Ending Series and Starting New Ones...

So, within the last month and a half I've read 8 books. Mostly from this new series I found called The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. The first one, City of Bones, introduces Clary a normal girl who starts seeing things not so normal; Jace, a Shadowhunter and extremely attractive and obnoxiously self-centered , all around a real jerk, and several other people who are less important. It follows them as Clary and her friend Simon learn about angels who created the Shadowhunters, demons, who the Shadowhunters protect the earth from, and the downworlders (vampires, fairies, werewolves, ect.). Awesome story, I loved all of them. As of the beginning of May there are five book. Originally there was only going to be three, because she advertised it as a trilogy. The third did end it, but then she decided to do another plot line with the same characters so then came The City of Fallen Angels and The City of Lost Souls. The fifth ended with a real cliff hanger and Clare already plans for the sixth to come out in the fall. Really excited about that, I am totally addicted to this series. I was awake till 3 am on a regular bases reading this series, loved them.
Also, finished Screwtape Letters. Awesome in a really creepy and disturbing way. Makes you think really hard about why people do things and how easily we are influenced. Good read, C.S. Lewis is an amazing author.
Another series I found is The Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth. It is really similar to Hunger Games but totally different at the same time. It is based in the future, and the city is split into five "factions": Dauntless (the fearless and brave), Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the truthful) and Erudite (the intelligent). They each have roles in society and each person is born into their faction. At 16 they take a test to see where they should be and they can choose to remain in their faction or change to another one. The main character Tris is form Abnegation, but is tired of everything that they are supposed to do. It's a good story. I like it alot. The second book, Insurgent just recently come out, but I haven't gotten a hold of a copy yet to read it. Hope to soon though.
So, just tonight I finished Inheritance. I have mixed emotions about. I'm not the biggest fan of the series or author, or most of the characters, but Paolini did manage to make it an interesting book half way through. The first half was slow, then it went really fast up till the last fifth of the book when it should of ended, but he kept it going tying up all the loose ends really slowly. Like any other book or series, I'm kinda depressed it's over, but I'm not sure how much more I could take of Eragon and his crazy plans or Nasuada being all self-centered and what not. It's over and I know how it ended. I'm good.

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Hunger Games!!

So really all I have been reading lately is the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. I loved them, an amazing story. Though her writing technique is not the best (I mean several typos and added words to make the sentence make no sense at all!), Collins can write a really good story. The three books, Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, are written from main character Katniss's point of view. It's all present tense, which makes some sentences a little awkward, but it works. It is based in the future North America Continent, and the Capital has total control over the surrounding 12 districts. The Capital is evil. Period. about 75 years before the first book there was a rebellion against the Capital, which the capital won, destroying District 13 in the process. Now the Capital holds annual Hunger Games to remind the people that they are in control. The Hunger Games are a fight to the death between 24 children between the age 12-18. Last one standing wins. It's horrible and the story follows Katniss and her new friend Peeta through the games. Between all three books, there is not any good ending, to the books to the chapters, until Mockingjay. The story never stops it just goes and goes and goes. Awesome story, highly recommended, a great read!

Well, that's pretty much it.

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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!!

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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!!!!

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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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