tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67535267703582482622024-03-13T19:10:21.510-07:00The Books that you are so gonna wanta read after you suffer threw my reviewsThe semi-okay-kida-good-butnotthatgreat-youmaynotlikethem reviews of my taste.Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-43063378194044028242010-03-21T14:55:00.001-07:002010-03-21T15:05:57.888-07:00Uglies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S6aYQZBlX7I/AAAAAAAAAtM/YnP_z8GT1eY/s1600-h/uglies.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S6aYQZBlX7I/AAAAAAAAAtM/YnP_z8GT1eY/s400/uglies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451211806341423026" /></a><br />Title: Uglies<div>Author: Scott Westerfeld<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">P</span>ages: 426</div><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><div>Character Rating: 5/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 5/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK!!!! It is my second time reading it... And I thought that I might not like it as much this time.... Since I knew what was going to happen, but I think I liked it just as much, if not more this time around... I think it made a lot more since this time, especially at the beginning... LOVED IT!!!! Wow... It is such a page turner... I finished it within a few days... I have to say I am a big David fan... if they ever make a movie out of it, and they have the whole, "whose side are you on, David, or Zane?" I am so gonna say DAVID!!! hehehe Love the book though... I am very glad that I read it a second time, and I can't wait to read it a third... I recommend this book to EVERYONE! Especially to people that are not that big on books yet... This might start your fascination with them! </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. And when shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty.</span></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-26337073595497388992010-03-21T14:43:00.000-07:002010-03-21T14:53:45.190-07:00The Amethyst Ring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S6aVZF3emFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/1PlPkpR44nE/s1600-h/Scott+O%27Dell.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S6aVZF3emFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/1PlPkpR44nE/s400/Scott+O%27Dell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451208657282701394" /></a><br />Title: The Amethyst Ring<div>Author: Scott O'Dell</div><div>Pages: 212</div><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Okay, first of all I have to say that I did LOVE this book... But..... First with the good... It was written wonderfully. The characters were SO believable... IT showed all their faults... Which I think a lot of books do not... It was wonderful... because the main character you loved... but you slowly saw him changing for the worst... It was so strange... Because you were routing for the main character, but then he would do something, and you are like, "WHAT???" It kind of reminded me of (here comes the bad) the 3rd episode of Star Wars. I always loved Anakin... But in the third one, you saw him slowly corrupted... Yet you still were rooting for him during some of it... Like you did not know what side you wanted to be on... LOVED IT!!! It just crept up so slowly... But it was kind of depressing at the same time... But in a semi-good way. So that is the only reason it could not get 5/5... I highly recommend the series. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><i>(I have decided not to put a plot in, if you read the first 2 books, you will defiantly read this one.) </i></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-53546389493238871702010-03-21T14:28:00.000-07:002010-03-21T14:40:35.313-07:00The Minstrel's Tale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S6aST97E5HI/AAAAAAAAAs0/3_6oHedjnQo/s1600-h/The+Minstrel%27s+tale.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S6aST97E5HI/AAAAAAAAAs0/3_6oHedjnQo/s400/The+Minstrel%27s+tale.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451205270716081266" /></a><br />Title: The Minstrel's Tale<div>Author: Berit Haahr</div><div>Pages: 247</div><div>Cover Rating: 1/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 3.5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>(Just as a side note the next few books that I review I read a while a go, anywhere from a few months, till right about now.)</i></div><div><i>I was actually very surprised at how much I liked this book. I must say that I was not that keen on the writing style of the author.... Thought she was very good at coming up with the story... LOVED the characters, but I was not really that crazy, on how she wrote it... Like I was not happy with the way she used her words... In fact I disliked it so much that I almost did not read it! But I stuck with it, and I really LIKED IT!!!! So very happy with it! I thought that the characters were very believable, and I was happy about that... I would recommend it for anyone looking for an easy read, that likes historical fiction!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Determined not to marry the man her father has chosen for her, thirteen-year-old Judith disguises herself as a boy and sets off to become one of the King's Minstrels, yet the journey is long and so she must use her wits to keep herself safe and her identity hidden.</span></span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-44131198286393532392010-02-17T17:12:00.000-08:002010-02-17T17:20:56.041-08:00Emma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yV8swjIXI/AAAAAAAAAsc/WZ0iVGGlkMk/s1600-h/Emma.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yV8swjIXI/AAAAAAAAAsc/WZ0iVGGlkMk/s400/Emma.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439387319996195186" /></a><br />Title: Emma<div>Author: Jane Austen</div><div>Pages: 354</div><div>Time took to read: ?</div><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I deeply loved this book... How could I not?? Jane Austen is a master mind when it comes to weaving a plot and incorporating believable characters... This was a great book and I give it full marks for everything... I just wish I had read it all in a shorter period of time... But all in all I LOVED it... I recommend it to all Jane Austen fans.. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><i>(this is not really a plot summary, but I liked it... so I thought I would put it here instead.) </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." Emma, however, is also rather spoiled; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; and she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives and is often mistaken about the meanings of others' actions.</span></span></i></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-26774750644395338792010-02-17T16:55:00.000-08:002010-02-17T17:11:48.351-08:00Hush<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yTz0EOo3I/AAAAAAAAAsU/fdamh6iAysU/s1600-h/Hush.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yTz0EOo3I/AAAAAAAAAsU/fdamh6iAysU/s400/Hush.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439384968315708274" /></a><br />Title: Hush<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">A</span>uthor: Donna Jo Napoli</div><div>Pages: 309</div><div>Time Took to Read: 2 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I really LOVED this book... Though some of it was kind of disturbing... It showed what life could have been like back in the 900's. I always loved Donna Jo Napoli, she has an amazing ability to transport you to the time and place that she is writing about... I thought that the plot was wonderful... You were never quite sure what was going to happen, and when it did happen you were sometimes so shocked that it was actually happening... You thought that somehow things would change... but often it did not... I LOVED the characters because they were very believable... The main character actually started off as quite a week one, but she grew which was important... Even though it took time... LOVED this book!! I highly recommend it... Though it is not for those who like books where everything goes to plan, and where nothing bad befalls the characters.. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I'm pulled into water. Up to my knees. Now my thighs. Waves lap at my belly. Deeper. I yank against the hand on my elbow. The man's fingers dig into me. They cut. Long fingernails. Claws. Deeper.</div><div><br /></div><div>I won't be able to swim with my hands tied behind my back. I kick at him, but the water slows me and my tunic gets caught in my legs. I fall and swallow salt water and choke on this gag in my mouth.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will die in a peasant's tunic. If anyone finds my body, they won't even know who I am. If Mother and Father live still, they will never know what became of me. I see nothing inside this blindfold; I strangle inside this gag.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deeper. </div><div><br /></div><div>(<i>please do not read more of the plot... I think it gives to much away... and what ever you do, DO NOT read the summary!!) </i></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-39440811729930111752010-02-17T16:39:00.000-08:002010-02-17T16:54:27.081-08:00Carlota<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yPvVGkXTI/AAAAAAAAAsM/RXjlPyD4p2o/s1600-h/Carlota.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 278px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yPvVGkXTI/AAAAAAAAAsM/RXjlPyD4p2o/s400/Carlota.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439380493238033714" /></a><br />Title: Carlota<div>Author: Scott O'Dell</div><div>Pages: 153</div><div>Cover Rating: 3/5</div><div>Character Rating: 3/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 2/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 2.5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>This book had absolutely nothing wrong with it (no flaws as to the writing)... Why such a low rating then? Well nothing really happened during the whole story really... and it was WAY to short... But I think this is manly because it was made for younger readers, which I did not find out until I received it (because I had ordered it threw my library). So all in all I was not really a fan of this book.... I can not find fault the way it was written in any way... I was just not a fan of the book... that is all.... Oh well... I figure that I am prone to read a book I am not CRAZY about ever once in a while! ;)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Riding her stallion at top speed, racing and beating the neighboring rancheros, and branding cattle, Carlota proves herself again and again; she is courageous and strong, surely the equal of all her dead brother Carlos could have been. In the conflict between Don Saturnino's need for a son and the outraged sense of woman's place voiced by her proud grandmother, Carlota has always sided with her father. It is not until she rides out with the men to ambush Kit Carson and the Yankee army in what would bee later known as the Battle of San Pasqual, not until she wounds a young soldier with her lance, that Carlota comes face to face with her own feelings of tenderness and compassion and defies her father in defining herself. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>(If I had read this description, I would not have read the book... I wish I had read the description... HORRIBLY written as it is...)</i></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-8983172127730706732010-02-17T16:25:00.000-08:002010-02-17T16:38:49.879-08:00The Feathered Serpent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yLaC1nYoI/AAAAAAAAAsE/SYqbBm6F2ls/s1600-h/Scott+O%27Dell.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S3yLaC1nYoI/AAAAAAAAAsE/SYqbBm6F2ls/s400/Scott+O%27Dell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439375729511326338" /></a><br />Title: The Feathered Serpent<div>Author: Scott O'Dell</div><div>Pages: 211</div><div>Time took to read: 2 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 3/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I don't know why I like this series so much... I don't know... But I LOVE them!!! This book was REALLY good, though I think it was shorter than I would have liked it... But I think it was like that so that it could leave room for the 3rd book in the series, which I CAN NOT wait to read!!!!! I really liked the characters in this book because they were very imperfect... Every single one of them was flawed... none were shown to be perfect... Loved the story line about the Mayas... All in all a wonderful book... (oh, and disregard the plot description... it is a lousy one, and if I had read it, I probably would not have read the book, so PLEASE don't base weather you are going to read it on it... )</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family:'Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana, Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:130%;color:blue;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 40px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family:'Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana, Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:130%;color:blue;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b>The young seminarian, Julian Escobar, finds himself trapped in the role of the legendary Mayan god Kukulcan, a captive of his own power and of his duties as lord of a great city. His only ally, the sly dwarf Cantu, cares only for the gold that can be plundered from the Mayan temples. Even amid the barbaric splendor of his own court, Julian fears the treachery of the high priest. Julian's travels take him to the palace of Aztec emperor Moctezuma, and before long he is caught up in the tragic encounter of Moctezuma and Hernan Cortes.