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Voices in the Dark is about a family that lives in a country called Malonia, Properly in the 20 or 19 century. There names are Leo North that is 23, Maria also 23, Anselm that is 16, and Jasmine, 6. They are secondhand goods that live on the street Traders Row. When Leo and Maria where 15 (Its in the first book, The Eyes of a King) they got married at the age of 15. But when they meet each other Leo’s little brother Stirling was still alive. But he died later on from silent fever at the age of eight. Also Anslem was two months old when Stirling passed away. (It’s in the first book when Stirling died) But Leo isn’t Anselms father, but Leo is Jasmine’s father and Maria is having another baby here soon.

In the beginning of the book in July Leo’s great uncle Aldebaran was shot by someone at the age of eighty-six. He was a very famous man that worked for the king and had powers that involves using you willpower’s and mind to lift objects or other stuff with it. But when Leo was fifteen he gave up his powers, but his daughter Jasmine has powers and she is only six but very good at it. But using your powers at stuff that can be very heavy or hard and can hurt you or kill you. They have schools for people that have theses powers and it involves torture that you have to go through to protect your self from bullets or other stuff. But that doesn’t mean that you will feel the pain of getting hit of burning, it will only protect your body from getting hurt or killed. In those schools for powered people they put there hands in burning oil or tare and they will shoot at you and you have to think those bullets will dodge you and they will only scratch your skin.

When Leo was little and Stirling was still alive there parents lift them behind because they where wanted people. There parents said that they will come back to them in three years, but they never did. There parents where very rich people and lived in rich homes there dad Harold North was a famous book writer and got payed big money for these books. In a couple of years they banned all Harold North books and were gonna kill him if found. So there parents gave them to there grandmother Margaret and gave the money to her. But it wasn’t lots of money to make a living out of. So when Leo’s grandmother passed away then he became a secondhand trader to look for Harold North books that are still out there. Now there running out of money to pay there rent at there shop and the government wants men to fight in the city now and Leo is gonna go to fight the war.

Anselm was born when Maria was 15. He doesn’t know about his father, Maria doesn’t want to tell him what happen and Leo doesn’t want to talk about it. He stop thinking about his father when he made it into a story about his father when he was little. The story said that he loved Maria very much, but he went to war and when he found out that Anselm was born he tried going back but died the way there. After Anselm finished it he didn’t like it and burned it. Until his grandmother came over and told that Anselm father was high ranked in the army when Lucien was in control. HIs name was Ahira and when he found out that Maria had his son he toke everything away. Maria was a rich person that her dad owned the richest bank and put Maria’s dad into the army. When Maria’s dad came back from the army he couldn’t use his legs again.

When Anselm found all of this out he thought that he is gonna go crazy. When his grandmother told him that, she thought he knew that. It took him 16 years to figure out who was his father. Leo went to war, they live with there grandmother and Maria is not feeling well. She will have Leo’s second child. The third book will come out in 2011 next year. I wonder what will happen next?

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In this book there is 5 main characters, Marty, Shiloh, Marty’s Mom, Dad and Judd Travers. This takes place just outside the small town called Friendly. Eleven year old Marty is outside walking around by the old Shiloh schoolhouse near his house and he spots a stray beagle wandering around. Marty starts walking home and he notices that the beagle is following him. Marty decides to name him Shiloh since he found him by the Shiloh schoolhouse. Marty makes a pen for Shiloh on the hill nearby his house and keeps it a secret from his family as their family isn’t allowed to have any pets.. Marty is worried that someone will find out and the secret would be found out.

Judd Travers is Shiloh’s real owner. Judd doesn’t live too far away from Marty. Marty is afraid to return Shiloh as Judd treats his dogs very poorly. MArty is also afraid that Shiloh will start barking at night and that Judd will hear him. Marty learns that Shiloh is very quiet so now he really doesn’t have to worry about that. Then one day Marty hears a noise outside and he goes out. He later discovered that a german shepherd has attacked Shiloh. Marty’s Dad comes out and finds out about Marty’s secret of keeping Shiloh up on the hill. His Dad isn’t pleased.

Marty, his Dad and Shiloh all get into the jeep to go to the Dr’s office. When they get there the doctor say’s that Shiloh should stay there for a day just to make sure that he is okay as he has lost allot of blood. Marty is feeling very scared and worried that Shiloh won’t be able to make it.

The next afternoon Marty and his Dad both get in the jeep and go to town to see if Shiloh’s okay. When they get there he is still alive and he’s supposed to take it easy for awhile. When they get home Marty’s Mom and sisters are overjoyed that he is okay. Marty asks his Mom if Shiloh will be able to stay in the house under the circumstances. She agrees.

Later Judd finds out that Marty has Shiloh at his house. Judd says that he wants him back in a couple days. A couple of days later Marty heads over to Judd’s house. He left Shiloh at home because Marty had to ask Judd something. When he gets there he notices that Judd had shot a doe and it wasn’t even hunting season. Marty asks Judd if he can have Shiloh. Judd says no. Marty says that he saw Judd shoot a deer out of season and that he’ll tell the game warden about it. So Judd and Marty make a deal.Marty has to work a Judd’s house two hours a day to pay off for having Shiloh and not telling the game warden about the deer. So it’s a deal! Finally Marty and his family can have Shiloh for themselves, and not worry about Judd Travers.

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In my book the main character is Anna O’Neil, a red head or chestnut as she puts it, strong attitude, bad tempered but she does her best to control it, and a little shy. Her Aunt Iris is a Psychic and many people think Anna is too. Just a few days after Anna’s freaky dream she got a letter from her uncle Will saying he wanted her to spend the summer. But what she didn’t know is that he was killed shortly after she got the letter. She finds this out when she finds their house. And she must find out who the killer is or she could be next.

There are some next door neighbors the flemings: Marcy the stepmother,Dave the father, and Zack the son. Zack also had some friends one of them is Erika a girl that pretends to be friends with Zack. But Anna has an idea that their more then friends. One day Anna over heard Erika talking to Zack.”I’m counting on you to keep her niece busy.”

“I’m not sure I know what you mean.”

“Date her.”

“what?”

“Hang out with her. Pretend you’re interested. Pretend you think she’s the most beautiful girl in the world.” Now Anna knows she can’t trust Zack, but she still wants to. So Anna is going to have to pretend to like Zack to make Erika think she’s falling for her trap.

Erika had a party for her birthday and guess what she made Zack ask Anna to the party. Anna was getting angry with Erika. She wants Anna to date Zack but then she gets in between them and she gave Zack more then a friendly kiss. Erika knew this plan would keep Anna busy but her plan can’t work if Anna knows what her plan is. Anna was not just angry with Erika for getting Zack to date her, but she’s also angry with Zack for going along with the plan.

The main problem is Anna’s great weakness Zack. In her mind she hates him for the way he can play girls. But she hates him the most for him playing her for Erika’s plan. From the way I see her her heart says she likes him but she won’t admit it. After she was attacked by three men she found him on the porch waiting for her. In her mind she wished he would just leave her alone. Zack says she can trust him but because of Erika’s plan she knows she can’t.

The scary part is will she be killed by the men that attacked her? Or can she find out who killed her uncle and did Erika kill him. Can Anna trust Zack without being attacked or stalked? As far as I know I don’t have the answers to those question yet. But I’m getting close.

