The Girl with the Iron Touch is the third book in Kady Cross's Steampunk Chronicles. It is sci-f-/fantasy, my favorite genre, and a little less than 400 pages.
Emily is abducted by the evil Machinist's remaining automatons and meets an astounding robot girl with traits from herself and her friends. A breathtaking finale to a great series.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Book of the Week 3/10/14
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Before I Fall is semi-realistic fiction. Everything is realistic except for the fact that the main character is dead and keeps coming back to life periodically throughout the book. I'd classify it as fantasy, but it really isn't fantasy.
The protagonist, Sam (as in Samantha, not Samuel), is very believable and is usually fairly easy to relate to. Be warned it's more of a girly book, but I wouldn't discourage guys from reading it. It's mature in the sense that the main character talk about sex a lot and several characters do drugs, but it's not horribly mature.
In a sense, Before I Fall is similar to Groundhog Day. The protagonist re-lives the same day several times, and it plays out differently each time.
Before I Fall is semi-realistic fiction. Everything is realistic except for the fact that the main character is dead and keeps coming back to life periodically throughout the book. I'd classify it as fantasy, but it really isn't fantasy.
The protagonist, Sam (as in Samantha, not Samuel), is very believable and is usually fairly easy to relate to. Be warned it's more of a girly book, but I wouldn't discourage guys from reading it. It's mature in the sense that the main character talk about sex a lot and several characters do drugs, but it's not horribly mature.
In a sense, Before I Fall is similar to Groundhog Day. The protagonist re-lives the same day several times, and it plays out differently each time.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Book of the Week 3/3/14
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar is the sequel to The Girl in the Steel Corset, which I read last week. Both are part of the Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross (who by the way is awesome).
Continuing almost directly from where the first book left off, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar once again focuses on English Finley Jayne and her friends, Duke of Greythorne Griffin King, brilliant teenage inventor Emily, cyborg giant Sam, and Jasper, the American cowboy. Jasper has gotten himself into trouble with a gang in New York and Finley, Griffin, Emily, and Sam have to fly to America to save him and his girlfriend from the wrath of an unsatisfied gang leader, Dalton. Jasper's girlfriend Mei has a clockwork collar on her neck, hence the title. The purpose of this nasty bit of jewelry? To keep Jasper in line. If he crosses Dalton, the collar on Mei's neck tightens and chokes her to death.
So, still I think it's sci-fi/fantasy. Once again, there's cursing, violence, and sexual implications (specifically a few references to prostitution), but probably nothing most 6th/7th/8th graders can't handle.
Go for it; it's a really fun series.
Continuing almost directly from where the first book left off, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar once again focuses on English Finley Jayne and her friends, Duke of Greythorne Griffin King, brilliant teenage inventor Emily, cyborg giant Sam, and Jasper, the American cowboy. Jasper has gotten himself into trouble with a gang in New York and Finley, Griffin, Emily, and Sam have to fly to America to save him and his girlfriend from the wrath of an unsatisfied gang leader, Dalton. Jasper's girlfriend Mei has a clockwork collar on her neck, hence the title. The purpose of this nasty bit of jewelry? To keep Jasper in line. If he crosses Dalton, the collar on Mei's neck tightens and chokes her to death.
So, still I think it's sci-fi/fantasy. Once again, there's cursing, violence, and sexual implications (specifically a few references to prostitution), but probably nothing most 6th/7th/8th graders can't handle.
Go for it; it's a really fun series.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Book of the Week 2/24/14
The Girl in the Steel Corset is takes place in the late eighteen-hundreds, focusing on sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne. Finley doesn't have much money, but what she does have is very unusual, powerful, and dark. Sound cliche? Get over it; it's not. Despite the story taking place over a century ago, automatons roam the streets, and technology is abundant. Many modern luxuries are made possible by the red-haired genius Emily, a young Irish inventor and friend of Griffin King, the teenage duke of Greythorne.
I'd say The Girl in the Steel Corset is Sci-Fi/Fantasy. There's some cursing, sexual implications, and a fair amount of violence. I'm not going to put an age range on it, but read it if you can handle it, don't if you can't.
By the way, there's two sequels: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar and The Girl with the Iron Touch.
I'd say The Girl in the Steel Corset is Sci-Fi/Fantasy. There's some cursing, sexual implications, and a fair amount of violence. I'm not going to put an age range on it, but read it if you can handle it, don't if you can't.
By the way, there's two sequels: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar and The Girl with the Iron Touch.
