The Waking Dark

  The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman by Random Buzzers

  Gated by Amy Christine Parker

Vampire Academy Trailer

Two days ago The Vampire Academy: Blood Sister's trailer was finally released. I have watched it a ton of time and I am so excited about seeing it. However, the trailer makes the movie look kind of cheesy. Do not fret, the book is so much better, for those who have not read it yet (you totally should btw.) I hope you enjoy this brief trailer of this epic novel.

Hope to have you reading again soon,

Paige <3

THE ONE COVER DRESS IDEAS

THE ONE COVER DRESS IDEAS by paige-hildebrand featuring purple evening dresses

So we all know that The One's, the last part in The Selection trilogy, cover has yet to be released. So I came up with a few ideas of my own. I think that the dress should really be purple because that is the color of royalty, but it could also be white because one of the girls is going to be marrying the prince and they could all be getting fitted. I think I choose the pink because it shows innocence and America has that kind of character. The type of character that seems like she is completely oblivious to certain things, and that makes her seem perfect for the dress. The green I picked because I thought it looked pretty and would look good with a red head. The blue I just liked and it caught my eye. It also seems like something America would wear. 

Another good idea would be to have everybody in the different colors and have America be standing there in a purple to show that she still is the favorite. However, it is all how the book ends, if she doesn't end up becoming princess then she should not be in a white or purple unless everybody else is also.

Well that is my thoughts on the cover of the newest Selection novel.

Hope to have you reading again soon,

Paige <3

School Arrives Again

Well, it is that time of year again. School is upon us and the time for reading is dwindling. I will still be posting frequently, but after next Wednesday, when school starts, it will be less often due to soccer, marching band, my regular high school classes, and my community college classes. I will attempt to post at least once a week, but if I don't please don't be mad at me.



Hope to have you reading again soon,
Paige <3

The Stranger

The Stranger By Albert Camus
Translated by Matthew Ward

Summery
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Albert Camus's spare, locoing masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in Algeria for having diagnosed, with a clarity almost scientific, that condition of reckless alien and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of the twentieth century.


What I Thought
This book was really good for a summer reading book. I thought that it was going to be really bad because it was written in the 1900's and by some boring french dude. Well let me just say I was completely wrong about that. Albert Camus's work was really good and it drew me in with in the first twenty pages. (Not saying much seeing as it is only 117 pages.)

There were some parts in this novel I just did not get. Like the christianity of the society. This novel was set in like the forties, so wouldn't the society still be very Christian influenced? Yet there is no mention of God, or church, or anything Christian, except the beginning and the end.

The mental stability of the main character is very questionable. It makes me think that the main character is a sociopath. (For those who do not know it is a person who has no human emotions, someone who can mimic the emotions.)


Overall I am giving this book a 3 out of 5 stars.

Hope to have you reading again soon,
Paige <3

Son of Neptune

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Summery-
Percy can't remember who he is, but he does remember one thing from his past. Annabeth. On his way through the country Percy finds Camp Jupiter. A camp exactly like Camp Half-blood, but for Roman dimi-gods. When Percy arrives he meets Frank and Hazel, but only after he meets Juno (Hera's roman form.) When Percy is introduced to the camp nobody wants him in their group, that is until Hazel speaks up.

That night during their capture the flag type war game, Mars (Ares' roman form) shows up and finally claims Frank, who has been waiting four months to be claimed, and pronounces that a quest is in order.

Now along with Hazel and Frank, Percy must free Thantos, the god of Death, and help shut the gates of the underworld.


What I Thought-
I would say that this is one of Riordan's finest piece of works. The story is captivating and traveling with Percy again is refreshing.

One thing that got me was that up in Alaska Riordan made it seem like it was the North Pole, nothing but a huge floating land mass. Now please correct me if I am wrong but the first snow generally does not hit until September or October. And in July the days are still pretty long so wouldn't be more like a marsh at that point, and Riordan kind of puts that fact out there, but when Hazel talks about it it seem like those are there all year round. Now the only reason I question this is because there is a factual mistake in the first book. For those who do not know what I am talking about it is okay, I only just figured this out. Persephone should not have been in the underworld in the first book because it was during the summer solstice and she only stays there from the fall equinox to the spring equinox.