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life of pi

The book I was reading was Life Of Pi and it was about a young Indian boy age of 16 stuck on a raft and lifeboat with a great Bengal Tiger named, Richard Parker.

It all starts in the town of Pondicherry, India. There was a kid named Pi Petal and in school he would get bugged and picked on everyday because of his name, Pi . Pi family was very wealthy, his Dad owned the local zoo and his Uncle Mamaji is a Professional Swimmer. The book includes amazing facts about ,visitor from around the world that come to Zoo’s very often come and try to feed the animals with things that are not edible for any creature . For example in book , razors , coffee spoons , combs , ballpoint pens , drinking straws , broken glass , brooches , clips , and rubber bands . Why would someone try to feed animals those type of items ? Items like those could be and are very harmful to all animals if any animal digested one of those objects .

There are brilliant quotes used in Life of Pi like ,he quote in Chapter 16 , line 18 – 19 . ” My heart still skips a beat when I catch sight of the Murti , of God Residing , in the inner sanctum of a temple ” . In other words Pi is saying , I still get very excited every time he catches sight of the Murti , of God Residing , in the sanctum of a temple . Now talking about the word , Murti . Murti is a divine spirit and a representation of a divinity , made usually of stone, wood, or metal, which serves as a means through which a divinity may be worshiped. Hindus consider a murti worthy of serving as a focus of divine worship only after the divine is invoked in it for the purpose of offering worship. That will want you to read the book more and more often

Talks about being baptized in Christianity in a Roman Catholic Church located in Toronto Canada . Pi’s father was very angry because , his father said to Pi , You are a Hindu , will always be a Hindu , and die a Hindu . There for Pi’s father did not believe that his son could be a Hindu AND a Christian . Find out in the book to see what his dad really thinks about Pi’s idea. If you really like a book mentioning really places and events that could happen in real life , this is the book for you!

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The book that I read was Money Players. It is about the rise and fall of Bob Goodenow and the NHLPA. In the NHL had a serious problem on their hands. The current CBA (collective bargaining agreement) was about to expire and if they did not come up with new one there would be no 2004-2005 season. The same thing had happened in 1995 when the NHL and its players failed to come up with a new CBA until half way through the season. They ended up saving the season and played the remaining 41 games and playoffs. But they wouldn’t be so lucky this time around.

After being given the reigns of the NHLPA in 1991, Bob Goodenow had a problem to fix. The new CBA had to be fixed the following year or there could be problems. At first both the NHL and the NHLPA agreed to start the season without a new CBA and to start negotiations during the season. But on April fools day the unthinkable happened. The players voted to have a strike. Leaving the playoffs in jeopardy. The players had a strike because of salary issues. After seven days both sides came to an agreement on the strike. The players could go back to playing in the playoffs and the owners could start planning for the real showdown in 1994 when the CBA expired.

In 1994, Goodenow had to face his biggest test yet. The CBA had expired and the new season was doubtful to start. Players were looking to make more money and the owners were not yet willing to give it to them. Many rookies were demanding huge paychecks when they hadn’t even played a single NHL game yet. Eric Lindros was the first rookie to do this. The big, skilled centre was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques, but he demanded a trade out of there a soon as he was drafted. He

was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers and that is where he signed his huge contract. His contract was worth $18 million over six years. After this contract, all rookies thought they could earn this much. The next year, Alexandre Daigle, the number one pick by Ottawa, demanded to have the same type of contract. He signed a $12.25 million dollar package on draft day. Daigle was considered the biggest bust for a first overall pick. He only reached 20 goals and 50 points twice in his career. After this huge contract for a rookie who ended up being horrible the owners did not want to risk that much money on an unproven player. So when the new CBA was being discussed, one of the owners main concerns was a salary restriction on rookies. The players main issue was salary increases. The players felt they were worth more  money and were willing to sit out a season until they got what they wanted. The lockout was also caused because of the owners releasing thirteen rules the the players and teams had to follow. Most of these rules were pretty unfair to the players. After allot of intense arguments the two sides, in a last ditch effort to save the season, came to an agreement and playoffs. After they came to the agreement former player Joe Nieuwendyk said “We lost money. They lost money. And the fans lost the game they loved.” I think hat he said really sums up what happened to everybody involved in this process. This was definitely Bob Goodenow’s toughest challenge as head of the NHLPA yet.

The NHL owners and the PA faced its toughest challenge to date in 2004. The CBA that had lasted since the lockout in 1994 had expired and the NHL had to discuss a new one. At the time players were getting ridiculous amounts of money for a season and the owners wanted this to stop. The main idea that the owners wanted to focus on was a salary cap that all teams had to follow. The NHL wanted a $42 million salary cap, but the players really did not want one. In 2005 it was looking pretty unlikely that there was going to be a season at all. The only way that there would be a season is if there was a salary cap. If they put in the cap they could play the remaining 24 games  and playoffs. The number given by the NHL was around $42.5 million but the players wanted $45 million. But Gary Bettman thought this number was too high and that they could not afford it. As a result the season was cancelled altogether. This was the first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded since 1919. The players now wanted a $4o million salary cap with no linkages to players contracts. But when they finally came to an agreement the NHL gave a $42 million cap with player linkages. Many players were disappointed with this result. Former player Matthew Barnaby said “I’m just a little disappointed that it went this far to play poker and have someone call your bluff”. After this new CBA was signed, Bob Goodenow was forced to resign from his position as head of the NHLPA. Although he was fired, Goodenow did very much for players of the NHL. He got players to realize that they were worth more than they were being payed. What he did changed the NHL in a huge way for the players. This was without a doubt the toughest challenge that the NHL had to face.

I think the book was very interesting. It taught me many things that  I didn’t know. I had know idea that there was even a strike in 1992 0r a lockout in 1994. I also learned that it wasn’t only the players that caused the lockout of 2004-05. before I read this book I thought that the players just wanted more money and were willing to sit a season or two before they got it. But the owners had just as much to do with the lockout. They wanted to give a salary cap which in my mind makes sense, but the players got nothing out of the lockout. It was stupid that it went that long and the owners ended up winning anyways. I think the fans were hurt the most by the lockout. They didn’t care how much a certain player was making they only want to see their team play.

The NHL and its players have gone through many tough challenges throughout the years. From the strike in 1992 to the most recent lockout in 2005. They have seen two leaders of the NHLPA been fired and seen their salaries increase substantially. The NHL now is in a good situation with most of the players happy with what they are being payed. So if you like the NHL and/or want to know what really happened during the lockout of 2004-05 season then you should definitely read this book.

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Catching Fire is a really good book in my opinion. It expresses a lot of feeling and expression. The main character does not like to do what others want. Instead she wants to do what she wants and what she knows would be better for her and her family and friends. There are a lot of emotions that go through this book.

You can’t read Catching Fire unless you have read the first book of the series, The Hunger Games. The Hunger games tell a lot about what is currently going on in Catching Fire. In the first book, Katniss had to go into the arena to fight for her life as well as a friend of hers named Peeta. Originally, the two were supposed to be fake in love, but something between them had changed and they started to really love each other. Katniss had managed to save both Peeta as well as herself from the torturous arena. But now in Catching fire, she and Peeta have to go back into the Arena because that is what was planned for the third Quarter Quell.

