The Magician's Assisstant - 357 pages (1 book)

This is a novel by the award-winning author Ann Patchett.

Sabine was an assistant of the magician Parsifal, who also happened to be her in-name husband. But Parsifal was gay; he loved Phan, the Vietnamese software designer who shared Parsifal's life and who became Sabine's dearest friend. Despite this, she maintained with Parsifal a 20-year vehement yet platonic relationship. However, at the beginning of the book, both main male characters were dead of AIDS, leaving the disconsolate Sabine behind with a plethora of memories of the time they had together. She is also left bewildered with the flabbergasting news that Parsifal wasn't all he claimed to be - that his family wasn't dead at all like he told her. It's a discovery that sets her on a journey to find out about the truth, and to claim a surprising new love of her own - with Parsifal's sister, Kitty.

In general, I think this book is okay, and would give it a 6/10. The story is mildly intriguing and the characters are generally well-crafted. However, there are something irritating about this book. First off, the most frustrating thing is about this book is that it lacks CHAPTERS, making me find it hard to decide when to put the book down for the night! Secondly, the ending was just too abrupt, unsatisfying and anticlimactic. What I mean is that I expected the book to have an exceptional ending but all of the sudden it was over, leaving me go "what?" with the ludicrous and predictable ending that I didn't anticipate. However, overall, this is a good read for those who enjoy those kinds of poignant, heart-wrenching love stories. :)

Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan

Malgudi Days is a book written by R.K. Narayan. This is about a small, imaginary town, called Malgudi. The author has set this town in South India, so he gets an idea of what the people of that town are like and what different cultures are in that town. It is a book of the author's collection of short stories. The stories are written in simple style and show the color of Indian life.

I like this book because it sets examples of motivating characters and role models, which helps the reader understand the various different personalities every day people go through in their daily life. The author has used very rich language to show many of the daily life stories in a town. I would give this book 9 out of 10.

Bad Dreams by Anne Fine

Bad Dreams is a book written by Anne Fine. The genre of the book is friends. It is about a girl called Melanie, also known as Mel, who is a class bookworm. She likes to read books more than talk with other people. Mel was the first-week minder of a new-comer girl called Imogen, which was something Mel did not look forward to. There was something about Imogen, that was very strange... Mel slowly finds out about this and begins to realize that stories can happen in real life.

I like this book because it shows a whole new world. The characters in this book have very different personalities than the normal ones. They interact with different situations, which end up in a very difficult condition. The author has used interesting, descriptive language in the book for describing language in the book for describing the characters, the setting and background. I would give this book 7 out of 10.

Gentle reminder to Year 9 Happy Bloggers!

Please remember that you should always attempt to write in a formal manner - even on the blog. Remember simple things like capital letters, appropriate punctuation and spelling. Otherwise, superb job all!

Sassoon's Letter

Imagine you are Siegfried Sassoon. Write a letter to a friend at the Home Front, describing your opinion of the Generals who are in charge of the War Effort.
Remember to use an appropriate register , form and tone and include ideas about the following:

-What the Majors look like
-Describe how the Majors spend their time during the war
-Describe the Majors’ attitude to the way they deal with the deaths of the young soldiers
-Express your own opinion (or rather, Sassoon’s) about the war

The iron, switch and the broom coupord

just one word

Justine, a girl from LA gets trasfered to a country side because her father got fried from his job.

at first she gets very annoyed because of the fact that she had no choice but to listen to what her father says but she had a little deal? with her dad if she settle down in her now school quickly without makiing trouble that he would send her to califonia where her sister lived.

so every time someone makes her very annoyed she had hold it inside her. one day, she couldn't hold it any more so she decides to dress up as a guy and ATTEND the school no one realizes that it's her...... she plans many "thrilling" things .....

will she gets caught?

personally i think this book is hillarious. the girl disguised as a guy does every that you don't expect to see or even imagine that someone can do such a thing but she does, he does

Neville the Devil

I think by now you would have known that i like these books. Neville the Devil is also JIGGY' S adveture but in this it is very different. He has to go on a holiday at some boring beach that no one knows about because they missed their flight to a Island wich was more fun. When they get there jiggy fets stuck in the hotel room with his mum, Dad and Angei(friend). To get the Key Back he has to climb out of the window in his Underpants (the really thin ones) because he was taken down in his pants and shirt. Then he finds his old Enemy...... The man how sold him the Killer under pants. The Devil is now the size of small action figure because he drained all of his power. Now He wants jiggy to find him his Trident. So he can get to full size and torment the world. Jiggy says no but the next day Jiggy's friend Pete goes missing. So he goes off to find about his friend and in the end he has no choice but to help Neville the Devil. Now do you think tis is a fun story ell then go and read this book. :-)

Girl with a pearl earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring is a book written by Tracy Chevalier. It was the bestselling book and it was about a girl name Griet. After he father had an accident and couldn’t work to provide money, fifteen years old Griet was sold to the Vermeer’s family, which the owner was the famous painter Beemer. Griet lived inside the house as the other household members but she was treated badly by the daughters of Vermeer. She often felt lonely and didn’t have time to rest. But once time, when the mother of the painter Vermeer saw Griet working, she was impressed by the way Griet put everything back as its original place without mistaking any. Then she was assigned to help Veermer in his paiting room and everyone was jealous because in thepast, no one was allow to came into his room even his wife. Time pass and Griet felt a new feeling for her Master, he was kind but somehow distance, not many people know what he was really thinking but Griet could guess just as everything as her Master intended to say. She became his helper but she also became his faous model in his masteriece paiting, Girl with a Pearl Earring. His wife was mad when she found out the painting, with Griet wearing her own earring. Griet was no longer stated in the house and married the butcher's son afterward. Many years later, Veermer died in a freeze, he gave Griet the pearl earring which she sold and get 12 coins, no more memory about the man that has given her the love to art and the ability to guess what people thinking.

