Book to Movie Adaptations

May 30, 2013

With all the YA novels coming out to movies I thought it would be a good idea to give my opinion on the topic.

The four big YA adaptations I am currently following from books to movies are The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Divergent by Veronica, and The Fault in our Starts by John Green. I have been keeping track of who is playing each character and which characters and scenes are being left out of the film. I try to live by the following rule: don't judge a movie on its actors and directors.

It is hard sometimes to not judge a movie by the fact that the script writer is the same one who wrote the script for Twilight or an actor who looks nothing like what I pictures the character looking like. There are a lot of things that can be changed for a movie like makeup. I don't want to say a movie will be bad without even seeing the movie.

For the Mortal Instruments, which comes out August 23, 2013 I have been following that since it was only a rumour and I based on all I have seen now I think it will be a great movie. On the other hand for Divergent, comes out next spring some actors look nothing like I pictured the character and others are perfect. One of the characters I was hoping to see on the big screen is not going to come in until movie number two. There must be a good reason why the character is not in movie one and there is really no way to tell if the movie will be good or not until I see it in theatres.

Another thing is scenes. There are so many scenes that I am hoping to see on the big screen but I know that there is no way that every scene will end up in the films. I will still be disappointed if my favorite scene doesn't end up in the film. However if the scene is in the film it might not be how I picture it in my head.

Something else to know is that the movies are not replacing the books. The books will still be way better than the movie. Just don't read the book right before seeing the movie (I will do a separate post on that later).

Why Read?

Friday May 24, 2013

Why read? That is something I think about a lot. There are many reasons to read. For example there is reading for pleasure, reading to escape reality or just reading to pass the time away. I don't remember the first book that got me into reading but I have always grown up with my parents reading to my brother and I and as soon as I was old enough I began to read on my own. I usually read for pleasure but also to escape. I get sucked into fantasy worlds and fall in love with the characters even to the point of crying over the death of a favorite character.

I have so many books that have taken my breath away and I couldn't imagine a world without books!

Reading Logs

Friday May 24, 2013

Here is my reading log from the last two weeks.

Light by Michael Grant

Dystopian

Light is the conclusion to the Gone series. It takes place in the fictional town of Peridido Beach, California where everyone over the age of fifteen has disappeared in an event known to the kids as the FAYZ. The kids are trying to survive on their own. Some kids have developed superpowers and there is an evil force trying to take over. The books in the Gone series just get even more intense as they go along with many twist and turns however the author needs to work hard on his writing ability. There are plenty of mistakes and the point of view jumps from one character to the next without a good break just as you are getting into one character’s storyline. The Gone series as well as the Maze Runner series all are variations of if Lord of the Flies was dystopian. With a group of kids having to rely on one another to survive without any adults.

No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz

Dystopian

When a teenaged mall worker finds a bomb in the mall the mall is put on lock down. Everyone is given a $25 gift card and everything goes well until people start getting sick and supplies run low. The story alternates point of view from four teenagers. The characters were very real and the things that happened could happen in real life. If I were stuck in a mall I might be happy at first but all I would want would be to get out. There is also the possibility that whoever set up the bomb might be in the mall and keeping us in the mall might make things worse.

Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts

Dystopian

A while back I wrote about how I wanted to see Canada being in trouble… well I got what I wanted! Finally a book where Canada is also in trouble! Now that I know how bad Canada can get I am glad most books have Canada as the safe zone. This is book two after Dark Inside and it takes place in Vancouver. I had a really clear image in my head of what all the locations, which made it easy to visualize the setting of the book.

The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn

Dystopian

Set in a dystopian world where people are getting a bar code tattoo, which had all your information on it. Kayla does not want to get the tattoo but since it is the law Kayla is not on the run. We talked in class about consumerism and being cool. Well at the beginning of the book people count down the days until they turn seventeen and can get the tattoo. You will be an outcast if you don’t have one. 

Rampant by Diane Peterfreund

Urban fantasy

Rampant is set in a world were unicorns are thought to be evil. A unicorn attacks Astrid and her boyfriend and Astrid is sent to Italy to train as a unicorn hunter. This book was not one of my favorites and it took me a long time to get into the storyline. I wanted to read this book when I read a short story in “Zombies VS Unicorns” where the author had a character in the same world. Part of the reason I was not really into it was because I had a few other books I wanted to read more than Rampant. I also really liked the quote at the end of the book which puts a twist on the belief that only men are warriors. 

