Surprise Blind Date Review: The Blind Side

This is based on the true story. It's about how Michael Oher went to the other side of Memphis, Tennessee and his football career with a dream to make it a reality.

I think that's really a good book, even though it takes much time for me to get it over with and it took me in like two months to have the whole thing taken care of. It's checked out as part of Blind Dates on the day I turned in Max #3 and renewed Where She Went. I was such a busy reader, although I've read, seen and heard problems and issues in real life. It varies from banning books (I know censorship is 100% wrong) to drug legalization (meh...) to country crisis (you know what's coming from earlier). After I'm done with Where She Went (which is a month worth of taking time and reading), I got into this book. It reminds me of football, Briarcrest, Ole Miss and whatnot; especially with the Seahawks as world champions of Super Bowl. As I read more and more, I think that's much of an interesting, new perspective of reading and writing to explore; especially when it comes to poor kids of 40.7% in the USA, although I begin to understand the reading and writing mentioning references early in sophomore year, I remember the right to read, the right to bear arms, and other amendments in junior year. I recalled mentally on what I learned to improve reading skills while at Sylvan. The level went from 7th grade reading level to 9th grade reading level. I was filled with vocab words like assailed, besiege and ingenious. I learned more vocab words in the later days of high school, thus knowing the words like interspecies, mediocre and pragmatic. I'm an eager reader ever since Facing the Lions. I was so enjoyable I had to write about the untitled YA series of love, imagination, dealing with problems and controversial content, family, friends, adventure, fun, excitement and epicness. Until yesterday night, when I look at the stars on the way home, I came with the working title called "Endless Stars". It's about the coming-of-age story taking place in Salem, Oregon. As I come near the end, it reminds me of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton except it was somewhat completely different, but it was a great story with an inspiring touch in the end.

How was it? Better than expected

First impressions? Love at first sight

How likely am I to try sports again? Probably (I've read nonfiction on the web - the main thing is news articles)

Would you recommend Michael Lewis? Perhaps

Hearts: 5/5

Result... Keep Moving Forward (and make your dreams come true)

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!

Is Maximum Ride the new Sonic the Hedgehog? A Maximum Ride Complete Saga Review Part 1

        Well, that's really a good question. But unfortunately, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) goes down from bad to worst, due to the fact that it got glitches and "slugbugs" in it. The players read the summary before the day it's released into stores, but they wished they hadn't played it. If you dare play the game and it all ends when the princess and the hedgehog will never be spoken of again, you better go read the Maximum Ride saga here or at the library to check out. So let's go with the story. And be sure to stay tuned after this important question/complete series review combo post for the alternate ending of the finale. This is Part 1, in which will be the Fugitives trilogy. The second part deals with the Protectors pentalogy which is coming soon for more answers on the way if you already read all 8 books in the Maximum Ride series as a Sonic fan. Haha, I sure do fall in love with the world's Ultimate Life Form since 2005. You freaking know my version of Twilight in the future. Now, let's begin!

SPOILERS AHEAD! DUH!

The Fugitives Trilogy (1-3); Original Tertralogy (1-4)

Episode I: The Angel Experiment

        Fifteen years after the mysterious consuming of events, an unexpected group of kids get ready for the day. The story all starts on a fine May day, and everything is fine until Angel was kidnapped by the Erasers which are half-human half-wolf according to genetics. So the Flock starts on the journey in search for Angel. Do they have to save the world? That's pretty much of a big picture question throughout the whole series, but there are hints ahead of you to go do so.
        The Flock chased against the Erasers for the first time ever and they did the most challenging way to rescue Angel and the flock really did saved her from the School. The flock plus Angel go on to NYC where they prep up for heroism and had to find their real identities; though my first name only appeared in this book, you can see how awesome she and her brother played on the outdoor spring concert. Although the Flock head to the subway train station, the Voice first appreared in Max's mind. Angel got her teddy bear named Celeste (the bear was named after my aunt and one of the good imaginary friends of mine from Llandros' Hybrids, and UPDATE: the brunette from The Selection). After the documents are printed out, the Erasers fight against the Flock and eventually the Flock won over the Erasers. And looks like Angel had a dog named Total.

