City Of Lost Souls Summary

This weekend I started and finished (in only 2 days!) the book The City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments series book 5) by Cassandra Clare. It was absolutely without a doubt a great book-here is the full book summary, if you are looking to read this book DO NOT read this summary because I warn you-it CONTAINS SPOILERS! Don't say I didn't warn you!
Jace and Sebastian run off while under the influence of the first demon Liliths' mark which bonded Sebastian and Jace together to make them one.  In every bond there is one dominant human which is Sebastian which means Jace and Sebastian are out to rid the world of Shadowhunters. Clary is frantic to find Jace and just to her luck Jace comes to her house one night and offers her the opportunity to come with him and Sebastian, Clary blindsided by love and made the rash decision to accompany them on their trip. After leaving Clary finds herself in a magical house that can transport them anywhere in the world which, owned by Sebastian, is located in Spain. Luckily Clary thought a little before leaving with Jace-she left a magical faerie ring for Simon which would allow her to keep in constant untraceable contact with him. After building much needed trust with the boys Clary realises Jace is not himself and that he is inferior to Sebastian, Jace in bonded to do Sebastian's will. Clary and the boys went to steal Adamas (the stuff they make seraph blades out of) after stealing the Adamas they took it to an Iron Sister who transformed it into a second Mortal Cup which Sebastian will use to raise an evil army of Shadowhunters. Frantic to separate Jace from Sebastian, Simon, Isabelle, Alec and Magnus try summoning Azazel who they attempt to convince him to give them a blade that will separate the boys, but that plan failed. Next Simon summons Raziel who gives him a sword in exchange for his Mark of Cain which keeps him immortal. Back in Prague Sebastian summons Lilith then he takes her blood and his which he puts in the new Mortal Cup. With Sebastian's army of 40 former Shadowhunter circle members he forces them to drink from the cup making them dark Shadowhunters who only abide to his commands. After only making 5 or so dark Shadowhunters Clary, Simon, Magnus, Alec and a Shadowhunter army portal in just in time to stop Sebastian. After a battle of epic proportion the rogue Shadowhunters lose, Sebastian escapes while the good shadowhunters win by not only winning the war but by retrieving Jace from Liliths curse bonding him to Sebastian by using the sword to sever it. After a long emotional talk Alec and Magnus split up. After a meeting with the Silent Brothers they discover that Jaces' body contains heavenly fire given off by Michaels' sword.

Challenge For The Week Of June 1st CP+AH

The most amazing series I have read would definitely be the Mortal Instruments series. The books are amazing but the covers however are lacking the ability to draw a person to read it and putting a drag on the successfulness of the series. The first book "The City of Bones" had a half dressed man on the front, and what kind of guy would want to be seen reading a book like this? Three books later, after a few average covers we have two people making out on the cover of "The City of Lost Souls", and again I ask you this: what kind of guy wants to be carrying this around in public? People WILL make fun of you. In my opinion Cassandra Clare needs to make better book covers that will appease male as well as female audiences just as your books do.

S.K June 4th Journal Topic And Summary

A book I thought was amazing other than the cover was, the Hunger Games. Before I had commenced to read this book, I thought the book would be very dreadful from the colours, the no-meaning of the title, etc. but   the book turned out very good. There was also a movie for it and it received many awards, hits, and other accomplishments but I personally thought the title was horrible. It represented a bow killing a bird and when I first looked at it, I thought the book would  be about a plain old bird.

Challenge For Week Of The 22nd A.H

My favourite food that I would eat during my childhood would be Shin Cup Ramen because I always liked the spiciness of it. I liked it because spicy things taste really good. For example, lots of sweet things are really sticky, right? Spicy things, though, aren't usually sticky. So really, I only liked spicy things because of the flavour...right?

Contradict me if you so wish, but this is my choice alone.

