Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Goosebumps Comic: Creepy Creatures

Boy it's been a long time since i've been on here but it's great to be back,
With this epic story I tell you I thought this was great
If your one of those poeple that read at night trust me this
is a story for you, of course it's written by none other than
R.L. STINE and when you hear that name you know it's gotta be great
This comic version of Goosebumbs consists of 3 different comic stories
they include "The warewolf of Fever Swamp", "The scarecrow walks at midnight" & "The Abominable snow man of Pasadena"
Where all these stories have an epic story and not to mention a epic end will he survive will he not all brought to you by R.L. STINE

Yours
MASTER BLOGGER

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Coraline

What did you think of the artwork?

It was quite simple, but seemed very mature artwork and didn't seem like a children's comic.

By Pheobe Rolfe

Silverfin, graphic novel, young bond series

What did you think of the artwork?
Simple, not too much detail. Easy to follow.

By Jade Wang

Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 1

What did you think of the artwork?

Sometimes I got confused and read the wrong panels. People's faces changed a lot.

By Hazell Fernandez

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Percy Jackson And The Sea Of Monsters

hae everyone just in the middle of the 2nd book in the percy jackson series and it's going great, whats been happening is that percy has been breaking the rules (hehe, like he hasn't before) because he's on a quest, that hasn't even been given to him, by the god of the roadways, travellers, merchants and thieves yes Hermes, and what the quest is is that he has to find the golden fleece (from the greek story jason and the golden fleece) before thalia (the border that protects half blood hill) dies because someone has poisened thalia

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan


Hey everyone,

After going to the movies to watch Percy Jackson, I decided to read the book, which as everyone should know, is a pretty dumb thing to do. In my defence however, I didn't know that a book existed before I went to watch the movie. Anyway, as usual, the book was way better than the movie.

I thought this book was pretty good. The author describes battles and other major events in a gripping way in my opinion. Plus the storyline isn't half bad either. It's about this boy named Percy Jackson (major shock) who finds out that he's the son of a Greek God. And then he finds out that he's been labelled 'The Lightning Thief' (another major shock, who would've guessed that's what the book's about!) because Zeus' lightning bolt has gone missing and everyone thinks he took it (which is absolutely crazy, but what else can you expect from the Greek?) Now he's on a mission to find the lightning bolt and clear his name. The only problem is that truck loads of hideous monsters are now coming from all corners of the earth to kill him which is quite a hindrance surprisingly.

The only thing I didn't like about this book was that the writing was in first person. Since the main character is like 12 or something, this made the book look like it was written by some little kid which annoyed me. But the battles and major events were described alright.

All in all, a pretty good book which was easy to read and satisfying. It ends with a pretty good cliffhanger which paves the way for us to read the rest of the books in the series.

7/10

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Dead Gorgeous by Malorie Blackman

hey all here i am reading more Malorie Blackman =D this cover isnt the one the library has but its the same book. Dead Gorgeous is about a family who bought this hotel, which has tunnles under it. and 10 years before a boy was searching through them when it collapsed and killed him. he is now a ghost in the hotel. his name is Liam. and Nova (child of the family) is the only one that can see him when he is in ghost form (he can turn solid when emotional). Nova and Liams brother are trying to find his dead body so he can move on. i found this book to be a bit out of my fancy. it wasnt very fast paced and it was a little bit exciting but i didnt like it as much as Noughts and Crosses. i give this a 7/10. marked down due to the slow pace and not very much excitement.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Full Metal Alchemist 14


This is book is a manga and i know i shouldnt have read it before the meeting but i really like Japanese stuff =D this is about Edward and Alphonse Elric, or The Elric Brothers as the are known for. They are in search of the Philosphers Stone (NO HARRY POTTER REMARKS PLEASE!) which gives them absolute power in alchemy. in this manga episode they find the person who has the stone and it looks just like their father!! there is a fight and they cant use their alchemy. i give this book a 7/10 and i think there should be more manga =D=D maybe exclusively for book club and librarians since people may rip out pages... XD

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Three words...a. ma. ZING.
Robert Langdon, symbologist, gets a call at the crack of dawn. Someone was murdered, and he gets a fax...a symbol. An ambigram (looks the same from upsidedown) of the word ILLUMINATI...an ancient brotherhood that has supposedly been lying low for 400 years. Many learned symbologists have been trying to recreate the ambigram, and failing, and suddenly it turns up on a murdered scientist at CERN.
CERN has been developing a new technology: antimatter. An EXTREMELY explosive device, a quarter of a kilogram of it is equal to five kilotons (VERY explosive) it would wipe out a whole town.
The canisters holding the antimatter have battery charged magnets that hold the antimatter in suspension...but if the battery was to fail...and the antimatter comes into its direct opposite (matter)...by touching the bottom of the canister...
They have 24 hours counting down untill the battery fails. Robert Langdon teams up with Vittoria Vetra, daughter of the murdered scientist, and who invented the antimatter, and takes an adventure of a lifetime to the Vatican city.
The Vatican city is in the prossess of choosing a new pope after the death of the old one. But theres a problem. The four preferred Cardinals have been kidnapped and the antimatter is somewhere within the Vatican City, ready to explode at midnight. The four cardinals are going to be murdered by the Illuminatus on the four "altars of science". Robert and Vittoria do all they can to stop the murderer, who claims to work for the illuminatus, and they beleive that following the "path of illumination" will lead them to the four altars of science and finally to the antimatter. If they could only get it before time runs out...
A breathtaking adventure
The whole book is like one enormous jugsaw puzzle that all fit in together for a while and then, at the end, BAM! the WHOLE structure changes in one unEXPECTED ending...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Going Solo


I thought this book was awesome; full of Roald Dahl's old lifetime stories from way back. It was really exciting because it was full of information about his working conditions and history as an author. It did keep my interest and the most interesting part for me was the biographies on his precious books.

This review was written by Jasmine Henderson-Cook in response to the Book Club 'Hero' theme.