is not a mystery book, the other books are.   Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their rich grandfather after their parents died in a car accident.  They travel to many places including Niagra Falls, the Whitehouse, and many other well-known places, and solve mysteries.  The first about ten books are written by the original […] Read more »

Wind Dancer, a book review

In Wind Dancer, Chris Platt introduces Ali and her friend, Cara.  Ali used to love horses, but then hers had to be put down after breaking his leg.  Ali’s older brother, Danny, has come back from the war in Afghanistan, with less body parts than he left with.  When Ali’s parents ask her to care for two abused and neglected horses, she tries not to get attached to them.  Can the horses help both Ali […] Read more »

My Book Review Rating System

I read a lot, and I write a lot, so I though to myself, “Why not write about what I read?”  That is why I write so many book reviews.  In my book reviews, I write about what happens in the book, being careful not to ruin the story.  Then I have an ending paragraph, in which I rate the book.  I rate good books “G”, which means “Good”.  I rate books “LG” when I […] Read more »

Dark Horse, book review, by Dandi Daley Mackall

In the fourth book of the Starlight Animal Rescue series, sixteen-year-old Hank Coolidge meets his cousin’s friend, Winnie the Horse Gentler.  I must say, their email relationship is better than their face-to-face relationship.  After the barn burns down, Hank is set on finding out who and why the barn burned.  While he is working on that, Winnie the Horse Gentler is trying to get through to a horse, Cleopatra, who had been in the burning barn.  […] Read more »

Runaway, book review

I really enjoy this book by Dandi Daley Mackall.  The book is part of the Starlight Animal Rescue series.  It’s about a girl named Dakota Brown.  She used to love horses, but then she lost everything; her family, her home, and her hope for a good future.  When she gets taken to Starlight Animal Rescue, her new foster home.  She plans to run away from the moment she sets foot on the animal rescue.  While […] Read more »

Horsefeathers, book review

I really enjoy reading the book by Dandi Daley Mackall called Horsefeathers.  It’s about a fourteen-year-old girl named Sarahh Coop (Scoop for short).  She was adopted, but then her adoptive parents died.  So her aunt comes to live with her and her little brother, B.C..  When the farm her grandfather owns is in danger of being used as land for Dalton Stables, Scoop must find a way to save it, and her beautiful horse, Orphan.  […] Read more »