In the beginning of New Moon, it's Bella's (mortal) birthday, and Edward and Alice Cullen(vampires, by the way) are planning a birthday party at their house with only the Cullens (all vampires) and Bella. When she reaches the door, she sees Emmett, Rosalie, Edward, Alice, Jasper, Carlisle, and Esme. When Bella gets a paper cut by cutting herself on a present tag, she is suddenly surrounded by 6 suddenly ravenous vampires. Who is the not ravenous vampire?? You'll have to read this book for yourself!
This book is an excellent book, and even though people say that it is a "girl book", it is still a very good book, along with the rest of the series. The part that I like the most about this book is that the series is not a repeat over and over, but a bunch of different plots every single time. The plot changes every time, but the characters don't. Also Stephenie Meyer has written, not only books in Bella's view, but one in Bree's view (Eclipse, people) and, on her website, one in Edward's view.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Huntress, by Malinda Lo
Huntress is set in the same world as Ash, but it takes place many centuries earlier. There are some significant cultural differences between the time periods, so if you liked Huntress, but didn't like the people or cultures, read Ash.
Alright, Huntress starts off as a person seeing a beach of ice and seeing a girl, Kaede rowing away from the islang/peninsula the person is standing on and his/her's hearts breaks because he/she realizes that he/she loves the girl. Then Kaede is planting seed for growing. She is already way past her usual time for planting seeds because usually, people plant seeds in spring or summer, right? Well, this year, summer didn't come and the sun hasn't shown for months. People are starving and food supplies are running low. Kaede is suddenly asked (more like commanded) to go to the Council of Sages, a group of sage/magician/witch people that can use magic but, like nuns, cannon marry to someone. When she got to the Council of Sages, many people where already there: Maire Morighan, the Mistress of the Academy, Sister Nara, Sister Ailan, Sister Yuna, King Cai, Lord Raiden (the King's chancellor), and a girl that Kaede remembered had private lessons with Sister Ailan. Suddenly Kaede remembered the name: Taisin
Then the King spoke, "I have had an invitation to meet the Fairy Queen." Kaede asked, "What does that have to do with me?" and then Taisin spoke. "I had a vision about you."
Well, what happens next? A love romance? An action-packed book?
I liked this book because it is weird and different because it is about a sage falling in love with a girl and sages cannot fall in love with anyone, and Taisin is one of the best sages. Also it is one of those books where people go on an adventure to rescue or save something. If you enjoy those books, then you'll also enjoy this one. Also, the end has a small twist of plot, which always makes books interesting.
Alright, Huntress starts off as a person seeing a beach of ice and seeing a girl, Kaede rowing away from the islang/peninsula the person is standing on and his/her's hearts breaks because he/she realizes that he/she loves the girl. Then Kaede is planting seed for growing. She is already way past her usual time for planting seeds because usually, people plant seeds in spring or summer, right? Well, this year, summer didn't come and the sun hasn't shown for months. People are starving and food supplies are running low. Kaede is suddenly asked (more like commanded) to go to the Council of Sages, a group of sage/magician/witch people that can use magic but, like nuns, cannon marry to someone. When she got to the Council of Sages, many people where already there: Maire Morighan, the Mistress of the Academy, Sister Nara, Sister Ailan, Sister Yuna, King Cai, Lord Raiden (the King's chancellor), and a girl that Kaede remembered had private lessons with Sister Ailan. Suddenly Kaede remembered the name: Taisin
Then the King spoke, "I have had an invitation to meet the Fairy Queen." Kaede asked, "What does that have to do with me?" and then Taisin spoke. "I had a vision about you."
Well, what happens next? A love romance? An action-packed book?
