Isle of the Books

I went to go see Mockingjay Part 2 the day it came out and decided to write a review since I don't have a book to post a review for at the moment. Spoilers after this point. Read at your own risk. Sticking to the Book Overall they did a wonderful job sticking to the book. The action was brought well to life without changing the plot ( Mockingjay was kind of dry). Of course, minor characters were cut out, so Prim went to talk to Peeta instead of the original character. I think the scene played out great despite this (I felt like they were actually pulling lines from the book). Katniss sneaks to the Capitol instead of Coin actually sending her there. The scorpion mutts were changed to be these humanoid type things, which was kind of disappointing (because in the book the scorpions got to shoot them). Yes, everyone died that was supposed to. The last line before  the epilogue scene was "Real" which was the best thing ever. Well, besides the epilogue because that was pre...

Over the summer the librarian asked me to review the series  Quarantine . I read the first book and wrote a review, and I have decided to publish it on my blog (it is also on Goodreads).   The Loners is a riveting book about everyday people who attend high school, written by Lex Thomas as a young adult book series. Told from the several teenagers’ points of view enables us to be able to understand on a whole different level of what is happening in this messed up state.    Set in modern day Colorado, it is hard to suspect anything could happen. It is a new school year, with a whole new building also. Enter David. The old quarterback for McKinley’s football team ends up getting into some fights that will put David and his little brother Will into the worst position. The whole school seems to know went down between him and the new quarterback, Sam, at the party. So when an illegally made virus sweeps the department, it’s two brothers up against the rest of McKinl...

There are 3 types of people: those who like fiction, those who like nonfiction, and those that read both. If you're like me, reading non-fiction feels like a chore. Why? Let's face the fact: it's real, and not everything that happened is interesting (some books are downright boring). However, we all need a dose of reality, and because fiction books are well, fiction, they can't bring that to us. Sure, there are truths here and there, but who sees a dystopia with five factions? (I'll do a post on fiction later). And that's where historical fiction comes in to play. The book is based around events in history while providing fictional characters that give a sense of adventure that we desire. Sometimes they tweak the history a bit by creating a new character and inserting them in the real person's place, allowing for creativeness in story line. Life Behind the Wall  by Robert Elmer provides an example of this. Don't like history? That's okay. I sti...

  Now a days books seem to have much more c o l o r f u l language than they used to. Some readers are uncomfortable with such language, and cannot read a book without their conscience being troubled. There are several ways to get around this. Don't read the book! Yeah, this one is pretty boring, but if the cussing/cursing is extensive, I suggest not reading it (same goes for movies, don't see it). If someone is pushing you into reading it, then it doesn't matter how they might judge you. If you have something that bothers you, avoid it. Standards you have, make sure they are applied. Borrow it from the library , that way if you get uneasy while reading it, no harm done and no money wasted. Just return it at the earliest time possible. White out . Some of you may hate me for suggesting this, but it really works. You can do it yourself, chapter by chapter (or the book as a whole at once) or get a friend to white it out. My seventh grade literature teacher did this t...