Divergent by Veronica Roth

Hi,

So I just finished Divergent and I loved it. The plot summary follows a girl named Beatrice. There are four factions in this world; Amity, Dauntless, Abnegation and Erudite. There is this event that happens when Beatrice or "Tris" has to decide what faction she belongs to. And then the story goes into her journey in that faction.
I personally hated Erudite, but I thought I was Divergent. Divergent is someone who has more than one faction trait.
But the whole time while I was reading this book my heart was racing, I could not put it down. Beatrice was amazing and I loved Four! Veronica Roth is really good at characterization.
I defiantly recommend this book for you to read. I can't talk much about this book without giving things away.
I gave this book a 5 out of 5 stars on goodreads. I think everyone should read the book before seeing the movie or just read it in general.

Happy reading!
-Elizabeth

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K. Rowling

Hi,

   So I know most if not everyone who reads this post know who and what Harry Potter is. I mean of you haven't, come crawl out of your rock and join us in this fabulous world of wizardry. 

   As you know September 1, is the journey where the Journey begins, Harry starts school at Hogwarts. 

   I finished this book last week and it was 10 times better than the movie. And that's a lot to say seeing that the movie was amazing! I always had my face buried into it and read for hours. I thought it was such a fun and exciting read! I mean there are a lot of wizard books out there but not a lot of them are as good as Harry Potter. 

   I myself grew up with Harry Potter so it feels good to rewind in time and take a visit in memory lane. Reading this book made me feel like a little Kid again and that was great. 

  So of course I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars. Seeing the movie first defiantly was fun because when I was reading I could here the accents and tone of voice in my head and it just made things pop so much. 

   I think J.K. Rowling has a good sense of imagery in this book because even if you haven't seen the movie you could picture what the place looked like. 

    I really recommend this book, all ages can read it.

Happy reading

-Elizabeth

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

This post is a little late....

But,

Hi,

This book was great, I thought the world and all the characters were intriguing! all the way from beginning to end I was hooked. I loved the romance in it and I love the different creatures. This book is mainly set around a girl names Karou. She lives with chimaera and has to do task for a guy named Beimstone. On her journey she learns a lot of stuff and meets new people.. Or should I say things! In the end of the book there is a huge story twist and it comes to a shock. This book is a longer one, but defiantly shouldn't be any shorter. I can't wait to read the second book in this series, so far I know of only three, and two of them are out already. I defiantly recommend this book to someone who can read strange things. I also recommend this book for teens on up because it has some profanity in it and well other things too. This book defiantly made me feel the feels. I gave it a 4.5 out of 5 stars, it lost a half a star because sometimes should would just jump around a bit too much. 

Happy Reading

-Elizabeth 

HARRY POTTER MARATHON HAS STARTED!

The time has finally come, the Harry Potter marathon has come! I am so excited to go on this amazing journey and hop into the magical world of Hogwarts! The first book I will be obviously starting off with is Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. After I have read the book I will watch the movie. after I have done that I will write a post on my thoughts and everything else evolving it. One of my friends are participating in this with me so I hope you can too! Get on the express train 9 3/4 and let's visit Harry's life as a wizard! Ready....Set...Go!

P.S. The marathon doesn't really have a end date, it pretty much ends when you finish the series. For some it will be sooner than others, and that's ok. This will take me a little while because I currently have to read another book for English class and I want to read other books as well, but I will still be doing frequent post till I am done. I hope this encourages a lot of people to read more, because I think it's a fun experience to finish a new book. 

Happy reading! Good Luck!

-Elizabeth 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I now have a book hangover everybody! If you don't know what a book hangover is than I will tell you. It is when you read a book that was so good that you no longer want to read another books or you can't stop talking about it. I tried reading this books while back but went through the first chapter and couldn't get through it. But then I borrowed the audiobook from the library and read it and should I say people weren't lying when they said it was good.  I was defiantly feeling every emotion and got Geary eyed a bit. My favorite character is Effie Trinket, she is so amazing, funny and just... GREAT! Suzanne Collins defiantly did a good job with the first book, seeing as that most of the time the first book is just the beginning and isn't always the best. If you have been living under a rock and don't know what The Hunger Games is about than you will find out in this post. Now in the book it introduces a young girl named Katniss Everdean. The story is told in her perspective and through her eyes. Katniss is from Distric twelve and they are the cole district, unfortunately, they aren't the wealthiest district, so she has to provide for her family after her father died in the mines. 

