InStyle is a pretty well nown magazine that gives you tons of tips on the hottest styles of the season. InStyle: Best of the Web is November's issue (of 2009). My mom and I have purchased InStyle subscriptions, which really don't cost all that much. The yearly subscription rate is around 28 dollars, and that's a pretty good deal, considering the magazines are of pretty high quality ...

In honor of one of the students in our school, who is a great speller, we watched the movie Akeelah and the Bee in class. It is a brilliant movie about a young African-American girl that has the talent to become a great speller. With the right coach, she could make it to the national spelling bee. After finding a great spelling coach and mentor, she trains long and hard, hoping to get a chance ...

13 Reasons Why is a book about how a girl committed suicide. Before she does though, she makes a bunch of cassette tapes, and sends them to the people who were part of the reason why she committed suicide. She sends it to the first person, who is obligated to send it to the second after she/he listened to them, and so on and so forth, or the tapes will be displayed in public by a secret so...

Over the summer, my dad went on a business trip to Dartmouth, and we decided to come along too, to see the east coast again. So after hopping on a plane to New York, then driving a few hours to the hotel, we decided to see Dartmouth the next day. I'm applying for college in a few years, so I wanted to see the Ivy League schools, and decide if Dartmouth was a choice. So the next day, our mom...

I have always been a big fan of arts and crafts, so obviously I love knitting. I found several knitting patterns on the internet, and the authors would always recommend Lily's Sugar n Cream Yarn. I didn't know such a brand of yarn had existed back them, so after doing some research, I found that they were actually quite popular and had a large selection of yarn. So, having nothing to do...

We bought the iPod Nano 3G a while back, and I am still using it today. It is the perfect size for travel! It is small and thin, so can easily fit into your pocket or any small compartment. It can store 8 GB worth of information, which is thousands of songs plus videos, which is more than enough for me. To this day, I have barely even used half of its memory space. It comes in a wide variety of...

Flowers For Algernon is a beautifully written book by Daniel Keyes. It's actually a short story, but can be found in many books. I read this story in eighth grade, and cried at the end. It is written in first person point of view by Charlie Gordan in the form of a diary. Chalie is a man with mental disabilities. He has an IQ of 68 and works as a janitor at a factory. After being chosen...

I love a ton of books, as most of you might know, but Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul is one of my particular favorites. The book is made up of several stories written by real teenage girls who have actually gone through that phase in life. It gave me great tips and lessons, and made me feel as though I'm not the only one out there that is having problems. It made me realize that there...

Maplestory is a widely known online game, where people can make online characters to meet other virtual versions of people around the world. The game is very successful, and has about 75 million players. There are many aspects of this game that make it so successful. In the game, you can attack monsters and complete quests to gain experience, which you need to advance onto a new ...

Abercrombie is the place to shop for teenagers nowadays, and there is a reason why. The clothes there are of high quality and low cost. The clothes there are all tight (really tight, as a matter of fact), which happens to be the style nowadays. My mom and I went shopping for school clothes, which was when I found these. I had been needing an extra pair of jeans, and we found the perfect pair at...

All children love a good book full of adventure and high spirits. That's exactly what Heidi brings to it's readers. Heidi is a book about a young, cheerful girl that manages to bring happiness into the lives of everyone she meets. After her mother dies, Heidi is brought to her lonley grandfather, who lives a simple life in the Alp Mountains. After moving the Alps, she also meets a young...

I typically don't give books a five out of five, but I think that this book really deserved it! Streams to the River, River to the Sea is a beautifully-written book by Scott O'Dell, the author of the famous Island of the Blue Dolphins. In this book, O'Dell brings hardships, love, and triumph all into the same book. I truly loved it.The book is about Sacagawea, a Shoshone Indian that...

Ok, so a lot of people have heard about Insaniquarium. But for those who haven't, just know that it is one of the best computer games ever! It's easy to get to know how to play it, and after a while, can be so addicting. I really know you'll love it.This is how it works: you start out with some fish. You click your mouse any where in the tank to drop a piece of food to feed your fis...

Anne of Avonlea is the sequel to the well-known book, Anne of Green Gables. I used to read Anne of Green Gables all the time when I was little, as it was quite easy to read back then. But after I grew older, I could read this book, which is a harder installment, but just as good. I actually found it randomly on one of my teachers' shelves by coincidence. I had never even known it existed! T...

Word Smart, the third edition, is 386 pages dedicated to purely academic purposes. I bought this book two years ago, intending to improve my vocabulary and prepare for the SAT early, and it REALLY helped. In this book are eight hundred twenty-three words that you need to know to be able to "communicated effectively, be ore persuasive, get more from your reading, and score higher on the SAT...

I have always been a big fan of arts and crafts, so obviously I love knitting. I found several knitting patterns on the internet, and the authors would always recommend Lily's Sugar n Cream Yarn. I didn't know such a brand of yarn had existed back them, so after doing some research, I found that they were actually quite popular and had a large selection of yarn. So, having nothing to do...

A couple of weeks ago, I finished the book Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson, and it was simply amazing. I highly recommend this book for all of you fantasy lovers out there. There is actually a prequel to the book, called The Ropemaker, but you don't have to read that one, as there isn't really any information in that book that you need to understand this book.The book takes place in a wor...

Knowing is a pretty well-known movie, but I'm pretty sure it's not the best. I mean, it's pretty good, but I've definitely seen better. First of all, I don't exactly like the plot, as it could have used some work. The stuff about the letters and the numbers was pretty good, but it was the aliens part that screwed it up. Everything seemed to fit together, except for...

A couple of weeks ago, I read the book The Golden Compass, and absolutely fell in love with it! It was utterly amazing. They are pretty well-known, so I wouldn't be surprised if most of you have already heard of it. The book really makes you think, and it has definitely made its way to my top ten.In the book, we meet a young, rebelious girl named Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon. In this wo...

Kurt Vonnegut, the author of Cat's Cradle, is a pretty messed up person. But not exactly in a bad way, as this book turned out amazing. Vonnegut's sense of humor and science is mixed with his psychotic personality in this ridiculously book.A few weeks ago, I had to do a book report on a book related to global warming. After looking around, I found Cat's Cradle. It doesn't exactl...