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-18511847651926092412010-02-05T18:40:00.001-08:002010-02-05T18:52:50.154-08:00The Captive<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S2zXvRyI7VI/AAAAAAAAArw/33x27qlZtmU/s1600-h/Scott+O%27Dell.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S2zXvRyI7VI/AAAAAAAAArw/33x27qlZtmU/s400/Scott+O%27Dell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434956057556872530" /></a><br />Title: The Captive<div>Author: Scott O'Dell</div><div>Pages: 224</div><div>Time Took To Read: 2 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I LOVED this book!!! It is the first in "The Seven Serpents" trilogy... I originally picked this book because it was a story about the Mayans... they NEVER have actual novels about them.. and they fascinate me... So I really liked it... WONDERFUL book!!! Loved the characters, loved everything... I can't wait to read the next book!!! Till then!!!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; word-spacing: 2px; ">As part of a Spanish expedition to the New World, a Jesuit seminarian witnesses the enslavement and exploitation of the Mayas and is seduced by greed and ambition.</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; word-spacing: 2px;"><i>(sorry this plot is so short... that is all I found out when I read it... PLEASE DO NOT READ THE SUMMARY OF THIS BOOK!!!)</i></span></span></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-69376284222561421052010-02-05T18:28:00.000-08:002010-02-05T18:39:29.045-08:00Sovay<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S2zWXE-IwQI/AAAAAAAAAro/x2rRKM3Ik4A/s1600-h/Sovay.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S2zWXE-IwQI/AAAAAAAAAro/x2rRKM3Ik4A/s400/Sovay.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434954542289043714" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div>Title: Sovay<div>Author: Celia Rees</div><div>Pages: 416</div><div>Time took to Read: 1 month</div><div>Cover Rating: 5/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><div>Character Rating: 3/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 3/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I have to say I actually really liked this book.. but it took me forever to read because I was really busy and also it kind of got really slow during the middle... I mean I liked the whole idea of the book... but some of it, was a little slow... it lost my interest. I also did not like how in the book Sovay was supposedly SO beautiful... and yet she did not know it AT ALL!!! I found it kind of unrealistic.. because if you are beautiful you normally know it... even if it is just a little... I was also not so convinced with all the characters... These are the reasons that I could not give it a better rating... but all in all I liked it... If you have read other Celia Rees books you should read it... </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">It’s England, 1783. When the rich and beautiful Sovay isn’t sitting for portraits, she’s donning a man’s cloak and robbing travelers—in broad daylight. But in a time when political allegiances between France and England are strained, a rogue bandit is not the only thing travelers fear. Spies abound, and rumors of sedition can quickly lead to disappearances. So when Sovay lifts the wallet of one of England’s most powerful and dangerous men, it’s not just her own identity she must hide, but that of her father. A dazzling historical saga in which the roles of thieves and gentry, good and bad, and men and women are interchanged to riveting effect.</span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-3651908755067634722010-01-03T13:15:00.000-08:002010-01-03T13:34:52.636-08:00Books 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S0ENdUMjczI/AAAAAAAAArQ/NAIGVR-GXFM/s1600-h/Books+2009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/S0ENdUMjczI/AAAAAAAAArQ/NAIGVR-GXFM/s400/Books+2009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422630223619519282" /></a><br />These are a few of the books I read in 2009 that I enjoyed!!! <div><br /></div><div><i>(Book name, authors last name)</i></div><div><br /></div><div>1. <b>The maiden of Mayfair</b>, <i>Blackwell</i></div><div>2. <b>A Time for Dancing</b>, <i>Wills Hurwin</i></div><div>3. <b>Bloody Jack</b>,<i> L. A. Meyer</i> (read this one twice)</div><div>4. <b>Robin Hood</b>, <i>Edith Heal</i></div><div>5. <b>Where the Lilies Bloom</b>, <i>Clearer</i></div><div>6. <b>The Ramsay Scallop</b></div><div>7. <b>Bound</b>, <i>Donna Jo Napoli</i></div><div>8. <b>Tiger, Tiger</b><i>, Lynne Reid Banks</i></div><div>9. <b>Just Ella</b><i>, Haddix<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></i></div><div>10. <b>The Transall Saga</b>, <i>Paulsen</i></div><div>11. <b>The Diamond of Dury Lane</b><i>, Julia Golding</i></div><div>12. <b>Palace of Mirrors</b><i>, Haddix</i></div><div>13. <b>The Face on the Milk Carton</b><i>, Cooney</i></div><div>14. <b>The Scarlet Pimpernel</b><i>, Orczy</i></div><div>15. <b>Beastly</b>, <i>Alex Flinn</i></div><div>16. <b>A Kiss in Time</b><i>, Alex Flinn</i></div><div>17. <b>Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet</b><i>, Sheth</i></div><div>18. <b>Homeless Bird</b><i>, Gloria Whelan</i></div><div>19. <b>Crossing Stones</b><i>, Helen Frost</i></div><div>20. <b>Saving Juliet</b><i>, Selfors</i></div><div>21. <b>The Musician's Daughter</b>,<i> Dunlap</i></div><div>22. <b>A Brief History of Montmary, </b><i>Cooper</i></div><div>23. <b>The Princess Bride<i>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">S. Morgenstern</span></i></b></div><div>24.