Katniss is not really the most friendly girl you could ever meet. She would rather stay by herself or with one or two closer friends, but other than that the doesn’t like being in large groups. She tends to get angry at people and she maybe blames people a little more than needed. Katniss is probably more focused on caring for herself than for really putting others before herself. Katniss isn’t a very positive girl and that affects how she makes allies or friends. She doesn’t like talking alot.

My favorite character would have to be Peeta. He seems like her is really kind. He really cares about people and is really affectionate towards them. He is very polite and has manners. He would make a good friend because he keeps promises. He doesn’t lie, and that is a really good quality to have in a friend. He is loyal, respective, and is very truthful with people. He would be my first choice of a friend.

People who like action, tradegies, and a little bit of suspense, would definitly like this book. I like this book, because it is interesting and doesn’t dwell on one subject for to long. It moves on, but will mention previous stuff later on. My sister actually told me to read these series and I love it. This book is a really, good quality book.

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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn’t slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn’t made it back to their camp and were desperately struggling for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated

.Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world.A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall’s team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996.

Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people — including himself — to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer’s eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.

Memorable Quotes

“Four hundred vertical feet above, where the summit was still washed in bright sunlight under an immaculate cobalt sky, my compadres dallied to memorialize their arrival at the apex of the planet, unfurling flags and snapping photos, using up precious ticks of the clock. None of them imagined that a horrible ordeal was drawing nigh. Nobody suspected that by the end of that long day, every minute would matter.” Chapter One, p. 9

“In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber’s actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. The consequences of a poorly tied knot, a stumble, a dislodged rock, or some other careless deed are as likely to be felt by the perpetrator’s colleagues as the perpetrator.” Chapter Three, pp. 37-38

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Falllen is a very twisted, crazy book about a girl caught between two guys. Luce Price, is one of the new girls at Swords and Cross school. She meets two wacky people, Arrine and Penny who become the two most amazing friends ever. Luce also meets Cam, a former rocker and Daniel, an artist. Luce has a different relationship with each one.

Luce has had some very different experiences at her old school, and is hunted by shadows she sees. Her parents decide to transfer her to Sword & Cross boarding school to live with other ‘troubled’ kids. When Luce gets there she meets 3 other people named Gabbe, Todd, and Cam. She quickly becomes friends with Arriane Alter a small thin girl with a quirky personality. Another friend is Pennywether Van Syckle Lockwood or Penn for short , a bright plunky girl with an amazing imagination, she becomes a close friend to Luce. Soon after the tour she had been given of the school she arrives at her first class, where she notices Daniel a very keep to himself kind of guy, he also is known as moody and evasive. Luce also makes a new enemy you could say named Molly, she is described and a ‘angry pixie’ with piercings all over her face and bright pink hair. After school hours, when Luce is not out partying shes with Penn looking up information about Daniel.

Luce’s heart is caught between Cam and Daniel, You can see that she has a strong relationship with Cam, but she just can’t get over Daniel.The more Daniel ignores Luce, the more she falls for him. Since Luce has arrived at the school, Cam has paid non stop attention to her, which gives her the idea that maybe she should go for him instead. However Cam’s charming and confident attitude somtimes get Luce in quite a bit of trouble.

At the ending of the book Cam starts to get a bit aggressive, which makes Daniel uncomfortable. Cam takes Luce to a bar,and starts to go crazy. Some guy smashed a glass over Cam’s head, after that Cam starts trying to fight every single person in the bar. Daniel arrives and take Luce back to the school. Daneil tells Luce to stay away from Cam for his and her safety. In a surprise ending that neither the characterLuce, or I, saw coming Luce finds out that she has lived over and over. She dies when she becomes 18 and is reborn every few years. Another twist to the story is that Arriane, Daniel, Cam, Gabbe, and Molly are all fallen angels.

I loved this book. The author of the book Lauren Kate is amazing and I know I’ll be reading a lot more of her books. My faveorite part of the book is the little picnic Cam arranges for Luce, and the first fight between Daniel and Cam. Cam is my favorite character in the novel because he’s interesting and a bit funny. I can’t put this book down, I think its and awesome book and I hope the next book will be even better than the first.

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The book ” In the Name Of Satan ” is a very realistic, and very gory. The book’s author Wensley Clarkson, made this book very descriptive and life-like. I felt like I was actually there in the scene, or crime. She is a brilliant writer she deserves a lot of credit for the writings she has written.

” I love you, and I’m going to bed. ” Were the last words poor, young, and stubborn Elyse Pahler spoke to her parents before she went to hang out with some boys that strangled and stabbed to death. In the thickness of the Eucalyptus Grove. The four boys ( Jacob Delshmut, Royce Casey, Joe Fiorella, and travis were all involved in the munder of Elyse Pahler.

These four boys were into some of the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard of. All of the boys were into Devil Worship, Death Metal music their favorite band was called Slash. The worsst thing about al this is that they had no common sence. They couldn’t tell the difference between reality and the fanitsies. The things they di were horrible. They somked pot together and they also drnk to get rid of whatever was bothering them.

Elyse Pahler was a very nice girl. She was out going and lived life to the fullest. She didn’t think before she did things she did whatever crossed her mind without question. Only if she would have listen to her parents like she listens to her mind. The only bad paart about Elyse Pahler’s attitude is that the boys were able to convince her to do anything. Thats how she ended up dead.

The reason that happened is becasue she was living life to the fullest. It’s alright to live life to the fullest but, don’t live it like Elyse where you don’t think before you do things. You should always think of the consiquences before you act on something.

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The book I am reading is called The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This book was wrote by Robert Louis Stevenson. My book has many major ideas that gets you really interested in the story of the book. My book has 2 points that really can waver your opinion. All of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book have a common them that I will tell you about. I have many personal opinions on the book also.

My book the Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the best examples of 19th century literature. This book is written in classic Victorian English. Although there may be some good facts about the book there is an actual story that has to be read and understood before you can really get an interest in it. The movies and skits done about this book don’t do it justice. There are many more interesting ideas throughout the actual book than in the movies. One of these ideas is that the police officer in the book (the one who discovers the secret of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde) didn’t arrest Mr.Hyde at first when he met him. Mr.Hyde had performed a crime right in front of his eyes. I do not know why the author did that. Maybe the author wanted to add more filler to the book. It would kind of be a short book. Or maybe that shows that the detective was afraid or extremely forgiving. Another interesting idea in this book is that Dr.Jekyll ahs to take that chemical. This says something about peopel they get addicted to having power an even anger. This seems like almost an instinct for people. There are quite a few interesting points in this book.

The theme of Robert Louis Stevenson books have a commanality to them. One of the common themes in his books is the idea of betrayel. This theme is in almost every one of his books. Take the example in my book Dr.Jekyll betrays himself by sucomming to temptation. Another common them in his books is that he always deals with death. He is a very dark writer if you think about it.  This darkness could have been caused by many things. But, I think that this darkness was caused by his sickness when he was younger. He was sick all through his youth. He baecame very closed in on himself. I can see why he deals with death so much. Every author puts common themes in there books but R.L.S is quite common in doing this.

I have many opinions on this book. I think this book is very well written.  I think that all the movies have taken away from the actual story. To some people maybe this book is to dark. It actually does bring you into the soul of the author. Even though this book may be a little dark it is a very good read. This book may be a little hard for people to read because it is written in Victorian English. I think anybody who reads this book will like it.

