Wednesday 29 January 2014

Top ten books/ Book series to read ever (for teens)

Hello avid readers of the internet Becky here with a top ten review of the best books/ series to read ever (for teens)

1. The hunger games book by Suzanne Collins 
The Hunger Games series  
in the first book of the series follows Katniss Everdeen as she volunteers for her little sister in a televised TV show to fight to the.... Death , she soon becomes the face of rebelion in the next book "Catching fire" where she is re entered into The Hunger Games In the third and final instalment "Mockingjay" she fights in the rebelion, Must read book because of the everlasting suspense and the fact I finished the whole series in a week speaks for itself... well. OK. it doesn't Its the easy to fall in love characters the twist in every page and the way the book is written its exhilarating,exciting and electrifying!  buy it here 
Quote: "Fire Is Catching If We Burn You Burn With Us" Katniss Everdeen Mockingjay


Divergent series 
2. Divergent  by Veronica Roth
In the first book "Divergent" we follow Beatrice Prior as she embarks on choosing a new faction we see her try to get through initiation
In the second book "Insurgent" The faction system is divided and Beatrice is on the run, In the final book "Allegiant" the faction system has collapsed and trusting each over has become vital, I love this series as it is face paced well plotted but it scored second                                                           as the love story didn't seems as strong or as believable as the love                                                           story between Peeta and Katniss in The Hunger Games! buy it here

Quote:" Fear doesn't shut you down it wakes you up" Four Divergent


3.  Gone by Michael Grant

Gone series 
The whole series follows a group of teenagers aged 11-15 deal with the mysterious disappearance of every adult in the town of Peridio beach. With communication with the rest of the world gone the teenagers have to deal with everything that could possibly go wrong, Scary and frightening books that keep you entertained for hours, Scored three on the list as can b a bit difficult to read at times! Buy it here  

Quote: "Welcome to Peridio Beach where our motto is r adiation                                                                            what radiation" Sam Gone

4. Harry Potter J.K Rowling
  Apparently people in the world have no idea what happens in Harry Potter so I shall tell you its about this boy wizard who continually saves the world from the evil wizard! I love this series as its is imaginative, immersive and INCREDIBLE, scored four as the last book is a bit too slowly paced but that's alright! Buy it here 

Quote: "Its leviosa not leviosah" Hermione Granger Harry potter and the philosopher's stone



5. Jinx by Meg Cabot
Jinx by Meg Cabot
Nope this time not a series (even though I WANT IT TOO BE *fangirls*)
Jinx is about a girl nicknamed Jinx who moves too New York to forget about something horrible while in the midst of this she has a ever raging war with Tori her cousin and finds love with the next door neighbour called Zach,  A laugh out loud zany creative book that is so fun to read scored 5 as it needed a sequel which it hasn't got   you can buy it here

Quote: "I Like seals" Jinx (Jean) from Jinx







6. Nightmare Academy by Dean Lorrey
Nightmare Academy book 1 

This series is about a boy named Charlie who can travel to another dimension called the Nightmare dimension, he goes to an academy to control his powers while saving the world from the monsters we have nightmares about, Fun, Frightening and fast paced this book can be a awesome thing to read at 3am scored 6 as you can easily forget the plotline at times! buy here


"You don't know adults like I do they will never forgive me" Edward Pinch monsters revenge




7. In My Dreams I Dance by Anna wafula Strike
In my dreams I dance
A autobiography about the paralympian Anne Wafula strike It made me cry made me feel angry yet made me feel as if i cant't lose my dream my goal and gives me the hope I can carry on it is in on word tearful scored 7 as it made me feel so sad i sometimes couldn't read it for another week! buy it here 

Quote: In, My dreams I dance" Anne in my dreams i dance






8.  Philippa Fisher and the fairy godsister by Liz Kessler

Philippa Fisher's fairy godsister
This series is about a girl who befriends a fairy and saves the world this series is fun, funny,magical and majestic  and it is really imaginative a great read scored 8 as I only just remembered it buy it here 

Quote: "My name is Daisy. Daisy French" Daisy Philippa fisher and the fairy godsister








9. Oven chips for Tea  By Alex Gutteridge
Oven chips for Tea


This book is about a girl called Kat (Katrina) who tries to deal with a family secret. This book made me cry for about four hours it was heartbreaking, tearful and just upsetting and thought provoking scored a 9 as it made me a little depressed! buy it here 

Quote: "Who did I really play Ping Pong for" Kat oven chips for tea






10. Soulmates by Holly Bourne
Soulmates cover

This book is about a girl who falls in love but it comes with a price that endangers the world! I felt sad at the end and it was really beautiful the way the writer ended the story, The book was emotional and fun and was a really good read! scored a 10 just because it was a little bit to lovey- dovey in parts! buy it here

Quote: "Face it Poppy your a big clichÄ—" Lizzie Soulmates






So that is my round up of the ten best books/ books series you should read if you have any suggestions please comment below and until the next post have a great time reading as usual it was a pleasure blogging this for you BYE!