<b>Pirates!</b><i>, Rees </i></div><div><br /></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-91965318434532243522009-12-30T13:35:00.000-08:002009-12-30T13:55:00.171-08:00Bloody Jack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SzvMBuvGOtI/AAAAAAAAApY/0d9nrlFrHqY/s1600-h/BloodyJack.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SzvMBuvGOtI/AAAAAAAAApY/0d9nrlFrHqY/s400/BloodyJack.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421150906568030930" /></a><br />Title: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy<div>Author: L. A. Meyer</div><div>Pages: 278</div><div>Days took to Read: 3</div><div>Cover Rating: 3/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I LOVE this book. I have already reviewed it on this site once, but I do not think I did it full justice. I read it this second time because in my book club we are to read the squeal to it, and I wanted to refresh myself (anyway)... I love the plot, with the whole, "I am really a girl pretending to be a boy" kind of thing.... (Side note: Is in not funny that a girl can pretend to be a boy without to much "I CANT BELIEVE THAT!!!!" Going on, and without it being perverted in anyway.. (back then anyway) yet a boy could not have dressed as a girl without being thought a total pervert.... hehe I find it funny, and I think the guys probably could not have dealt with being a woman... hehe... well anyway..) I also loved the nautical theme of this book, even if it was not a pirate book. I really liked it... and I recommend it!!!!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Jacky Faber is used to fighting for survival. For an orphan on the streets of eighteenth-century London, every day starts with begging and ends with an empty stomach. But now luck is finally on Jacky's side-- a departing warship is taking on ships boys, and Jacky jumps at the chance to pursue pirates and riches beyond imagination.</div><div><br /></div><div>There's only one problem: Jacky is a <i>girl.</i> And she will have to use every bit of her spirit, wit, and courage to keep the crew from discovering her secret. This could be the adventure of her life--- If only she doesn't get caught....</div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-81606949585622737722009-12-26T14:46:00.000-08:002009-12-26T15:09:02.169-08:00Pirates!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SzaXiMR0sgI/AAAAAAAAApQ/YMf8Nd7ULes/s1600-h/Pirates!.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SzaXiMR0sgI/AAAAAAAAApQ/YMf8Nd7ULes/s400/Pirates!.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419685815254299138" /></a><br />Title: Pirates!<div>Author: Celia Rees</div><div>Pages: 380</div><div>Days took to read: 5 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 5/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 5/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4.5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I deeply love this book!!! This is my second time reading it... And I love it just as much the second time. I originally read this about a year ago, and loved it immediately. I think the true test of weather a book is really great is when you read it a second time. The second time you are not as caught up in all the hype, because you know what is going to happen, so it is not nearly as exciting. This book was still AMAZING!!! I loved the depth of the characters and I really loved the plot. It kept you reading. I deeply recommend this to anyone who likes a good adventure novel!!!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates. For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals. Together they go in search of adventure, love, and a new life that breaks all restrictions of gender, race, and position. Told through Nancy's writings, their adventures will appeal to readers across the spectrum and around the world.</span></span></span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-28883995805877585472009-12-24T08:00:00.000-08:002009-12-24T08:21:14.872-08:00The Princess Bride<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SzOU9UWzucI/AAAAAAAAAo8/HWflrX2XfuY/s1600-h/The-Princess-Bride.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SzOU9UWzucI/AAAAAAAAAo8/HWflrX2XfuY/s400/The-Princess-Bride.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418838557814143426" /></a><br />Title: The Princess Bride: S. Morgensterns's classic tale of true love and high adventure<div>Author: S. Morgenstern (Abridged by William Goldman) </div><div>Pages: 317 (without <i>Buttercup's Baby") </i>399 (with <i>Buttercup's Baby)</i></div><div>Time took to Read: 3 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 5/5</div><div>Character Rating: 5/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 5/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 5/5</div><div><br /></div><div>(<i>2009 rating) </i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>I don't know how to stress how much I love this book.... It is defiantly my favorite work of Fiction ever... The characters are timeless and perfect.... in the way that they all of major flaws.... The book is defiantly not a happy go lucky book. That I can say. If you read my quote from the book in the post bellow, it basically is the theme of the book. Life is not fair. If you watched the movie, and are thinking "</i>Everything seamed to go just great for them, what are you talking about?<i>" My simple answer is READ THE BOOK!!!!! It is wonderful, even though the characters are flawed, which makes it even more perfect... All in all, it is wonderful sublime and just perfect.... </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i>(the back of the book only gives this much information, so if you want more, just go to my second post on this blog, for a full summary.) </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Westley,</b> the handsome farm boy who risks death (and much worse) for the woman he loves; <b>Inigo, </b>the Spanish swordsman who lives only to avenge his father's death; <b>Fezzik, </b>the gentlest giant ever to have uprooted a tree with his bare hands; <b>Vizzini, </b>the evil Sicilian, whith a mind so keen he's foiled by his own perfect logic; <b>Prince Humperdinck, </b>the eviler ruler of Florin, who has an equally insatiable thirst for war and the beauteous Buttercup; <b>Count Rugen, </b>teh evilest man of all, who thrives on the excruciationg pain of others; <b>Miracle Max, </b>the King's ex-Miracle Man, who can raise the dead (kind of); and of course, <b>Buttercup</b> . . . the princess bride, the most perfect beautiful woman in the history of the world!