If I Stay
"I feel Adam's grip tighten, so that the grasp of his hand feels like it is holding my entire body"
"His face, illuminated by the lights, is blank, like someone vacuumed away all his personality, leaving only a mask."
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Fullmetal Alchemist best book of 2014
my favorite books of all time are comic books and mangas and Fullmetal Alchemist takes the cake for my best book of 2014. Here is a brief synopsis about how the series began.
The Elric Brothers (Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric) saw their mother dying on the floor with an illness and the doctors couldn't cure her and she died so the Elric Brothers try to find a way to bring mom back so they try Human Transmutation which is taboo among alchemists. in alchemy there is a law called "Equivalent Exchange" which states "To obtain, something of equal value must be lost" and when they tried to bring her back to life something went completely wrong, the monstrosity they made was not their mother it was........something else...... and the law of "Equivalent Exchange" Began to take into place. Edward lost his right arm and his left leg and Alphonse lost his whole body but his soul was still there so Edward found a suit of armor and used his own blood from his lost arm and leg to make a blood seal into the suit of armor so he can transfer his soul into the suit and lieutenant Colonel Mustang hears about Edward and goes over there only just to realize that he is just 12 years old but he still recruits Edward Elric and calls him by his codename which was named Fullmetal and that's why he is called the Fullmetal Alchemist and Edward gets recruited to a State Alchemist.
The Elric Brothers (Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric) saw their mother dying on the floor with an illness and the doctors couldn't cure her and she died so the Elric Brothers try to find a way to bring mom back so they try Human Transmutation which is taboo among alchemists. in alchemy there is a law called "Equivalent Exchange" which states "To obtain, something of equal value must be lost" and when they tried to bring her back to life something went completely wrong, the monstrosity they made was not their mother it was........something else...... and the law of "Equivalent Exchange" Began to take into place. Edward lost his right arm and his left leg and Alphonse lost his whole body but his soul was still there so Edward found a suit of armor and used his own blood from his lost arm and leg to make a blood seal into the suit of armor so he can transfer his soul into the suit and lieutenant Colonel Mustang hears about Edward and goes over there only just to realize that he is just 12 years old but he still recruits Edward Elric and calls him by his codename which was named Fullmetal and that's why he is called the Fullmetal Alchemist and Edward gets recruited to a State Alchemist.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Survival series by A. America
These 5 books in the Survival series was by far the best book series I've ever read. I decided to write about this series because it was basically the only series i got into and couldn't stop reading. The main plot of this series is the collapse of the government and power so people have to survive on their own. Of course no one is able to do too well. Morgan and his family and friends survive in their neighborhood, fighting off raiders that are desperate to steal supplies. The reason I liked this series is because it had the survival theme in the whole thing. I personally got really into the survival and military action in this book. It got me on the edge of the seat when I was reading, and like I said earlier, I never wanted to stop reading the book. This series will forever keep me interested in survival books of course. But what will really stay with me is the theme. The theme of the government collapsing and everyone going crazy because no one really knows how to survive without electricity, cars, or stores. Its scary to think what would we do if it all happened to us.
It would be the end of the world maybe...
Transformers by Alex Irvine
I chose this book because it was fun to read and it had a lot of action. The story has a interesting plot and middle school kids would want to read this. I enjoyed the characters too.
The plot is about a war on the planet of Cybertron. The two main characters are Optimus Prime and Megatron they are fighting against each other in the war. They are both transformers and they can transform into vehicles. They are fighting over the planet.
What I liked specifically about this book was the book was action packed.It had war scenes. There was action in every chapter.
The part of the book that sticks with me is that machines would have a bigger impact in our society in the future
Best Book of 2014
from all the books I read on 2014 I choose Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix, it was actually pretty hard to choose the best book between all of them but the harry potter series are different from all the books I have read because it makes you see you picture every thing in the book in your mind and gets you completely in the detail that is one of the reasons that made the book more than 800 pages, but it was pretty fun reading the book.
The plot is mostly the people from the past books that are studying in Hogwarts which is a school for wizards and in this book there is a new person, kind of a bad one, named professor Umbridge that is going to irritate the kids a lot, but the most important is in the end when harry meets Voldemort again which I don't want to give away. I highly suggest this book for you to read during the summer, don'
t read it during the school year because it is long.
The thing I liked the most about the book is the way that the writer gives life to each character and how you can easily picture the whole scene in your mind.
I think the friendship that the kids have together that makes them more powerful than Voldemort makes me remember that friendships are more strong than many destructive forces in the world and how it shows that violence is not the answer.
The plot is mostly the people from the past books that are studying in Hogwarts which is a school for wizards and in this book there is a new person, kind of a bad one, named professor Umbridge that is going to irritate the kids a lot, but the most important is in the end when harry meets Voldemort again which I don't want to give away. I highly suggest this book for you to read during the summer, don'
t read it during the school year because it is long.
The thing I liked the most about the book is the way that the writer gives life to each character and how you can easily picture the whole scene in your mind.
I think the friendship that the kids have together that makes them more powerful than Voldemort makes me remember that friendships are more strong than many destructive forces in the world and how it shows that violence is not the answer.
