Sorry for the late post but I had been busy editing my story,incase you're wondering I have already finish writing it.I am now editing it so you can expect the next chapter in a couple of days.Just wondering do any of you play the Surviving High School.It is a mobile game,every week the upload a new episode where you can play it for free.I have been playing it for a couple for years,while I think that the game is getting stale but I continue on playing since it's free.Anyway they release a book,introducing a new character named Emily.The book is written by M Doty and it was published in 2012.
The High and Low
.I like the cover.
.The story is pleasant and light.
.The story from the book doesn't quite match the story from the game.
.A lot of the characters were hollow.
Quick Summary
Emily is entering her first day of high school with her friend Kimi.Her sister died on a car accident and now her father expects her to be as great as her.She follows a strict regiment.She found herself liking Ben a popular student who is still recovering from a heart break and facing of her rival Dominique in swimming and for Ben's affection.It seems that there was more about her sister's death but nobody wants to talk about it and she do not want to confront Nick,her sister's boyfriend,the one who was responsible for her death.With all these issues surrounding her she reach her..............................that's all I'm going to write.
The Conclusion
I picked up the book,thinking that it would be a decet read.Truthfully it was,the story was good enough to be enjoyable and it didn't drag out as many teen books tend to.I also find myself liking the cover,usually I dislike cover with real people.However for people who have played the game,might find themselves confuse on several things,Kimi's relationship between Kevin and the disappearence of Dominique and Cameron's is to name a few.Not only that except for Emily,most of the characters lacked depth they had in the game.I wished that the story showcased Nick or Sam more.I was quite dissapointed with the book as I had expected more.For a player of the game you might find yourself dissapointed but for a non player you will probably enjoy it.
Rating: 5 out of 10.
I really wanted to give it one mark higher but I was really dissapointed with how the book used the characters.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
The Princess and The Bear
Sorry for writing this post a little late than I was supposed to you and yes I'm still holding on my promise,it's just I have been rewriting a lot lately so it's been quite hectic.Last week I managed to find a book called The Princess and the bear which made me automatically think of Brave.Anyway I did not know the book was a sequel until I searched about it when I finished the book.This book looked quite old but I decided to read because it was on sale.The book is written by Mette Ivie Harrison,it is the second book of the series and it was published in 2009.
The High and The Low
.I simply loved the the lore of the story
.The two main leads was interesting.
.I did not like the cover.
.It could have explored its lore more.
Quick Summary
She is finally a hound again,she is now staying with a king who had been transformed into a bear.While he can't understand they have a mutual understanding and the live peacefully together.One day the hound saw a creature who seemed to be causing death around him.She and the bear travelled to George to learn that the creauture was wielding unmagic and if it goes on they will be doomed.With no other choise the hound and the bear travelled to the wild man's domain as he is the only person powerful enough to stop unmagic.The bear tried leaving the hound by injuring her but she was determined to follow him to end.When they arrived the wild man confessed that he could not defeat it as he has grown weak.He asked the to go back two hundred years ago to sto the source of unmagic before it's too late,to make it easier the wildman turn the bear back into a human................................................I think I wrote too much.
The Conclusion
First of all,you can understand the book eventhough you did not read the first book.There may be some characters you dont know but they don't appear much so it does not really matter.I was really impressed by the lore of the story,the back story of the creatures were interesting.I would not have minded learning more of the world though I wished they would have explores more on the concept.The story was decent not that great but it wasn't bad either.I have to say that the two leads were definitely amusing.There is a king who had been transformed into a bear for more than century and hound who had finally turn back into a hound.Truthfully the title of the story confused me.shouldn't it be named The King and The Hound,after all the bear is originally human while the princess was actually a hound.I was not fond of the cover as you know I never liked my cover with real human on the cover.I have to say that I hoped that the story could be better but the lore was definitely good enough to make it a worth read.