The strange case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde is one of the most well known books on this planet. There are many interesting points in this book. But, of course, the author does have some commanality in all of his books. I hope you liked my opinion on the book. I hope you read my book.

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This is the new adventure I have discovered by Stephen Lawhead. It is a different type of book, involving lots of the characters views and perspectives. For instance, Sherlock Holmes is a journal, and it is also different from Fight Game, where you only get your information from “Fred”. This new book is very much like The Lord Of The Rings, with dragons, death, sorcerer’s, and everything with that kind of action.

This adventure begins when Quentin volunteers for the fallen solider, Rosard. Rosard was a bodyguard of the king, carrying a message from the queen. There is a couple thing that I must point out for this to make more sense first. This book takes place on a large island, with lots little islands surrounding the big one. But this is also taking place during a time of war, the is divided into territories. The evil king controls a littler part, the good Dragon King controls the other. In the midst of all of this land, there is also forests, with lots of dangerous outlaws. The jealous, deceitful, back-stabbing Prince Jaspin hires those outlaws to carry out his will. No one knows that he’s an evil one, yet. Not only does he have the outlaws, he has the sorcerer, Nimrood following behind. So, for a highly skilled bodyguard o the king to die can leave us in question. But Rosard stumbled into the right spot for the prince. Straight into a temple where they are not allowed leave he falls. If it wasn’t for the train-e Quentin, this magnificent journey would not of happened.

In The Hall Of The Dragon king. So where’s the dragon? I haven’t read far enough yet, but I come to believe that this Prince Jaspin has obtained the power to unleash a dragon. He has a miniature pyramid in his room. It is constantly glowing, and he believes that some days it gives him strength. I am absolutely sure that the glowing pyramid is going to play a key part in this book, either to bring destruction, or good health.

Is Quentin capable of finishing his quest? First, lets take a look at his size. The fallen warrior’s horse is carrying him to the Queen. This horse picks him up effortless, and is capable of tolerating lots of pain. This is one of his strong perks, the horse. Second, he is a monk in training. He knows what the Gods are able to do. But being a monk also means you must be trained to handle medicine. So being able to work his “Doctorous” magic is probably his next strong perk. His weakest perk that comes with being a monk is being weak. He has never left the temple, and he has doesn’t even have a clue about the war that’s going on out doors. So you tell me, do you think he can make it?

After Quentin accepts this quest, he must go to the house in which the head priest tells him. Staying true to his vows, the head priest stays behind, and does not leave the temple. Quentin finally gets to the house, and meets his to new friends, Theido and Durwin. They too have been priests of other Gods. Quentin tells the two about Rosard, and they are the ones that told Quentin who he was, and what Rosard did. They are now on their way to the Kings fortress, not the castle, the fortress. The King himself is fighting on the front lines. They have decided to stay at a near by Inn, which acts as a shelter from the terrible outlaws who lurk outside. The owner is very kind, and insists on them staying the night. The evil Prince is plotting. Will the three friends be able to deliver the message?

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This book is a novel about Don Cherry life involved with the NHL. You know the most famous announcer in the sport of hockey? Yeah that guy. The one that always going on about someone’s ability to skate, shoot ,hit and sometimes fight.Don Cherry has been named a National Hockey League Coach of the Year with a winning percentage of over .600 and also received Coach of the Year honours in the American Hockey League. His comments on Hockey Night in Canada’s “Coach’s Corner” routinely make headlines as they entertain, educate, and often upset some fans throughout North America.

He may be controversial, but no one can deny the popularity he enjoys; popularity that was reflected in his top 10 ranking in the competition to determine “The Greatest Canadian.”The book is narrated by Don himself with the help of Al Strachan . The plan for the book is from the beginning of his early career with hockey, to his days with CBC. He’s the kind of guy that wont go down without a fight. Weather its just an argument,or just a plain old fist fight, he’ll go down swinging. Don has not only wrote this one book, instead, he has written three or four good stories that will educate you on your hockey .But he has mad a series of movies as well.

Don loved his dog Blue more than anything else in the world. She was his best friend. She wasnt just any dog, She was a hockey dog,a symbol of hockey. But she had the attitude. One day, Don and Blue were walking on Wolf Island. And next door, they had two golden retrivers . they were about 80 pound and were pretty scary looking.So Don and Blue walk past and these dogs come racing at 90 miles an hour. There Roaring. Blue turns an walks straight at them all nonchalant, smelling the ground.So she just went from one side to the other. Each time backing them up. Back and back.Nudge nudge. She ‘s got her eye on them , but shes’ just smelling as she’s going along one runs away and the last one’s backing up . She wouldn’t let this one alone. She was ticked that they ran at her .So this one got down and crouched in front of their cottage and Blue just kept walking towards them.And remember that Blue is a small dog.Just then, the owner came out . Well as soon as the other dog saw her,he got a little brave and attacked blue. Well blue barked and jumped on the big dog and brought it to the ground. Just goes to show you that size doesn’t matter.

Dons book tells some amazing stories that are sometimes funny,wired or wacky stories about Dons life with hockey and hockey in general but, For all his life he didn’t just watch, commentated, and talk about the NHL but in fact, he played in the big league. Even if it was just on shift for the Boston Bruin, But i guess it still count doesn’t it? Well, the NHL was not the only kind of hockey he played, he played minor hockey with his friends and also played with some AHL (American hockey league ) and Central league teams as well like the Rochester Americans.

Grapes,(Which is Dons nickname) has had many adventures with the NHL and many other organizations and people. These are only just some of his wild adventures that he has written in this book. I am sure there are lots to follow and some that have not been told in the book. I hope he continues to make more book and movies that are filled with many more great Hockey stories and stuff.

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Alice quoted “after you’ve had it, there isn’t even life without drugs… ” She is a 15 year old girl who is losing interest in everything. Wonderful news, Alice said they were moving. Her Dad has been invited to become the Dean of Political Science. They are all excited to have fresh start. They have settled in their new home, its a large old spanish-type house. Alice is worried to go to school, and wishes her little brother Tim was in high school, so that they could be together.
It was miserable, It was the loneliest, coldest place in the world. A few days later Alice found a friend, Beth, She’s cloddy and misfitting as Alice is. Alice got invited to a party, by a few people from her new school. The day after the party she asked Jill, a girl who was there what happend last night. Jill said 10 out of 14 bottles of coke had LSD in them. No one knew about it. For two days now, Alice tried to convince herself that using LSD makes her a ”dope addict”. She said she can’t wait to try pot, but only once, she promised.

Alice went on a date with a boy named Bill. He introduced Alice to ”torpedos” and ”speed”. Alice quoted ”They are both like riding stars through the Milky Way, only a million, trillion times better”. Speed was a little scary at first. Bill had to inject the needle into her arm. Alice said she can’t wait to try it again, she could hardly control herself. Gramps had a heart attack. Poor Gran is pretty much beside herself, but she’s staying calm on the outside. Alice did all the cooking and cleaning and everything so Gran could just stay with him all the time They really appreciate it, and she apprieciates them. Jill called Alice and invited her to another party, but Alice said she was committed to her grandparents until things got better. Alice said ”Im glad I had an excuse for not going”. Bill had six kids over last night, his parents werent home, so they decided theywould trip up on acid, and since Alice has been cooped up for some time now, she decided she might as well take ”one” last trip too.