Episode II: School's Out Forever

        The Flock already headed over to Washington, DC, from where the previous installment left off they once again faced off with the Erasers with... wings. Oh, geesh, that will be more worse than Twilight werewolves and werehog fairies combined. Fang gets hurt and the ambulance take him to the hospital. After the rest, they found Anne Walker. They went to Anne's house (the house is American Victorian style). The Flock got enrolled for private school and they had a very bad, and strict principal like my experience at the first year of middle school with a strict, and forcing behavior. Fortunately, they meet new friends. Fang kissed Lissa while Max looks jealous that she took Sam to the movies on a date. Later, Sam and Max kiss. But about two in a half months later, they rebelled against the private school, so they got expulsed and realized that Anne Walker was the boss after Thanksgiving. They headed off to Florida where Ari steals a GameBoy from a supermarket. The Flock and Erasers headed down to Walt Disney World where they had at least two rides and a signature from "Wolverine" to a kid - I just can't get enough because it's just too cute. The Flock headed over to the lab in Florida (Itex) where Max faces off with anti-Max (Max II) and literally Max defeated Max II, nearly killing her. The Flock happily stayed at the Everglades.

Episode III: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

        A skeleton recovery from Itex has revealed. The Director knew that the DNA-experiments that they made by both the School and Itex were going expired and that they will kill them all by seven in the morning the next day. Fang's blog had some views increasing from twenty to a thousand. Max and the rest of the Flock headed west to Texas where they visited JFK's gravesite and they headed down to the football stadium. It's the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Chicago Bears (both of the teams belong to the National Football Conference Side, so it's the playoffs season especially), but before the game starts, it quickly became recognizable that they were like, "Nah! It was so bad that God forbid us to go there. Let's find someplace else."
        They get out of the stadium, move on with their lives and make plans on how to be hidden cavemen on permanent ground for the rest of their lives, but no - for Fang and Max had their first kiss. The last kiss before the very first official one they had was when Max kissed Fang who was nearly bled-out for a second at the beach. (Remember from The Angel Experiment?) The Flyboys (Metal Erasers) made their first appearance - they had to face-off with Nudge, Gazzy, Angel and Total. Max returned to Dr. Martinez's house, but this time with Fang. They had chocolate chip cookies and examined what was wrong with the chip. The chip was in Max's arm - it was used to be attached on the wing near the beginning of the complete saga. They had the chip out, but the Voice was stuck in Max's head for what can be prevailed throughout the rest of the series or something (Hint: It has to be someone or either somebody).
        Later, the School kidnapped the Flock and then the Flock was placed in hospital beds. Looks like the Flock, Ari and several others survived the termination throughout the first quarter already and stilll counting. Literally, the little old lady comes up and had the vanilla aroma of some fresh-baked cookies. This made the Flock and Ari wonder what to escape... but luckily, Max got the Velcro straps out with superhuman strength like some hybrid bird-man from X-Men. Ari showed up, still lying in bed, saying that the others got killed and that, he and the Flock were the only ones survived through the termination. He revealed that he was Jeb's son. Mad scientists from the School split the world's population in half, but in the 2007 edition of this installment it has six billion people cut into three billion people and it could cut into a billion; well, in my opinion, I believe that there are seven billion people who were going to cut into three in a half billion people and later into still one billion people because this installment takes place fifteen years after 2006 (even though it's now 2022). The Flock failed all of the tests according to ter Borcht; for ter Borcht kidnapped the flock and then he put them to execution. The Flock was in a cage... again on a cloudy night this time. Ari comes to the rescue and saves the Flock. The hybrid DNA-recombinant people begin to separate. There are multiple explosions someplace outside the School, for; they had to go to the snowy mountains and had some food. Fang's blog was viewed by over 28 million people. Max and Fang had to break up and split the group in about a half - Iggy and Gazzy with Fang, and Ari, Nudge, Angel and Total with Max. On Max's side, they had to go to Europe. But Max said England was far away so they had to go to Washington, DC. Fang, Iggy and Gazzy went to Los Angeles on the West Coast. There they find some hot girls in bikinis, it was a bit romantic but cute and that much friendly like. The Flyboys come along; Fang's blog had nearly a billion views and 108 comments. Woah! No way, this blog is crazy and very popular that I wished my blog could have lots of views like Fang. The post before comments tells us that Fang, Iggy and Gazzy face off with the Flyboys and they beat all 200 of them.
