Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The Inquisition by Taran Matharu

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This book was pretty good. I think I preferred the first book because it was more action-packed.  However, I did find the court trial process interesting. I like how Acturus through holes in Didric's whole story and completely discredited him. I thought that Inquisitor Rook was a good villain. The way he surprised Acturus and Fletcher with another trial immediately after Fletcher was about to regain his freedom surprised me. At the end of the second trial it was a slight surprised me to find out that Fletcher was born a noble of the Raleigh family. I thought his heritage was going in a completely different direction. Even though everyone thought he was the bastard son of Lord Faversham, I thought he was going to be the bastard son of Lady Faversham, in all honesty. Boy was I wrong. I'm glad I was though. I think the best part about his book was that I didn't have to reread the first book to remember what all happened either that or the ending. I can't believe that the prisoner was actually Lady Raleigh, Fletcher's mom. Rufus was so sure that was his mom. It made me really happy for Fletcher. That was the biggest shock. I remembered thinking in the first book, "What the hell, happened to Jefferey? Fletcher and him seemed like they got along so well and would be such good friends." Then he came into the second book and it was a little shocking. He only showed up once in the first book and now he is kind of a main character... To find out it was all because he hated the dwarves and the elves and was trying to start a Civil War. Damn. That was the second biggest shock. Fletcher's trues heritage had to of been the third biggest shock. All and all, I can't wait to tread the third book. To find out what happens to Fletcher and his mom. As well as, what is with that prophecy they told...

Monday, December 10, 2018

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

I only read this because I loved the movies so much. I thought that the book itself dragged on. It wasn't terrible, but I had to read over some parts more than once. I was told that there was a good chance that I would hate it because of the fact that it's mostly walking, but I'm glad I finished it. I enjoyed the ending though. My favorite part is when Gollum and Bilbo have a riddle-off. I just like Gollum as a character because of his selfishness and the way he talks. "How did we lose it, my precious?"

Monday, December 3, 2018

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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I immediately fell in love with Cath. I could easily put myself in her shoes. The overall story was good. It kept me guessing on what was going to happen. I thought she was going to end up with Nick, but she ended up with Levi. That came to me as a shock. I didn't even suspect that Nick was just using Cath for her writing. I loved that she included excerpts of the fanfiction that Cath and Cath and Wren wrote as well as excepts of the Simon Snow books. I thought Wren was really selfish and mean as a character. Especially toward her sister. I didn't like how she would make fun of Cath for writing fanfiction and then come to find out she kept up with all the fanfiction she wrote and looked forward to it. Now Reagan is a great roommate to Cath. Supporting her, when they saw Levi making out with some random girl. As well as not allowing Levi into their room even though they are best friends because Cath asked for it.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Legendary by Stephanie Garber

This book was just as amazing as the first. I really felt like the author brought me into the game with each book. This book was different from the last one and I liked it. But it had similar qualities. I like how the author changed the main character from Scarlett to he sister Tella. The author kept me on my toes as well. I was able to guess parts of the book but other parts i was wrong about. The ending was an overall shock. But it was extraordinarily well-written and different. It made me like it even more. These books bring you into a different world. One of magic and deception. You get brought into the world of Caraval... But its only just a game.

Stardust by Neil Gaimen

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I watched the movie before I read the book. I didn't know that there was a book for it and when I found out I was elated. I fell in love with the world of Stardust because my brother wanted to watch and we both thought it was an amazing movie. I bought the book and read it. There was so many things the movie changed or didn't cover. I didn't know that the wall was an entrance to the Realm of Faerie. Things actually made a little more sense. They allowed people over to go the market when the market was going on. These are just some examples. Overall I liked the book better then the movie. It was very well-constructed. And even though I knew the jist of what was going to happen, I still never wanted to put the book down. But I enjoyed the ending in the movie better. It had a cuter ending.

The Crown by Kiera Cass

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I fell in love with the series at book one when America and Maxon was going through the Selection process. For an add-on series(?), I thought it was pretty amazing. Parts had me guessing what was going to happen next, but when I read "The Heir" I immediately knew that Eadlyn and Erik were going to end up falling in love and I'm glad they did. Throughout the whole series the author has made me feel like I was apart of the characters' fairy tails. She even made me want to have my own fairy tail again.