Ranger's Apprentice Over?!?!?!?!?!

Ok, got Emperor of Nihon-Ja in the mail today and I immedietly read the synopsis is the side flap cover. The two things I took from it is 1) Halt will not be in this book and 2) this is the last book in the series!!!!!! I really really really hope it is not the last, I still think that Will should get his own apprentice, which would be amazing! Even if this is the end of the Ranger's Apprentice Epic, John Flanagan is coming out with a book in October called The Lost Stories. It will still be considered part of the series but it is a bunch of stories from in between all the books including more about Halt and Will's relationship, Alyss and hopefully some of Horace. I am excited for that one, but still wishing the series would not end. I did start it and I can confirm that Halt is in it (YAYYYYY!!!!) but to exactly how everything goes and turns out, I (and you) can only read and see.......

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Ranger's Apprentice book 10: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja is out!!!!!

So yesterday I had a little celebration. The Emperor of Nihon-Ja is out in stores. I bought it last night off of amazon and expecting the package on Saturday!! I can't wait! 

In the past week, I finished Halt's Peril and Emma. I love both of those books despite the drastic differences between them. 

Started The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice #3). Since I read the second I figured I should finish that section of the series. Maybe I will get through this one and The Battle for Scandia before I get the 10th. ;)

Well, nothing exciting really besides the release of that and the 2nd Kane Chronicles book is coming out very soon! Hoping to read that one too!

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Beauty and the Beast Galore!!!!!

Ok, finished Blank Confession, two days after starting it. It was a short book and I really liked it. Definitely for teens and adults, because of the topics in it, but it is not a bad book.
Started Beast imedietly after finished Blank Confession. It took me a little bit longer to get through, but it was pretty good. It was fascinating how the beast was so much like the lion he looked like. Napoli did an amazing job with it. Again not for kids under 13.
Saturday night, I went to Barnes and Nobel and bought Beastly by Alex Finn. The movie has just recently been released in theaters and I'm hoping to see it soon. The book was fantastic (I finished it last night after starting it yesterday morning), I really liked it. It's written from main character, Kyle's point of view. In the beginning he is the biggest jerk ever! but he gets so much better. Even though I haven't seen the movie I can already tell one difference: the book describes him as hairy with claws and fangs, in the movie he just has scars and tattoos all over his body. Not a big deal, but still. I loved the book and can't wait to see the movie.
For school, I'm reading Emma. I spent most of Friday reading it and got 35 chapters into it, got 20 more to go....I like the story a lot. I've seen the movies so it's not too confusing. Emma has a lot more dialog in it then some of Jane Austen's other novels, which I like a lot. Need to finish it soon then I can get working on Beowulf.
At night when I'm not reading for school, I'm reading Halt's Peril. Just kinda waisting my time till Ranger's Apprentice #10: Emperor of Nihon-Ja comes out (April 19th). Just can't wait!!

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Library Trip

OK, been a while, but haven't been doing much reading. I finished Vampire Diaries. It is such a strange book, I seriously can't make up my mind on it. There is so much mystery and old myth going on its hard to keep track, not to mention the constant twists in the story. It is reasonably well written and I like it, just a little shaken after reading it.
Over vacation this past week I started Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. A timeless classic, one I haven't gotten the chance to read yet. I love the movie and the book it written beautifully, but it is a very slow read and can get boring easily because of the little dialog, which I tend to be fond of. She doesn't describe the scenery much, but the characters shes goes into full detail about them, even if it takes the whole book to finish.
From the library today, I got Blank Confession by Pete Hautman and Beast by a Donna Jo Napoli. Started Blank Confession this afternoon. Its about a kid named Shayne Blank who walks into a police station and confesses to killing someone. It goes back and forth from him and the detective to the story told from a kid named Mikey's point of view. Its confusing and a little weird, but the story seemed interesting and I like it so far. Beast is the story "Beauty and the Beast" with a twist. Napoli has written several books and all of them are old stories from over a thousand years ago retold with her personal twist. I am a huge fan of Beauty and the Beast and just had to read it.
Though I haven't read much recently, I'm trying to pick up on it, I miss my books. =)

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Looking Back on Ranger's Apprentice

OK, so about a week ago I finished The Burning Bridge (book 2 of the Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flanagan). I have read at least once before (maybe twice) and it's definitely my favorite out of the series, closely followed by the ninth. Gillan is a bigger character, and Halt (sadly) is a little bit smaller of a character then most would think him, and Flanagan introduces a new character: Evenlyn. A servant girl, whose mistress has been killed, that Horace, Gillan and Will run into in Galica, though Gillan isn't so quick to entirely believe her story. This continues straight from the first after the fight with the Kalkara to the battle against the Wargals.
Got the second volume of the Vampire Diaries from the library last Monday. Getting through it kinda slow, but it's an interesting book. Looking forward to finding out how it ends. 

Pegasus

Finished Pegasus last Thursday. Would of posted something then, but I was in Jamaica, so I couldn't. Well, now I'm home and can write. Pegasus took me a while to get through. I had slight problems following the plot, or even figuring out the plot. In the synopsis she leads for one plot then she starts a different plot in the beginning of the book, then that turns out to be just a bunny trail then continues with the original plot, but doesn't explain why some things are happening. And things happen that have nothing to do with the plot and she just seems to be rambling. So I can't say that I liked the book, but it wasn't bad. I didn't like her writing style and couldn't find dots to connect to figure it out. It also lacked an ending. It's obvious that she meant to have a sequel. I think it's suppose to come out later this year or early next year. Will I read it? Of course, I never miss an opportunity to read a new book. =)
Right before leaving for Jamaica, I started Vampire Diaries. I had watched some of the TV show and curiosity on how close it is to the books drove me to get it from the library. To start off, I don't like the main character, Elena. She so self centered and her friends are so gullible. I didn't like her in the TV show either, because the way the show her reminds me so much from Bella in Twilight which just annoyed me to no end. The book is a romance novel and it has some pretty freaky parts, definitely not for anyone under thirteen. Altogether I thought it was a good book, it intrigued me from chapter 1. Book one and two have been finished (The Awakening and The Struggle) and I eagerly await the next one.

Unfortunately I got tied into the other TV show Pretty Little Liars, also based off a book series. As soon as I finish Vampire Diaries, I intend to read that series. It's a strange show and I expect the books to be same, not sure what it will turn out to be.....

The Last Song

Finished The Last Song (Nicolas Sparks) today. I cried through the last quarter of it. It was so sad, but an amazing story. Sparks did an amazing job at telling this story, not only from main character, Ronnie's point of view but from Steve and Will's as well. It was so cute and I was glued to each page. Recommended for older teens and adults, some of the topics they talk about not really for children. I'm looking forward to picking up another one of Sparks' books, hopefully VERY soon.

Starting Pegasus tonight, we shall see how this one turns out. Not very high expectations....

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