Note : Not a book review! Some exciting (Really!!!) news...

Hello Friends (Or Kvetha Fricaya for you die hard Inheritance Fans)

For all you people who read have read the Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest, Unnamed) by Christopher Paolini, some exciting news came out about a week ago, given by Paolini himself!!!

In a video message from Paolini himself, he stated (along with many other things) that the Inheritance series would no longer be a trilogy, but a Cycle (4 books). Also, I think the expected date of release of the unnamed Book 3 is 28 September 2008 (Not too sure though)

To see the video for yourself, check out this link -

Video Message from Paolini

Check out the site for other news, I'm not too sure about the release of Book 3.

Se mor'ranr ono finna!

Book Review - The Last Siege - Jonathan Stroud

Sorry about not posting for a long time. I was... ahem ahem... at my books again (Only a few people know otherwise)

Daft Definitions

Siege : Operations of armed forces who surround and blockade a town or fortress in order to capture it

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Meet Emily, Simon and Marcus.

They are normal kids (That actually depends on your definition of normal) living in a normal town (again, depends on your definition of normal) close to a normal castle.

They have normal families and live in normal houses, although that's not the main focus of this book. There is a normal castle near their town, looked after by an abnormal caretaker. (wow!)

So they decide to (genius!) sneak into the castle, claim it as their own, and improve it. Not to mention escaping their boring families (Apart from Marcus', but we'll find out later shall we?)

Talk about modesty eh?

But things start to go horribly wrong. Someone notices that they are in the castle and (boo! hiss!) decides to take matters into his own, and a lot of other, hands. The trio must use their wits and resources to prevent, I quote, their castle being taken from them. Their lives are intermixed (like lemon, water and sugar in lemonade) and they must survive nightmarish psychological games and other such dangers.

Whatever...

To be quite frank, (Trust me!) I wasn't too happy with this book. It's probably better if you go and read the Bartimaeus Trilogy (See below for my review on the 1st book). Stroud's other books were much better than The Last Siege, and I hope they remain so...

My Rating? (You're probably used to this)

I'd give it 6/10. I fair read, but not a must...

Yeah! It's time to party people!

Hi Everyone,

On the advice of an anonymous friend of mine, I have decided to branch out and touch various topics, and not stick to just plain boring book reviews.

I shall soon spread out my roots and brush the various topics available to mankind.

But not today. Why?

B'Coz even a trees roots take time to grow... HA HA HA!

Ho Hum...

See Ya All

Book Review - Just Crazy! - Andy Griffiths

Daft Definitions

Crazy : adj. Insane, mad, demented, deranged, maniacal, daft, unbalanced, unhinged, bizarre, weird, odd, absurd, foolish, imprudent, smitten, keen , rabid.



Ahem...

It's time for a rapid fire round. And the questions are -

Q - 1 Do you like rolling around in mud?

Q - 2 Do you like writing crazy stories about the most disgusting things possible?

Q - 3 Do you like doing other disgusting things?

Q - 4 Do you like annoying people while they're driving?

Q - 5 Do you like asking plain stupid questions?


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If -

1. You answered any of these questions as yes, you will love this book.

2. You answered all of these questions as yes, you will love this book

3. You answered none of these questions as yes, you will have to read this book.

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I admit, I was a little apprehensive when I started out with this author. I hadn't really heard much about him, but when I read the first story, I was appalled. When I finished the second story, I was quite affected (mentally that is). When I finished the book, I was having fits and spasms of laughter.

The author, in my opinion, has been researching on child behaviour, as every action of the narrator (who is a child , DUH) has been accompanied by a description, complaint or something like that, which indeed matches a child's behavioural patterns.

The author has also been great in creating other personalities related to the narrator, such as his parents, sister, teacher, friend, and other such beings. They are constantly encouraging the narrator to do disgusting things and crazy things and weird things and annoying things and the like.

So, you want to buy this book (Of course you do!) then, take my advice, GO BUY IT! It's an amazing buy and one can read the stories forever...

My Rating for this Book : 9/10 (Buy it or we'll shoot you dead)

PLUS, I almost forgot to mention, this book actually comes with FREE PAGE NUMBERS!!!!!!!!

