A Series Of Unfortunate Events 3 ~ Cameron ~

A Series Of Unfortunate Events 3

         The Wide Window

Author: Lemony Snicket

Rating ⅘

The third book is about the the three Baudelaire children who get sent to their aunt's house, her name is aunt Josephine. Count Olaf arrives disguised as a Sailor. Aunt Josephine loves english so everything they say or write wrong she will stop the conversation and correct you. Aunt Josephine figures out that it really is Count Olaf and then gets forced to write a note that says she commits suicide.Then Aunt Josephine is gone. But the Baudelaire children figure out that it secretly says Curled Cave. Which is on the other side of the lake, so they sail there,but there is a hurricane. They bring her back but then there boat starts to sink,but a boat comes to save them,but its Count Olaf's ship. They have to get on or else they will drown, Count Olaf kills aunt Josephine. And claim the Baudelaire children as his own. When they get to shore Mr Poe is there and finds out it is Count Olaf but then he escapes again. The cildren are safe again.

THG ~ Mockingjay ~ Greta

Title: Mockingjay (THG)

Author: Suzanne Collins

Genre: Science fiction

Book: 10/20

I don't particularly like when books are tedious so to see that this book and series wasn't was relieving as I thought they would be. I have to say the books are better than the movies though. The specific use of words made me project brilliant scenes in my head. I may have said this before but this is a daunting vision of our future. I rate this a 9/10.

mess - Tiana Holloway

mess

Author: Alex

( journxl on Wattpad )

Genre: Poetry Anthology

my hand write down the words my brain can't contain anymore.

( lower case intended )

At first it intrigued me by how the author didn't classify the gender and kept you guessing until they confirmed what the gender is, then the author made me question if that's really the gender or if that is the characters sexuality. When I finally clicked on what the gender of the character was it made reading it in that point of view even more interesting.

This book is full with dark, beautiful and surprisingly relatable things. The only thing is I wished it was longer but I guess that's just because I read a lot of books with longer chapters that aren't poems. I give it a 9/10.

     ... "humans are never satisfied aren't we?  

                     there's always a goal                             

                      but when we get there,                         

                       we ask for more,                                   

                    we want more.                                   

                        always more." ...                        

12 am » poetry - Tiana Holloway

Twelve am >> poetry

Author: Kayla

( sushitae on Wattpad )

Genre: Poetry Anthology

it's 12 am and i'm wide awake.

( lowercase is intentional )

This book contains poems that the author comes up with while she's up at 12 am. She writes small chapters about things that are happening to her in real life as well, they're usually a few sentences long.

It's a very small book but detailed and relatable to girls. The sequel 1am poetry is still an on going story. I recommend this to girls who like short and sweet stories with a lot of semi-relatable things. I give it an 8/10 just because there wasn't as much content as I had hoped.

Shades of Blue - Tiana Holloway

Shades of Blue

Author: Julietta 

( julixtta on Wattpad )

Genre: Poetry Anthology

Charlie doesn't speak, so he paints.

Shades of Blue follows a boy who leaves poems for a girl at a café. He sees that she's getting verbally and physically abused by her parents and believes what they tell her. He still thinks that she's perfect and he doesn't stop leaving poems.

Charlie and Azura are in love. They go through a lot of hard times but they overcome it. Azura is free of her parents and Charlie is starting to speak again. Then they get shocking, but wonderful news. As soon as happiness comes to Charlie Azura is ripped away from him.

I recommend this to people who like having the main plot be a love story. Shades of Blue is filled with poems but has short chapters to tell the reader what's happening. I love this book this is the second time I've read it but I wanted to read it so I could read the sequel, but it hasn't been fully completed yet it is still an ongoing story. It's not as long as most people would want but it has a lot of detail and the author has such a great way with words that makes up for it. I give it a 10/10.

"Is it something about
me that shuts your
lips up and stitches
them with horror?
Is it that the words
that fall out of my lips
are screams of torment?
Hopeless drops of alcohol?"

Seer's Hope - Tiana Holloway

Seer's Hope

( Book One of The Seer Trilogy )

                                                

Author: Maree Anderson

 ( MareeAnderson on Wattpad )

Genre: New Zealand Literature

Hope is snatched from her home to a primitive world of magic and gods. The Dayamari people believe she's a seer and their only hope of salvation, but she's blind - she can't see anything at all, let alone the future. She must accept her destiny and learn to wield her powers that the gods have bestowed upon her in order to save loved ones from the horrifying evil that lurks in the darkness, failure is not an option.

Seer's Hope follows a girl, Hope, as she learn to accept her for who she truly is. She must accept what her destiny is, to save the people of Dayamaria. She goes through many hardships but eventually something good happens once the evil is prevented, until the same evil rises again in the most unexpected place.

I recommend this book to people who like to read books based in non-existant historical eras. The love story is a big part of the story but is not the major point for it is not a romance novel. It shows that the main character is a strong willed, independent young woman. I give it 8/10.

