Beach Blondes by Katherine Applegate

I think this is a really good book and I'd give it a 10/10. This has got to be one of the biggest books I've read(721 pages). At first I thought I would be put off by the size of the book and the cover(you'll know if you see it). Well yeah, but then I read the blurb and I was instantly hooked. It's as if I was meant to be at the library just to find THAT book. Well, enough of my cheesy entrances, lets get on to the actual book.

Okay so this book is basically about a girl named Summer having her summer vacation with her cousin at Crab Claw Key. The thing is, Summer's cousin (Diana) doesn't like Summer. To be honest I thought it'd be some cheesy story about girls in bikinis and topless buffed up guys(Well it is, but in a good way :D ). So anyways before coming to Crab Claw Key Summer meets a tarot lady in the plane that tells her that she'll meet 3 guys.

-One that is mysterious

-One that is dangerous

-One that seems like he's the one.

Well Summer doesn't seem to believe the tarot lady. After her flight she runs into this guy(Seth) and out of the blue he kisses her :O

On her vacation she meets this other guy(Diver) who is a bit crazy and lives on her roof(Oh yeah, Diana hates summer so much that she makes Summer sleep in the Stilt house) and apparently he's goodlooking. She also meets Adam; the rich senator's son. They go out for a while. The thing is Seth is also staying at Crab Claw for vacation so Summer sees more of him which is gonna be hard for Summer because she has to choose 1 guy which isn't too hard to figure out when you read the book. Anyway some stuff happen which leads to more drama but if I said anymore, the whole book would be ruined.

There are 3 more books in the series

*Spring Break [READ]

*Tan Lines[READ]

*Sun- Kissed Christmas [FINISHED JUST LAST NIGHT]

I loved this book and I'd recommend it to anyone my age. Ooh, did i mention this is a romantic book? :D

Sorry my review is long, because its hard to say everything I want to say in just 5-10 lines.

End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale

This is book is about a girl called Ruby. She is a 14 year old who lives with her mum, stepdad, brother and two little stepbrothers. Unfortunately Ruby feels like a doormat, always being used by her family - she has to help out with babysitting, cooking, cleaning etc while her brother doesn't all because he wins lots of prizes at school and she has a learning difficulty. Ruby feels this is unfair but can never speak her mind in case she hurts her mothers feelings.

What i liked about this book was that once you started reading it you wanted to finish it without putting it down. Her character was a really friendly person, and it was enjoyable to read about her finding confidence in herself, and using what she was good at (fashion design) to help her in the future.

Even though she misses out on a trip to Brazil, which she really wanted to go to, she still has it in mind for her future, and proves that nothing can stop her even though she isn't the 'smartest' in school.

Memoirs of Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

Memoirs of Teenage Amnesiac is a novel written especially for teenage girls. The plot and pace is good, taking you to places that you don’t anticipate. The characters are realistic so I would give it a 7/10 though I was quite disappointed of how it ends. Sooo yeah.. :/

Naomi (the protagonist) wakes up with amnesia. She’s a junior in high school with no memories past the age of twelve. Her dad, Ace(boyfriend) and Will(best friend) are the people in her life trying to tell who she is, who she was, what she’s like, what she does. But everything feels off for Naomi. Nothing feels right. Everything feels different, feels weird.

Ummm... This isn’t the story of one boy and one girl. It’s the story of a girl who feels several different personas and find potential love interests with each persona she adopts. Which one is really her? Who does her heart really belong to? xD

Percy Jackson & The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

This is the second book in the Percy Jackson series and after reading the first two, i'm definitely gonna review all of them. :D

So the book still follows Percy Jackson son of Poseidon, Annabeth daughter of Athena and Grover the satyr who is assigned to protect Percy in everything he does. I won't give too much plot summary this time coz I don't wanna ruin it for you guys. :P

So the book starts off with Camp Half-Blood being attacked by all different kinds of monsters all looking for Percy Jackson, this never happens at Camp Half-Blood because no monsters can enter as it is protected by Zeus' daughter, Talia who is the magical tree that protects the enitre camp. That is when Percy finds out that the tree was poisoned by someone, someone that is determined to destroy all the gods or maybe something else ...

