Friday, 11 November 2011
Sorry.
Sorry, won't be here for the next two months. I'm going to be in India. I'm spending the next two months travelling the place. So, no more reviews for a little while. Still. Stay tuned ;)
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Saturday, 5 November 2011
SOS
I've got a bunch of people over at my house. Gah. My best friend left and now I'm bored as hell!
Review - The Lottery
In this homage to the late Robert Cormier's masterful novel, The Chocolate War (not to mention Shirley Jackson's creepy anthology standard, "The Lottery"), Beth Goobie's latest novel, The Lottery, movingly explores the damage that peer pressure can cause to those unlucky enough to be its victims. Saskatoon Collegiate is run not by its Student Council but a Shadow Council, members of a school elite that really runs the show. Everyone knows about Shadow Council, and everyone likes to pretend that Shadow Council isn't nearly as powerful as it is, but it insidiously works its ways into every possible aspect of school life. Perhaps most menacing of all its vicious aspects is the lottery that Shadow Council holds each fall to choose a student to be their gofer for the year. Being chosen by Shadow Council means that you're effectively alienated by everyone at school, even your closest friends, and treated either as a pariah or as if you just don't exist. Usually the victim is in Grade 11 or 12, but not this year. 15-year-old Sally Hanson, just starting Grade 9, is this year's lottery "winner."
The Lottery by Beth Goobie
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Hmm. How do I review this book. I really can’t seeing as I couldn’t even finish it. Not that that’s stopped me from reviewing a book before. SO here I go. This review is basically a review to take apart this book. SO avert your eyes if you actually liked it. Are your eyes averted? If not then you must want to watch me take apart this book. Right here we go.
The Writing – First person (I think), not very memorable, not very catching, easily forgotten. I just couldn’t get involved in this book and when that happens I normally blame the writing, so here I am. Blaming the writing and if I had to grade it, I would give it a D-, yeah that’s bad people, I’d say it’s about 16%. NOT GOOD!
The Characters – Easily forgettable. I seriously can’t remember any of the characters names or what happens to them. I couldn’t connect with any of them. I just didn’t like them!
The Plot – Interesting Concept! The author did not pull it off. I cannot remember what happened all I know is that if the author had been able to pull off the concept, I would have been able to actually finish the book.
I recommend this to – Younger readers. Like... Year 2 – 5. Any one older and they won’t enjoy it, any one younger and they won’t enjoy it. And even people that age there is no guarantee that they will like it.
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Sally tries to resist Shadow Council's call but eventually buckles to the pressure. She can't even share the pain of being Shadow Council's dupe with her older brother, Dusty, or his friend Lizard, both of whom have their own Shadow Council scars. Goobie's novel tries to uncover what makes some kids bullies and some kids their victims, examines the power of friendships and the strength that can be found in family ties, and delicately looks at the secrets and lies that sometimes lurk behind kids' daily lives. Goobie creates an almost suffocating air of malice and pain around Sal's victimization, making The Lottery a powerful and provocative teen novel. --Jeffrey Canton
The Lottery by Beth GoobieMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Hmm. How do I review this book. I really can’t seeing as I couldn’t even finish it. Not that that’s stopped me from reviewing a book before. SO here I go. This review is basically a review to take apart this book. SO avert your eyes if you actually liked it. Are your eyes averted? If not then you must want to watch me take apart this book. Right here we go.
The Writing – First person (I think), not very memorable, not very catching, easily forgotten. I just couldn’t get involved in this book and when that happens I normally blame the writing, so here I am. Blaming the writing and if I had to grade it, I would give it a D-, yeah that’s bad people, I’d say it’s about 16%. NOT GOOD!
The Characters – Easily forgettable. I seriously can’t remember any of the characters names or what happens to them. I couldn’t connect with any of them. I just didn’t like them!
The Plot – Interesting Concept! The author did not pull it off. I cannot remember what happened all I know is that if the author had been able to pull off the concept, I would have been able to actually finish the book.
I recommend this to – Younger readers. Like... Year 2 – 5. Any one older and they won’t enjoy it, any one younger and they won’t enjoy it. And even people that age there is no guarantee that they will like it.
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Review - Sweet Seduction
He was the stuff erotic dreams are made of
Salon owner Julie Stanford wanted Nathan Tucker ever since she gave him his first massage. Getting paid to feel every inch of his body, stripped, oiled, and spread out in front of her? Stuff dreams are made of. But the sexy guy was oblivious to the signals she was sending-until she finished off his final rub- down with something extra. In fact, the best extra he ever had. Unfortunately, he came around too late. Now Julie's moving on...
