Review for Chew on This

Whenever you eat Mac. Donald's and order a Big Mac with fries, have you ever think about how is it made or where does it  even come from?You probably might think sure they said in that commercial said that it came from the freshest ingredients. But do you know that french fries are kept fresh under a heat lamp over night so that fry is probably a week old and that meat probably have piss. All these facts are from " Chew on this: Everything you don't want to know about fast food". The book teaches kids the history of fast food, and shows them the impact it has had on society.The books also teaches about the chemicals in the food, how junk food is marketed and why kids make great targets for marketing, how animals are raised and killed, and what it is doing to our bodies. What drawn me into the book was the facts and statistics.For example,

“In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined.” or like,

 “Behind them lies a simple explanation for why eating a hamburger can now make you seriously ill: There is shit in the meat.” 

I personally thought that it was a fraud but when I look up these fact, I was quite surprise how accurate it was. This is an excellent look on fast food's impact on society. The invention of the hamburger, the role of soda in toothless Yupik Eskimos, the workers behind the counter of a McDonalds, the teen getting gastric bypass, how McNuggets are made...etc. Chew On This has some gross content like depiction of a slaughterhouse and organs that were damaged from fast food. It also helps me( a teenager) think about my on eating habits compare to average teenager's diet. Over all, I would recommend this to every age because it will inform you a lot about what really happens in a fast-food restaurant and  where the hamburgers and fries came from.

Symbols in The Robber Bridegroom

 When you first read a book ,novel, comic, or newspaper, you don't really see the symbols. But once you read it more closely that  symbol are hidden in plain sight.In one such example, in The Grimm Brothers The Robber Bridegroom, the bird in the cage represents being trapped.In the story the bride hears a voice crying out " turn back, turn back, you young bridge. You're in a murderer's house." as a warning to not get killed. But, both brides simply ignore the warning,both brides ending up getting killed and eaten by the robber.

Review for M is for magic( WIP)

Over break I've read a short story collection called M is for Magic by Neil Gaison. He particularly writes fantasy stories one of he's famous books is Coraline ( which I loved )The stories strengths is also its weakness which is mainly just some stories just lacked what it intended for and others were just amazing.

I really liked The Witch's Headstone, which was a story about a real boy who was been living in a graveyard and raised by ghosts. He decides to do a very kind thing for a ghost who didn't get a gravestone and the story really follows the adventure that goes with his decision.

The story I really love is,The Case of the four and twenty blackbirds.In this story the author's uses a spin on a nursery rhyme . Basically it's a detective needs to solve the mystery of who killed Humpty Dumpty. It is told with attitude and is very funny.The author put the character more in depth as if the character came to life. Gaison also uses foreshadowing to show hints about what really happened to Humpty Dumpty.

This book was intended for  elementary / middle school but besides that I would recommend it for people who love Gaison's work and for young adults who loves fantasy or .