REVIEW: One Red Paperclip by Kyle MacDonald

Yes, you heard me right. A red paperclip. Not just *a*, but *one*. Not blue, or green, or purple. But amazing, dazzling, bright, bold, lovely, passionate, angry, ferocious red.
Okay, SPOILER ALERT!!! WARNING: I am about to do the one thing a booklogger (book-review-writing blogger, like me) shouldn't do. I am going to reveal the end of the book. Most people who READ the book probably knew the ending. Actually, it says the ending on the *back* of the *book*. So dude, I think this is okay to do.

One Red Paperclip is about Kyle's, a Canadian's, desire to support him and his girlfriend, Dominique, who he refers to throughout the book as Dom. He's currently "between jobs", and sweet Dom helps him out. He's feeling frustrated and upset that he has to take from his girlfriend, so one day he's reminiscing about when he was a kid and when he played a game called Bigger and Better with his friends. They would spend a day, starting with a small item, and go door-to-door trading up to (you guessed it) bigger and better items. Kyle and his friends joked around, saying someday they could trade up to a car.
At first, it was just a crazy idea.
But it turned into a frenzy.
Kyle posted ads all over Craigslist for "one red paperclip". At first, offers trickled in, but when the idea spread around, they FLOWED. Kyle built a site and, as he got item after item, he went on more and more TV news shows, radio news programs, appeared in newspapers everywhere, online articles and other people's blogs. In no time, thanks to the cyberspacial generation (ooh, I just made up a word), Kyle's idea was everywhere.
Kyle traded the paperclip for a fish pen. For a doorknob. Hand-sculpted. For a camping stove. With fuel. For a generator. Which he couldn't take on the airplane. For an instant party. Which was odd. Offers rolled in. Highlight the next part if you want to find out what happened in the end. Kyle got a house in Kipling, Canada! They offered to trade it for the "one credited, speaking role in a movie" he received from Corbin Bernsen (yes, the dad on Psych). He got the movie role because he traded Corbin a light-up snowglobe that he got from this other guy who--oh, scratch this, I could go on all day.

Thanks for reading! Check out One Red Paperclip, it's an amazing book with some inspirational quotes nestled secretively in some of the pages, especially close to the end. Bye! PS--Wish me good luck, in one week is Theatre Production auditions!! MEEP!!!
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REVIEW: The Big Book of Girl Stuff by Bart King

My first book review on my blog! Hip hop hooray it's here!
Just needed to get the sheer excitement out of my system. Smiley face attack!! *\:D/* :D :P :) :( XD >:( :3 :o o.O

Okay, I'm done now.
The Big Book of Girl Stuff is one of the best books I've ever read. That's really saying something--I've read hundreds of books in my young lifetime, and this is by far one of the most beyond, devastating, killer, homicidal, lush, perflippity, sherblit books I've ever read. (By the way, all those words came from the "Slang" chapter. All of them mean "awesome" or "good" in some way.) I have honestly never read this book cover to cover, but it's not the type of book to do that with. I guess that it's a girl survival book, but not really. It has a little bit about (ssh) puberty (sorry, I had to say it) but it doesn't go into detail AT ALL. It is NOT one of those types of books, okay? It is a hilarious book with activities, funny words, and in general, tons of things to make you laugh out loud and make you want to buy this for every other girl your age. There are chapters about fun stuff to do, babysitting, sports, names, beauty, HUMOR (and tons of it), girl secrets (about hiking in fields of flowers!) and quotes in every chapter from lots of smart women.
I recommend this book for 10-years-and-older girls. There is definitely not an age limit for girl readers of this book. But boys, this won't interest you. Try the Big Book of Boy Stuff, by Bart King also. (Well, maybe Girl Stuff will interest you. I don't know you! Wait, do I? Never mind. Both books are great for both genders, we'll just go with that.) And I can't forget that you can take the cover off of the book and reveal what it says on the cover underneath: Chemistry. AWSUM! The best girl book in the world disguised as a chemistry textbook?!?! Pure genius, Mr. King! You can also reverse the cover so it looks like a composition notebook. Also snazzy and stylin'.
Please check out this book on Amazon, or find Bart King's website. No, I do not know what the address is! Google it, for Pete's sake, people! I have to go watch TV now, 'cause that's how I roll. PEACE!