Percy's mission is to find the only thing that will be able to restore the tree's magical powers, The Golden Fleece and he realizes that to find it, they must cross a very dangerous obstacle, The Sea of Monsters. Along the way, they fight, sneak, learn and protect each other as they are tested by many different forces of the magical world.

I never stopped reading this book because of one thing, and that is how the author ends each chapter. I noticed that in the first two books the main page turner is how the author closes each chapter off. He ends it with sentences that either leave the reader thinking, leaves the reader shocked or makes the reader turn the page. I thought this was very good in terms of making the plot flow because it's what keeps the reader interested. With the idea of ending each chapter well, the plot itself is awesome just like the first book and is definitely suited for a reader like me, the action loving/mystery type reader. :D

In terms of how the plot and characters go, as I read the book, I noticed how the main characters Percy, Annabeth and Grover develop their personalities and strengthen their friendship with one another. I noticed that Percy is becoming more attracted to Annabeth (vice versa), he is becoming more courageous as he stands up for his friends many times in the story and at the same time, he is becoming more thoughtful and caring as he actually listens to what his friends have to say. I realied that Percy's change in attitude helped him alot in the story as he struggles to find The Golden Fleece.

Another reason why I really liked this book is because through the action, through the heart-felt moments, I felt that I was actually Percy telling the story from my point of view. This is because of how the author linked Percy with the reader by using vocabulary which made the reading atmosphere change from hard intense action to sad, gloomy times. This gave the effect of the reader being in the book as if he/she was the one trying to save the world. Honestly, its not only the plot that made me interested in this book, but its how the author linked me as the reader with Percy. His use of words really emphasized what he was trying to say in a clever way by saying it through Percy. I found that I could relate to Percy in a way that were around the same age, we use the same sort of vocabulary but not live the same life. hehehe. he's half boy and half god. I'm all Vince. :D

Read the Percy Jackson series! It's awesome! You'll love it especially if you love action and fantasy stories! I give this book a 9/10! i didn't give it 10/10 because the author cuts the story at the end which sucks coz there was no REAL ending in the story but is awesome coz that made me want to read the next one !!!! :D :D :D

Please comment. :D
Vince Exconde.

Blart sets sale on a questionable quest

the third installment in the Blart series this book does well to carry on

the legacy of the hero who give reluctant a new meaning.

having saved the world twice over Blart is now the prince of Illyria and content to do nothing

that will help anyone else ever again.

however life is not that simple for heroes of fate and now he must rescue his kidnapped

bride before the full moon rises and Illyria is destroyed.

i found this book to be quite enjoyable and a faithful continuation to Blarts unwanted heroism.

the book is full of humour and stereotypical hero situations of which Bblart tries to wriggle free.

i would give it a thumbs up for its use of sarcasm wit and plot related humour

i recommend reading this series from start to finish.

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

Long ago, there was a powerful king of India who had to sons. One he named Dhiren. The two brothers received the best education and military training. Their mother taught them to love the land and all the people who lived there. She often took the boys to play with underprivileged children because she wished for them to learn what their people needed. This contact also taught them to feel humility and to be grateful for the advantages they had. Their father, the king, taught them how to rule the kingdom. Dhiren, in particular, grew up to be a brave and fearless military leader as well as a sensible administrator. His brother was also very strong brave and clever. He loved Dhiren but, at times, he felt a piercing stab of jealousy in his heart, for despite all being successful in all of his training, he knew Dhiren was destined to be the next king. It was only natural for him to feel this way. Dhiren had a knack for impressing people easily with his acumen intelligence and personality. A rare combination of charm and modesty embodied in a prince made him an outstanding politician. A person of contradictions, he was a great warrior as well as a renowned poet. The people loved the royal family and looked forward to many peaceful and happy years under Dhiren’s reign. King Rajaram, Dhiren’s father arranged a marriage between Dhiren and the daughter of a ruler of a neighbouring kingdom. Dhiren’s brother fell in love with Yesubai. So he plotted to steal her from his brother. He betrayed him and bartered with an evil man so he could be Yesubai’s husband.  Anyway as the story goes Dhiren and his brother were killed by this evil man. Yesubai took her own life and Dhiren’s parents died of old age.

