Week 9: See You at Harry's

This week I read See you at Harry's by Jo Knowles. Let me start by saying this book was extremely sad. I have never cried at a book before this one. It was extremely good but really sad. It's about a girl named Fern who feels lonely and feels like nobody notices her. She is just going into middle school which is attached to the high school where her brother goes. Her brother has some secrets which cause him trouble. Then she tries to get involved and finds out more about her brother than she expected. Then her life really starts to turn up side down. She goes through some rough times and has only her friends Ran and Cassie to support her. Then a life changing accident happens which she blames on herself. This book is sort of a drama, I don't really know what else to call it. It is 320 pages long. I really loved this book. I loved the way it was written and I just couldn't put it down. Overall a great book.

Next week I am going to read Speaker of the Dead by Orson Scott.

Week #8: House of Hades

This week I read House of Hades by Rick Riordan. This is the fourth book in the follow up series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The series is called Heroes of Olympus. Because it is a series I am not going to talk about the plot because if someone reads this who is planning on or is earlier in the series it might give some things away. Still let me just say great book and great series. It is 608 pages but it goes by really quickly. This series combines greek and roman mythology. I love these books because of the descriptions and once you start reading it you can't put it down. I would suggest not to start the series till they are all out (the last one comes out next fall) because it is a pain to have to wait a year at a time just to fly through a book in two days. This is an adventure/action/mythological genre. Overall I love these books and if he comes up with another series I will read it all through because I love his writing.

Next week I am going to read See You at Harry's.

Week #7: Ender's Game

This week I read Ender's Game by Orson Card. This is a really good bool in my opinion. It about a boy who is put  in control of a International Fleet to destroy aliens named the buggers. He is put through tons of training and is put into a simulator that helps train him to be the best pilot he could. It is a super easy read. It is only 352 pages. I really enjoyed the action in this book and the author kept on tricking me with the age of Ender. When he was 12 it seemed like he was actually 18 which was fun. I would put this in the fantastical/futuristic action genre. Lot of things that are not possible right now but maybe in a hundred years happened in this book. So right now it is all a fantasy to us but it becomes a possibility in the future. Overall this is a great book. Does anybody know if there is a sequel also because it is set up to have one and it says book number one but I can't find it?

Next week I am going to read House of Hades by Rick Riordan.

Week #6: Night Circus

This week I read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. This book is fantasy/mystery/action I guess. For a while the reader doesn't really have any idea what is going on. It is a really good book and it really makes you want to keep reading even though not everything is clear. This is a really simple and easy read it is just a little longer. It is 516 pages long. It starts with two young children who have mentors and are trained to be magicians. The magicians fates are then to battle to the death in an indirect way. For a while the competitors did not even know who each others names or who exactly they were playing in this "game" with. The arena is a circus that is only open at night, but this isn''t just any old regular circus. It has contortionists, magicians and based all on the theme of black and white.

My book next week is: Ender's Game  

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock: Week #4

This week I read Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick. To start off with I am going to say this was a really sad book. It showed how depressed this kid was. It is about a boy named Leonard Peacock and he is gay so he is always made fun of or been awkward around people. Finally he has had enough and decides he should kill himself. Before he kills himself though he has five missions. He has to deliver presents to four different people then kill his former best friend then himself. This book goes through flashbacks of his life and then it goes back to the present and him giving his four gifts. One to a neighbor, then another to one of his teachers, then another to a musician and finally to a girl. Once he finishes that he is going to take a gun and kill his former best friend and then himself. This is a really mature and sad but really good book. It explains the struggles and hardship this boy has been through. It deals with a lot of very tough and controversial topics. It is almost a drama/adventure book. If you feel like you are ready to take on a really tough hard book then you will love this book. It is a super easy/quick read. It is only 288 pages. I loved this book, it would definitely go on my top five favorite books ever. Overall great book really suggest it.

My book next week is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. 

To His Last Man: Book Week 3

To His Last Man by Jeff Sharra is the book I read this week. This is a historically based war novel, it is 642 pages and is a reasonably easy read even though at points is gets a little boring. This book is about WWI. It starts with switching off chapters between talking about a american ace and a german ace. Then the focus of the book shifts after a bit and goes to the rest of the American military coming into the war. It's main focus is then on General Pershing (the head general of the american amy), but it also shifts to men in the military and there different perspectives. This book was not my favorite of Jeff Sharra's. It got very dry at some points and boring. There are some great battles and descriptions still but it was a little too boring for me. I prefer a lot of action in books, so if anyone has and books they think I might like definitely leave it in the comments and I will check it out. I would suggest this book for anyone who just wants a lot of history but go into reading it knowing there is not as might action as one might expect from a war novel. The book I am reading next week is Forgive Me Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick.

Week 1 Book Insurgent

This week I read Insurgent by Veronica Roth. Insurgent is the sequel to the book Divergent. For a sequel I thought this was a really great book. It really intrigues you and gets you really sucked into it. It is extremely well written. It paints a picture in your mind as you read and it seems as if you are standing right there while the whole thing happens. I will warn you that at the end there is a huge cliff hanger so you might want to wait to read this series until the third book comes out then it is easy to blow through them all without having to wait. This book is in the action/adventure genre I would say. If you are a fan of the Hunger Games, as I am, then you will like this book most likely a lot more. This book is about a sixteen year old girl who finds herself in the middle of a mind control war. The only thing is she is one of the few who can't be mind controlled and therefore they are fighting the war over them. Some people want to kill them all, while others want to save them. The book is full of adventures, fighting, some spies, and a lot of guns. This is a easy read especially because it is a book you can't set down. Overall this is a great book that I strongly suggest.
My TBR List is:

• To His Last Man
• The Steel Wave
• No Less Than Victory
• The Final Storm
• Gone For Soldiers
• Fahrenheit 451
• See You At Harry's
• Elanor and Park
• The Client
• Night Circus
• Leonard Peacock

And next week I plan to read To His Last Man.