Nook Book Reviews Part 2

I didnt read any good books this week worthy of a review. Fanfiction can really overwhelm a girl. 

*winky eyes*

 Here are some quick 2 minute reviews for my readers to hold yall over until I can read a book or sit down and write a real review. HASTA LUEGO!

Planet Urth (Book 1)by Jennifer and Christopher Martucci

1/5

I didnt like it. I couldnt get into the book and it was like 50 pages. Smh.

The Frey Saga Book IIby Melissa Wright

4/5

I love these books. The whole series has me on the edge of my seat. Love them. Read the book (but start from book 1).

The Girl From Yesterday (The Blood Dynasty Chronicles Volume 1, Part 1)by David L Dawson

2/5

Like what is this

This book or short story was sooo weird. I couldnt get into it and it was just ugh really. Noo thanks. It had an original plot though.

Zeus (Book One of The God Chronicles)by Kamery Solomon

4/5

OMG this book

Fabulous.Zeus totally deserved getting kicked out, but i loved how his perfect person was like her... Beautiful. Might read the rest of the series.

Love Notesby Heather Gunter

5/5

Beautiful

I almost cried. Charlie was perfect. Maverick was a work in progress, but it was beautiful. What a great romance

Atlantis Riptide, Lost Daughters of Atlantis Book 1by Allie Burton

4/5

GOOD

I liked it but wished i could get the rest of the series now? Im mad at everyone but Pearl too. She was perfect but everyone had to go and be really greedy

Captivate Me (Book Oneby S.J. Pierce

5/5

It captivated me

This book captivated me. Good job. We had to have the triangle romance though.That was my only thing.

Freefall (Custom Culture, #1)byTess Oliver

5/5

ROMANCE

READ.

Renegade (The Captive Series Book 2)by Erica Stevens

5/5

MY SERIESSSSSSS

This series is the best. I love it. Ive read the past 2 books back to back. I couldnt just leave it by itself. Cant wait to finish the next ones.

Interpreter of Maladiesby Jhumpa Lahiri

4/5

School required book

A required school summer reading book that for the life of me i didnt think was an anthology of short stories. The stories are good, but the last half were amazing. Yasss.

A Diamond in My Heartby Lorena Angell

5/5

Love it

I love this book and series. Read

Contingencyby Peggy Martinez

5/5

Fabulous

I never wanted anything but what happened in the book to happen. But the one thing i want now is a SEQUEL!

The Mind's Eyeby K.C. Finn

5/5

unique

ONE OF A KIND. A MUST READ. AND ITS HISTORICAL FICTION *SWOONS*

Dawn Havenby Mark Holtzclaw

2/5

Weirdest book ive read in a while

The book was interesting to say the least. I kinda expected it to end differently.

Defiance Risingby Amy Miles

3/5

ONE WORD

INTERESTING

Freyby Melissa Wright

5/5

REREAD IT LIKE TWICE!

THIS BOOK IS FABU. AND SO IS THE SERIES

Loramendi's Storyby Angela Carlie

4/5

GOOOD

READ.EXPERIENCE

Alone (Vampires and the Life of Erin Rose - 1)by Steve Perlow

2/5

WHAT. IS. THIS

This book was so weird

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook Presents 10 Summertime Treatsby Dinah Bucholz

1/5

FAKER

NOT REAL HARRY POTTER RECIPES *STARTS TO CRY*

All of our yesterdays

 Sorry Im a couple of days late. But here you go:^)
 
All Of Our Yesterdays
Cristin Terrill
360 pages





 Summary: From Cristin Terrill''s website 

("Books - Cristin Terrill." Cristin Terrill. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2014. <http://cristinterrill.com/books/>. )

Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.

Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present–imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside.

Marina has loved her best friend, James, since they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America’s most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James’s life crumbles, and with it, Marina’s hopes for their future. Marina will protect James no matter what, even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it… at least, not as the girl she once was. Em and Marina are in a race against time and each other, and only one of them can win.

All Our Yesterdays is a wrenching, brilliantly plotted story of fierce love, unthinkable sacrifice, and the infinite implications of our every choice.