Rating:7 out of 10
The High and The Low
.I simply loved the the lore of the story
.The two main leads was interesting.
.I did not like the cover.
.It could have explored its lore more.
Quick Summary
She is finally a hound again,she is now staying with a king who had been transformed into a bear.While he can't understand they have a mutual understanding and the live peacefully together.One day the hound saw a creature who seemed to be causing death around him.She and the bear travelled to George to learn that the creauture was wielding unmagic and if it goes on they will be doomed.With no other choise the hound and the bear travelled to the wild man's domain as he is the only person powerful enough to stop unmagic.The bear tried leaving the hound by injuring her but she was determined to follow him to end.When they arrived the wild man confessed that he could not defeat it as he has grown weak.He asked the to go back two hundred years ago to sto the source of unmagic before it's too late,to make it easier the wildman turn the bear back into a human................................................I think I wrote too much.
The Conclusion
First of all,you can understand the book eventhough you did not read the first book.There may be some characters you dont know but they don't appear much so it does not really matter.I was really impressed by the lore of the story,the back story of the creatures were interesting.I would not have minded learning more of the world though I wished they would have explores more on the concept.The story was decent not that great but it wasn't bad either.I have to say that the two leads were definitely amusing.There is a king who had been transformed into a bear for more than century and hound who had finally turn back into a hound.Truthfully the title of the story confused me.shouldn't it be named The King and The Hound,after all the bear is originally human while the princess was actually a hound.I was not fond of the cover as you know I never liked my cover with real human on the cover.I have to say that I hoped that the story could be better but the lore was definitely good enough to make it a worth read.
Rating:7 out of 10
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Cursed For Eternity:Chapter 2
I do hope you enjoy reading the second chapter.I worked a lot to get it done do comment about it.I want to know whether you liked the short story.I appreciate any advice you can give to me.I'll stop rambling and just give you the link.
http://www.wattpad.com/19877997-cursed-for-eternity-chapter-2
http://www.wattpad.com/19877997-cursed-for-eternity-chapter-2
Sunday, June 30, 2013
The Silver Bowl
Before I start my review I want to apologize to all my readers.This year you all have been really good to me but I repay it with my laziness.I promised to write a japanese version of every post but until now I only managed to complete one.Instead of reviewing three books every month I only reviewed one or two books,I wondered on why did it turned out like this and a couple of days ago I discovered my answer.I was talking with my brother about a certain book that he wanted to buy,since I was going to a book store I offerred to buy it for him and he declined saying thath he wanted to buy the book in person.I said that I understand his feeling and recalled some memories a couple years back when was just a teenager searching for a book to read and relishing to find a book with a beautiful cover,wondering what story lies within the book.I immadiately realized that all this time I had lost my passion on reading books.I still loved reading book but recently I only read it to pass time or for the sake of this blog I used to read as a hobby I could spend hours on a book devouring each words but now I only spend an hour on a real book.
I promise you that from starting next month I'm going to at least write two book review every month unless I'm terribly busy that is.I don't think that I'm going to continue on my Japanese transalation unless you really want me to and yes I'm going to post a chapter every month.By the way I had some problem editing the next chapter for my story so it's going to take a couple days before I could post.
With that cleared I can begin my review.Last week read a book called The Silver Bowl.,it was written by Diane Stanley.I thought that it was an old book so I decided to read it,feeling tired of all the unoriginal teen fiction dominating shelves.I was in quite a shock to learn that it was published in 2011.
The High and Low
.The book has a great setting to it.
.The characters aare memorable and likable.
.I really liked the ending.
.To me the book didn't answer all my question.
.When the book reached the ending it felt a little bit rushed.