This is a book that i had a very fun time reading about, this book is a book recommended to me by my friend Hieu, This book is called "What My Girlfriend Doesn't know". When Heiu gave me this book and said "read it!" i thought to myself "why? its some dumb stupid girly romantic book" but really it was pretty interesting. The Plot is about this very unpopular boy called Murphy who goes to high school and he has a girlfriend who is very popular called Sophie. They really love each other but Murphy thinks that they should not be together because everybody used to pick on him and now they are picking on his girlfriend and he thinks she doesn't deserve that. I give this book 5 stars for its comedy and its Romance. So I say CHECK IT OUT!!!!

WORLD'S LAST FOREVER

This book contains lots of short stories like Humming Through My Fingers, Dad, Can I come Home?, Matt Ludlum, Snippets of Mum, The Turning Point, Worlds Last Forever,Behind the Mask, Deeply, Rest in Peace. These short stories are very interesting and have lots of exciting twist and turns. I recommend this book for year 7 to 9. The author of this book is Malorie Blackman.

By Lam Minh Hung

His Majesty's Dragon

His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik

His Majesty's Dragon, published in the UK as Temeraire, is the first novel in the Temieraire history of Dragons series by an American author called Naomi Novik.

The story is set during a history version of the Napoleonic Wars, in which dragons not only exist but are used as a staple of weapons in Europe and Asia. The dragons of the story are intelligent and aslso capable of logical thought and human speech. Will Laurence, a former officer of the Royal Navy who had taken part in the capture of Temeraire's egg from a french ships while it was in transit to France. Temeraire is later discovered to be of a rare Chinese breed, and his capture by the British. Captain Laurence adjusts to his new role as a lord (ruler), rather than a naval officer. Through him we learn how dragons are bred, raised, trained, and harnessed in combat. We are also introduced to the society of the aviators, a branch of the military trained to fight while mounted on dragons. The training of Temeraire and Laurence is rushed so that their unit can assist the navy in preventing a French invasion while the veteran dragon units are sent to assist in the Battle of Trafalgar. The French won this battle.

As Simple As Snow - Gregory Galloway

In this mystery novella, the story is narrated by a high school boy, who meets a Gothic girl, Anne Cayne. She is unlike any other girl, who likes to write obituaries for all the living townspeople, interested in ghosts, Houdini tricks and codes and puzzles. The narrator becomes totally absorbed in a whole new world. But then, one week before Valentine's day, Anne Cayne disappears, leaving a hole in the frozen with her dress neatly folded next to it. The narrator goes on a search for Anne with all the clues left in the mixtapes she made, the shortwave radio channels, ...

But this book isn't anything you expected like other books. There is no definite answer to this mystery, but you can use the clues left in the book to find out what happened to Anne yourself.

Shiva's Fire

Shiva’s Fire is written by Suzanne Fisher Staples. It is 216 pages long and counted as 1 book.

This book is about a young girl who has natural powers which turns out to be dancing, a rare talent. The great master of Indian classical dance sees this and invites her in Madras for training. Can Parvati reach her destiny? Find out.

I like this book because it feels like going back to my home country, looking back to the traditions and the different cultures. It teaches me many understandings with a life of a young child growing with an extreme talent. The characters in the book are described quite effectively and many of the obstacles that daily street people go through are also shown.
I would recommend this book to others and rate it 8.5/10
Priyanka

The Killer Underpantas

This book is also one of Jiggy's adveture. The trouble was that his mum wanted to buy him a pair of new underpants. The underpants are ugly and it started to take control of his life. He can't take it off. Not because it he likes it because they are stuck to him and when he tries to take them off they start to make him feel a lot of pain. To find out how his life went misarable read the Book Killer Underpants.

Harry potter and the prisoner of the azkaban

This book is about A boy called Harry Potter who's going to a magic school called hogwarts. One day, he reads a article that Sirius Black who is a killer escape from the Azkaban. People thinks that he is after Harry so the Azkaban sends hundreds of dementors in order to catch Sirius Black. Harry founds out that he was the only one who is left in the family. So he tries to find him but the azkaban captures him and put him into jail. Then Harry tries to save him. Do you think he can save him?


I liked this book becaused it makes me excited and I like to read fantasy book. Some parts of the book is really interesting and exciting.

What my girlfriend doesn't know -Sonya Sones

Extract from the book, the first Page

"Better brace yourself,

loser.

Because you

are about to be dumped.

Big Time"

The above extract just attract me straight away, I was totally hooked.

A friend of mine give this to me It's a comedy/romantic book recommended for the age of 13+.

It's about a boy called Robin, Robin Murphy, he was teased and make fun because of his last name. We all know what Murphy means. It was not until after his 15 years of life, when he met a beautiful and very popular girl named "Sophie" who had become his girlfriend over the two weeks of winter break.

Now Robin's life is divide into two equal balancing part, one where he spends with Sophie and one being a person who everyone make jokes at. He's happy for once in his life.

HOWEVER, will he balance this equally, will other people left him and his girl alone? Will Sophie also become the one who are being laugh too as well. What if other girls come in their way.

100% Helpful for our teenager life experiences for 13+.

5 stars

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I have let Richard borrow the book and he totally Loves it, he probably blogging it on right now.

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Holes - Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats was born in an unlucky family and it has been cursed for generations. When Stanley got stuck with a crime that didn't do, he wasn't so surprised. In court, the judge gave him a choice, Camp Green Lake or Jail. He'll defenitely choose Camp because he had never been to a camp before. However, what he never expect is that he will have to dig a hole a day. Each hole had to be five feet deep, five feet across in a dried up lake under the burning sun. The judge and everyone else thought that digging holes is character building. Days by days digging, Stanley was sure that they came here to dig was not for charcter building, it was for something else. So Stanley decided to dig that up, he wants the truth.