Reading Logs

Welcome to the wonderful world of books. I love reading and thought I would share my love of reading with everyone.

For English class we are required to do a reading log on what we read. We have to relate what we read to ourselves, another text, or to life. I have already done a whole bunch which I will post here but I will post my new ones every two weeks. The following ones are all the reading logs I have done since September 2012. I love doing reading logs and I think of them as a way to reflect on what I read.

A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner

Hardcover book science fiction

This is a time travel book about a group of kids who stumble upon a time machine and they learn history has gone wrong in a bunch of places and it is up to them to travel back in time and fix where history went wrong. This book is similar to two other series I’ve read. One is Thirty-nine Clues and the other is Time Riders. 39 Clues is similar because both series are written by various authors and have an online component to the series. Time Riders is similar because in both series are about kids going back in time to fix things that went wrong with our history. I liked the book but it wasn’t as good as James Dashner’s other works.

A Crack in the Sky by Peter Hughes

Softcover book dystopian

This book was dystopian for a younger audience. It takes place inside of a domed city run by the main character’s grandpa. The company that runs the dome promises “Don’t worry they are taking care of everything.” Until one day things start going wrong. This book has a few things in common with the series Atherton by Patrick Carman. In Atherton the people of Earth have been transported to Atherton because Earth has been too polluted and deemed the Dark Planet.  In both series people have been promised a better life. In one it is life in domed cities and the other it is on a different planet created by a scientist. Another thing in common is something goes wrong with where they are living. In A Crack in the Sky the dome starts to malfunction and in Atherton, Atherton begins to collapse.

Immortal City by Scott Speer

Hardcover modern day fantasy (Urban Fantasy)

Like all modern day fantasy books this books has a girl as the main character and a male character that is some form of magical being (Fairy, Angel, Shadowhunter, Vampire etc.) I can compare this book to any number of books of the same genre but I am going to stick to Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and Wings by Aprilynne Pike.  In this book the main character is living in a world where people can get a guardian angel that will save them from harm. Enter Maddy who is a human and Jackson who is on his way to becoming a guardian angel. Long story short they fall in love. Like Wings both female protagonists find out they are not human either. In Hush, Hush one of the characters falls head over heals for the other although in this case it is Jackson falling for Maddy instead of a girl falling for the guy. Definitely one of my favourite books and I will read the second book as soon as it comes out.

Wither by Lauren DeStefano and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood

Hardcover dystopian and softcover dystopian

Where do I begin? This book is the one book to avoid reading while you read The Handmaid’s Tale. Why? These books are so similar that you can get them mixed up if you aren’t careful. In both books girls are taken into forced lives and have are expected to have children with guys that they don’t necessarily want to have kids with. In Wither Life has been cut short women only live until age 20 and men age 25. In the Handmaid’s Tale life is not cut short. In Whither main character, Rhine along with three other girls are but in a forced marriage to a nice guy. It is a fairly good life one I wouldn’t mind living. You have comfort, servants, live in a mansion, have a husband who loves them, a great friendship with your sister wives and can have pretty much whatever you want, unlike The Handmaid’s Tale where Offred is not married to the commander and is treated like crap. I like Rhine’s life except for the short life part and I also don’t want to have a baby at 13 years old! In both books the main characters don’t like the life they are living in and fantasize about life before.

Amulet volume 4: The last council by Kazu Kibuishi

Manga science fiction

This book has two things in common with the Lord of the Rings series. Both are part of a series and both have one object that has a great power, everyone wants it and it has the power to do both good and evil. As you may know in the Lord of the Rings the great power is in a ring and the main characters go on a journey to destroy it. In Amulet Emily stumbles upon a ring that belonged to grandpa and she decides to wear it just the same as Frodo inherits the ring from his uncle Bilbo. Both stories take place in a fantasy world with elves and trolls. Both characters find out about their new powers and one sets out to destroy the power the other tries to better understand the power and train how to use it. She eventually tries to destroy it but not until a lot of damage is done.