Alice went to go see Dr.Langley this morning, because she’s having problems sleeping. He gave her some pills to try, and if it didn’t help to call back another time. Alices mom called Dr.Langley and asked if he could prescribe Tranquilizers. Alice said that Tranqillizers are the greatest. She is abusing them.

Alice had to go to a mental hospital for a few weeks, because she got addicted to drugs and would go crazy. She couldnt control herself. But she eventually got herself back together and stayed off the drugs. When she got back home, a few days later her parents decided to go to a movie. When they got back Alice was dead. They called the Police and the Ambulance , but it was too late.

This was based on a true story. The subject of this book died three weeks after her decision not to keep another diary. Her parents came home from a movie and found her dead. They called the poilce and the hospital but there was nothing anyone could do. Was it an accidental overdose? A premeditated overdose? No one knows and in some ways, that question isn’t important. What must be of concern is that she died and that she was only one of thousands of drug deaths that year.

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PEAK

My book was about Mountain climbing book named ( PEAK ). It is full of crime to climbing and every thing in between. Even a kid trying to get to the top of the highest mountain in the world (Everest)

I am not a big fan on reading but PEAK was a really good book. And the author Ronald Smith is a good author. And I will be reading more of his books as the time passes on.

The thing a like about this book was that you never know what is going to happened next and that kept you thinking. Many time I did not wont to put the book down because it was getting good. But the for the most part it was really good. And know i might be getting that book for myself.

In the book there was a lot of people climbing the mountain and then die ing on the mountain. The there waspeak climbing the skyscraper and got his face frozen to the side of it and the cops arrested him at the top of the building. He was going to be the youngest kid to be on top of the highest mountain but he let and his friend Sun-Jo to be the youngest person on top of the highest mountain. When Peak got caught at the top of the sky scraper the cop said “Get this moron to emergency” because his faces was all cut up. And the other one he said to Peak was “What are you thinking”. Because he got caught climbing the sky scraper.He had many names after he got caught at the top of the sky scraper and they were “Spider Boy”, “Fly Boy” and “The gecko kid” were all the names that the reporters said to the public.

I think this is a very good book to read because it is full of entertainment. PEAK is the name of the main person in the book then there is Sun-Jo, Zopa and many more people in the book to. If i had the chance i would like to met the author of this book because it was very good.

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A mystical Journey to Middle Earth!

In the book The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. In his book there is a bunch of fighting and exploring going on. In the book there are 21 chapters all together.When I first started this book it felt slow but as I read more and more of it. It gets more interesting and fascinating. The roles the characters play are very important to the book. If even one of these characters were out of the book it would wreak the whole story line.

The book is about a bunch mystical rings that the mighty all powerful lord Saruman demands to have. He wants to use the power of all the rings to make everything his and evil. A young hobbit named Frodo from the Shire was given the ring. His quest is to go to Mordor and destroy before Saruman gets a hold of the rings powers.At the being of this book there was  a fighting scene already. Aragorn ran up the hill searching for the hobbits he was tracking them down but it was really tough to find there little foot prints cause they were so light and small that they hardly made them. He heard the horn of Boromir and yelled “he is in need of help”. He ran down and saw poor Boromir laying against a tree and dyeing his last words were about how he tried to steal the ring from Frodo. Frodo and Sam escaped and Merry and Pippin got captured by the orcs. The orcs thought that young Merry and Pippin had the ring so they were going to bring them back to there master and kill them and take the ring. One orc was trying to steal the ring off of one of the little Hobbit. As he was trying to take it the Hobbit was trying to make him a deal so they could escape and during the deal the Hobbit started saying “gollum gollum” (page 67) as he said that he felt the goblin’s fingers twitch. Gollum was once a good person who became evil cause his obsession for the ring and its power. Gollum would try to do anything to get his hands on his “precious”.
Merry and Pippin were climbing a huge tree in the forest to view the sun but at the moment they got up there the tree became a live. The great tree is a powerful but old being who has be a life for hundreds of years. The great tree said that they could call him Treebeard cause they don’t know the old ent language and his name keeps changing as he gets older. Treebeard also knew gandalf just like Merry and Pippin do but sadly the boys think and tell him that he has died.
Eomer and Theodenr two men from Rohan is giving the evil Wormtongue even after he bares his teeth and hisses at the king but they show him campion ship and let him have a horse and leave the kingdom with out being punished other then he cant never come back to Rohan.
Aragorn and Eomer are fighting to protect the a great city from an enormous orc army the humans are being driven back to the deeps where they have little survival. But they have a better chance of living down there instead of the walls cause at the walls they are being fought from both sides and are getting giant rocks thrown at them from a great distance. During all of this the young elf Legolas and the dwarf Gimli are having a contest of who can kill the most orcs at this moment Gimil is at 21 and Legolas is at 24 its a very close contest but usually Legolas always wins it.
Gimil beat Legolas at the game by getting one more kill then him the score was 42 to 41 it was a very close game. The battle has now ended and the humans killed the orcs once the great Gandalf the white appeared on the battle field he cast a spell that scared the orcs and then a bunch of men came out and killed all the orcs from the rear end when they were scared they tossed all there weapons and then got destroyed.
Gandalf and his men are arriving at the gates of Isengard and their hearts are heavy now cause a giant tower black cruel looking tower has appeared and as they got closer more and more thing appeared like houses, armouries, smithies, and great furnaces. The goblins used these to help create new weapons and armor for when they go out to battle against the humans, elfs, dwarfs (ext).
Gandalf and his army along with the king of the Mark have overtaken Isengard with the help of the ent’s. The ent’s flooded Isengard entrapping Saruman and master wormtongue in the tower in the center of the flood it was like a giant bowl being filled with water. There is no escape of it.The book is about a bunch mystical rings that the mighty all powerful lord Saruman demands to have. He wants to use the power of all the rings to make everything his and evil. A young hobbit named Frodo from the Shire was given the ring. His quest is to go to Mordor and destroy before Saruman gets a hold of the rings powers. One orc was trying to steal the ring off of one of the little Hobbit. As he was trying to take it the Hobbit was trying to make him a deal so they could escape and during the deal the Hobbit started saying “gollum gollum” (page 67) as he said that he felt the goblin’s fingers twitch. Gollum was once a good person who became evil cause his obsession for the ring and its power. Gollum would try to do anything to get his hands on his “precious”.
Merry and Pippin were climbing a huge tree in the forest to view the sun but at the moment they got up there the tree became a live. The great tree is a powerful but old being who has been a life for hundreds of years. The great tree said that they could call him Treebeard cause they don’t know the old ent language and his name keeps changing as he gets older. Treebeard also knew gandalf just like Merry and Pippin do but sadly the boys think and tell him that he has died.

