Challenge For The Week Of May 7th (AH+CP)

Critique 1 (find a short story with a number in the title) : Ward 6
Critique 2 (find a short story with jewellery and or a gem in the title): The Locket
Critique 3 (Find a short story with a size in the title): The discovery Of The High Lama
Critique 4(Find a short story with travel or movement in the title):When Sara Looks Up
Critique 5(Find a short story with evil in the title): John Mortenson's Funeral
Critique 6(Find a short story with a life stage in the title): Desirees Baby

The Locket

Young Edmund merely 16 years had been forced to go over seas to fight a war that was not his. Leaving his fair not yet married maiden behind with only a locket to remember her. 4 years passed and not a scratch came to Edmund throughout the war, his pals believed it was luck but Edmund knew it was something deeper, he knew it was the locket he held so dearly it had saved him, Alas the day he would encounter his fair maiden once more to propose to her, didn't happen he stepped on a mine and died a tragicful death. To this day Octavia will never forget her almost husband, Edmund. She won't forget his distressed dead body and the locket he carried around his neck.

I would rate this story 4 out of 5 stars because it was well written and a lot happened throughout but i felt the end was missing something and that the story was difficult to follow.

Literature Circles Challenge Of April 9th K.S

For this week's challenge I chose the character Josh Newman from the series of "The Secret Immortal Life of Nicholas Flamel." What I wanted to give him was a lie detector so he can check on who might be lying to him, because now he feels like he doesn't even know his own sister (Sophie) after the awakening, he is at a complete loss.

If Josh had a lie detector he probably wouldn't be with the man who tricked him and tried to kill him for his own evil purposes, Dr. John Dee. Besides, Nicholas Flamel is a man who might not always tell the truth but puts his life on the line for the 2 twins of legend (Josh and Sophie) many times.Therefore, if I could give Josh anything to help him out, I would give him a lie detector!

Eragon Full Summary A.H C.P

There's a place in the great lands of Alagaesia where a boy is raised with no memory of his parents. This boy is Eragon. Eragon is raised as a farm boy where he works for every bit of currency. As he works, he also hunts for his Uncle Garrow and his brother Roran. One day, he finds a blue stone in the wild forest called the Spine. He figures it could be a valuable item so he tries to trade it at the butcher shop. Only Sloan won't take anything from the Spine. So Eragon is about to be chased out of his shop when the town's smith arrives. Horst, Carvahall's smith, wouldn't allow Sloan to chase Eragon out of his shop when Eragon has a form of payment and is in need of food. So Horst buys a ton of meat for Eragon instead after Sloan still refuses to sell Eragon food. Eragon returns home to a disapproving Garrow, and gives him the meat. Later, Eragon travels with Garrow to meet the traders who have just arrived in Carvahall to try and sell the blue stone. Garrow loses interest in the stone when he learns it isn't worth much and doesn't bother trying to sell it. Eragon then takes the stone back and goes around looking at the items that the traders have brought with them. After, Eragon goes home with his Uncle Garrow and his cousin Roran. Then one day, Eragon's blue stone begins to get cracks in it, and after a while, it finally hatches. This was no stone, it was a dragon egg. A blue dragon emerges from this stone, and once Eragon gets over his wariness he feeds his dragon and tries to find a name for it. He does not yet know that his dragon is actually a female and not male. He goes to Brom to ask him for facts about dragons, and learns a bunch of dragon names. He tries them all with his dragon and when he finally realises it is a female, he finds the right name: Saphira. Then Horst tells Eragon of a pair of strangers called the Ra'zac who are looking for an egg like his. He takes Horst's advice and tries to go home, but is taken away by Saphira to the place where Saphira's egg first appeared in front of him. The following day, Eragon convinces Saphira to take him home, only to find his farm destroyed and Garrow dying. Garrow dies and Eragon leaves Carvahall with Brom so that he can hunt down the Ra'zac. They chase the Ra'zac all the way to Dras-Leona when they are chased out by soldiers who wish to capture Eragon and Saphira. The Ra'zac manage to catch Eragon, Brom, and Saphira unawares and then they escape with the help of Murtagh, a passing stranger with the same intentions as Eragon-to kill the Ra'zac. However, Brom is killed and then they travel to Gil'ead, where a man knows the whereabouts of the Varden, a front for the resistance of the dark king, Galbatorix. They go to Gil'ead and Eragon is once again captured, but this time by Urgals. He finds himself in Gil'ead with a Shade supervising over the soldiers. Eragon breaks out and Murtagh aids in his escape, but they encounter the Shade Durza unexpectedly. Then, there is a brief battle between Durza and Eragon with Murtagh, in which Murtagh kills the Shade. They then escape with Saphira and the elf they rescued from Gil'ead. They go to the Varden, where a great war is fought and Eragon is dealt a terrible wound, which cripples him. Regardless, he manages to  kill the Shade with the help of Arya(the elf they rescued in Gil'ead). As Eragon takes the toll of his wound, a voice by the name of The Cripple Who Is Whole, comes and saves him from the pits of madness as Eragon is on the brink of death when he arrives. Eragon returns to normalcy and he makes a decision-that he would go to the elves to strengthen himself as much as he possibly can.