I liked this book because it is weird and different because it is about a sage falling in love with a girl and sages cannot fall in love with anyone, and Taisin is one of the best sages. Also it is one of those books where people go on an adventure to rescue or save something. If you enjoy those books, then you'll also enjoy this one. Also, the end has a small twist of plot, which always makes books interesting.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, by Eoin Colfer
bIn The Eternity Code, by Eoin Colfer (pronounced OWEN, by the way) is the third book of the Artemis Fowl series. As with the first two books, The Eternity Code was a hit book and ranked high on the list of best books. Artemis Fowl II, the main character, is the son of Artemis Fowl I, who was the father of one of the most crime-filled families in Dublin, Ireland. Now that Artemis Fowl I has been retrieved by the Russian Mafia by Artemis Fowl II and his faerie friends, Artemis Fowl I has gone straight and will not fill Dublin with crime anymore. But before the whole family goes straight, Artemis Fowl II has one more plan to do, and that involves the C Cube, the biggest supercomputer on land that will make all other machinery obsolete. The C Cube has a micro optic sensor that will scan anything and hack into it no matter how many security measures have been put onto it. It was made when the faerie friends (who live underground because they are afraid of the humans finding out about them and have a centaur named Foaly that makes supercomputers centuries past our technology) forgot some helmets in the Fowl Manor and Artemis Fowl II, being a child genius, took apart the helmets and made a supercomputer (C Cube). When Artemis Fowl (II) meets up with Jon Spiro, a CEO of a company that makes supercomputers (just regular supercomputers, not a computer like the C Cube), Jon set up a clever plan and takes the C Cube and finds out how to use it. The only problem is that the Cube is set up with and Eternity Code, and only Artemis can unlock the Cube.
This book is full of action and mischief that you can only get around a child genius. While laying out a clever plan, and with the help of his faerie friends, he goes to Spiro Needle and attempts to retrieve the cube. Twisting of the plot and two clever geniuses outwitting each other make the story interesting and fun to read. Also the book is about an hour, a lot shorter than most books but it’s still action packed.
Another weird thing about the book is that it has “hieroglyphics on the cover (if you look closely) and on the top and bottom of the pages (in the first book). That is gnommish and it can be translated. http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/translate/gnommish/gnommish.htm
This book is full of action and mischief that you can only get around a child genius. While laying out a clever plan, and with the help of his faerie friends, he goes to Spiro Needle and attempts to retrieve the cube. Twisting of the plot and two clever geniuses outwitting each other make the story interesting and fun to read. Also the book is about an hour, a lot shorter than most books but it’s still action packed.
Another weird thing about the book is that it has “hieroglyphics on the cover (if you look closely) and on the top and bottom of the pages (in the first book). That is gnommish and it can be translated. http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/translate/gnommish/gnommish.htm
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Elfstones of Shannara, by Terry Brooks
Book 2 of the Shannara trilogy, The Elfstones of Shannara does not displease fans of what their imagination had in store for them when they were eagerly waiting to get this book. While this book hardly mentions Flick and Shea Ohmsford, the two main characters in The Sword of Shannara. The book completely skips over Hendel, the dwarf, Menion Leah, the Prince of Leah, or Durin and Dayel, the cousins of Eventine, the Elven King. The book slightly mentions Balinor, the King of Callahorn, but it goes in depth about Eventine and his two sons, Arion and Ander, the princes. Allanon is still in there, along with Shea's grandson (as 50 years have passed since Shea defeated the Warlock Lord) Wil Ohmsford, a healer training with the Stors, a group of friendly gnomes who are the world's (their world's, anyway) best healers. When Allanon comes to Storland (the land of the Stors, of course) to ask Wil to accompany an elven girl, Amberle, on a quest to go to Arborlon, the elf capital, to find the seed of the Elicrys tree, the tree that has been protecting the elves by locking the demons in the Forbidding, because the Elicrys tree is dying and the Forbidding is weakening. Already some of the demons have escaped through the Forbidding.
When Wil and Amberle find the seed, they must go to the Bloodfire in the Safehold. Only problem is that no one knows where the Safehold is.
The Elfstones of Shannara good, but not as good as The Sword of Shannnara, I think. The plot is sort of the same, except that demons, and the most fearful demon, the Reaper, who kills instinctively, is hunting them, along with furies and demon-wolves and other fearful demons. And in the party of people who go find the Bloodfire, most of the party gets killed within the chapter. All except Wil and Amberle. There is less description in this book, but the plot gets confusing. Some new characters are introduced in The Elfstones of Shannara, but most of them are only one book characters.