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I like this book and I would recommened to others. In the middle of the book, there's a flash back of Stanley's great-great- grandfather and how he got the cursed which past on for generations. Also each chapter in this book is quite short so these help the book less boring.

Mwah mwah - Chloe Rayban

In this teenage book, Hannah is forced to go to France during the summer. Hannah will have to stay with her mom's best friend along with her daughter. Matthilde, who is around Hannah's age. This would be the last thing Hannah would want, since French people, to her are "posey and fake".
But along the trip, Michel, Matthilde's friend, comes to stay with them, which causes things to happen...

I don't really like the book, as it's quite boring, predictable, and it's quite too girly.

:)

So much to tell you by john marson

she talks to no one, she had no one to talk to.

Marina, a girl transfered from a metal hospital to a borading school. she was deaf so everybody treated her like a mental patient, although she has recently got out of that thing called mental hospital there was no change in her life. well, no one treated her like a nomal human being.

Then she gets a task from her english teacher to write a journal. she finally has somewhere to express her thought and mind at the end of her nightmare that follows her everyday.

she puts all her stress and gossip in to this journal of hers then ...... her life turns unexpectedly.
in a good way....

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

At the start of the reading challenge I read this book, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, and I find that it is a very interesting and good book to read.

Moby Dick is about a crew of sailors on a whaling ship led by a determined Captain Ahab, who is willing to risk everybody's life so that he could hunt the legendary White Whale, or Moby Dick, a dangerous and vicious creature and it loves to eat meat.

The crew sail around the world, the Cape of Horn, Cape of Good Hope and Japan and eventually they have to face Moby Dick. This book is not only about the crew's adventure but also about how their relationship began to grow. The tools and weapons of the whaling industry in the 19th century are vividly described and analysed in this amazing book.

Apart from these details, the characters are also very special and interesting. The narrator, Ismael, a man who is bored with his life on land, is willing to risk his life for an adventure in the deep oceans of the world. The story mainly bases around Captain Ahab, the captain of the whaling ship and crew, as he is very experienced and extremely determined to capture the White Whale. This is because his past crew was destroyed by this vicious whale. At first, he is a very cold, unforgiving man but as the adventure progresses, he becomes warmer and warmer and shares his adventures with the crew.

In conclusion, I think this is the best book about whaling as it describes the adventure very well. Apart from that, this is one of the best book I have ever read as it captures my mind and makes me feel that I am actually in an adventure.

I would recommend this book to everyone as it is very entertaining and good to read.

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (370 pages)

"What happens when perfection isn't good enough?"

Becoming pretty was all Tally ever dreamed of - all her old friends, including Shay and Peris, had all turned into a pretty, so what could possibly go wrong?Isn't it all supposed to go uphill from there - partying till daylight, creating mayhem and disaster, living in a high-tech society?

But no, something's wrong. Tally just can't seem to tug away the nausea of uneasiness and discomfort that's been following her since her very first day of becoming a pretty. Something's very, very wrong.

When a message from Tally's past arrives, she becomes curious and insecure, leaving her with an option - chase her past or live with the nagging sense of distress forever. Tally's always been the adventurous type, before and after becoming a pretty, so naturally, she decided to go on a journey.

Little does she know, however, that her little adventure will be the turning point of her life, as the specials aren't too keen on runaway pretties, and they'll do whatever it takes to keep the truth a secret, no matter what.

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Personally, I loved "Pretties", as it is packed with adventure. The plot is clever and it has loads of twists and turns, encouraging the reader to keep reading. This book will keep you gasping and wondering all the way through!

Warning: Read its prequel, "Uglies", before attempting to read this book, as it will make no sense whatsoever.

On the apple tree (190 pages)

On the apple tree is written by Mira Robe.

Andy is a boy who didnt have any grandmothers because both of his grandmothers had passed away. Therefore, he was always jeolous with his friends who have grandmothers. Oneday, he got two grandmothers. In the beginning of the story, Andy imagined his grandmother on the apple tree. Then, his grandmother appeared so he imagined again that they go to the theme park, Africa, beach... etc. Andy called this grandmother as "grandmother on the apple tree" because Andy met her on the apple tree. In the middle of the story, one old woman moved next to Andy's house and Andy liked her because she was different to his grandmother on the apple tree and he thought her as his another grandmother. Therefore, at the end of the story, he got two grandmother.

When I read this book, I thought his book wouldn't be interesting but as the story goes towards the end, I liked it and I really enjoyed it. I liked the part when Andy and his grandmother go to the theme park and have fun because I haven't ridden any roller coasters with my grandmother and by reading this part, I could imagine going to the theme park with my grandmother and ride the roller coaster. :)

Another Me

This is an extract from the book:
"It was only as I was walking to the drama class that I remembered the girl I had bumped into and the green sweater just like mine. That was what had got Mrs Watt mixed up. She had seen the girl in the green sweater and thought it was me. That was the simple explanation. Wasn't it?"

This is a spooky thriller from the author Catherine MacPhall. It is about a girl named Fay, who finds out that she has a double, trying to take over her life. However, no one believes her. They all think she's mad. She has so many questions unanswered, and she wonders if she's just imagining it all. After some time, Fay thinks it all has stopped, and life has finally went back to normal. But that all changes when she meets this "double" face to face. It is generally believed that to see one's own double, is a portent of your own death. A sign that you are about to die.

This was a great book and I found some parts quite scary. I found myself afraid for the character Fay and hoping for her to survive. I also feel sympathy for her when she's in so much trouble and no one believes her. I recommend this book to everyone because I simply loved it!