Other than that one thing the book was amazing, the depth of the characters and figuring out their back stories was like a field day for readers and very creative.

So before I give this book my stars I have a question for you dear readers. What book should I review next?
Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
Wake by Amanda Hockings

My overall loving of this book won over the factual doubt and this book earned a rare 5 out of 5 stars.

Hope to have you reading again soon <3,
Paige

Daughters of the Sea: Hannah

Daughters of the Sea: Hannah (Book One)
By Kathryn Lasky

Summery
Hannah has always felt as if she didn't belong in Boston's Home For Little Wonderers, and now is the time that she finally gets to leave. But it is not somewhere she wishes to go. It is onto the orphan train to be put up for adoption at various cities in the newly founded western part of the United States. When Hannah starts to get ill she also starts shedding crystals made of SALT!!!! She knows that when she gets adopted she will not be able to remain in the western part of the U.S. away from the sea.

Hannah is sent back expecting to see the mean old lady who sent her away to the awful place in the west, only to see that she has been replaced by a nicer lady. This lady sees to it that Hannah has a job as a scullery maid in Boston. So Hannah goes to work for the Halaways, one of the richest families in Boston.

When Hannah arrives she immediately sees that it is not what she expected. Then it becomes even more strange when Hannah finds Lila and her cat, Jade, upstairs one day when she goes fills up the cats bowl and start the fire for the night. Lila is a bit strange and becomes obsessed with Hannah, and not in a good way.


What I Thought
This is one of my favorite books to read. It is a great transitional book for when a reader is coming out of children and into young-adult books.

Most of the time I rave about the characters depth and the variety, but in this book the only person who seems to have a back ground in this is Mr. Wheeler and that bothers me. Then one of the other maids seem to have one, but you don't really find out about that until they go to the island itself.

I also thought that Hannah needed to get out more. The only time she wasn't in a house was when she was on the island swimming and when the book first started. It made her seem like closed in person literally and figuratively.

I do like that this is a book about mermaids though. There are not enough books about them, we have sooooooooo many on vampires, werewolf's, and (not as many though) angels, and we are leaving out one of the most important mystical creatures.

Another thing I like is the story line. It always keeps you interested and reading. Once you pick up the book it is like bam, bam, bam and it is arranged nicely so it does not seem like it is moving too fast.

Over all I give this book a 3.5 out of 5. Low I know, but the bads out way the goods in this book.

Hope to have you reading again soon,
Paige <3

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Summery
John (lets call him this since that is his name for the majority of the book) has moved around his entire life running from the people who destroyed his planet. When the third child who came with John and the eight others dies, John must move again. Now John is next. When Henri, John's guardian on Earth, takes them to Paradise, Ohio, he is ready for a new start and keeping his head down is no problem for John. But when he meets Sarah is it as easy as it has always seemed? Or will John attract just enough attention this time to out himself out to the people he cares about and put their lives in jeopardy when the time comes?


My Thoughts
This was the first sy-fi book I have really ever read. And lets just say, I LOVED it. Pittacus Lore is a fantastic writer and I can not wait until I can check the next book out from the library.

Now because this is so awesome I am going to keep this short and sweet.

My favorite thing about this book was the character. I liked how the author made all of them seem so complicated and make the possibility of hope seem all so alive.

So over all I give this book a 5 out of 5. (Rare I know, but this book deserves it.)

Hope to have you reading again soon,
Paige <3

The Beautiful and the Cursed

The Beautiful and the Cursed by Page Morgan
Publisher- Random House


Summery
After a horrible accident in London Ingrid and her family flee to Paris. Being in a strange place Ingrid discovers that her twin brother Grayson is missing!!! Now she has to find her brother with her sister Gabby, but can she do it with out the help of mysterious Luc? Or without help of a hidden organization? Find out in The Beautiful and the Cursed.

My Thoughts
This book has what my local librarian calls the "right of passage." You have to get through the first part before the book becomes any good. That is what happened with this book. However once I got past the slow part I loved it.

The characters were extremely dark and I loved that. There are not many books that has many dark character that are fighting for good.

Other than this there are not that many things to report back. It was a good book, but any mistakes that really jumped out at me.

Over all I give this book a 4 out of 5.

Hope to have you reading again soon,
Paige <3