She was everything he'd dreamed of
The woman was driving him crazy. She lit fire to his insides then ran like a scalded cat. And now she's going to someone else to have all her fantasies fulfilled? Over his dead body... He's more than willing to give her what she wants, and as soon as he pins the little minx down, he'd show her his own brand of sweet seduction.
Sweet Seduction by Maya Banks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I’m still trying to work out how exactly to review this. So, I am going to follow my old, old advice – when in doubt – make a list! So this list. It’s going to start with a 1). Are you ready? And so we begin!
1) This book is an erotica and damn, I mean DAMN! Is this book hot! I’m serious. My favourite scene would have had to have been the first scene, like I said before damn, damn that scene left me speechless, I loved it (yeah, I’m a bit of a pervert :P).
2) The characters were awesome, I loved Julie, she was such a great female lead, I loved how she was strong, independent and strutted what she had! I also really liked Nathan. I didn’t love him like I’ve loved some of the other men in the series, but that’s not saying he wasn’t pretty awesome in himself.
3) Right. The plot. The plot was practically non-existant. Wait I take that back. It was there, just it was more like: sex then talk then sexual tension then threesome then hot date then kiss then “Blah, blah, blah” then sex then “I love you” then sex then THE END!
4) You get the point. Generally, the book was good. Three words to describe it: SEX + HOT + MORESEX = THIS BOOK!
I recommend this book to (another list):
a) Fans of Erotica novels
b) People who have read the rest of the sweet series.
c) That’s about it...
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Salon owner Julie Stanford wanted Nathan Tucker ever since she gave him his first massage. Getting paid to feel every inch of his body, stripped, oiled, and spread out in front of her? Stuff dreams are made of. But the sexy guy was oblivious to the signals she was sending-until she finished off his final rub- down with something extra. In fact, the best extra he ever had. Unfortunately, he came around too late. Now Julie's moving on...
She was everything he'd dreamed of
The woman was driving him crazy. She lit fire to his insides then ran like a scalded cat. And now she's going to someone else to have all her fantasies fulfilled? Over his dead body... He's more than willing to give her what she wants, and as soon as he pins the little minx down, he'd show her his own brand of sweet seduction.
Sweet Seduction by Maya BanksMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I’m still trying to work out how exactly to review this. So, I am going to follow my old, old advice – when in doubt – make a list! So this list. It’s going to start with a 1). Are you ready? And so we begin!
1) This book is an erotica and damn, I mean DAMN! Is this book hot! I’m serious. My favourite scene would have had to have been the first scene, like I said before damn, damn that scene left me speechless, I loved it (yeah, I’m a bit of a pervert :P).
2) The characters were awesome, I loved Julie, she was such a great female lead, I loved how she was strong, independent and strutted what she had! I also really liked Nathan. I didn’t love him like I’ve loved some of the other men in the series, but that’s not saying he wasn’t pretty awesome in himself.
3) Right. The plot. The plot was practically non-existant. Wait I take that back. It was there, just it was more like: sex then talk then sexual tension then threesome then hot date then kiss then “Blah, blah, blah” then sex then “I love you” then sex then THE END!
4) You get the point. Generally, the book was good. Three words to describe it: SEX + HOT + MORESEX = THIS BOOK!
I recommend this book to (another list):
a) Fans of Erotica novels
b) People who have read the rest of the sweet series.
c) That’s about it...
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Friday, 4 November 2011
Review - The Fourth Eye
Kidd Nine’s arrival in Nirvana, a cloaked, futuristic town off the coast of Alaska, triggers full-scale panic among the community members. The town’s population has numbered 999 since the first settlers arrived, four thousand years earlier. With Kidd’s birth, the number jumps to 1000.
As Kidd grows up being discriminated and bullied, only a beautiful girl with flaming hair stands by him. At age 12, tricked into activating an ancient machine entity, Kidd gains god-like power — he can manipulate the collective consciousness and lead the human race to quantum evolution. But this superpower comes with a terrible price: the apocalypse program.
While on the mission to save humanity and the girl he loves, Kidd realizes that he must exorcise the power in him, but to his horror, it has become his genetic code.
This fast-paced, action-packed, science fiction/fantasy novel rockets the reader through Kidd and Emma's world and into a future where not even Kidd's own DNA is safe.
The Fourth Eye by Meg X
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Trying to collect thoughts. Written over a few days. SO if it makes no sense don’t be coming to my house in the middle of the nights with pitchforks and torches. I’m serious ;) Also, if there is anything wrong with it. Tell me! Don’t forever hold your peace!
