Homeless Bird

Title: Homeless Bird

Author: Gloria Whelan

Pages: 212

Time Read: 5 days

Cover Rating: 1/5

Character Rating: 4/5

Plot Rating: 4/5

Overall Rating: 3.5/5

I read this book a few weeks ago, but never got to put a review for it. I enjoyed this book immensely. I love how it drew you in with a simple story line, yet got more complex as things went along. I also liked that it had both sorrow and happiness within it. It was very realistic in what would happen in real life, and I liked it immensely. A good nice, easy read. I recommend it to all.

Plot:

(I did not know much about the book going into it, and I liked it best that way, so I will only tell you a few basic things you need to know.)

This story takes place in India and starts off with a girl of 13 years, who is about to get married. (yes that is all I am going to tell. If you want to know more, read the book!!)

Whatever Happened To Janie?

Title: Whatever Happened to Janie?

Author: Caroline B. Cooney

Pages: 217

Time took to read: 3 days

Cover Rating: 2/5

Character Rating: 3/5

Plot Rating: 3/5

Overall Rating: 3/5

I thought this book was good, but it was not my favorite book ever. It was a good companion to the previous novel in the Janie series, The Face on the Milk Carton. I thought she did a good job in developing the plot, and keeping it in line with the other novel. It really surprised me in some ways, and I think it was a really good book. I liked that I did not agree with all the decision made in the book, I was happy with it none the less. All in all, I recommend it, especially if you read the first book in the series.

Plot:

How could it possibly be true? But it is true. As Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl on the milk carton, she was overcome with shock. She recognized that little girl, it was she...

With the mystery of her kidnapping now unraveled, Janie's story continues, and the nightmare is not over. No one can bring back or relive the twelve years gone by. The Spring family wants justice, but who is really to blame? The Johnson's know that they must abide by the decisions made, but it's difficult to figure out what's best for everyone.

Janie Johnson or Jennie Spring? Who is she? Certainly there's enough love for everyone, but how can the two separate families live happily ever after?

Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet

Title: Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet

Author: Kashmira Sheth

Pages: 243

Time took to read: 4 days

Cover Rating: 4/5

Plot Rating: 3/5

Character Rating: 3/5

Plot Rating: 3/5

Overall Rating: 3/5

I liked this book, but I must admit, I had higher hopes for it. I really like to read about different cultures, especially the Indian culture. So I really liked the setting. The plot was pretty good. I also really liked the main character Jeeta. So what's not to like???? I did not like the open ending. It really never had a conclusion, which I don't mind sometimes, but I did not like it in this book. I did like however how the author made you at first not like the mother, and then she kind of grew on you.... All in all, I liked it, but it was not my favorite. I do recommend it, just not as highly as I do some.

Plot:

Jeeta's family is caught up in the whirlwind of arranging marriages for her two older sisters, but the drama and excitement leave Jeeta cold. She knows that tradition demands the parade of suitors, the marriage negotiations, the elaborate displays, the expensive wedding parties - but where is the love and romance that the movies promise? She dreads her turn on the matrimonial circuit, especially since Mummy is always complaining about how difficult it will be to find Jeeta a good husband, with her dark skin and sharp tongue. As Jeeta spends more time with her new friend from school, Sarina, and her educated, liberal parents, she begins to question her tradition-bound family's expectations. And when she falls in love with Sarina's cousin Neel, Jeeta realizes that she must strike a balance between independence and duty and follow her own path.

A Kiss in Time

Title: A Kiss in Time

Author: Alex Flinn

Pages: 371

Time took to read: 2 days (this is a new feature!)

Cover Rating: 3/5

Character Rating: 3/5

Plot Rating: 4/5

Overall Rating: 4/5

I thought this book was good, and I guess you could tell by the new feature "Time took to read". I think this is a good book, and liked the new retelling of Sleeping Beauty. I never really was that found of this particular fairytale, but liked this rendition of it. I mainly read this book because I liked the last book by her (Beastly) and always like to see different renditions of the same story. Now that I have read two of her books, I can now say that I really do like this author, and will try to find another of her books to read. All in all I liked this book also, and I recommend it.

Plot:

(these are two different description and I liked them both, so I thought I would list both of them.)

"What is that?" She points to the numbers on teh shirt.

"The Year. Old Navy puts the year on all their flag T-shirts. It's sort of a racket, I guess-you have to buy a new one every year."

"That... is .... the.... year? She looks sort of sick. Her face is suddenly almost the same color green as her eyes. She begins to shake. "Oh my... oh, no." She crumples back onto the floor, as she was when I first saw her. "It cannot be true. It cannot."

I kneel beside her. "What's the matter now? I thought you were fine."

She looks at me, then starts screaming. "Fine? Fine? I have been asleep nearly three hundred years!"

(here is the second. I thought this one funny.)

Talia fell under a spell....

Jack broke the curse.

I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic.....

I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not what I had in mind.

I awakened in the same place but in another time- to a stranger's soft kiss.

I couldn't help kissing her. Sometimes you just have to kiss someone. I didn't know this would happen.

Now I am in dire trouble becuase my father, the iking says I have brought ruin upon out country. I have no choice but to run away with this commoner!

Now I'm stuck with a bratty princess and a trunk full of her jewls... The good news: My parents will freak!