Thursday, 12 March 2015

DIVERGENT

by Veronica Roth       


This book to me is an "okay" sort of book. Its not that its not nice its just a little too...romantic for my liking. I mean I'm fine with kissing and stuff but talking about how you feel when you touch them, how you fit perfectly together and how you want each other its kind of a little bit too much for a 14 year old like me to enjoy. ( I am just putting out my opinion it doesn't mean it has to be the same as yours ) Divergent was made into a movie last year, 2014 and even though I believe that the book is always better than the movie this time it wasn't. To me the movie was better because they omit some of the more violent scenes like attempted gang rape, a knife plunged into someone's eye and the and her kissing him happens a lot in the book but very little in the movie. So big thumbs up to them. Some people have compared this book to the hunger games and said that this book is less violent but, even though 22 teens die but their deaths are mostly quick a snap of the neck, a arrow in the neck, a stab of a sword. All the deaths were fast okay except Cato's and maybe Rue's death  but other than that quick or instant deaths but in divergent you have to fight each other till one of you knocks out and can't continue. I mean that's kind of like torture and they have to do it every single day which is really painful but there are some good points that I haven't talked about like how Tris and Tobias really do love each other and how brave and kind and selfless Tris is but I leave that for you to figure out if you decide to read it.


There are 5 factions Abnegation, Candor, Amity , Erudite and Dauntless

This book is on Tris's life when she starts in Abnegation with herbrother Caleb ( committed to selflessness) going through a test finding out she's divergent and chooses Dauntless ( courage and bravery ) and her brother chooses Erudite during the choosing ceremony and the hiding of her divergence during initiation process, the process of eliminating unworthy initiates that do not measure up to the faction's standard leaving them factionless which means that they live their lives with no meaning not belonging to any faction but their own group of factionless people and where she meets her instructor, Four a,k.a. Tobias Eaton . The Erudite and Dauntless are plotting to overthrow the leading faction/ the government, Tris's old faction, where her parents live and are a part of, Abnegation.  Being divergent she and Tobias ( yes he's divergent too... well not really but that's later in the series ) are the only ones who can stop Jeanine, the head of Erudite from taking over completely. DO THEY SUCCEED... READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT.

All in all its a good book but its a little too much for me and if they turned it down a little it would be better. Again this only my opinion it doesn't have to feel as if I read your mind. That's all next one is coming out in a couple more hours about 7-8 more hours give or take. OKAY. BYE    


                                  INEZ :9





link to first book




link to book set ( amazon )









TRIS
TOBIAS
CALEB




Pushing the Limits

by Katie McGarry


This book really touched my heart. I cried (a lot) in this book, I felt the pain the main characters felt and it was just....corny but true

This book is about two teenagers who have difficult lives. Echo, who used to be popular, now has cuts all over her arms. She was everyone's topic to gossip about. Some rumors said that she tried to kill herself but no one really knows what happens, not even Echo. Now for the other main character, Noah. Noah is the kind of boy that swears a LOT, tattoos, smoking. He's your typical gangster. Gangster or not he wants his family back but he can't.

They eventually meet and fall in love with each other. Echo and Noah both crave for something they know they can't have - normal. 

This book is UGH just perrrrrfect. I suggest this book for mature readers only.

There's a sequel to this but I haven't read it yet. I think it's called Breaking the Rules?? Read it!


(NOT making a spoiler, that's how badly I want you to read this)- mimi

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

FANDOM DAYS



THE HUNGER GAMES QUOTES ( images )














PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIAN

by Rick Riordan

I really love this series just as much as I love The Hunger Games, well almost. I found out that this was a book series after watching the movie adaptions of the first and second book: Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson And The Sea of Monsters. ( for those of you who have not read the books and thought that they did a good job with the movies I just want to say that they messed up the whole story line and it would take me a whole new different post to describe what they messed up and that might even need to be a part 1 and part 2, but I don't really mind the casting.) BTW there is also a love connection between Percy and Annabeth.When Rick Riordan writes he is pretty funny I mean I ALMOST ALWAYS LAUGH. I mean who gives their characters nicknames like seaweed brain.

           But anyway, about the book. The whole series is based on Greek Mythology and Demigods. For those of you who don't know what Demigods are Demigods are half-mortal and half-god. Apparently, the gods of Mount Olympus come down to earth to "hook up" with mortals and that's how Demigods are made. Well, this story is about Percy Jackson and I'm pretty sure you would've guessed that by now, just by reading the title. Percy Jackson is a trouble-prone student who has ADHD and Dyslexia. His world is turned upside down when he finds out that Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. As his mother drives Grover, his best friend/satyr/his protector and him to Camp-Half-Blood, a safe haven for Demigods they get attacked by a Minotaur. Percy defeats the Minotaur but gets knocked out but not before seeing his mother die. Oh yeah, and guess what he's 12. In the book he is accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt, the gods are feuding, he finds out that his mom's not dead but her life is in limbo and the only way to get her back is to find the person who stole the lightning bolt... 

PLS! PLS! PLS! READ THE SERIES. TRUST ME YOU WILL LOVE IT. ( Well if you love greek mythology then this is the book for you.) 







the link for the 1st book on amazon

the link to the whole 5 piece bookset

The Poison Apples

by Lily Archer


This book is about three girls who have one thing in common; stepmothers. Alice, Reena and Molly met in a posh boarding school, all three of them HATED their stepmothers soo they formed a club called the poison apple and hatched a plan to destroy their stepmothers' lives. This is a great book and I love it so much because it's really heartwarming. Romance? Comedy? Tragedy? This book has it. I cried at some point but laughed too.Anyway... this book is suitable for almost everyone and I highly recommend you read it. You'd better. Have a nice day :{)


SPOILER ALERT
(don't read this if you don't know the ending of the book and not planning to find out)





They failed, and figure out that their stepmothers have hearts too. -Mimi

Monday, 9 March 2015

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