Day 1: Finished the book around 15 minutes ago. I have just been sitting here at my laptop collecting my thoughts. My thoughts: this was such a good book and even though I do not normally read this sort of book. I still really enjoyed it. I liked the characters; I liked how the characters changed over time. I really liked the concept and the writing. Scratch that.
I loved the writing. I thought the book was beautifully written. You can read the first page and you’ll know what I mean by the writing being beautifully written. It is the sort of writing that captures you from the first page and keeps you reading. And the way it was told, all the different points of views. I thought the author did it really well, you see some authors really can’t pull off having more than one main voice as the narrator, but this author did it really well. I enjoyed reading from all the different character’s perspective, especially Aileen’s (as a young child), I thought it was amazingly written, being inside her head as a child. WOW. Just wow.
Day 2: Ahh, the plot. The main concept behind this book was a really smart one. I haven’t read a book like this before and surprisingly (this isn’t my usual genre) liked it. So how can I talk about what the book is about without giving too much away? Right! I will be vague! Like a prophet!
Sita: Gosh Sita, you can stop with the exclamation marks already.
Me (A.K.A. Sita): Fine, lemme just get it out of my system. !!!!!!!!!!! Right, it’s gone!!
Sita: Really?
Me (A.K.A. Sita): Really, really?
Sita: Really? Really? Really?
Me (A.K.A. Sita): Really? Really?...
Angry Sita: ...Oh would you shut up already and get back to the review!
Back to the review... (exclamation mark)
My vague prophetness...
This is a tale...
Of two young children...
In a hidden civilisation...
Told in third person direct...
It has many twists and turns...
Kidd is an awesome person with wicked powers...
Aileen is...
Aileen...
Fang is an awesome, caring, loving father...
Bottom line...read the book...
Bottom, bottom line: What I thought of the plot/concept: Very interesting, new idea and it was a real page-turner. I could not put it down at times. My vagueness sounds weird, but don’t let that put you off the book. It’s really good and for the plot itself I give it...4.9999 stars. I have no idea why it wasn’t five. Probably cause I was pissed off at some of the stuff that happened but Kidd definitely made up for it. He was Kidd. And what happened to him when he was younger! I feel terrible for him. But that’s what makes him such a great hero. What happened to him was real and he overcame it.
Day 3: I liked all the characters. Scratch that. I liked some of the characters, I actually disliked a few of them (Aileen’s half brother, what’s his face can go and... Yeah you get the point). But I was really rooting for Kidd and what he was doing although my opinions on most of the other characters changed a fair bit. What I thought of Kidd never did, he was always the boy that jumped into the waterfall to save a girls life. He made a strong male lead and main character. I really liked reading about him and the journey he ended up going on. I really enjoyed being in his head. And overall, he has to be my favourite character.
Day 4: I recommend this book to everyone. I’m serious, this was a really good book and even of this isn’t the sort of book that you would usually read it’s still worth checking out. Because this book is a fun, enjoyable read. That I’m pretty sure most people would really like. I know I did and this really isn’t the sort of book that I normally read ;)
Overall, it’s a good book. And it is easily going onto my favourites shelf. What can I say? I really, really enjoyed this one.
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As Kidd grows up being discriminated and bullied, only a beautiful girl with flaming hair stands by him. At age 12, tricked into activating an ancient machine entity, Kidd gains god-like power — he can manipulate the collective consciousness and lead the human race to quantum evolution. But this superpower comes with a terrible price: the apocalypse program.
While on the mission to save humanity and the girl he loves, Kidd realizes that he must exorcise the power in him, but to his horror, it has become his genetic code.
This fast-paced, action-packed, science fiction/fantasy novel rockets the reader through Kidd and Emma's world and into a future where not even Kidd's own DNA is safe.
The Fourth Eye by Meg XMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Trying to collect thoughts. Written over a few days. SO if it makes no sense don’t be coming to my house in the middle of the nights with pitchforks and torches. I’m serious ;) Also, if there is anything wrong with it. Tell me! Don’t forever hold your peace!
Day 1: Finished the book around 15 minutes ago. I have just been sitting here at my laptop collecting my thoughts. My thoughts: this was such a good book and even though I do not normally read this sort of book. I still really enjoyed it. I liked the characters; I liked how the characters changed over time. I really liked the concept and the writing. Scratch that.
I loved the writing. I thought the book was beautifully written. You can read the first page and you’ll know what I mean by the writing being beautifully written. It is the sort of writing that captures you from the first page and keeps you reading. And the way it was told, all the different points of views. I thought the author did it really well, you see some authors really can’t pull off having more than one main voice as the narrator, but this author did it really well. I enjoyed reading from all the different character’s perspective, especially Aileen’s (as a young child), I thought it was amazingly written, being inside her head as a child. WOW. Just wow.