Kelsey Hayes is an orphan. She is seventeen almost eighteen and lives with her foster parents in Oregon. She needs work for the summer so she applies for a job at a circus where she cares for a beautiful white tiger named Ren. Whom she creates a special bond with. After two weeks of working at the circus and wishing she could free Ren, a man named Mr. Kadam comes to buy the tiger Kelsey is devastated but she is allowed to fly to India with ren so he is settled and happy in his new home.

When Kelsey discovers that ren is really prince Dhiren she knows she must help him break Durga's curse.

What will Kelsey do? Can Kelsey control all those lost feelings? Will they break Durga’s curse? Will Kelsey overcome the fear of letting loose everything inside of her to save ren, the man/tiger she’s in love with?

Just to be clear ren is prince Dhiren; he is cursed and he is 350 years old and unable to die. Mr. Kadam is Ren's advisor and has a charm necklace to keep him alive all these 300 years.

I loved this book so much. I would give it a 10/10 because it is so brilliantly awesome. I love the way it’s written with heaps of twists in the plot and how it always kept me guessing. Full of romance, mystery, fear, travelling the globe and desperation of staying true but finding who you are sort of stuff; I would recommend this book to everyone who wants a book that they don’t want to stop reading.

Love this book. Its so epic ness yeh!!! I can’t wait for the next book. Everyone should read this; hey maybe we should do a novel study on this. I really enjoyed this book because it showed me even the ordinary can be well extra ordinary. I didn’t really like the ending because the so should have got together but they didn’t. Oh well. But it does leave some good romantic tension for the next book cant wait!!!

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

This is the third book in the Alex Rider series, the thrilling sequel to Point Blanc.In this book, Alex has been once again recruited by the MI6 to be a ball boy at Wimbledon, a tennis tournament. He foils the plan of the Chinese Triad gang as they were fixing the matches, becoming a target and barely escaping his his life. The MI6 along with the CIA, send Alex to the Cuban island "Cayo Esqueleto" (Skeleton Key) for safe keeping and to investigate General Alexi Sarov. Alex learns that Alexi Sarov was recently purchasing nuclear material. Two agents goes scuba diving to enter Sarov's mansion but don't return. Alex is sent as well and is captured. Sarov's plan is revealed, which includes him adopting Alex replacing his deceased son who was killed in action in Afghanistan. He plans to force the President of Russia out of power with a nuclear fallout. You'll Have to read the book to ind out what happens next.
This book is a Adventure, Mystery, Spy novel. This is a must read, if you like his kind o stuff.

Monstroso by Charlie Higson

A homorous action packed book most teenage boys can relate to! This story had a fictional straightforward plot but was exciting to read and had likable characters.
Let's face it, most of us imagine ourselves in wacky unrealistic situations like the teenage boy of this story Oscar. This book was set as if it was yesterday with its modern technology and language, with colloquial words like 'powned', 'rofl', and it included the game 'World Of Warcraft' which many teenagers today have played. The story was about Oscar who I can could definately relate to, and his problems after creating a real life monster! He accidently created 'Monstroso' after playing on his fathers computer which he we was forbidden to play on. He thought it was just another game and just casually created a chracter without putting any thought into it like setting his aggresion to max and setting its intelligence to zero (which is a typical thing boys do). Then suddenly to his suprise the monster he created became real! The havoc and disaster that followed was hilarious! they ended up fighting another real life monster and destroying the house along with turning Oscars grandfather into jelly!
At frist I thought this was another crazy outrageous book but as I read on, I enjoyed it and related to Oscar and the way he thought and did things. I highly recommend this to teenage boys with a a crazy imagination and those who play online video games. 7.5 out of ten :)

The Earth, My Butt, & other BIG Round Things BY Carolyn Mackler

So this book is about a 15 year old girl named Virgina Shreves. She isn't the skinniest girl .. okay so shes 'plumpy', a straight A student and she has a picture perfect family, until her parents receive a phone call.

