Wreck-It Ralph

For thirty years, Ralph has been the bad guy in his video game.  For once, he just wants to be accepted and liked.  To prove he is a good person and not just a fiend, he embarks on a bold adventure between all types of games, making both friends and enemies.  He soon leads an evil enemy into their world, and must team up with his friends to stop it.

I really enjoyed watching Wreck-It Ralph, with its cute jokes and interesting plot twists.  I would give it a 9 out of 10 rating.  I think all kids could watch this movie. The humor was clean, and so was the language.  The little violence it had was minimal, and it wasn't graphic. 

Detail was definitely paid attention to.  The video game's characters took on jerky movements, similar to those found in old games, which I thought was pretty cool.  There were also many real-life video game references too, such as a mushroom from Super Mario and actual characters from real games such as Bowser, Q*bert, Pac-Man, and Frogger.

If you're looking for a cute movie to watch with your family, I would definitely recommend Wreck-It Ralph.  It was better than any animated family movie I've seen in a while.

~Just 1 Girl~

Book Review: Dark Life by Kat Falls

Dark Life is set in a dystopian future where people live in stack cities, apartment buildings after apartment buildings are scrunched close together, and nobody has land of their own. Every inch of land in America is devoted to city and places where people live. So where is food harvested, since there is no room for farms? On the ocean floor.

Ty, the narrator, is the one of the settlers on the ocean floor, and has always helped his parents farm livestock and undersea plants. That is, until Gemma shows up, a Topsider, seeking her long-lost brother. But after a homestead is wrecked by the Seablite Gang, the government cut the territory's supplies off until they catch the members of the gang, dead or alive. Ty has to fight for his home, the only one he has ever known.

This might be something you'd want to read if you enjoyed the Hunger Games. I thoroughly enjoyed Dark Life and plan to buy the next book in the series, Rip Tide, as soon as possible.

It is a fairly easy read, and I would say ages eleven and up should read it, just because of a few kisses that aren't described in detail and some violence. There is no foul language, unlike many other young adult books.

I'd give it a 9 out of 10 overall because of the character maturity, it was well written, and I just couldn't put it down.

~Just 1 Girl~