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Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts
Thursday, March 22, 2012
So Many Reviews So Little Time?
So I have done 3 reviews in the past three days.. go me! lol Today I decided to take it easy. I caught up on one of my shows, The River... zombies wth? Seriously though what is so fascinating with zombies lately? Makes me want to grab a gun and shoot them in the head through the television. That's an Idea! A game like the old duck hunt on nintendo but zombies. (not like COD but old school have the zombies pop out from behind the bushes!) Anyways I did get a review up today it's of a short story that just wasn't my cup of tea, though some of you may like it. It's not a bad story but, I am definitely the wrong audience demographic for it! lol Now I plan on getting back to some mind numbing tv my brain needs a rest..
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus
By Erin Morgenstern
This is the story of
Le Cirque des Rêves the circus that arrives without warning and is only open at
night. We are taken back to the very beginning and how it was created to be the
stage for an epic game of magic between Celia Bowen and Marco Alisdair. Both
are chosen as children to be the competitors, training from an early age to
participate. The game is simple one out does the other with the use of magic,
as the story progresses so does the circus each one adding a bit more to it
until it is completely something of wonder. The more the characters play the
closer they become until ultimately they fall in love with one another, but
only one of them can win this game.
This is my first
review on an audio book. My first welcome surprise was that it was read by Jim
Dale, if you do not know who this is; he is the one who read the Harry Potter
audio books. Jim Dale has an amazing way of bringing the characters to life and
in this book with so many main characters and elaborate details it was
definitely fun to listen to. In this book the details about the circus are so
vivid you feel as if you are there and if you do not then you want to see it
for yourself; I wouldn’t be surprised to see this one made into a movie. The
story was complex spanning several years and encompassing many different
characters into the plot, the author managed to pull it together beautifully. From
the love that develops between Celia and Marco to just watching the twins,
Poppit and Widget grow along with the circus, I am sure you will continue to be
entertained.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Review
The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins
Welcome to the world
of Panem, the country that was once called North America in this futuristic
tale we are thrown into the Hunger Games with a young woman named Katniss Everdeen.
Panem is made up of the Capitol and the 12 districts, introducing us to an autocratic
government where the districts must follow the Capitol’s rules any signs of
defiance or disobedience is punishable by the authorities in this case the
peacekeepers. At one time there had been
an uprising of the thirteen districts against the Capitol but twelve were
defeated and the thirteen had been “obliterated.” As a reminder that such an uprising should
never happen again the Capitol hosts the Hunger Games every year taking a boy
and girl from each district and pinning them against each other in a fight to
the death.
I started reading
this book after seeing the trailer for the upcoming movie, in my mind I thought
“that looks pretty cool.” So I decided to try out the book, because of the trailer
I had a vague idea what the book would be about. From the very beginning I was
engrossed in Katniss’ tale of adversity, from having to provide for her family
since her father’s death, to her younger sister being chosen for the Hunger Games
and immediately taking her place, and even more that might spoil the book for
you! Usually as I read I some-what compose a review in my head I may read an
interesting part and start composing how I want to include it in my reviews but
for this book I was so captivated that my mind did not once even wander, which in
itself is a feet for me. This is
definitely a young adult novel but if you want a fun easy read I would suggest
you give this one a shot.
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