OKAAY , so first things first, Virginia is 'plumpy' and shes blond .. completely different from her family. Besides the straight A's they have nothing else in common. Virginia believes that she was swapped at birth. WHY ? .......
MUM - is addicted to exercising and is a successful adolescent psychologist.
DAD - when not jet-setting, or golfing in Connecticut with mum, he ogles skinny women on TV. ANAIS - Oldest sibling, 24, skinny with beautiful brown hair, joined the Peace Corps and moved to Africa.
BYRON - Only boy, 19, slim, brilliant, sophomore at Columbia and is Virginia's idol.

Because both siblings attended Brewster and Virginia hates being compared to them, on top of that, her best friend Shannon is in Washington, so school sucks for her.

Virginia over hears three very MEAN girls talk about her and how they would rather die then be as fat as her. This brings her down and makes her self conscious. Then her brother says something about a shirt being too tight or something, and that's when she decides to go on a diet. This decision is also made because her mother wont get off her back about exercising.
One day her parents receive a call from Columbia. They are shocked to find out what Byron had done (not saying :p) After Virginia finds out, her big brother isn't her hero anymore.
After somethings go down, Virginia decides that she only wanted to go on the diet because of what people thought of her. Eventually Virginia breaks out of her shell, gets an eyebrow piercing, dyes her hair purple and stands up to both Byron and her Mum.

This book made me see how people can have a huge impact on how you feel about yourself. Also how teens change, just so other people approve of them. This book made me realise that there is no point for you to change or become someone else if the only reason your changing is for others, not yourself.
I liked the characters in this book, all so different but yet all the same, if you get what I mean .. hmm like they all saw Virginia through eyes that only cared about her appearance.
Overall i think this book deserved a 7/10
For those 13+

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

It's been a while since I reviewed a book so I thought I should write about this terrific one that I just finished reading on my new Kindle.  This book is a bit like a cross between The Hunger Games and Holes.  (Personally, I think it is better than The Hunger Games.  If you want to know if I'm right, you'll have to read it!)

Unwind belongs to that body of literature I referred to in class the other day: "dystopian literature".  (If you don't know what this means shame on you for not listening!!!!) It is set in the future in the USA in a society where parents can elect to get rid of their troublesome teenagers by donating them as organ donors.  (Tempting ...)  They will be "unwound" (hence the title) and their whole body (yes, every single bit!) will be used for donor organs.  The book is about three such teenagers - Connor, who is a bit of a bad boy; Risa, who is a ward of the state and is sent for "unwinding" as a cost saving measure; and Lev, who has been tithed (gifted) to the community by his religious parents.  The three of them become unlikely allies as they try to dodge the "juvey police" and avoid a very unpleasant end.  I love the pace of this book and the three different characters are all engaging in their own ways.  There is a really disturbing description of being "unwound" from the point of view of a character who is experiencing this.  Even though this character was not a very nice guy, the author really managed to make me feel sorry for him and completely repulsed by the way in which he is treated.
If you liked The Hunger Games and/or Holes, or if you like books that make you think about big issues, you should definitely give this one a try.    

Freaks and Revelations by Davida Wills Hurwin

I'm just gonna put it out there - this book. is. super. inspring. honestly, reading it just made me think about how society looks at different people, in the past and now. and how the word "hate" is so commonly and wrongly used. and how a chance meeting could change anyone's life, for better or worse. and yeah. i'll get onto it.

Btw it's a true story.

This story's about a 17-year old, violent misfit, mohawk wearing guy named Doug; and Jason, a gay, outcasted by his own religious family. it's told in two different perspectives - you would never think that they would've met the way they did.
And so here are their individual stories :

Doug grew up in an extremely racist family after his brother got shot by an African-American, and spent his teenage years hardly sober, getting high and beating up anyone who looked at him the wrong way. but before all his irresponsible acts, he was just a normal-ish kid who heard about The Ramones and decided to become a punk. all that getting drunk and high was alright at first, until he became a skinhead and started hanging out with Nazis, then it just got disturbing. i won't mention some of the things that happened with him, since it might be kinda offensive.

