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Friday, 5 April 2013

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

I'm not very far in this book yet but so far it is pretty ok...it is about a boy named Wade Watts. It is set in a futuristic society where students can attend school virtually also in this time you can play virtual reality online games, just like you can with school. Just as the story starts you learn of a multiplayer online game. When it's developer dies it is revealed that he hid an "Easter egg" inside the game, there are 3 keys to unlock this "Easter egg" and whosoever does so will inherit his entire fortune. One day Wade finds one of the 3 keys and his time in the game gets better. Will he find the other keys and thus the "Easter egg"? As I said I'm not very far yet so I can't tell you more but so far it is an utterly riveting and exciting. Ernest Cline is a very eloquent and riveting author...I'll tel you more once I'm finished the book.

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

OK...I just started this book today so I'm not very far in but so far it is AMAZING. Well written, wonderful storyline, although a bit confusing at parts as it does change POV's from time to time. It is about a futuristic world in which people are locked in the Incarceron, which is kind of like the Pandorica for my readers who watch Doctor Who. Basically it is a box and when the project was spawned they were told that they might not see their loved ones for a very long time. Now the Incarceron, from what I gather is a living, breathing, spawning thing. It has the capability to spawn new people as it sees fit. The first Protagonist you meet is Finn who was actually spawned from the Incarceron. He is actually luckier than most because sometimes they spawn as full adults and they go insane but if they form as children they have a bit more of a chance to not go insane. Our second protagonist, named Claudia, is the daughter to the warden of the Incarceron. She is from the upper echelons of Incarceron's society and is far better off that Finn. One thing I should mention is that in the Incarceron they have an 'era law' so basically the government picks an era from history and recreates it to the letter. Basically King Endor passed a law that anything not periodically accurate to the 17th century is not allowed. He believed that in order to have a 'perfect society' time has to be stopped at one era so that progress is never made and the mistakes of the future remain un-doable. Claudia is actually betrothed to the King's son and when the eldest son, the one she was in love with, dies she is forced to marry his troublemaker/bad boy brother. How far will she go to escape this fate? Who knows? I haven't gotten that far but when I do you'll be the first to know...until then I do know this, Incarceron is a riveting read, especially if you like Steampunk. Until next time, keep reading and writing!

Monday, 1 April 2013

A shout out to all my wonderful readers!!!

Just thought I'd give a shout out to all my wonderful and dedicated readers! As I mention sometimes in my blog posts submissions for book reviews are welcome...however bear in mind that if you submit a book for me to review and I haven't read it yet (even if I have) I will need to read it before I review it so your requested review may not be up for a couple of days but it will be posted fret not...also bear in mind that if you read my blog and you enjoy reading my blog that you can follow me if you've also got a blog and I will follow back.

In my last post I mentioned that I am also on Tumblr and today was April Fool's day so for some strange reason when I checked Tumblr it was the Mishapocalypse, and by that I mean that there were very few posts that did not have Misha Collins in them, I had fun for a while and in case you didn't catch it my tumblr url is http://221impalatardisdaleksonbakerst.tumblr.com I also have a blog for my novel writing which is a url which I cannot now remember...so you can follow me there too...once I remember my url...

In other news I never did receive a critique/any feedback for the snippet of my novel that I posted. If you haven't yet please check it out and feel free to comment and let me know what you think...I think that is everything...WATTPAD...you can also follow me on Wattpad if you have it...I am EileenMc13...and again for my Wattpad stories let me know what you think/what should happen next (especially for my Dramione Fanfiction which is dead right now)...I also have Twitter so you can follow me @FandomCraziness...so yeah I think that's about it...lets see...thank you, book review reminder,  following me, Tumblr, novel critique, Wattpad, Dramione Fanfic...Twitter...Yeah that's about it...and thank you again to all my lovely readers for putting up with my rantings....yeah so...RIGHT Dragons...I'm writing a fantasy story/novel/thing that has elves and dragons and a whole lot of Fantasy/Supernatural (not the show) whatnot yeah...if you guys want I can post the first section...but I won't unless I get comments asking me to...DON'T FORGET TO READ AND REVIEW/CRITIQUE MY MYSTERY NOVEL SNIPPET I want to have an idea of who might be interested in reading it once it is finished...I think...yes that is all...good night fellow bloggers!!

Sunday, 31 March 2013

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

OK...Inkheart is about a young girl named Meggie and her father named Mo. Mo has a very special ability, he is what is referred to as a Silvertongue needless to say that he never reads out loud to his daughter for fear of what might come out of a book, or disappear into it. One day a strange man named Dustfinger appears at their door and they go on a crazy adventure to find Meggie's mother, but can they stop the evil Capricorn and prevent him from taking over their world? You'll have to read it to find out...