        Meanwhile, Max, Nudge, Angel, Total and Ari visited England; then, they flew to France for 30 minutes where they visit Paris and Versailles, and then they go to the castle and see Max II for the next time. Max II?! Oh my gosh, no way. She was resurrected from the presumed dead like Ari from The Angel Experiment (resurrected in School's Out - Forever), Superman from Superman by J. J. Abrams and Black Blazer from SA2 (resurrected in Heroes). Is it that crazy for me to see the first ever female character - Max's "old clone double" revived? It's like the dragon escaping from the mountain in the end of the Desolation of Smaug. Back in LA, Fang, Iggy and Gazzy went to the hotel where they faced off with Flyboys for yet a third time in a row. In the end, they head down south. Back in France, Nudge II showed up for the first time. The Itex plans on trying to make the world a better place by the "By-Half Plan" or the "Re-Evolution Plan" - no more hunger, no more weakness and no more getting sick. They are trying to not make any more worldly problems anymore. The Flyboys take Max, Nudge, Angel, Total and Ari a long interior way to the "secret door". The Flyboys left the five behind, but eventually after all of these fourteen years, Max finally discovered a mom who was turned out to be the director of Itex. Her name was Marian Janssen. A little later, the Voice turned out to be Jeb. Fang's blog had "tons" of views. That was very popular. The email reveals that Max and the half-flock plus Total and Ari were now in Germany (although it was written by Nudge). Fang and his half-flock went on their way to Germany. Did you know that the homeless computer nerd first appeared in The Angel Experiment? His name is Mike.
        Ari writes down the name for the first time from dirt. Max II appears again. Then, ter Borcht showed up again with other people in white labcoats and Marian came along; together they inspect the flock. Marian was going to be the Emperor of the New World Without the Problems and was trying to take over the world. Jeb was revealed to Max that he was her father and that Dr. Martinez was her mother. It was also revealed that Ari's real mom (Jeb's wife) died giving birth to him - so he was revealed that he was Max's half-brother. Last but not least, it was also revealed that Ella Martinez was Max's half-sister. Mara made her first appearance. Max declared that the Flock and the Erasers were the strongest hybrids by far, but Omega eventually showed up when the Director introduced him to Nudge, Angel, Total, Ari and Max. What?! Did you know that Omega was named after E-123 from Sonic Heroes and onward in the mid-2000s. In this version of Omega, he was the same age as Max, has pale brown hair, silvery blue eyes, couple inches shorter than Max and weighs 140 pounds. He and Max face-off in the stage and they fight each other.
        Meanwhile, the blog went still broken due to the overcrowding of lots of people. Fang, Iggy and Gazzy went to Lendeheim, Germany on a cargo plane, even though it was not sunrise yet. The Flyboys found the half-flock so they can fight with them. The sun rises as Max and Omega compete in speed without ever flying, strength (with weights?!), and intelligence, but things went wrong when the real fight-to-the-death begins. And then it was going on the epic turn of the battle of good vs. evil. Ari dies in Max's arms, knowing his life was "expired". This is the second time for Ari being presumed dead or yet the final time being presumed dead. The last time is near the end of the Angel Experiment, but he got resurrected at the beginning of School's Out - Forever. Someone put the fire on the Flyboys from the flaming arrow and then they look useless until they see the flaming statue, and then they were frozen - like "not working joints". The Flyboys went extinct by shortage and electrocution from the net above them. Several rocks flew to several countries - England, Netherlands and Austrailia. The Itex was destroyed and the Director finds out that she was a turtle hybrid and that she was 107 years old (though she looks much immortal - very much similar to a sparkling vampire from Twilight). The Director got arrested by the German police. Next, Fang, Iggy and Gazzy reunite together with Max, Nudge, Angel and Total. They went to the coffee shop in France and together they went back to the beach next. Fang and Max brought back together again for the first time, but Iggy made Max to pull away from Fang. The Flock went to Arizona for an overnight stay with Dr. Martinez and Ella. Jeb showed up during the stay and looks like Magnolia debuted somewhat. After the overnight stay, the Flock came out refreshed and flew into the sunset. A perfect ending indeed, but I overthought that the Flock will be back hopefully and that things won't need to be pretty.

