Chapter 1: The Secret Garden

Today I'm going to review The Secret Garden:

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The Secret Garden is a sweet heartwarming book. The main character, Mary Lennox, a British girl born and raised in India, was an unhappy, spoiled, ugly child. At least until she was forced to move in with her only living relative, her uncle, the reclusive Mr. Craven. This wealthy hunchback has a large mansion with expansive grounds in Britain. Little does she know, the British countryside is the best thing for her. She becomes pretty and healthy after living there for a little while. Exploring the grounds, she befriends a robin that live in one of the closed up gardens on the grounds. Mary learns from her maid, Martha, that the garden was closed because Mr. Craven's wife died after being injured in that garden. He was so angry that he locked up the garden and buried the key. Mary's robin friend shows her the key to get into the garden and there she discovers her passion. Meanwhile, Mary also discovers her uncle's sickly son, Colin, who is cooped up in the mansion. He is much like she was, in that he is spoiled rotten. She makes friends with him and shows him how to enjoy himself. Mary wishes to fix up the garden, and with the help of Dickon, Martha's outdoorsy brother, she does so. Eventually, Mary recruits Colin to help them. She, Dickon, and Colin show Mr. Craven the fixed up garden and he is happy for the first time since his wife died.

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Next time I will be reviewing Hoot by Carl Hiassen.

Please comment a book to read and review.

Prologue: The First Post

Welcome! My name is Madeleine, and in this blog, I will be reviewing books. I am a major bookworm and I read a lot.

I really want to express my opinion on books to the world and I want it to be a valid opinion. I personally appreciate a good review that I can read before I dive into a book.

There are way too many blogs that publish book reviews that aren't helpful to an avid reader, and are badly written. My mission with this blog is to put out quality work that I would like to see on the internet, and to review books in a way that can actually be interesting and advantageous for a bookworm like me.

That being said, I want to illustrate how this little blog got started. To be honest, I wouldn't even be blogging if it weren't for my English homework. This is a school project, but I'm enjoying writing this first post, so I plan on continuing even after the assignment is complete.

My hopes for this blog aren't for it to be famous, but for it to be a tool that can be useful for at least some people.

After this little introduction, I will jump right into the books. I would like to give the readers the opportunity to select books for me to review, because I'm always open and looking for a new book to read. So if there is a book you really want me to review, please, leave a comment.

The book I will review first is: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett