1.) Beauty

        I am reading the book Beauty by Robin McKinley. I've read a few chapters so far and it is mostly just introductions to characters and the background of things.

        So far, I have found out that the main character is Honour (Beauty). Everyone calls her Beauty because when she was little she didn't like her birth name and she wanted to be called Beauty. This is kind of ironic because she isn't really that pretty of a girl. Beauty has two older sisters named Grace and Hope. They all lived in a town with there father who worked on ships. Their father was very wealthy because of his job and they lived in a really nice house. Beauty's father lost his fortune when three of his ships went missing and had to move his family to a little house in the woods. One of the ships had Grace's fiance, Robbie, on it and they are guessing that he died. They moved to the little house when Hope's fiance Gervain asked them to move in with them. Now they just moved in and are trying to get to know people in the little town.

        I think that it is okay so far. Nothing has really happened that is exciting and it just talks about how the characters are feeling. I don't think it is bad and it is a little interesting learning about their family background. I think that Robin McKinley wrote Beauty because it could hit a lot of different genres of books. It is partially romance, mystery, adventure, and a little historic. I think the theme is that you should never judge a book by its cover. Even though Beauty isn't the prettiest girl, she still is very kind and tries to look on the bright side of things.

        I think that the best character is Beauty because she is very kind and positive. When she found out that they had to move away from their home because of money problems, she didn't get mad. She tried to look at the bright side and said that it would give them more time with family. She was also really kind to the young kids playing on the street even though she didn't know them.

        I think that when Beauty says, " I guess I'd better go do what he says," it is a good quote because it shows how much she obeys people. I think that this line is used in some way or another by everyone because people often do things even when they don't want to. Beauty does obey people and wants to do what is right.

        I mostly just want to know what happened to Robbie. Since his ship was one that got lost, Grace is very upset and I feel bad for her. I also want to know who Beauty will become friends with and what her role is going to be in the family now that they don't have maids.