*Faints*

Book Review - Inkheart - Cornelia Funke

Most of you guys (or girls) probably (hopefully) like to read books whenever you can. (Not between classes, though)

Imagine a character from your book coming to life... (No. That's no excuse to try and read extra. No point trying to summon some famous scientist, mathematician, antagonist, protagonist for your book. Aliens will not, I repeat, NOT emerge from your book, ready to do your bidding and eat up your teachers.)

This happens to Meggie and her father, Mo. Somehow, the duo have summoned some aliens from outer space.

Well, not really...

They HAVE summoned someone from a book. But its not an alien. Neither is it only one person. Meggie and her father must combat these evils they have unleashed and (somehow) get them to fit back in the book.

The characterisation was decent, but I'm not too happy with the storyline. Still, its a good buy (seeing that its a trilogy. Man, what's with these authors and trilogies?)

Rating? 7/10

Book Review - The Supernaturalist - Eoin Colfer

First of all, the name 'Eoin Colfer' is pronounced 'Owen Colfer' (Courtesy to Artemis Fowl Book 5 for revealing that to me).

Blah Blah Blah...

Ever faced blobs of matter that could absorb the very life out of your body?

No? (How boring can you be?)

Me neither...

Cosmo Hill is a boy living (not dying, please...) in Satellite City, a high tech future city. (Whatever, get on with it...)

You might be going OOH and AAH and WOOT WOOT and HOOT HOOT and WHISTLE WHISTLE, and many other forms of onomatopoeia, but that's besides the point. Life in the city for Cosmo Hill (He was found on Cosmonaut Hill if you're interested.) is not easy, being an orphan. That doesn't sound so bad, but for him it is. Not having a relative to live with means being sent to some social services institute. That doesn't sound too bad either (how bad can it get after all?) but Clarissa Freyne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys is toxic as hell (not to mention HOT HOT HOT!!!) The no-sponsors are treated like guinea pigs, have tests peformed on them by cruel marshalls etc. etc. etc.

Cosmo is sick of this life. He decides to attempt to escape from the Institute. (Never actually done before). When he gets that opportunity, he grabs it. (although the opportunity was actually tossed at him) But can he stay out of the bars of the Institute without (somehow, with his bad luck) getting back in?

And he just might be in for some luck (Like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow eh?) and might meet a few people willing to help him..

He will also have to prevent mutated alien parasites from Andromeda from destroying the Earth and save princesses from parallel universes...

Only joking, people.... (moan moan...)

He will have to fight some strange blobs (really!!!) and in the process, might just discover some things about the people who protect him, their friends AND (like in a typical book) about the (so called) antagonists, THE EVIL LIFE SUCKING BLOBS THAT CAME FROM ______(fill in whatever place you want to, school, Hell (If there is any), the cooking stove etc etc.)

The book was okay. Gripping storyline but I didn't like the ending because _______ (That's a secret to preserve the essence of the story, like preserving fruits as jam. Mouth watering eh?)

My rating for this book : 6/10

Book Review - Alex Rider - Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz

Ah, finally a young James Bond book has been released.

I now hand over the mike to Mr. Alex Rider, the hero (really?) of this book..

(Gets sentimental) Ma name's not Bond, it's Rider. Alex Rider. I'm thirteen years old and my uncle has just kicked the bucket (or did someone else kick it for him?)

I work for the MI6 ( British Intelligence Agency , though you probably knew that didn't you?). My parents are ( not surprisingly) dead.

Now I must work out how my uncle died, who killed him, take revenge, complete the MI6's top secret missions that I am not to reveal to you ( though I will anyway)

My mission is to break into some Bill Gates style guy who wants to (unsurprisingly) take over the world ( How many of us don't?)

I am armed (Really? Wow! So am I... We must be related!) with amazing gadgets that I am not supposed to tell you about either.

So Mr. Horowitz has written my story right here, between the pages of this book. The story of horror, thrill, vengeance and (maybe) a tinge of romance will shock you the the ends of the earth (and I thought the earth was round!) I now hand the mike to the writer of this review...

Thank you Alex!

The storyline was powerful and a slight twist of humour was present in the atmosphere ( or was it laughing gas?)

The word usage could have been slightly better but the storyline made up for it.

My rating for this book : 8/10 (Good)