Code to zero 2 books!

an amazing novel by my favorite author Ken Follet.
This is one of those authors you just can't get enough off. Set during the russian american space race america is about to take their last chance at winning the race. But He Knows something is wrong, he can do so manny things but he doesn't Know his name, he can speak seven languages and knock out a police officer in less than a second and run incredibly fast and knows how to outrun a shadow, yet still he is is dressed as a bum.(hobo) He slowly figures out the key to his past and starts too rediscover himself and his past. As he finds out about himself he discovers a secret that could change american history forever, and destroy America's reputation. And only he can stop this from happening, he is the missing link and only danger.
this amazing book takes u into his mind and describes the effects of amnesia most effectively. love and secrecy the two things that make the world's best novels. All in the recipe for this book.

9/10 is my rating only because hornet flight was better.

P.S. want to Know how good the book on my last post was(hornet flight) it shadows the Davinchi code in my opinion)

the falcon's Malteaser

The falcon's multiuser is an hilarious book. it is a humor masterpiece written by Anthony Horowitz. it is about a boy who lives with his brother who was a very unsuccessful police officer and therefore became a private detective. They had nothing, except an empty flat in eastern london and a rat. No water, no heating on a winter night and all they had too eat was a stale loaf of bread. One day a rich looking dwarf walks in and gives them a ridiculous amount of money to guard a box with something that rattles inside. Dwarf? Box? what is inside? find out and get dragged in by the enormous excitement of murder, intrigue and hilarious laughter.

Fame School

Fame School - Reach for the stars

This book was written by Cindy Jefferies. It's about a girl named Chloe, who loves to sing. She has always dreamt of becoming a popstar. So when she gets the chance to audition for a school for wannabe popstars, Chloe is determined to pass the interview and impress the judges with her singing. Over half the population of students at this school end up in showbussiness. If she gets in, it'll be like instant stardom!! But is her voice enough to get her this once in a life time chance? Or does she mess up her opportunity?

I think this book is ok. Some parts are really good and interesting. At first I found this book fascinating but after a few chapters it became quite boring. I like the beginning and the ending the most.

The Princess Diaries

The Prncess Diaries - 10 out of 10

This is the last book in the series and I love it! I really like happy endings where the main character finally gets what she deserves. In this book, you discover all the secrets and lies, as well as having all your questions answered. Is J.P the REAL love of Mia's life? Or does that all change when Michael Moscovitz returns from Japan? Does her dad win the political campaign? Will anyone publish Mia's secret book (Ransom My Heart) that she wrote under her fake name? Which college should she go to after she graduates?...

All these unanswered mysteries are revealed on the princess's 18th birthday. It was a bit obvious what will hapen to her in the end but the journey there was fantastic and exciting! I recommend this book to people who enjoy reading teenage fiction books.

Prom

Prom - by Laurie Halse Anderson

Prom is a night to remember, and it was a night Ashley will never forget.

Most teenagers dream about this night for months, maybe even years. But not Ashley, to her this is just another stupid school dance. She doesn't unerstand why girls spend so much money looking for the perfect dress or those perfect shoes. Why guys have to rent limos months before. Ashley just doesn't get it.

Unfortunately, the prom is then ruined all thanks to the school's math teacher, who stole the money. Ashley then finds herself planning a fun-filled evening for every kid at school. But it isn't so easy with such a low-budget.

I don't really like this book because it was quite boring and i could guess what was going to happen next most of the time. It is different than most books since it isn't a book about the popular kids or the book geeks. It's about normal kids.I personally don't find it that interesting.

The Mrs Marridge Project

The Mrs Marridge Project
This book was written by Pauline Fisk. It all starts when Elin and her family attend a funeral for a close friend. Half way through the ceremony, Elin realises lifes too short to waste time doing GCSEs! She wants to find Mr Right, and get married!! People say only brainless film stars get married young, and people like her wait until their 30s. But who's to say she wont die tomorrow? This is a great book about a young girl trying to find love in such a short time. It tells us about her adventure travelling to ireland and meeting a strange guy she picked up on the internet. I don't think that was very smart of her, but I admire her persistance to complete her project - the Mrs Marridge project.

Is Anybody there? : Seeing is believing

Is Anybody There? Seeing is believing
This is another fantastic novel written by Jean Ure. I have read many of her book in the past and i have enjoyed then all. This book's main plot is about a girl that goes missing, and the only one who knows what might have happened to her is a young psychic girl called Joanna (Jo). But are her visions correct or is she just remembering her frightening past? I like this book because it was very exciting and I enjoy reading mysteries.

The Princess Diaries

The Princess Diaries

Seventh Heaven & After Eight

I have just finished reading these two books from the Princess Diaries Series. The main character of this series is a girl called Mia also known as HRH Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo. After Mia finds out she's actually the Princess of Genovia, she doesn't think anything worse can possibly happen in her life. However, she is proven wrong when she causes the student council to go bankrupt (in Seventh Heaven) and when her prince decides to move to Japan, which is on the other side of the world (in After Eight)!!!! It's a great series with funny and sad parts that might make you laugh or cry. But to find out how Mia fixes her problems, and dicovers that being a princess isn't just fun and games, you should read the books! You'll find out that the life of a princess isn't so glamorous after all.

The Mediator 1:Love You Till Death

This book is about a girl who can see death people and she has to help them to do what they wanted to do before going to hell or heaven. Eventhough it's about death and stuff like that, it's not that scary but instead it's more about teenage love. The girl name is Susannah (Suzie), she is 16 years old and she lives with her mom and when her mom got a second marriage, she has to move to to Northern California from New York. When she moved into her new house she met a hot ghost named Jesse in her room but she doesn't like sharing a room with a guy. Moving to new school is already hard but with Suzie it's even harder because she has to deal with Heather. Heather is the most popular girl in school but she shot herself when Bryce Martine (Heather's ex boyfriend) dumped her and now she's a ghost as well. Except for that, she made a quite big impression by saving Bryce, threatened Debbie and got voted to be the class president. Later on, Suzie got so mad because Heather tried to hurt her everytime but the result is someone who's not involve getting hurt. Also everytime they fight, Jesse is the one who help Suzie from getting hurt. By this the relationship between them increased.