Best book of 2014
Out of all the books I read my freshman year, my favorite was 'If I stay'.
I chose this book as my favorite because I felt a connection with the main character, Mia.
The book is about a girl named Mia who is the "outcast" of the family. Even though she is very loved by them, she still feels as if she doesn't belong because of the huge differences in their looks, music taste, judgement, ect.. This is also what I liked most about the book.
Feeling like we don't belong to certain group (or even our family) can heavily impact our decisions on some situations. When she is faced with the question to stay with her boyfriend or her family, this feeling has her confused and somewhat irritated. The thing that will always stay with me is even though she felt she does belong, she still tries. She still did what she loved and by the end excepted she was different than her family. Family is our first "group" we learn to belong in. When we start questioning that, a lot can go wrong.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Blood of Olympus
The best book I read last semester had to be The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan. This book capped off a magnificent spin-off series from the Percy Jackson books that I have followed from the beginning and it was a more than satisfying end to the adventure. The story tells of seven demigods, or half-human, half-God heroes, who are on the last and most dangerous leg of their quest to stop the evil earth mother Gaea from rising at the original home of the Greek gods, Mount Olympus, and unleashing absolute chaos.
Between fighting corrupt gods and horrifying monsters, author Rick Riordan also shows how the relationships between the heroes, some more involved than others, were affected by the events and those prior to this part of the journey. From the start, the book has a fast-paced and humorous feel to it as we see the main one out of several narrators, Jason, struggle up a huge hill thoroughly disguised as an old man in order to spy on a monster encampment in southern Italy. This cover, as would many other plans down the road, failed miserably, but they always have a big flying ship backing them up wherever they go to help get what they need and escape in the most hilariously violent way possible.
At the same time, Greek and Roman demigods back in the United States were fighting over an ancient rivalry involving a 40-foot statue of the goddess Athena that was stolen from the Greeks during the early years of the Roman Empire. It was this statue that another narrator, Nico, was tasked with delivering back to the Greeks to end the rivalry so the sides could be able to co-operate against Gaea's forces. Being a child of Hades, he was able to teleport through the shadows, but it was incredibly taxing as it was; add a statue of that size, and the stress becomes ten times worse. Nico begins to slowly witness the essence of his soul draining away, and this brings on visits from old ghosts, literally and figuratively, including disturbing memories of a foggy past.
The combination of these two story lines makes for a brilliantly laid out and perfectly illustrated tale that was only a classic example of what gave Rick Riordan a name in writing. One thing I will remember about this book and the author in general was his sometimes haunting sense of humor. The best example of this would be the death of a corrupted Roman leader named Octavian. The prophecy that gave the demigods an idea of their fate on this quest involved someone dying to accomplish a certain goal (which is all I can say without giving too much away). But these prophecies all have vague meanings, and one of the biggest factors of this story was the fear among the chosen seven about who was going to die, when it ultimately would not be any one of them; it would be Octavian. But the way he died at a cruel twist of comedy in it, because his final words before launching a very important catapult (still trying not to spoil it) were his boasting a about how he was going to be a hero, the savior of Rome, yada yada yada. What he didn't know, though, was that in his haste to load the catapult, he had entangled his robes with some of the payload that was about to be launched into the sky...
This image depicts the excessive pride behind Octavian's thoughts and actions.
http://independista.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/hubris-gotohead-small.jpg?w=594
Between fighting corrupt gods and horrifying monsters, author Rick Riordan also shows how the relationships between the heroes, some more involved than others, were affected by the events and those prior to this part of the journey. From the start, the book has a fast-paced and humorous feel to it as we see the main one out of several narrators, Jason, struggle up a huge hill thoroughly disguised as an old man in order to spy on a monster encampment in southern Italy. This cover, as would many other plans down the road, failed miserably, but they always have a big flying ship backing them up wherever they go to help get what they need and escape in the most hilariously violent way possible.
At the same time, Greek and Roman demigods back in the United States were fighting over an ancient rivalry involving a 40-foot statue of the goddess Athena that was stolen from the Greeks during the early years of the Roman Empire. It was this statue that another narrator, Nico, was tasked with delivering back to the Greeks to end the rivalry so the sides could be able to co-operate against Gaea's forces. Being a child of Hades, he was able to teleport through the shadows, but it was incredibly taxing as it was; add a statue of that size, and the stress becomes ten times worse. Nico begins to slowly witness the essence of his soul draining away, and this brings on visits from old ghosts, literally and figuratively, including disturbing memories of a foggy past.
The combination of these two story lines makes for a brilliantly laid out and perfectly illustrated tale that was only a classic example of what gave Rick Riordan a name in writing. One thing I will remember about this book and the author in general was his sometimes haunting sense of humor. The best example of this would be the death of a corrupted Roman leader named Octavian. The prophecy that gave the demigods an idea of their fate on this quest involved someone dying to accomplish a certain goal (which is all I can say without giving too much away). But these prophecies all have vague meanings, and one of the biggest factors of this story was the fear among the chosen seven about who was going to die, when it ultimately would not be any one of them; it would be Octavian. But the way he died at a cruel twist of comedy in it, because his final words before launching a very important catapult (still trying not to spoil it) were his boasting a about how he was going to be a hero, the savior of Rome, yada yada yada. What he didn't know, though, was that in his haste to load the catapult, he had entangled his robes with some of the payload that was about to be launched into the sky...
