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Wake (A Watersong Novel), Amanda Hocking

India

Wake Bookcover

“Come now weary traveler, I’ll lead you through the waves. Worry not, poor voyager, for my voice is the way”

In Wake by Amanda Hocking, a young girl named Gemma is forced to make a life changing decision. Gemma is young girl in  sea town who loves to swim. She swims so much that she feels best when in the water and feels one with the water. It is her affinity for the water that she attracts the attention of the “pretty” girls in town. It turns out the pretty girls in town aren’t pretty inside and out, and there’s a lot more to them than anyone knows. What the people of this sea town do know is that since they showed up, boys have gone missing and everyone is drawn to them without knowing why.

Honestly I did not enjoy this book one bit. The best part about it was the side love story that was happening with her older sister. I thought the book was really confusing in trying to figure out the mystery of the pretty girls. Only instead of being twists and turns and a curve ball, it was just weird. It wasn’t a very difficult read, and didn’t take very long other than the fact that I didn’t want to read it. I personally don’t reccommend this book, but she has written a lot of them, so they must be good to others, so I wouldn’t want to knock anyone else from trying it. Until next time,
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Road Trip!

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With my last year of undergrad starting it was time for me to take the road trip back up to Pittsburgh. When ever I start a trip, I always try and think of what books can I bring. With a twelve hour road trip, I knew I was going to need to work on  something. On this trip I brought both of JK Rowling’s new books, the non Harry Potter ones, but I didn’t get very far. I ended up sleeping most of the time, which isn’t bad. I know some people say that can’t read in the car because it makes them sick. I know for me it’s a great way to pass the time. You get lost in the world of the book and then next thing you know it’s been a few hours and it’s time for you to drive again. I never got into the audio book thing. Maybe it’s because I’m a visual person and I would zone out of the book and miss a few pages. I don’t know. What do you do for road trips?! Until Next time,

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Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices), Cassandra Clare

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ClkwkPrince cover

Cassandra Clare just loves to make me have to keep reading her books. Tessa, Will, and Jem are at it again and now there is so much more going on in London. There are unanswered questions about The Magister, of who he is, where he is, and why is he doing the things that he’s doing. Tessa is falling more and more in love with Will and Jem, and Will is doing what he can to push her away. The fate of the Institute and how it is run is put into question and more details about Will’s past is put into the forefront. Also The Lightwoods’ with all of their pure bred breeding turn out not to be so pure as well.

I honestly don’t want to give more of it away! It is amazing as usual and it captivated me from beginning to end, so much so that as soon as I was done with it I used my meager college money and bought the next one, Clockwork Princess, almost immediately when I was done. There are so many unexpected journeys in this book, and surprises that you want to know what happens next all the time making it impossible to put down. I highly recommend this book and all of the others as well. Until Next Time,
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Video Blogging…!…?

India

So, I’m thinking that I need to start a YouTube channel. Maybe that will help me out. I’m terrible at getting the word out about my blog. So, maybe bringing it to the sort of non reading world will help out my case. It’s kind of awkward because I’ve never shown my face until now, but I’ll try to get over it. Look for it in my tweets @90sbornreader our find my youtube page… also 90sbornreader. It will take some time to really build up my youtube page, but my blog took the same amount of time. Thanks! Check out my first post here!

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The Hunger Games: Movie vs. Book

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I have had the great fortune of seeing The Hunger Games movie twice. Both times I loved it. Finally I believe a production company did what was expected of them when it came to bring a book to life for the viewers, the readers, and those who have not read the book, hopefully yet.There was not a major part of the book left out, the characters exemplified exactly what I thought of them. The casting people did a great job of finding a hear throb in both Gale and Peeta, and Katniss continued to be a badass.

For my friends who had not read the book though, there were some questions to them that did not get answered in the movie, where for the rest of us it was easy to fill in the pieces. Some of the questions included, “Wait, they said there were 13 districts, but only 12 are in The Hunger Games. What happened to the 13th?” That question is of course a legitimate question because it’s not truly answered in the movie itself. Another questions “Why do they keep flashing to Gale when Katniss and Peeta establish their relationship”. Once again a minor detail that was not really  explained, but something that could be assumed. Lastly “Why is Katniss yelling at her mother”. That one did not happen as much because it was kind of explained, but the reason for her mother’s deterioration, as I told them would later be explained in a different book. This has been one movie recently where I want to continuously spend my money to go see it. I think that it’s really special for there to be a character that you want to emulate in your every day life. Someone who is willing to sacrifice and do what ever it takes to be there for those she loves even when the circumstances could mean her emanate death.

If you can’t tell already, I highly recommend this movie and this book to everyone. It is definitely one of those rare cases where it does not matter if you read the book first or not, but if you have not read the books it will make you want to buy them immediately and get to reading. Don’t forget to check out my posts on the other books an some other issues that have come from the casting of this movie.

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