Lure of the Peace part 2 Hudson’s Hope History by Rosemary Neering

Online Article http://www.dist.hudsons-hope.bc.ca/lureofthepeace2.html

I read this article when I found out that one of my friends is doing some work on the Site C Dam in Hudson’s Hope, BC. I wanted to know more about the Site C Dam because the only thing I knew about it is that it is a dam. I learned a lot of stuff and I don’t thing I will remember much of it.

Various articles on the Olympic athletes and the Dead Sea Plan of Action

Online articles

I read a bunch of online articles for a challenge I was aiming to complete in Girl Guides. As part of the Games Go Global Challenge I had to do a certain number of the activities. I chose four activities to do with my Sparks unit (age 5-6) and the others where things I had to do a lot of work on. One was research the Dead Sea Plan of Action and what it does. I found out it helps get more girls and women into professional sports. This relates to me because I am a girl and I think that there isn’t enough women in sports because some people think that women can’t do the same things men can. Another thing I had to research was three different female athletes and how they represent their countries. I chose Sumer Mortimer of Canada, Inbal Pezaro of Israel and Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco. Nawal stood out most to me because she proves that women can to anything. She was able to be the first Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold medal and she is a member of the International Olympic committee.

Fever by Lauren DeStefano

Hardcover dystopian

This book continues right after Wither ends. This book series is worth reading and I don’t want to ruin anything but I will say that Rhine is a very selfless girl and doesn’t like to let anyone know when she is not feeling well. I can be as stubborn as Rhine sometimes I don’t like to ask for help on work and if I am not feeling well you will rarely know. Rhine is an independent girl but like me she has to learn that it isn’t always a bad thing to ask for help and let out your true feelings. This series has such a good plot and the romance between Gabriel and Rhine is so sweet.

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Soft cover dystopian

This books world was by far the most brutal compared to other dystopian books I’ve read. In Hunger Games the only danger is getting reaped for the games, in The Matched it’s getting matched up to someone you don’t like and in Divergent it is getting an aptitude for more than one faction or not passing the initiation. In Ship Breaker there are many bad things. The first thing is size, if you are small enough you can be light crew if you are big enough you are heavy crew but if you are too big for one and too small for the other you are screwed.  Majority of dystopian novels I’ve read have female protagonists but this book has a male character.

Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate

Hardcover Urban Fantasy

This book was a collection of stories to be read in order that tell tales of love from the characters in the Fallen series. It focuses on four different love stories instead of just Daniel and Luce’s story. The love stories in this book are all so tragic and had me right in the characters shoes.

The Future of Us by Jay Ashner

Hardcover Science Fiction

What happens when you log onto your AOL CD in the year 1996 and are logged onto your Facebook profile 15 years in the future? If you see something you don’t like you are going to try and change it. I admit I go on my Facebook and I do try and imagine what my life would be like 15 years from now. Will I be happy? Will I be married with kids? What job will I have? But if I were in there case I wouldn’t try and mess with fate. The things that happened when Josh and Emma try and mess with their futures aren’t good.

Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks

Hardcover Science Fiction

Take a super smart 15-year-old boy whose true family is unknown and who’s past is filled with bad things. No university will take him so what does he do? He joins Genius Squad, a group of smart kids who are trying to stop an evil project from happening. If I was Cadel and was super smart I wouldn’t want to join some genius group. With a past like his I’d want to stay away from situations like that all together.

Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Hardcover Urban Fantasy

Using the Celtic myth of the Water Horse Maggie created a novel where every November riders have a race where riders attempt to keep hold of their Horses long enough to make it to the finish. It is a brutal race some people survive other dies painful deaths. This book was better than Maggie’s other novels. There was nothing magical or supernatural about any of the characters and it had a good ending. In the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy love plays a huge part but in this novel love plays no role. We do have a male and female protagonist but for the female protagonist, Puck she enters the race as the first female to ever do so in hopes of winning money to support her family. She gets help from male protagonist, Sean but they don’t have a huge love affair. In The Wolves of Mercy Falls Grace and Sam are unhappy if they are separated for any amount of time.