Besides being overly confusing, the book is pretty good. I enjoyed it and I think you will enjoy it too.
**** out of ***** (4/5) but I actually think it should be 79999999999999/100000000000000
When Wil and Amberle find the seed, they must go to the Bloodfire in the Safehold. Only problem is that no one knows where the Safehold is.
The Elfstones of Shannara good, but not as good as The Sword of Shannnara, I think. The plot is sort of the same, except that demons, and the most fearful demon, the Reaper, who kills instinctively, is hunting them, along with furies and demon-wolves and other fearful demons. And in the party of people who go find the Bloodfire, most of the party gets killed within the chapter. All except Wil and Amberle. There is less description in this book, but the plot gets confusing. Some new characters are introduced in The Elfstones of Shannara, but most of them are only one book characters.
Besides being overly confusing, the book is pretty good. I enjoyed it and I think you will enjoy it too.
**** out of ***** (4/5) but I actually think it should be 79999999999999/100000000000000
Monday, July 4, 2011
Ranger's Apprentice Book 1: The Ruins of Gorlan, by John Flanagan
In this first installment of John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series, Will, the protagonist, is being chosing to be an apprentice ranger. Unfortuanately, he doesn't know anything about being a ranger, and learns how to be one by the strict and severe teaching of Halt, an already graduated ranger. While learning about how to be a ranger, Will and Halt learn about Morgarath and how he is planning to attack Araluen, the country that they lived in. What I liked about this book is that it is not to compilcated, but with just the right amount of adventure and plot.
This book has a lot of dilemmas that chase after each other. Once one dilemma is fixed, another dilemma appears, chasing after each other. Also, Flanagan describes the characters so well and use the dialogue so creatively that he makes the characters seem real. He makes Will seem friendly and Halt seem quiet. It also is good because it talks about to young kids who are mean to each other at the beginning, but are the best of friends in the end. It is a story of friendship and adventure.
What I didn't like about the book is that there really isn't any adventure until the middle of the book where some adventure finally starts, like a fight between Will and Horace, both of them former wardmates. Then the action finally starts. Then after a couple of chapters, the action slows down and nearly stops until something else major happens and the action restarts again. Some parts of the book make you want to fall asleep because there is no action in there. Just a lot of description.
Don't get me wrong. I still love the book. It's just that it's sometimes really boring at parts.
*********out of ********** (9/10)
This book has a lot of dilemmas that chase after each other. Once one dilemma is fixed, another dilemma appears, chasing after each other. Also, Flanagan describes the characters so well and use the dialogue so creatively that he makes the characters seem real. He makes Will seem friendly and Halt seem quiet. It also is good because it talks about to young kids who are mean to each other at the beginning, but are the best of friends in the end. It is a story of friendship and adventure.
What I didn't like about the book is that there really isn't any adventure until the middle of the book where some adventure finally starts, like a fight between Will and Horace, both of them former wardmates. Then the action finally starts. Then after a couple of chapters, the action slows down and nearly stops until something else major happens and the action restarts again. Some parts of the book make you want to fall asleep because there is no action in there. Just a lot of description.
Don't get me wrong. I still love the book. It's just that it's sometimes really boring at parts.
*********out of ********** (9/10)
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks
Sword of Shannara is an action novel in which the two Ohmsford brothers, Flick and Shea, along Allanon, a powerful Druid (human with longevity and can shoot magical beams of fire out of his hands) with a group of friends (Dayel and Durin, cousins of Eventine, the elf king, Menion Leah, the careless but adventurous prince of Leah, Hendel, a dwarf battle-hardened by years of fighting gnomes, Balinor an accomplished swordsman) to find the Sword of Shannara, a fabled sword that has the power to destroy the Warlock Lord from destroying everything in its path. I liked this story because it is the story most people would like to read about, like Harry Potter, or Brisingr.