The Recruit Summary Two (M.M)

After James was sent to Cherub he had to pass a test. James past the test and was asked if he wanted to stay at Cherub. James accepted the invitation to stay and had to pass basic training. It was hard- they were pushed around like dirt and were made to perform with three hundred percent. He gave it his all and made it with the last challenge being incredibly difficult. James was soon sent on his first mission, where he had to stay with hippies and find information on what their attack would be on the petrocom event. After finding out that they were going to send a very unhealthy drug in the air where lots of peoples could have died he prevented it and saved the deaths of hundreds of people. He was promoted to the navy blue shirt, which is a big accomplishment.

One is best, Five is the worst.
1. Chicken wings
2.Steak
3.Chicken bacon
4. Smoked meat
5. Salami

The Recruit Summary (M.M)

I am reading The Recruit and I find it really good even though I felt really bad for James, the main character. He a normal boy but his family are all shoplifters and he lives in the part of London where gun shots are heard every 5 minutes. James was trying to avoid getting into to trouble but when a girl went overboard with jokes about his mom being fat (because his mom was over 300 pounds) he punched her and gave her 8 stitches. What James forgot was that this girl's brother was in a gang and was 16 years old. After coming back after this horrible day, James finds that his mom had taken drugs and alcohol and she died from it, so James was sent to Nebraska-a home for people with no parents. James got in with a gang and trying to prove himself to be up to it he tried stealing 24 beers but when he realised his "friends" tricked him he got in trouble with the police. After that James was sent back to Nebraska to sleep and while he was sleeping he got shot and taken to Cherub--a secret organisation where they send kids to go on mission like the FBI but with kids for one sole purpose: Adults never suspect that children are spying on them.
Rating: One is the Best, Five is the Worst.
1. Chicken wings
2. Steak
3.Chicken bacon
4. Smoked meat
5. Salami

Summary And Challenge For 28th (S.K)

Clary Fray is on her way on the train with Jace to the land where Clary lived. On their way, Clary saw a bunch of naughty girls chattering and giggling while Clary and Jace got off the train. It reminded her of the girls at her school. But, what was even  more interesting was that the girls were staring at Jace like they were in love with them and surely, they were. But, Jace was supposed to be invisible to the mundanes.

A type of food I grew up eating originated from mostly South Asia was rice and curry. Some North Americans make fun of it but who knows what the South Asians are saying about junk food like pizza, fries, etc., which aren't even healthy for you. Rice and curry is very healthy and I eat it a lot and almost everyday for lunch. Both my parents were from an island in South Asia and they couldn't eat like us. They had to fight hard for their food. Curry had to be made with many ingredient using your hands or cheap utensils. Rice would be found grown in weeds and that is why it was their only food to eat other than fruits grown from trees. South Asians fought like this everyday and that is what they ate everyday. Now, South Asia exports rice to many countries, even to stores in Toronto and we when we head over there, we buy it a lot. It can be found here in Ottawa but we prefer what the natives from my parent's country eat as all the grains have a different taste. Our parents introduced this dish to me so we can pass it on to canadians and even our kids. I find this food important to our family because it was what we used to fight hard for back in our country and it should remain alive in our hearts.

Challenge For The Week Of May 28th C.P

My favourite food as a child would absolutely have to be fettuccine alfredo because I love pasta and I got to make this certain recipe with my father.

One of my preferred recipes: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/to-die-for-fettuccine-alfredo/

Books That We Have Read

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Escape to the world below your laundry room. -Gregor the Overlander       
Escape to the world preceeding the future in an epic battle against humanity and all odds. -Firestorm
You can run, you can hide, but you can never do both. Nor can you run or hide forever. -The Blue Helmet
Ah...The scent of confusion and sorrow...'Tis all that remains of the place we once called a sanctuary.-City Of Bones
A world without parents may seem great at one time, but that time has passed-now it's hell.-Gone
The epic tale of a young farmer who becomes a divine Dragon Rider. You may think it's cool, but in reality? It's devilishly hard.-Eragon

*Ahem* Attention, Please.

From now on, at the top of our blog there shall only be the latest three/four books that we have read. So we will update it whenever possible/needed. Be sure to check it out! Of course, our older posts will still be there.

AWESOME Series Alert!!!

Today I just finshed the first book in the Gone series-being none other than Gone itself-and it was an amazing book filled with romance, action, suspense and adventure-truly a great read for anyone.

