Book Blog #4

     I read Daughters of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor.
     It is about a girl named Karou. She has blue hair that grows out of her head that color. She never gives away any information about her family, she draws made-up (or are they?!) monsters in her sketch books, and she has a necklace with beads that can cause things to happen. She disappears randomly, sometimes coming back with a bullet wound or a tropical disease. She has strange tattoos all over her body and she has no idea how they got there. She knows lots of languages, not all of them human.
     Black hand prints are being scorched into doors all over the world. People are reporting seeing angels drop down from a rip in the sky, place their hand on a door, and then leave. What is happening??? Read the book to find out!

     I think the best scene-setting would be on the first page of the book when the author is describing Karou and Prague where she lives. "It was cold, and it was dark- in the dead of winter the sun didn't rise until eight -but it was also lovely. The falling snow and the early hour conspired to paint Prague ghostly, like a tintype photograph, all silver and haze."

TBR:
Days of Blood and Starlight
Dreams of Gods and Monsters
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Book Blog #3

     I read The Shining by Stephen King. Most people have heard of it, or at least the movie. This is a horror book so I wouldn't recommend reading it if you get scared easily. If you don't care about things creeping up behind you in the dark, then I would definitely read it because it's awesome.
   
     It's about a kid named Danny. His dad just lost his job and the only other job he could get is being the winter caretaker for a hotel called The Overlook. Danny, his dad, and his mom go up there for the winter. Danny also has a gift called the shining where he can read minds, see glimpses of the future/possible future, and also see ghosts. So of course The Overlook has a horrible past where lots of people have been killed there.
     The Overlook job is fine at first. Then they get snowed in and weird things start happening. There's a murderous dead lady in Room 217 who wants to kill Danny. There's a murderous creepy dead kid in the playground who also wants to kill Danny. There are murderous hedge animals out front who move when you're not looking and want to kill Danny and his dad. There's also a murderous spirit called the Manager who wants to kill everyone. Unfortunately, there are no "come play with us" twins.

     Danny is the strongest character. He is five, but he can read minds so he is very sophisticated. He struggles with the shining and his parents, who are thinking about getting divorced. I couldn't find any quotes showing character development.

   

Book Blog #2

I read the book Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. It is about a girl who's lives in a world divided by blood. There are the Silvers; people born with silver blood and super powers. There are the Reds; normal people with red blood. They are the slaves of the Silvers. Mare Barrow, a Red, is a thief. She steals from Silvers to make a living for her family. She is caught and taken before the Silver queen and king to be tried. There, she finds an amazing ability she didn't know she had. A genetic mutation.

First few sentences of the book: "I hate First Friday. It makes the village crowded, and now, in the heat of high summer, that's the last thing anyone wants." This was a first person narration. In my opinion it was effective because it made me want to know what "First Friday" is and why it's important.

TBR: The Shining