The part I like best is when Suzie sneak out of the house to go to school to do an exorcism. She had a really big fight with Heather and this part made me couldn't stop reading because I got really nervous to know who will win and what will happened to them both. The way that the author describe the scene help it to be so interesting. But some of the part because it don't go stright to the point which make it quite boring.

Maggot Pie

The story is about a boy called Jiggy Meccue and because he has such a bad luck he things this is because he could not pee when he was little into the piddle pool. So every time he gets the chance he will pee in the pool to get his luck. But one day as he waas going home he peed in the piddle pool and the a genie comes out of the pee. The genie gave him three wishes but he went and ruined it by going all at once by accident. They go home as one of wishes was to carry the dog house he made in woodwork class. The genie said he is going back to the piddle pool. But the next day Jiggy finds out that he had stayed for a bit while as he was playing a trick on some people trying to cross the road. Then Jiggy finds out that he also has a teacher who is a genie. Sorry but i can't wright anymore as you have to read the whole book to find out. :-)

The Hunger Games - 374 pages (1 book)

Katniss is a 16-year-old girl who lives with her mother and sister in a poor and destitute district of Panem, the remains of what used to be USA. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called "The Hunger Games". The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. Katniss's sister is chosen this year. In order to save her sister, Katniss steps up and volunteers to fight. Will she survive?

This is an extremely good book which brings us a new sense of excitement. The beginning might be slow and boring, but as soon as The Games start, you definitely can't put your eyes away from the book. The different tactics of different opponents, varying from hiding or directly fighting, and the idea of The Games make the story very original.

Rating: 8/10

Dragon Rider - 523 pages (2 books)

Dragon Rider is a book about an adventure of a boy called Ben, a brownie called Sorrel and a dragon called Firedrake to fight against a golden dragon created to hunt dragons called Nettlebrand.

Although this book is quite fun to read (and to put you to sleep :P), I don't recommend it. I chose to read it because I saw that it was an internationally best selling book. However, when I read it, it was kind of disappointing because the storyline was childish, lame and too stereotypical. I could even predict what happened next, so there was not much surprise to me. It is quite boring, poorly written & plotted and the characters are poorly described. My rating: 4/10.

If only it were true - 240 pages (1 book)

If only it were true, written by Marc Levy, tells us a romance story between a human and a spirit.

Lauren goes into a severe coma after she has a car accident and her apartment, months later, is rented by a businessman called Arthur. One day, he finds her spirit in a closet and after realising the seriousness of her situation and that only he can help her, for only he can see her. They fall in love with each other and begin to race with time attempting to save her life and bring her spirit back to her body - without knowing that after doing so, she will forget everything that her spirit experienced, including him.

I think this book is romantic, humorous and exciting at the same time. It also teaches us how to cherish life and everyone we love through Arthur telling Lauren about his rough childhood - when he and his mother were very close together and suddenly, she left him alone in this world. There is not much to say about it, but if you're seeking a good, cute love story, this is it.

Eragon (504 pages)

The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil King Galbatorix who was a former dragon rider that betrayed his friends and his people because of his power. When the orphan boy, Eragon finds a blue stone, he sooner realizes after trying to break it that it is a dragon egg. When the dragon called Saphira is born, Eragon meets his mentor Brom, and becomes the dragon rider, told in an ancient prophecy that would set his people free from the tyrant Galbatorix. Eragon meets the rebels and together they fight against the evil sorcerer Durza and the army of Galbatorix in a journey for freedom!

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (216 pages)

Diary Of a wimpy Kid is by far my best book series I have ever red, It is about a boy who lives a normal life in middle school but has to endure all these things that happen to a normal person, wether it is cutting your hair to getting a dog, he shows his wacky opinions throughout the book. The Book that i am blogging right now is the 4th installment in the series (Dog Days), and it is talking about his summer and going on trips. I like tis book because its funny and ridiculous al at the same time.

The Gift (494 pages)

The Gift is a book that i have recently blogged about but did not finish yet, the last part i got up to last time was the Guildsman's cottage, now that i have finished the book, i will tell you the rest of the story. So the girl (i forgot the name of) goes and escapes the the cottage with her friend (who i also forgot the name of). When she escapes, she finds out that her friend is a teacher working in a magic school and teaches her the hidden power that she possesses. I liked this book because it has a lot of adventures and twists with the girl and her mother (who had died when she was 8).

The Road - 307 pages ( 1 book )

"A work of such terrible beauty that you will struggle to look away. It will knock the breath from your lungs" - Tom Gatti, The Times

A father and his young son walk alone through destroyed America, moving slowly towards the coast. There is nothing on their way - except for ash on the wind and some rotten corpses pervaded throughout the post-apocalyptic landscape. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food, and each other.

"Did you have any friends?
Yes. I did.
Lots of them?
Yes.
Do you remember them?
Yes. I remember them.
What happened to them?
They died.
All of them?
Yes. All of them.
Do you miss them?
Yes. I do.
Where are we going?
We're going south.
Okay."

This is a horrifying, tender and sad book that might rip your heart apart. The story passes on in a slow rhythm, yet successfully describes the terror of loneliness, despair as well as the little hope in the father and the son. It reflects on the worst and the best thing that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity as well as the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the total devastation. As soon as you open the book, you will be absorbed into a terrifying and cold nightmare which you will find hard to handle without the delicate warmth emitted by the love from the father to his son.

10/10.

One True Thing by Anna Quindlen

One True Thing (387 pages) is a book written by Anna Quindlen. Its genre is family. This book teaches different ways of lives being lived. It is a story of a young successful girl with a family crisis. Faced by many difficulties, each and every day passes by...