Various BC Hydro Articles

Online Articles

I had to do some research for the Green Team at school and I came across some articles that had nothing to do with what I was originally looking up. The First two articles I read were on the Ruskin Dam and Powerhouse. The history of it and the seismic upgrade plan. The second article I read was on the Daisy Lake Dam. Every weekend when my family drives to Whistler we pass a dam. I would always stop whatever I was doing and watch the dam as we drove by. I didn’t know what it was called or why it was there but I always loved to see how powerful it was. Know I know what it is called and what it is used for. I will now annoy my family with the knowledge next time we go to Whistler. Reading the Daisy lake dam article got me into skimming the BC Water Act. Relating this to the Divergent Trilogy I would probably pick dams as my Erudite initiation (you have to research how something works)

Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi

Hard cover dystopian

It takes place before Ship Breaker and in the point of view of one of the characters I liked in book one. In the story we follow Mahlina and Mouse as they discover a half-name named Tool who is on the run from solider and before long either Mahlina or Mouse is captured.  And the other one wants to try and get him back. Before I started the book I already knew which character I liked most but that changed before I finished the first chapter. But that soon changed. I fell in love with Mouse and he brought out all my emotions. I was crying with Mahlina when Mouse played a mean prank and the next minute I was in tears thinking he was dead. I hate spoiling things and ruining books for people so I won’t reveal the big tear jerking moment at the end of the book but this book was only the third book that I was in tears over a character. I get emotional in books but I don’t usually cry.

Team Human by Justine Larbalestier, Sarah Rees Brennan

Hardcover urban fantasy

The back of this book even said it was a Twilight parody but this wasn’t really. Our protagonist, Mel lives in a city founded by vampires, in the part of town for humans she is just trying to protect her friend when a vampire joins her grade at school while doing this she is trying to solve the disappearance of another friend. She falls in love with a vampire wannabe and the book becomes a big adventure. I did read Twilight just to know what everyone was talking about and I am not a fan of the books and certainly not the movies (nearly had a heart attack watching Breaking Dawn Part 1) but this book was pretty good it wasn’t like Twilight and had me hooked until the end (mostly to see if Mel would stay with the person she falls for). I have it on my favorites but not my top 20.

Fire by Kristin Cashore

Hardcover fantasy

What a good book! Our character Fire has the power to control minds but she doesn’t like reading the minds of innocent people. When Prince Brigan comes to bring Fire to King City so she can help uncover a plot against the king. She realized there is more to her power than she thought. Her only fear is that she will become the monster that her father was. The book was one of the best fantasy books (not including Urban fantasy). I have a tendency to fall for one or more fictional characters and this book was no exception. The first character died which is normal for me. I have a tendency to fall for the character that doesn’t survive the first book. The second character survived and ended up with Fire in the end! This book had lots of great quotes in it that I have written down. Very few books have quotes I can recite off the top of my head. If you like fantasy I would definitely read this book series.

Yellowfang’s Secret by Erin Hunter

Hardcover fiction/talking animals

This book is the 30 something book to be written in the Warrior series. This book isn’t exactly for my age group but I started this series in grade six when there were only twelve books written 30+ books later I can’t bear the thought of giving up on it. The book series follows four clans of cats living in the forest. They have their own vocabulary and way of life and each clan lives in a different landscape. This book was a special edition that took readers back to the life of one of the cats that had a dark secret. All readers knew the secret from a one of the previous books but I liked knowing about her life since she was a kit and it was in the point of view of the more mysterious clan. After reading this series I don’t look at cats the same way and when I am out in nature or on a road trip I think about which of the clans would life in which areas. This book series is almost tied for first place with the Divergent trilogy and until I read Divergent it was at number one. I don’t know what it is about the series but I just can’t give it up. I have even done some pretty nerdy things related to the book.

Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

Hardcover dystopian

Finally a dystopian world that might actually happen! In USA (of course) the bill of rights has been abolished and replaced with the Moral Statutes and if you disobey the code in any way you are arrested, trialed and sometimes death. Ember manages to keep a low profile despite her rebellious mother. Suddenly Ember’s mom gets arrested for breaking Article 5. This book had me hooked from page one most dystopian books are either horrible words that would never in a million years happen or have parts that aren’t bad but you can live a good life. I loved the fact that this storyline could actually happen in real life. On a side note this book hit my boiling point. After reading this book I am now tired of reading dystopian books that take place in USA and have Canada as the safe area. I don’t mind Canada being safe I am Canadian after all but I guess it’s just the part of me that still embraces my American citizenship or just for fairness but I think it is high time Canada is in trouble and people are fleeing to the states. It might also be like in History. In our history, most of the time people are fleeing countries of violence for Canada so that might have something to do with it.

Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan

Hardcover Urban fantasy

Kami lives in the town of Sorry-in-the-Vale in England and is a bit of an outsider. She is in love with her imaginary friend Jared who she talks to in her head. The Lynburn family returns to their creepy manor that overlooks the town of Sorry-in-the-Vale and one of their teenage sons, Jared looks really familiar to Kami. Kami befriends the Jared and his brother Ash and she is determined to find answers to all the questions behind Story-in-the-Vale and now that her imaginary friend has become real does she still love him? Not my all time favorite but a on my favorites this book had the romance I like, a bit of mystery and a creepy setting. Another good one by Sarah Reed Brennan I liked Team Human better that this one because I liked having non-human characters and the romance was better.

Bitterblue by Kristine Cashore

Hardcover fantasy

The final book in the Graceling series this book comes after Fire. Young queen Bitterblue has to fix the kingdom that has been under a spell for 35-year by now dead father, evil King Leck. She goes into the city dressed as a commoner where she befriends two thieves who hold the key to the truth of Leck’s reign and one holds the key to her heart. I liked Fire better than this but this book was also really good. I liked when Bitterblue befriended the thieves their friendship was put to the test a number of times and I liked the romance between Bitterblue and Saf. The book continues the same magic abilities as the other two books and some of the characters carry over from the previous books.

Revived by Cat Patrick

Hardcover science fiction

Daisy is fifteen and part of the experimental project Revive. She has died five times and each time she is brought back to life taken to a new city with a new identity and a new life. When she meets Matt and Audrey McKean she has her first real friends. But if she wants to have a normal life she has to escape from an experiment that is much larger than what Daisy thought. This book was a unique book. No other book that I’ve read has a student around my age as a test subject in a project that can bring people back to life if the die and there body is healthy and if you are a young age (No dyeing of sickness, no old age). I think it would be cool if this happened in real life but I know that there are people out there that would use the drug for power and not for what it should be used for.

Hurricane Sandy and West Coast earthquake articles

Newspaper Vancouver Sun True stories

I was in Victoria when the earthquake hit but luckily I was not affected in any way. As for Hurricane Sandy such a bad disaster I’m glad it didn’t affect Vancouver. My cousins live in Kentucky and they had to move to a hotel because of the storm. When all the stuff was happening and still now during the aftermath it feels like a dystopian novel. There is a horrible storm, so many things close down that haven’t needed to be closed down before, people are evacuated and everything is destroyed, then everything is slowly rebuilt and things get back to normal. Hurricanes do happen and people need to be properly prepared with a plan in case one does happen.  

Wings by E.D. Baker

Hardcover urban fantasy

This is the second book I have read titles Wings and my first thought upon grabbing this book off the shelf at the Vancouver Public Library and reading the back was who copied whom? And the back of the book summary sounded pretty similar even down to the character names. Okay so a female character named Tamisin instead of a male character named Tamani but they are pretty similar. The basic plot of both books is you have the female protagonist who has some unusual things about her and has never fit in with the other students. Enter a male character that seems to know more about the female protagonist than the protagonist herself. Female finds out she is a fairy and the story goes on. I didn’t like this book that much compared to the other one that is on my top 20 and this book came out first. This book isn’t as good as Wings by Aprilynne Pike but I give E.D. Baker credit for coming up with the idea first.

Hush, Hush Graphic Novel by Becca Fitzpatrick

Hardcover graphic novel urban fantasy

I expected big things from the first graphic novel of the first book of the Hush, Hush series. It was too short for my liking but I love the storyline. Compared to the actual book I would rather read the story in book form where I am free to imagine the scenes for myself.

