Sunday, March 25, 2012

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The conclusion of an epic series. Harry is turning 17 shortly, and is being transferred to a safe house, but is ambushed by Voldemort and his Death-eaters, and Mad Eye is killed. After celebrating a cozy birthday party, and the wedding of Lupin, Harry, Herminone, and Ron leave to destroy the rest of the Hurcruxes. As this is going on, Voldemort has recovered the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand in the Wizardry World from the corpse of the late Dumbledore, and is taking over the Ministry of Magic. Challenges face Harry, Hermione and Ron, will they overcome them, or will they succumb to the seemingly unstoppable force that is Voldemort? Will the Boy-who-live finally finish what was started? What is the future for the Wizardry World? All these questions will be answered in this epic ending to a story of my childhood, the story that I grew up with, and the story that I will always treasure as one of the best I've ever read.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Tomorrow, When the War Began

It all began when high school students Ellie, Homer, Kevin, Robyn, Lee, Corrie, and Fi decided to go "bush" for a few days. Through an almost accidental discovery of the paradise that they have ironically nicknamed, Hell, the group stayed there for several days, eating, relaxing, normal 16 year old's stuff, until they decided to return. Their world as they know it has been turned upside-down, war is ragging, their homeland is being attacked by an unknown nation. Homer, which before the war, was immature, hard, crazy, has turned to this mature, cool and collective leader, finding ways to fight back, ways to survive, and how to save their families from the clutches of the foreign empire. Now, the 7 has retreated back to the the secluded haven of Hell, with Lee's leg shot open,  and a relationship forming between him and Ellie, the group plans to fight back. But can they survive long enough? Will their nation prevail? Read this action packed book, finish the series, and might as well tell me what happened. (:

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini



In the beginning, there were dragons, proud, fierce, hot blooded, and ferocious. Then, elves sailed towards Alagaesia, then the 2 races fought. And during those times of wars, both races nearly became extinct, until, Eragon, an elf, and Bid'aum, a dragon, joined, thus the time of the Dragon Riders begun. Then the dwarves came, bringing with them the worship of stone, and wonders through metal working. Urgals and humans came last, and they too, fought. Urgals were large, blood thirsty, and savage, while humans were weaker, but smarter. Yet under all those circumstances, the Dragon Riders enforced peace, and made a pact that Humans could also be Riders. As time of peace and prosperity passes by, Galbatorix rose. Galbatorix was a trust worthy Rider, until one day, his dragon was murdered by Urgals, which left him in paranoia, and through the rejection of the council for a new dragon, Galbatorix turned against the Riders. With his 13 disciples,Galbatorix overthrew the Riders, and taking from their dragons, the Eludinari, the heart of hearts, the source of great magic and mental powers. Now, a hundred years after, Galbatorix still ruling supreme, Eragon, a 15 year old boy, found a dragon egg, and that egg hatched for him, making them Rider and Dragon, the dragon was named Saphira. 2 years later, 2 years of unimaginable perseverance, self betterment, and self confident, led Eragon and the Varden, a rebel force opposing Galbatorix, to the very gates of Uru'bean, the capitol of Galbatorix's rule. A fight to the death, with nothing to lose, but everything to gain, love and hatreds will be kindled, lives will be lost, families will part, and a new era might yet emerge. Where peace and prosperity would be restored, yet, all seems far away. Can 17 year old Eragon unite all the races of Alagaesia and overthrow Galbatorix? Will his inexperience hurt him, his family, friends, his love? and most important of all, what will become in the future for Alagaesia? Find out, in the last book of 4, wrote by Christopher Paolini, and you will be enchanted, as I have, with the courageous story of Eragon.