My New Rating System

I am now going to tell you how my new rating system is to work.

The amount of Stars of of 5:
1 = How did this book get published, however, good present for somebody you don't like
2 = Save yourself some money don't buy it
3 = A good book but just missing that wow factor
4 = Give yourself 4 hours free time before touching it
5 = Harry Potter would have been the second best seller this month

Bonus:
6 = There will only be one book that gets this and that's if I write it

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimen

When you think of a Graveyard you think of death, zombies and ghosts. You don't think of a graveyard as a home but could you raise a boy there.

A baby boy appears at the graveyard gates and the ghosts of the graveyard take him in. They name the baby Nobody Owens, Bod for short. The Graveyard find out that Bod's family have been murdered and the boy is in threat so they must keep him safe and raise him only in the graveyard. With the help of the boy's guardian, Silas, who can leave the grave yard and get food for Bod, they raise the child. A story about a how he grows up and the adventures that arise.

I myself didn't overly enjoy the book but it was well written and I think that if you enjoy a quick read that builds character and has a original storyline then you will enjoy it. A good read for adults. 3 Stars.

The House of the Scorpian by Nancy Farmer

The House of the Scorpion is a entertaining tale that focuses on the life of a clone, Matteo. In his fight to impress and achieve he makes friends with his bodyguard and in the following years has adventures.

A non-stop read that raises questions of morales while still being entertaining. Nancy Farmer has cleverly made a realistic future and makes us wonder does money make us happy?

A great read for all ages above 13 that adults will enjoy as well.

The Land of Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer

Jack is back, in the entertaining sequel to "The Sea of Trolls". As before Jack is learning to be a bard, which is a type of mage who uses the life force to conjure spells. Lucy, Jack's sister, as usual is ignorant, spoilt and basically a brat, but she makes you wonder if her character would work without that personality. The storyline is that Lucy macks up a special ceremony and the ugly slave girl Pega has to do it instead. This causes Lucy to fall ill and has to be cured at a relatively faraway monastery. So Jack, the Bard, Pega and co have to go on an adventure.

A action filled story that shows courage, determination and fighting for survival. The book shows originality while still bringing back some old characters from The Sea of Trolls. at some points the 496 page novel can bore you but in the long run it won't let you down.

A good read for fantasy and adventure lovers.

The Boys Who Saved the World by Sam Mills

"The boys who saved the world", the title of the book first made me think of Alex Rider and CIA agents. After reading the book I have to admit I was wrong, there was no CIA mentioned.

The story is based on a group of boys who have formed a new religion based on there leader's teaching, who god supposedly speaks through. At first you might think what a boring book, but I have not mentioned that these are devoted worshippers. When Jeremiah, the leader says there is a terrorist planning to plant a bomb in the school the group believe him and they agree, they must kidnap the terrorist.

I loved this book and the reason I did was because it raised morale questions and what is right and what is wrong. My favourite line in the book is when Jeremiah says "People who do bad don't realised there doing bad but they think there doing good". The reason this is so significant is because he is doing what most of society thinks as wrong but he is convinced he doing good.

I would recommend the book to people interested in cults or the world we live in. The story is set only over 7 days but it will be the most exciting 7 days you have ever remembered.

Dusk by Kenneth Oppel

Dusk, the book, is set in the dinosaur period when man was still an ape, yet who needs humans to make a exciting story when you have a small species fighting for survival.

Dusk, not the book, is a newborn chiropractor, a species that uses their gliders (like wings) to glide through air and eat insects (yummy). Dusk however is a bit different with strange looks and a overwhelming urge to fly. He is avoided by other chiropractors apart from his sister, mother and father, the leader of the colony.

I did enjoy reading Dusk but the main downfall was that it was 400 pages (approx). I found that even though I don't mind reading that many pages it dragged on a bit. The interesting parts I found, without giving away all the book was the way the chiropractor colony reacts to different situations such as being attacked.

An interesting book that readers who like books that have some plot and action.

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl. A child genius who finds the fairy race, makes a lot of money and outwits his foes. In this book however you might say he has met his match, himself.

After disappearing for three years, Artemis returnes home to find he has two brothers and a sick mother. His mothers health continues to decrease and has only hours to live. So as you would expect Artemis calls in the "Calvary", the faires. They soon find that Artimes' mother has a old fairy apedemic that killed heaps of people, brought devestation to everybody, caused world wide panic and... you get the idea. The only place that has the cure for the disease is the past, so guess what Artemis and Holly do? They go to the past.

The Time Paradox is a typical Artimes Fowl book that gives you some action while also building and developing the characters. There are some clever plots even if the time paradox thereoms may confuse some younger readers. A well writen book that shows a new side to Artemis.

Cherub:The General by Jack Muchamore

I love the cherub series. Why? Because it is action-packed, witty, funny and brilliant, all put into one. Yet the last book, Sleep Walker was in my opinion terrible compared to the rest. So I wondered, has Cherub had its time now into it's 10th book? But as I started to read The General the old Cherub came out and reminded me of the first few books of the series.

The General is about James and all the main characters going to a American training facility and playing out the terrorist's. The Ukrainian, American hater, Cherub trainer comes along as well and the party kicks off. The story has a few jokes and plenty of action making the cherub series proud.

P.S: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK WHEN YOU HAVE LOTS OF HOMEWORK TO DO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STOP READING IT.

Peak by Roland Smith

An action-packed adventure about friendship, sacrifice and risking everything for Everest. That was the publishers review, and Peak is basically that. It's about a teenage boy who gets caught climbing a skyscraper, you know, like we all do. He is faced with the choice of going to live with his father in Thailand or Juvenile detention. As you would expect he chooses to live with his father. The only thing is that his dad wants him to be the youngest person to climb Mt.Everest.

The story has lots of suspense and you seem to be one of the characters, which is good. The real life facts about climbing I found interesting but some bits in the story made my teeth grind. An easy book to get into with it's fair share of action, Peak makes a good read for ages 12-15.

Money Run by Jack Heath

Jack Heath has written a third novel called Money Run. This story is about two teenagers, a hit man, the government and a very smart billionaire. As soon as I heard of this book I wondered would it live up to the expectations of his other popular books, The Lab and Remote Control and after reading it, I can say it did. This book starts with action and then there's some more action and then guess what, more action again. I found that even though it was interesting and well written it was a bit to fast with no real introduction but a few glimpses of the characters past life. It's not until near the end that you start to think that you know the character, but that was in my opinion the only major floor in this story. There are lots of complicated problems in this book that characters have to work out, but the reader, from past chapters knows the answer to them. Yet that character has the answer to a question that the other character does not know. Its like a murder mystery, but there's no murder and you don't know what your trying to work out (it's confusing but interesting). Everything is explained in the end and they give you some time to marvel at Jack Heath's genius before the 24 hour story is concluded. After reading it, though there are some problems, I found that it was a great and interesting book that I will happily recommend to anybody who likes the other Jack Heath books, Anthony Horowitz or the Keys to the Kindom series.