Thumped by Megan McCafferty

Hardcover Dystopian

This book started off slow but soon took off. It is the second book in a series where everyone over the age of 18 is infertile. We have identical twins separated at birth that meet for the first time. They followed different life paths, Harmony in a very religious neighbourhood Melody living the normal life where you want to get pregnant for profit. A case of mistaken identity will change the girl’s lives. The second books main plot is both girls are pregnant with twins and are really famous. The twins are due on the same day. But there are complications behind their pregnancies, which the twins are keeping secret. I liked the book series but compared to other dystopian books this seems like something that could happen. A virus goes wrong and girls under 18 are paid to get pregnant. Who wouldn’t want to get pregnant if you are getting paid for it?

Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

Hardcover urban fantasy

The epic conclusion to the Hush, Hush series I have been waiting all year for. It was an amazing book that kept me up until I finished it. I did tear up when a character I liked died and I loved the final scene of the book. There were battles and love scenes and scenes between the main character and a girl she can’t stand from her school. I don’t want to ruin the novel by giving away the ending. I liked this book better than most modern day fantasy books but it still doesn’t pass The Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare. Cassandra’s books are about more that romance and all the characters are detailed. I definitely recommend this book series it is one of my favorites.

Enclave by Ann Aguire

Dystopian

Finally another dystopian book where the world is truly bad! This book wasn’t as good as Ship Breaker but it was still a great book. In this book you earn the right to a name only if you manage to survive your first fifteen years. If you are under fifteen, a ‘Brat’ you are training to fit into one of three groups, hunter, builder, or breeder. When you get put into a group you are given a number of scars to show which group you are in. The part that is similar to Ship Breaker is the fact that you are put into different jobs based on certain factors. In Ship breaker it depends on your body type and in Enclave it is what you trained for as a kid.

Starters by Lissa Price

Dystopian

Everyone between the ages of 20-60 has been wiped out in the Spore Wars and Callie is left to look after her younger brother. Her only hope is with Prime Destinations where she can rent out her body to seniors who want to feel young again. I could never see this happening in our world at least I hope it never happens. Hopefully technology doesn’t get to the point where we could switch bodies. If it was like that today then some of my friends could really be seniors pretending to be young kids.

Possession by Elana Johnson

Dystopian

Girls don’t walk with boys and don’t even think about kissing them, that is just one of the many rules of the ‘Thinkers’. I would hate it so much if this were like our world. I wouldn’t want to be told what to think and how to live my life. I would probably be like Violet in a way and break some of the rules but knowing me I would be the good girls and do what I am supposed to do. The world of Possession is like Judaism in a way. We are told what to believe in and how to think in certain situations. I don’t like breaking rules but if following rules meant no having any fun I would find a way to stop the Thinkers from brainwashing the whole world.

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

Urban Fantasy novel

In Nevermore the world of Edgar Allen Poe comes to life thanks to mysterious boy Varen Nethers. And Isobel Lanley is about to figure that out. She is paired up with him for a project on that very author. I have seen situations like this a few times before. The one that comes to mind is the Hush, Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick. In Hush, Hush Nora is paired up with Patch for a project and discovers the world of fallen angels is real. Also both books had Jewish references. In Hush, Hush it was a major part of the series and in Nevermore there was a funny reference to a Bat Mitzvah that made me wonder why the author used it. Both books were very well written and had me wanting the next book as soon as I finished. This book also made me want to know more about Edgar Allen Poe.

Apocalypse Pow various authors

Article from Mountain Life magazine

This article was about what would happen in Whistler if the world did in fact end on December 21^st. There were survival tips and interviews with people that are supposed to help if the world does end. I don’t want to brag but with ten years of Girl Guides under my belt I would have a good chance of survival. I already know how to survive on my own in the woods and what plants are edible. The article did have some helpful hints but I knew most of them. The article had info on a volcanic eruption, a tidal wave, alien invasion, zombie apocalypse and more. After reading the article I have decided that in the event of an apocalypse I want to be in Whistler. In the event of an apocalypse I would end up seeking higher ground and stock up on warm clothing. I wouldn’t carry around food because I know what is safe to eat in the woods. I would also keep some sort of multi tool. More importantly I would want to be somewhere with a good supply of water and a good escape route. I am not one of those people that would spend the last few days partying. I would try and find a safe place and not waste the last of my life celebrating. Why celebrate the end of the world when you can find a safe place and start fresh.