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| I think that's Finley, but the book describes her as blonde. |
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| That's Mei, who you don't meet until the second book. |
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| Unless I'm mistaken, that's Emily. |
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Book of the Week 1/20/14
1. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
2. Eve & Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
Alright, first of all, I'm apologizing for not liking Lord of the Rings. I'm sure it was good in your world. Unfortunately, I must regretfully announce that my world has an excess of homework and a lack of time, so therefore Lord of the Rings does not exist where I live. I'll try again during the summer. Second of all, holy-shit-that-book-is-good! I just finished Eve and Adam and, despite the god-awful cliche-sounding name, it's not actually that bad. Also, to add to the not-cliche-ness, the characters Adam and Eve don't end up as a couple. Thank god. The story actually has a really cool plot that's rather less non-romantic and more awesome sci-fi.
So, the book follows our protagonist Eve Spiker, the daughter of infamous millionaire scientist Terra Spiker. Right at the beginning, when Eve is hit by a car, she is completely smashed up and all but loses a leg. However, once in the hospital, she is rushed to Spiker Biopharms, the giant lab building where her mother works.
There, she meets the rebellious boxer Solo, saves her best friend's boyfriend from being beaten up by drug dealers, and sets out on a project to "play God" by creating a simulated human via incredible science and technology. In the midst of this, she inadvertently stumbles upon secrets about her criminal mother that disturb and dumbfound even her.
Read it; it's cool. There's some cussing and a lot of sexual references, but nothing horrible. Also, there's some really nasty descriptions of deformed animals, but I think you all can handle it.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Book of the Week 1/13/14
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien (Oh, come on, I know you all knew that)
Yes, I finally got around to reading Lord of the Rings. And let me tell you: it is really, really long. Then again, so is Narnia, Harry Potter, and a bunch of other good stories, so who cares. It's just a little - more than a little - daunting in one volume. Yeah, I have the Lord of the Rings series in one book, which is pretty cool and I like to brag about it. Fun fact: the Lord of the Rings series was actually one 'novel' with many parts, but when it was being published, they decided it would be cheaper to publish it in three volumes. Cool, huh? However, the point of this isn't for me to ramble on and be boring, so on to the book!
The Fellowship starts out with a long prologue explaining everything ever (or almost everything) but it's worth reading. Also, it's helpful to have read The Hobbit, which, in case you don't know, takes place about fifty -no, sixty years before.
I'd call it fantasy or adventure fiction with an engaging, clearly well-developed writing style. It's fairly easy to read, but Tolkien uses interesting words. I'm not really sure what the target audience or age group would be, but I certainly think anyone would enjoy it.
However, this is kind of silly because my guess is most of you have already read Lord of the Rings.
Yes, I finally got around to reading Lord of the Rings. And let me tell you: it is really, really long. Then again, so is Narnia, Harry Potter, and a bunch of other good stories, so who cares. It's just a little - more than a little - daunting in one volume. Yeah, I have the Lord of the Rings series in one book, which is pretty cool and I like to brag about it. Fun fact: the Lord of the Rings series was actually one 'novel' with many parts, but when it was being published, they decided it would be cheaper to publish it in three volumes. Cool, huh? However, the point of this isn't for me to ramble on and be boring, so on to the book!
The Fellowship starts out with a long prologue explaining everything ever (or almost everything) but it's worth reading. Also, it's helpful to have read The Hobbit, which, in case you don't know, takes place about fifty -no, sixty years before.
I'd call it fantasy or adventure fiction with an engaging, clearly well-developed writing style. It's fairly easy to read, but Tolkien uses interesting words. I'm not really sure what the target audience or age group would be, but I certainly think anyone would enjoy it.
However, this is kind of silly because my guess is most of you have already read Lord of the Rings.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Book of the Week - Break (Dec 19 - Jan 5)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (If you just want info about the reading level, genre, etc, scroll to the bottom paragraph)
Sooo... I planned on reading the entire Lord of the Rings series over break - I have the entire story in one book - but as it turned out, I did a lot of sleeping, watching movies, and sitting in front of my laptop instead.
I did, however, get around to reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I bought it at Barnes & Noble after getting my ears pierced, and started it that night. By three in the morning, I was halfway through. Needless to say, the plot moves pretty quickly.
We start out with Wade Watts, the main character, wedged between a clothes washer and a wall in his Aunt Alice's trailer in the stacks - meaning a trailer park with several trailers stacked on top of each other to save space. Yeah. That's how awful the future is. Oh, did I mention it's the future?