Quick Summary
Molly was born in a large poor famiy so her cruel father had to send them away by sending them to faraway place to work.Molly had some visions and this made her father worried that she was crazy like his wife was he decided to send her to the castle to work as a servant but before that her mother explained to her that she must never let anyone kow of her powers ad gace her a necklace saying that it would protect her.She quickly befriended the stable boy Tobias and the sneak to see the royal family directly there she heard a conversation between prince Alaric and her mother.Alaric noticed her and riducled her for not knowing her place.Years passed and she is promoted to the polisher of the silver.........That's all I'm going to write.
The conclusion
Picking up this book was like finding a buried treasure that contained several aincents scroll.I cannot say that the book was perfect but it is simply a joy with essence of old book surrounding it.The book had the feelig of it was witten a couple of decades ago.The book has a great setting,dark and adventurous at the sametime.The characters were memorable and likable enought to stand out and I have to say while I hated how to book was rushed I really loved the ending.It made me realize about my passion on reading novels.
The biggest complain I had was that I was stil terribly confused on some certain things,those thing probably could have been explained if the book had an additional fifty pages.The book is a gem for anyone who is craving for a throwback fantasy where the story is the main course not the appetizer.
Rating: 8 out of 10
I promise you that from starting next month I'm going to at least write two book review every month unless I'm terribly busy that is.I don't think that I'm going to continue on my Japanese transalation unless you really want me to and yes I'm going to post a chapter every month.By the way I had some problem editing the next chapter for my story so it's going to take a couple days before I could post.
With that cleared I can begin my review.Last week read a book called The Silver Bowl.,it was written by Diane Stanley.I thought that it was an old book so I decided to read it,feeling tired of all the unoriginal teen fiction dominating shelves.I was in quite a shock to learn that it was published in 2011.
The High and Low
.The book has a great setting to it.
.The characters aare memorable and likable.
.I really liked the ending.
.To me the book didn't answer all my question.
.When the book reached the ending it felt a little bit rushed.
Quick Summary
Molly was born in a large poor famiy so her cruel father had to send them away by sending them to faraway place to work.Molly had some visions and this made her father worried that she was crazy like his wife was he decided to send her to the castle to work as a servant but before that her mother explained to her that she must never let anyone kow of her powers ad gace her a necklace saying that it would protect her.She quickly befriended the stable boy Tobias and the sneak to see the royal family directly there she heard a conversation between prince Alaric and her mother.Alaric noticed her and riducled her for not knowing her place.Years passed and she is promoted to the polisher of the silver.........That's all I'm going to write.
The conclusion
Picking up this book was like finding a buried treasure that contained several aincents scroll.I cannot say that the book was perfect but it is simply a joy with essence of old book surrounding it.The book had the feelig of it was witten a couple of decades ago.The book has a great setting,dark and adventurous at the sametime.The characters were memorable and likable enought to stand out and I have to say while I hated how to book was rushed I really loved the ending.It made me realize about my passion on reading novels.
The biggest complain I had was that I was stil terribly confused on some certain things,those thing probably could have been explained if the book had an additional fifty pages.The book is a gem for anyone who is craving for a throwback fantasy where the story is the main course not the appetizer.
Rating: 8 out of 10
Friday, May 31, 2013
Cursed for Eternity:Chapter 1
As you know this blog is officially 3 years old now and I want to thank all of you for sparing your time to look at my pathetic blog.I know I have been quite lazy.I used to post three reviews every month but lately I only posted two.Anyway I have finally created my own story after month of planning/procrastinating I managed to finish the prologue.I know I'm not a really good writer but truthfully i felt that I could improve more if I had more people criticizing my book so I decided to post my story on my blog.This story is a fantasy/drama story so don't expect any romance in it.I really hope you enjoy it.I really appreciate any advice that you could give me.Truthfully I'm not sure how to put up a link for you to go to my story so for now I have to post the story up on Wattpad.In the future if I do know how to link my story I would probably stop posting it on Wattpad.For now I just hope you enjoy my story.
http://www.wattpad.com/17996078-cursed-for-eternity-chapter-1
http://www.wattpad.com/17996078-cursed-for-eternity-chapter-1
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