Stay tuned for Part 2! To be continued...

The Princess and the Goblin Book Review

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
What It's Like: Disney's Tangled Meets Tolkien's The Hobbit in the Barbie as Princess and the Pauper twist

        For three whole weeks, I have read this book before. You heard of it before. This story is about a blonde girl with blue eyes who was eight years old. Her name was Irene. She was raised at the nurse's home in the peaceful nursery, until she accidently went up the stairs to meet her great-great-grandmother whose name was the same as herself (her name was also Irene). Eight-year old Irene was more likely to believe that her grandmother was upstairs, but the nurse Lootie didn't believed it. Outside home, Irene meets up with the goblins and Curdie a twelve-year old miner who was the son of Peter Peterson. Together, that seems that it turns out to be a very good story but however, "Princess Irene is in danger from the mountain goblins. Will young Curdie be able to help her in time?"

        Already perfect enough for the next Disney animated film to be adapted from a book - but it should have Irene the Princess to be added into the Princess collection. I wonder why if Elsa and/or Anna from Frozen might be added to the Princess collection in the near future hopefully (if it is a prediction in my opinion). This is the next child heroine read to be perfectly honest with you, but the previous times I read is of Ellen from Ellen Foster, Leslie from Bridge to Terabithia, Susan and Lucy from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, Polly from The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis also, Anne from Anne of Green Gables, Rebecca from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Alice from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Wendy from Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, Dorothy from Wizard of Oz by Frank Braum, and Marie (Clara in the ballet version) from The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann. I mean what can I do to read in my prediction? Is it gonna be the main character of Princess Academy by Shannon Hale or was it going to be child dasmels in distress I'm going to read is Primrose from Hunger Games, Moonchild from Neverending Story or...? Um... I might lean toward Penelope by Marilyn Kaye or Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen. Not sure why I had to decide after this book.
        It's like a mutiple choice pathway like my game I'm not spoiling it until the very point of climax. The secrets are out and I just had enough but... oh another hint for my imaginary friend: last time his favorite color was light brown because I just got my nerdy pillow for Christmas of 2013. The second hint: He's got his own game and it has a multiple choice pathway some of the people think "Oh well, it was very endless and useless that I'm so confused of which pathway to take." I mean seriously, I choose the Pure Hero Side because he can save the kingdom, redeem his own father and keep his promises to his girl of the dreams. It's very a good thing that he was the son of the samurai warrior and the teen novice princess. What?! I revealed two more hints of my imaginary friend. Now that makes four hints: meaning - I had to read two more books of the main storyline.
        What was it going to be? Since the Seahawks won the NFC Championship, I'll go on with the continuation of Maximum Ride, thus having to read the next two installments. Last time I read Maximum Ride was School's Out Forever. It was the sequel to The Angel Experiment and really the first two I read was very awesome that I can eager onto the next book: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports. I already read the sneak preview on the Nook Tablet after Life of Pi by Yaan Martel. Just can't wait to look forward to the next huge thing of my life. If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, I'll read Ender's Game and Where She Went. If the Broncos win, just go to Where She Went already... Here is my list after Princess and the Goblin. It's official:

