NaNoWriMo

Last November Was Nanowrimo. (National Novel Writing Month) Its a thing on every year, basically you are writing a novel. its like a competion but you'r competing against you'r self. You set a word count goal and when you write the book you count how many words there is and if you go over the goal you are a winner. In October you plan what kind of book you'r going to write, in November you just write and afterwards, all the way to July the something,  you can edit what  you wrote. When you are done you can print it into an actual book, not one you sell in shops, but it dose get sold on amazon.  I did the young writers program  last year and I'm doing it again this year.

I'v Put the first chapter of the b book I did last year called "An Odyssey" on here:

CHAPTER ONE

It was a beautiful spring day and the sun was shining, the clouds were beautiful like purple mist rising from the lake and a rainbow higher than ever. The clouds made all sorts of animal shapes. Then they lowered down and the purple bird turned into a little chick. Me, Violet. I spent the day wondering, looking for shelter with no luck. It was getting dark and the moon came out.  I was in the wood in the middle of the night and I heard barking in the distance coming closer and closer. Then I saw something moving! It was crawling in a bush just a couple of meters away. It would jump out any moment. I ran and I shouted for help.

I couldn’t see it anymore I thought it was gone until from behind a tree jumped an orange brown coloured beast with long ears and green eyes. A fox! There was nowhere to run and no one to hear me so I shut my eyes tight but nothing happened. When I opened one eye I saw I was in the air rushing past trees. I saw the stars looking down on me and the moon. And I saw something different; the loving eyes of a sparrow carrying me over the trees in the chilling night. She silently flew to a nest where were two little sparrow chicks sleeping. Mother sparrow put me next to them and whispered "what were you doing in the dark?" but to me is sounded like "wan weleyo doding inte darkoko" and I was asleep.

I dreamt of living with this family. Or was this a trap? But if I lived here, what would I do? How would I talk? So many questions but almost no answers in my little head!  I can’t stop thinking of them. Next morning I was woken by the dawn choir which included all the sparrows in this tree. Unfortunately I did not understand a thing other than “ablaweka chopo chope arrenvnan.” From all the birds: sparrows, robins, tits, black birds, king fishers and lots more. The male sparrow who I guess was the dad came in and out with slugs, 

  

worms, ants and other bugs and insects which were for “Bebeke” or something like that. Now things started to get harder. I was sorry but I did not talk sparrow. “mi hama le Daffodil, maya ja Osco” said one of them shyly and I think she was telling me their names. I was lucky I understood the basics in a few weeks. I was adopted into this loving but nonsense talking family. I think I was called Violet but I am not sure. The most common game we would play was tag. Soon my siblings and I were young adults who still lived in the nest but would wonder about at day. I still did not understand them but loved the flock a lot. One summer morning I went out to have breakfast (or bebeke) and something unusual happened. 

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In a valley among the hills our farm lies near a village, wedged between the forest and the loch. I live there working hard and I care for all the animals, for example the sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, horses and a cow. I live with Mum, Dad, Rosie, granny and grandpa. I tend to spend most of my time with the animals because mum dad, granny and grandpa argue all the time. They argue for example over whether dad should be the head of the house or not. I vote that the argument should stop, but I’m still on Mums and dads side. We three think that nobody should be bossed about by dad (or anybody) but anyway today was a day when everyone was arguing. I woke up and got outside, let the chickens out and then dad and I fed all the animals. Something we didn’t know was that in the house granny and grandpa started arguing with mum. By the time we got back dad joined mum in the fight. I went out again and walked the horses to their field and shepherded the sheep and I sat under the old olive tree when I noticed that my hazel whistle had broken. 

