The book that I have started and finished was "The Blind Side". This book is a nonfiction book and is the last book that I have read this semester. This book was about a boy named Micheal who is tall and big and he was separated from his mother a long time ago and ever since then he has been struggling to live on his own. He hasn't had a home or very much money that he can use to buy essential things like food. One day Mike walks in the cold to go the school gym when the family, the Tuohy's,  notices him. they stop their car and pick him up for the night so he can sleep at their house, not in the cold. the next morning Mike tries to leave but Leigh Anne Tuohy offers him to stay for dinner. After that she offers Mike a bed in the house for him to stay at so he is not out in the streets. Mike starts staying with them and after a while he enrolls in school. The whole family of Mom Leigh Anne, Father Sean, brother SJ, and sister Collins all love mike very much and want him to stay with them. After Mike starts in school he starts playing football he he is actually really good. They all start calling him Big Mike because he is a big man and after a while of playing football for his school he gets really good and gets the chance to play at a professional level, But Mikes grades aren't that good so he gets a tooter to help him with his grades. After a while of Micheal staying with them they buy him all of his clothes and a car and they pay for his school so he is basically a part of the family, but they want to make it official so the Tuohy's adopt him. Micheal gets mad at his family and runs away to find his birth mother and he gets in trouble with these bad kids in the neighborhood that help him realize that he loves the Touhy's and that they are his real family that he wants to be with. In the end Mike ends up going to college at Ole Miss and he plays football there.

     What I liked about this book was that Micheal came from a very rough family and this new family took him in without knowing him at all. I also like how the book describe Mike before and how dynamic he was because he changed over the course of the story with his new family and I just loved how he turned out. Some things that I didn't like about the book is how it didn't really describe how is life was before he was with the new family. I wish it would have described that part a little more in depth because that is a part of Micheal and how he became that man that he is today.

     I would recommend this book to people of all ages because it is a family friendly book that shows a loving family that takes in a good boy and helps him through the rest of his journey in his life. I also give this book a 5 star rating because I loved how well written out it was and it always kept me wanting to read more.

     The book that I finished is Three little words, what happens in this book is Ashley finally finds a home with the Courters that adopt her. Her brother gets adopted by a family but then he returns back to the foster care home. At first in Ashley's new home she was really mean to her parents and didn't like them or their rules very much. But after a while she started to cool down and she got along very well with the father and with her new older brothers. But it take her a while to warm up to her new mom. Ashley never wanted to let go of her moms trust that they had with each other, saying that Ashley would never call anyone else mother or love anyone else as much as she does her mom. Ashley doesn't even want to tell her foster parents that she loves them. But in the end Ashley does admit to herself that she love the family and she is great full to have a family that wants to keep her and love her back. Ashley finally lets go of her past and of her mother and lets her new family in with her three little words. I Love you.

     The things that I liked about this book was that the descriptions if everything was very clear. They Ashley described her own actions very well and it made it clear to what she was doing and why she was doing it. It was like watching a movie clear as day. Also I liked how strong her love was toward her mother. Even though Ashley's mother was a good mom and she was never there for her, Ashley kept her promise to her for a very long time. That shows how loyal Ashley is and how strong her love bonds are to her. There wasn't anything about this book that i would change!

     What this book was really about was  how Ashley's long ride of her life is about learning to love, take chances and growing up. Ashley has gone through so much rough times in her life that I could not even imagine trying to live with. And I am glad that Ashley decided to write about her hard times to try to get people involved in what is happening in the world today and to help people who can relate to what she has gone through. I would give this book a 5 star because it was an amazing book that I would never had thought to read before and I would recommend this book to anyone!