Wicks' Campfire Tales: #4 - The Lick of DEATH

WARNING: I strongly recommend that you only read this if you are aged 15 or over.

This one is particularly disturbing. Read at your own risk.
4 - The Lick of DEATH

Wicks' Campfire Tales: #3 - The Well of DEATH (or Typhoid Mary)

WARNING: I strongly recommend that you only read this if you are aged 13 or over.

3 - The Well of DEATH (or Typhoid Mary)

Wicks' Campfire Tales: #2 - The Tan of DEATH

WARNING: I strongly recommend that you only read this if you are aged 13 or over.

2 - The Tan of DEATH

Wicks' Campfire Tales: #1 - The Ceiling of DEATH

WARNING: I strongly recommend that you only read this if you are aged 13 or over.

1 - The Ceiling of DEATH

Wicks' Campfire Tales...every Wednesday

Every Wednesday night, starting this week, we're gonna have one of Wicks' Campfire Tales!
Please note that some of them are very scary, so read at your own risk! I strongly recommend that you only read this if you are aged 13 or over.

Review: Master on 'Goddess'

A new review for y'all. Enjoy!

Click here to read the review for 'Starcrossed', the first book in the series.

Title: Goddess
Author: Josephine Angelini
Author's official website: http://www.josephineangelini.com/
ISBN: 978-0-330-52976-1
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My rating for Goddess: 5/5

If I had to sum it up in 3 words: thoughtful, emotional, epic.

Review:
'Goddess' is the final book in Josephine Angelini's 'Awakening' series, which is her debut. Personally, I think this is one heck of a promising introduction to the writer.

I started reading this, in the midle of exam season, as soon as it came through the letter box, and finished it in 2 days. If that's anything to go by, I think you can probably tell that I was very eager to find out what happens. And, honestly, this most definitely did not disappoint.

The plot has endless twists and turns that are unexpected, ensuring that there was never a dull moment.
I think it's fair to say that a lot of the most important scenes were quite near the end and I guess I was a little disappointed that it went by perhaps too quickly for my liking. Then again, if it was any slower, I'd probably get impatient.
Thinking about it now, I think there was just the right amount of build-up to the action and I can't think of any other way that I'd want it to be.

The aspect of mythology is arguably most potent in this book, [Spoiler alert] mainly because Helen has flashbacks to the past. It was interesting to not only have Greek mythology, but also Arthurian legends mixed in. I found these parts most enjoyable to read. [Spoiler over]

What I think Angelini does so well is capturing the emotions and feelings of the characters, which evokes emotions in the reader. I felt that it was very easy to connect with characters and the situations that they were in, for example, there were times when I was absolutely heart-broken for certain individuals, whilst other parts sent shivers down my spine.

Speaking of characters, it was wonderful to watch the ones who had been there from book 1 grow into themselves, but there were also new characters added that were just as memorable.

Overall, I think it is a brilliant ending to an incredibly captivating series that has been very well thought-out. All the loose ends from previous books were tied together, which provided moments, when reading, where I simply felt like jumping for joy! Having said that, it's also nice that Angelini has left some doors open if she ever wanted to do spin-offs or sequels in the future, which I would no doubt want to read.

I've tried to stay away from revealing too much of the plot in this review because I wouldn't want to deny you the joy of finding out and experiencing it first-hand for yourself.

This is definitely up there in my list of favourite book. I can't wait for the next series that Angelini brings out.

Comment your thoughts below :)

And we're back!

Hello guys!

Thank you all for your patience during exam season, which is thankfully over now! Yayy!

Since we're back, there are a few changes in the layout of this blog.
New pages have been added to make it a little less crowded on the 'Home' page, so feel free to check them out. Here's a short explanation of their purposes:

• You can probably guess what the 'Home' page is
• All the stuff that was previous at the bottom of the 'Home' page has been moved to the new 'About' page
• The original blog, 'The Wierd & Wonderful Life of Gerry the Gerbil', has also been linked

There may be more pages to come in the future, but we'll alert you if that happens.

So, now that we've cleared all that up, you should be expecting some new reviews and content pretty soon, so keep an eye out for it.

Catchya soon ;)

Hello!

Sorry about not having a post out in ages! This blog will be temporarily put on halt during the exam season, but I can promise you that it will take off later on in the summer :)

Thanks

Make-over!

Hello everyone!

If you've just clicked on this and have noticed something different, then I'll tell you now that it's the blog design!

So, what do you think of it? Comment your thoughts & opinions below :)

Review: ANT on 'Life of Pi'

ANT's first review has officially landed...take a look!

Title: Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martel

ISBN-10: 0857865536

ISBN-13: 978-0857865533

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Review:

Hello Earth! Ooh, my first contribution to the blog, how exciting, eh? I hope this is the first of many.

Anyway, I'll get right to the point. I was looking forward to watching the much-anticipated Life of Pi at the cinema (I have yet to watch it, but I've heard good things, anyone seen it?) so when my nan bought me the book for Christmas, I didn't hesitate to read it over the holidays.

In a nutshell, it's about a boy named Pi, who is left with a Bengal tiger in a lifeboat after the ship he and his family were travelling to Canada on, sinks. The story tells of his survival at sea.

The book is split up into three sections. In the first, Pi reminisces about his childhood, his life at his father's zoo in Pondicherry, and his relationship with religion. I'm assuming that Yann Martel knows a thing or two about zoology and animal behaviour because he writes a lot about it in this section...a lot. I get the impression that he, like most people, gets carried away with the things that he loves, and hence talks (or in this case, writes) about those things in grave detail. It's a good thing to be passionate enough about something to be able to write 100s of pages on it, but I didn't think that all of the animal knowledge was necessary for this fiction novel.

That said, it gives you a little more understanding of the main story (which is told in the second section) on Pi's survival at sea with Bengal tiger, Richard Parker. As well as this, Martel is clearly a smart guy and a great author, his writing is captivating and, overall, the book is extremely well-written. The words he wrote in the first pages were the kind of meaningful, deep stuff that gets you thinking about the meaning of life.

All in all, I liked it and would recommend it because it's thought-provoking in the beginning, and really a great read when you get into it. It's meaningful, happy, sad, gory...and everything more. Not to mention it has a clever twist in the final section, which I won't reveal. I'll just say...read it and find out for yourself!

ANT

What dya think? Comment below if you are considering it, or if you've already read it :)