If Chins could Kill: Confessions of a B Moive Actor

          If Chins could Kill: Confessions of a B Moive Actor By Bruce Campbell if an AMAZING book. Its an autobiography, and we all know how boring those can be. But this one is about Bruce's life as an actor that's in tons of movies, like the gym teacher in Sky High, the American spy in Cars 2, the mayor in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and the star, Ash, in the classic old horror film, The Evil Dead. Turns out he's one of those guys that's isn't as famous as people like Judy Garland or Charlton Heston, but tons of people still know, and love, him and his acting.
     This book is about his life and the tough world of acting. He goes through him and his friends filming the The Evil Dead deep in the woods of Tennessee, facing the challenges of staring in a movie that involves tons of fake blood, and trying to make it into Hollywood.
     When this book was written, it was before Campbell was in Sky High, Cars 2, Ant Bully, and some other low key films. Bruce Campbell is currently co-staring on the USA show, Burn Notice. His book, If Chins could Kill, was a New York Times bestseller, and he has another book out, called Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way.
      I would give this book a 9.
      LOVED it. It's the kind of book you never want to end.







                           


                                                                               (what a chin!!! perhaps one that could.......kill????)

Only the Good Die Young

    Only the Good Die Young, a Graphic Novel written by Brian K. Vaughan and drawn by Jo Chen, is the third book in the Runaways series, about 6 kids on the run who are trying to stop their evil parents from destroying the world. The runaways are in for a surprise this book though, as they find out that one of them is a traitor and is leaking information to their parent secret group, the Pride. As the story moves on and the runaways find out more and more about the Pride's past, the runaways aren't sure of who is telling the truth and who isn't. As the final battle between the Pride and the runaways comes to and end, the truth is shown and the runaways find out the traitor and defeat the Pride.
     I thought that this book was really well thought out and very well written. The ending was a total shocker when I found out who the traitor was, it totally took me by surprise. They were actually my second favorite character in the books so far, so when they stood proud to the Pride, I was in disbelief. Brian K. Vaughan did such a good job writing this book because even though I knew it was fiction, the distrust and surprise felt so real to me.
     BUT Brian was also able to make the joy and laughter of the runaways seem real as well. He really was able to highlight ALL the emotions and give you a connection to these kids. He showed you the belief, the doubt, the rejection, and the desire.
     I'd give this book and 8.5.
     Superb quality, Brian. Good Job.

I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I want to be your Class President

I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I want to be your Class President by Josh Lieb is a funny, smart, and great book. It's about a kid, Oliver, who's in 7th grade and is amazingly smart but acts really dumb. Everyone who knows him thinks he's stupid, even his parents, when really he's the 3rd richest man in the world, has a secret lair under his house, cameras around the school, and a Russian dog who can load and fire an armor-piercing missile. Oliver's fine with acting dumb if it means he can keep his secret fortune, but when his dad says that he doesn't think Oliver could win class president, Oliver decides he's up for the challenge winning while keeping the same reputation of being clueless.
      Josh Lieb is a hilarious author. Turns out he's also an Emmy-winning Executive Producer of The Daily show with Jon Stewart, and has also worked on The Simpsons and NewsRadio.
      I thought the book was excellent and super funny. The plot was really good as well, but I didn't really like the ending. It was weird how he goes off, showing his true feeling, and then decides to pee his pants to get everyone to go back to believing that he's stupid. It was also a bit of a cliff hanger, but at the back it says that Josh Lieb is working on the next book, so hopefully it will fill in the gap the ending left you.
      But over all: great book. Highly recommend it.
      I'm gonna give it a 7.

The Runaways: Teenage Wasteland

     Runaways is a series about 6 kids who find out their parents are all part of a evil secret society called The Pride. The Pride is trying to help these monsters turn the world into a wonderful safe garden, but to do so, they have to wipe out mankind. Once all the kids: Alex, Nico, Chase, Gert, Molly, and Karoline, find out these horrible things about their parents, they run away and try to find out a way to over throw their parents. The thing is, their parent all have superpowers, but the runaways then realize they have powers also.
     Teenage Wasteland is the 2nd book in the Runaways series, the 1st one I read at school during our graphic novel course. Teenage Wasteland is an amazing book that reflects on the teenagers trying to find out more about The Pride and how they can stop it. They also get a visit from Cloak and Dagger, who think that the runaways are the bad guys. This results in a huge fight thats one of the first times the kids get to test out their newly discovered powers.
     The graphics are amazing in this book. Takeshi Miyazawa, the person who does the pictures, can really work her magic with a pencil. Also, Brian K. Vaughan, the writer, is very creative and has thought out this story to every twist and turn. His style of showing you the Runaways for most of the book and then giving you a few pages to show you how the parents (who make up The Pride) are doing now that they know their own children are trying to destroy what they've build up for them and how willing they are to fight back. Great Job Brian! Keep up the good work.
     I'd give it a 6.5.
     Next comes Only the Good Die Young, which I've heard has great reviews and has something to do with one of the Runaways being loyal to the Pride, risking the lives of the other Runaways...