Summary And Climax Challenge For The 23rd Of April (S.K)

Clary Fray figures something is up with her mother. All of a sudden, her mother is wanting to take her elsewhere with Luke for a weird reason. Her mother wouldn't tell her why so she decided to run away from home with her best friend, Simon. Later, Simon advises her to call her mother and tell her to talk this over. When they decide to return back home, they get a call. It's Clary's mother and she tells her that something is up with her and told her not to come home and to call her boyfriend, Luke to tell him to call the cops. She is so desperate to see his mother that she runs home with Simon to see what is going on. All they see is a mess.

1) From what I have read so far in City of Bones,  Clary figures her mother is in need for help. When Clary realises that she is going to move, she becomes depressesd so she runs away from home with her friend. When they go to a little place, that's where the climax takes place. Clary sees the guy she never wanted to see, Jace. Jace is not a human being as for a bizarre reason, only Clary can see these underground creatures. She detests how he is following her and he asks her to show him her palm. She thinks that she is going to turn out like him and she does eventually to protect herself from something bad.

2) In my opinion if Clary thought of listening to her mother about the decision of moving elsewhere, she would have been home when the creature snuck in her house. If this took place, Clary 

 wouldn't be alive and the whole story would have been screwed up! What would happen if the main character who is telling the story dies. It would just be a total distress.

Challenge For The Week Of April 30 CP + AH

In the book City Of Bones the climax is when Jace,Clary, Valentine and Luke are all in a room together, Valentine convinced Jace that he was his son. Jace being maniacally controlled by his "father" began to turn on Clary after several moments of tirelessly back and forth Jace finally realised that he was being manipulated. Had Clary made the decision not to aid Jace, Jace would most likely have gone to Idris with Valentine to continue Valentine's evil rain thus turning Jace to the dark side.

Challenge For The Week Of April 23 C.P. A.H.

1. I would give the book Bartiamaus Trilogy Ptolemy's Gate away because it was a great book, packed with action and magic with a twist around every corner.
2. I would give the book "The Hunger Games" away because it's an amazing book filled with amazing stuff for the whole family.

3. I would give the book "The Blue Helmet" away because it has a very important underlined message throughout the book that teens would benefit from learning.

4. I would give the book "The Lightning Thief" away because it's an epic book with insane amounts of action.

5. I would give the book "City of Bones" away because it's a very beautiful piece of literature filled with action and love.

6. I would hand out my copy of Catching Fire because it is an excellent book that I enjoyed reading so much. It was a great book.

7. One of the books I would give away is the book Eragon because I really liked this book and I think others might like this book as well. This book is rather long but it's always worth reading!

8. I would give away the book Witch and Wizard because it is filled with action, humor and suspense. It is a great book and I really liked this book.

9. I would give away the book The Iliad because although it does have some confusing parts, it is a great book nonetheless.

10. I would give away the book Inheritance because it is a great book. I enjoyed it so much and although it is rather long(my copy is around a thousand pages) it's worth reading. It has enough of almost everything, so I would say it is suitable for almost anyone.

