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  One of the first books/series that got me into serious reading was the Percy Jackson series. I started reading it in about 3rd-4th grade and it was one of the best books I have ever read. After I read the series I went on to watch the two movies and I can say without a doubt, that the movies were one of the most disappointing movies I have ever watched. They had almost no correlation to the books and there were only two movies. Which is why I was really excited to know that there is a new series apparently coming out on Disney plus. In honor of this series I wanted to give a quick recap and my review of the first book.  The first book in the Percy Jackson series is called The Lightning Thief. It revolves around a “demigod” ( half human and half god) by the name of, obviously Percy Jackson. Percy starts off the story by introducing how much of a trouble maker he is, but readers can tell that Percy isn’t a bad kid, it's just that he finds himself losing it. He has some strange...

  An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a novel one could read over and over without getting bored. It is a relatively short book; however, every page is suspenseful and intriguing. After reading the book, it is a 10/10 read. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is about a giant robot, Carle, who magically appears in major cities all around the world during the span of one night. Whoever put the Carles in the cities also hacked the security cameras nearby and forced them to see looped footage. Whenever people tried to watch the security cameras, an old Queen song played in the background. When the main character, April May, discovers the robot, she posts a viral video about it. However, April does not care about the fame. She just wants to appreciate the piece of artwork, Carle. When April hears about the security cameras and the song playing in the background, she does some research and discovers that the Wikipedia page for the Queen song is...

 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone: In grand celebration of the Movie adaptations 20th anniversary, I thought that it would be somewhat appropriate to reflect on the first ever Harry Potter book: Sorcerer's (or Philosopher's) Stone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spoilers The story follows the lovable, ever iconic Harry Potter: As a baby, he lost his parents to "You-Know-Who," an evil and powerful wizard, but lived when he struck him with a spell, leaving a lightning bolt shaped scar on his head. He's delivered to his closest relatives the Dursleys: Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and Cousin Dudley.  He's raised in their house as sort of a lesser being who's inferior to the rest of the family. This stems from the fact that he has magical heritage, which would harm the Dursley's appearance of being completely, totally, wholly normal. He's forced into staying in a dusty cupboard und...

Book review – Jordan Irvin The way I used to be Amber Smith TRIGGER WARNING - SA The way I used to be was an emotional rollercoaster. This book is centered around 14-year-old girl Eden. This book was quite easy to read considering it was split into four parts. (Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) Eden was known as a nice “pure” girl by almost everyone she knew. She saw herself this way until one night.   Eden has an older brother, and his friend sexually assaulted Eden during the summer before her first year at high school. Not only did that negatively emotionally and mentally impact Eden, but it also changed her as a person drastically and created a huge rift between her and her family, especially her brother. Going into high school, Eden has new hair that catches everyone’s attention but that’s the littlest thing that changed about her.   Eden meets a junior boy (14/17), lies about her age (16), and starts dating him. That’s the major event in freshman year. Something m...

Regardless of me doing a review for the last 3 books of the Keeper of the Lost Cities, I am doing another review today. I’m doing it in a book called The Hate U Give. This isn’t for any reason. I just knew that it was a famous book and wanted to read it. The Hate U Give deserves every bit of fame it has. Angie Thomas, the writer, writes this book in a way that explains Starr Carter, the main character of the book in an amazing way. Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old black girl goes to a party in her neighborhood which is called Garden Heights. Ever since attending Williamson Prep which she has gone to for a very long time she feels uncomfortable. This is because Williamson Prep has a majority white population and she can’t relate to anyone. As I said the book starts with a party scene and introduces Starr and also Khalil Harris who is Starr’s best friend. During the party gunshots from a fight suddenly appears. Khalil takes Starr home but suddenly a white cop pulls them over. The cop ...

            “Wow!” I said to myself after reading this book, “that was terrible”. This book was Lola and the Boy Next Door , and it took a real effort to finish the book. More than 90% of this book was about a forbidden teenage romance, and I hate romance novels.             The book starts off fast when Lola’s first crush, Cricket, moves back to San Francisco. He moved away to support his twin’s, Calliope, figure skating career. Calliope is an incredible figure skater, even making the US Olympic team later. Anyways, when Cricket moves back to town, Lola is conflicted by her feelings for him. On the one hand, she hates him because when she confessed her crush for him when she was younger, he rejected her. However, Lola is still in love with him even after he rejected her. Life becomes even more complicated because Lola’s boyfriend, Max, is not happy with Lola hanging out with Cricket. Max is Lola...

           Newer Cover ^ riginal Hardcover ^ Unwind by Neal Shusterman (Read in movie trailer-y voice) Unwind is a 2007 dystopian novel, written by Neal Shusterman, and serves as the 1st book apart of a 3 other books. Every book having the pre-fix "Un--" Un wholly, Un strung, and Un bound. The plot is as follows: Prior to the actual  story, the pro-choice and pro-life conflict erupted into a 2nd Civil War. In order to de-escalate and end the war, The Bill of Life was passed, and a bunch of rules are ultimately introduced. Abortion becomes banned, abandonment of newborn babies on a doorstep (called "storking")is now an accepted practice, and teenagers 13-18 can be unwound   In short, being unwound is basically... 99% of your body parts and organs are removed, and transplanted into people who need them; not exactly killing the donor, but still somewhat keeping them alive, in a way Set in Akron, Ohio,  Connor Lassiter, Risa Ward, and Lev C...