Before you get all excited about a zombie book, this isn't a review. I'm sorry! I saw a girl reading a book called Warm Bodies in one of my classes and looked it up because the cover was interesting. (I choose to often ignore the phrase "Don't judge a book by its cover.") I haven't actually read it yet, so I'm going to post a picture of the summary that's on iBooks.
Then I came across a website that was talking about the Mortal Instruments series (see my previous post) and saw a link for this book. I clicked on it. And, surprise, surprise, it's being made into a movie! The trailer is hilarious and I thought you might enjoy it, so here it is.
A word to the wise: there will be mild spoilers in this review. Sorry! (If you've read the first book in this series though, City of Bones, they're not spoilers.)
So for Thanksgiving Break, my family took a trip to go visit my grandparents. It's an eighteen hour car ride. Guess what I was doing for eighteen hours?
Reading.
If you've read through some of my other posts, you'll know that Cassandra Clare's book, City of Bones, was kind of disappointing in my opinion. I haven't changed my mind about that. However, I found the next two books in the series at the library and read them both in the car.
I fell in love.
The second book, City of Ashes, continues the conflict between the Shadowhunters and the notorious Valentine who, we have just discovered, is also Clary's father.
How fun for her.
To make matters worse, someone or something is murdering Downworlder children. Is it Valentine? And if it is...why is he doing it? What purpose could he have?
Needless to say, this book was absolutely amazing. Whatever it was that turned me off when I read City of Bones was completely made up for in the sequel. The love triangle aspect was played out beatifully; there was the perfect amount of romance. I didn't get bored with it because there was too much, but I wasn't constantly screaming for more either.
Did I mention they're also making movies out of this series? If you're interested (like I am) here's the trailer for
If you love mysteries with suspense and science fiction, you'll love Found, by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It starts out by telling you of Angela DuPre's first and last day of her new job working at an airline. She sees a plane appear out of nowhere. But here's the strange part:
It's full of babies.
Each and every seat. There's not a single adult on board, not even in the cockpit. How could it be possible? That's just it. It's not.
But Angela knows what she saw.
Then, you start learning about Jonah. He's adopted, but it's never really bothered him. His best friend Chip is the new kid in school. Everything is exactly the way Jonah likes it. Then he gets a strange note in the mail.
"You are one of the missing."
But it's obviously a prank that the cool kids in his neighborhood are pulling on him. Then Chip gets the same letter and suspicion starts to grow in them as they both receive more and startling secrets are uncovered about their pasts. What's going on? Will Jonah and Chip find out and discover the truth behind their origins?
So I just finished reading another book for my English class. This time, I was not nearly as disappointed as I was with Ethan Frome! The book was Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe. It's written about the colonization of Africa and a really big part of the novel is the arrival of Christian missionaries. It's historical fiction. I know, I know, I usually can't stand historical fiction. But this book was actually pretty good. Actually, I just finished writing an essay about said book, which is why I decided to blog about it. The main character is Okonkwo.
Yes, you just butchered his name. Now go back and sound it out.
Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way, I'll continue. Okonkwo is a highly respected man in his clan. The clan is called Umuofia. You should probably sound that one out too. So anyways, Okonkwo has quite a few flaws that make you dislike him sometimes, or at least disapprove of him and his attitude. But he's so realistic! I think that is probably why I enjoyed this book. You can totally relate to the characters (well, not necessarily relate to them, but you understand them and where they're coming from).
I can't say any more than that, or I'll give it away. But the book is really interesting! And I guarantee that you won't see the ending coming.
So yeah. Read it.
ALSO! My favorite month of the year has begun! It's officially NaNoWriMo everyone! Now I just have to finish my novel in one month. Let's do this people!
