Chasing Lincoln's Killer

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One of my favorite non fiction books is Chasing Lincoln's Killer by: James Swanson. This is the first book I read from that author and I would encourage many people to read books by this author. I found out about this book when I was looking through a Scholastic Book Order Magazine. I loved reading about the Civil War and my favorite president to read about is Abraham Lincoln so I went up to my teacher and she said I would love this book and it turns out she was right. 

There is not really a main character in the story are John Wilkes Booth and the people that helped him kill Lincoln. This story is told in a third person narrative. What made this book amazing is that it was very detailed and it made you feel like you were actually there! This book is a true account of the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth. It is also full of interesting pictures and artifacts from the time period. Anything that appears in quotes was actually said by that person which made me love this book even more. 

What keeps me reading this book is the suspense and action in this book. I couldn't put this book down. Since I love American history, I knew this book was right for me. If you like America history like I do, then it is worth reading for pleasure, but if you are one of those people who don't like history, then you probably wouldn't like this book that much. 

I liked this book, but I would not recommend this book for anyone under sixth grade, and then, only if they were really interested in history. There was an actual picture of four people hanging in the book, which can be a little eerie for some people. But overall, this is a great book to read about!

Usually I am not a big fan of non fiction books, but this book really blew me away...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Another one of my favorite books that I have read in my lifetime is the classic Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and it was a funny book. This was the first book I read from the author. I first knew about this book when I heard everybody talking about this new book that came out and I wanted to read this book and see if I liked just as much as everybody else did. 

The main characters in this book are two middle schoolers named Greg Heffley and his "best" friend Rowley. There is also Greg's mom and dad, his older brother Rodrick and his younger brother Manny. You can't forget the other characters in the book that makes this book come alive like Fregly and the others... I like these character because I can put these character in the place of people I already know and that can be funny. This story takes place in middle school so I can relate to this book. The other thing I liked about these character is that they are around my age and I can feel what they are thinking. Overall, the character may sometimes be cliched, but they are funny to read about and they make a good story.

What keeps me reading this book is the humor and its funny moments. The other think I like about this series is that, there is usually something that comes up in every book in the series. For example, the Stinky Cheese is a popular thing in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and it comes up often. There are also funny moment the involve the Stinky Cheese. 

It is worth reading for pleasure because no matter who you are, you will find this book somewhat amusing. I would mostly recommend it to kids in their teen years because they can have more fun reading this book than adults can. But, I don't discourage adults read it because, like I said before, it is a funny book for everybody to enjoy. The only thing that I don't like about this book is that there can sometimes be a cliched parts than annoy me. But I can't speak for you, we all read differently and enjoy different types of books. 

This book is part of a wonderful series and it is a good series. This book is the first one of the series. I chose this book to talk about in my blog and not the other ones in the series because I didn't really couldn't chose which was the best so I just chose the original one. Now that  think about it, the original Diary of a Wimpy Kid is probably the best one, but I will get back with you with my final answer in which I think is the best one. If you read this series, what is your favorite Diary of a Wimpy Kid and why?

It is hard for me to find a perfect book and this is one of my favorite books I have every read. <NS>