Deerslayer

This book is written by, well, I don't remember. But, if I remember, I will type it in. Anyhoo, it's the prequel to The Last of the Mohicans. If any of you have read that, this book is about the character Hawkeye in The last of the Mohicans. In the story two guys go to visit this one old guy and his 2 daughters who live ON a lake. They have this house that is on poles, so they live in the middle of the lak cuz it's safe from the indians there. One of the guys names is Deerslayer. (He ends up being Hawkeye, just so you know.) Deerslayer is American, and he's been living with the Deleware indians, so that's why his name is that. The book had a good polt, but the characters seemed to get captured, then escape right after another. The worst part about the whole book was when Deerslayer would go off on a speech. Now, he's supposed to be around his early twenties but he talked like an old man! When he'd start to go off on one of his speeches, I'd just skim towards the end, and I'd pretty much get the gist of things. What was pretty funny was that he'd go off on these speeches in the middle of a simple conversations, or while they all were in the middle of danger. If it were a real story, I bet he would have been shot by an indian cuz he'd be standing there 'speechifying.' hahaha...
~Brittanie

Middlemarch

I read Middlemarch for school over the past four weeks, and I have to say, I really like it. IN fact, I liked it so much that I want it for my birthday. It's one of those 800 pagers that take a while to get through, but about 50 pages a day is easy. To get a good idea of what's going on, I recommend watching the movie first (you can get it at the library!) to get the overall picture because they did a good job with it and it's pretty close to the book. Here's a preview section:

"Oh, you dear good father!" cried Mary, putting her hands round her father's neck, while he bent his head placidly, willing to be caressed. "I wonder if any other girl thinks her father the best man in the world!"

"Nonsense, child; you'll think your husband better."

"Impossible," said Mary, relapsing into her usual tone; "husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order."

Anna of Byzantium

I read this really cool book about this girl who's growing up to be the empress of Byzantium. Everything is fine and dandy in her life until her little brother is born. Even though her brother was born, she is still heir to the throne. That is, until a little twist comes in the book and everything in her life is turned upside down when she proves that she's not her grandmother's puppet. I recommend it as a really good read.
~Brittanie

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

I read this book, and it's not as boring as I thought it would be. It was required reading, so I read it. Amazing...
Anywhoo, it's about this one guy who sales his wife for 6 guineas, and his past comes back to haunt him later on in life. The book was interesting, but I didn't like the ending. But then again, when does anyone like the ending of a book?
The other cool thing about this book is that I got it for 50 cents at the used bookstore in the library. Ka-ching! *big spendah* =D

First Contribution

I guess for my first post I should review a book that was written by one of our very own: Vox Lupi. She was kind enough to let me read her Little Red Riding Hood story (I'm not sure of the exact title). I just have to say, Get her autograph now, ladies and gents, while she's still acknowledging us as friends. Just kidding! Well, not exactly kidding. It was very well written, with just enough humor and satire to keep you chuckling, but enough serious flow to keep you reading. It's not long, but it is intriguing and is a very good read. Good job, Hannah!!

Tree Slices With Figures On Them

Well, right now I'm reading alot of books 4 school, but most of em are good. They include, "100 most important thing in christian history, more than a carpenter, ect." Ya know, I was thinking, I have a music blog, there's a book blog, someone should make a movie/tv review blog! Wouldn't that be cool? Anywho, just thought I'd spark a thought! If you decide to, let me know! So, what book(s) are you reading?

Hey guyz,
Umm...I just started The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It's pretty interesting, (I have to do it for school) but i still am enjoying it. It's hard to read in alot of areas because they talk in a crazy slang.

"I doan' wan' t' go fool'n 'long er no wrack. We's doin' blame' well, en we betta' let blame' well alone, as de good book says. Like as not dey's a watchman on dat wrack. ~ Jim
From Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The Count of Monte Cristo

Hey all, I finished The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It was a good book. I thought that it got a little dull in some points, but once you slogged through it, you got to an interesting section. In the end, there was a lot of poison, insanity, and house leaving. This was pretty interesting to read as you wanted to figure out who did it, but had to untwist it in your mind. I recommends reading it if you have a lot of time on your hands. The only thing is, that the ending didn't end the way I wanted it to... But then again, when does anything do that? ;-)

"I warn you, when I have the misfortune to meet with a mad dog, I kill it; and far from thinking myself guilty of a crime, I believe I do society a kindness. Now, if you are mad, and try to bite me, I will kill you without pity." -M. Danglars
~The Count of Monte Cristo
-Alexandre Dumas

techNIchal DIffffffficullllllllllllllllllties.......

Ok ok ok. I'm trying to figure out how to keep the format, links, music, and pics without having the font so gigantimongous. So just bear with me, and I'll figure it out eventually.
~Brittanie

Honored

Yes, it sure is an honor to be invited onto the newest blog, i'm glad I have the golden opportunity to participate. Ya, well school started!! yay, it's so much FUN! jk lol. it's actually not very hard right now as it is JUST starting up, not much reading tho ~:( i think i'm gonna start reading Huckleberry Finn soon, i hope its interesting. well i'm a noob to this site so i didn't know what to post about, so there it is! hope ya'll enjoyed


Mick