Harry Potter 5

Right now I a reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Voldemort has returned but people don't want to accept the fact, and people call Harry and Dumbledore liars for saying its true. They get a new defense against the dark arts teacher who is incredibly mean and hates Harry. He starts to hates Hogwarts but only likes it because he starts his own secret defense against the dark arts class when he and the DA are forbidden too. One night Harry and his friends have to use their skills to stop Voldemort when he enters the Ministry of Magic in search for a prophet about Harry. Harry and his friends battle with Voldemort and the Death Eaters in a very good book that I would recommend to everyone.


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Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Right now I am reading the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. It is about ford prefects journey through the galaxy with Arthur, who's from earth. Ford prefect is traveling through the universe trying to update the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. He wants to go to earth for a week but gets stuck there for 15 years. He escapes earth with Arthur, ( who doesn't know that ford prefect is From out of the universe.) he escapes when earth is destroyed to make an I galactic highway. This is a very good book and I would recommend it.


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Harry potter

Right now I am reading Harry potter 4, the goblet of fire. It is about Harry and his friends ( Ron and Hermione) who's school hosts the tri wizard tournament, a very big event. People 17 or older can enter the tournament, so harry can't enter. But when the three people competing in the very dangerous tournament is announced, Harry's name is drawn. People got really mad at him because they thought he just wanted attention. But after completing the first task amazingly well, he gets his friends back. This is a good book and I would recommend it to everyone.


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Shaq Uncut

Right now I am reading Shaq Uncut, an autobiography about Shaquille O'Neal. He talks about memories from his NBA career and childhood. Growing up he lived in Newark around a lot of drugs and violence. He beat up a lot of kids, and his dad would beat him. Shaq said that he didn't hate his dad for it, but loved him for it for making him stronger. In high school he quickly became one of the best players in Texas. They won the state championship and then Shaq went to college at LSU. He loved it there, but his favorite part was his coach, Dale Brown. He went to the NBA, and was the number one pick for the Magic. He played great and the Magic improved. The next year they got the number one pick and drafted Penny Hardaway. With Penny and Shaq they went to the NBA finals, but got swept. That was the Magics best year with Shaq, and pretty soon he went to the Lakers and won four championships.
That is just the beginning of the book, and I would recommend everyone to read it. I like it a lot because he bad mouths Kobe Bryant a lot, and I hate Kobe, which was good for me. It is a great book for everyone and I deeply recommend it.


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Change up

Right now I am reading Change Up, by John Feinstein. It is about two 14 year old kids who are covering the World Series with their two mentors. Their names are Susan Carol and Stevie. About two years ago they both won a contest that let them report the Final four. There they uncovered that Duke was going to blackmail star player Chip Graber if he didn't purposely lose the championship game. Since then the two of them have became beta friends and have been to other major sporting events. But now they're at the world series, and are uncovering another huge report. Stevie was interviewing Nationals pitcher Norbert Doyle, who never played but was an ingesting story. When they're talking, a nationals manager Manny Acta comes over to Doyle and tells him he's starting game two of the world series! He had never started and barely played n the regular season. Stevie had uncovered another great story, and was rooting for Norbert to do great. The start didn't look promising. He hit the lead off man, then walked the second batter. Then came up Dad Ortiz. He hit a rocket to third basemen Ryan Zimmerman, who hen made a triple play, the first in world series history since the 20s. Norbert had gotten incredibly lucky. Through the seventh inning, Norbert had completely turned it around. He walked a few batters, but still hadn't allowed a hit. But in the ninth, the Red Sox got a hit, but Norbert had thrown a one hitter in the world series! He was 37 years old and had played in the minors for about 12 years, and now he was throwing near no hitters. But Stevie was curious about Norbert's wife, who had died in a car crash. He understandably didn't really talk about it, but the details of the crash seemed to change every time. Stevie is determined to find out the truth about the crash and what really happened the night Annalise Doyle died.


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Loose Balls

Right now I am reading Loose Balls, a book about the old ABA. It is mostly short and entertaining stories, which I like. It talks about how the ABA gets no credit for changing the game of basketball. Without the ABA, there would be no three point line, all star game, dunk contest and fast breaks. The old NBA would just to boring pick and rolls. All the old NBA players said that it was no fun playing. The ABA brought fun and excitement to the NBA which has changed the game.
I think some reasons I like this book is because it is entertaining. My favorite story was when Jerry Harkness made a full out shot to win the game. All the players thought the game was going to overtime because they forgot about the three point play. The referees told the players they won the game and everyone it confused. I would recommend this book to any basketball fan.


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The Machine

The Machine is a book about the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, On of the best baseball teams of all time. They had some of baseballs greatest players of all time, including Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Pete Rose. They started of slowly, but finished the year like no other team has in the history of baseball. Their manager, Sparky Anderson everybody thought was crazy, but all of his decisions started paying off. Putting in George Foster helped a lot, he hit home run after home run. All in all, the 75 Reds were one of the best teams baseball has ever seen.
One of the reasons I am enjoying this book is because it goes in depth for every player, and makes you feel like you're in the actual locker room for the 75 Reds. Lots of clubhouse conversations are mentioned, from insults between the big 3 ( Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, and Johnny Bench,) the starting pitchers mumbling about their hate for Sparky Anderson, and many more arguments between the Reds. I would deeply recommend this book for everyone.

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