I enjoyed reading One True Thing, becuase it has deep thought description about many ways of living. The writer has written it as a first person, so when you are reading the book, it feels like you are actually in the book. It is a fiction book, but there is a film on it. I would recommend this book and rate it as a 8/10.

Priyanka

BLADE PLAYING DEAD( tim bowler

This book is full of extremely exciting and meaningful actions. Your curiosity cannot stop you from reading this cool book. Blade is a 14 year old guy with extra ordinary abilities that help him to live in this cruel and aggressive world by his own. He can pick pockets, he can find empty houses to live, and he can feel that something is going wrong with his 6th sense. Blade is not a name but his nickname. He has been given this nick since he got horrific ability in wielding knife that even he cannot control. But even people like Blade got into the same troubles as we do. He has been bulled by a lady called Trixi with her gobos, catching him pick pocketing in her area.After bitting him up and take all his cloths and trew out of the house , he was rescue by an old, nice lady on the street, who gave him money and clothese.But the gobbos arent feel sorry to anybody that will go on their way.So they killed the lady and Blade run away.
This novel is awesom. who like tremendouse exciting , unstoppable actions.YOU HAVE TO READ IT. i know it doesnt really sounds like me but this is actually the 1st book that i like and i enjoyed reading.This is not a book that you fall a sleep before going to bed!so yheah!
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Jane Eyre (502 pages) - 2 books

Jane Eyre is a famous and influential classic written by a well-known writer - Charlotte Bronte. It is about a poor orphan who grows up in a joyless childhood with the hatred of her tyrannous aunt. She is soon able to escape her gloomy fate and attends a boarding school. Here, although it is better, she has to endure, again, an inhumanely stern Mr. Brocklehurst, who labels her as a liar. Fortunately for her, after a calamitous academic, Mr. Brocklehurst is expelled and the living condition in the boarding school vastly ameliorates. She is also inspired by her teacher - Ms. Temple - a kind-hearted teacher. After graduating and working for the school for a while, she finds a work which she enjoys - a governess. This also when a new, exciting adventure begins.

I like this book very much. The characters are very realistic and are described in details. It reflects accurately the English society at that time - where women were treated unfairly and were leading a hard life. However, what makes Jane Eyre special is her bravery, perseverance and independence. From her, we can understand how to hope and overcome hard situations. Also, the plot is very logically structured and while some parts are romantic and humorous, some are very thrilling and exciting. The irony is also what makes it more fun to read. I would give it a 10/10.

1. 1.Explain the effect of the strong verbs ‘grip’ and ‘tackle’ in the first verse.
2. 2.Explain why the writer has used repetition (‘Who’ and ‘?’) throughout the poem. What are they trying to achieve?
3. 3.Explain the metaphor used in the lines ‘Who wants a turn to himself in the show? / And who wants a seat in the stand?’ What is the effect of this?
4. 5.Explain the use of personification in the last verse. Why is it effective?

Year 9 English Homework

Homework questions are here:

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Feeling sorry for Celia

Feeling Sorry for Celia written by Jaclyn Moriarty

It took me quite long time to read and understand this book beacuse it's a bit confusing and it made me hard to understand but it's really interesting story. This book is about Elizabeth who is Celia's friend and she sends and gets lots of letters from people and these letters were put together in the book. At first, there are a few people who send letter to Elizabeth but at the end, there are so many people who send lette to Elizabeth and I think this made me confused. Also, this book has lots of mysteries and at the end, it becomes huge mystery and it made me think more about the story. I like the letters between Elizabeth and her mothers because the contents they talk about are interesting and sometimes they are similar to what I talk about with my mum. If you like reading letters and like confusing stoy, I think you should read this book. :)

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

In Uglyville, turning sixteen means transforming from a horrific ugly to a beautiful pretty and moving into New Pretty Town, a paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. Everyone has to go through with this operation and Tally Youngblood surely isn't an exception.

Just a few weeks before her sixteenth birthday, Tally meets a strange new friend, Shay. Shay's different, however, she'd rather risk life staying ugly than becoming just like the others. She tells Tally about a strange new city that Tally's never even heard of: Smoke City.

When Shay runs away, Tally is given an option that could possibly change her life forever: turn her new-found friend in or stay ugly forever.

On her journey to destiny, Tally finds out that not only does the operation change your appearance, it also messes with your personality, transforming who you are inside. In this spellbinding novel, Tally has to learn the hard way that beauty comes with a price and maybe, just perhaps, the pretty world can get pretty darn ugly.

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Personally, I thought "Uglies" was an amazing novel!

It was basically every genre you could possibly imagine packed in one book: there was romance, adventure, and definitely mystery.

The character build-up was really clear and the author particularly focused on how Tally changes through the novel, and it was incredibly interesting to read.

If you're looking for just a fun read, I highly recommend reading the enthralling "Uglies" series! (:

I enjoyed reading this book, it is a very good novel. The English seems to be quite hard to me but I had it though. This one can give us a very good advice to be brave and have a gentle heart.

This book contains a lot of things that can be useful for us in our life. This may seems rediculous to some of you but I like the part when the two couples "showed" their love to each other. the writer has desciped it in a very professional way. I think i would give this one 9/10 for the English but 7/10 for the setting and pictures.

This one shows that the love between brothers and sisters can be in a track with "normal" love between couples. The man has left his finance to safe his sister. They used to fight and argue but he still never leave his sister when she has troubles. He saved his sister from marrying the King of Hell Raistiln and Caramon has killed the most evil King of Hell. They returned to the ground and he married his fiance. Happy ending!!!!!!

I like this book because it shows me that love can do everything. I love it although at this end, it is quite boring. Breaking Dawn is one of the fourth series in Twilight (the last one). It has a very good English description of the novel to show me how love brings happiness or sadness to people. This war has ended between Human - Vampire - Vampire. There is and end and evolution which was made by the Human and they have a very good ending. To the Vampire, they do have good and bad sides, some know what to do and how to behave as a good vampire. Follow rules and obey orders. Some are bad, no behave themselves and tried to break laws.