Day 2: Ahh, the plot. The main concept behind this book was a really smart one. I haven’t read a book like this before and surprisingly (this isn’t my usual genre) liked it. So how can I talk about what the book is about without giving too much away? Right! I will be vague! Like a prophet!
Sita: Gosh Sita, you can stop with the exclamation marks already.
Me (A.K.A. Sita): Fine, lemme just get it out of my system. !!!!!!!!!!! Right, it’s gone!!
Sita: Really?
Me (A.K.A. Sita): Really, really?
Sita: Really? Really? Really?
Me (A.K.A. Sita): Really? Really?...
Angry Sita: ...Oh would you shut up already and get back to the review!
Back to the review... (exclamation mark)
My vague prophetness...
This is a tale...
Of two young children...
In a hidden civilisation...
Told in third person direct...
It has many twists and turns...
Kidd is an awesome person with wicked powers...
Aileen is...
Aileen...
Fang is an awesome, caring, loving father...
Bottom line...read the book...
Bottom, bottom line: What I thought of the plot/concept: Very interesting, new idea and it was a real page-turner. I could not put it down at times. My vagueness sounds weird, but don’t let that put you off the book. It’s really good and for the plot itself I give it...4.9999 stars. I have no idea why it wasn’t five. Probably cause I was pissed off at some of the stuff that happened but Kidd definitely made up for it. He was Kidd. And what happened to him when he was younger! I feel terrible for him. But that’s what makes him such a great hero. What happened to him was real and he overcame it.
Day 3: I liked all the characters. Scratch that. I liked some of the characters, I actually disliked a few of them (Aileen’s half brother, what’s his face can go and... Yeah you get the point). But I was really rooting for Kidd and what he was doing although my opinions on most of the other characters changed a fair bit. What I thought of Kidd never did, he was always the boy that jumped into the waterfall to save a girls life. He made a strong male lead and main character. I really liked reading about him and the journey he ended up going on. I really enjoyed being in his head. And overall, he has to be my favourite character.
Day 4: I recommend this book to everyone. I’m serious, this was a really good book and even of this isn’t the sort of book that you would usually read it’s still worth checking out. Because this book is a fun, enjoyable read. That I’m pretty sure most people would really like. I know I did and this really isn’t the sort of book that I normally read ;)
Overall, it’s a good book. And it is easily going onto my favourites shelf. What can I say? I really, really enjoyed this one.
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Thursday, 3 November 2011
Review - So Much Closer
When Brooke's crush, Scott, moves from their suburban town to New York City, she decides to follow him there. Living with her formerly estranged dad and adapting to a new school are challenging, and things go from bad to worse when Brooke learns that Scott already has a girlfriend. But as she builds her new life, Brooke begins to discover a side of herself she never knew existed. And as she finds out, in the city that never sleeps, love can appear around any corner...
So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Before you start reading this. Let me warn you. I wrote half of this last night (I fell asleep) and half of it today. So if it doesn’t make sense don’t say that I didn’t warn you.
Aww.Not any other words are coming to me at the moment. This book was sweet, incredibly sweet. I just finished reading So Much Closer and I really liked it. I bought it yesterday and started reading it at 8:07pm (yeah I remembered the exact time. Because I am a freak) and it is now 11:31pm and I am done. I didn’t love this one, but I did really, really, really live it. Like it. I mean like it, I really liked the book, not lived it. Okay. Not awkward at all. Continuing.
So Much Closer in a sentence:Girl (A.K.A Brooke) is a super genius that is undecided, until the end of the book about her future, she is already not sounding normal (there aren’t many super genius around) so when she decides to follow a guy she has been in love with (he doesn’t know she exists) to New York, the first thing that comes to your mind is probably STALKER! But this girl is not a stalker, she is sort of normal, well she basically gets the guy then they break up then she starts falling for another guy (who liked her before she liked him). And once it ended I was all AWWW, that’s so sweet. Seriously I had no other thoughts. Oh well. That is basically the book in a long sentence (and a half).
The writing was nice, although I thought there were some aspects of the writing that could have been improved, but on a whole it was really good. Here’s the first sentence: Today I’m telling Scott Abrams that I’m in love with him. Can you see why I was so hooked? Yes the writing had me hooked, sure it may have had a few faults but overall I really liked it, it kept reading and me up.
The plot was interesting... I really don’t know what I think of it. What I wrote up there was basically the plot of the book. And sure that was enjoyable and I wanted to know how it ended. But about halfway through I knew how it was going to end. I knew who she would end up with and even though I kept reading to see how the plot played out didn’t mean that I absolutely loved it.