This book has a lot of twists and turns in it. Once you think you know what's coming up, the story twists and you have to guess more and more. This book is also one of the books that are about a group of people journeying to find an item (Sword of Shannara), where there is action and some killing. Then in the end, like a lot of good books, there is about a page and a half of explanation by the wisest person in the group. This book is also great because it doesn't just hurl a bunch of characters at you, but start off with one and gradually go up to eight people. It's also very descriptive and descibes places very realistically.
The part I don't like about this book is that it is adult fiction, which means it had very small print and alot of pages. It has pictures (about 5-8) that take up a page and there his not a lot of dialogue, or when there is, it's usually a long explanation about something. Some pages are just one long paragraph that looks a lot and just wants to make you skip it, but a lot of stuff usually is in that paragraph that is important. Some parts of the book is really confusing, like when they are describing something in the middle of a scuffle or battle and you lose track of what's happening.
**** out of *****(4/5)
This book has a lot of twists and turns in it. Once you think you know what's coming up, the story twists and you have to guess more and more. This book is also one of the books that are about a group of people journeying to find an item (Sword of Shannara), where there is action and some killing. Then in the end, like a lot of good books, there is about a page and a half of explanation by the wisest person in the group. This book is also great because it doesn't just hurl a bunch of characters at you, but start off with one and gradually go up to eight people. It's also very descriptive and descibes places very realistically.
The part I don't like about this book is that it is adult fiction, which means it had very small print and alot of pages. It has pictures (about 5-8) that take up a page and there his not a lot of dialogue, or when there is, it's usually a long explanation about something. Some pages are just one long paragraph that looks a lot and just wants to make you skip it, but a lot of stuff usually is in that paragraph that is important. Some parts of the book is really confusing, like when they are describing something in the middle of a scuffle or battle and you lose track of what's happening.
**** out of *****(4/5)
Friday, July 1, 2011
The Kane Chroinicles: Book 1 The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riodan
In the beginning of The Red Pyramid, the Kane siblings, Carter and Sadie, are learning the path of gods (of Egypt) while being chased by the gods (of Egypt). I liked this book because the relation between people and gods are different between people and gods in the Percy Jackson series.
In this book, the relation between children and gods is that some of the children are great-great-and several times more great-grandchildren of the pharaohs (kings) of ancient Egypt, and gods can embody those children and can possess the people they embody if they stay in the body too long. If the gods stay inside the people for a long time, and the people can resist the gods possessing them, then they can channel the god's power and use the power. If they channel the power well, they can get a humongous avatar. This can be passed down by generation.
In the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the children are demigods, son of a god and a regular person (a mortal). The demigods do not have to channel their power thtough their godly parent unless they want a super strong attack. Demigodiness cannot be passed down by generation unless the demigod marries another demigod, or the demigod becomes a god and marries a mortal.
Another difference is that the Kanes use magic wands and staffs made of ivory, while the demigods usually use guns, swords, daggers, spears, bow and arrows, and other physical weapons made of gold, silver, bronze or bronze/gold channeled with electricity.
I dislike the story because in The Red Pyramid, the gods seem so easily dispelled, and weak, while the Greek gods in Percy Jackson are extremely hard to defeat and seem unbeatable.
***** out of *****(5/5)
In this book, the relation between children and gods is that some of the children are great-great-and several times more great-grandchildren of the pharaohs (kings) of ancient Egypt, and gods can embody those children and can possess the people they embody if they stay in the body too long. If the gods stay inside the people for a long time, and the people can resist the gods possessing them, then they can channel the god's power and use the power. If they channel the power well, they can get a humongous avatar. This can be passed down by generation.
In the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the children are demigods, son of a god and a regular person (a mortal). The demigods do not have to channel their power thtough their godly parent unless they want a super strong attack. Demigodiness cannot be passed down by generation unless the demigod marries another demigod, or the demigod becomes a god and marries a mortal.
Another difference is that the Kanes use magic wands and staffs made of ivory, while the demigods usually use guns, swords, daggers, spears, bow and arrows, and other physical weapons made of gold, silver, bronze or bronze/gold channeled with electricity.
I dislike the story because in The Red Pyramid, the gods seem so easily dispelled, and weak, while the Greek gods in Percy Jackson are extremely hard to defeat and seem unbeatable.
***** out of *****(5/5)
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