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild is a book written by an American author name Jack London, it 's a very good book accorrding to me. It was about a dog name Buck, he was a pampered and domestic dog but after being theft by a gardener and was sell to the man in the red sweater he was training to become a sleddog. Then he was moved to Alska, here he learned many harsh expriences, like you have to show no mercy or being friendly toward your enemy, Buck learned this via his friend's death, Curly. She was too friendly with the other dog and she had taken her own death. Buck simply couldn't ignore Curly's death and part of that included Spitz a very well-trained sledog. On and on the story went with a lot of exciting things happen to Buck.

I like this book because it made me feel like i'm in a true adventure, I could see the changing of Buck after been through several ordeals, how his lost love for the human gianed back after he met Thorton.

Alex Rider-Snakehead

I read a lot of books in the summer and this is one of them:

The book is in a lot of series like in Harry Potter. It is about this boy called Alex Rider and his uncle was a spy but his uncle dies during a mission and also his dad was a spy so MI6 took him in and sent him to mission all over the world and some of them he gets into trouble by himself and tries to save the world eventhough he says a lot of times he is not going to and in the end he works for a lot of people and governments for example MI6, CIA and in snake head he works for Australian Secret Intelligence Service.

I really liked the book.

books i have read over this awesome summer part 2

over this summer i read one big ,big book. its over 200 pages ,maybe a bit less. but its not main point,mai point is that it was not so interesting.So eventianelly i waisted so much time reading a book which is so boring. Ok ,so thats book called Darkside. The author is tom becker. this book is about one boy who is runnig from dark streets the streets where nightmares come alive.his house has been attacked, his dad is in asylum. and there is nowhere to hide, so only the thing that he should do now is to run and run. He doesnt even know what is facing him,what horrible,terrified things are there where he is runnig.ok i think thats preaty enough to describe this book. i think its not a book that is realy for me,but anyways maybe you will like ,so go to libraby and take it. This book is full of adventuries, the book is also fast to read.However i didnt like it. i like reading comics,i read one in this summer too. If you want to know how good was it, check my 3rd part of the most awesomnest book i have read over this awesome summer . ok i'll see you next time, comment,rate and subscribe please.

My Bonny Light Horseman

This book is very interesting it's about a famous female pirate that is very good at getting out of trouble. The genre of the book is action, adventure, romance and blood goar. The main character of the book is Jack Faber. There are other series to this book and lots of twist to the book. This book have 436 pages and the author of it is L.A.Meyer

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Super chicky

There was a chicken who can talk to humans. One day he find out that 1 million of chickens are in the truck container. so he decided to save them. So he went to the
president to ask him to release those chicken but he rejected the request. So the chicken uses his friend to release them. When he goes inside the truck, he finds out that the chickens doesn't know about the world. So he explains about the world and the next day he rescue them and take them to the mountain. He gave them food and a place to live. The presidant finds out that his chickens was lost, he went to look for it. Then he finds chicky and make deal. They made a deal that those 1 million chickens must be domesticated in yard. So the president makes a big yard. Then chicky brings those 1 million chickens. After that the president shoots the chicky and get hurt. Then the police who was called by the owner of the chicky arrested the president and chick was moved into hospital. Then he had to use crutches to move and the chicky's owner took those 1 million chickens and domesticated in the big yard that the president made.

I liked this novel because firslt it is really interesting when a animal speak to human. Secondly chicky I like the novel which saves someon. Chicky is a heroic character in the novel. he rescues the chinkens and eventhough he was shot, still he is alive. lastly the novel is immotional when he sacriface him self to safe those chickens.

bookes i have read over this awesome summer

The Gift

The Gift is an interesting book that I have Not gotten to the end of yet but Its about a girl who is a slave and and old man who reveals secrets about her mother who died when she was only 7 and he teaches her how to use her mothers powers called the gift and thats all i've red so far.

List of Books (part 2)

The Mediator 6
Sea Glass
The host
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Ingriane the Brave
The Call of the Wild
The Pearl
The Phantom of the Opera
Huckleberry Finn
Ice Skating
Rye and Poppy
Poopy adventure
...( I can't remember more than these book I list here)

Six Steps To a Girl

Six Steps To a Girl - Sophie Mckenzie

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During Luke's dad's furneral, he spotted a hot girl name Eve. She is Luke's sister's best friend in school and she's older than him one year but that is not the problem Luke cant's chase after her. The actual problem is that Eve's boyfriend is one of the popular guy in school. However Luke is not giving up on his crush, he would do anything to just let Eve knows and give him a chance. When Ryan shows up at the party, he talks to Luke about the method 'Six steps to a girl' and Luke got interested so he give it a try. He got closer to Eve using the step that Ryan told him but to get really close to Eve and steel away Eve's heart, he have to have a battle between her boyfriend and himself. In the end, does Eve belongs to Luke?......Does Eve, a hottie in school deserves Luke's attention?.....Does Eve worth it?????

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I like this book because I feel like it's really real and this situation does happen in real life. Also when each chapter end, it always make us can't stop reading and just want to carry on. This book is really interesting to me. Moreover, I recommend the boys to read this book. :D

Books i have read over the summer.

Im sorry but I didnt read any book in the summer. I will try to read it sometimes later in the year.

NO im joking I have read about 2 books in the summer in the series of The THree Kingdoms, the book is placed on the 2nd century and its a division of China into three smaller countries. It's really interesting to read. It happened in the Han dynasty of Ancient China. In this book it mainly shows the fighting of different warlords in three differet countries. It was so famous that there are moveis and films make up from this. It's a 500~ pages per book  novel and there was 3 books amd i have read it all.. and it is written 600 years ago and there was 120 chapters.

no im jokng i didnt read any book except this book. If you want to experience my feelings through out the book you can meet me and I can lend you the book for 50,000VND per day. NO i'm joking, maybe about 100,000 VND. I'll lend it to you for free but if you lost it you will pay alot of money.