Rating For The Week Of April 23rd C.P

I would rate this part of the book Blue Helmet a red skittle because it's filled with action and creepy twists.

Literature Circles For April 4th K.S

Michael Scott's "Michael Scott the official website."
his URL; http://www.dillonscott.com/

This site mostly refers to his series named "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel." This site helps encourage his readers to buy his books and look into his other series. In his website there are different links for readers to choose making it easier for them to find the right book(which I might say is fantastic)!

Some of the features on his site include all of the different books he has had a part in-which you can easily go through to find the right book that you want to read. There are also release dates for some of his newest work such as "The Enchantress" that is being released very soon.

Overall I found this site very helpful and useful. There for I'd rate this site a 4/5.

Our Past Book Average Ratings S.K

1. Gregor the Overlander
Average rating: 4 out of ten stars.

2. Firestorm
Average rating: 7 out of ten stars.

3. Blue Helmet
Average Rating: 8 out of ten stars.

4. City of Bones
Avreage Rating: ??????????
Book has not yet been terminated by our whole group but is very good so far but sadly, it is rather long!

Challenge For 26th (S.K)

Think of a character in a book that you are either reading or have already read. What do you think would either give them luck or actually help them out practically?

In the book, Hunger Games from Suzanne Collins, for Katniss and Primrose Everdeen, Im guessing if they had a loving family, they would have lived more peacefully and also wouldnt have to struggle for food and water. They did have a mother but she wasnt too useful after her husband had left her and two daughters alone. She was mostly depressed and so Katniss, the older daughter had to step up to guide her family and take on the role for food and other essential qualities humans need in order to live. Think if the father was still alive. They would probably be more rich because their father and mother would be working.

Why Don't You Check This Out? S.K

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8EM5Lq-8Xw

CHECK OUT WILLAM BELLS, BOOK THE BLUE HELMET. Not a long book but is very good! I enjoyed it because of the lovely friendship between Lee Mercer and Bruce Cutter. Lee, a teenage boy, kicked out from his city and is now living with his aunt. On the other hand, Bruce, is a very intelligent man creating electronic devices. Their freindship remains alive until one day, something bad happens! Not only bad but this is going to leave someone hanging with despair. Read this book to figure out what happens!

April 9th Challenge! (S.K)

In the book, Blue Helmet, I would give advice to Lee Mercer. He is a very nice intelligent little man but seems to lose his temper more often! For example, when Lee was about to get jumped at school, he tried to calm himself down and it was really evident he couldnt because he was that violent! He beat all of them up like they were a bunch of punching bags! They were like a bunch of worms lying on the street after they took bruises and bloody cuts from Lee. Also, this young man (Lee) got arrested from the cops for many different reasons and all from his dreadful repetitive behaviour.

Literature Challenge Author Blog A.H

This week's challenge was to find a blog that was by an author. I picked Cassandra Clare's blog(she wrote the Mortal Instruments series) since I really liked her books. Her blog was pretty good too. I liked both her blog and her books. They were both well-constructed, both her blog as well as her books.

Here's the link.
http://www.mortalinstruments.com/

Blue Helmet Summary Part 3 S.K

   Lee had no idea of what to do with all the money Cutter had left him with. He knew that after his mother had passed away, his father had to get two jobs to pay his rent for the apartment. Lee felt terrible so he hired a lawyer and it was Mrs. Smith, the lady who Lee worked for delivery.  Lee also needed personal details about the bank account from his father so he snuck home and quickly found the details he needed while his father was at work.
   A couple of days later, Lee's father came to where Lee was living. He asked his sister how he got a lot of money into his bank and also knew that it came from New Toronto, where Lee lived. Lee's aunt said it was not her so Lees father knew it had to be Lee and Lee admitted it. Lee told him he wanted do it for the sake of his mother, who had passed away since he never really got to help her. After many arguments, his father agreed so they all moved to where Cutter used to live and they lived happily ever after. Lee realised that Cutter had showed him that he had to face the war inside before he could find peace and it turned out to be entirely true.

