WARNING: If you dare to read this story, you become part of the Experiment. I know that sounds a little mysterious - but it’s all I can say right now. — Max.

That is the cryptic warning a certain heroine named Maximum Ride gives right before the opening chapter of James Patterson’s novel, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. But the intrigue doesn’t end there. In fact, the novel proved so engrossing that after stealing this book from my brother (ahem), I flipped to a random page in the middle, began reading, and couldn’t stop until I reached the back cover. Which is really something, since 1) I don’t usually begin reading a book from the middle unless I think it’s worthless, 2) this novel is written for middle schoolers, whereas I’m already a high school sophomore, and 3) I loved it so much, now I’m reading the first half.

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Aiiiiieeeeeeeeee! Today, I went to see the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Dead Man’s Chest!

It was me, Uncle, Auntie, my cousin Julie, my brother Peter, and Grandma (who can only speak Chinese), in the last row of the jam-packed theater. We had hurriedly crammed ourselves into our minivan to arrive at the theater thirty minutes early, when all of the choicest seats were ripe for the picking. ^_^

What follows are my thoughts about the movie, so do not follow the jump link unless you can tolerate spoilers.

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