Book Review 3- Spirit Bound by: Rachel Mead

Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Danica A.

11/19/10

English I

Mr. Williams



Book Review 3- Spirit Bound



I loved everything this book had. I loved the content, I loved the ending, I loved every little part in the story. It did not get me bored out of my mind, it gave me the romance that I craved for, and it always had a surprise waiting at every corner. It's like getting candy from Halloween; it just gets better and better. These are the reasons why I gave it a 5 out of 5 and the reason I would definitely recommend this book.



To begin with, the book was very entertaining and kept my mind occupied. It never bore me, which is always a plus when reading a book. The main character's personality kept things new and intersting. HEr comedic side of the story was always entertaining. In one part of the book, she said, "He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can threaten my boyfriends myself." I love it when the main character always had some retort to say to anyone who annoyed her.



Secondly, the romance in this book was through the roof. It had multiple couples suffereing their break-ups, their make-ups, and the akward "just friends" phase they go through in the middle. The emotion behind the story was so powerful, I cried when they cried. I got angry when they got angry. And it always got me saying "Awhh! How sweet!" throughout the whole book. An example of when I cried in this book was when the main charcter's ex-boyfriend tells her, "I gave up on you. Love fades. Mine has." This was a very big milestone in the story because this was who the story was moslty about. And without this guy, there would be no story.



Lastly, Spirit Bound always had a surprise in every chapter. That's probably why I got through this whole book so fast. I must have read 10 chapters in a single- reading. When your ex-boyfriend's an evil vampire who hunts you down, when you and your best friend go on a quest to find a cure for "turning good" again, and when you get tried for a murder you never committed, these are the kinds of things that would make you go "Oh my gosh did that just happen?"



Spirit Bound was an awesome book that never got you bored, always had that mushy side for those of you that love that romance stuff, and it had so many suprising twists and turns throughout the novle. For these reasons, I gave this book a 5 out of 5 , and the reason I would definite recommend this book.



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Meaningful Quotes #2

"The best proof of love is trust."
-Dr. Joyce Brothers

I believe this quote means that to know if the person you love is the real deal, you must have their trust and they mst trust in you, or it wont work.

Meaningful Quotes #1

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
-Helen Keller

Me and my couin were actually pondering about this at 12:08 AM. I needed a blogpost and this is what we found.

I thinks this quote means that in order to get the most out of life, you need to understand it and live it firsthand. Another explanation was that life is meaningless and worthless unless you learn the lessons you need?

I'm 15!......already?

Now that I think about, I'm half way there to 30! D: NOO! Not that there's anything wrong with being 30..... but, us teens don't like to think of ourselves as, getting old. I don't want to grow up matter of fact. If we could live our whole life, stuck in the age you desire, I would love to turn back to when I was happiest. I don't want anything to change. I'd like new experiences, but I don't want to change. But the sad part is, you kind of have to. So far, I hated being 14 because a lot of things have changed. Some good, some bad. I got to meet these amazing people, I got to say goodbye to the ones I had before. I got to go to an amazing program, I got a lot more to do. And I thought being 13 was going to be hard. Bottom line: I wish genies and fairy godmothers existed. Say goodbye to another year, say hello to a new one.

Maroon 5: Misery Review

OH MY GOSH I LVOE THIS BAND SO MUCH. I really do. Their music is real and so "like" their past styles of music. They have never changed their style of music and I want it to stay that way. Maybe that's why they're so popular in the charts today. Their music has so much passion and feeling into it, you can just drown in it. You can tell it's so natural for them to sing through their instruments.

Misery- Maroon 5 Song Review
Well, obviously in this song, he nmisses his girl so much. You can tell because he's apparently in "misery". She obviously doesn't want him back, and will do anything to get her back. So, that covers the whole meaning of the song. This song was the bomb at first when it came out. Then after multiple radio stations starting laying this over, and over again, it just got plain annoying. It has an infectious beat that I love so much. I LOVE Adam Levine's voice too. The way he sings is so distinguishable because you can tell right away the way his voice sounds that it's the singer from Maroon 5! This song makes me want to dance. That's exactly my type of song that I want. The kinds that make you want to swing your head side to side, make your feet tap up and down, and make your eyes close to emphasize how much you love the song.

Funny Words to Say

bibliobibuli:
those who read too much.

biffy:
a toilet or outhouse

boondoggle:
an unnecessary activity or wasteful expenditure.

brobdingnagian:
enormous, immense.

brummagem:
cheap and showy but inferior and worthless.

crapulous:
given to, characterized by, or suffering from gross excess in eating and drinking.

dendrochronology:
the study of growth rings on trees.

factotum:
employee or assistant who does just about everything.

flummery:
meaningless chatter; also, deceptive language.

gobbledygook:
windy gibberish or jargon.

gorbellied:
corpulent

doodlesack:
an old term for bagpipe!

impignorate:
to mortgage something

spondulicks:
a slang term used for money back then

The Only Exception

The Only Exception

Book Review: 2 Mockingjay- by: Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Danica A.
11/16/10
English I
Mr. Williams

Book Review 3
Mockingjay- by: Suzanne Collins

This book was an okay book. It didn’t really have any appeal compared to the first one in the same series. In fact, it was kind of disappointing. I give this book a 2 out of 5. Imagine you saw a commercial for this cereal that had a special surprise inside. that will get you the toy that you’ve been waiting for. And then, when you dig into the box looking for it, only to find out it’s a coupon for 10% off the prize you saw on the commercial. You see how it’s kind of good, kind of bad? It was just like the book. It had some humor, it was too gory, and it was too depressing.

To start off, this book had some funny parts that kind of made you smile. It livened up the book. Even though it can't make up the cons of reading this book, it still made me smile. In one part of the book Katniss's friend Finnick says this, "’Finnick?’ I say. ‘Maybe some pants?’ He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. ‘Why? Do you find this’--he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose--’distracting?’” This was very important for the story because it shows that the psychological damage he had received is slowly ebbing away. That means he could fight for the revolution again.

Secondly, there were some pretty graphic things that were going on in that book. The author described it in so much detail, that it kind of made me sick. It had her trainer step on a mine bomb that went off and blew his leg off. I could not get the image out of my head. Next, there was another one of her friends working with her on a mission that got trapped in a net full of spikes. That was just unbearable to even think.

In addition, this book was depressing. Every chapter always kind of got really depressing and sad. The beginning and the ending were the only parts of the book I remember that were not sad at all. One of the chapter had the main character’s younger sister go off to help kids and then it turns out that the place was rigged with bombs and she was inside. "She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail," Katniss says this after seeing what happened. Another one had her best friend practically leave her at the end. She got married and he went off to serve in the army. When her mom left to be a nurse, that was very sad too because imagine having your mom all the way in Australia and you’re in Connecticut.

The book Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins did not appeal to me as much as I had expected it to. This book was a disappointment and I would not recommend it to anyone. I give this book a 2 out 5. Mockingjay had some humor in it, it was too graphic, and too depressing.



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My Attempt at Poetry numero uno!

Her First Time Heart-broken :(

I'm holding it in
this feeling's the worst.
My heart is pounding
it's about to burst.

Now that it's done,
sadness had sprung.
The moment's gone
and it's a bright new dawn.

My eyes are swollen
my brain's stolen.
I walk through the day,
all is gray.

He broke my heart
I need a fresh start.
But I will never forget,
it's 'bout time to reset.

The scars are still there,
because it was caught in a snare.
I'll never look back,
but who could compare?