Blue Helmet Summary Part 2 S.K

   Lee's first couple of weeks with his aunt had been going fine until bad news strikes him like a blow to his heart. His only close friend who was a man, Bruce Cutter had passed away. It was believed that Bruce Cutter had committed suicide in his own house using pills. Lee had to figure out why his jolly friend had done such a thing. Soon, he figures out that Bruce had left money for him, including all his properties. So later, Lee moved into his dead friend's house and tries to find clues for the reasons of Cutter's suicide act. He found out that his friend used to be in the army in a journal that Bruce had kept. He also found a blue helmet which Bruce used in the army and much more. It was also proven that he was an orphan when his parents got into a car accident on their way from work.
   Another ridiculous act also took place. Lee's aunt's ex.boyfriend jumped her and beat her up. Lee came in time to rescue her and Lee also got the cops to arrest the man. His name was Del and Lee's aunt was seriously injured.

This Post Is For Mentioning The Books That We Have Read.

This post will be used to tell you which books that our group has read.

-Gregor The Overlander (Average Rating Of: 2/10)
-Firestorm(Average Rating Of: 7/10)
-The Blue Helmet(Average Rating Of: ?/10)(INCOMPLETE)

Blue Helmet (Section 1 Pg.1-75) (S.K)

     Lee Mercer is an impatient but a kind hearted teenager. He gets in a lot of trouble, too much that he even has to deal with the police. In order to prevent Lee from getting arrested for his poor behaviour, Lee's father sent him to live with his aunt. It was tough! Really tough! His residence wasn't great at all and he had to work for money. His mother had also passed away so he had a hard time getting through that too. He met other interesting people over in New Toronto where his aunt lives. One man by the name of Bruce Cutter was a man who brightened his life up a lot. He is an intelligent man and is probably one of Lee's closest friends according to Lee.


Character Challenge: An important character I chose who I really liked was Bruce Cutter. He wasnt the actual main character in te book  but I really enjoyed his character. He is a very intelligent man and helped Lee throughout his terrible life.

Challenge For The Week Of April 16th A.H. C.P.

We chose the book Blue Helmet that revolves around the character Lee Mercer to do this challenge about. If we had the choice to give Lee something to aid him in his quest to gain inner peace we would give him a sandbag. We chose a sandbag because his problem is he can't control his rage whenever he feels the urge to hit someone he will simply direct his rage at the sandbag thus keeping him under control.

Rating For The Week of April 16 Blue Helmet C.P

I rate this part of the book a purple skittle(4/5) because it had some action, but lacked other interesting elements.

City of Bones Full Summary A.H C.P

A regular girl named Clary is perfectly normal except for one thing-she can see things that normal people can't see. For example, monsters/creatures, whatever you want to call them. Not only can she see the monsters, she can see the Shadowhunters as well. The reason being? She's one of them. Her mother, her father-they knew, how could you not know, since you're one as well? When you're born as a  Shadowhunter, there are a lot of things to learn such as runes, fighting in; hand-to-hand, bows, swords and other odd weapons. Then you have to learn the normal curriculum for us normal people. It's quite a sum to pick up on. Clary is at a party called Pandemonium where she meets three people named Jace, Isabelle, and Alex. All three of them are Shadowhunters and they are currently hunting a demon. She tries to stop the Shadowhunters from killing the demon because she thinks he is a real boy. That is when she realises that it really was a demon. So she is whisked away into a world full of Shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves, demons, Greater Demons, strange rules and rituals. She goes with the Shadowhunters on their various missions, and with her friend Simon, strike up a friendship between the Shadowhunters and them. Then the Shadowhunters find out that a certain traitorous Shadowhunter named Valentine is actually alive, even though he was thought to be dead. Clary's mother was taken by Valentine and now he wants the Mortal Cup, the item that can create more Shadowhunters. The group of people and Shadowhunters go to find it and then Clary realises that Dorothea, her neighbour, has it. The tarot cards that Jocelyn(Clary's mother) gave to her were actually more than just tarot cards. The Ace of Cups actually had the Mortal Cup inside it. So Clary and her group go to retrieve it and Dorothea transforms into a Greater Demon, demanding the Cup. Abbadon(The Greater Demon) was not what she expected and now the whole team was caught off guard. Since they were caught off guard and didn't expect Dorothea to actually be the Greater Demon, They had reached a standoff. Now Jace's life was endangered until Simon killed the demon with the bow that Alex had left behind in the van. So now the group has acquired the Mortal Cup so they return to the Infirmary. There, Hodge uses Hugo(his bird) to attack Clary and gain the Mortal Cup. Then, Hodge summons Valentine and Valentine removes Hodge's curse in exchange for the Mortal Cup and Jace. Clary and her group go to find Valentine, Clary's mother, and the Mortal Cup. They defeat Valentine and retrieve Jace, Clary's mother, and the Mortal Cup. But before that, Valentine proved to Jace that he was his father. Valentine escapes through a Portal and destroys the Portal after he goes through. After, Clary and her group go home.

City Of Bones Rating A.H

I would rate this book a General(2nd best) because there is a lot of action and it seems to fit together really well. The book wasn't really to my taste, but it was still really good. The reason I didn't give it a Fuhrer was because even though I liked the book, it still wasn't my type of book and that was what kept it from being rated the highest rating. I would also have rated the book a Fuhrer if it had more of Jace and less of Clary. I didn't like Clary so I kept the book away from a Fuhrer rating. That is why I gave the book City Of Ashes a General rating.If the author had made Clary a little less annoying, then this would be one of my most favoured books.
1.Fuhrer
2.General
3.Colonel
4.Major
5.Captain
6.Lieutenant
7.Warrant Officer
8.Sargent
9.Corporal
10.Private

Challenge For The Week Of The 9th C.P

Lee Mercer, high school drop out, makes an attempt to join the most powerful gang in the city-the Tarantulas. After getting caught on his first test to join the Tarantulas, Lee's financial struggling father sends him to his aunt's to work in her cafe. While working there Lee encounters one serious problem-rude costumers (which he soon solves with his fists). After working at the cafe for a little while Lee begins to expand his career he starts a courier business and does several other domestic tasks, while working Lee meets Cutter a middle aged mentally handicapped man who might just be Lee's only ever friend.
Lee Mercer's issues in life are that he cannot control his anger, he uses his fists to solve all of his problems and not his words. This issue has lead Lee to a struggling life of loneliness and despair. The plan to fix the issues is in the book Cutter's plan to leave his peace keeping gear to Lee and then let him figure out what it means. But another plan would be for Cutter to send Lee to complete his mission as a peace keeper; to terminate all war. In doing this Lee would soon realise that on the battlefield shooting someone makes them return fire with a mind set on vengeance. Lee would have to realise that is not the way to solve any issue no matter what it would be first and foremost you must negotiate, argue and/or reason with someone to solve the issue before using any sort of weapon. This may also teach Lee to appreciate what he has in life.

"I was once a peace keeper on the battlefield alas those are the only memories my twisted mind won't forget." Cutter

I rate this section of the book a red skittle because it was filled with action, humour and a little bit of romance. This book is a very good book for any teen, it's easy to read and it also has a moral to the story that I think any teen would benefit from learning.

Hey Guys, I Have An Announcement!

Uh yeah, so here's the announcement.
We have a second blog that is created by us on the same profile. Be sure to check it out as we recommend which books you might want to read. Be sure to leave suggestions for others in the comments on our new blog!

Here's the link.
http://thereading-blog.blogspot.ca/

Freezer Book Challenge A.H

The book that I would like to throw in the freezer and leave there for all of eternity would be Gregor the Overlander because it was ever so boring. I found that it was-no offence intended in the creation of this post-the worst book ever written, and that it couldn't even qualify as a book, much less a good book. To me, it lacks serious action. By "serious action" I mean like say a war. Or at least two forces that are attempting to destroy each other the whole way through. There should be a little luck, not a whole dumpster filled with luck. In Gregor the Overlander, Gregor's adventure is pretty much just a lot of luck. When Gregor and his sister first arrive in the Underland, they happen to meet the roaches-by chance. So they survive. Then, coincidentally, they realise that their father is actually in the Underland as well. Then they are lucky enough to be able to escape the Underland. So, as I said, there is too much luck in Gregor the Overlander.