Jason, on the other hand, was just a boy who grew up in a religious family and embraced his sexuality. he one day decided to come out to his family, but that went horribly, horribly wrong. his mother went all psychotic on him, his father didn't even want to look at him, his brother decided he wasn't Jason's brother anymore and, well .. he got kicked out of his house, just because he was gay. i cried so much at that :/ he then had to live on the streets and turn to prostitution to have food and clothing.

Soo yeah they don't meet in the nicest way. you'll have to read it to know how it happened ~

I think this book was SO inspiring and heartbreaking, since i never even thought that these kinds of things could happen to people, shaping them to be the way they are. and that discrimination, racial prejudice and religious views could lead to such horrible things. i found this story to be really heartwrenching, because i think that racism and homophobia are just .. appaling really. and it made me feel so sorry for both the characters in this book. although i grew to hate Doug ._.

And yeah this is based on a true story, mostly - about Matthew Boger and Timothy Zaal. pretty much most of the middle parts are fictional, but their chance meeting is definitely true.

I don't know what else to say about this book, apart from that it's just so eye opening and riveting that it just makes you think about all the issues that this book offers you. there's also this one part near the end of the book that just made me cry so much, knowing that those kinds of things have really happened before .. (a gay man got kidnapped by two other guys thinking that they were gay too, but ended up being murdered by them just because they're homophobes) ...

I'd give this a 8.5/1O, and i'd recommend it to anyone looking for an interesting read, and something to really think about. i loved it.

Hurricane gold by Charlie higson

this is a great, fast-paced action story about a young james bond in the series of books by Charlie Higson. james is currently going to Eton college in england. there is alot of fighting and action. i personally think its more interesting to read about a 14-15 year old boy who is travelling around the world, fighting crime and saving the world. james is left to look after ex-flying ace jack stone's children. but, as they are at the house, a gang of thieves comes into the house. they were looking for mr. stone's safe, and they are prepared to kill for it.

this is a super read for all

Love at First Click by Elizabeth Chandler

This book was good. I would give it a 7/10 mainly because it was sort of predictable. Despite that, its a really sweet book. Well, the name of the books kind of gives it away; but this is a story about a girl(Hayley) that's a photographer for her school football team and she has a crush on one of the players; Flynn. Flynn breaks up with his girlfriend at the same time that Hayley's sister breaks up with her boyfriend which only means one thing. Flynn and Hayley's sister(Breeze) get together mainly because its to keep their popularity up, but theres another reason too which I cannot tell you. The fact that Breeze and Flynn are together makes everything awkward for Hayley and it means that she can't show her true feelings towards Flynn. If I were to say more, the book would be ruined. So you'll have to read it to find out more.

Overall this was a good book and I would recommend it to anyone around my age and anyone looking for a book to read 'for fun' .

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr..

Jennifer and Cameron Quick were both outcasts, at least until they met each other. From the beginning of primary school until the end of intermediate they knew each other better than they knew themselves.  Then Cameron left. He does that. This is a story about true friendship and how it really shapes our lives. It is also about how people can let you down and how you can move forward.


If you like Sara Dessen books you will love this book too.
It has a lovely pastel cover and it is a nice book to read over a couple of days. You could read it in a couple of hours but it has quite a slow start which is hard to get into. The first third or so stays like that and is kind of boring, after that it become truly interesting and you really want to know how it ends.

I give this book 7/10.
In hindsight I did enjoy the book, however the start was slow and the ending was sadly dissatisfying.
I don't think you will regret reading this book. It is still enjoyable.