</div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-69091834023894050062009-12-19T08:58:00.000-08:002009-12-19T09:01:32.180-08:00Quote: The Princess Bride<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/Sy0GTL4MA8I/AAAAAAAAAo0/hdaD1IE5nYw/s1600-h/The-Princess-Bride.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/Sy0GTL4MA8I/AAAAAAAAAo0/hdaD1IE5nYw/s400/The-Princess-Bride.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416992853472314306" /></a><br />Title: The Princess Bride<div><br /></div><div><i>I really liked this quote. Even before I knew that the movie was a book, I fell in love with this quote. Though in the book, someone entirely different says it. It still has the same effect though. LOVE IT!!!! Tell me what you think!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>pg. 144</div><div><br /></div><div>"Life is pain... Anybody that says different is selling something."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-58897024976779198822009-12-13T17:32:00.001-08:002009-12-14T16:21:51.700-08:00My Yearly Tradition<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SyWYSchEnDI/AAAAAAAAAoM/lLKxkHQlDVc/s1600-h/The-Princess-Bride.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SyWYSchEnDI/AAAAAAAAAoM/lLKxkHQlDVc/s400/The-Princess-Bride.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414901569642863666" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Every year I read my favorite book, "The Princess Bride:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The 'Good Parts' Version). I grew up watching the movie, and I just found out that it was a book, a few years ago. Ever since I turned the first page, it became my all time favorite book. I can't believe that I have not read it yet this year, and since it is getting late in the year, I figure that I should read it soon.... So I just wanted to let you dear followers know that I will be reading this soon. Unfortunately, I have recently let someone borrow my book from me, so I will have to read the one copy found at my local library. Oh well.... (I need to get a second copy so that I have one to lend, and one for myself...hehe) Well that is all for today dear reader....</span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lain</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(p.s. I always loved this map.)</span></span></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SyWYnOWknXI/AAAAAAAAAoU/Cpwd_4tuxRo/s400/the+princess+bride+map.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414901926617980274" />Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-54669694529772786332009-12-13T17:22:00.000-08:002009-12-13T17:31:47.144-08:00A Brief History of Montmaray<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SyWVfQzBOZI/AAAAAAAAAoE/GK5i51yY4c0/s1600-h/A+Brief+History+of+Montmaray.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SyWVfQzBOZI/AAAAAAAAAoE/GK5i51yY4c0/s400/A+Brief+History+of+Montmaray.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414898491300329874" /></a><br />Title: A Brief History of Montmaray<div>Author: Michelle Cooper</div><div>Pages: 294</div><div>Time Took to Read: 5 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 5/5</div><div>Character Rating: 3/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><div>Overall rating: 3.5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I really liked this book. It had a great story line. The characters were very believable, and I enjoyed learning more about them each, as the book went on. I also liked the plot... Any plot that takes place in a castle is AMAZING!!!! hehehe... Though I am more prone to like a more <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">medieval</span></span></span> time period, or at least 1800's, but this book was good, I liked the whole 1930's time period... I just had to keep reminding myself that it took place during this time. All in all, it is a good book, a little on the slow side, but good. I recommend it to anyone who does not mind reading just to read.... To someone who just loves books in general. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(17, 17, 34); font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- line-height: 1.4em; background-position: initial initial; font-size:12px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.4em; background-position: initial initial; "><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">I need to write down what has just happened. I need to set down the truth. If I write lies or if I write nothing at all, this journal is worthless. I must do this, in case anything happens.</i></p><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; "></i><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.4em; background-position: initial initial; "><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">All right. This is what happened tonight, every single terrible thing that I can remember . . .</i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.4em; background-position: initial initial; ">Sophie FitzOsborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray, along with her tomboy younger sister Henry, her beautiful, intellectual cousin Veronica, and Veronica's father, the completely mad King John.<br />When Sophie receives a leather-bound journal for her sixteenth birthday, she decides to write about her day-to-day life on the island. But it is 1936 and the world is in turmoil. Does the arrival of two strangers threaten everything that Sophie holds dear?</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.4em; background-position: initial initial; "><br /></p></span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-52999814399700630232009-12-05T19:34:00.000-08:002009-12-05T19:51:39.189-08:00The Musician's Daughter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxsqMz0EqsI/AAAAAAAAAn0/XVQU-euZNaY/s1600-h/The+Musician%27s+daughter.