In this awful new future, reality is pretty horrible, so people prefer to spend a lot of their time in the OASIS, an incredibly realistic video game world created by James Halliday and his friend Ogden Morrow. When Halliday died, he sent out a video announcing the start of the Easter Egg Hunt, where all OASIS users, or avatars, could search for the three keys to the three gates. The first avatar to make it through the third gate would inherit Halliday's enormous fortune.
Now it's all set up: a race to find the first key, get through the first gate, find the second key, go through the second gate, then find the third and final key and make it through the last gate to inherit Halliday's wealth.
I'd say the reading level wasn't incredibly hard, but it is interesting and easy to understand. WARNING: For those of you that care, there's a few fairly mature scenes and a moderate level of cussing. Overall, the plot moves pretty fast, and the story is interesting and engaging. I think it's Sci-fi/Fantasy, but even if you're not into Sci-Fi/Fantasy, the story is very enjoyable. I certainly liked it a lot.
Sooo... I planned on reading the entire Lord of the Rings series over break - I have the entire story in one book - but as it turned out, I did a lot of sleeping, watching movies, and sitting in front of my laptop instead.
I did, however, get around to reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I bought it at Barnes & Noble after getting my ears pierced, and started it that night. By three in the morning, I was halfway through. Needless to say, the plot moves pretty quickly.
We start out with Wade Watts, the main character, wedged between a clothes washer and a wall in his Aunt Alice's trailer in the stacks - meaning a trailer park with several trailers stacked on top of each other to save space. Yeah. That's how awful the future is. Oh, did I mention it's the future?
In this awful new future, reality is pretty horrible, so people prefer to spend a lot of their time in the OASIS, an incredibly realistic video game world created by James Halliday and his friend Ogden Morrow. When Halliday died, he sent out a video announcing the start of the Easter Egg Hunt, where all OASIS users, or avatars, could search for the three keys to the three gates. The first avatar to make it through the third gate would inherit Halliday's enormous fortune.
Now it's all set up: a race to find the first key, get through the first gate, find the second key, go through the second gate, then find the third and final key and make it through the last gate to inherit Halliday's wealth.
I'd say the reading level wasn't incredibly hard, but it is interesting and easy to understand. WARNING: For those of you that care, there's a few fairly mature scenes and a moderate level of cussing. Overall, the plot moves pretty fast, and the story is interesting and engaging. I think it's Sci-fi/Fantasy, but even if you're not into Sci-Fi/Fantasy, the story is very enjoyable. I certainly liked it a lot.
| The cover! |
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| The other cover! |
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| Wade, climbing down from his aunt's trailer in the stacks. |
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Book of the Week 11/18/13
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
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| Algernon |
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILER ALERT
It should be obvious, but it a spoiler alert is necessary.
What struck me the most about Flowers for Algernon is the fact that everyone else was completely in denial about the ending. We all knew it was coming. Algernon was clearly going to die; with "Flowers for Algernon" as the title, what else could possibly happen? Algernon dies. Obviously. And everything that happens to Algernon happens to Charlie. I think - no, I know Charlie is a dead man. Dead. The question is, what would have happened if he hadn't had the mental decline?
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Book of the Week 11/11/13
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
I think Flowers for Algernon includes an incredible amount of symbolism in Algernon, mainly because even to the scientists, he represents the experiment, and therefore Charlie. What happens to Algernon happens to Charlie, which isn't a good sign when Algernon starts "deteriorating." Even though Charlie notices this, he acts unafraid as if he's trying to ignore it or like he doesn't even care about his own life anymore. Maybe he wants to go back to being the old Charlie?
By the way, I think you all have been in denial since the beginning. The book is titled, "Flowers for Algernon." And what kind of person do you give flowers to? Either a lover or a dead person. And considering that Algernon isn't exactly in a relationship with Charlie, but the two are certainly linked, this doesn't bode well for Charlie. Flowers for Algernon - dead Algernon. Dead Algernon = dead Charlie. If you weren't expecting this, you're kidding yourself.
Don't get me wrong - Charlie may be doomed, but that doesn't mean it's a bad book. An author willing to kill the main character shows bravery.
And that brings me to you, my dear Veronica Roth. Oh boy.
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| This might just be fan-art or a banner or something, but I like it. |
I think Flowers for Algernon includes an incredible amount of symbolism in Algernon, mainly because even to the scientists, he represents the experiment, and therefore Charlie. What happens to Algernon happens to Charlie, which isn't a good sign when Algernon starts "deteriorating." Even though Charlie notices this, he acts unafraid as if he's trying to ignore it or like he doesn't even care about his own life anymore. Maybe he wants to go back to being the old Charlie?