This image depicts the excessive pride behind Octavian's thoughts and actions.
http://independista.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/hubris-gotohead-small.jpg?w=594
Best Book of 2014
My favorite book of 2014 was Sold by Patricia McCormick. I chose this book because it was one that I could not put down. I never knew what was gonna happen next in the story. Once I started reading I couldn't stop because it was such a well written novel. Realistic fiction books are my favorite and this is one of the best ones I have ever read. The plot interested me very much.
The story starts off with a thirteen-year-old girl named Lakshmi. She lives in Nepal in a small hut with her family on a mountain. The family is very poor and Lakshmi's family's crops are destroyed by a monsoon that hits. Lakshmi is forced by her stepfather to take a job in the city to support her family. She thinks she is going to be a maid and have a fairly nice life in the city, but her stepfather really sells her into prostitution. On the way to the prostitution house, the person taking her there calls it the "happiness house". She soon realizes there is no happiness present in that house at all, and her life will never be the same again. At the prostitution house, her life becomes horrible. The runner of the house, Mumtaz, is cruel and ruthless. Lakshmi is told that she just has to pay off her family's debt that she owes, but Mumtaz keeps her for longer even after she has payed off her debt. Lakshmi meets many new friends along the way that help her survive, but they begin to "drop like flies" (disease, being kicked out onto the streets, etc.). She needs to escape, but when faced with that decision, she could risk everything,
The thing I liked best about this book was the plot. The story was a real page-turner. It kept you on the edge of your seat because there was always something going on in the house. Lakshmi hated the things she had to do in the house, but I like how she never gave up. She was very selfless because she wanted to help her family. Lastly, I liked the word choice of the author because it helped keep me intrigued with the novel.
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The part of the book that will stick with me is the courage of Lakshmi. Lakshmi could've maybe escaped the house, but besides knowing that her life would be worse on the streets, she decided to stay there. She decided to stay there because she knows her family is counting on her and she doesn't want to let them down. I think this quote by Bethany Hamilton is a perfect representation of Lakshmi. Of course she was afraid inside the house and of Mumtaz, but that didn't stop her. In the end, Lakshmi's courage helped her to survive.
Best Book of 2014
I decided that the best book of 2014 for me was Fallen because this is the book that stuck with me the most. Fallen is about a girl named Luce who has to live in a reform school, Sword & Cross, because of a tragedy that occurred at her old school even though she is innocent. While Luce is trying to get adjusted to her new life, she falls in love with a boy named Daniel Gregori who is known for his faulty reputation. Luce swears that they've met before but Daniel denies it only to tell her the truth as to why she feels this way. As things seem to be taking a turn for the worst and Luce can't keep her head straight, Daniel finally tells her about their past 'lives' together and he reveals who he truly is. Though things may be complicated now, Luce is completely oblivious to the dangers that lie ahead causing her, Daniel and a few of their friends to go on an adventure to save and protect Luce's life.
What I liked best about this book is that no matter how hard things get Luce continues to be optimistic and thinks that things can be better. The part of this book that will stick with me is when Luce's best friend, Penn, dies because she was killed by a woman who was not what Luce thought she was. This part will stick with me the most because Luce cared about Penn a lot and Penn's death is something that will haunt Luce for the rest of her life since she blames herself for Penn's death.
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What I liked best about this book is that no matter how hard things get Luce continues to be optimistic and thinks that things can be better. The part of this book that will stick with me is when Luce's best friend, Penn, dies because she was killed by a woman who was not what Luce thought she was. This part will stick with me the most because Luce cared about Penn a lot and Penn's death is something that will haunt Luce for the rest of her life since she blames herself for Penn's death.
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Boys Of The Winter
Ryan McFadden
Boys Of The Winter, what a book, the reason why I'm writing about this book is because this book is just so inspirational, for hockey player who are very dedicated to the game. The reason why it is so inspirational is because of just one scene in the book. That scene is when the U.S. team is just created for the 1980 winter Olympics and Herb Brooks the head coach is coaching a bunch of college kids who went to different colleges. An when they face Norway just for a scrimmage they end up tying the game 3-3. Oh the was a mistake the boys weren't focused on the game, and it was embarrassing to watch, but at the end of the game Herb told the boys to get on the goal line. So that what the boys did and they were getting ready to skate until they got the point. An the point was after almost an hour of doing Herbies which you skate to the blue line back, red line back, far blue line back, and all the way down and back all of that in 60 secs. But the point was that the boys were playing individually or in other words still playing for their college, and Herb wanted to break that and let them know that they weren't playing for themselves or their colleges but they were playing for the United States of America.
That part of the book will stick with me until my grave because it shows the crowd the scouts and the most important person the coach. The reason why is because in order for a coach to have trust in you, you have to prove to him that you are in fact a team player and that you don't just play for yourself but you play for your teammates, because your teammates are exactly like your family they always have each others back. But not only will that happen but knowing that you have done that, not only does the coach have respect/trust in you so do your teammates. But once you continue to play for yourself and not for your teammates or just for your team in general is the day your team stops working as a team, so that means you are wearing a jersey that doesn't mean anything at all.
http://youtu.be/Bb-hWG3cHMQ
Boys Of The Winter, what a book, the reason why I'm writing about this book is because this book is just so inspirational, for hockey player who are very dedicated to the game. The reason why it is so inspirational is because of just one scene in the book. That scene is when the U.S. team is just created for the 1980 winter Olympics and Herb Brooks the head coach is coaching a bunch of college kids who went to different colleges. An when they face Norway just for a scrimmage they end up tying the game 3-3. Oh the was a mistake the boys weren't focused on the game, and it was embarrassing to watch, but at the end of the game Herb told the boys to get on the goal line. So that what the boys did and they were getting ready to skate until they got the point. An the point was after almost an hour of doing Herbies which you skate to the blue line back, red line back, far blue line back, and all the way down and back all of that in 60 secs. But the point was that the boys were playing individually or in other words still playing for their college, and Herb wanted to break that and let them know that they weren't playing for themselves or their colleges but they were playing for the United States of America.
That part of the book will stick with me until my grave because it shows the crowd the scouts and the most important person the coach. The reason why is because in order for a coach to have trust in you, you have to prove to him that you are in fact a team player and that you don't just play for yourself but you play for your teammates, because your teammates are exactly like your family they always have each others back. But not only will that happen but knowing that you have done that, not only does the coach have respect/trust in you so do your teammates. But once you continue to play for yourself and not for your teammates or just for your team in general is the day your team stops working as a team, so that means you are wearing a jersey that doesn't mean anything at all.
http://youtu.be/Bb-hWG3cHMQ
Running with Scissors
There were a lot of great books that I have enjoyed reading,but the one I really enjoyed was Running with Scissors the most. Its a really good book I think a lot of mature people would enjoy to read. It will fill you with laughter and tears.
Running with Scissors is a fantastic book. The book is about a boy who lives with his mother and father. For awhile everything is fine until his dad turns into a drunk and his mom becomes a chain smoker. His parents would start to fight a lot and physically fight while he would watch it at such a young age. His parents ended up getting a divorce and his mom and him ended up moving away because the father threatened to hurt his mom. His mother was obsessed with writing and didn't really have time for him. Augustes rarely even went to school and repeated his grades a lot. His mother ended up going crazy and needed to talk to people and went a lot of times to mental hospitals. Her kid ends up living with her psychiatrist and his family which turned out for the better because he ended up finishing school which he never thought he could do and go to college.
One thing that will stay with me from the book is how strong Auguste's is and that even though you can be put in really bad situation you can always make something positive out of it. You just have to have the right mind set. You have to push yourself to do great things and make a good future for yourself.
This picture represents that the kid has a lot of faith in his life.
Best Book of 2014
In 2014 I have read many incredible books that are worth reading. However, the best book I have read was Girl Stolen by April Henry. I recommend this book for mostly mature young adults and either gender. Out of all the books I read I chose to write about Girl Stolen because the majority of the other books I read were very popular and most people have already read them and also because this book was full of suspense and fun to read.
The plot of the book is about a young girl named Cheyenne, who happens to be blind accidently gets kidnapped by a man. Cheyenne was waiting in the car for her stepmother Danielle to go into the store to get her medicine when a man is looking to steal the running car she's in. Eventually he gets in and starts to drive away. The man driving doesn't realize that there was a blind and sick girl laying down in the back seat to give her sick body a rest when he was only looking to take the car and not her. He doesnt stop and let her go once he sees her because he thinks she'll find somebody and tell so she is forced to go along for the journey.
The thing I liked most about this book was the suspense, you never knew what would happen next. It was like each paragraph was a mystery and it was hard to put the book down. A part of the book that will stick in my head for a while is a part in the book when the guy gets into the car and the silence of this helpless blind girl is present. I will remember this part of the book because each sentence led to a huge twist in the story and I never knew what would happen next. Also, the author April Henry, used very descriptive words to help picture the story plot in your head. Even until this day I can see the story in my head. I can picture their big black escalade truck parked fairly close to the store front with Cheyenne laying in the back with her cane in front of her. I recommend to read this book and find out what else happens.
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Best Book of 2014
It was a simple decision to chose the best book of 2014. I chose to write about When the Game Stands Tall by Neil Hayes. I decided which book to write about based on my strongest connections, feelings, and emotions on the book.
When the Game Stands Tall starts off as a very successful team that has been undefeated for 12 seasons. The coach is worried because his players are not as skilled as teams he's had and do not have the work ethic that past teams have had. He decides that if his team is going to do anything significant that year he is going to have to inspire them to work harder and improve their work ethic. Also, it is about a young quarterback who is just starting his freshman year and is being looked at to lead on and off the field; verbally and by example. This causes him to believe that since it is his first year he doesn't deserve this leadership role.
I specifically liked the way Hayes showed the importance of teamwork and the bond of a team. He showed just how important it is to be able to depend your teammates through anything. I also liked the way he showed the relationships between players and coaches, because it portrayed real relationships between coaches and players; this also helped understand what the players and coaches are going through because they trust one another so they tell each other their problems and help each other solve them like a team should. The part of the book that I will remember next year is when the team helps the young quarterback overcome his uncertainty about leading the team and help him to lead the team which helps him clear his mind and become a better player because he is no longer worrying about how he is going to be able to lead the team and he focuses 100% on his play.
When the Game Stands Tall starts off as a very successful team that has been undefeated for 12 seasons. The coach is worried because his players are not as skilled as teams he's had and do not have the work ethic that past teams have had. He decides that if his team is going to do anything significant that year he is going to have to inspire them to work harder and improve their work ethic. Also, it is about a young quarterback who is just starting his freshman year and is being looked at to lead on and off the field; verbally and by example. This causes him to believe that since it is his first year he doesn't deserve this leadership role.
I specifically liked the way Hayes showed the importance of teamwork and the bond of a team. He showed just how important it is to be able to depend your teammates through anything. I also liked the way he showed the relationships between players and coaches, because it portrayed real relationships between coaches and players; this also helped understand what the players and coaches are going through because they trust one another so they tell each other their problems and help each other solve them like a team should. The part of the book that I will remember next year is when the team helps the young quarterback overcome his uncertainty about leading the team and help him to lead the team which helps him clear his mind and become a better player because he is no longer worrying about how he is going to be able to lead the team and he focuses 100% on his play.
Best Book of 2014
I had never cried to a book before. Normally I need to visually see a story to work up emotions about it, but that all changed when I read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I choose this book as my best of 2014 because it really sparked emotion in me, making it a book I will never forget.
Main characters Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters fall in love after meeting in a support group for teenagers with cancer. Hazel has lung cancer, but it is not deadly as long as she carries around an oxygen tank. Augustus had his leg amputated after a fumble with the disease, and thought it was all gone. Wrong. His body lights up with cancer "like a Christmas tree," and everything spirals out of control. This book is an emotional rollercoaster with deep romance and tragedy.
I will never forget how in love Augustus and Hazel were. Augustus would do anything for Hazel, and he proves his love by taking her out for fancy dinners and sticking up for her in a bad situation. Hazel tries her best to give the world to Augustus. Before they knew about his cancer, Hazel tried to separate herself from him just so he wouldn't get hurt if there were any complications with her cancer, even though she was deeply in love with him. But obviously that couldn't happen because Augustus would never let her go. Their story is absolute perfection that got me crying just from their happiness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss&noredirect=1
Above is the trailer to The Fault in Our Stars movie with I think really captures the beauty of the novel.
Main characters Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters fall in love after meeting in a support group for teenagers with cancer. Hazel has lung cancer, but it is not deadly as long as she carries around an oxygen tank. Augustus had his leg amputated after a fumble with the disease, and thought it was all gone. Wrong. His body lights up with cancer "like a Christmas tree," and everything spirals out of control. This book is an emotional rollercoaster with deep romance and tragedy.
I will never forget how in love Augustus and Hazel were. Augustus would do anything for Hazel, and he proves his love by taking her out for fancy dinners and sticking up for her in a bad situation. Hazel tries her best to give the world to Augustus. Before they knew about his cancer, Hazel tried to separate herself from him just so he wouldn't get hurt if there were any complications with her cancer, even though she was deeply in love with him. But obviously that couldn't happen because Augustus would never let her go. Their story is absolute perfection that got me crying just from their happiness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss&noredirect=1
Above is the trailer to The Fault in Our Stars movie with I think really captures the beauty of the novel.
Best Book of 2014
I decided that my favorite book I
read this school year was The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by
Chris Colfer. I chose this book as my favorite because there was lots of action
and suspense in it. It was also pretty funny in some parts. This book was about
twins, Alex and Conner, who fell into a storybook they got from their grandma. They
spent most of the story trying to collect items for a wishing spell that they
could use to get home. They were collecting the items at the same time as the
Evil Queen, and they had to get them before she did or the spell wouldn’t work.
The thing I liked about this book
was the fast moving plot. Some books I read spend a long time describing
what things look like. This book doesn’t take a long time to describe these things,
it just takes a paragraph or two, which I like because it keeps the story moving.
I also liked it because there were a lot of jokes in the book, especially from
the character Conner. Even in serious situations, Conner would always have a
joke.
The thing I’ll most likely remember
about this book is the way it linked together many fairy tales. Since Alex and
Conner were in a storybook, they met many characters from fairy tales. The cool
thing about the book was that characters from different fairy tales knew each
other. Sometimes someone from one story was friends with someone from another. The fairy tales were linked together like the chain in the photo below.
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Best Book of 2014
The best book I read in 2014 was Divergent by Veronica Roth. I choose to wright about this book because I thought that it was such a good book and has such a powerful message.
In this novel the place they live in is made up of five factions: Abnegation, Dauntless, Candor, Erudite and Amity. There is this girl named Tris and she is part of the Abnegation faction. The book goes through her life as an abnegation then as a Dauntless. Tris finds out that she is a Divergent, which means that she has more than one faction in her blood, and that is a very dangerous thing because they cannot be controlled and all the leaders fear that. Then the Erudite made this serum that can control a persons brain with the person not having any control over their actions at all, but it can't control the Divergent because they are immune to serums. Then they injected it into all the Dauntless. The Dauntless started to kill all the Abnegation and whole place went into an uproar.
My favorite thing about this book is that it teaches you to never give up and don't let anyone or anything stand in the way of achieving your goal, and to persevere when things get tough in life. I feel like that is such an important message. The part in this novel that I will remember most of all is when Tris went from being the lowest ranking on the board to the highest ranking. Tris worked so hard to get up there, she was very determined to get in the lead and to remain a Dauntless. This picture is showing Tris training herself to be able to fight and win. She was very determined to get on the top of the score board and show everybody that she can be on the top even though she is from Abnegation.
In this novel the place they live in is made up of five factions: Abnegation, Dauntless, Candor, Erudite and Amity. There is this girl named Tris and she is part of the Abnegation faction. The book goes through her life as an abnegation then as a Dauntless. Tris finds out that she is a Divergent, which means that she has more than one faction in her blood, and that is a very dangerous thing because they cannot be controlled and all the leaders fear that. Then the Erudite made this serum that can control a persons brain with the person not having any control over their actions at all, but it can't control the Divergent because they are immune to serums. Then they injected it into all the Dauntless. The Dauntless started to kill all the Abnegation and whole place went into an uproar.
My favorite thing about this book is that it teaches you to never give up and don't let anyone or anything stand in the way of achieving your goal, and to persevere when things get tough in life. I feel like that is such an important message. The part in this novel that I will remember most of all is when Tris went from being the lowest ranking on the board to the highest ranking. Tris worked so hard to get up there, she was very determined to get in the lead and to remain a Dauntless. This picture is showing Tris training herself to be able to fight and win. She was very determined to get on the top of the score board and show everybody that she can be on the top even though she is from Abnegation.
Best Book of 2014
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The best book of 2014 that I read this school year, I would say, is The Undertakers by Ty Drago. I chose this book for the content and descriptive detail it had. It's very interesting and follows a very different plot coping with the undead and the normal. A young teen named William Karl Ritter who lives a very different life from your average twelve year old boy. It all starts when he discovers that his next door neighbor becomes a zombie. Nobody else but Will can see them until he meets the Undertakers, a squad of teenagers who are the only people that can see the zombies; leaving them as the whole line of defense to stop the undead from invading the whole world. Being the only saviors of the world, tremendous pressure is put onto Will as they make him the Chief of the Undertakers. Not only does he need to make a plan to save his family from the undead, he needs to make a master plan to save the entire world from the invasion. The Undertakers fight and fight and fight but nothing seems to be working. Until, they discover that all zombies have a secret weakness. They take advantage of every opportunity they get and pounce on the invasion stopping it before his family and the world ends, returning it back to normal, as a peaceful and warm home for humanity.
What i liked most about this book was really the descriptive detail of how the zombies looked. Ty Drago really went into detail when describing the utter most disgusting appearances of spine chilling descriptions such as, "...bloody from head to toe, the ragged green neck peeked its rotten, flesh missing head towards us" (Drago, 286).
For years to come I will always remember the plot as it was really unique and different from your normal zombie plot where everyone is dead and only a few survivors make it out alive. In this plot, only the Undertakers can see the undead leaving the rest of the world blinded to the fact they're being invaded. I really recommend this book if your interested in gruesome tales of heroes fighting zombies.
Best Book of 2014
The best book I read of 2014 was Brotherband Slaves of Socorro. I decided to write about this book because it crossed over to one of my favorite series The Ranger's Apprentice.
The book's plot follows the past books in the series, that follows Hal and his crew on a redemption mission, but introduces a new story line. The new plot is about a old bully who turns bitter rival. This new rivalry sparks when the main character's bully, Tursgud, becomes a slave trader. The conflict is that Turgud is raiding and kidnapping his slaves from Araluen, a ally of Hal's country.
The thing I liked most about this book is that it crossed over into its companion series and even crossed over one of the companion series' main characters, Gilan.
The part of the book that i will remember is the scene where Gilan steps out of the shadows of the forest and into the light of coast for the first time to introduce him self like so many other Rangers from the other series have in the past.
The book's plot follows the past books in the series, that follows Hal and his crew on a redemption mission, but introduces a new story line. The new plot is about a old bully who turns bitter rival. This new rivalry sparks when the main character's bully, Tursgud, becomes a slave trader. The conflict is that Turgud is raiding and kidnapping his slaves from Araluen, a ally of Hal's country.
The thing I liked most about this book is that it crossed over into its companion series and even crossed over one of the companion series' main characters, Gilan.
The part of the book that i will remember is the scene where Gilan steps out of the shadows of the forest and into the light of coast for the first time to introduce him self like so many other Rangers from the other series have in the past.
The best book I read in 2014 was The Angel Experiment
The book that I decided to write about that I had read in 2014 is the book The Angel Experient by James Patterson, And I decided to write about this book because when this book was recommended to me by a friend, and I read it and that book was what kept me going into reading the next books in the series. I chose to write about this book because this is the kind of book that I read that kept me interested and wanting to read.
The setting of this book is held at multiple locations over a period of time. It starts when the youngest member of the group, Angel, is kidnapped by erasers(mutant killers) and taken to an experimental lab called "The School". The Kidnapping of Angel triggers the groups first mission and that is to rescue Angel. As the mission progresses, the group meet some new people, make some new friends and get into life-threatening situations and fights with erasers.
My favorite part in the book is when the flock were on there way to rescue angel and were confronted by over 100 erasers. I liked this part in the book because when the flock fight the erasers, they do it as one unit, meaning together. This shows that no matter what, the flock can work together when the time is right.
The part in the book that will stick with me is the part where Max(leader) finds out that there being stalked erasers. I liked this part because even though that Max knew that they were being stalked, she decided to do what's best for the group and leave the city undetected. Although she wanted to put up a fight, she knew that she had to do what was right and to her, what was right was the safety of her group.
http://getentrepreneurial.com/archives/3-positive-reasons-to-do-the-right-thing-in-business-2/
Best Book of 2014
I think the best book that I read in 2014 had to be Five, Six, Seven, Nate. The book is about a 14 year old boy who is living his dream as playing Elliott in ET: The Musical. It isn't all fun and games and stress free as he thought. Nothing went right. He was a swing (came in if the "main person" playing the part got sick or didn't come) for Elliott so he wouldn't go on the stage all the time. The rehearsals were long and hard. The day before the show, his arch nemesis Jordan (the "main person" playing Elliott) lost his voice and couldn't go on for the show so it was up to Nate who didn't even learn all the blocking! The end has one of the biggest twists that I never, ever saw coming. It shocked me and I know if their is a third book, nothing will be the same.
I liked this book because he is doing what I want to do in my lifetime. Be on Broadway and musical theatre. I also liked this book because the twist at the end. I don't think anyone that has read this book has seen the twist coming. I know if there's a next book that the plot will never be the same. The book never had any bland spots or boring parts and always kept the reader into it. That is just a few of the reasons I loved this book.
I think just the heart and soul of the book will stick with me because there aren't many books about musical theatre and there are so many great things that actors/actresses can learn from this book. The author who wrote this book went to theatre school and has been in Broadway experiences and know almost everyone on Broadway.
http://www.ukoperatheatre.org/images/broadway-bound-logo.jpg
I really hope he writes at least one more because I just love this book so much. I know I'm going to use some lessons from this book in the future, even if it isn't on Broadway!
I liked this book because he is doing what I want to do in my lifetime. Be on Broadway and musical theatre. I also liked this book because the twist at the end. I don't think anyone that has read this book has seen the twist coming. I know if there's a next book that the plot will never be the same. The book never had any bland spots or boring parts and always kept the reader into it. That is just a few of the reasons I loved this book. I think just the heart and soul of the book will stick with me because there aren't many books about musical theatre and there are so many great things that actors/actresses can learn from this book. The author who wrote this book went to theatre school and has been in Broadway experiences and know almost everyone on Broadway.
http://www.ukoperatheatre.org/images/broadway-bound-logo.jpg
I really hope he writes at least one more because I just love this book so much. I know I'm going to use some lessons from this book in the future, even if it isn't on Broadway!
Hunger Games
The Series of The Hunger Games has always been my favorite novel series. The first book really has intrigued me on a person level. I decided this to be my favorite book just because I fell in love with it the first time I read it and each time after that as well.
In the novel, the United States is constructed of 12 districts. Each district has one job to fulfill such as mining coal, fishing, or cutting down trees for wood. The higher the district the poorer the community. You might ask, who are these supplies that they are gathering for? And the answer is the Capital. The unjust, selfish, and superficial capital. Each year, everyone 14 and older has their name put into a ballet. At a ceremony called the reaping one male and female from each district is chosen to play a part in the Hunger Games. The games consist of forcing the 24 young adults to slaughter each other in an arena until one remains the winner. The story is of the rebel of district 11, katnis, and what she goes through in her journey inside the Hunger Games.
I especially love this book because I think that it describes our corrupt government in current America. Not as extreme obviously, and I can't really get into that exactly but I like how I can make connections to the corrupt government throughout reading the book. The scene where katnis has to see a young 14 year old girl, her friend and allie, die right in front of her. 
The scene of her being covered in flowers and sung to will always stay in my heart. This is also when katnis begins her long journey to rebellion.
Best Book of 2014: Stop The Coming Civil War by Michael Savage
It was a very easy decision to pick out the best book of 2014. Out of all the books I have read, the best book in my opinion is Stop The Coming Civil War by Michael Savage. After reading this book, I felt full of knowledge about what's really going on in the world right now. I love politics and follow then all the time, and this book was just the one for me. I also agree in the lines of the conservatives. This book provides a great deal of knowledge and facts that really makes it hard to put down. Its like your brain grows twice it's size while you are reading this book; its so full of knowledge.
The plot of this book is basically how Liberals and Democrats are trying to ruin America. It mainly focuses on how Obama and his regime are trying to "fundamentally" change America. America is also becoming a very divided nation, and that's why the title is Stop The Coming Civil War. Now a days, political parties are against each other greatly. There is not much to give away here, unless you don't really follow politics. I highly suggest reading this book. I loved it and couldn't stop reading. This is definitely a must read.