Eomer and Theodenr two men from Rohan is giving the evil Wormtongue even after he bares his teeth and hisses at the king but they show him campion ship and let him have a horse and leave the kingdom without being punished other than he cant never come back to Rohan.
Aragorn and Eomer are fighting to protect the a great city from an enormous orc army the humans are being driven back to the deeps where they have little survival. But they have a better chance of living down there instead of the walls cause at the walls they are being fought from both sides and are getting giant rocks thrown at them from a great distance. During all of this the young elf Legolas and the dwarf Gimli are having a contest of who can kill the most orcs at this moment Gimil is at 21 and Legolas is at 24 its a very close contest but usually Legolas always wins it.
Gimil beat Legolas at the game by getting one more kill than him the score was 42 to 41 it was a very close game. The battle has now ended and the humans killed the orcs once the great Gandalf the white appeared on the battle field he cast a spell that scared the orcs and then a bunch of men came out and killed all the orcs from the rear end when they were scared they tossed all there weapons and then got destroyed.
Gandalf and his men are arriving at the gates of Isengard and their hearts are heavy now cause a giant tower black cruel looking tower has appeared and as they got closer more and more thing appeared like houses, armouries, smithies, and great furnaces. The goblins used these to help create new weapons and armor for when they go out to battle against the humans, elfs, dwarfs (ext).
Gandalf and his army along with the king of the Mark have overtaken Isengard with the help of the ent’s. The ent’s flooded Isengard entrapping Saruman and master wormtongue in the tower in the center of the flood it was like a giant bowl being filled with water. There is no escape of it.

As Frodo and Sam were climbing down this cliff they saw an evil creature in the night. They identified it as gollum an evil creature who was following them for a long time. t was climbing down the cliff side it found a tough place and fell Sam quickly jumped on it they fought and bawled on the floor the creature bite into Sam’s neck the slimy yellow teeth sunk in. He yelled and frodo quickly grabbed his knife. The creature slowly got off him and they realized that it was Gollum.

I haven’t fully read my book yet but as I keep reading I’ll keep writing about it. It’s a very good, and interesting book it has a lot of role-playing in it and fighting scenes. I would recommend it to people who enjoy reading about fictional characters and epic quest.

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Politics go better with a side of superhuman.

The Nightbringer. An ancient god, that fed on the power of stars. It was eventually defeated by an indiscriminate ancient race, cast away into oblivion.

10 million years later, it returns. The Nightbringer is a great novel, full of intrigue, mystery, and grittiness. The books author, Graham McNeill, is one of the top selling authors for the Black Library.  I have always found his books to be some of the most interesting in their Publishing.

The book has a surprisingly deep layer of politics involved, something that not a lot of authors can accomplish. I enjoy the level of treason, sheer mystery, and gruesomeness in the story. Several scenes in this book, are far too disturbing to even mention. One of these moments, is when our main character, Uriel Ventris, and his squad, discover the traitor, the main perpetrator of the great events in this book. He is still alive, the every organ of his body has been taken out, and placed on hooks in a gory ring. He begs them to kill him, to put him out of his misery. A hail of explosive bullets quickly did the job. Scenes like that are very rare, especially ones that were done well.

One of the big ideas in this book I think, are loyalty, personal gain, and vengeance. A lot of this book contains ideas, that conflict with our main characters beliefs. The side narratives also help illustrate the planet Pavonis as a whole, showing it’s politics, lives, and economy. The loyalty to the Emperor and to yourself runs large in this novel. Someone as developed as Uriel Ventris, and his conflicts.

At one point, the politician (actually an inquisitor) he is defending plans to simply eradicate the planet. Uriel denies this, although he as a Space Marine should not disobey. Instead, he travels to the planet, and eradicates the enemies, risking his life to save billions, although on a galactic scale, billions are nothing.

Again, this shows our characters steadfastness and belief in doing what’s right for people. The story is much to deep to simply tell, and I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves action, mystery, intrigue, and some gory scenes as well. I give the book a 5/5, the author always knowing how to please.

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I’ve been reading a book about Vince Neil, the singer for the rock & roll band Motley Crue. The book is called Tattoos & Tequila-Vince Neil, it was written by Mike Sager. What does Tattoos & Tequila mean to you? To me it just means drinks, and tattoos. To these rock stars it is their lives. I chose to read this book because I’ve previously read Nikki Sixx’s book, The Heroin Diaries-A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star. Nikki’s book really inspired me, I felt as if I could really relate to his insanity, I liked the style that his book was written in. It was the best book I’ve ever read, I’ll probably read it again this year. For those who don’t know much about Motley Crue, Nikki is also a member of the band. Anyways, back to this book. It personal preference of what kinda of books that you like, but personally I like these kind of books, I mean, I love Motley Crue, they’re an awesome band who have went through a lot together.

Vince Neil never was a big heroin addict like Nikki was, no one in the band was as bad as Nikki. I mean, don’t get me wrong, they’d shoot up heroin here and there but Nikki just crossed the line. Vince said his drug of choice was always alcohol, he was not an alcoholic he said, but personally I think he was. Even if Vince was not an alcoholic he probably would not admit it in the book, but he is all cleaned up now, he’ll have the odd glass of champagne tho. Most people don’t know that Vince Neil’s real name is; Vince Neil Wharton, another interesting fact is that he was born with a disease (I can’t recall what it was called) but it made it hard for Vince to read, which made it hard for him to even learn, he said he didn’t even read The Dirt, which is another great book about Motley Crue, he also said he probably won’t even read this book.

You have to give these guys a lot of credit for sharing their life stories with the whole world, some good and some bad happenings. I know I would have to get paid a lot of money to do that, it’d be tough to let the whole world know personal facts about you and you’re life. These books can really relate to young kids who are in the stage that they’re partying. Nikki became a monster, he knew what he was doing was wrong, and he could not do anything about it, the drugs were just to good. The Motley Crue band is still able to rock and roll today, they’re getting older, but that just means there getting wiser and better. Nikki says he thinks he still has 10 years left in him. I hope they keep on rocking because they are my favorite band. The band Black Tide really reminds me of Motley Crue, Black Tide is a very young band but are getting famous very quick, they were actually seen in Vermilion at the Shell gas station while they were on tour. Back to the book tho, Vince has had 4 previous wife’s, and he has a couple of children too, his boy says he does not see his dad very often cause he is always busy, but he still respects his dad, I mean, what do you expect he is just doing his job right?

Vince actually was not a part of Motley Crue, they were fighting and Vince ended up leaving the band. He started driving race cars, just like the quote from the movie Talladega Nights ”I like to go fast”. Vince loved driving race cars, he loved the intensity and the speed. The band’s manager had called Vince a couple months after the Motley break up and had wanted him to join the band again, Vince didn’t want to, he was still so mad, but he went and had a meeting with the manager anyway. The manager ended up convincing him to reunite with Motley Crue, thank god he did because if he didn’t Motley might not have been here today, they wouldn’t of been the same. If you listen to the band’s songs, each and every one of there songs has meaning to it, for example; the song Kick Start My Heart, they really did have to kick start Nikki’s heart, and as well as some of the lyrics; There is nothing like a funeral toy make you feel alive, like these guys actually experienced all this and they write songs about it, it is absolutely amazing music I think.

If you enjoy reading about books like this, or about Rock & Roll, this would be a great book to read. Other suggestions would be; The Heroin Diaries with Nikki Sixx, The Dirt, and there are many other books about band or musicians like Ozzy Ozsborne, ACDC, and many more. My best suggestion to give to you is The Heroin Diaries, it was an absolutely amazing book. At the very end up the book Nikki overdosed on Heroin, his heart stopped beating, he was rushed to the hospital and the proclaimed him dead, Nikki said he could see everyone around his dead body, he could see it all, then he came back to life, he then walked out of the hospital and two young girls were there and they said they’d give him a ride home. These girls were a big fan of Nikki and the band, they said they did drugs too, Nikki told them his story and the girls promised they’d never ever do drugs again.