Challenge For The Week Of May 21st

Manga

1. Yes I believe the characters would look and act differently in manga, the characters would be more swift in making decisions, they would act faster. In most mangas characters are cartoon so the characters in my book would also become cartoon.

2. The action definitely be paced WAY faster because mangas are shorter books so only events with significance to the story line would appear in a manga otherwise cutting all of the less important and less interesting stuff out.

3 and 4. No I don't believe the title or the ending would change if a book was made into a manga series, people want to know what manga version of a book they will be reading so no I wouldn't change the title and the end may come faster than in the book but no it should not be changed because then you lose the relation between the real series and the manga series.

Short Summary And May 7th Challenge (S.K)

So far as the book passes, Clary is almost considered as one of the undergrounders like Jace and something actually forced her to become one. She had no choice but to listen to them after her mother had passed away in a fatal accident. It was sad but she had to forget the past and move on with the future. When she was in the scene where the accident took place, Jace was there also and since he was invisible and Clary was the only person who could see him, she had to prevent herself from being seen from the police so she had to turn invisible and join their crew. Journal Topic: 1. Coffee With Mother,Sharon Cumbus, Integrity 2. Who Are You,Dave Eastbourne, Religious and Spirituality 3.A Year In Penzance, Frances Trescott, Forgiving 4.2012,Paola Furiga, Courage 5. Looking Back at 2008,Ian Matthews, Belief 6. This Morning (a poem),Paul Yebénes, Friendship 7. Muna, Alexia Smith, Cultural 8. Sense and Sensitivity,Ronwen Walker, Sadness 9. Giving Up, Perlyn Bunyi, Family 10. Americas Deadly Sins, Christopher Noel Martinez, Politics I read the short story called Looking back at 2008. I found it was interesting as it was a blend of religion and belief. First of all, the book was about a man and how he attended church but he thought he couldn't attain gods grace and so he went to other facilities to make a better person. Eventually, he did and he was proud of the goal he set and achieved. It was awkward because the story started a little depressing then ended great! Earlier, I mentioned religion and that has been said because the plots were mostly at churches and also, it was about the man going to church. Also, I said belief because when you always have belief in yourself for success, it attracts to you like magnets. I rate this short story 7 hockey sticks out of 10 hockey sticks because the story was short and personally for me, I understand more when there is detail and it is specific. In the meantime, I thought the moral was idea-logic and I can learn a lot from it for my future.

Summary And Journal Topic For May 7 (S.K)

Clary is feeling what probably a beggar would go through. Maybe a mix of depression and anxiety. I say depression as her mother just passed away and now, she is left as an orphan as her father disappeared obliviously. Anxiety because now she is not ready to set free with a new family with powers. She is scared but a little happy knowing she might try to find clues with Jace behind the misery! Something is just not right and I hope to figure it out soon in the book! 1. Personally, I think technology is too important for me to lose and therefore, it is impossible to live without it! If I take my family for example, both my parents work hard with computers and other technology to earn money so they can provide shelter, water and food for our family. If they couldn't work, I wouldn't be successful at all in life. And to the second question, yes, I will need a lot of help because this source is too mind-wrecking to lose as it plays an important aspect in one's daily life. 2. In my opinion, no it is not cheating because it is an essential resource that humans need in order to survive. On the other hand, if it were something like to steal money, that is a completely different story. 4. Honestly, I have to disagree to that question. Not only will we die struggling for water, frozen food, cold beverages and electricity but depression will become key. When people realise their hard life, they will feel depressed or even maybe purposely starve to death. That is why we should be satisfied where we are living. Next, I will miss electricity the most. When modern society is growing, electricity is probably what we use the most nowadays as even technology falls into that category. 6. Yes, I do feel rushed. When society is growing in population, we learn more and more which altogether which leaves our brain in distress. In simple words, pressure from everything which includes school, extra-curricular activities, etc. just ruin us. Yes, I just feel like we all as human beings should have a break like the beloved sun. We all have different problems as kids and as adults that we have to face so I agree with being rushed.