arabian nights

I am reading arabian nights and it is amazingly good. Sorry this picture is sideways. You can get it at Barnes and Noble for $7.

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!

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 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.

Dragonborn By Jade Lee

When dragon power flows through your veins, when dragon thoughts burn in your mind, you can accomplish anything. Natiya knows, for she carries one of the last eggs in the land disguised as a jewel in her navel. Day by day the Unhatched grows, and when at last it births they will be joined in a sacred and eternal bond. Gone will be the barmaid forced to dance for pennies; born will be Dag Natiya, revered Queen. Take her body or her soul, nothing will stop them.

In this renascence-romance novel by Jade Lee-Dragons take on human forms, planting an egg in the dragonborn's navel which slowly consumes them and turned them into a king or queen of the dragons. The prince of the realm, Kril, saw his uncle get killed get by one of the dragonborns. From that day on, he vowed to exterminate every last dragonborn as vengeance for his uncle. He is almost done-after doing the worst deed of his life. He had to kill a seventeen year old boy taken over by the spirit of the dragon. He finds the last one-the only thing standing in the way of vengeance  but before he can finish her, he ends up falling in love. To see the end of Dragonborn, you need about $10 and a Barns and Noble. I would definitely recommend this as a great read, and an amazing romance-thriller.

The Thirteenth Reality series

The Thirteenth Reality series is a great series about a boy named Tick and his adventures with the reliants. At times the book can seem daunting or big even confusing but in the end it all ends up okay. In the fist book The Journal of Curious Letters Tick starts getting mysterious letters which will untimely bring his true destiny.
    In the next few books Tick's destiny is played and in the end of every book there is always a big fight scene. At the very end of the last and final book Tick reaches his destiny along with another person you would never expect and together they heal the world in a very odd way.
 

Pillage

Pillage

         Pillage is an awkward child in the dragon fantasy genre. Although Pillage includes your regular elements (i.e. magic, powers, dragons etc.) it also takes place in modern times. This can lead to some confusion for the characters when these two clash. This also adds the funniest scenes to the book. Also, at the start of each chapter you read an excerpt of the mysterious book The Grim Not. In Pillage you follow the seemingly average Beck, a high school boy, as he explores his uncle's huge garden and discovers what is behind the mysterious locked doors, learning more about himself and about his family's history than he ever wanted to. This book is for fans of dragon fantasy and to those who want to watch what unfold in this book full of mystery

Sea of Trolls and House of the Scorpion (Nancy Farmer post)

Hey everyone! Once again, it's not a bookclub day. I was thinking about a post I could do today and thought about Sea of Trolls. Sea of Trolls is one of my all time favorite books, but not everyone knows it as well as they know another of the authors books, House of the Scorpion. I was meaning to make this post about Sea of Trolls, but I guess I'll do one for Nancy Farmer's best books. (In my opinion)

PLEASE DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THE LONG POST! IT'S WORTH IT!

I'm going to start with Sea of Trolls. Like I said, this is one of my all time favorite books. One of the things that I hated about the ending is that there will never be a sequel. It doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but I grew to love the characters so much I wanted to see them develop more. I'll summarize Sea of Trolls for you, then move on the House of the Scorpion.

 Jack thought he was just an ordinary farm boy until he became an apprentice to the local bard – who is teaching him music, but also the magic of the Life Force. When his village is attacked by Viking berserkers, and he and his little sister are taken as thralls, he doesn’t know the perils in store for him – in order to survive and maybe get home, he’ll have to learn to deal with the Northmen, face down dragons, brave the perils of troll country, and learn more about magic than he ever thought possible. I tried to make my summary as small as possible, but there is so much more to the book then that little tiny summary says.

I enjoyed House of the Scorpion, but it was a bit strange. The book is one of the more confusing books I have ever read, in my entire life. Considering the amount of books I found in the library when I was in elementary school, that's saying something. Putting the confusion past me, I did enjoy the book. I'll try and do a short summary, but considering the book is about 400 pages, I might struggle.

The House of the Scorpion is set in a future where cloning is possible yet clones are despised by humans. In fact, clones have their brains destroyed shortly after their creation. Young Matt, however, is the unaltered clone of a drug lord known as El Patrón, the evil but aging ruler of Opium, the strip of land that separates Mexico and the United States. Matt’s existence switches between different varieties of captivity – from a peaceful but secluded childhood raised by the kind Cecilia, to living like a caged animal at the hands of the malevolent Rosa, to a life as the subject of contempt by El Patrón’s family. Even when Matt leaves the estate he is held in another kind of captivity as a member of the “lost children” who work the salt mines. I read this a while back, so I can't remember the rest of the book. I remember the end, but I'm SO not ruining this for you.

Anyway, I think I finally finished this post. I hope you guys like it!

Yours,
Nora

The graveyard book

If you like scary books with ghosts in it try reading The Graveyard Book. The Graveyard Book is about a boy named nobody that lives in the graveyard and is mentored and supervised by ghosts. In the book it tells of his many  adventures that he encounters in the graveyard. But in the end will his past catch up to him? To find out read The graveyard Book.

Eldest

Eldest
by Nathan

The book I read was Eldest by Christopher Paolini. All four books in the series have come out. There is no known movie date for Eldest.

