13 Reasons Why

So the book, 13 Reasons Why, is about this girl called Hannah, and a guy called Klay. play really likes her but doesn't have the guts to tell her. But then Hannah commits suicide before he could tell her how he feels. After her suicide Klay receives 7 tapes, but since the book is set in modern day and tapes wearnt that common, so it took him some finding to buy a tape player. But when he starts he hears that he will never see her again, but in those stories. There is a meaning behind them, that tells the 13 reasons why she took her life. During the story it switches back and forth from the 13 reasons why and the tapes.

This book was extremely interesting and taught you a lot about life and death and how you should never take stuff for granted. 

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2011

The guinness worlds record is a book, that tells you all the new records that people have done over the years. They have options what you can look, at like different categories. (Super stunts, human size medical records, Fish, and sea life, and then my favorite sports) Like one thing in super stunts, is a guy on a trail bike, and he made a record of jumping 48 bars, with his back wheel only. Another record was in human size. The smallest man in the world is, from India, he is 57 cm or 22.5 in. I think that this book, is one of the coolest books ever and teaches kinds stuff that happens around the world in a really fun way. :D

The guinness book of records is great, and i would highly recommend to read it. Its for all age groups and is just plain fun to read. 

Sports nutrition

Recently, I stopped reading a lot, but I have been reading a book on nutrition for the past couple weeks and I found it very interesting. The book is called advanced sports nutrition and it covers a lot of the bases that athletes should know about nutrition. It is quite an easy read, but is fun because I am interested in the topic that it presents. I have scanned through this book several times, but now I am reading it in detail, and taking my time with it so that I can learn more.

Honestly, I would recommend that any athlete reads this book in order to optimize sports performance.

I learned a lot of stuff from this book, like the individual use of each mineral, vitamin and supplement

The Fault in our Stars

Title: The fault in our stars

Author: John Green

Genre: Teen Fiction

The Fault in our Stars is about young 16 – year old Hazel Lancaster; the thing that is different about Hazel is that she has terminal cancer. She was pulled out of school, when she was diagnosed at 13-years old, so she doesn’t have many friends. Yet later, at age 16, Hazel is diagnosed with clinical depression (something she calls a side effect of dying) and must go to a cancer support group. Though at first this seems to be a bad thing, but there she meets Augustus Waters. Augustus is a boy, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. Together they become good friends, and then Hazel also meets Isaac, a friend of Augutus’, at the cancer support group.  Together, they go to Amsterdam, to meet Hazel’s favorite author. This all happens thanks to Augustus, and all is good to them, until Augustus’ cancer starts getting worse again. The rest of the story talks about the struggle that Augustus and Hazel have to face.

I really enjoyed this book, and its story. The journey that Hazel must face with her disease connects you greatly to the characters of the book, taking you along on their life’s story. The way John Green writes really helps you get deeper the story and the rawness of the feelings of someone struggling with a disease such as cancer. Something I really found sad though is the ending of the book, not only was it surprising but it was very sad due to the fact that you really start to understand and like the characters. The book The Fault in our Stars is very like the book Before I Die by Jenny Downham, so if you enjoyed that book, you will enjoy this novel.

Author: Charley Rosen
May 27, 2012

East Finals a battle of past vs. future

This articles is a preview of the Conference Finals series match up of the Miami Heat vs. the Boston Celtics. It has a small recap of last year's Semifinals series match up, where the two teams faced off, and Miami won in 5 games. 

This article moves on to show the chances, and how the Boston Celtics can "Beat the Heat", and later showing how the Miami Heat can beat the Celtics' big 3+1. At the end they state what the fans should be waiting for through this series.

Rarely-known Experiences

This book is about all the weird and crazy things that happen to people, from taking off all their clothes near the top of Everest to crashing into a moose, suffering concussion, 2 black eyes and a neck fracture; then immediately getting amnesia and forgetting about the incident and proceeding to drive 25 miles to work in a car that's missing most its windows and a roof.

It is completely non-fiction and is part of a sequel, describing the odd events that can take place in ones life. The book is almost 300 pages however it is easy to read and very interesting. I would recommend this book if you enjoy tales of real events or you just need something to read for 5 minutes

The Tao of Pooh

Title: the Tao of Pooh
Author: Benjamin Hoff
Genre: Philosophy, Comedy
Pages: 155

     The Tao of Pooh is a funny yet very philosophical book about Taoism. It actually has nothing to do with China and shows the world's best philosopher as our all-time child favourite... Winnie the Pooh! Each chapter is basically dialogue between the author and Winni the Pooh. It goes very much something like an extract from oner of the books, then the author talking about philosophy, Pooh not understanding it and the author then explaining how it ties in. One such example is where Eeyore has just been "Bounced" into a river by Tigger. The other animals, annoyed at Tigger's bouncing, decide to take him to a forest and leave him there. However they all end up getting lost, and Tigger being able to bounce so high just finds his way back whilst the others desperately try to find their way. The aithor then goes on to describe how we all have something special within us and no matter how bad it is, it is a gift. Pooh goes on to ask how then, is everyone else leading Tigger into the forest a lesson. The author then says that the more we try to stop others from achieving their dream and being who they are, the further we stray from who we our ourselves.
     That's just one lesson though, there are countless others which I would love to describe, but I don't have the time to. If you want to see them, read The Tao of Pooh or The Te of Piglet(which describes the power of the small and the things that impede the path of a great life). The Tao of Pooh was on the whole very humorous and a very enjoyable read.