Summer reading.....
A great place to review and recommend BOOKS!!
Titles, authors, synopses, ratings, etc. etc.
Long lazy summer days are coming....
posted by Ms Watt @ 3:30 PM
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McQ 2006
This blog is for the interest and discussion of Ms Watt's Grade 7 and 8 Area Class students at McQuarrie. I hope you will enjoy this new opportunity!
Friday, June 02, 2006
Titles, authors, synopses, ratings, etc. etc.
Long lazy summer days are coming....
23 Comments:
COOL!!!!! Everybody who's my friend knows I'm a bookworm, or better a book freak! I don't see anything wrong with that! I've just got to introduce the 2nd best series in the world: The Saga of Darren Shan, The Cirque Du Freak Series!!!!!!!! Okay, I 've read the first book in Farsi and English, and I've read the 2nd book in Farsi, and am in the process of reading it in English!
The author goes by the name Darren Shan, which is also the name of the main character. The first book's called The Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare. If you're not a person who likes the genres horror,dark, and fantasical fiction, I don't recomment this book to you. The 2nd books called The Vampire's Assisstance, and the 3rd is called Tunnels of Blood. There's 12 books in total, so I'm not gonna name them all. He has also started another new series called the Demonta. It's about the world of Demons. Anyhow, the 1st book of The Cirque Du Freak sereis is about Darren and his best friend Steve and how they go to an illegal freak show. Accept this Freak show does not ridicule its perfomers at all and gives them alot of respect. However, Steve who is a fan of mosters and horrifical magazines, recognizes one of the performers as a vampire from a magazine he's read...
Darren has always been facsinated with spiders,, and here is a Larten Crepsley perfoming with an amazing spider, also know as Vur Hortson, a vampire...
All these event lead to Darren Shan's life bieng changed in the most horrifical way possible...
Sorry, it's spelled as Demonata, not Demonta. Also, if you're interested, visit http://www.darrenshan.com/
You can find out more about both series by clicking on either the demon or the vampire. Trust me, the books are AWESOME!!!
Over the Summer, pick up any novel by Agatha Christie. They are all mystery books, by far some of the best ever written. If possible, try to get a Hercule Poirot book; he is my favorite. Another good sleuth is Miss Marple of her serieses. Several of both of these detective's books are also available on VHS/DVD, and may still be running on A&E or something. Though the movies are recent, the books are extremely old- they were written to be modern books in the 1930s! Once you start to read one, you'll be hooked!
Rocking On,
Postman Craig
I also have a good suggestion. The Saxon Series by Bernard Cornwell. Right now there are two out called the Last Kingdom and the pale Horseman. They are very Historical. So you have to know you're British History. It is about a British boy named Uhtred who was captured by the Danes who are fighting the Brits. He is raised under there rule. He has allies under both sides. And they both want his sword (He's a great warrior) It's about his battle to choose his side and to gain back his rightful kingdom. Great for Historical Fiction lovers. The next one is coming out September.
So, this novel, Simoncrates, it is during the Crusades, or sometime during the dark, fuedal, castle, or Imperial ages, eh? Clarification, please! Thank ye very kindly!
Rocking On,
Postman Craig
Postman it is through out the reign of Alfred The Great around 849 889 AD. It takes place throughout the Danish Wars. The Danish Vikings against England. Thank You
OOOOOOGH.... Vikings! I am reallly interested now!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Rocking On,
Postman Craig
The series I like to read are Xanth books by Piers Anthony. He writes mostly adult sci-fi books, but he also writes this series. It's fantasy, (if you like fantasy, you'll love these books) and everything is revoling around puns and magic. For example, in our world, a nightmare is a dream, but in Xanth, they are horses(mares) that come in the night bringing bad dreams to those who deserve them. Xanth is a world where every human has a different magical "talent" .Some are more powerful than others, rated magician class, and those are the ones who are aloud to be king(only king, females can reign, but they must be called a king, not queen. In that case, the man is a queen). Xanth is coincidentally shaped alot like Florida, and people like us with out magic live in Mundania, and are called Mundanians. The first book in the series is Spell for Chameleon.