There are actually several books/comics/manga/dictionaries(I was kidding about the last one) that I would like to throw in the freezer but if I could pick two, I would pick Gregor the Overlander and there is also a "comic" that I would enjoy throwing in the freezer. This comic(comic/manga? I'm not sure which one this is...) It's on the internet and it's really scary. You might not be scared, but it creeps you out like crazy. Good luck!

Here's the link...
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&seq=31

Suzanne Collins Blog Review (Lit Circle April 4th) (M.M)

I have just recently visited Suzanne Collins blog and I do not find it as nice as I thought it would be because as you all know Suzanne Collins is the author of the Hunger Games so I thought she would have a more developed blog.  Her blog looks like a 1970 blog because of the colours and how poor the quality is. Not trying to offend but it's horrible. If I had to rate it, I would rate it a 2\10.

http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/

My Rating System [Firestorm] S.K

I chose my Rating Systems to be restaurants for the book Firestorm. The higher the number, the better that part of the book is, and the lower the number is, this part is just not amusing at all.

Red: Awesome!
Blue: Terrible!
1. Lonestar
2. Pizza Pizza
3. Harvey's
4. Tim Hortons
5.  McDonald's

Suzanne Collins (S.K)

n http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/

I chose Suzanne Collins, the author of the series of the Hunger Games. I chose this author specially because of her style of writing. I really enjoyed it because it's always in a mood to calm you down and I'm guessing it's because of her series which started off with Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games is about how a girl named Katniss sent along with a boy from her district, named Peeta and how they are sent to a life-threatning adventure to fight for their life. With a lot of effort and emotion, the two teens brought pride to their district which is District 12.

Rating System (Firestorm) (M.M)

Firestorm Rating system

I would rate Firestorm a 2.5\5 because it is well written and has a lot of action and adventure but the book is not excellent for my age because it has rather sexual content which is mostly for 15-16 year olds. The book is interesting but it does sort of take time to get to a really good part. I would recommend it for 16 year olds.
1= Best   5= Worst
1:Chicken wings
2:Steak
3:Hamburger
4:Salami
5:Smoked salmon

Rating Of Firestorm K.S

My rating for Firestorm is 3/5, because it does have a lot of action which helps books keep going and makes the book more fun to read. Firestorm has an excellent plot and keeps readers hooked from beginning to end, with dramatic scenes unfolding before your eyes, yet you don't realise it until it unfolds completely. I would say this book isn't recommended for kids under 13, but otherwise it's a very good book.
My Rating System (1 being terrible, 5 being excellent);
1-Digimon
2-Fullmetal Alchemist
3-Yu-gi-oh
4:-Fairy Tail
5:-Naruto Shippuden

The Blue Helmet Full Summary C.P A.H

In a robbery gone wrong, Lee is arrested and denied the chance to join the greatest gang in his town-the Tarantulas. Lee is taken into an interview room at the police station but the officer was a good friend of Lee's father and lets him off the hook. Lee agrees to take the officer's offer and now works as a courier, away from his hometown. Lee also works at a restaurant where he is a waiter. While Lee is delivering a package to a man named Cutter, he finds a friend in Cutter. Lee thinks that Cutter can be rather odd sometimes and sometimes incredibly intelligent, he tries to see Cutter everyday. However, one day Lee turns him self in to the police to try to start his life anew. Except the officer wouldn't let him and says he does not recall any kind of robbery involving Lee so in doing so, he frees Lee from his job. One day, Cutter house is covered in caution tape and surronded by police and paramedics. After fighting to get inside Cutter's house the paramedis informs Lee of unfortunate news Cutter has commited suicide thus leaving his house and worthily possessions to Lee. While Lee is exploring the house, he finds a locked room. Curious, Lee unlocks the door and opens it. What he finds is so shocking, he slams the door shut and runs away (I won't tell you what it was in the hopes that you'll read the book to find out). Lee discovers that Cutter was part of the army, but was declared unfit for duty. In the end Cutter is dead, leaving only a lesson for Lee, you cannot solve your problems using violence.