1. Maximum Ride Episode III: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
2. Maximum Ride Episode IV: The Final Warning by James Patterson
3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (it's already made into film November 2013 that I'll read so badly it's like a priority to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (my time is coming soon...))
4. Where She Went by Gayle Forman (I love If I Stay from last year - it's coming soon to theatres since I checked on behind the scenes on the web. It's coming soon this year to cinemas! So excited! xD I'm looking forward to the sequel since I finished the first installment of the two-parter and I've been dreading on this for too long.)
5. Sequels to Uglies and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Pretties, Specials and Extras were on the way, and Second Summer of Sisterhood, Girls in Pants: Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Forever in Blue: Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood and Sisterhood Everlasting (coming up prior to Enchanted and Nevermore)) (Pretties and Second Summer of Sisterhood is up next halfway through Maximum Ride, Specials and Girls in Pants is after 3/4 of the way there through Maximum Ride, Extras and Forever in Blue is after Angel but Sisterhood Everlasting is after all of the fairy tales and Narnia and prior to Enchanted and Nevermore)
6. Girl in Cage, Princess Academy, Dragons in Our Midst, rest of Merlin trilogy by James Mallory, Love Stargirl (EST. 2000), The Book Thief, Penelope, Undercover and Stardust (not sure where to put in a timeline of the main plot of pure imagination)

        Thank goodness I am not sure why I did it is because of in no particular order whatsoever. Believe me? No, seriously, what is Broke and the Bookish? It's a meme that has those Top Ten Tuesdays posted one top ten every Tuesday for bookish ideas like Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations (e.g. I love the Chronicles of Narnia films for the important part of making me want to read this complete 7-part book series in chronological order after a few years of not worthing it and trying to make my way but with Percy Jackson the movie (The Lightning Theif)... no just no. I loved the book version over a thousand times nine x (over 9000 times) better. It was a really good book series, but with Heroes of Olympus wrapping up progress eight months away from the end, I can still find out that whatever or not, the sequels to the Percy Jackson movie are getting a bit better to be perfectly honest with you), or how about Top Ten Resolution Genres I'm Looking Forward to in 2014 (How about the movie script genre. I already got started on Superman by J.J. Abrams, but last year I read Monster by Walter Dean Myers for school. For fanfics, I am getting to the SU Remake by Julayla but the reader's block stopped me from ever reading it.) I am getting interested in joining in but in order to read lots, you have to read whatever you want in just so to sign-in. I am a great reader, believe me, I just wished I could read the sequels to 2001: A Space Odyssey but nothing worked out for time flew by really fast I could just forget the Contact novel and get into the movie adaptation. The movie is yet worth my time since I was twelve when I got interested in stars and scifi. Nowadays, as it came to a sudden wrap-up, I was like "What the heck is wrong with me?!" for crying out loud that I totally forgot about the tween chic-fic genre. The last time I read before "I So Don't Do Mysteries" was the sequel to "Eleven": "Twelve". I already read it when I was twelve-in-a-half, now I have to read "Eleven" first, reread "Twelve" and then get into the sequels "Thirteen" and "Thirteen Plus One" (that's fourteen).
        I was supposed to read Girl in a Cage, Dragons in Our Midst and Princess Academy and other stuff, not forcing myself to just cheat on the main storyline just so to read Catching Fire (that's what Simone's so freaking annoying me into forcing me to). I literally hated cheating because cheaters never win in the end BTW. I just can't, my time has not come yet. I have to wait until after the end of the Revenge of the Sith to get into the Hunger Games. So what's the point? Are you with me? Agree?
        I watched the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice over the first half of the weekend in between semesters. It was very interesting and seriously way better than the sappy 2005 version from Focus Features. I had never read this book before, but trust me, I will get it read on the Nook Tablet. It's been "sitting on the shelf" for over a year. I watched the movie together with my family for 2 days straight - 3 episodes on a Friday night, 2 episodes on a Saturday afternoon and a finale for a Saturday night (this is my POV). After all of the mini-series, I was like "Oh, thank goodness it's finally over that I was going to finish 'The Princess and the Goblin' by now!" but I just can't for it's too late for the day.
        I had a list of book trailers I already watched before the finale was shown:

1. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Sisterhood #2-4)*
2. Penelope
3. Stardust
4. The Book Thief
5. Ender's Game
6. Maximum Ride Episode III: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
7. Where She Went (If I Stay #2)

*Sisterhood Everlasting is not adapted into film yet. It can wait until 2019.

        Oh my gosh, there's no way to find out how, but who cares about what comes next after this book I'm reviewing? It was definitely not Hunger Games but I'll just let me have a hint: Since the Seahawks were going to the Big Apple, I may wonder if I go try for Ender's Game. It seems to me that it's like an aftermath to 2001: A Space Odyssey and Starship Troopers, for it's a priority to the Hunger Games... oooh, that's nice! Oh I see, now I get it. Thanks for the hint to the Hunger Games aka Ender's Game. It's just a priority believe me. Looks like it's official of what's next after the book I'm reviewing now.

        Okay, back to the review, I finally finished the book today. (SPOILER ALERT: The people went up the mountain due to the waters rising; and that, the goblins became friendly and more good. The last sentence made me want to cringe for a sequel to this book especially.) I didn't know it was the first installment to the Princess Irene and Curdie series, but I already read about the author prior to the story and guess what - The Princess and Curdie was split into four installments. I mean George MacDonald wrote some other stuff like two fantasy books that is just for grownups. I mean who cares about these two books to read. No idea why, but lucky me I heard that trusted grownups had read a book before - it depends on how much they had read it before from a long time ago up until last year. My mom read it before but she didn't know the plot, for she loved it lots and it was recommended for young women. For me, it was very cute that it should be adapted into the next Disney animated film - that would be awesome enough for Mom to go see it. I really do care about Irene and Curdie, but overall, I believe it should be recommended to both boys and girls who had/hadn't read Narnia before - for ages eight and up the back cover says. (I read 3/7 of the way there through Narnia, but it should count as a spinoff to Narnia so 1/2 is alright I think in my opinion.) In conclusion, let's say it's been perfect prior to Prince Caspian I will read. I know the finals are over and I was very relieved that I am done with the tests and everything in it. Thank you and have a nice day! Happy Sunday and hopefully you get your fingers crossed for next week's big event. Go Hawks!

Treasure Island Book Review

        After a break from the long sea voyage, I had read Treasure Island, which is the finale of the summer voyage feature before the merry holiday seasonal winter break goes on to the medeival world when it kicks off with hints of what-not contemporary "love songs", and other extreme fun over winter break. Here's the summary of the plot of the book: Jim and the crew of the Hispaniola go on the voyage to the Isle of the Treasure at the Gulf of Bothnia. He finds Ben Gunn who lived on the island for three years so whatever or not the crew can find the treasure.

        I think that's the very old-fashioned version of Disney's Treasure Planet, even though the sea was compared with space, I guess that the book may be interesting than you think. Thanks for the brief information and hope you'll read a book you may read from the review.

Moby Dick Review

        This is Ishmael who narrates the whole story through. He meets up with Queequeg who was revealed to be part of the reinassance-like royal family and the infamous Captain Ahab. Together with a shipful of the crew, they were going in search for a whale and hopefully it will be one of the famous survival sea stories for you to go with the flow.