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxsqMz0EqsI/AAAAAAAAAn0/XVQU-euZNaY/s400/The+Musician%27s+daughter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411965776771197634" /></a><br />Title: The Musician's Daughter<div>Author: Susanne Dunlap</div><div>Pages: 317</div><div>Days took to Read: 2 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 3.5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I really liked this book. I thought that it was very artfully written, with a good mix of drama and suspense. I really liked the characters, and I thought she did a great job at making them come alive. I loved the plot, and just the genre was amazing. I recommend it to anyone who likes a mystery in historical terms. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; font-family:'Arial Unicode MS', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Amid the glamour of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy's court in 18th-century Vienna, murder is afoot. Or so fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria is convinced when her musician father turns up dead on Christmas Eve, his valuable violin missing, and the only clue to his death a strange gold pendant around his neck. Then her father's mentor, the acclaimed composer Franz Joseph Haydn, helps her through a difficult time by making her</span><span class="showMoreLessContentElement " style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> his copyist and giving her insight into her father's secret life. It's there that Theresa begins to uncover a trail of blackmail and extortion, even as she discovers honor, and the possibility of a first, tentative love. Thrumming with the weeping strains of violins, as well as danger and deception, this is an engrossing tale of murder, romance, and music that readers will find hard to forget.</span></span> </span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-68196054824740449752009-12-03T08:32:00.001-08:002009-12-03T08:45:08.195-08:00Saving Juliet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxfrD4X9yyI/AAAAAAAAAns/y6JjTqjvpsg/s1600-h/saving+juliet.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxfrD4X9yyI/AAAAAAAAAns/y6JjTqjvpsg/s400/saving+juliet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411051929213979426" /></a><br />Title: Saving Juliet<div>Author: Suzanne Selfors</div><div>Pages: 241</div><div>Time Took to Read: 2 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 3/5</div><div>Character Rating: 3/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 3.5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I really liked this book. I thought it was a very original take on part of the story of Romeo and Juliet. I liked that it was not simply a retelling of the story, as some of the books I have read were, but the characters did live threw the story in a cretin way. I really liked it, and thought it very original. I might even read the original Romeo and Juliet!!! It would be interesting to see how they compare. All in all a good book. i do recommend it. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i>(I thought the inside cover description gave to much away, so if you are going to read this book, please don't research it. Just read the plot from the following.)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>"Quiet! You must listen to the prince," a man scolded. The crowd stilled and a voice burst forth from somewhere ahead. I couldn't see the speaker but he spoke familiar words.</div><div><br /></div><div>"three rimes now, the Capulets and Montagues have fought in our streets, spilling their own blood as well as the blood of innocent bystanders. I will stand for no more. If either house disrupts the peace again, the punishment shall be death! That is the word of your prince."</div><div><br /></div><div>The Capulets and the Montagues? Okay, this was getting stranger by the minute.</div><div><br /></div><div>I didn't know if I should burst into tears or start giggling hysterically, so I did both. I stood there like a crazy person, in my mud-spattered dress. This was just like the opening of the play, when the price makes his proclamation. Just like the play that I was trying to escape. How could this be happening?? </div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-17763375316728998992009-12-02T13:15:00.001-08:002009-12-02T13:27:32.636-08:00Crossing Stones<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxbbKNgFO2I/AAAAAAAAAnU/4ZMCbmkinvE/s1600-h/Crossing+Stones.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxbbKNgFO2I/AAAAAAAAAnU/4ZMCbmkinvE/s400/Crossing+Stones.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410752970801625954" /></a><br />Title: Crossing Stones<div>Author: Helen Frost</div><div>Pages: 178</div><div>Time Took to Read: 3 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 5/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I loved this book!!! It was a wonderfully, yet very uniquely written bo0k. The whole book was written in different kinds of poetry form. It was beautifully written, though I do not recommend it to people who don't like poems. What I liked about these is that they were beautiful and short, yet they were very easy to understand, and gave you so much more information than normal words of that length ever could. All in all I loved the characters and the plot and HIGHLY recommend this book!!!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; "><div>Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family’s closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families’ lives have been intertwined, connected by the crossing stones that span the water. But now that Frank Norman—who Muriel is just beginning to think might be more than a friend—has enlisted to fight in World War I and her brother, Ollie, has lied about his age to join him, the future is uncertain. As Muriel tends to things at home with the help of Frank’s sister, Emma, she becomes more and more fascinated by the women’s suffrage movement, but she is surrounded by people who advise her to keep her opinions to herself. How can she find a way to care for those she loves while still remaining true to who she is?</div><p></p><div>Written in beautifully structured verse, <i>Crossing Stones </i>captures nine months in the lives of two resilient families struggling to stay together and cross carefully, stone by stone, into a changing world.</div></span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-9301669278227718432009-12-02T13:05:00.000-08:002009-12-02T13:14:41.668-08:00Homeless Bird<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxbYvYMzU-I/AAAAAAAAAnM/6zoUFHgUw70/s1600-h/Homeless+Bird.