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else By Erin McCahan

This book is one of the best books I have ever read and I give it a 10/10 for exactly that reason (and many others as well). It follows the life of a girl who is basically trying to discover who she is as a person and so I would recommend it to anyone (mostly girls but if you’re a guy out there and you want to read it, go ahead I won’t stop you :)
The story starts off and ends in the same place (a coffee shop not the same one, but still a coffee shop) and involves the same characters. So basically the main character is eighteen year old Bronwen Oliver. Ever since she was little, Bronwen had this strange theory she was switched at birth, and was really Phoebe Lilywhite. She knows that’s not really true, but how else could one explain being the only one in the family to hate ketchup? Or how her mother always seems to find fault with every little thing concerning her, while praising her brother – whom she has, renamed Jesus?, because according to her Mum, he’s PERFECT! For most of her life Bronwen has secretly been Phoebe, with the exception of a few friends and family who know the so called truth.
Then suddenly out of now where comes Jared, who’s a close family friend and someone who’s also in on the whole Phoebe thing. He’s also a college boy, impossibly cute, and just right for her. They are truly in love. Everything’s great. And pretty soon he he proposes they get married (three months after her graduation from school). But with this serious commitment comes questions? Who is Bronwen? Is Jared truly what she needs? And if he's not, she has to ask: What would Phoebe Lilywhite do?
I found this book totally amazing, as I was able to relate to the characters which just made the book more interesting. The story was really sweet. I felt like I was in the book the whole time and in the end I got so involved in it I couldn't’ help but cry. So if any of you have some free time and come across this book I would recommend you to give it a go and hopefully you’ll love it as much as I did.

Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

I chose to read this book because Joseph told me that this series is a really good one so yeah and I can say after reading this that I cant wait to read the next one. :D

Anyways, this is the first book of five books in the series and introduces and follows the adventures of Percy Jackson (obviously) and his quests and journeys. In this book he travels with two friends he meets and they eventually become very close. His two friends are Annabeth and Grover.

Firstly, Percy Jackson isn't your avergae 12 year old boy, he is dyslexic and suffers from ADHD and has been kicked out of many different schools because of it. Now, you might be thinking that this book is weird just bcoz its about a dyslexic kid, but what you dont know is that Percy is what they call a HALF-BLOOD. A half-blood is somebody who has a Greek god as one of their parents and it took Percy a while to figure out that he was the son of one of the most powerful gods that ever lived.

This book is really cool because it mixes the past with the ancient greek mythology and all that stuff with the modern day life of a not so average 12 year old. The author did this by introducing Percy as the main character being in battle with his maths teacher, Mrs Dodds (who is actually a minion of darkness)

It might seem confusing at first but hopefully after you read this, you'd wana read the book. :D
So the book starts with Percy being kicked out of Yancy Academy from the "battle" with his maths teacher, he only really has one best friend and that is Grover and he soons finds out that Grover is really important in his life. The author gives the reader a suspicious feeling about Grover in the beginning when Percy accidentally eavesdrops on a conversation between Grover and his Latin Teacher Mr. Brunner(which is also important in the stroy). He leaves Yancy academy having second thoughts on his relationship with Grover. The author introduces the book in a very action packed way when Grover and Percy run into three old ladies knitting socks on the motorway(weird huh?) but it actually got me more involved with the story. :D

So he and his mother take a trip to one of their favourite vacation spots and that is in Montauk and that is where weird things started happening. It all started in one night when Percy hears a knock on their cabin door and realize it is Grover running away from something. I got more involved with the book at this point because i really like action in a book. So weirdly enough, Grover and Percy's mum are on the same page when they agree to flee and get Percy somewhere safe. However, Percy doesn't know what's happening and so does the reader because the book is written in Percy's point of view.

It's gonna take really long if I tell you the whole thing so I'll just tell you the important parts, Percy ends up killing a greek monster called Minotaur without having any idea how he killed it and his mother mysteriously disappears. I really like this part of the book because it takes the reader to the main part of the story and not like other books when you have to read so many chapters to get to the good parts. So anyway, Percy is ends up in Camp Half-Blood where he slowly realizes his TRUE self after shocking events and meeting shocking new people. One person in particular is his latin teacher Mr. Brunner who turns out to be a centaur ,(his real name is Chiron) he then teaches Percy all about Camp Half-Blood and the fact that Percy's father is still undetermined meaning he could be the son of a really important or a not so important Greek god.

