Book of the Week 9/16/13

The Enemy by Charlie Higson

The Adults Want to Kill You!

The Enemy is a thick sci-fi book of nearly 450 pages. Some of the main characters are very young, and some of them are slightly older, but they are all portrayed well as mature, thoughtful characters. I am only partway through, and the youngest main character is Small Sam, who is probably about six or seven, although it is still interesting to be inside his head. Some of the other perspectives - Arran and Maxie - are slightly more engaging, but so far, their story as a whole calls for a lot of big decisions and mature thoughts necessary for even the young children. I liked the writing style; it seems like the author is really able to get inside these kid's thoughts and he displays them well for the reader.
Next week, I'll continue reading The Enemy, as it's a two-week book.
It's good!

Book of the Week 9/9/13

Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

Once again, the genre is probably fantasy or sci-fi. There are 279 pages, and the reading level isn't particularly difficult, but is still complex enough to hold my attention. Also, some of the sentences were annoyingly long, but maybe not ridiculously so.

Darth Plagueis's closest relevance to the Star Wars movies is the fact that he was Darth Sidious's master. But aside from having Sidious as an apprentice, Plagueis was an interesting Sith Lord on his own. He tried to use midi-chlorians, the creators of the Force and all life beside, so that he could live forever. This attempt at immortality, however, diverts him from keeping a weary eye on his apprentice. Never dying would directly defy Darth Bane's Rule of Two, and Sidious takes advantage of his master's distraction and destroys his master, sustaining the Rule of Two.

I liked Darth Plagueis as a story, but not as a book. Although it was an interesting tale of a Sith Lord, Luceno didn't write it particularly well. The vocabulary was medium to high, but I had some issues with the grammar and formatting. The physical book itself also smelled bad, but it was from the public library, so I'll forgive. Additionally, there were some pretty cool conversations between Sidious and Maul, which is something I enjoy about Sith books. The master is always teaching valuable lessons to the apprentice, some of which aren't fantasy/Sith at all and can actually be applied in my life.

The next book I plan to read is The Enemy by Charlie Higson. Yay reading! Yay fantasy! Yay sci-fi!

Bye, people.

Book of the Week 9/2/13

Darth Bane: A Dynasty of Evil
by Drew Karpyshyn

This was a fairly interesting sci-fi/fantasy book about Darth Bane, a Sith Lord of Star Wars. He is known as the inventor of the Rule of Two, which refocused the dark side of the Force two only two Sith: Master and Apprentice, so as to give the Sith more power. However, A Dynasty of Evil deals with Bane's attempt to find information that will allow him to extend his life when his plan backfires on him and it seems that his apprentice Zannah is not fit to become a Sith Master. Read it, there's a cool assassin! She does backflips and blows people up!
Darth Bane: A Dynasty of Evil is well-written and has interesting sentence structure, if you're like me and enjoy reading cool syntax. It's similar to... well, I don't know, other Star Wars books, I guess.
WARNING: If you're not a big Star Wars fan, you probably shouldn't read this. Just don't even try, you'll die trying to understand everything.

Next Week: Darth Plagueis

^^^That's Darth Bane. That's Zannah.^^^

My Tuby Red list is as follows:
 - The Mortal Instruments series
 - Darth Plagueis
 - Night Circus
 - See You at Harry's
 - Forgive Me Leonard Peacock
 - Animal Farm
 - The Other Side of the Island
 - Spoiled
 - Life of Pi
 - A Mango Shaped Space
 - Many Many Many Many More!!
OF COURSE, HOUSE OF HADES AND ALLEGIANT WILL BYPASS EVERYTHING

This week, I'll read Darth Plagueis, but it could be a two-week book. Probably not. But possibly.

Just watch Star Wars, my friends, and everything will make sense.

Six Great Books

My Top Three Favorite Books
These are my top three favorites, but since I think you all have already heard of them, I made another list below.

   1. Divergent - This book is amazing! It's not as well known as Hunger Games, but with the movie coming out, it's climbing fast. Another dystopian novel about a teenage girl, but Divergent's better than the Hunger Games!
   2.The Hunger Games - Hunger Games rocks, but I know most of you already have read it. It's still awesome.
   3. Harry Potter - What a surprise. I think almost everyone has read or seen Harry Potter, so I don't think this really is very helpful at all.


Alternate Top Three Favorite Books
Just to comply with the assignment, because I'm pretty sure Hunger Games and Harry Potter are no use to anyone at all.

   1. Throat - A vampire book that deals with better things than glittering in the sun. Actually, the main character is less of a classic vampire and more of a superhuman. Read it, it's good.
   2. Anna Dressed in Blood - Get over the dramatic title, I know it's kinda cheesy. However, the book is pretty cool. It's told from a male point of view for once, because I know most everything I'm recommending is from the perspective of a girl. There's some pretty graphic violence, but it's awesome.
   3. Love You, Hate You, Miss You - Okay, this is a seriously depressing book that deals with a lot of older themes. There's not a ton of action, just a bunch of moping and flashbacks and really mulling over thoughts about life. A girl drinks a lot and her friend just died in a car accident. There's a lot of pretty mature stuff, but it makes you rethink a lot about life and what you take for granted.