Books i have read over the summer.

Hornet Flight

This book is the best book i have ever read in my life.
It is set in wartime Denmark and England. The uk was the only one fighting with bombers on the western front trying to weeken germany and force them to pull back from russia where the nazis were attempting to concour it. Witson Whurchill is fierce as he is losing so much bombers and is interested when they pick up a german trasmission talking about a viking godess, the one of sight.he sends out his best man to look into it.
Meanwhile in denmark a young 18 year old harald olfsun is getting fed up with his countrys coaperation with germany. By coincidence he finds out about a military instalation on his island and gets pulled in to a wonderfull exitinfg adventure full of love passion and action. He soon find out out it is up to him to save milliions of pilots and the only way is to fly acros the channel.

it is wonderfully written and the characters are all well thought out and all conected in some way. he make the story exiting yet still as in books by stephanie mayer it has great emotional content.

Simon Arts

books i've read during the summer

the book's i've read during the summer are:
-mediator
-nick and norah
-one mind creates one fate
-teddy boy

One mind creates one fate.

This book somehow touched me and strangely showed me that i could do anything that i put my mind into it yet i think this book is too all over the place. It was kind of difficult to understand since it kept changing the scenes. I think the author tried to show the the exact same thing that i felt during this book. During this book, i think i might have actually relate to the author. The reason i think this, is because the book seemed to talk about my life and how it was going to develop into a whole different WORLD? i don't seem to get what this book is about but in the same time i know what exactly it's talking about. i guess it's kind of like a mystery book but i guess that what makes a special book.

ANYONE FOR UP FOR A ROLLERCOASTER UP IN YOUR HEAD FEEL FREE TO READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hornet Flight

Books I've read in the summer

During the summer I've read:
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P.S I love you - Cecilia Ahern
When lightning strikes - Meg Cabot
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
and some other books whose names escaped me :)


Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Coraline is an 11-year-old girl who just moved to an old house with her parents. Fed up with her always-busy parents, she wanders off in the house and discovers a locked entrance. Opening up the door, she discovers a new world identical to her own, with an Other Father and Other Mother, who are exactly like her own parents, but much more fun and caring. The only problem is: Their eyes are buttons sewn on. They offer Coraline to stay in their world forever, but she just needs to make one sacrifice, to let her Other Parents sew buttons on her eyes too....
This book is quite interesting. I would highly recommend it to people who like adventures and quite a sense of horror.

Books i read during the summer

The bookes i read during the summer was:

Horrible History-Ruthless Roman
Horrible History-The Blitzed Brits
Horrible History-The Frightful First World War
Horrible History-The Groovy Greeks
Horrible History-The Terrible Tudors
Horrible History-Even More Terrible Tudors
Alex Rider-Snakehead

Books I read over the weekends

A chicken who came out to yard
super chicky

Book Review

A) Some books I read over the summer:

Kiss
Clean break

Breaking Dawn

The diary of Riley

Eclipse

Megastar Mysiteries

Fogging over

The sisterhood of traveling pants (forever in blue)

Calling the shots

Jane Blond

Stargazy Pie

Princess Daires 10 out of 10

Being Bindie

The spellman files

B) The most recent book i have read was "The Spellman Files" by Lisa Lutz. This book is about a 22 year old girl named Isabell Spellman (likes to be called Izzy). Growing up for her has been a disaster, especially since she had to share a house with her scarily perfect older brother David Spellman and her annoying younger sister Rae. At the age of 16, they were trained to work for the family bussiness. They learnt how to pick locks, break into other people's houses and be able to dig up dirt about anybody in the world. It was as if Izzy was born for this job. It was the ONLY thing she was better than her brother at. But when their parents hire Rae to dig up dirt on Izzy's latest boyfriend, is this the last time anyone will ever see Rae? Will they finally discover where she disappeared to?

I really enjoyed this book because I like reading about unsolved mysteries and how they turn out in the end. It was very hard for me to put the book down!

Book I read during the summer

During the summer I read:
Hercule Poirot-Murder on the Orient Express
Hercule Poirot-Murder on the Nile

Books I've read

During the holiday, i've read:

-chocolate chip cookie murder

-twilight

-Osios

Twilight written by Stephenie Meyer

As this book is famous, I think everyone has read this book and my opinion is same.

This book is really fun and exicting. I couldn't stop reading this book. It's lovestory about a vampire and human, Edward and Bella. I usually don't like reading thick book in English but this book is the only book that I enjoyed when I was reading it which means I like this book but I don't know why I like it but I really like it. I think this book just made me to like it without a reason. If you haven't read this book yet, you MUST read this book!

Books I've Read Over The Summer

Over the Summer, I read...

-Flush
-Feeling Sorry for Celia
-Don't Lie to Me
-The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4

"Feeling Sorry for Celia" by Jaclyn Moriarty

Tired of a life full of tragedy and mishap, Celia is always trying to escape the only life she knew. One day it's to join the circus, the next she's halfway around the world, but she has always, without a doubt, returned home. This time, however, is different. Celia hasn't returned home for some time, leaving Elizabeth, her best friend, in a frenzy. As Elizabeth pieces things together, she finds that she's the only who can save her best friend now. Before it's too late.

In my opinion, this book was definitely worth reading! Although it was slightly confusing, I thought the layout was very creative- the author designed the whole novel to only be written in notes, letters or sticky posts.

I thought the plot was easy to follow, even though the format was quite difficult to understand.

I especially liked how the author turned the whole book into many different mysteries, which all came together to create a huge puzzle at the end. When you least expect it, a new and confusing puzzle emerges, forcing you to read on.

I highly recommend this book to any of you mystery-lovers out there! (: