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Book #9: Angel
Finished: February 21, 2011
If you haven't read the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson than this blog won't make a lot of sense to you. Just a warning.
I started reading the Maximum Ride series when I was a freshman. One day freshman year I went to one of our school book fairs. At these book fairs most kids would only go to buy cool pens, pencils, and stickers. I was one of the few who actually bought books. So I was looking around and I picked up the first book of the Max series, called The Angel Experiment. On the back cover the first thing that was written there was 'Do not put this book down! Your life may depend on it!'. So I didn't put the book down and I bought it, you know to save my life and all ;)
Maximum Ride Series Summary: these books are about 6 kids who were used as experiments buy mad scientist when they were little. They were all given wings and different powers at the lab, which they call 'The School'. One of the scientist, Jeb, helped them all escape but then disappeared leaving Max, the oldest mutant bird kid in charge. During these seven books Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel have to try to stay alive, stay together, stay away from the schools, and save the world. That's a VERY basic summary of the overall series...
Angel Summary: Angel is the 7th (and second to last) book in the Max series by James Patterson. In this book Fang starts building up his own gang, and Dylan slowly, against Max's better judgment, takes Fangs place in her flock. But both groups find a huge piece of the puzzle and have to come together and work side by side to stop the end f the world from coming.
My favorite things about the book: This book was the missing link in the story. The whole time they were talking about saving the world, but they didn't know from what. And finally this book told us. So yay for that, it was about time. I like how Angel didn't stab Max in the back again, that was good. I loved the obvious tension, emotions, and angst between Fang and Max. They still love each other. I really just loved how everything finally started make sense. It's going to be hard to wait a year to see how it all ends... Great ending to, really big cliff hanger..
Some things I didn't like about the book: One word. Dylan. He has to stop trying to get Max to love him. It's not going to happen.. at least I hope not. She loves Fang, and just because Fang left doesn't mean they won't get back together in the last book.. I didn't like how Fang and Max were not together. That was hard to read. Other then the whole love square/ triangle thing going on it was really good.
How It All Will End: So really quickly, this is what I think will happen in the last book. They will somehow save the world, Jeb will turn out to be a good guy, and they will all go live/ get adopted by Max's mom. Fang and Max will get back together, and Dylan will get together with Maya (Max II) so this is what I think, Maya and Dylan were made around the same time, 6 months ago. When they programed Dylan to love Max I think they really programed him to love Maya. But they thought Maya was dead but that didn't matter because Maya and Max are almost the same exact person. But Maya's not dead so Dylan and her will be together. I think.. Lets hope...
Rating: I would give Angel 4.4 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yes, but start at the beginning of the series. Starting with Angel would be very confusing.
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog very soon (tomorrow?)
9 down, 91 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Funny Story
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The last three books I've read (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Looking for Alaska, and the color purple) were very depressing. So I was thinking i should tell you blog readers a funny story to, you know, cheer us all up!
One of my favorite book series is the Hunger Game series by Susan Collins (i will defiantly be reading them some time this year, but I wanted to tell this story now). In the first chapter Katniss, the main character, is hunting in the woods and basically describing her life and where she lives. Okay sounds perfectly normal. One problem. I thought she was a boy.
If you own a copy of Hunger Games or can access one easily then I recommend going and reading the first chapter while thinking Katniss is a boy.
Really I'm not crazy, if you go back and read it them you will see that I wasn't so far off.
For everyone who thinks i am crazy here is my reasoning.
1. She ties her hair up into a braid. I thought she was like a Native American boy with long hair, kind of like Jacob Black from twilight or whatever
2. She talks about providing for her family by hunting and taking care of them. (gosh I sound sexist haha. Really I'm not. It just felt like that type of book, yah know?)
3. Then she goes of to meet her friend Gale who is also a boy and they hunt, so I thought it was like the boys of the village go of to hunt together
4. Katniss didn't sound like a girls name :P
Things that made me realize HE was a SHE...
1. She talked about her relationship with Gale and how they didn't like each other romantically ( I just thought Gale was gay at first ha)
2. And the moment I knew she was a girl was when she put on a dress. yep
So maybe I am crazy, who knows. Did anyone else make that same mistake or one like that with any book? Let me know :)
Blog on Angel by JP out latter today/ tomorrow!
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
The last three books I've read (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Looking for Alaska, and the color purple) were very depressing. So I was thinking i should tell you blog readers a funny story to, you know, cheer us all up!
One of my favorite book series is the Hunger Game series by Susan Collins (i will defiantly be reading them some time this year, but I wanted to tell this story now). In the first chapter Katniss, the main character, is hunting in the woods and basically describing her life and where she lives. Okay sounds perfectly normal. One problem. I thought she was a boy.
If you own a copy of Hunger Games or can access one easily then I recommend going and reading the first chapter while thinking Katniss is a boy.
Really I'm not crazy, if you go back and read it them you will see that I wasn't so far off.
For everyone who thinks i am crazy here is my reasoning.
1. She ties her hair up into a braid. I thought she was like a Native American boy with long hair, kind of like Jacob Black from twilight or whatever
2. She talks about providing for her family by hunting and taking care of them. (gosh I sound sexist haha. Really I'm not. It just felt like that type of book, yah know?)
3. Then she goes of to meet her friend Gale who is also a boy and they hunt, so I thought it was like the boys of the village go of to hunt together
4. Katniss didn't sound like a girls name :P
Things that made me realize HE was a SHE...
1. She talked about her relationship with Gale and how they didn't like each other romantically ( I just thought Gale was gay at first ha)
2. And the moment I knew she was a girl was when she put on a dress. yep
So maybe I am crazy, who knows. Did anyone else make that same mistake or one like that with any book? Let me know :)
Blog on Angel by JP out latter today/ tomorrow!
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Book #8
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Sorry this blog is so over due. I've been very busy... reading... Angel. (blog on that next!)
Book #8: The Color Purple
Finished: February 14, 2011
So for school we had to chose a book to read and then write a research paper on. I chose The Color Purple by Alice Walker. We had a list of about 50 books to choose from but I've heard a lot about this book, and I knew it was also turned into a movie so I chose it. I normally don't like movies that were taken from great books, but having such a famous book and movie to work with for my paper I knew that there would be a ton of good sources for it. And I was right. So I had a great book with lots of outside info and a movie to go along with it, but I had no idea show powerful this book was.
The Color Purple summary: This book is about an African American girl named Celie's difficult life during the 1930's and 1940's because of racism. Her father raped her when she was a teenage and she was forced into a marriage with a man who loved her sister. The main portion of the book is about her marriage, the letters from her sister, and how Celie tries to find herself.
My favorite things about the book: This book is very depressing but at the same time very inspirational. The whole theme of the book is finding yourself and standing up for yourself. Celie over comes so much in this book, it's incredible. She finds out her husband, who loves her sister, has been hiding letters from her sister Nettie from her for over 20 years. But she is able to stand up to him and stop him. I loved how all the whole book is written in letters to God and back and forth between Celie and Nettie. I loved how Celie used the other women around her, Shug and Sofia, and uses their strength to find her own. And that really inspired me. Alice Walker wrote all about women rights and racism toward African American women. Over all it was a very sad (I cried during the first few pages) and inspiring read.
Some things I didn't like about the book: It took place in Georgia during the 1930s, and Celie was uneducated so she wrote the way that they talked. Sometimes it's hard to understand. The only other thing I didn't like about the book was that they didn't us quotation marks. That was hard to read at first but after a while you get used to it.
Rating: I would give The Color Purple 4.2 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yes I would, but it's a heavy read. Mature readers only please.
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog this weekend. Next week is my schools winter break so I'm planning on catching up on my reading then!
8 down, 92 to go (wow I'm so behind)
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Sorry this blog is so over due. I've been very busy... reading... Angel. (blog on that next!)
Book #8: The Color Purple
Finished: February 14, 2011
So for school we had to chose a book to read and then write a research paper on. I chose The Color Purple by Alice Walker. We had a list of about 50 books to choose from but I've heard a lot about this book, and I knew it was also turned into a movie so I chose it. I normally don't like movies that were taken from great books, but having such a famous book and movie to work with for my paper I knew that there would be a ton of good sources for it. And I was right. So I had a great book with lots of outside info and a movie to go along with it, but I had no idea show powerful this book was.
The Color Purple summary: This book is about an African American girl named Celie's difficult life during the 1930's and 1940's because of racism. Her father raped her when she was a teenage and she was forced into a marriage with a man who loved her sister. The main portion of the book is about her marriage, the letters from her sister, and how Celie tries to find herself.