What I specifically liked about this book is the facts given, and how it fully describes all the problems faced in America. It also explains how the government is trying to take away our rights. That is what I like. It also really creates images in your head. The author Michael Savage is a radio talk show host, which I listen to every day. While reading this book, I could hear his voice reading me the words, and talking like he would on his radio show. In my opinion, that symbolizes a really good book.
What I'll remember most about this book is chapter three, The War on our Borders, Language, and Culture. It describes the illegal immigration surge into the country and how Obama is doing nothing against it. It also posed the question "Will English become America's second language?" The third part describes about the persecution of Christians. These are very heated topics which I often debate people on, so I follow these topics very carefully. There is also the topic of Ebola, which is another hot topic. That is why I chose this book as the best book of 2014. Click here to go to Michael Savage.com. Below is a video of Michael Savage being interviewed by another conservative talk show host, Alex Jones.
The plot of this book is basically how Liberals and Democrats are trying to ruin America. It mainly focuses on how Obama and his regime are trying to "fundamentally" change America. America is also becoming a very divided nation, and that's why the title is Stop The Coming Civil War. Now a days, political parties are against each other greatly. There is not much to give away here, unless you don't really follow politics. I highly suggest reading this book. I loved it and couldn't stop reading. This is definitely a must read.
What I specifically liked about this book is the facts given, and how it fully describes all the problems faced in America. It also explains how the government is trying to take away our rights. That is what I like. It also really creates images in your head. The author Michael Savage is a radio talk show host, which I listen to every day. While reading this book, I could hear his voice reading me the words, and talking like he would on his radio show. In my opinion, that symbolizes a really good book.
What I'll remember most about this book is chapter three, The War on our Borders, Language, and Culture. It describes the illegal immigration surge into the country and how Obama is doing nothing against it. It also posed the question "Will English become America's second language?" The third part describes about the persecution of Christians. These are very heated topics which I often debate people on, so I follow these topics very carefully. There is also the topic of Ebola, which is another hot topic. That is why I chose this book as the best book of 2014. Click here to go to Michael Savage.com. Below is a video of Michael Savage being interviewed by another conservative talk show host, Alex Jones.
The Fault In Our Stars
Isabella Bakshi
Throughout each year, there are many things that stick with you and many things you forget over time. In 2014, I discovered an amazing book that will stick with me forever. The Fault In Our Stars is an outstanding book, and I highly recommend everyone reads it at least one time in their life.
Hazel Grace Lancaster is a seventeen year old who has to struggle living with thyroid cancer that spread to her lungs. In order to breathe, she has to walk around with a portable oxygen tank. Her mother forced her into attending a support group, where she will be with other people just like her. When she went to one of the meeting, she lays eyes on a boy who has also dealt with cancer, but is cured because he got his leg cut off. His name is Augustus Waters and throughout the meeting, they could not stop looking and smiling at each other. Augustus invited her to his house after the meeting, and they started to tell each other about them selves. Throughout the book, Augustus and Hazel's friendship grew stronger and stronger.
What I liked most about The Fault In Our Stars is that no matter what, Augustus always makes Hazel feel so special and so happy and he wants her to pursue all of her dreams. For example, when Hazel wanted to meet the author of her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, Augustus used his only wish from the cancer foundation to grant Hazel's wish and not his own. His purpose was to be a hero, and make Hazel happy and feel like she is the greatest girl in the world.
What I will remember about this book is that no matter what you look like, what issues or sicknesses you have, there will always be those people who make you happy and feel so much better than you feel about yourself. Augustus made Hazel feel beautiful, something she didn't usually think about herself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss
Throughout each year, there are many things that stick with you and many things you forget over time. In 2014, I discovered an amazing book that will stick with me forever. The Fault In Our Stars is an outstanding book, and I highly recommend everyone reads it at least one time in their life.
Hazel Grace Lancaster is a seventeen year old who has to struggle living with thyroid cancer that spread to her lungs. In order to breathe, she has to walk around with a portable oxygen tank. Her mother forced her into attending a support group, where she will be with other people just like her. When she went to one of the meeting, she lays eyes on a boy who has also dealt with cancer, but is cured because he got his leg cut off. His name is Augustus Waters and throughout the meeting, they could not stop looking and smiling at each other. Augustus invited her to his house after the meeting, and they started to tell each other about them selves. Throughout the book, Augustus and Hazel's friendship grew stronger and stronger.
What I liked most about The Fault In Our Stars is that no matter what, Augustus always makes Hazel feel so special and so happy and he wants her to pursue all of her dreams. For example, when Hazel wanted to meet the author of her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, Augustus used his only wish from the cancer foundation to grant Hazel's wish and not his own. His purpose was to be a hero, and make Hazel happy and feel like she is the greatest girl in the world.
What I will remember about this book is that no matter what you look like, what issues or sicknesses you have, there will always be those people who make you happy and feel so much better than you feel about yourself. Augustus made Hazel feel beautiful, something she didn't usually think about herself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss
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