Tuesday, April 30, 2013

     I read the book called Blindsided. It is about a four-teen year girl named Natalie who is having to face a big obstacle in her life. When she was little was diagnosed with glaucoma. As she gets older her condition is only getting worse, so her parents send her to a school for the blind. She is not completely blind yet, but the sooner she learns these skills the more prepared she will be when that day comes. Natalie does not want to go to this school. She kinda believes in all the stereotypical of the blind, and she does not want to be seen like that and she refuses to go. Once she gets there and spends her first week she starts to like the place, and gets used to everything, and starts to fit in a little more.
    Her family live son a goat farm, and her favorite goat is Nuisance. She raised Nuisance from birth, and if you want to know why you need to read the book. Natalie does get to go home every weekend to see her family and friends. Her best friend is Meredith. They have been friends since second grade. She has stood with Natalie every step of the way. It you want to know what happens to Natalie and her ever changing lifef read, Blindsided by Priscilla Cummings.

Insurgent: by Veronica Roth

Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth        

         I just finished reading this awesome book called Insurgent by Veronica Roth,  the 2nd book following the book Divergent in the Divergent series! It was amazing, suspenseful  and thrilling, but ends with a cliff hanger as did Divergent. However, the 3rd book comes out in October I believe! They don't yet have a title and a book cover, but I can't wait to find out what happens. Let me give you a short description of the first book, to see if you might be interested in this series!
        In the book, Divergent, Beatrice Prior is just a normal girl, as so she thinks. As her 16th birthday approaches, she must decide what faction to choose, her current selfless faction, Abnegation, a loving, peaceful faction, Amity, a truth faction, Candor, a knowledge faction, Erudite, or a brave, daring faction, Dauntless. One choice chooses everything. One choice can determine who she is, and who she will become for the rest of her life! You better make sure to read this book, Divergent, by Veronica Roth, and then the second book in the series, Insurgent. They are fantastic books, I would sure recommend them!

Inheritence

This had the best ending of any series I have ever read.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Eon

Eon is the first book and it is absolutely wonderful, but at times it can be relativity gruesome. Don't be afraid to read it though it is still really good. Also I will warn you that it  leaves you hanging at the end. It is a great book and I hope you read it!

The Runaway King

The Runaway King is a great book that is the second book after The False Prince and it is just as good if not better than the first book. Read it!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

7 Wonders: The Colossus Rises

      No one ever asked Jack if he wanted to be a hero. He just has to be one. One kid. One mission. One big problem. The thrills begain in The Colossus Rises, the first installment is the newest adventure from master storyteller Peter Lerangias. The book is 7 Wonders: The Colossus Rises written by Peter Lerangias. Although the plot is gripping and the characters developed the story does not have as much flavor as ones from Percy Jackson or June and Day. The story tells the story of Atlantis and the Lambada. The story telling is quite bland although he fits a joke her and there.

      I would suggest this for myth lovers like Percy Jackson although the story is not written well. If you do not like Percy Jackson or get aggravated by having the proper science not fulfilled I recomend you do not waste time on this. If you are interested in the plot or like adventure and struggle then read away.

      My final opion is bland story writing but a wonderful plot and story.

The False Prince

       The False Prince is an awesome book about a boy who gets wrapped up in a dangerous game to try and save his kingdom. But the question is, is it right to be doing this????? Well find out for your self  and read The False Prince.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

One of the last books that I read in book club was called The Graveyard Book by
Neil Gaiman. If you like a little bit of fantasy and suspense and, of course, spooky graveyards, you should read this book. There are weird twists and turns on every page. This book is full of surprises! An interesting book, but great for readers who like the genre of fantasy. This book is about a boy named Nobody Owens whose family died and was given the freedom of the graveyard with ghost parents. Who were his really family? Who killed them and why? And is that person still after Nobody Owens? If you want answers to these questions read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

The False Prince


The book I read was titled False Prince and the author is Jennifer Nielsen. The main characters are Sage (a.k.a Jaron), Conner, Tobias, Roden, Mott, Creagan, Imogen, and Veldegrath. In this story, there is a king and queen of a kingdom, called Carthya.  At the beginning of the story, the king, queen and their older son, Darius, are murdered by Conner, a nobleman who is part of the king’s court.  Four years earlier, before the royal family’s murder, the youngest prince, Prince Jaron, was believed to have been killed by pirates.  In order to protect his youngest son from the pirates, the king declared Jaron dead.   Meanwhile the prince, Jaron, goes undercover as an orphan named Sage.  After murdering the royal family, Connor doesn’t have enough power to take over the kingdom.  So his plan is to find someone who looks like Prince Jaron and bring him to court and show the court that the long lost prince is alive.  Then the prince/orphan would be made king and Connor would be the king’s advisor.  Nobleman Connor finds three orphans, Sage, Roden, Tobias.  He educates these orphans on sword fighting and on becoming a gentleman.  Of the three orphans, Connor chooses Sage as the false prince.   To foil Connor’s plan, Sage reveals to the dead king’s advisor a code word that shows that he is the real Prince Jaron.  Connor gets put in prison for the murder of Jaron’s mother, father, and brother.

The literary techniques that were in this particular novel were foreshadowing, flashbacks and plot twists. There was foreshadowing when Jaron knew that someday the countries around his kingdom would attack (the attack isn’t discussed until the second book)  There was also flashbacks because Jaron, at the end of the book, remembers how he escaped the pirates, who were hired by Nobleman Connor.  There is a plot twist when at the end of the book, the reader finds out that Sage, the orphan, is really Prince Jaron.  Sage tells Nobleman Connor that he is the prince and imprisons Connor for being a traitor and for murder.

There was little figurative language in this book. At one point in the book one character said “Connor has probably been to every orphanage in the country.” Obviously Connor did not go to every orphanage in the country. Conner had said to Sage “You have a clever tongue.” This book had lots of plot twists, politics, mystery, and action.

Eona, By Alison Goodman

Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. Along with fellow rebels Ryko and Lady Dela, she is on the run from High Lord Sethon's army. The renegades are on a quest for the black folio, stolen by the drug-riddled Dillon; they must also find Kygo, the young Pearl Emperor, who needs Eona's power and the black folio if he is to wrest back his throne from the selfstyled "Emperor" Sethon. Through it all, Eona must come to terms with her new Dragoneye identity and power - and learn to bear the anguish of the ten dragons whose Dragoneyes were murdered. As they focus their power through her, she becomes a dangerous conduit for their plans. 

Eona, with its pulse-pounding drama and romance, its unforgettable fight scenes, and its surprises, is the conclusion to an epic only Alison Goodman could create.

I'm only about halfway through the book, but it is already as good as the prequel. 
The books picks up a little after Eon ends, which I think it perfect because it removes all the boring travel time. Eona is trying to harness her new power, but she soon realizes that the dragons of the murdered Dragoneyes are trying to use her as a path back into the world. The power that she can harness with 11 dragons in enormous-but insanely dangerous. 

I would definitely recommend this, even though I haven't even finished it. A lot of authors make a sequel that can't live up to the first book, but Alison Goodman has managed to make the second book as amazing as the first.