This book is amazing it is fantastically well written, Cornelia Funke is a fantastic writer. She is very eloquent and very gifted when it comes to making up worlds and places that seem to "come to life on the page" as it were...this is a wonderful read and it is the first one in a trilogy. You really need to read this book. It is wonderful and just might change the way you look at books along the way.

Friday, 29 March 2013

The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer

I'm going to review another book now...sorry I haven't been on in a while...anyway books...what did you guys think of my Murder Novel excerpt? comments and question are welcome...

Today I will be reviewing The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer. This is an AMAZING book centred in, you guessed it, Milan. It is a bout a young girl named Mia Del Torre whose grandparents moved from Italy to America to escape the curse of their family. She moves back there when she is possessed by a very angry demon who is hungry for power and whatnot...she is saved from the demon by her Italian relatives and they convince her parents to allow her to move to Italy for a short while to learn "the family business" (Sorry Supernatural reference but the book is about Demons and the hunting thereof and technically I cold also make a City of Bones reference). She learns to get rid of "demons" which are actually ghosts who are bound on earth. She also learns to recognize those who are possessed by demons in every day life. She also learns to "Never trust a duck." (Just Kidding that would be the City of Bones Reference I mentioned earlier) but once she does learn to find and get rid of demons and make sure she doesn't get possessed by them she is supposed to go back to America and live with her parents. She decides not to go and ends up staying in Italy with her other relatives who are more awesome anyway. Or does she? read on to find out.

So yeah short summary of The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer...Sorry if my summary is a bit boring the book is definitely much better and a lot more exciting than it may sound by just reading the summary however if you are a Cassandra Clare fan (she is an amazing author which I just thought I'd mention because Clockwork Princess just came out and if you haven't I would read her Mortal Instruments series the 6th and last one of which is coming out next year and the Infernal Devices Trilogy which is now all available. For more info on her work and her various projects visit her website and if you have Tumblr you can follow her there too...her website is http://www.cassandraclare.com/) Also if you watch Supernatural at all you will know why it is an awesome series.

A book I am looking very forward to reading is, of course, The Fault in our Stars by the wonderful and amazing writer John Green. suggestions on what books I should review can be left in the comments of my various posts...Thank you for reading this incredibly long blog post and I hope I can inspire more people to read more because reading is awesome!

Until next time as John or Hank Green would say in their VlogBrothers videos (I will post the link to their Youtube Channel below) DFTBA (Don't forget to be awesome) and don't frget to WRITE, WRITE, WRITE!

VlogBrothers Youtube Channel link
http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers

Friday, 15 February 2013

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Hi All I'm back...I've decided to post a book review...I haven't been on in a bit so as a thank you for bearing with me. The book I am currently reading is "The Amulet of Samarkand" by Jonathan Stroud. I'm not done it yet but so far it's good. It's pretty long but it has all the elements of a fantasy novel set in modern day London. It has Djinni, and ghosts along with imps and all the fantasy elements a magician's apprentice could handle...I'll let you know when I finish it by updating this post. If you have a request for a book I should review let me know!!!

OK so the Amulet of Samarkand is about a magician's apprentice named Nathaniel. He summons a djinni named Bartimaeus to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from Simon Lovelace. He gets himself into a bit of trouble and he has a riveting adventure...as I said I haven't finished it yet...when I do I'll let you know.

So I finally finished it...The Amulet of Samarkand is the first book in a trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. As I mentioned he summons a djinni named Bartimaeus. By the end of the book he manages to get himself into a whole wack load of trouble that even Bartimaeus cannot help him out of when Simon Lovelace hatches a plan to wipe out the magicians of London by summoning the most powerful demon available. To defeat this demon it takes all of Nathaniel's courage and strength, not to mention that he has to trust a djinni that knows his birth name, which is a big nono. It is a truly riveting tale and I hope that you will read it.

Monday, 11 February 2013

Well I'm back

Well, I know I haven't been on here in a while but I'm back. I might not post regularly but if you want to you can follow me on tumblr at my url...I can't remember it right now.
I have put my murder novel on brief hiatus to work on my fantasy novel. I have most of my creatures and a main character so I thought why shouldn't I begin. Once I've got more work done on it I may post an excerpt or maybe I'll post another excerpt from my murder mystery.

That's all for today...I know this is a short blog post

I'll be back with more soon and hopefully "More" will include a book review

Until then keep reading and Writing!!