Crossed - Book Review

Crossed - Ally Condie

Stars: ****

Age: 13+

Like the first book - its great! I really liked how everything flows and links together. It starts to get more interesting throughout the book and starting to make more sense. You start to put pieces together and suddenly it clicks and then you get excited and then it slows down a bit but like Matched  you want to read it over and over again! Can’t wait to read the next book in the trilogy!

Matched - Ally Condie

Matched - Ally Condie

Stars: ****

Age: 13+

It’s a good book. It doesn’t reach out to me like some other books do but I like the characters, setting and the problems Cassia and her friends come across. I would read it over and over again because it’s not a book that would bore you, it keeps you wanting more!  One down point it’s like Katniss (From the Hunger Games) deciding who she loves more Gale or Peeta. When I read the book it came across that Cassia was in the middle between who she loved more Ky or Xander but throughout the series it seems that Cassia leans towards Ky a bit more.  I would recommend to girls more than boys in an intermediate (11- 13) age group!

Cinder - Book Review

Cinder  - Marissa Meyer  

Stars: ****

Age: 13+

And you thought you knew the story of Cinderella! The difference is, is that Cinder is her own fairy godmother but a bit more cyborg like! It’s well written and the setting of the story is in New Beijing which is more interesting than America or somewhere in Europe. The characters were interesting - you were always puzzled by them and was left wondering what their secrets are and what they are going to do next. I loved the vocabulary but I didn’t like how Cinder’s stepmother was put together. The rest of the chronicles sounds so interesting and intense that I am looking forward to reading them.

Dangerous Creatures - Book Review

Dangerous Creatures - Garcia & Stohl

Stars: ****

Age: 13+

This was a perfect story to follow on with the Beautiful Creatures! I quite liked it coming from Ridley’s view. You  get to see who she really is and what she treasures most. I hope Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl are working on another Dangerous Creatures book because I would love to see what Ridley decides to do next and I wonder if it will involve the rest of the Ravenwood’s and Duchannes.

Well written. Needs to be awarded and it needs to be recognized better to get that award. I would recommend it to anyone who has read the first four Beautiful Creatures books.

Beautiful Creatures - Book Review

Beautiful Creatures - Garcia & Stohl

Stars: *****

Age: 13+

The Beautiful Creatures series sounds like a lovely book but there is only one word that would describe my feelings and thoughts for it…. WICKED! The story is so intense and since it’s written by two authors, the ideas and writing skills just click. It’s like chocolate and ice cream - they are made for each other!

I love how it’s written. It is one of my ultimate must-read series which I had already read before given the book at school. There are no words for how much I love this series.

If Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl read this I would say to them, “KEEP WRITING THOSE FANTASTIC STORIES!!!!!”

P.S the sad thing is the movie ruined the book and is nothing like the book!

The Fault in Our Stars - Book Review

Fault In Our Stars #FIOS - John Green

Stars: **

Age: 13+

The Fault in Our Stars is a  well written book. A nice flow and the characters are charming. But I don’t see the big deal over it! I know it was turned into a movie - and a good one too, but I didn’t feel the emotion in the book or the movie. I didn’t get why people made a fuss of it. It wasn’t much of a story when you really think about it. Cancer. Someone dies. The girl gets frustrated and upset and then happy.

There are real people who die from cancer everyday! There are real stories of people surviving cancer! That is what needs to be written.

The story gave too much away, too early! I could easily read into the story and figure out what’s going to happen next.  One thing I did like about the book was the egg throwing at the car. So there was some imagination!

Overall, it’s a book (and a movie) that you either love it or hate it! I do like the effort the Mr Green put into making the book and all the research.

New principal drives hot rod to school!!!

On Monday we welcomed our new principal into the school. She arrived in a flash, loud race car along with the pupils and staff from her old school Lauriston. She was officially welcomed to our school with a powhiri.