Opinion:
Wow! This book had me on a twirl. I never expected that ending or anything that happened to happen. The only predictable things were who Em and the doctor were. The whole book reminded me of the movie Lucy. Mind you I never saw it, but from second-hand knowledge and the beautiful wikipedia pages I learned Lucy and this book could have been something great then they did this. The author might have started losing interest or had some writer's block randomly put it in, liked it so much that they kept it there,and boom that part is in the published book. You will understand my weird cryptic musings when you read the book. I do recommend it; just be wary for weird "wibbly-wobbley timey-wimey stuff". ENJOY!


P.S. It's a  Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Book  (Georgia).

There Will Come Soft Rains

This is a short story. I read it for class a couple of weeks ago and wanted to share my analysis between the short story by Ray Bradbury and poem of the same name by Sara Teasdale. I really didnt read a book this week.

There will come soft rains
Ray Bradbury
? pages 

Summary: Wikipedia.com (not the complete thing)

"There Will Come Soft Rains (Short Storyr)." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_%28short_story%29>.

The story begins by introducing the reader to a computer-controlled house that cooks, cleans, and takes care of virtually every need that a well-to-do United States family could be assumed to have. The reader enters the text on the morning of August 4, 2026, and follows the house through some of the daily tasks that it performs as it prepares its inhabitants for a day of work and school. At first it is not apparent that anything is wrong, but eventually it becomes clear that the residents of the house are not present and that the house is empty

Analysis:

The inclusion of the poem on page 263 helps support the theme of the short story. In the short story, the fully automated house cheerfully continues taking care of its owners-blind to the fact that they are mysteriously missing possibly due to a nuclear event/disaster. The poem focuses on war and the absence of humans to show that life and nature goes on in. One verse in the poem stood out to me: “Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn would scarcely know that we were gone,” This verse implies that nature will continue to have supremacy or domination regardless of the  impact of man. Likewise in the short story, regardless of technological advances, nature will still reign (thedestructive fire). The inclusion of poem also foreshadows the ending and gives out a sense of irony. At 9:05 pm, the house asks Mrs. McClellan what poem she would like to hear that evening (pg. 262). When the house doesn’t hear a response it plays her favorite poem, “There Will Be Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale. This poem is    ironic since it foreshadows the absence of humans and also since the whole household has been ‘destroyed’.  Lastly, the poem and the short story both use personification. Throughout the story, the technological house seems to have a mind of its own. It performs daily tasks, sings, and reads. Technological house also shudders, oak bone on bone, when it is being attacked by the fire (pg. 264). Also in the story, the fire shows human characteristics; “But the fire was clever” (pg. 264). In the poem, the animals have human characteristics;           “Robins will wear their feathery fire, whistling their whims on a low fence-wire…” (pg. 263). The similarities  between   the poem and the short story are very easy to catch, but for the differences you had to look hard.
 The destruction of the nursery utilizes a type of conflict: Technological nature vs nature (pg. 262-265). The nursery was destroyed by the fire. The animals had started to flee from the fire. Humans try to recreate nature, but they couldn't control it. Once the nursery animals were being attacked, they didn't try to fight but they all fled. Another difference was the appearance of the dog on page 261. The dog was still clinging to life, while looking for its owner.  The dog can also symbolize nature, showing that nature continues on. The difference in  this though is that the dog was dependent on humans to survive (like some aspects of nature). 

Read here @ www.elizabethskadden.com/files/therewillcomesoftrainsbradbury.pdf

Torn

 

Torn

David Massey

259 pages

 Overview: From Goodreads.com ("Torn." Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Sept. 2014. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13494525-torn>.)

Afghanistan. In the heat and dust, young British army medic Elinor Nielson watches an Afghan girl walk into a hail of bullets. But when she runs to help, Ellie finds her gone. Who is she? And what's happened to her? What Ellie discovers makes her question everything she believes in, even her feelings for the American lieutenant who takes her side.

My Opinion:

This book was not what I expected. Elinor Nielson seemed like a teenager at war. Everyone else was war-hardned. Ellie seemed like a breath of fresh air to them i bet. Aroush, the Afghan girl, was the biggest mystery to me. And i still feel like her story is untold. I dont know how to explain how i really felt about this book. The war in Afghanistan is/was a controversial topic after all. Just the predictable romance and main conflict or storyline seemed to take a backseat to the story of Aroush. So read the book, if you ever see it when at a bookstore, but i wouldnt go out of my way to get the book.

*This review might not be the most straightforward or make the most sense, but if you can one day take a chance on this book*