The main characters are Eragon,  King Galbatorix, Rohan, Horst, Nasuada, Queen Islanzadi, Hrothgar, Angela, a herbalist, Oromis, Arya an elf, Saphira, and Orik. (spoiler alert) The plot is that the leader of the varden dies and Nasuada Is elected the leader. Eragon is forced to continue his training in Ellesmera with another dragon rider. While Eragon is in Ellesmera, He was taught by Oromis and his dragon Glaedr about being a rider. Meanwhile, Rohan is struggling with some Ra’zac and gets all of his town to follow him to join the Varden where they have some epic battle scenes along the way. If you want to know the rest you should read the book.

In this action/adventure there is violence, evil, dragons. Elves, Dwarfs, battle, and magic. This book has action because there is a lot of battles but most of them are short. There is adventure because Eragon rides his dragon a lot and travels all over the place and gets to have the adventure of an extended lifetime. Anyone who rides a dragon gets a longer life.

The dialect in this book is not old fashioned nor futuristic, but the dialect is the same dialect as you and I speak. The vocabulary has very bizarre names because who names someone Galbatorix? How about Durza, Solembum, Arya, or even Brom. There is also the made up Ancient Language for the elves and the Dwarf language for the Dwarfs.

There are flashbacks and plot twists in this book. An example,of a flashback was when Eragon is fighting in Ellesmera, he keeps having flashbacks to the Battle in Tronjheim. An example of a plot twist was when Murtagh turned out to be a rider and attacked Eragon.

I would really recommend this book to you if you like action, magic and adventure. The plot twists were spaced evenly throughout the book which made the book more interesting because it kept me wanting to read more. Eldest had plenty of magic spells to keep the book intriguing.  Also It was cool because in order to summon magic they had to speak this ancient language.

Eragon

Eragon
by Nathan

The book I read was Eragon by Christopher Paolini.  All four books in the series have come out. The movie came out in 2006.

The main characters are Eragon,  King Galbatorix, Durza, the shade, Solembum, a werecat, Brom, Murtagh,  Ajihad, Arya an elf, Saphira, Orik, and The Twins. Eragon finds a Dragon egg and tries to get rid of it but instead it hatches and they bond together. He names her Saphira after a dragon he heard about from Brom. Eragon, Saphira and Brom escaped after the Ra’zac attacked to get the egg. This starts of a amazing adventure where the three cross the whole map and eventually reach the Beor mountains on the other side of the map. Along the way they get are wanted by the Empire ruled by the Evil King Galbatorix, Brom dies, Murtagh joins them, and Eragon gets captured. If you want to know the rest you should read the book.

In this action/adventure there is violence, evil, dragons. Elves, Dwarfs, battle, and magic. This book has action because there is a lot of battles but most of them are short. There is Adventure because Eragon rides his dragon a lot and travels all over the place and gets to have the adventure of a extended life time. Anyone who rides a dragon gets a longer life.

The dialect in this book is not old fashioned nor futuristic, but the dialect is the same dialect as you and I speak. The vocabulary was just names because who names someone Galbatorix? How about Durza, Solembum, Arya, or evan Brom.

There are flashbacks and plot twists in this book. An example of a flashback was when Eragon remembered the Dragon Riders. An example of a plot twist was when the Ra’zac sneak attacked Eragon in Dras Leona.

I would really recommend this book to you if you like action, magic and adventure. The plot twists were spaced evenly throughout the book which made the book more interesting because it kept me wanting to read more. Eragon had plenty of action to keep the book suspenseful.  Also It was cool because in order to summon magic they had to speak this ancient language.

Pathfinder

Pathfinder

By Nathan 

The book I read was the “Pathfinder” by Orson Scott Card. Book 1 of the

Pathfinder Trilogy was published in 2010 and the sequel, “The Ruins”,

will be published October 30, 2012.

The main characters, in this book, are Rigg Sessamekesh, The

Wandering Man, Umbo, Loaf, Leaky, Param Sissaminka, Hagia

Sessamin, General Haddamander Citizen, Olivenko, and Ram Odin. The

story takes place on another planet called Garden, which is 11,000 light

years from Earth. There are 2 main characters on this planet. These 2

characters, Rigg Sessamekesh (a prince) and Umbo, must learn how to

use their time changing powers. They try to use these powers to get

through a machine created invisible mind wall to escape from an evil

general who wants to be the heir to the throne and get rid of the prince

and his sister.

In this science fiction/fantasy novel there is action, time related

abilities/powers, dangerous secrets, romance, and treachery. This

book is science fiction because it has time travel between the present

and the past. It also is a fantasy book because some of the characters

have magical powers.

The dialect in this book is not old fashioned nor futuristic, but the

dialect is the same dialect as you and I speak. There wasn’t much

figurative language in this story. There was some personification, for

example, some of the machines in the story, can talk to humans. Some

of the vocabulary used in this story was made up names such as Param

Sissaminka and cities such as “0”. Isn’t the names of Sessamekesh or

Hagia or Leaky a bit unusual?

There wasn’t any foreshadowing in this book, but there was

flashbacks and plot twists. An example of a flashback was when Rigg

kept on remembering how the robot who pretended to be his father,

died. An example of a plot twist was when Rigg’s own mother betrayed

him. The dialogue in the book goes back and forth between the

different languages of different cultures. This book dealt with the past,

present, and future.

I would really recommend this book to you if you like action,

magic, and treachery. The plot twists throughout this book were

spaced evenly through the book and it made the book more interesting

because it kept me wanting to read more. Pathfinder had just enough

action to keep the book suspenseful.