The Host

The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

10 out of 10

This book was fantstic! Stephenie Meyer took a big step out of her Twilight bubble and did a great job! I enjoyed this book completly through and through. It did take me a while to read. Not only is it a little over 600 pages long, but I have had a busy summer with softball and camp and stuff. Anyways...

In the story, an alien species has taken over the earth. The aliens are a form of parasite that is enjected into human bodies. Afterwards, the aliens would take over all the bodies, living inside them and using them as a host. The main character, Wanderer, is an alien that is living inside the body of human Melanie, who doesn't seem to just disapear like she is supost to. When Wanderer starts to see the things Melanie's past and soon cannot separate Melanie's feelings from her own, Wanderer decides to go on a journy to find one of the last remaining humans that the two of them both love.

This book is a nice mixture of a SciFi and Romance novel. Stephenie Meyer does a good job.

So Yesterday

So Yesterday
by Scott Westerfeld
6 out of 10

I have finally read So Yesterday. I enjoyed reading about Scott's idea of "cool". It makes you think, just like all of his books. It is an easy-reader.

The novel is about Hunter, who is a "Cool Finder". One day meets Jen, and that is when things get weird. His boss disappears, these really cool shoes appear, and fake new-brand products start to show up, causing chaos. And then the Jammers show up and everything gets worse!

This is a good book, and the only reason it is rated so low is because the ending just kind of cuts off, leaving you hanging off of a way too tall cliff. Click here to read the first chapter!

I am Morgan le Fey

I am Morgan le Fey
6 out of 10

I read this book on the flight to New York City and on the way home. I don't know if the lousy flight had anything to do with it, but I thought I'd like this book more than I did. I liked it how it gave the whole Morgan le Fey background story of how she became who she was with King Arthur and whoever. I guess I'm just not into that Camelot stuff. And towards the end, it was just like a big fart for an ending. Too over dramatic and over written.

It's about Morgan le Fey and how she learned magic and why she hates King Arthur. When she was just a little girl, her father died at war and her mother is forced to marry the king of the kingdom. Morgan and her sister go into hiding at their nurse's home, who teaches them to read and use their heads. There is love, adventure, and sorrow.

The Unspoken

The Unspoken
7 out of 10

The Unspoken, by Thomas Fahy, is a book that I enjoyed reading. It is dull at some parts, and I am a person with a weak stomach that can't even watch shows like E.R. and House because of the little gore they show. I just can't deal with it. This book doesn't have any gore, really, but it goes into detail about the tortures Jacob, the cult leader, inflicted upon them.

One of the characters that I related to was Jade, who is a pianist and hides her fear by being rude and sarcastic. I love the piano and play it often. At the part where it talked about her being tortured makes my fingers weak. Even now, as I think back on it.

I had a friend read it who loves horror novels. She really liked it, and agreed with me that it would make a better movie.

The story is about 6 kids who survive a huge fire in a village of a cult that their parents were in. None of the kids liked it, or the leader of the cult, Jacob, who tortured them when they questioned his authority. In killing Jacob, he told the six that in five years, each one of them would die of their worse fears. And 5 years later, the first of the six dies from drowning; his worse fear seeing as he couldn't swim. The only weird thing about it is, he died well away from any body of water.

Banning Books

There is a post on the blog of Scott Westerfeld. He said a school has to send home a slip that parents must sign so their kids can read a book. There are also people who read the book and feel it is inappropriate, even thought they don't even have kids that go to that school. It's like The Golden Compass dispute all over again. Here's a video of what the author of the book has to say:


Yeah. I don't think it is a big deal. Some people should be allowed to critique.

In other news, last night I went and saw Meet the Spartans. It was funny, but it wasn't the best movie ever or anything. It was one of those movies that if you see it with silly, fun people, it's funny and if you see it with more serious people it's way stupid. And I saw it with some of my Junior friends who are falarious. So it was funny for me. Here is a link to the trailer.