Chiron and Grover teach Percy all about being a half-blood and about which cabin you stay in represents which god youre the son or daughter of. I loved this part in the book because I can just imagine the average teenager(especially me) living in a place like that where they get assigned different cabins to represent their family bloodline. I found it really cool! :D
At first, Percy is assigned to cabin eleven which he soon finds out is where all the undetermined(who doesnt know their parent god yet) kids go and it is also the Hermes cabin (messenger of the gods) it is where he meets his first friend Luke (head of Hermes)

Not so long after, Percy finds out who his father really is in a game of capture the flag when he gets beat up by the Ares(god of war) cabin and gets thrown into the river. Percy notices something, when he is in a body of water, he becomes invulnerable and he gets an adrenaline rush and he suddenly becomes very strong. This gave me the idea that his father might be the god of sea or god of the water and turns out I was right. When Annabeth (shes in Athena cabin, the sister of Medusa) and everyone in campus find a glowing green trident in the air which is the symbol of power for POSEIDON (GREEK GOD OF THE SEA) This marks the start of Percy's adventures.

So, when he finds out that he is the son of Poseidon, Percy is assigned to cabin three (Poseidon cabin) where he is al by himself since he is the only child and he feels very lonely. Im not gonna go into all detail because its gonna ruin the book but Percy ends up going on a quest with Grover (yes, he is there) and Annabeth to find Zeus' lightning bolt because Percy's father, POseidon is accused of stealing it and he sets out to clear his father's name.

Along theway, Percy realies that he has various water powers including being able to breath underwater, being able to get along with water animals like sharks and being able to manipulate water. He also becomes wiser through the story when mishaps and trouble with monsters happen and some encounters with some wise and not wise gods all to find the lightning thief. :D

Im really sorry for not going into detail coz i dont wanna ruin the book for you guys but hopefully i said enough to make you guys get the book out . :D

I thought this book was really good in terms of the plot and how it is structured because it kept me turning the page everytime I picked it up to read it and the use of vocabulary is really good in this book because it paints very clea images in the reader's mind and i think that strong vocabulary is vital to books like these because it involves lots of action which loved !! Im gonna reads the next one ! PERCY JACKSON & THE SEA OF MONSTERS . :D

Vince Exconde

Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt

This book was amazing. I'd give it a 10/10 for keeping me up so late at night :/

Well, basically its about Jordan and Courtney. They hardly ever talked to each other until the party. They danced and I think that's where the sparks started flying.

Jordan is a the type of guy that wants to hook up with girls but never want anything serious out of them, till he met Courtney of course ;) .

Courtney WAS madly infatuated with her best friend, but once she meets Jordan, everything changes.

Jordan and Courtney start hanging out even more and get really close. Jordan is afraid to admit his feelings for Courtney. He doesn't want to admit that he loves her because he's not the type to get too attached to a girl romantically.

But one day Jordan catches his mom cheating with his dad with some other guy.

It gets even more awkward when he realises who the person his mom is having an affair with is. o.O

It kind of leads to a big misunderstanding which causes him to lie, then he breaks up with Courtney :( .. But obviously he still loves her, but he can't say anything about it.

The both of them were planning on driving to their new college together(before they broke up) and when Courtney's mom makes Courtney go; she can't do anything about it.. Awkward ...

"A road trip with her ex. Danger ahead"

The book is actually quite straight-forward even though it goes back to before the trip and to the actually trip. It makes it more clear about everything and you can slowly figure out everything that is going on which puts everything together..

I loved this book. And I think anyone my age would enjoy it too (:

by the way miss, if you go look back at the older posts; I posted a review ages ago which was meant for this but you didn't see it. So yeah .. Just saying (:

Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz

this is an absolutely great book full of action and mystery. alex rider, a teenage spy has just arrived in the south of france on holiday with one of his best friends when it all goes bad. this is so good with the quick start and instant action with real in-depth writing that just makes you feel like you are there with alex on his missions to save the world whilst also trying to keep up with his school work. i highly recommend this book to all who love a good fighting scene and the thrill of a good chase.

i really enjoy the fact that i can relate to the character in the sense that we both have to juggle school work with our personal lives and everything else we have on our plates.