Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps  the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games. But, Katniss has been close to dead before - and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The first thing I would like to tell is that this book was supposed to give us a tragedy, not a happy ending. Everyone knows, that the protagonist cant die, so to give tragedy Suzzane Collins could have killed Peeta. This book would have got one star, if not for the moments and days Katniss spends with Peeta and the number of sacrifices they both make. Also, the part where Katniss and Rue come together even if they are from different districts. Suzzane Collins has also got Haymitch helping these people in a time it would be a real tragedy to fend for themselves. I have heard from my friends that this book is a real tragedy and I would love it because of the genre I prefer. But, to tell frankly, I thought this was a waste of time (no money because I borrowed this book. Thank God!) In the starting I didnt want the book to get over, but as I started to come to the end, I really wished the book was over and I finished it and slept last night. Also, this book felt as if it was being written in the past than in the future. Everytime something happened which couldnt happen in the past, I had to remind myself it was happening in the future and even the gadgets were really old for a book which is based so much in the future. I am sorry Hunger Games lovers, that is how I feel.
I will continue  reading Catching Fore and Mockingjay to see what is in store for Katniss and Peeta, even though I thought the book could have more.


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Time Riders-Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow

When Maddy  mistakenly opens a time window where and when she shouldnt have, Liam is marooned sixty five million years in the past in the hunting ground of a deadly - and until now - undiscovered species of predators. 
Can Liam make contact with Maddy and Sal before he's torn to pieces by dinosaurs - and without endangering history so much that the world is taken over by a terrifying, new reality?

Got this book in my club library. I sooooo wanted to read this book!

Um....lets see...The book was a book with teenagers running around in time. Ok fine. The storyline was, like, in every book these three teenagers, Maddy, Sal and Liam would get into a tricky situation which they will get out of.

When, I first read the back of the book, I thought this is book is, like, in every book there will be one or the other adventure. I was tempted not to read the book. But, I continued, anyways, and I actually liked the book. The way these people end up in the past and the way they survive. 

The book was awesome! It had a species of dinosaurs and stuff, whose fossils are not yet found, but, these small guys attack the group and all and its just...cool. The way my eyes used to widen whenever I used to read about this, 65 million years BC, and the way my eyes used to widen when Maddy and Sal did unexpected things to get Liam and the others back. There were two time waves, and how one became incomplete, but, still, everything was good. 

I would say, if you are a fan of sci-fic, this book is really great. Travelling through time is a really great invention, or, was a really great invention in the book. The book also brought out what could go wrong in the future years, if we didnt take care of our environment. Alex Scarrow is indirectly telling his readers that we could really be in trouble. 

The only thing I regretted was that I could trace his movements. He moves really like his brother, Simon Scarrow. And, I, read Simon Scarrow's book, Fight for Freedom it really made me think of what he would do next in his book and, almost, all the times I was correct.(less)

Warriors of Ethandun by N.M Browne

Well, the book was good. I will not say very good, but good. It was a bit confusing and boring. The part when the battle starts was the only part I liked the most in the book. I was a bit worried for Dan and Ursula as they were placed nicely. When Ursula was in control of Finna's mind, that part hurt the most. I got bored when Ursula was taken captive. And, as I told, the part of the battle was best, It was really sad when Ursula was forced to put fire on Aelfred's men. I didnt exactly want the  book to end in a happy ending. But, there was something sad in the last...That touched me most and, that is why I will say, the book was really good.

I picked it up in my library in a hurry. It was a good book, as I said above. Not a bad choice though. I liked the book, didnt love it, as I normally write for such types of books.

Blood Water by Dean Vincent Carter

Dr. Morrow found something in the water. He doesnt know what it is, but he's seen what he can do. And now its missing....
The town is on flood alert and everywhere people are trapped by the deluge. But there's something out there far more dangerous - and the death toll will rise along with the waters unless it is destroyed.

Picked it from my library. Was a very good choice... Review follows down.

Blood Water by Dean Vincent Carter


My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I will jump to the review. This book was great! It was a thin book so I finished it in one hour. I started it at 12.00 in the morning and finished it at 1.00. In this one hour, the book had me! Everytime, something unexpected happened, I would grip my bedsheetes in fear and when that thing would pass and I would come to know what happened, if it was bad, I would shake my head as if I was very sorry, and if something good happened, I would let out a sigh of relief. At one time in the book, Mr Titus comes out of the cupboard with the creature in his mouth suddenly and I screamed into the night! The book was a real horror book. I couldnt take my hands off the book even once. There was a lot of suspicion in the book and not the type where you are so frustrated with so much suspicion that you dont care what it is. That type of suspicion where you are really dying to know what is the character hiding from the others and the creature. The way Carter describes the victims of the creature getting killed is sick.... I dont want to reveal it. For horror fans They would love to read the book, but for others they would vomit if they saw the cover, thinking of what I wrote. Well, there has to be some sick stuff in horror books or it will not be a horror book. So, horror fans, if you decide to take this book, you are in for something really exciting.




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Literature Club Secretary!!!

I didn't know such a good news would come for me within two months of joining school. The title says it all.... I am the Secretary for the Nitte International School Literature Club!!! The President is, my school mate (obviously) and a person who lives in my apartment, called Prateek. He is also the head-boy of our school, and I am very sure that everyone in the Literature Club is proud to have a President like him. He is also my friend's brother.

My friends have also got a chance to be the Presidents and Secretaries of various clubs. I am very proud for them and I hope they will do their duty well. But, I am very excited and proud that I became the Secretary of such a prestigious club in our school and I got a very good impression on all the teachers and the students of my school.



Wish me luck, guys!!!

The Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher

Rae Wilder has problems.... Supernatural creatures swarm the earth, and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Stalked by a handsome fairy who claims she is like him, demonkind, Rae thinks maybe it was a mistake breaking the rules by going over the Wall into demon territory. Plunged into a world of dark magics, fierce creatures, and ritual sacrifice, she is charged with a guarding a magical amulet. The changes to her mind and body are startling, but rather than accept her purpose she struggles against who she is destined to be. Throw in a big lust for a vampire who can't keep his hands off her, and life starts to get complicated. Rae is forced to make the ultimate choice: to live and die human, or embrace her birth-right and wield magics that could turn her into something wicked, a force of nature nothing can control.

This book was actually an ebook. I found it on goodreads. I saw ebooks and wanted to see what ebooks were there. When I saw the name of the book, I thought it will be good. I rayed it three stars. The review follows down...

The Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher


My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I expected more from this book. When I read the back cover, I thought this book must be good. Even the title sounded promising. But what I got was a girl coming to know that she was a fairy and she had a bond with another fairy and she fell in love with a vampire. This a series, I know,but in a 191 page book the large scale plot was just this much. To the larger plot I have given 1 star. The other 2 stars were taken by the small scale plot. The small scale plot was much better. At least, there was some action in it. Devlin wanted the necklace and the whole story was on how he got it or did not get. (Im not revieling that)There should have been something else. Penelope Fletcher has left me with no choice but to take the other books in the series as I really want to know whathappened to Rae.

I would like to end now. Penelope Fletcher has written the book nicely but she could add more content to the first book.




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