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SxbYvYMzU-I/AAAAAAAAAnM/6zoUFHgUw70/s400/Homeless+Bird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410750310793827298" /></a><br />Title: Homeless Bird<div>Author: Gloria Whelan</div><div>Pages: 212</div><div>Time Read: 5 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 1/5</div><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 3.5/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I read this book a few weeks ago, but never got to put a review for it. I enjoyed this book immensely. I love how it drew you in with a simple story line, yet got more complex as things went along. I also liked that it had both sorrow and happiness within it. It was very realistic in what would happen in real life, and I liked it immensely. A good nice, easy read. I recommend it to all.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i>(I did not know much about the book going into it, and I liked it best that way, so I will only tell you a few basic things you need to know.)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>This story takes place in India and starts off with a girl of 13 years, who is about to get married. (<i>yes that is all I am going to tell. If you want to know more, read the book!!)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-11090556864388126412009-11-03T14:44:00.001-08:002009-11-03T14:58:25.224-08:00Whatever Happened To Janie?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SvCzwZh8CDI/AAAAAAAAAnA/44GZUfUZo54/s1600-h/Whatever+happened+to++janie.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SvCzwZh8CDI/AAAAAAAAAnA/44GZUfUZo54/s400/Whatever+happened+to++janie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400013597285550130" /></a><br />Title: Whatever Happened to Janie?<div>Author: Caroline B. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cooney</span></div><div>Pages: 217</div><div>Time took to read: 3 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 2/5</div><div>Character Rating: 3/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 3/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I thought this book was good, but it was not my favorite book ever. It was a good companion to the previous novel in the Janie series, <b>The Face on the Milk Carton.</b> I thought she did a good job in developing the plot, and keeping it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">in line</span> with the other novel. It really surprised me in some ways, and I think it was a really good book. I liked that I did not agree with all the decision made in the book, I was happy with it none the less. All in all, I recommend it, especially if you read the first book in the series. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>How could it possibly be true? But it is true. As Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">girl</span> on the milk carton, she was overcome with shock. She recognized that little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">girl</span>, it was she...</div><div> </div><div> With the mystery of her kidnapping now unraveled, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Janie's</span> story continues, and the nightmare is not over. No one can bring back or relive the twelve years gone by. The Spring family wants justice, but who is really to blame? The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Johnson's</span> know that they must abide by the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">decisions</span> made, but it's difficult to figure out what's best for everyone.</div><div><br /></div><div> Janie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Johnson</span> or Jennie Spring? Who is she? Certainly there's enough love for everyone, but how can the two separate families live happily ever after?</div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-69067689397826867662009-10-28T16:20:00.000-07:002009-10-28T16:33:47.885-07:00Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SujUSWlRV1I/AAAAAAAAAmA/KNpSYngoY70/s1600-h/koyal+dark,+mango+sweet.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SujUSWlRV1I/AAAAAAAAAmA/KNpSYngoY70/s400/koyal+dark,+mango+sweet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397797565168179026" /></a><br />Title: Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet<div>Author: Kashmira Sheth</div><div>Pages: 243</div><div>Time took to read: 4 days</div><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><div>Character Rating: 3/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 3/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I liked this book, but I must admit, I had higher hopes for it. I really like to read about different cultures, especially the Indian culture. So I really liked the setting. The plot was pretty good. I also really liked the main character Jeeta. So what's not to like???? I did not like the open ending. It really never had a conclusion, which I don't mind sometimes, but I did not like it in this book. I did like however how the author made you at first not like the mother, and then she kind of grew on you.... All in all, I liked it, but it was not my favorite. I do recommend it, just not as highly as I do some. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Jeeta's family is caught up in the whirlwind of arranging marriages for her two older sisters, but the drama and excitement leave Jeeta cold. She knows that tradition demands the parade of suitors, the marriage negotiations, the elaborate displays, the expensive wedding parties - but where is the love and romance that the movies promise? She dreads her turn on the matrimonial circuit, especially since Mummy is always complaining about how difficult it will be to find Jeeta a good husband, with her dark skin and sharp tongue. As Jeeta spends more time with her new friend from school, Sarina, and her educated, liberal parents, she begins to question her tradition-bound family's expectations. And when she falls in love with Sarina's cousin Neel, Jeeta realizes that she must strike a balance between independence and duty and follow her own path.</span></span></span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-44287117664754996482009-10-24T11:09:00.000-07:002009-10-24T11:27:52.879-07:00A Kiss in Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SuNHJFy0K_I/AAAAAAAAAlI/wYm5YubkGDw/s1600-h/A+Kiss+in+Time.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SuNHJFy0K_I/AAAAAAAAAlI/wYm5YubkGDw/s400/A+Kiss+in+Time.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396235000019692530" /></a><br />Title: A Kiss in Time<div>Author: Alex Flinn</div><div>Pages: 371</div><div>Time took to read: 2 days <i>(this is a new feature!)