Book 67 - Cloaked

My sixty-seventh book was Cloaked by Alex Flinn. I loved Alex's book Beastly, so I decided to give this one a try. Unlike Beastly, which is based on Beauty and the Beast, this book is based on several lesser known fairy tales, including "The Frog Prince" (before Disney made The Princess and the Frog), "The Elves and the Shoemaker", and "The Salad", which sounds exceedingly strange. Johnny is a poor teenager, working in his mother's shoe repair shop. His best friend, Meg, works in the coffee shop next door, but even her family has more money than Johnny and his mother. One day, Johnny meets the princess of Aloria, Victorianna, who does nothing but drink and party. So, when Victorianna shows up, telling Johnny that she needs his help because her brother was turned into a frog, Johnny just thinks she's drunk again. But, as it soon becomes clear that she's serious, he just thinks she's crazy. But, when she gives him a magical cloak that can transport him anywhere he wishes, he has no choice but to believe her and set out in search of the missing frog. Armed with his cloak, an earpiece that will let him talk to animals that were once human, and the promise of a marriage with the princess if he succeeds, Johnny finds out that, what he really wanted all along, was right next to him the whole time.
Grade: B
SC: 4
V: 5
C: 3

Book 40 - Beastly

My fortieth book was Beastly by Alex Flinn. Yes, I really did read this in one day. 300 pages in one day...I'm very proud. Anyway, this was turned into a movie starring Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens. Hmm...the people that made this movie obviously didn't read the book...or look at the description. The beast in the book is more like in the Disney movie, not the scarred, tattooed weirdo they have Alex playing. And Vanessa Hudgens?? Are they crazy?! She can't act. At all. What is up with casting agents choosing her and Miley Cyrus for every movie? Well...this book is about Kyle, a very vain boy who's only purpose in life is to look good. One day, he decides to play a trick on this weird girl in his class, only to find out that she's a witch and turns him into a hairy beast for being a horrible person. The only way to break the curse is to find a girl to love and she has to love him in return, in two years, or he will be a beast forever. (Hey, at least the witch in the movie gave him a little more time.) He spends the first year wallowing in his despair, spying on his old classmates, especially a girl named Linda, who he never noticed before he gave an unwanted rose to her the night he transformed. A couple of months later, a man breaks into his house and, in exchange for his freedom and not telling the police, he will give Kyle (now called Adrian) his daughter. It turns out that this daughter, named Lindy, is actually Linda. At first, she hates him and freaks anytime he's around, but then she slowly starts to like him. With a little help from his blind tutor, Will, and his housekeeper, Magda, he starts to fall in love with her. But can he earn her love in return?
Grade: A+
SC: 3
V:4
C: 2