BookWormin'

This is an amazing book.  I could say it's about war, or writing, or stories, or truth.  There's a lot of all those things.  But mostly, it really is about the things they carried, the soldiers. When I was looking for a book to read, my grandpa pulled this one off of a bookshelf.  He told me, "It's not just about what they carried on their backs.  It's what they carried in here," he gestured to his head, "and in here," and his heart.  There's really no better way to describe it than that. However, here is the description offered on the back of the book: "They carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated Bibles, each other.  And, if they made it home alive, they carried unrelenting images of a nightmarish war that history is only beginning to absorb."

      Throne of Glass is the story of a female assassin named Celaena Sardothien, the most notorious assassin in Erilea.   She is taken from her place in prison by the Crown Prince of Adarlan, the main conquering force of Erilea.  Dorian Haviallard, the prince, offers her a deal.  If she competes in a competition as his champion, she will be freed from the terrible prison after four years in the king's service.  Celaena agrees.        From there, the story follows Celaena as she re-trains her body and becomes a great assassin once again.  She competes in the contest to be the King's Champion along with twenty-three other people of various criminal professions, all while hiding her own identity. Celaena trains with Chaol, the captain of the guard, in the mornings, and rarely sees the prince except for during the trials.  Her bond with Chaol is predictable, as well as with the attractive prince.  This is where my iss...

One of my history assignments a while ago was to read The Scarlett Letter.  This story is definitely a highly referenced story, and I think everyone's heard at least a little about it, but I didn't read it until it came up for history.  The story was good, although some of the older books are hard to read because of the complete difference in vocabulary and writing style.  Overall, I liked this book and would recommend it for a read if you haven't already, but it probably won't be one that I'll be re-reading anytime soon.

I don't do well, at all, blogging with a schedule.  If I say I'll post something "next week" chances are it doesn't show up for a month or two.  I'm so skilled in procrastination that it's hard to do anything at all with a deadline.  :) Usually for the new year, I promise to post more often.  That hasn't worked in past years, so all I'm going to say is that I'm going to try and read more often; maybe write up a quick summary and my opinion, at least one paragraph, per book.  I'll find more authors to put on my  author's page  and I'll keep track of the books on the  book page .  I also have a nifty checklist that I'm going to try and check off throughout the year. On top of the checklist, I'll be adding a new page to the blog: My 2015 Reading List.  As of January 1st, every book I read will go onto the list.  The ones I feel like blogging about will have a link to the post about that book, the ones I don't feel ...

This isn't going to be like my usual posts, where I sort of summarize the book, because that means MAJOR spoilers.  So here's my overall impression. While reading the book, I was totally captivated.  I read for two and a half hours straight, until the book was finished.  Let me tell you.... oh my gosh!! Percy is sassy.  Annabeth is awesome.  Sadly, they didn't have chapters in this story.  However, it was nice to see them getting a break.  They're sixteen, just came back from Tartarus, and still have to save the world.  While I was sad not to see their perspectives, I understand, and think it works better for the story. Jason is a hero.  Piper is too.  I like to think of "Jasper" as the golden children.  They seem so... the word I'm looking for isn't perfect because they have their problems, but it's close to perfect, and it's unbelievable.  I guess I just relate to them less than I do Percy and Annabeth, and so I didn't ...

I don't know if you are aware, but Blood of Olympus, the fifth book in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan, is in bookstores as of tomorrow!  I am so excited, but so nervous, but so excited! To fill the remaining 7 hours before October 7th, and then the extra 13 hours after that until I can actually get the book, I'm going to share with you all my worries about the plot, my thoughts on the book cover, what I wish for the characters, and my anxiety about waiting! Ever since The Lost Hero was released, I've always been anxious about the next book in the series.  Blood of Olympus is no exception.  If anything, I'm more anxious because it's the last book in the series and things were not looking bright when we left The 7 in House of Hades.  I've heard rumors that one of the 7 will die, I've heard rumors that two of the 7 will die.  I've heard rumors that everyone dies.  It's nerve-wrecking. Let's address the most obvious worry he...

In honor of the Maze Runner movie, which comes out in the United States on September 19th, I've decided to review the book and sum it up for those of you who plan on seeing the movie first.  This is most definitely a book I have read before, three times actually, so I like to think I know what I'm talking about. One of the great things about this book is that it's all narrated from the main character Thomas's point of view.  This is also an annoying aspect of the book because when we first meet Thomas, he's 99.9% clueless about what is going on.  So we learn things and meet people as Thomas does. From what I've heard (thanks to interviews with the cast and such being on YouTube), we can expect the same viewpoint in the movie, learning things as Thomas learns them.  If you haven't read the book, prepare for total confusion-slash-curiousity. The book starts off with a boy (Thomas) who is trapped in a metal box.  He doesn't know how he got there, he do...