Friday, December 19, 2008

Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan


Can I still post on this? Am I like a Ka Lamaku alumni? haha ... Well I'm going to post anyways, we need to get this blog moving again :]

The Ranger's Apprentice is about a boy named Will. He is given to the Baron of his land as a baby after his parents' death. No one knows what his last name is. He dreams to be like his father: a warrior. At the age of 14, he is rejected by the Battleschool, and chosen to be the apprentice of the Ranger, Halt. Rangers are thought of as mysterious characters throughout the kingdom. Will doesn't know that they are protectors of the kingdom. They are trained spies and fighters who warn the country of coming danger. Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, who was exiled from the kingdom, is now gathering his forces for an attack. Will's skills will be tested in the upcoming battle. Will he survive? Read the book to find out.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Quadehar the Sorcerer


Imagine a lost isle, hidden behind magical doorways, caught between two worlds; the real world and an uncertain place of strange creatures and fantastical lands. Here, Robin Penmarch enjoys ordinary life, spending time with his friends and playing computer games whilst protected by extraordinary magic and brave knights in armour. But the dark forces of The Uncertain World are rising, and when Robin is unexpectedly chosen as apprentice to Quadehar the Sorcerer, he discovers the truth about himself and the threat to the Lost Isle.Soon Robin and his friends find themselves crossing over into The Uncertain World. There they face bandits, monsters and a shadowy enemy that will stop at nothing to capture the boy and his special powers.

Wildwood Dancing


This story is about 16-year-old Jenica; her pet frog, Gogu; and her four sisters takes place between the fairy world and the family's Romanian estate of Piscul Dracului. When the girls were young, they discovered a mysterious portal that appears every full moon and allows them access to the Dancing Glade in the Other Kingdom. They dress in the finest gowns and spend all night dancing with a host of bizarre and enchanting fairy creatures. Unfortunately, the girls' simple and carefree lives change drastically when their father becomes ill and must spend the winter in the milder climate of Constanta. Jenica takes charge of the estate and the family's merchant business but their overbearing, power-hungry cousin, Cezar, interferes with their affairs and questions the sisters' knowledge of the Other Kingdom. As he tightens the noose around them, everything Jenica has come to love-her sisters, her frog, her home, and the Dancing Glade-is in jeopardy. To make matters worse, her sister Tatiana has fallen in love with one of the mysterious and feared Night people. This relationship is doomed from the start and it is up to Jenica to make things right-but to do so she will be put to the ultimate test.

Model Spy




Teen genius Kelly James is in a lot of hot water. A whiz with computers, she agreed to help her college rA, David, uncover some top-secret information. After all, she doesn’t have many friends and David has always been nice to her. it doesn’t hurt that he’s supercute and irresistible, too. All she has to do is hack into the government’s main computer system. but a few hours later, her whole life changes. she is caught and taken in for questioning, only this isn’t your run-of-the-mill arrest. rather than serve a juvenile detention sentence, she accepts the option to change her name and enlist in a secret government spy agency that trains teen agents to go undercover. As if that wasn’t overwhelming enough, she discovers that David works for this agency as well! And before she even begins to understand what is going on, she’s sent on her first mission as an undercover model. And who better to partner with than David himself!


Saturday, December 13, 2008

A Wrinkle In Time

This book is about a girl who is different. She hates herself for being different. Her father is away on business and it is really hard for her and her mom, twin brothers, and youngest brother. Everyone talks about him and how she and her youngest brother are so different. They meet some strange people that help her to know that she is special. Yah that is as far as i got.

Friday, December 05, 2008

Eclipse...Again....

okay, i watched twilight and for some reason, watching that movie made me realize that i had forgotten much of what happened in the book. so i went to the library and went to borrow the book, but when i went, only eclipse and breaking dawn were available. then that made me realize that i forgot what happened in the other books too! so i borrowed eclipse and am now reading it for the second time. at every page, memories of the first time i read the book come flooding into my mind. i'm glad that i'm reading it again. to anyone who has not yet read the wonderful entertainment/novel series known as twilight: YOU ARE MISSING OUT!!! READ IT!!!!!