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.

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!

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http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers

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.

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!!

As promised...I FIXED IT!!!! Please read the re-write

I tweaked the first section of my novel so I'm editing this to read that section. Even if you've read this post already please read the re-write and as always feedback is very welcome!

Excerpt

Morning found Evelyn Jones in the study of her Victorian Mansion staring at her laptop in great frustration. As she stared she scrolled through her latest manuscript fixing minor errors and adding scenes. There was a knock at the door, Evelyn stiffened and clicked save after which she locked her laptop and the case file along with all the papers sitting on the desk in the wall safe hidden behind the self-portrait of her great-grandmother which hung above the fireplace. Evelyn walked back to the desk and opened the first drawer to the right drawing her father’s ivory handled pistol, she cocked it, grabbed the voice recorder sitting next to her laptop and clicked it to a new track she called

            “Come in.” as she walked cautiously toward the door. No one was there. She stood and made her way slowly toward the door, the pistol down by her side, but ready to fire if necessary. She stood to the right of the giant double doors and swung it wide and raised the gun stepping into the middle of the door.

            “I was wondering when you’d figure out that it was me,” a silky female voice drawled from the hallway.

            “You? I’ve known that you engineered it from the start.”

            “Have you then? Where is your honour guard?”

            “They’re not my honour guard they’re my brothers, I’m perfectly capable of taking care of myself and what business is it of yours where they are?”

            “Oh no business of mine per say, why don’t you step out into the hallway and kick the pistol over to me, we can discuss this in a civilized manner.”

            “Not on your life dearie, I’m not coming out there unarmed so you can shoot me.”

            “Oh and I want to come in there when I know you’re pointing a pistol at me I assure you I am unarmed and alone.” Evelyn didn’t believe her in the slightest but against her better judgement she stepped out of the study and shut the door behind her. She looked down the hall both ways and came face to face with her foe who carried an old revolver.

            “Look, I don’t want to hurt you,”

            “Likewise, but you leave me no choice.” Evelyn cracked the door of the study open behind her and bent down to slide her gun along the floor. When she stood she was, in fact, unarmed, mostly, before she could react her adversary fired and the bullet struck her in the shoulder and ran, The last thing Evelyn saw before she passed out was Michael, Albert and Henry racing towards her as she hit the ground. As she hit the ground her last thought before blacking out was “How did this even happen? How did I get this involved in the case?”

So...New year...Shadow of Night By Deborah Harkness

It's a brand new year and yes I'm a little late on the draw for this one. I am going to start reviewing books on my blog because I am an avid reader and I never turn down the opportunity to praise or...I hesitate to say criticize...a book based on my own opinions. Over the holidays I did a RIDICULOUS amount of reading. I read the 2nd book in the All Souls Trilogy: Shadow of Night. I found it interesting and totally engrossing from the start. It starts out where it left off. No extraneous time has passed and they are in Elizabethan England right where Diana had meant to take them. There are a lot of new characters in this book as well as a fair few famous faces like Elizabeth I, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. The adventures of Diana and Matthew through Elizabethan England with their newfound friends takes a few unexpected turns and the book keeps you riveted all the way through. I however would not recommend reading it all in one sitting unless you have a lot of time on your hands. It's a fairly thick book and reading it all in one would take Hours. I am currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin and I find it is very interesting and riveting as well. It is 835 pages strong and very detailed. However if you can keep track of all the details you are fine. You also need to keep track of characters as they come and go from chapter to chapter. On the whole a very good book and I am hoping to read the next one when I am finished. Well TTFN and Keep reading. Remember you never lose the friends that you make in books. They stay true to you forever. Keep reading and if you are so inclined write as the saying goes "If there has not yet been a book written that you wish to read then you must write it." And Always remember Random Word capitalization makes for Variety in your Sentences.

My first blog...and a brief review of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Hi. This is my first attempt at writing a blog so I hope you'll bear with me. OK so here you're supposed to write whatever you want right? I'm not sure what to write about. me I guess. I am a total geek. I LOVE science fiction and some of my favorite shows are (or were depending if their still on or not) Sanctuary, Dr. Who, Criminal Minds, Bones, Sherlock and many others. I also write. I'm in the midst of writing first novel and it's no where close to being done. I'm thinking I'll do a book blog and review my favourites and least favourites I welcome your feedback and feel free to comment with books that you would like me to review. I will also update about the current state of my novel so stay tuned... I might post the first chapter or so...sorry if this introductory post was boring. I guess if I want to do a book blog I'll start by reviewing my favorites, first up The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

First of all I adore this book. Katniss is a very strong female heroine who faces adversity head on and defeats it The way it's written is so action packed and interesting that you can't help but continue reading once you start. It's addictive and once you read it you'll want to read the other 2 in the trilogy. If you haven't seen the movie already take my advice and see it but read the book first. It will make the movie slightly easier to understand as I think it was geared toward the people who had read the book already.

In a brief novel update I am 15 chapters in and 34 026 words in. I'll keep writing furiously and when I'm finished you'll be the first to know. Until then my blogger friends keep on writing and blogging and you never know whether or not you're good at writing until you try it and of course you should keep reading.