My favorite things about the book: This book is very depressing but at the same time very inspirational. The whole theme of the book is finding yourself and standing up for yourself. Celie over comes so much in this book, it's incredible. She finds out her husband, who loves her sister, has been hiding letters from her sister Nettie from her for over 20 years. But she is able to stand up to him and stop him. I loved how all the whole book is written in letters to God and back and forth between Celie and Nettie. I loved how Celie used the other women around her, Shug and Sofia, and uses their strength to find her own. And that really inspired me. Alice Walker wrote all about women rights and racism toward African American women. Over all it was a very sad (I cried during the first few pages) and inspiring read.
Some things I didn't like about the book: It took place in Georgia during the 1930s, and Celie was uneducated so she wrote the way that they talked. Sometimes it's hard to understand. The only other thing I didn't like about the book was that they didn't us quotation marks. That was hard to read at first but after a while you get used to it.
Rating: I would give The Color Purple 4.2 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yes I would, but it's a heavy read. Mature readers only please.
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog this weekend. Next week is my schools winter break so I'm planning on catching up on my reading then!
8 down, 92 to go (wow I'm so behind)
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Tomorrow asdfghjklkjhgfdsa!
Hello blog readers^•^
Tomorrow is February 14, 2011. Tomorrow Angel by James Patterson comes out. Tomorrow right after school I am going to Borders and buying that book. Tomorrow I am going to stay up until midnight reading it (great way to spend Valentine's day right? haha) Tomorrow I might just die. Tomorrow I finally get to read what happens next. If you're a Maximum Ride fan then you know how I feel right now. If you have no clue what Maximum ride is then you better start reading it. Kbye
P.s. Blog on The Color Purple out tomorrow (if I'm not to busy reading <3)
Adieu~ Caroline
Tomorrow is February 14, 2011. Tomorrow Angel by James Patterson comes out. Tomorrow right after school I am going to Borders and buying that book. Tomorrow I am going to stay up until midnight reading it (great way to spend Valentine's day right? haha) Tomorrow I might just die. Tomorrow I finally get to read what happens next. If you're a Maximum Ride fan then you know how I feel right now. If you have no clue what Maximum ride is then you better start reading it. Kbye
P.s. Blog on The Color Purple out tomorrow (if I'm not to busy reading <3)
Adieu~ Caroline
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Book #7
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Book #7: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Finished: February 7, 2011
There are not a lot of kids at my little school who read, at least not in my grade. I'm a senior. Most of the readers are middle schoolers and freshmen. The two people who do read in my grade both love the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. They're both very indie kids, one boy and one girl, who don't wash their hair and wear vintage clothes. Nothing against them, they're both very nice, but our taste in books don't really match up. But they kept raving about this book. So I read it..
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary: It's about a boy, named Charlie, who writes letters to a person he doesn't know (the whole book is in letters) so he can have someone to talk to and vent about his life in his first year of high school. This summary is very short and there is a lot more to the book but it would take to long to explain it all.
Some things I didn't like about the book: When I started this book I didn't like it. At all. It was about a very emotional boy who's best friend killed him self, his favorite aunt died -on his birthday, and who had a pretty messed up family. That's not the part I didn't like. I didn't like how when he made new friends they turned him into a different person, and not in a good way. He started smoking cigarettes and pot, he started drinking, and learned a lot about sex. I didn't like that at all. And it was slow starting and confusing. I didn't get it. Who is he writing to, why is he so messed up, what made him that way. It made no sense. So i kept reading, and about half way though the book when his sister told him she was pregnant I started to like it...
My favorite things about the book: After the whole scene with his sister being pregnant it started to get better, and I started to really like it. One thing that I really liked about this book was how Charlie always spoke his mind. He told Sam he liked her from the start, and whatever else he thought he would say out loud. I also loved all the books and music and tv shows they talked about. Here is a link so you can see for yourself http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower?wasRedirected=true . At the begging of the story I thought that Charlie was going to have a very dysfunctional family, but in they end you could see that they weren't. I really liked that.
Epilogue: So the epilogue of this book is very important. And I had to read it twice to understand what was going on. So all though out the book Charlie talked about his Aunt Helen who lived with them for a little while after she was molested by her fathers good friend. In his letters charlie always talked about how much he loved and missed his aunt. In the last letter before the epilogue letter Charlie writes how the day before his friend Sam left for college he kissed her. They started to get pretty physical but then Charlie stopped her and had a panic attack. The next letter he says that he's been in the hospital for the last two months, and all he remembers is a dream he had of him and Sam together, only it wasn't really Sam. It was his aunt Helen. In the epilogue we learn that his aunt molested him every Saturday. That's why he was sensitive and emotional, and why he panicked when things with Sam and himself got too heavy. That completely changed the book for me. Wow. I didn't see that one coming. Not at all. Sorry that I gave away the ending but I just had to put that out there.
Rating: I would give The Perks of Being a Wallflower a 4 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: After I finished the book I felt really depressed and confused and kind of sick. It takes a lot for a book to do that to me, so for that reason alone I would say yes.
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog this weekend!
7 down, 93 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Book #7: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Finished: February 7, 2011
There are not a lot of kids at my little school who read, at least not in my grade. I'm a senior. Most of the readers are middle schoolers and freshmen. The two people who do read in my grade both love the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. They're both very indie kids, one boy and one girl, who don't wash their hair and wear vintage clothes. Nothing against them, they're both very nice, but our taste in books don't really match up. But they kept raving about this book. So I read it..
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary: It's about a boy, named Charlie, who writes letters to a person he doesn't know (the whole book is in letters) so he can have someone to talk to and vent about his life in his first year of high school. This summary is very short and there is a lot more to the book but it would take to long to explain it all.
Some things I didn't like about the book: When I started this book I didn't like it. At all. It was about a very emotional boy who's best friend killed him self, his favorite aunt died -on his birthday, and who had a pretty messed up family. That's not the part I didn't like. I didn't like how when he made new friends they turned him into a different person, and not in a good way. He started smoking cigarettes and pot, he started drinking, and learned a lot about sex. I didn't like that at all. And it was slow starting and confusing. I didn't get it. Who is he writing to, why is he so messed up, what made him that way. It made no sense. So i kept reading, and about half way though the book when his sister told him she was pregnant I started to like it...
My favorite things about the book: After the whole scene with his sister being pregnant it started to get better, and I started to really like it. One thing that I really liked about this book was how Charlie always spoke his mind. He told Sam he liked her from the start, and whatever else he thought he would say out loud. I also loved all the books and music and tv shows they talked about. Here is a link so you can see for yourself http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower?wasRedirected=true . At the begging of the story I thought that Charlie was going to have a very dysfunctional family, but in they end you could see that they weren't. I really liked that.
Epilogue: So the epilogue of this book is very important. And I had to read it twice to understand what was going on. So all though out the book Charlie talked about his Aunt Helen who lived with them for a little while after she was molested by her fathers good friend. In his letters charlie always talked about how much he loved and missed his aunt. In the last letter before the epilogue letter Charlie writes how the day before his friend Sam left for college he kissed her. They started to get pretty physical but then Charlie stopped her and had a panic attack. The next letter he says that he's been in the hospital for the last two months, and all he remembers is a dream he had of him and Sam together, only it wasn't really Sam. It was his aunt Helen. In the epilogue we learn that his aunt molested him every Saturday. That's why he was sensitive and emotional, and why he panicked when things with Sam and himself got too heavy. That completely changed the book for me. Wow. I didn't see that one coming. Not at all. Sorry that I gave away the ending but I just had to put that out there.
Rating: I would give The Perks of Being a Wallflower a 4 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: After I finished the book I felt really depressed and confused and kind of sick. It takes a lot for a book to do that to me, so for that reason alone I would say yes.
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog this weekend!
7 down, 93 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Book #6
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Book #6: Looking for Alaska
Finished: February 2, 2011
Good morning John it's Thursday.
If you're a fan of the vlogbrothers (Hank Green and John Green) on YouTube than you will know why I started my blog like that. Anyway I've been a fan, and a nerdfighter, for about a year now. This whole time I've been watching the vlogbrothers videos I've heard John talk about his book Looking for Alaska. I didn't read it right away because my school's librarian, who has read everything, told me she didn't like it- at all. And she knows books, and she knows when they're good and when they're bad. So I put off reading it for a little while, but final curiosity got the best of me and I read it. And let me say, its nothing like I thought it would be...
Looking for Alaska Summary: So this book is about a boy named Miles, later known as Pudge, who leaves Florida to go to a boarding school in alabama for his junior year of high school. At this new school he meets Alaska Young, and she changes his life forever...
My favorite thing about the book: There were a lot of things I like about this book. 1. I like thinking "haha that's such a John Green thing to say". 2. I loved Alaska's love for books, and the book and poetry references they used. 3. For the first half of the book they are counting down to something. And I being curious and having no self control looked ahead to see what they were counting down to. I couldn't figure it out. I skimmed and skimmed and skimmed, until I finally gave up and just read. Wow I didn't see this coming. I thought they were counting down to Alaska leaving, and then having Pudge go "looking for her". But no. They were counting down to Alaska's death. Did not see that coming. Congrats John, it takes a lot to pull something over my head like that. 4. I loved Alaska complicated, secret filled life. 5. I loved Pudge's essay at the end and how he figured the way out of the labyrinth.