By the way, I think you all have been in denial since the beginning. The book is titled, "Flowers for Algernon." And what kind of person do you give flowers to? Either a lover or a dead person. And considering that Algernon isn't exactly in a relationship with Charlie, but the two are certainly linked, this doesn't bode well for Charlie. Flowers for Algernon - dead Algernon. Dead Algernon = dead Charlie. If you weren't expecting this, you're kidding yourself.
Don't get me wrong - Charlie may be doomed, but that doesn't mean it's a bad book. An author willing to kill the main character shows bravery.
And that brings me to you, my dear Veronica Roth. Oh boy.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Book of the Week 11/4/13
Vampire Kisses: Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber
Dance with a Vampire is the fourth book in the Vampire Kisses series. I've always really liked the main character's personality throughout the whole series and her attitude is funny and spunky. Most of the series, she faces more serious, large-scale problems, so it's fun to focus on her own life a bit. I guess it's another dumb vampire love story, but it has interesting characters and it's fun to read.
It's fantasy or semi-realistic fiction. I liked it, but I doubt any of you guys will. *lol*
Here's a pic:
WARNING: Don't Read It lol
Dance with a Vampire is the fourth book in the Vampire Kisses series. I've always really liked the main character's personality throughout the whole series and her attitude is funny and spunky. Most of the series, she faces more serious, large-scale problems, so it's fun to focus on her own life a bit. I guess it's another dumb vampire love story, but it has interesting characters and it's fun to read.
It's fantasy or semi-realistic fiction. I liked it, but I doubt any of you guys will. *lol*
Here's a pic:
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| Pretty! |
WARNING: Don't Read It lol
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Book of the Week 10/28/13
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
"You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret is to press play."
Thirteen Reasons Why is a really powerful book. Hannah Baker is much more than just a girl who commits suicide. She comes alive in her stories, and a lot of the story takes place before she died, even though her death occurred before the book begins. I didn't really like the last scene, but the rest of the book is really good. Hannah makes you think about life and what people do when they're giving up.
"You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret is to press play."
Thirteen Reasons Why is a really powerful book. Hannah Baker is much more than just a girl who commits suicide. She comes alive in her stories, and a lot of the story takes place before she died, even though her death occurred before the book begins. I didn't really like the last scene, but the rest of the book is really good. Hannah makes you think about life and what people do when they're giving up.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Book of the Week 10/21/13
ALLEGIANT by Veronica Roth
Holy crap, guys! Allegiant was, like, insane. Just freaking insane. First, Tobias actually gets himself a personality. So, if you weren't so into Tris and Tobias, you will be now!
I can't believe what Veronica Roth did! Damn that brilliant author! I hate her! She's incredible!
Holy crap, guys! Allegiant was, like, insane. Just freaking insane. First, Tobias actually gets himself a personality. So, if you weren't so into Tris and Tobias, you will be now!
I can't believe what Veronica Roth did! Damn that brilliant author! I hate her! She's incredible!
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Book of the Week 10/14/13
House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Genre: Fantasy Adventure (yay!)
Review: The second-to-last book in the Heroes of Olympus series!
Q: Guess who's awesome?
A: LEO!
Genre: Fantasy Adventure (yay!)
Review: The second-to-last book in the Heroes of Olympus series!
Q: Guess who's awesome?
A: LEO!
If you don't understand, the answer is simple: READ THE FRICKIN BOOK!
(yay!)
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Book of the Week 9/30/13
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Genre: Fantasy Adventure Drama - lots of fun stuff! :-)
Review: This has probably been recommended to you many many times already, but I'll do it again, because trust me, this book is good. And beware - don't take anything for granted; nothing is what it seems.
Read it!!
Genre: Fantasy Adventure Drama - lots of fun stuff! :-)
Review: This has probably been recommended to you many many times already, but I'll do it again, because trust me, this book is good. And beware - don't take anything for granted; nothing is what it seems.
Read it!!
Monday, September 23, 2013
Book of the Week 9/16/13
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
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!
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| The Adults Want to Kill You! |
Next week, I'll continue reading The Enemy, as it's a two-week book.
It's good!
Sunday, September 15, 2013
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.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
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
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.
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
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| ^^^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.
Monday, September 2, 2013
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.
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.
Friday, August 30, 2013
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