Jane Eyre and More...

So I've gotten a lot of nooks read. Finished Trumpeter of Krakow. Weird book. I didn't quite understand it which made it harder to follow.
Also read Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. That was entertaining. I think my favorite character was the clown. He was always there and new exactly what to say it was great.
Finished Jane Eyre as well. I loved that book. I felt so bad for Jane as everything was going to bad for her and then when it looked it was getting better it got even worse. But all good books have happy endings so all turns out right in the end, but still was depressing in parts.
Earlier this week I read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I didn't like it. Scrooge was a weird character who was kind of inconsistent and the whole story was so unbelievable to be placed in England in that time period. I wasn't to fond of it but I'm glad I read it just to say I did.
Just started Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. I love it.  It's an amazing book. It really makes you think about why we do some things and how we get taken advantage of.
Next book is Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Excited to read that.

Well that's the update.

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The Son Of Neptune

Well, finished The Son Of Neptune yesterday. It was really good. Percy lost his memory just like Jason in the first and he ends up at Camp Jupiter, the Roman Half-Blood camp. He learns all kinds of stuff about Rome and the Roman gods. He becomes friends with Hazel, daughter of Pluto (Hades) and Frank, son of unknown god. Frank hopes it's Apollo because of his love of archery, but he ends up with a big surprise. The quest they set out on his to release Death from the clutches of a giant in Alaska, beyond the reach of the gods.  As they go on their quest, Frank and Hazel come clean of their deepest secrets and Percy drinks some magical blood that heals anything and starts getting his memory back. By the end of the book, Percy remembers everything, they save camp Jupiter and they begin to realize that in order to win this war is for both camps to unite and fight along side the gods. The book ends with a huge cliff hanger, so I can't wait for the next one to come out this fall!
Started Inheritance. Kinda confused because I can't remember exactly where Brisingr ended, but I think I figured it out.

That's all folks!!

mlpanichelle

Austen and Book Shopping

Just got back form my vacation out west!! Did some reading. Read a lot of Pride and Prejudice and some of Two Towers. Loved Pride and Prejudice, so glad I finally got through the whole thing. Next book for school is The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly. It was written in 1928 and set around 1200 AD Poland. Story didn't sound very interesting from the synopsis, but we shall see.

As a late Christmas present a friend of mine gave the second book in the Frog Princess series Dragon Breath by E.D.Baker. I have already read but so excited to own it. 

Went to Barnes and Noble today and had a gift card to use up so I bought The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I started The Son of Neptune at the library but never finished it, so I plan to do that this week. The Hunger Games looked really interesting and I've heard really good things about it. And the movie will be coming out in a couple months so I wanted to read the book before I see the movie.

That's really all I've been doing so far. Have several books to finish. And starting a couple others.

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Merry Christmas!!!!

Well of course for Christmas I asked for books :). And I got..... (drum roll please): The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Inheritance by Christopher Paolini and The Lost Stories by John Flanagan!!!!!!!!! Well I can say I've had an exciting Christmas!!
Already started The Lost Stories and so far: AMAZING!!! John Flanagan is absolutely amazing!
Probably won't start Inheritance until I get back from my trip and I have Little Women in e-book format so I am deciding if I will read it that way or wait till I get back for that one too.
I have already read The Lost Hero so I'm not in any hurry to read that one.
Finishing up The Fellowship of the Ring. Good book I really like it. Probably going to bring The Two Towers on my trip.
That's pretty much it.
Merry Christmas!!!!

mlpanichelle

The Shinning Company

Ok so I finished The Shining Company last night.  It was kinda slow and boring and the plot wasn't that interesting so I didn't like it that much. But not a bad book, not a book I would of picked to read myself but it was for school. But its over so I get to move on. Don't know what's next will find out on Monday.

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New Releases!!!

Sooo since the month began 3 new books have come out. Inheritance, number of the Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini, The Lost Stories by John Flanagan, and the first book of The Brotherband Chronicles also by John Flanagan! Very exciting month. The sad part: I haven't read any of them yet! =( but I hope to soon...
Finished The Throne of Fire last week, awesome book I love Rick Riordan.
Also finished the book I was reading for school called the Flames of Rome. It was historical fiction during the reign if Nero when he was persecuting Christians. Great book I loved it. The author has written other christian historical fiction and I really want to read more by him. It definitely is a young adult book, for the content. A lot of stuff not for younger kids. But great book none the less.
I finally got The Power of Six book 2 of the Lorien Legacies. It followed Four and Six as they run away from the Morgadorians and find a way of meeting up with the other numbers. It also follows Seven as she tries to train herself in Spain. It was a goos read and I can't wait fir the next one to come out in the spring.
Now for school I'm reading The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff. So far it's kinda boring but I'm not that far into it. I don't really know what the plot is yet either but it's for school so I don't have much of a choice in the matter.
That's all folks!
mlpanichelle

School Reading

So....not much reading has been done lately....school officially started and I just finished the first book for English. A cute book call Pictures of Hollis Wood by Patricia Reilly Giff. I liked it a lot. Hollis Wood is a twelve year old orphan girl and an amazing artist, who is by almost every one a trouble maker. Until she spends a summer with the Regans. And there she gets the chance to become part of the family, but last minute she changes her mind and she runs away again. She gets put into a home with an elderly lady named Josie. But Josie forgets things and that threatens Hollis' chance of staying with her. It alternated from "Time with Josie" and "pictures." Each picture was a memory from the summer with the Regans. So it follows Hollis through her stay with Josie as she remembers the life she could of had with the Regans. Very good book, I really liked  it. 
I also recently started reading The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles book 2 by Rick Riordan). So far, amazing. Same Riordan style that everyone loves. Haven't finished it quite yet but I am deep into the plot. This one follows Carter and Sadie as they find away to wake up the sun god Ra. And they got a five day deadline, with more than one group of people trying to kill them. Usual Riordan story, but still amazing. It has some new characters which everyone will love and they go to new places that you would never guess to find Egyptian mythology stuff. Great read!
I also recently was given The Lord of the Rings trilogy box set in hardback!!! I was so excited I started reading Fellowship of the Ring immediately. I had read the first two before, but I don't remember much and I thought it would be better to start over then start in Return of the King. Tolkien does write slow and details EVERYTHING, it still has a great moving story. The Fellowship of the Ring I believe has the most differences between the book and the movie in the whole trilogy. And you really don't know the whole story unless you read the book! Highly recommended!!
Still haven't finished Wuthering Heights. But that's OK, I will get there again......someday....maybe. Haha just kidding. I will finish it before the year is over, hopefully. Also getting from the library is one of the original Beauty and the Beast versions EVER. It was written in the early 1700's in French, and I need it for my essay I'm writing for school this year. So I'm going to be reading that too.
OK I think I'm all caught up now!


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