The character/ization/s was really good in this book. I liked the characters and how they grew throughout the book. I liked the fact that Brooke was a super genius, it was something I really didn’t expect and I liked how her views on the world changed over the course of the book. I really really really liked John. Can I say that enough? He was just such a likeable person. I kinda thought it was love ;) And I was so happy to see what happened between him and Brooke (even though there was not one kissing scene with them... I think?) I thought their friendship was super cute and I generally liked John. All the side characters including Scott and her parents were all believable and I could relate to the stuff that Brooke was feeling (about school + college). SO, another plus.
I would recommend this book to YA romance lovers. People looking for a nice (awe, how cute) book. Or people that are bored. Even if you don’t like any of those things feel free to check this book out. It’s a good one even if you don’t like it. It’s worth checking it out.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I am now planning on checking out some of the authors other books. Because I did generally like this one. I even wrote a warm fuzzy for the book. I’m gonna let the book explain what a warm fuzzy is. It’s a warm fuzzy,” Sadie informs me. “A what?” “You’ve never heard of warm fuzzies?” “No, but I’m sure you’ll enlighten me.” “The purpose of a warm fuzzy is to spread the love. If someone needs cheering up or you just want to wish them a happy day, a warm fuzzy is perfect. And there are rules. Like how they have to be cute. They can’t be written with a boring pen on some standard piece of paper.” Warm fuzzies sound sort of pretentious, with their rules and aspirations. “And they count as random acts of kindness,” she continues. That’s a warm fuzz! And I was so inspired I’ve been writing them for people all day. Now one for the book that started it!
Dear So Much Closer,
You were a very cute book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It was good, I take that back! You were good; you were an awe of a book. Xo - Sita
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So Much Closer by Susane ColasantiMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Before you start reading this. Let me warn you. I wrote half of this last night (I fell asleep) and half of it today. So if it doesn’t make sense don’t say that I didn’t warn you.
Aww.Not any other words are coming to me at the moment. This book was sweet, incredibly sweet. I just finished reading So Much Closer and I really liked it. I bought it yesterday and started reading it at 8:07pm (yeah I remembered the exact time. Because I am a freak) and it is now 11:31pm and I am done. I didn’t love this one, but I did really, really, really live it. Like it. I mean like it, I really liked the book, not lived it. Okay. Not awkward at all. Continuing.
So Much Closer in a sentence:
The writing was nice, although I thought there were some aspects of the writing that could have been improved, but on a whole it was really good. Here’s the first sentence: Today I’m telling Scott Abrams that I’m in love with him. Can you see why I was so hooked? Yes the writing had me hooked, sure it may have had a few faults but overall I really liked it, it kept reading and me up.
The plot was interesting... I really don’t know what I think of it. What I wrote up there was basically the plot of the book. And sure that was enjoyable and I wanted to know how it ended. But about halfway through I knew how it was going to end. I knew who she would end up with and even though I kept reading to see how the plot played out didn’t mean that I absolutely loved it.
The character/ization/s was really good in this book. I liked the characters and how they grew throughout the book. I liked the fact that Brooke was a super genius, it was something I really didn’t expect and I liked how her views on the world changed over the course of the book. I really really really liked John. Can I say that enough? He was just such a likeable person. I kinda thought it was love ;) And I was so happy to see what happened between him and Brooke (even though there was not one kissing scene with them... I think?) I thought their friendship was super cute and I generally liked John. All the side characters including Scott and her parents were all believable and I could relate to the stuff that Brooke was feeling (about school + college). SO, another plus.
I would recommend this book to YA romance lovers. People looking for a nice (awe, how cute) book. Or people that are bored. Even if you don’t like any of those things feel free to check this book out. It’s a good one even if you don’t like it. It’s worth checking it out.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I am now planning on checking out some of the authors other books. Because I did generally like this one. I even wrote a warm fuzzy for the book. I’m gonna let the book explain what a warm fuzzy is. It’s a warm fuzzy,” Sadie informs me. “A what?” “You’ve never heard of warm fuzzies?” “No, but I’m sure you’ll enlighten me.” “The purpose of a warm fuzzy is to spread the love. If someone needs cheering up or you just want to wish them a happy day, a warm fuzzy is perfect. And there are rules. Like how they have to be cute. They can’t be written with a boring pen on some standard piece of paper.” Warm fuzzies sound sort of pretentious, with their rules and aspirations. “And they count as random acts of kindness,” she continues. That’s a warm fuzz! And I was so inspired I’ve been writing them for people all day. Now one for the book that started it!
Dear So Much Closer,
You were a very cute book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It was good, I take that back! You were good; you were an awe of a book. Xo - Sita
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