There is this thing called the "Hunger Games" (obviously). What it is is when everyone gathers around and the capital pulls out two names from each district, a boy and a girl. If you win the Hunger Gmes than you get wealth, fame and a better life. When the day comes of the reeling, Katniss's sister, Prim, get's nominated for the games. But Katniss instead volunteers in her sisters place, them a boy gets called, Peeta Melark. And so the Games begin and the romance flys. 

When it comes time for the games everyone comes together to watch it on screens, like a reality TV show. But it isn't as easy for the contestants. They have to do interviews, practice and try to get sponsors. When the bell rings it's time to fight. Every player meets in a place called the cornucopia. In order to win the games you have to be the last one standing, which means you have to fight to the death. And the famous saying "May the odds be ever in your favor!"

I absolutely loved every inch of this book, it kept my attention from beginning to end. The games were so interesting and sometimes gruesome, I feel the author made the characters seem very smart. I'm sure after reading this I could have a chance surviving ( just joking). I defiantly recommend this book, if you haven't read it yet. And if you have READ IT AGAIN!

May the odds be ever in your favor and Happy reading!

-Elizabeth 

Behold the "the girl who's on fire!"

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Hi,

May I just say that I have found my favorite book of the year! This book is magnificent! The book has a wide range of beautiful well done drawing, but lots of text as well. I loved this book so much I finished within a couple hours between two days. I put all my homework aside and had to read this book! In the book it talks about a boy named Hugo Cabret who is young. His father past away so he is left to his uncles care, but their is something that goes along with that, he has to work the clocks. He is good at what he does, but then he meets a young girl Isabel and falls into the epic adventure. Before Hugo's dad dies, his father finds an automaton. His father than past away in a fire and acquires the piece of machine and sets out to fix it. He meets loads of new people and learns many things. This book is very interesting it had me reading in class instead of listening. This book is very easy to read seeing that it has many pictures and small pages. While I was reading this book I fell in love with Hugo, he is just an inspirational character and very interesting.  I also fell in love with some of the drawing, like the one with the moon with the rocket in it's eye. I have seen the movie and it follows the book very well, it as well is one of my favorite movies. I deffinatly recommend to you this book. I feel anyone can read this book, whether they like to read this book. Being a world history fan, I loved learning about old films in this movie, like the first movie ever was just a train coming into the station.

Happy Reading!
-Elizabeth

City of Bones Movie to Book Adaptatin by Cassandra Clare

Hi,

     So last Friday I went and saw City of Bones with my friend. Now the movie was so so good and I would definitely see it again, but.....they left out a lot. Now I forewarn you that there is going to be a lot of spoilers for you in this post if you have not yet read or seen City of Bones. I absolutely loved the book it was great, the action was good, the pace was good and I just had a good time reading it. There was obviously a lot that went on in the book, because it is pretty thick. And the movie was long as well, a little over three hours. But in the movie they made the demons look so good, I mean they actually looked real and you could see them turning into something demonic on screen, it was great! But Jace and Clary didn't have a lot of romance in the movie. I mean it was portrayed that they obviously like each other but in the book it was so much more. And also one thing I liked was that they kept a lot of Alek moments from the book. Plus Simon was beautiful, coming from a girl, may I just say he is smoking hot! His character was great, he made me love Simon even more than in the book. One thing they did in the movie is combine some things from the second book, City of Ashes with the first, which doesn't make sense to someone who read the book, but makes sense to someone who hasn't. There were a few parts that were cheesy and slowed down too much, but other than that I was on the edge of my seat, it was excellent! I gave the movie 5 stars because it all looked so real and the affects we're outstanding! I definable recomend you go see if you read the book or not because you will not regret it! 

Happy reading!

-Elizabeth