Some things I didn't like about the book: I didn't like the huge drug, sex, and alcohol uses in the book. The one thing I didn't like about Alaska was her obsession with sex. And there was this one part in the book with Pudge and a girl named Lara that was very discussion and not needed. I mean really John? Why write that into your book, all it did was turn it from a PG-13 book to an R rated book. I can't even write about it here, i feel so dirty. But oh well, what can I do?
Rating: I would give Looking for Alaska 3 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yes I would, to some.. Mature readers.. It really is a good story.
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog in about two days.
6 down, 94 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Book #6: Looking for Alaska
Finished: February 2, 2011
Good morning John it's Thursday.
If you're a fan of the vlogbrothers (Hank Green and John Green) on YouTube than you will know why I started my blog like that. Anyway I've been a fan, and a nerdfighter, for about a year now. This whole time I've been watching the vlogbrothers videos I've heard John talk about his book Looking for Alaska. I didn't read it right away because my school's librarian, who has read everything, told me she didn't like it- at all. And she knows books, and she knows when they're good and when they're bad. So I put off reading it for a little while, but final curiosity got the best of me and I read it. And let me say, its nothing like I thought it would be...
Looking for Alaska Summary: So this book is about a boy named Miles, later known as Pudge, who leaves Florida to go to a boarding school in alabama for his junior year of high school. At this new school he meets Alaska Young, and she changes his life forever...
My favorite thing about the book: There were a lot of things I like about this book. 1. I like thinking "haha that's such a John Green thing to say". 2. I loved Alaska's love for books, and the book and poetry references they used. 3. For the first half of the book they are counting down to something. And I being curious and having no self control looked ahead to see what they were counting down to. I couldn't figure it out. I skimmed and skimmed and skimmed, until I finally gave up and just read. Wow I didn't see this coming. I thought they were counting down to Alaska leaving, and then having Pudge go "looking for her". But no. They were counting down to Alaska's death. Did not see that coming. Congrats John, it takes a lot to pull something over my head like that. 4. I loved Alaska complicated, secret filled life. 5. I loved Pudge's essay at the end and how he figured the way out of the labyrinth.
Some things I didn't like about the book: I didn't like the huge drug, sex, and alcohol uses in the book. The one thing I didn't like about Alaska was her obsession with sex. And there was this one part in the book with Pudge and a girl named Lara that was very discussion and not needed. I mean really John? Why write that into your book, all it did was turn it from a PG-13 book to an R rated book. I can't even write about it here, i feel so dirty. But oh well, what can I do?
Rating: I would give Looking for Alaska 3 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yes I would, to some.. Mature readers.. It really is a good story.
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog in about two days.
6 down, 94 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
List of Books
Hello blog readers^•^
I wanted to let you guys know some of the books I'm planing on reading soon. This way you can know what's coming and if you want you can read them too (there not in any particular order, there just the books at the top of my list!)
Looking for Alaska by John Green (I love john green. I think it's about time I read his book. Dftba)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by stieg larsson (people say it's great)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by stephen chbosky (again, people say it's great)
Linger by maggie stiefvater (sequel to shiver)
Torment by lauren kate (sequel to fallen)
Angel by James Patterson (next book in the Maximum Ride series, 13 days until it comes out. Eeeep!)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (can't wait to read for school!)
their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston (also reading for school, but it's amazing)
So those are the books I know will be coming soon. Hope there are some books here you like, if not then leave some comments with recommendations :)
Thanks for reading. Blog tomorrow on Looking for Alaska!
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
I wanted to let you guys know some of the books I'm planing on reading soon. This way you can know what's coming and if you want you can read them too (there not in any particular order, there just the books at the top of my list!)
Looking for Alaska by John Green (I love john green. I think it's about time I read his book. Dftba)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by stieg larsson (people say it's great)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by stephen chbosky (again, people say it's great)
Linger by maggie stiefvater (sequel to shiver)
Torment by lauren kate (sequel to fallen)
Angel by James Patterson (next book in the Maximum Ride series, 13 days until it comes out. Eeeep!)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (can't wait to read for school!)
their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston (also reading for school, but it's amazing)
So those are the books I know will be coming soon. Hope there are some books here you like, if not then leave some comments with recommendations :)
Thanks for reading. Blog tomorrow on Looking for Alaska!
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
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