Thursday 23 January 2014

Insurgent

Hi avid readers of the internet Becky here with another review on the popular book series "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
so are you sitting comfortably and I'll begin the story (like the play on words)
the synopsis of Insurgent is pretty simple we see Tris (Beatrice Prior) and Tobias and fellow abnegation (selfless faction) members run from The erudite faction and their leader Jeanine Matthews... We also see Tris come to terms with certain deaths in the first book we also find out the truth behind why Divergent's are a threat to the system! (No I shall not reveal spoilers so =P)  Now before I continue I shall remind you of the factions
Candor- Honesty 
Erudite- Intelligence
Amity- Peace 
Abnegation- Selflessness
 and the one no one wants to join
Factionless  I think we all know what this means; Almost all the characters are alive in this book I will not reveal who died and who survives so you shall have to read Insurgent for yourself,
the themes of the book are: Discrimination, War, Death and Corruption  
  Now the reason I love this book (I still prefer the hunger games as I feel a more emotional connection with the characters and I believe the love story between Katniss and Peeta Don't worry Divergent is next in the list of my favourite book SORRY FOR RAMBLING DON'T HATE ME NEITHER DIVERGENT FANS!!!) As I was saying I love the book because it proves it's ok to be different this book also proves that you can be whoever you want to be and that truly everyone is "Divergent" and that you can stand up for the people you care about and that's why so many people connect to this book just as much as the hunger games. to finish of my review I want to know what faction you would be in and if you were Divergent what factions would you have to choose from?

US and UK covers (US have the better covers)
I know I'd be Divergent I would have to choose between Erudite, Abnegation and Dauntless 
you can buy the books herehere, (uk only)here and (Uk only) here

as usual it was a pleasure blogging for you until the next post have a great day or night

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Divergent

HAPPY NEW YEAR avid readers of the internet (sorry it's a bit late i was busy) and for today's review i am reviewing DIVERGENT (yep fellow divergent fandom member rejoice as it is being turned into a movie this march) and so I have watched the trailers before I read the book so I had no idea what the plot was so I decided to read the books (I'm rambling again sorry)

Synopsis (plot)
We follow sixteen year old Beatrice prior in a futuristic version of America where once you turn sixteen you have a choice to either stay where you were born aka a fraction you can be split into five fractions
Candor- Truth 
Amity - compassion and kindness
Erudite - Intelligence 
Dauntless - Bravery 
Abnegation- Selflessness (not to be selfish)
But before you choose in this big public ceremony you have a test and when Tris's (Beatrice) tests show she is Divergent (people who belong to more than one fraction and cannot be moulded into a certain fractions way of thinking) she fits into three category's Dauntless, Abnegation and Erudite!
After that we see her go off to the ceremony where she chooses Dauntless and her brother chooses Erudite. Soon after you face initiation where you face your fears in simulations called fear landscapes while on top of this she befriends Christina, Will, Albert (Al) Uriah and Edward and meets Four (Tobias Eaton)  Soon after the simulations Albert starts to torment Tris Some time after this incident the Dauntless  initiates face the final stage to become proper members of the fraction Tris, Will, Christina (who is now dating Will), Uriah, Shauna, Marlene and Peter make it through whereas Molly and Drew and the other initiates become Fraction-less and after that everyone get injected with a tracker , when she awakes she finds everyone in a trance like state and everyone in Dauntless begin to start killing everyone in Abnegation...   gets she soon develops a plan in which they stop the simulation to the Dauntless
This was all caused by jeanine matthew's the antagonist of the series

I loved this book as it's full of action and comical humour and I'm already 75% through Insurgent I can't wait to finish and read Allegiant you can buy it here   and here  as usual it was a pleasure blogging for you until the next post have a good time bye