Ready for the Games?

   Hey Guys! Ready for another blast to the past?

                                                 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
                Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12, in the nation of Panem. For seventy-four years they have been having games called The Hunger Games. They have been having them to remind the districts that no mater what the government is in charge. The hunger games are played by one boy and one girl between the ages of  12 and 18 from each District. (24 total) The point of games is to be the last one standing. If you win you and your district gets food for a whole year.  How does Katniss play a role in this? Well... Katniss's little sister Primrose gets picked to go into the hunger games. (by now you all know the famous line....) So Katniss volunteers as tribute so her sister doesn't have to go. At the Capitol Katniss meet her opponents and shows the "judges" her skill. Will Katniss survive the hunger games or will she die like all the other tributes from District 12?

     I rate this a 5/5 stars. This again was another book that I refused to read for the longest time. I feel that my review didn't do the book any justice. It was really well written, and I feel that the movie did a good job with some exceptions........... (Mockingjay pin!) But like usual the book was better. The book was a really quick read and super hard to put down. I think it took me five days to read the whole series, which is not hard to do when there are only three books and they all are really addicting.

       I hope you all enjoyed this flash back. I figured out how to link things so there is a link to my last one down below. (And for once I know it works,  I tested it.) Again I really feel that my review didn't do it any justice. To make up for that I feel that you should just read the book. How do you know if it's good if you haven't tried it yet? Until next time. -Kaitlynn

   1. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
   2. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
   3. Vladimir Todd by Heather Brewer
   4. Fablehaven by Brandon mull
   5. Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan
   6. Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
   7. Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

The First Flash Back Review

      Hey Guys! I thought I would start out my first flash back review with a little "Here's what it's about" thing. So Flash Back Reviews are just going to be books I have read in the past that I either loved or own/could get easily. They won't be young children's books. 1. that would be really awkward not just for me but for you guys too. 2. I haven't read picture books since first grade so I don't know or remember any good ones. 3. This doesn't include chapter books with pictures in them, they aren't just pure pictures, they help with the chapter books story. But so far I have a small list of books I for sure want to do. I will include it after each post and cross off the ones I have done. (Like this) To where you can still read them but to where you know that I have done them. And if I remember how to I will have the links to the ones I have done on the list. Other than that They will be normal reviews. So back to the past!

                           The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
           Clary Fray things she is just another ordinary girl. But she learns that she is anything but when she sees a werewolf in Pandemonium Club. Not to long after Clary's Mom get kidnapped, Clary gets attacked by a demon, and she learns that she is a Shadow hunter. A Shadow hunter is some one who "hunts" the demons and creatures that step out of line. ( think of them as police but a lot more deadlier) This is when Clary meets Jace, another Shadow hunter who ends up saving her life. Both Clary and Jace try to figure out Clary's past and try to not die in the process. Will Clary become a Shadow hunter? Or will she die? What secrets will be revealed in this fast paced fantasy read?

      I rate this a 5/5 stars. I was told to read this book for years, even friends who didn't like to read told me to read it. I just thought it sounded weird, that was until I got board and couldn't get to the library. It was one of the best books I ever read! and who could pass up this line "Sorry, are you telling me that your demon-slaying buddies need to be driven to their next assignation with the forces of the darkness by my mom?" (Simon) Then again at that point before read this I had been going through books like crazy. I just couldn't find the one to cure my need for a good book.

    I hope you guys enjoyed my first Flash Back review! There are definitely more to come, it was some thing quick and fun for me to do. So one down, the whole world to go!

   1. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
   2. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
   3. Vladimir Todd by Heather Brewer
   4. Fablehaven by Brandon mull
   5. Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan
   6. Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
   7. Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

A Letter For Who?

   Hey guys! I am so sorry for not posting the 2nd part of the Mammoth book. I am slowly getting it done but I had some other books I needed to read. Also I have been busy with tutoring/homework/concerts..... well the whole nine yards. But I have finally found out how to put books on hold and I have finished my latest library book. So I don't keep you all waiting any longer..... ON TO THE REVIEW!!!!