I found and excellent branch on the old olive and I broke the little branch so easily that you wouldn't hear the crack 3 meters away and after couple of hours it was finished. I tried to blow the whistle but no sound would come. Then I heard Rosie running up. She brought some lunch and we ate together. After lunch I left Rosie alone and trotted down to feed the ducks. I had forgotten about the whistle. The rest of the day was fantastic. We went to the market with mum and dad. Rosie and I were mostly interested in the animals while mum was more into food but at the end we ended up buying some leather for sewing and seeds for growing while the whistle with no sound was still in my pocket. The next day it was a whole day of working then at around noon I remembered to feed the ducks.


That was the first chapter of my book.  I'l put up some of the Web sites:
This is the young writers program which I used :ywp.nanowrimo.org
This is he nanowrimo web site, which has the program for addults: www.nanowrimo.org
And this is were you can buy my book

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The Folk of the Faraway Tree
by Enid Blyton
(read in English)

The Faraway Tree is in the middle of the Enchanted Wood. It is very magical, it is the worlds biggest tree and inside the tree lives lots of weird people. There is Moon Face, Silky the Fairy, and Saucepan Man.

There are 3 children who live close to the Faraway Tree. Connie comes to stay with them and she is really spoilt and it takes her a long time to believe in the Faraway Tree.

My favourite part was when Connie went to the Faraway Tree not believing in it and comes back covered in ink, water, her dress is ripped and definitely believing in magic. One bit I didn't like was when the children are telling Connie not to be nasty but were being  nasty to her at the same time.

I got this book as a present from Auntie Heather, Uncle Kenny, Drew and Elsa. Thank you very much I really enjoyed it.

Book Review: Rumini

Rumini
by Berg Judit
(read in Hungarian)

Rumini is a mouse who travels on a boat. This mouse has a wonderful mind and that is a good thing because to get to the kingdom where they are going he and the rest of the mice need to pass through lots of dangerous places. For example, they must pass the giant octopus (who likes to eat wood) and their boat is made of wood so they are in a lot of danger. Or the dragon in the mist who will not let anyone go past him.

It was an interesting book, I liked it but I didn't love it as much as other books. The book was adventurous but is a little slow in some parts.

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
by J.K.Rowling
(read in English with Mum)

Harry Potter is one of my favourite books, you can almost always see the pictures in your head when you read it.

It is about a boy called Harry who goes to live with his aunt and uncle because his mum and dad died. It was horrible living with the Dursleys. Once Harry got a letter (or lots of letters), but his aunt and uncle just burned them. Finally a giant comes to say he is a wizard! He goes to a school for witches and wizards called Hogwarts.

Harry makes friends with Ron and Hermione. Together they discover secrets. There was once a wizard at Hogwarts who turned bad, his name was Voldemort. Harry finds out about the Philosopher's Stone and then about the entrance to the chamber where the stone is. If Voldemort gets the stone he will get his own body and will destroy the world.

I just loved this book!

The bit that stuck in my head was when Ron's brothers were in the train station and their mother said "If I get an owl saying you've blown up a toilet seat...", "A toilet seat? We've never blown up a toilet seat, but good idea, thanks Mum."

This book is dramatic, sad, funny and mysterious. I just pick up this book and it became my favourite book (or one of my favourite books). You would love this book as much as I do. This book is worth reading.

Book Review: Bambi

Bambi 
by Felix Salten
(read in Hungarian)

My dad has read Bambi to me once and now I have read it on my own. It is a gripping story, I know that sounds like a cliché though. The story is very sad but has funny bits in it too. My favourite part is when Bambi is in the clearing with his Mum. Bambi saw a butterfly and thought it was a flying flower, he also saw a cricket and thought it was jumping grass. I like this bit because it is funny and is shows the loving relationship between Bambi and his mum. This book was fantastic, it's worth reading.

Book Review: Mio poikani Mio (Mio, My Son)

Mio poikani Mio (Mio, My Son)
by Astrid Lindgren 
(read in Finnish)

Mio, poikani Mio is a fantasy book about an orphan who discovers he is a prince. He has to fight against the evil Ritari Kaamo. This book was exciting. My favourite part was the cliffhanger when Ritari Kaamo pulled Mio up from hanging over the side of the stairs.