The Selection Review

This is the story about a girl named America Singer. She comes from the Five and applies for the competition called the Selection. The Selection is where the prince from the One chooses one of the thirty-five girls between the ages of 16 and 20; it depends on time to take more than just days, but weeks, months and even years, so it's not a scheduled will for all of Illea to deal with. Although, she's in love with Aspen, she was acquainted by Maxon. In the One, people get to make dresses for the girls that come from several castes; but however, in the Five, they get to wear usual clothing: T-shirts, jeans and shoes.

The question: Can she fall in love with Maxon?

I guess it was one of the dystopian books I got from home, because I just finished it two weeks ago. I wonder what can become of America when it comes to the sequel called The Elite and second sequel The One. I declare 5 out of 5 stars, but recommended.

Where She Went Book Review

This is the review of a sequel to the New York Times bestseller If I Stay by Gayle Forman. Enjoy!

        Three and a half years after the events of If I Stay, Adam Wilde was going on the world tour with Shooting Star for 67 days, but eventually the Collateral Damage album was recently released to the public. Adam needs to restore his love he had before he fell in love with Bryn and Vannessa from Hollywood - in which turns out to be Mia Hall, who was going to have one swan song at the Julliard on August 13, 2010 in New York City. It's about the music that's going on in the two-parter, about celebrities, about the rock music and his struggles of life. It may be recommended for those who have read If I Stay before.
        I guess it was a very good sequel, but much of a duology ender. The last time I read the series ender overall was The Last Olympian from Percy Jackson and the Olympians in the summer of 2012. I got two whole series taken care of, but at least the Percy Jackson movies suck - they don't follow the books at all except they get better bit by bit (e.g. Annabeth's hair was blonde in the second movie, but it was brown in the first movie). I am so looking forward to see the movie adaptation of If I Stay and hopefully its sequel. It had to follow the books, even though the movie adaptation was in progress to see how it goes good or bad. I think that was really awesome that I could enjoy Shooting Star in the movies. By the way, the soundtrack had over ten songs in select chapters including the first and most important one in the last chapter in which I'm not going to spoil it until you have read everything in this two-parter series. How cool is it to learn about the real world and the realities of real-life I have learned in order to write down stuff? You should be recommended to enjoy the two books of how Mia and Adam go separated and went back together again as a couple for the music between classic and rock with all of the realism of the world. I just want you to try it. Please, trust me... 2 THUMBS UP!

If I Stay Book Review

WARNING: The book you’re about to read contains reenactments by real events by a fictious person’s point of view and the over 24 hours on a February day. Some names and identities may have been changed to those purposes.

        Before I move on to the sequel Where She Went, let's take a look back at Fall 2012's outside reading project that will make you cry.

In Gayle Forman’s “If I Stay”, seventeen-year old Mia, a senior at the high school, is faced with some hard ones. Staying with the music meaning that leaving her friends and family behind is so evenly.
Then one February morning, when Mia’s on the drive, everything changes: the rest of her family all died in a car crash, the seep, the “getting to the hospital” and really you know, the surgery and survivals, it deals with Mia’s will to live and this book can spark discussions about the range of topics, and it’s likely an “spent-the-cozy-evening-by-the-warm-fire” page turner on a February.

I like this book. It’s really good but what about you? If you watch “House”, “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” and other medic shows, you are more likely to read this book if you’re a music lover. If you have read “Finding Miracles” before, you’ll read how Mia informs about the past. One Amazon critic was like "It was Mia’s will to survive the hospital experience you won’t want to miss. What would you do in her place? It’s really about the power of love… of family, friends, music… and therefore it ultimately affirms life."The another one said: "All of the characters are appealing, and there are flashbacks and thoughts Mia have for you to reveal."

In my opinion, I like it at first read but then when the sequel was available now, I was blowing away into the "I literally LOVE IT" rating! I mean about Adam going to New York to find Mia, I was about to go with it, so if you want to read "If I Stay", great, let me know whether you're ready to subscribe. Two thumbs up!

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Book Review

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        Another book review over the summer was a realistic fictional story, it's another one: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. It's about four 15-year old girls going on 16-year old girls (entering sophmore year in the fall), one magical blue jeans and a summer apart for the first time ever. Lena's in Greece, Bridget's playing soccer in Mexico with friends, Carmen's dad is getting remarried and Tibby - um... she had a career at Wallman's, though she could save money for a car, it meant she was making a movie - a documentary or something. My sister Lauren read it before. She thinks that things have gone ridicilous and that the writing was poor. Moral: Never judge a book by its cover.

        I guess it could take place one year after Stargirl. I think it's somewhat an okay thing for me to do, but I guess it's a retro thing for teens to read. It's a quick read, just one more thing before I moved on to the request I deserved.

The Uglies Book Review

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        Two months ago, I started the Uglies tetralogy with the first installment. It's about Tally who looked forward to living in paradise in New Pretty Town with Peris. She's about to turn 16 on Sept. 9th, so she met up with a new friend named Shay. They had fun over the summer, prepping for turning pretty. When summer was over, Shay goes to the Smoke, which is camp in the wilderness.

        Things have changed when Tally didn't turn out to be pretty like everyone else. She's a special. She had a conflict - to get Shay so they can come back to the paradise and be pretty or never turn pretty at all.

        It's a recommendation for juniors over this past summer, but it's more than that - Zoe Jacobson from Tween/TeenTribune gave this book two thumbs up and it's OK for middle schoolers and up. I might think it's already part of that surviving summer imaginable on our voyage to senior year. But we looked for real imagination, not to act like Arabs from the big Fall River Edition of Arabian Nights. Thank you and hopefully, you may want to own a book at your local book stores now or you can get it from the library if you want. Thanks and I'll see you next time.

My First Ever Book Review - Merlin: The Old Magic

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        Elissa lived in the Avalon Abbey where she's introduced as a princess and novice nun. Ambrosia's the former priestess of the Old Ways. Mab saw that the Old Ways were dying as Christianity spreads, so she decided to create Merlin as her "Champion". While the Lady of the Lake accepts the inevitable, Mab vows to resist. Merlin is created by Queen Mab of the Old Ways and then, Elissa moves out with Ambrosia to Barnstable Forest when she becomes pregnant with Merlin.

        We further see Merlin being born and raised in the forest his 17 years of his young life, until he uses his magic to save Nimue. For saving her life, she grants him a kiss. They exchange names and Merlin vows never to forget her. On the return home, he tells Ambrosia that he saved Nimue. Ambrosia realizes that the time came for Merlin to go to Mab, and tells him of his past. Merlin is taken to Mab's underground palace, where she plans to train him magic until he becomes her "champion" Can Merlin save the Old Ways or can he escape the land of magic?

        I can't say that I was impressed when it comes to nice visual effects and very well-done narration of this novel. I have to say though, much of it occurs in this novel didn't happen in the film, though this book was written to go on a training for magic. It was very simple for me to get into the book after the first thirty pages of familiar parts to the film and more sophisticated details, overall, it was like fairy tales meets King Arthur in this book. If you liked fantasy or adventure genre, pick up this book today from Amazon. 2 thumbs up! xD