Sunday, September 25, 2011

Inkspell By: Cornelia Funke

Synopsis
 A year has passed, but not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life. For the fire-eater Dustfinger, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller to read him back, he abandons his apprentice Farid and plunges into the pages. Before long, Farid and Meggie are caught inside the book, too. But the story is much changed-and threatening to end tragically.
Review
   Before I begin *Spoiler alert* please if you have not read Inkheart the first book, do NOT read this review it will contain information on Inkheart.
   Inkspell continues on with the story of Inkheart a year later, Meggie, Mo (Silvertongue), and Resa all back at Elinor's house, but before long Dustfinger finds a way to get into the book. Leaving Farid behind he reaches out to Meggie, who can also read things out of books, seeing as she longed to see Inkheart as well, Meggie reads them both in.
   The plot is quiet exciting with many new characters and old characters in the world of Inkheart. Some expected-yet surprising romances.  The only thing that I didn't like about Inkspell was the telling and not so much showing like Inkheart, other than that I loved this book.
   Other little things that I really liked are the quotes on every chapter, the map of the Inkworld, and the Character index I guess you could call it, describing the important characters of the book.
   I give Inkspell a 4.5, because it is truly and Inkspell.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Beautiful by Amy Reed

Synopsis
When Cassie moves from the tiny town where she has always lived to a suburb of Seattle, she is determined to leave her boring, good-girl existence behind. This is Cassie’s chance to stop being invisible and become the kind of girl who’s worth noticing.

Stepping into her new identity turns out to be easier than Cassie could have ever imagined…one moment, one choice, changes everything.

Cassie’s new existence both thrills and terrifies her. Swept into a world of illicit parties and social landmines, she sheds her virginity, embraces the numbness she feels from the drugs, and floats through it all, knowing that she is now called beautiful. She ignores the dangers of her fast-paced life…but she can’t sidestep the secrets and the cruelty.


Cassie is trapped in a swift downward spiral tinged with violence and abuse, and no one—not even the one person she thought she could trust—can help her now.
Review
  This is the story of how sassy Cassie steps into her new identity with some help from her "friend" Alex. Narrated by Cassie herself (which I think was BRILLIANT) Reed does not fail to show us the vivid picture, the raw emotions and the all to real plot. It's amazing how anyone that is or was a teen can relate to this in some way, trying to get rid of their goodie-goodie reputation or trying to get rid of their drug addict one. Definitely an amazing read! I truly recommend this book to all teens.
 I give this book a 5 out of 5! (:

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Favorite Authors

Here are some of my favorite authors of all time, along with some of their famous titles.
Sarah Dessen with The truth about forever, which I absolutely loved, and will be reviewing later on..

Jerry Spinelli with StarGirl and Loser, which are honestly two of my favorite books.

Maggie Stiefvater with the amazing Wolves of mercy falls series, actually I started this blog after reading Shiver to share my love for the book (:

Cornelia Funke with the Inkheart trilogy. Honestly I fell in love with reading when I read Inkheart, it was one of my first thick chapter books.

And of course, the famous Roald Dahl with Matilda<3 my favorite book ever. The BFG a book too cute, and the Fantastic Mr. Fox.