</i></div><div>Cover Rating: 3/5</div><div>Character Rating: 3/5</div><div>Plot Rating: 4/5</div><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I thought this book was good, and I guess you could tell by the new feature "Time took to read". I think this is a good book, and liked the new retelling of Sleeping Beauty. I never really was that found of this particular fairytale, but liked this rendition of it. I mainly read this book because I liked the last book by her (Beastly) and always like to see different renditions of the same story. Now that I have read two of her books, I can now say that I really do like this author, and will try to find another of her books to read. All in all I liked this book also, and I recommend it.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i>(these are two different description and I liked them both, so I thought I would list both of them.)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>"What is that?" She points to the numbers on teh shirt.</div><div>"The Year. Old Navy puts the year on all their flag T-shirts. It's sort of a racket, I guess-you have to buy a new one every year."</div><div>"That... is .... the.... year? She looks sort of sick. Her face is suddenly almost the same color green as her eyes. She begins to shake. "Oh my... oh, no." She crumples back onto the floor, as she was when I first saw her. "It cannot be true. It cannot."</div><div>I kneel beside her. "What's the matter now? I thought you were fine."</div><div>She looks at me, then starts screaming. "Fine? Fine? I have been asleep nearly three hundred years!"</div><div><br /></div><div><i>(here is the second. I thought this one funny.)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Talia fell under a spell....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Jack broke the curse.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic.....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not what I had in mind.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I awakened in the same place but in another time- to a stranger's soft kiss.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I couldn't help kissing her. Sometimes you just have to kiss someone. I didn't know this would happen.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Now I am in dire trouble becuase my father, the iking says I have brought ruin upon out country. I have no choice but to run away with this commoner!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Now I'm stuck with a bratty princess and a trunk full of her jewls... The good news: My parents will freak!</span></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-9628590783476683902009-10-23T09:00:00.000-07:002009-10-24T11:08:44.909-07:00Beastly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SuNCo31VJkI/AAAAAAAAAlA/PByhJzNd1Og/s1600-h/beastly.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SuNCo31VJkI/AAAAAAAAAlA/PByhJzNd1Og/s400/beastly.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396230048469820994" /></a><br /><div>Title: Beastly</div><br /><div>Author: Alix Flinn</div><br /><div>Pages: 304</div><br /><div>Cover Rating: 3/5</div><br /><div>Character Rating: 4/5</div><br /><div>Plot Rating: 3/5</div><br /><div>Overall Rating: 4/5</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div><em>I really enjoyed this book, but could not give it that high of ratings because of the magic contained in it. I am not a big fan of magic...so... but anyway, I thought it was a good book. It was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with a slight twist, it is in modern times, to be exact, in NYC. I really like the story line, I mean, what is not to like???? It was about finding true love, and not caring what that person looked like. Which I think is very important, because I believe that if you are going to fall in love, it should not be about their looks. Well anyway, I really liked the book, and recommend it to people who like fairytales, or just good books.</em></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Plot: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am a beast.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.</span></span></p></span></b></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753526770358248262.post-67304567604983199232009-10-23T08:45:00.000-07:002009-10-23T09:00:06.112-07:00The Scarlet Pimpernel<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SuHS_p6kWxI/AAAAAAAAAkw/aYVs0Vpkw8A/s1600-h/cover.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395825819591662354" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ejMh9b3ys-o/SuHS_p6kWxI/AAAAAAAAAkw/aYVs0Vpkw8A/s400/cover.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel</div><br /><div>Author: Baroness Orczy</div><br /><div>Pages: 299</div><br /><div>Cover Rating: 4/5</div><br /><div>Character Rating: 5/5</div><br /><div>Plot Rating: 5/5</div><br /><div>Overall Rating: 5/5</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>I had to read this book for school and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!! It was AMAZING!!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book. It is a very good book. It takes place in the time of Reign of Terror, that occurred in France. I loved the plot because it had so many twists and turns, that left you wanting more, and wondering. I many a time had a smile on my face because of the cunning of the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel. It was a great book, and I thought that the characters were depicted very realistically, because it showed their mistakes along with their accomplishments. It also showed their weaknesses. All in all this was a FABULOUS book, and I recommend it to everyone who enjoys historical fiction that involves true love, and much action. </em></div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div><strong>Plot:</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div>In 1792, during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, an English aristocrat known to be an ineffectual fop is actually a master of disguises who, with a small band of dedicated friends, undertakes dangerous missions to save members of the French nobility from the guillotine. (<em>this is a very brief summary, I did not want to give anything away.)</em></div>Lainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151667529799893706noreply@blogger.com8