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Eldest is the sequel to Eragon and is written by Christopher Paolini. The book is about a sixteen year old boy named Eragon. Eragon finds a dragon egg and becomes a dragon rider when the egg hatches. After that, his uncle is killed by these foul beasts called Ra’zac, so Eragon takes off with an old man named Brom, who turns out to be a former dragon rider, and they search for the Ra’zac. Brom gets killed when they are captured by the Ra’zac. Some good comes of this encounter with the Ra’zac, when another young man named Murtagh saves Eragon and Saphira and proceeds to help them. Later Eragon is captured by Urgals and questioned by a Shade (a person who is being controlled by demons.) Eragon escapes and saves and elf’s life, who was also a captive of the Shade. Then through use of the elf’s memories, Eragon, his dragon, Murtagh and the unconscious elf go to the Varden. The Varden is a group of rebels who resist the Empire. Murtagh reveals that he is the son of a man who betrayed the dragon riders to Galbatorix (the insane king.) They reach the Varden and a little later are enslaved in a battle with Urgals and the Shade. Eragon kills the Shade but gets a permanent injury in his back. Murtagh disappears, with the two most powerful Varden spell casters. Eragon and the elf, Arya, travel to the elves home where Eragon meets a dragon rider called Oromis and Oromis’s dragon Glaedr. The two of them are injured beyond repair and can no longer fight, but they begin to teach and tutor Eragon and Saphira in the ways of the mysterious dragon rider’s magic. Meanwhile Roran, Eragon’s cousin, refuses to be taken by the king’s men, to be used as a weapon against Eragon. Roran takes his whole village and they tramp across the land to try to find refuge in Surda, a country who secretly helps the Varden’s resistance. This book is filled with all sorts of emotions and presents different ideas on religion and uses many clichés. It is a book of adventure and fantasy. Eldest teaches its readers lessons both positive and negative, doesn’t do a good job of brining across the romantic emotions but does do a good job of convincing readers of frustration and pain, and provides little insight on new ideas.

There are topics broached in Eldest that provide some questionable ideas of what is right and what is wrong. Christopher Paolini, seems to use the feeling or want of revenge to drive his characters most of the time. To me this isn’t a good lesson to be teaching because what I would take away from reading parts of this book is that it is ok to act revengeful towards those that hurt you. I disagree with the idea presented there. Yet the Dragon Riders are made out to be these great heroes, and everyone looks up to the hero, but then Saphira, Eragon’s dragon says that he should get revenge on his uncle’s murder because that is his job as a dragon rider. When trying to convince Eragon to pursue the Ra’zac and get revenge, Saphira says,”I thought long and deep the past few days, and I realized what it means to be dragon and Rider:It is our destiny to attempt the impossible, to accomplish great deeds regardless of fear. It is our responsibility to the future,” page 92-92. So in this book, is Christopher Paolini trying to teach us that we should get revenge on those who wrong us? I disagree with the way this was handled. This wasn’t the only time that revenge was brought up either, Roran endangers his whole village because he wants his vengeance for his father’s death. As a member of the village says, “It’s all you fault…they will torch our houses and murder our children because of you,”page 124-125. Roran’s want for vengeance put all these other families at risk. The message that is getting across here, is that it doesn’t matter who gets hurt as long as you get what you want. Again I disagree with this opinion. Another moment in this book, had one of the men of Carvahall slaughtering the soldiers alongside Roran, and both showed a fierce enjoyment to kill and seemed to regard the killing as a sport. “Shall I gut and hamstring you?”page 137. This was a ‘clever’ play on words, as the man who said this is the butcher of Carvahall. However this is just sick. The taunting and joking about death and murder is just so wrong and this is one of many times this type of sick humor is mentioned and I think it’s just wrong. Paolini uses the emotion of anger to be a driving force behind what many characters do. I think he could have used different emotions to invoke action from his characters, especially as anger is a dominant emotion. I feel that although anger is a great emotion to use to drive the characters into action, it is again one of the many negative emotions that is present in his writing of this book. To get Carvahall to travel with him to Surda, Roran tries to instill in them his anger. He does this by reminding them of all the negatives, “He [Galbatorix] seeks to poison all of Algaesia, to suffocate us with his cloak of misery,” page 250. However at the same time I understand why Paolini uses all of these negative emotions. For this is the story. The story is about people getting murdered and brutality and slavery and torture. It is about hurt, revenge, hate, anger, demons, pain, and suffering. The story wouldn’t come to life without these emotions. For, although I think it very wrong that the Dragon Riders, the heroes, are portrayed as getting revenge on those who do wrong, the want for revenge was a driving force behind all that Eragon did. Also under the circumstances, there wouldn’t have been another better emotion. The feeling of hate and anger and revenge that Eragon had, was felt by the reader and probably no other emotion would have had the same effect. Roran’s endangering the village had to happen because Paolini had to stay true to the character of Roran. Roran wouldn’t just run away in the face of danger. He would stand and fight and try to hold his ground. Roran’s determination is seen when he is faced with the daunting task of raising a home and barn from scratch, “Considering the situation, it seemed to Roran that the only option available to him was to rebuild his farm, even if he had to raise the house and barn himself,” page 31. His determination carries on to all tasks in front of him. Never is he wanting to give up and he has a pride that he doesn’t want ruined. As for the sick humor, it had to be in there. For again it was sticking with the character of Sloan, who was the butcher. He is a cruel character that we aren’t really supposed to like. Roran also might’ve been with him, but both Roran and Eragon, who are characters that we are supposed to like and look up to, don’t really approve of murder. Roran in fact feels sick at the thought that he killed, “He could still feel the visceral shock of muscle and bone giving…crunching…pulping under his hammer. His bile rose and he had to struggle not to be sick in full view of the village,” page 127. In the first book called Eragon, Eragon shows strong distaste for Murtagh killing a slaver. I dislike the overuse of negative emotions, yet I also understand the importance of their use to bring out the emotions in the book.