        I think that was an epic, but yet a complicated book. It was supposed to be required for college level. I thought that's very interesting, even though it's referenced to media. I got real interest in literature since sophmore year, I am in senior year, and the author did a very well done job of what whales were like in one of the chapters you're going to learn from. If you take cetalogy in college class, you'll like to learn more of whales and one day, you're going to be a marine biologist, and before you know it, you're going to be the next Ishmael. The sentences and the details were very sophisicated word-by-word and it's absolutely a stunning classic page turner, even though it took like three months and two weeks for me to go throughout the whole entire thing (I started on August 13, 2013 and ended on November 25, 2013). Imagine taking time thinking detail-by-detail of breaking into small sections and you definitely will read this book no matter what, because whales come and go as you go into the ocean with others you'll memorize and cherish. And you'll see how good, but very emotional it was in the end. Even though it's sorta confusing, but lucky me, I guess it's okay, so good-ok for me. How about you?

Complete Fairy Tales Review

Dedicated to Once Upon a Time Homecoming week (10/20-26/2013).

        Since homecoming week is coming, let's check this thing out. Fairy tales is not just about Disney versions that's suitable for little kids, but it's all about Grimm's and Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales that is completely PG-13 rated and suitable for teens who were very interested in literature. The double feature came from Barnes and Noble, in which I bought it on May 18, 2012. Did you know that a phoenix hatches from the egg since the beginning of time and flies over the world every century, and that every century a phoenix reincarnates? That's in The Phoenix Bird from Andersen. Did you know that a prince calls out, saying "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair!", so that he climbs up a golden stair? That's in Rapunzel from the Grimm Brothers. Oh, how I do love fairy tales. And over the past summer, I started the Fall River edition of Arabian Nights. It's about the emperor who hear stories from Scheherazade throughout most of the entire time. It's an end-of-year gift from Mom. Did you know that Jack gets the good ol' possessions from the giants' castle on a cloud? He climbed from a beanstalk in which the magic beans grew. Also did you know about the German name of Cinderella? It's Achenputel! It's really a good story, but very long with 387 chapters overall plus hidden bonuses such as Beauty and the Beast.
        Did you know it all starts with The Frog Prince in this version and it ends with The Flea and the Professor? That's very perfect and still well-done for older middle grade and YA. I was very glad and generous that I may have to carry on the legacy of fairy tales to my kids when they turn thirteen. It was very good indeed that it has cool effects and perfect intensity in the story. Did you know that not all stories have happy endings? For example: Romeo and Juliet, it's sad but a good classic and one of the world's most-renown plays of all time. If you're already old enough/mature enough for tragedies, go ahead and think new adventures as a good start for your own journey to the Ultimate Goal. Don't stop believing, because I'm dead serious right now. And seriously, you don't want to put the story down, because you will read this story all night long. One step at a time, every night.

TWO THUMBS UP!!! xD

Thank you and hope you'll have a fantastic week of Once Upon a Time.

Life of Pi Book Review

        It's another one similar to "Castaway '00", except more water. "The Life of Pi" was definitely a recommended "request" for seniors over the past summer, it's the one I used to await for so long, but now it's no pure imagination for it's a survival story of a 16-year old boy named Pi and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

        After a shipwreck and a storm, Pi was left on the lifeboat but he got several animals - RP, a Grant zebra, a hyena, a giraffe and a orangutan. After most of the animals were eliminated from the boat, now comes the challenge for Pi and RP to take on the survival by learning how to survive.

        Since this book has been adapted into film and was nominated Best Picture from the Oscars, it was such a modern classic you will cherish for.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Book Review

ATTENTION: If you're 11 years of age or younger, please get your parents'/guardians' permission before moving on to the book review.



        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

ATTENTION: If you're 11 years of age or younger, please get your parents'/guardians' permission before moving on to the book review.



        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

ATTENTION: If you're 11 years of age or younger, please get your parents'/guardians' permission before moving on to the book review.


        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