8/28/2014 Current Reads

  So, currently I am reading The Bridge to Never Land by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. It's It's the fifth book in the series and a very surprising read. I waited awhile to start it, simply because no library had the book and I never just buy the fifth book in a series. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS SERIES AND PLAN TO DO NOT READ THIS BLOG, THERE ARE SPOILERS! The fourth book ended with Peter and Molly going separate ways and having all the readers who were rooting for them to get together stop and freeze,  like this quote I was reading from Rick Riordan:

“To my wonderful readers:
Sorry about that last cliff-hanger.
Well, no, not really. HAHAHAHA.
But seriously, I love you guys.”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

See, I picture authors who end books with a cliffhanger like that, just sitting around their house trying to finish a book, and then getting a brainstorm, ending the book on a cliffhanger, and then rolling on the floor laughing at all the suckers who read their last book and read about their favorite characters and then finished the book with "And then the floor fell through and the world was plunged into blackness." If authors end books that way, then they need to read their series again and feel all that emotional trauma that goes through ending on a cliffhanger.
But, I'm getting off topic. My book is really good. It's like one of those secret spy on the run kind of books, like Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol.

See, these kids have read the Peter and the Starcatcher's series and they didn't think that the stories were real, like everyone else. This series is really eye-opening about the police and the FBI, and I don't know if this book's information is true, but in the book, the two kids run away and the FBI and the police force are looking for missing kids. What really stood out to me is that the kids are trying to explain what they're doing with this guy who's helping them, and all the FBI cares about is getting them away from him. And then later, when another guy points out, that for kidnapped kids, they sure look cooperative. Neither law-enforcement listens to the kids and that kind of opens your eyes to maybe what really goes on in the real world.

Before I finish this post, one funny thought for Friday, because Friday's are awesome and football games are fabulous (even if you don't understand the game).

Summer Reading Prompt B

Complex characters develop over the course of the story when they react to situations, such as in the book Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (my summer reading novel) Saf shows his real feeling towards Bitterblue even though he tries to cover them up because he's mad at her for lying in the quote "...said a third voice that made Bitterblue want to cry out again, for it was Saf." (295 Cashore). This is right after Saf helps her survive after an attack and fights against her pursuers. This explains the complexity of her relationship with Saf. This also shows in his interactions with Bitterblue's friends in asking if they need any help protecting her. This also advances the plot by adding another layer to the complicated plot, which is Bitterblue's relationship with Saf.

My article is about all the problems that Bitterblue faces as Queen in a way that also incorporates the other two books in the series. It also explains the similarities in the three novels in the series. The Bitterblue review article also explains the writing and good story-telling parts of writing.