Looking for Alaska by John Green - Emma

Finding Alaska by John Green

Genre: Realistic Fiction


Miles is a very smart boy but only has a couple of friends and this is why he decides to move to a boarding school. Miles meets 'The Colonel' and Alaska young, a screwed up girl who spends most of the the time smoking or drinking but despite this Miles like her, alot. When Alaska dies in a car crash Miles can't help but feel it wasn't an accident but must find out what happened to Alaska when she crashed into a police car that night. Was it because she was drunk? Was it because she thinks she killed her mum? or was life just to much? Alaska was gone and Miles needed to know why.

9/10 this book was amazing and I recommend it to John Green fans 

Spark by Rachel Craw - Emma

Spark by Rachel Craw 

   Genre Science Fiction



This book follows Evie. A teenage girl that has moved to here aunts, because her mothers dead. What Evie doesn't know is that shes a shield, designed to keep her spark (a person she connects with) from a killer. This being Evie's first spark she has no chance of saving it, but she has to because this spark is her best friend. Along side her aunt who works for affinity ( an organisation of  shield trainers) and Jamie (Her boyfriend who also works for affinity) they must save Jamie's sister Kitty (Evie's best friend) but who is the killer? Why is her aunt being so secretive? But most of all, can she save Kitty?

10/10 I loved this book and the second one 'Stray' and would recommend it to anyone. I think this is my favorite book of the challenge so far.

The sea-wreck stranger- Paige

Genre: New Zealand author; Mystery  
Author: Anna Mackenzie
Name of book: The sea-wreck stranger

When Ness and Ty's parents died, they went to live with their Uncle Marn, his daughter Sophie and their horrible step-Aunty Tilda.
One day Ty, Sophie and Ness are all walking on the forbidden beach, Skellap bay, to get away from grumpy Tilda, when they find a man. A stranger. On Dunnett island the people do not allow strangers, but Ness does not believe in the same theories of the council and people of Dunnett island- that the sea is poisoned and evrything that comes from it. So, Ness does everything in her power to help the man recover, and help him get home. But if he is caught, or Ness is caught helping him, then all hell would brae lose on Dunnett island.

I really liked this book, it was full of suspense and I couldn't stop reading. I rate it a 8/10.

Right where it Hurts-David Hill-9/20-Nika

Right where it Hurts-David Hill
Genre-NZ Author

When Slade comes to Green Harbour college he
doesn't expect to met Mallory Garner.
At first he wants to kick Mallory so hard that she
would be in pain for several years but after spending time
with her they are hard not to see together.
Slade then finds out an unexpected problem of
and hopes he can some how help save
Mallory from the dark realm she is in.
I loved this book it was mysterious and amazing.
I recommend it to everyone and give it happy 10/10.
-Nika

Bad Girls-Jaqueline Wilson-8/20-Nika

Bad Girls-Jaqueline Wilson
Genre-Mystery

Mandy is being bullied at school by so called bad girl Kim.
Until Mandy meets a new friend Tanya.
Kim won't mess with Mandy now unless she wants Tanya on her case.
But is Tanya what she makes out to be our is she just another bad girl.
Read and find out.
This book wasn't an age appropriate level for me (it was recommended to me).
Otherwise a great book.
7/10
-Nika

Echo - Tiana Holloway

Echo

                                                       

Author: Cat Archer ( Cat_Archer on Wattpad)

Genre: Free Choice - Fanfiction

Rae Hood is the twin sister of Robin Hood but they act nothing like each other. Rae is sarcastic, blood-thirsty, has trust issues and is in love. Rae has to go through an inevitable curse, death, The Wicked Witch Of The West and much much more. Will she ever find happiness?

Echo follows the story of Rae Hood, a girl who has gone through too much. She has been blamed, tortured and has been ripped away from her one true love, Peter Pan. Her cursed name is Skylar. The Saviour breaks the curse and everyone gets there memories back.

I would recommend this book to people who have at least heard of Once Upon A Time. This book makes you feel so many different emotions. The author makes you feel as if you were almost there, alongside Rae Hood. There are so many different things that you forget about but then everything makes sense when you reach the last part of the book. If you read it on wattpad the songs just fit the mood especially the last chapter, which actually brought me to tears. I give it a 10/10.

The boy on the wooden box - Amie

Leon was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. Leon was able to survive the cruelty of the Nazis. It was the generosity of one man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon’s life and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings.

This is a informational book and a really good one I rate this a 8/10 

A Series Of Unfortunate Events 2 ~ Cameron ~

A Series Of Unfortunate Events 2

         The Reptile Room

Author: Lemony Snicket

Rating: ⅘

The Reptile room is about the three Baudelaires orphans who moved to their uncle's house named Montgomery Montgomery. The villainous Count Olaf arrives acted as a research assistant in an attempt to steal the children's money, killing their guardian but failing to steal their fortune.The three children prove to their caregiver that it really is Count Olaf but still gets away.