                           A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King
           
             Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are back! Mary's friend Dorothy Ruskin comes to visit from Palestine. Miss. Ruskin is in the London area to meet up with potential sponsors for her dig sites in Palestine.  While visiting Russell and Holmes she gives them a small decorated box with a small manuscript in it. The manuscript is said to be written by Mary Magdalene. Soon after visiting Russell, Miss. Ruskin dies in a "accidental" run in with a car. But Russell and Holmes know better than to think it is a accident. Is Miss. Ruskin connected to something dark? Or is she just a innocent victim? Find out in this adventure/mystery, who really did it.

       I rate this a 5/5 stars. I found it to be really good and I didn't have to read through pages of boring things! The character even acknowledges that you don't have to put every single thing down on paper! Other than that it was a interesting book and I would recommend it to every one! ( well I would recommend all the books I read to every one unless they are just really, really bad.)

    I hope you enjoyed my review. My next one I hope will be Wheel of Ice by Stephen Baxter. I put it on hold not realizing that Christmas is on Wednesday! So ya, now I am stuck hoping the library with transfer it fast enough for me to have it before  Christmas! Other than that I maybe do doing flash back reviews, they will be books I love or books I haven't read in a long time. It will either be something I am going to keep up with or something I might just do for holidays if I don't have a mis-adventure for you guys. I don't know yet.... I still have to figure out what I am going to do for my anniversary! I have been making lists, losing them all, crushing stupid ideas, forgetting all the good ones, and truly not having any idea what to do! I am off to go think about what to do but for now..... Talk To You All Later! -Kaitlynn

Mammoth Book Part 1

   
        Hey Guys! I have decided to do my book in parts. I am so excited about this because this is one of my back door bookshop finds. They were practically begging me to buy it as one of my old friends would say.  I had completely forgotten about it till I found it over the weekend. I would have liked to have had this done by Tuesday night but I tons of homework and had to tutor some of funniest kids in the world. They make wonder if  I acted like them at their age. So with out any more delays.... here's the first review!


                      The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (Part 1)
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                      The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity by Derek Wilson

         This story is about Sherlock's first case or so we are lead to think is his first case. Sherlock meets a man named William Spooner who just so happens to go to the collage "next door" to the one that Sherlock goes to. By some strange chance Holmes gets drawn into the mystery that surrounds the sudden disappearance of the Dutch Nativity that had recently been given to the school. Can Holmes solve the case or will it be one of his biggest failures?

       I  rate this a 5/5 stars. I thought that Wilson did a good job in portraying Holmes. I also thought that Wilson did a good job at giving us an idea of what Holmes first case was.  It was a rather enjoyable case to read.

                    The Affray at the Kildare Street Club by Peter Tremayne

         The story opens with Sherlock having a nice lunch with his brother Mycroft at the Kildare Street Club when there is a minor theft in the club. When someone loses something of a great personal value and who better to solve the case than our friend Sherlock Holmes! Will he solve the case or will it be one of his first defeats?

      I rate this a 5/5 stars. I thought that Tremayne had a pretty good story about Sherlock. He also mentions "our dear friend" Professor Moriarty! Other than that it was a simple read, nothing to over detailed. Which probably made it a good read...

       I am so sorry this is out later than I had expected. I was hoping to have more time than I had. Other than that I went to a library book sale. I picked up two books that I felt the need to own but when I pick up a couple of books that I wanted to check out, I found that only one of the three I wanted to read. You will just wait to hear about what I picked up.  I am also still thinking about what to do about my one year anniversary. At least the best part is that it lands on a Saturday this year! So if I plan things right I will totally have time to do something. I will just figure out what.... For now I must get going. Talk To You All Later! -Kaitlynn