When reading fiction books, especially fantasy books, it is important for the author to really bring in the reader and make them feel the emotions of the characters and feel apart of the book, however sometimes in the book Eldest when trying to bring in the audience, parts end up sounding cheesy. In any of the romantic scenes or when describing the love of two characters, Paolini’s attempt comes across as uncomfortable and too formal. When Eragon is with Arya he says, “How tall the trees, how bright the stars… and how beautiful you are,” page 473. Firstly Eragon doesn’t strike me as the formal poetic type. Until now Eragon is portrayed as being anything but an artist. He is not portrayed as being able to be sweet or cute with words, but now all of a sudden he is being all sweet and poetic. To me Eragon is a bit harsh, a farmer, and all tough and rough traveller. So where did the sudden sweet, poetic, and cute words come from. I also am not a fan of the overly sweet and cute speeches like this. It all sounds very formal and too good. I prefer a less formal and more awkward approach. Although this is very awkward. I think that is because these words don’t seem to fit Eragon and they don’t go with the harshness of the story. Although I don’t find Paolini particularly good at writing about romance, I do like much of the other emotions that he really made me feel and become apart of. Roran’s anger and slow turn to madness definitely convinced me. There was something very effective about Roran’s continuous chant in his mind of, “Katrina,” page 251. I also felt very apart of what Eragon was feeling and going through when describing to Saphira how pain was should actually be called the obliterator. To me Eragon’s description of pain was very effective, “The obliterator. Because when you’re in pain, nothing else can exist. Not thought. Not emotion. Only the drive to escape the pain. When it’s strong enough, the Obliterator strips us of everything that makes us who we are, until we’re reduced to creatures less than animals, creatures with a single desire and goal: escape,” page 400-401. In Eragon’s small speech this was an effective way of making me feel his pain and troubles that he was going through. There was also a point in Eldest that really brought across the relationship and companionship between Oromis and Eragon. It is after Eragon has had another bout of mind numbing pain, then Oromis reminds him who he is and all he has to fight for. Oromis says, “Don’t abandon hope…never that…we are the Riders. We stand between the light and the dark, and keep the balance between the two…Now rise, Shadeslayer, and prove you can conquer the instincts of your flesh!” Page 401. The companionship between the two that particularly came from Oromis was really touching and I thought that this emotion was brought across really well with the few words exchanged. Paolini isn’t very good at romantic scenes or portraying true love, but he is good at describing pain, anger, companionship, hate, and revenge.

Sometimes, to really stir things up and make a successful book, you’ve got to delve deep into topics and explore new ideas. When reading books it is always fun to see an author come up with a new idea. Something crazy, that comes completely from his/her imagination. Or, it is fun to see them suggest, in their writing, a new thought or revelation about Earth and humanity. I didn’t see this happen with Paolini’s writing. He didn’t explore new thoughts, he didn’t really have any new ideas. All of the thoughts have been explored before. To start with, dragons. Dragons are a common theme in books and in movies. In ‘The Hobbit’ there was the use of a dragon. Harry Potter also used a dragon in the Goblet of Fire, when Harry had to fight the dragon to get past the first task. It isn’t even a new idea to have dragons portrayed as friendly either, as the movie How To Train Your Dragon showed. So, the idea of dragons as the good or the bad guy aren’t new at all. A rivalry between elves and dwarves isn’t a new idea. Although it was quite funny when Orik (a dwarf) came to the sparring field and says that he won’t spar because , “I already got in a bit o’ax work with an elf who took a rather fiendish delight in cracking me over the head”page 531. It was definitely seen in Lord of the Rings. As was the relationship between dwarves and mountains and jewels, and elves and forests and nature and fair folk. If anything, the Ra’zac in Eldest, sound a lot like the Black Riders of Lord of the Rings. They are described in Eldest as, “To the east, a shadow detached itself from the horizon…The black creature opened its beak and uttered a long, piercing shriek…” page 416. It is also described as, “And hunched in their midst were two twisted black forms,”page 41. They both have these creepy, flying, evil animals that they fly on. They are both hooded creatures that don’t show their faces. They are both stronger in the dark than the sunlight. Neither race like water, and both shy away from the water. Just by looking at you, they both can immobilize you with fear, and their cries are almost lethal. The Urgals in Eldest are more like goblins or Orks than anything else. The idea of a nobody, poor kid becoming an all important character with all this power and strength and admirers is also very common. A romance between two characters that was never meant to be, or never could work out, is used frequently. The most obvious example being Romeo and Juliet. For in Eldest, Eragon is in love with Arya. Everything points to that not working out. Arya is almost a hundred years older than Eragon. She is also an elf, and their positions in society don’t allow them to be together. Although, a mix of all these cool ideas is really fun and makes for a great fantasy novel, there is a lack of his own imagination coming out. Paolini has shallowly began to explore the question, Does God exist? He has brought it up a couple of times during the course of the book. Eragon, himself, doesn’t seem to really believe in anything, although there has been a few times that he has expressed curiosity at the subject. Mostly Paolini has brought up the idea of their being more than one god. That is what the basis of the dwarves religion is. The elves don’t really believe in gods at all. They just believe in having a strong connection with nature. There has definitely been hints that Paolini will discuss more about the subject of religion later in the book. I don’t see much creativity from Paolini, however he does try to go deep into some subjects such as religion.

Good books should teach us good lessons, they should bring us into the world of fantasy and get us experiencing the characters experiences along with them, the author should also try to come up with new ideas and examin new topics that haven’t been discussed before. Paolini taught both good and bad lessons. Some were very unethical and other were good lessons that reminded us of the values of bravery and courage. Although Paolini was able to convey the more negative emotions to his audience quite well, he lacked the ability to stay true to his characters and still have a romantic scene or two. Paolini also stole some ideas from other books, such as when he made the different races of creatures in his book. He does go into and explore some of the bigger questions, like, Does God exist. I do enjoy the book, and I feel that mostly it was well written, however Paolini lacked creativity and being able to convey romantic emotions to his audience.

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I think that persuasion can be a good thing.  If for example, a person had not wanted to go to and event because he or she felt that the would look like a lesser being than someone else, persuasion can be a good thing.  But if a person were to be persuaded to drink and drive for example then I think that it would not be good.  In the book that I am currently reading this is easy to relate to.  There are other books that I have read that this could relate to.  There are also examples in the holy bible of  persuasion.

Persuasion could be many thing.  For example if a person was thinking of going to a dance, but he/she did not want to go because he did not want to appear as a lesser person for going to the dance with the wrong people.  I think that this is a good time for a person to intervene and persuade the person to go to a dance with whom ever he/she wants.  In this case I think that persuasion is a good thing.  But on the other hand I think that if a person were persuaded to drink and drive, that this would be a bad thing. Drinking and driving could be fatal.  So in life persuasion can be both good and bad things that can occur.  But in these cases the person is faced with a choice of what he will do.  He can ether do or do not there are other types of persuasion.

I recently read a book called the The Way of Shadows. In this book a man named Derzo Blint is told that if he doesn’t hand over one of the magical items that he has in his Passion, all of the people that he holds dear to his heart .  In the end he kills him self  and gives the magical item to his apprentice. In a different book called Eragon The CharacterEragonis told that if he doesn’t join the varden all of the land will fall to the evil king Galbitorix.  In these examples the persuasion is very strong and the person doesn’t really have a choice in the mater.

In the bible there is a story of a man called Samson. In the story he is said to have inhuman powers.  When Samson was a child his mother was told by God that if she didn’t cut the child’s hair he would have inhuman strength.  Later when Samson was a older man, his wife came to him and asked him the Truth of his strength.  First he told her that if he was bound with a new bowstring he would lose his strength.  Later that night while he was asleep he wife bound him with a new bowstring and the philistines tried to capture him.  Samson easily broke the cord and killed all of the philistines.  The next day Samson tells her the truth of his strength and that night the philistines attack.  they capture Samson and the kill him.  In this story persuasion is a bad thing and it ends up killing a man.

So in our world, persuasion can be either a good thing or a bad thing.  It can even be in the middle. But I think that it is mostly a good thing.  I also believe that if there was no persuasion the there can be no god.  Or if there is a god that the bible stories cannot be true because in all of stories god or satin persuade the people to do what he wants .  So overall I think that persuasion is a good thing.

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