89. "Spartacus" by Howard Fast 363 pages
I haven't seen the movie lately, but I am pretty sure I like the movie better. The book is mostly about the Romans and several characters had similar names so it was hard for me to keep everyone straight.90. "Fairest" by Gail Carson Levine 326 pages
Meh. 91. "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares 373 pages
92. "Where the Red Fern Grows" Wilson Rawls 212 pages
I remember thinking this book wasn't that great in elementary. And I kinda agree now. It's pretty good, but also kinda slow on the action. 93. "The Testament" by John Grisham 435 pages
I like this one, though I did skim the parts where it talks about the storms in South America. I think it was very true to life about how some people think they are entitled to certain lifestyles. It was fun to hate some of the characters. Some aspects of the character development surprised me (in a good way).94. "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell 733 pages
This is one loooooong book. The words are so tiny on the page, it's ridiculous. I've never seen the movie and only vaguely knew that it was about the Civil War and Scarlett has two loves, Ashley and Rhett. So, pretty much it was all new to me. I really enjoyed reading it.
I think Scarlett is such a great character because sometimes you are just so proud of her for keeping her family from starving and sometimes you just want to kick her in the head for the way she acts towards Melanie / Rhett / Ashely / her own children. I had an inkling early on how the story would end and I was right, though I was sad to be right. It's SO frustrating when a Scarlett is so close to having what she wants but is too proud to do something about it! But at the same time you kinda feel like Scarlett got what she deserved. Anyway, I liked the book even though I didn't like the realistic ending. I'll have to watch the movie sometime and see if I like it better than the book.
95. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins 390 pages
LOVE it! Just as good as "Hunger Games" and "Catching Fire." I thought it had a great (and realistic) ending. I'm not going to say anything else, though, because I really think you should read all three books.
96. "The Princess Diaries" by Meg Cabot 238 pages
My friend A suggested this one. I liked it more than I thought I would. I usually am not a fan of books in diary form (thanks, Anne Frank) but I think it totally worked for this book. The movie is different from the book and I liked them both. I think I'll read the next one in the series.
97. "Girls in Pants: the Third Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares 338 pages
I've read about 15 more books, so I'll try to post about those later this week.
I'll leave you with my new favorite song: Hollywood by Michael Buble.
This song gets stuck in my head all the time :) Also, if you're thinking that the lyrics don't really make sense I think he just means that happiness doesn't come from being rich / famous but that you can find happiness inside yourself. Or maybe the lyrics just don't make sense.
I read Ella Enchanted, because you mentioned it in one of your posts, and it was great! :) I just finished Fairest also. It wasn't as good as Ella Enchanted, but I think I liked it more than your "Meh". :) Thanks for sharing all the books your read! It helps me find new ones to try.
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