P.S. If you like Agatha Christie and Miss Marple, you'll also like Mrs. Polifax by Dorothy Gilman
COOOOOOL!!!! MAAAAGGGIIIICCCC!!!!
Clarification, Tweedle- dee: Miss Marple is by Agatha Christie. My favorite of that seire is "Something Wicked This Way Comes." A line from MacBeth, chanted by witches, also lyrics to the Hogwarts choral arrangment.
Rocking On,
Postman Craig
HOOOGGGWWWAAARRRTTTSSS! HOGWARTS!
Did you know before I used to be a Harry Potter crazy fan, I HATED it VERY much?!!
Does any one have any Historical Fiction suggestions?
Oooh! I enjoy hstorical fiction. Here at the top pf my head I can remember 2 which I personally havn't read but am interested: Numbering All the Bones-Black History and World War 2
Bully Boys-by Eric Walters-war of 1812
I'll be back with more...
Can't write much...
The Guests of War Trilogy. Two English children are sent out to live in a foster home in Canada 'till war's end. There, they grow and mature. It's also possible to get a three-in-one book. Although the second one was kinda boring and not really vital to the overall plot in some ways, it demonstates how the girl in the book handles her maturing.
Sorry, forgot to mention. The trilogy is set during World War II.
Rocing On,
Postman Craig
I LOVE this one book, "Dreadful Sorry." Good for girls (or, I guess,guys) who love mystery and weird stuff like time travel.Oh, and the "Guest of War" trilogy, which postman craig mentioned, is really good for rainy days:)
Salutations, Good Samaritians!
As you can probably see by the lack of my recent posting, I have actually been away since Monday afternoon, and I just arrived back at about 12:25 P.M. In case you were intruged into knowing why, I participated in a school program called JUMP which sends students to Laurier University to check out the classes and have a whole lot of fun. There's so much to tell, and I want to tell, but ther's no appropriate topic to disscuss it under, so I need a go-ahead from our administrator before any of that lovely stuff comes. BUT, I did learn some interesting things that I think could apply to McQuarrie, and I do have a book to recommend: Neilson's Complete Guide to Physics. A gripping read! You'll love it, and it's basically an all-you-need-to-know book about Physics and all its vast strands that basically compose the entire Science curriculum. It's amazing what is in there. Another good book is Freakanomics. These aren't Fiction, but there fun anyway!
Rocking On,
Postman Craig
I have recenently read The curious incident of the dog in the night time and Th five people you meet in heaven-both books are must reads!! I'll explain more about them later....
If there are any horror fans among us, I reccomend checking out any novel by Stephen King.He is a brilliant author who takes horror and totally makes it different from what society is passing off as horror today.In his books, King forces the reader to look at a situation(usually of a horrific nature)and find deeper meaning within what is written.This gives the books a whole new level of fright that usually goes untouched by most of today's horror writers and filmmakers.If you want a novel that will frighten you and in doing so will even question the way you look at life, I reccomend "It".If you want something that won't try to scare you but instead move you emotionally with a spellbinding grip that refuses to let go, try "The Green Mile" or "Hearts In Atlantis"
WHOA! OH OH OH OH!!!!!! The authour who goes by the pen name Darren Shan who wrote the Cirque Du Freak sereis was inspired by Stephan King and loved his books!!!
I read Stephen King's Christine and I didn't really enjoy it. But that's me. I didn't really like his writing style.
Rocking On,
Postman Craig
I have an EXCELLENT historical fiction to introduce, which is sadly a tragedy as well. Hana's Suitcase. One of my favourits. It's about the life of two victims of the horrid holocoust. A beautiful song was made about it too. It's a true story.
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