I would give the book "To All the Boys I've Loved Before: Always and Forever, Lara Jean" by Jenny Han an 5 out of 5 stars because it was my favorite book in the trilogy. I really liked following Lara Jean as she got closer to graduating and started thinking about her future. The story had a lot of cute and funny moments, but it also felt more emotional because Lara Jean had to make some big decisions about her future and relationship. I liked seeing how much she had grown since the first book and how her relationships with her family and friends changed too. This book felt really relatable because it showed how scary and exciting it can be to move on to a new part of your life. I loved this book and thought it was the best one in the trilogy.

I would give the book "To All the Boys I've Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You" by Jenny Han an 5 out of 5 stars because it was cute, funny, and really easy to get into. The story follows Lara Jean as she deals with her relationship with Peter while also having to deal with another boy from her past. I liked how the story focused on relationships, friendships, and figuring out what you really want. Lara Jean was a relatable character, and I liked seeing her grow and become more confident. There were some stressful and dramatic moments, but they made me want to keep reading.

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a biography of Louie Zampari, a naughty kid who became an olympic runner before joining the air force during world war 2 and then went from airman to castaway to captive and free again. This real journey is already quite impressive and would have made a good book out of just facts but the author went further and gave input, real documents, and quotes. Putting all these elements together so coherently made a phenomenal story that was pretty much perfect. 10/10.

The boys in the boat adapted for young readers by Daniel James Brown is an epic book covering Washington state’s underdog Olympic gold rowing victory that I find interesting due to the detail and the personal story of Joe Rantz’s (seat 7seven) life. The author's writing style in this book is remarkable and fitting as he carefully alternates between Joe’s story and the rowing team (also told from Joe's perspective). I also enjoyed how the author describes the connection to his trip to Germany for this book and how it tied it all up “When hitler watched Joe and the boys fight their way from the rear to sweep ahead of italy and germany, he watched his own doomed future….hundreds of thousands of boys just like them would return to Germany, dressed in olive-drab uniforms of the American army, intent on hunting him down”. This book is an amazing piece of writing that I have and will continue to re-read.

Out Of My Dreams was a really good book that showed how much change people can make to this world. No matter how old they are! I loved how Sharon Draper wrote the third book because it showed that a person with a disability like Melody can have heroic rescues just like what happened to Melody.

3 stars - Opening Skinner's Box details some of the most influential psychological experiments of the 20th century. Each chapter describes a different researcher and what they learned. I read this book for my upcoming AP Psychology class, and while I found it generally interesting, I don't think I have much to say review-wise. I'm not a huge psychology enjoyer. I respect it as a science, of course, but I find it relatively frustrating. Regardless, I did take interest in many of the experiments Slater describes in this book. She's good at making research accessible, and thus I never felt confused nor overwhelmed by information. HOWEVER, Slater adds far too much of her own interpretation for my taste. I do not particularly care about her personal life, especially against a background of significant psychological experiments. Every chapter is filled with clumsy metaphors or sentimental scenes of Slater's child, and I got very tired of it. My favorite part of Opening Skinner's Box was the chapter about lobotomies, chapter 10. Slater argues that psychosurgery has received undeserved negativity, comparing procedures like lobotomies to modern psychiatric medications. I actually found this comparison to be relatively eye-opening. I've always been told that early psychosurgery was fundamentally evil, but Slater creates a complex, arguably sympathetic reappraisal of it. Critics often cite her closing arguments as anti-pharmacological, but in a society that leans more and more on (and normalizes!) psychiatric medication, I found Slater's opinion to be both thought provoking and somewhat refreshing. Anyway, Opening Skinner's Box is a fine book. If you are interested in psychology and unfamiliar with the fundamental experiments, I would read it. It's as accessible as nonfiction can get.

The book Out Of My Heart was a book I was really excited to read because the book Out Of My Mind was an amazing book. The second book was as incredible as the first one. I'm really glad Sharon Draper wrote it with Melody going to camp.

The book Out Of My Mind was a great book and I'm glad that a lot of people have read it. I love that the book focuses on kindness, inclusion, and that a broken or a quiet body does not mean a quiet or empty mind. I think that was a really powerful statement that I'm glad Sharon Draper included.

This book is translated from Japanese and is about a chef who is a serial killer, and a reporter who wants to learn more about her. This is a story of manipulation, good food, cooking, and love. While boring at some parts this is overall a good book to read, especially if you want to learn more about Japanese cuisine.

RANGERS APPRENTICE : HALT’S PERIL, By John Flanagan After the downfall of Tennyson, the Arulen and Clonmel kingdoms are relieved. Halt, Will, and Horace chase after Tennyson and his buddies to bring him down for good. Will finds O’Malley, a man who greatly supported Tennyson and his fake god, Alseiass. Will tries to bargain, but O'Malley is in no position to talk and tells him that his lips are sealed. Halt, however, forces a little out of O’Malley and then kicks him out to the woods, under the eyes of the Tavernkeeper. Halt’s group leaves to chase after Tennyson, and meet a few people along the way, who Halt and will brush aside with a few arrows. Turns out, they were a gang of hunters, originally from Tennyson’s thieving group, and Will wishes they had not killed them right away. After camping for a little while, Halts group sets off again. But soon after they set off, they are ambushed by two deadly assassins with crossbows. They are shooting poisonous arrows at Will, Halt, and Horace. Halt and Will accidentally shoot at the same person, knocking him down. But that leaves the other man open, who shoots Halt in the arm. It grazes his arm, and Halt cries out in pain. Will shoots the other man down. Afterwards, Halt acts strange, and Will realizes what’s happened. Halt has lost his memory and sense of time. Halt falls off his horse one day, unconscious. Will tries to tend to Halt. But Halt is going to die. Will knows of only one person who can help Halt now. Malkallam the Sorcerer. Will takes off to Macindaw, the place where Malcom the Sorcerer lives. He created the Tale of Malkallam to keep people away from him too much. He is a lively herbologist and a healer who has the skill to heal Halt. WIll returns with Malcom soon after and Malcom treats Halt. Halt, who should have died from the poison, slowly recovers and they continue on, though Halt is still a little bit weak. They find Tennyson in Arulen trying to tell the kingdom that Alseiass is real, but Halt enters and shows that he is not. He dares Alseiass to kill him, but nothing happens. Some people attack halt, but are easily wiped off of Halt’s worry list. The kingdom turns on Tennyson, Tennyson runs away again, but falls on a rock and disappears out of sight. Halt tells them that they will get their gold back eventually, and peace in Arulen is finally restored again.