Reached by Ally Condie

Dystopian

Reached is the conclusion to the Matched Trilogy so I won’t give anything away. This book goes into the government controlled dystopian books along with Delirium by Lauren Oliver and a few others. Where you have little to no freedom. In both series something happens leading to a rebellion against the government and they both have similar governments. I would be that one person in those societies that keeps books that have been banned and keeps artefacts that should have been handed over to the government. The protagonist from Reached and the protagonist from Delirium are both involved in a complicated love triangle. Cassia from Reached made the right choice but from the society perspective she should not be with that guy. For Lena in Delirium the final book is not out yet so I don’t know who she will end up with in the end but where it left off in the last book she made the wrong choice and should go back with her first love. This book made me cry in the end and the character wasn’t even a character I liked.

Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

Urban Fantasy

Dee can see faeries and she finds herself drawn to a mysterious guy named Luke and that he wants something more dangerous than a summer romance. I liked this book better than Maggie’s other books, but it wasn’t as good as other urban fantasy books I’ve read, such as The Mortal Instruments, and Hush, Hush, and Fallen where the main character finds out she can see people from another world and is then drawn into the other world.

Eve and Adam by Michael Grant

Science Fiction

Another great book by Michael Grant! The name and cover of the book gave me an idea of what the book might be about and I was close. When a car hits Evening she is taken to her mother’s research facility instead of the hospital. She is given great care and is left to heal and gets really bored. Her mother gives her a job, creating the perfect boy. In the Jewish story of the creation we learn that woman was made out of man but this book twists that and instead Eve creates Adam. It is also more modern than putting Adam to sleep and taking out a rib. In Eve and Adam Evening creates Adam using a computer program. I could not put the book down but it wasn’t good enough for my top 20.

Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

Science Fiction/Romance

In Bruiser when Brönte stars dating Brewster strange things start to happen. Bronte and her brother’s injuries heal on their own but what turns out to be good fortune has horrible consequences. This book was so suspenseful and there were times I wanted to put it down I was freaked out by the author’s description. More than once was I close to tears over characters being close to death. This book goes on my list of books that made me get very emotional along with The Death Cure, Drowned Cities, Reached and Divergent. This book also had a great relationship between Brewster and his younger brother. I can’t say I have a relationship like that with my brother I don’t know if I would sacrifice myself if I was in Brewster’s case but I know my brother would do that for my and I have been in a case where I wish I was the one with the injury instead of my brother.

Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh

Urban Fantasy

This book comes after Nevermore and is leaves off where book one ended. This book had one point that made me think of the Handmaid’s Tale when Gilead was mentioned in Edgar Allen Poe’s poem The Raven. This book took me quite a while to read and I got tired of it part way through and read Bruiser but I wanted to find out what happens and I am glad I finished it and it ended with me wanting to read book three so I guess the author did her job. I liked Nevermore better and it is not one of my favorite urban fantasy books.

Jumping Spider that pioneered space travel dies in a museum

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/05/space-pioneer-jumping-spider-dies

I read this article on a famous jumping spider after seeing a picture of a jumping spider in Canadian Geographic. I don’t find the animal scary and I was sad to hear that the spider died. I never thought I would have any feelings for a spider. But I find the jumping spider quite cute.

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Dystopian

In The Selection America Singer gets selected as one of 35 girls to live in the palace and compete for the heart of Prince Maxon. For America she doesn’t want to be selected because it means giving up her secret love and trying to win something she doesn’t want just so she can help her family. This part of the book where girls are trying to win the heart of the prince is similar to part of the Purim story where all girls in the area are trying for the heart of the king or prince.

Trash by Andy Mulligan

Dystopian

This was really realistic and happens in some places today. In Trash a group of boys is living in a third-world country and are making a living picking through garbage. One day one of the boys finds something of value and the police are asking him to hand over the item for a reward. In some countries kids don’t go to school and spend their days picking through garbage hoping to find something big.

Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Urban Fantasy

Lena Duchannes is new to the town of Gaitlin and is struggling to hide a curse and her power from the rest of the town. Ethan Wate is haunted by dreams of a girl he has never met and he is counting down the days until he can leave Gaitlin. When Lena moves to town Ethan is drawn to her. This book started off slow but by the end I wanted to read the next book. The next book, Beautiful Darkness was even slower and I took a break to read another book but went back to Beautiful Darkness and it picked up in the end. The book is similar to Nevermore where a normal boy falls for a girl involved with magic. Both books were slow and didn’t have much action but I enjoyed reading them and will continue with the series.

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Urban Fantasy

One look at the title and I thought this book would be another Twilight series but boy was I wrong. I had heard good things about the series and thought it was time I read it. This book has everything: romance, adventure, and humour. I got attached to the characters and stayed up really late to finish the book. Unlike Beautiful Creatures this book didn’t have a dull moment and kept me interested the whole way through.

Origin by Jessica Khoury

Science fiction

This book is about a girl named Pia who lives in a laboratory deep in the Amazon Rainforest. Scientists who have created her to be the start of an immortal race are raising her. On the night of her 17^th birthday Pia notices a hole in the electric fence. She sneaks out and meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together they try and find out the truth to Pia’s origin. If scientists today were able to create a drug that makes people immortal I think that they would be greedy about it and want to keep it a secret from the rest of the world. This book was really good and is not part of a series and the story ends.

*Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, and Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

Urban Fantasy

Rather than doing five separate reading logs I put the Vampire Academy books into one reading log. After not being able to put down the first book in the series I had high expectations for the rest of the series and I was not disappointed. Of all the series involving vampires this was one of the best.

Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes

Dystopian

When I noticed this book at the library I thought it was a fairly new book but I was surprised to see that the book was written in 1991. It was just as good and better than some of the more recent dystopian books. The world is a world where most jobs are run by robots and when humans finish school they just get leisure time. It was interesting to read a dystopian novel written before I was born.

Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston

Urban Fantasy

I should never have read this book at the same time as reading Hamlet. I am not a huge Shakespeare fan and this book had a lot of references to Shakespeare’s plays. I did not like this book as much as other books that are about faeries but I liked the twist in the book where a lot of characters are taken from one of Shakespeare’s plays.

Surrender by Elana Johnson

Dystopian

This book’s world is very ironic. The people live in a place called freedom and have no freedom what so ever not even the freedom of thought. Some people have the power to control either by voice or by mind. If you have a power the people in control want to use you. You are either controlling or being controlled. Like Matched and Delirium where the population is told to act and be a certain way it is similar with Surrender but even more so. In matched you can think for yourself but other things like whom you marry, what your job is, when you die, what you eat and a few other things. In Delirium you are told whom you marry and nothing else. But in Surrender you have nothing unless you manage to outwit the people in charge.

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Urban Fantasy

This book was probably the best thing I read this week. The book took place in Jackson Hole Wyoming, which I have been to. When the characters were going for hikes I knew where they were. The main character, Clara also shares a birthday with my brother, which I found really cool. The only thing I can’t connect with is the fact that Clara is part Angel. Unlike other urban fantasy books in this book the main character just wants to live a normal life and the book isn’t all focused on the fact that she is an angel.

 An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor

Non-Fiction

I rarely read non-fictions books but my parents, brother and I were listening to the audiobook of An Irish Country Doctor during our car ride to and from Whistler and we were getting through it very slowly. I wanted to read the real book so I could get through it faster. It is based on journals that Patrick Taylor kept while he was a doctor in Ireland.

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Dystopian

I had never read a book about zombies before reading this and I learned a lesson never read a book and see the movie version the day after. I had been waiting for this book from the library since December 12^th and when it finally came in I couldn’t wait to read it. I was told not to have high expectations and I didn’t really know what to expect. It was amazing! I am not a huge Shakespeare fan but I am really glad we read Romeo and Juliet last year because there were so many references to Romeo and Juliet in Warm bodies, like a balcony scene and the forbidden love between R and Julie.

What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang

Dystopian

What’s Left of Me had a weird twist that I have never seen before in a dystopian novel. In this novel you are born with two “people” in one body. By the time you are six or so one “person” will fade away but Eva and Addie started out like everyone else but Eva never faded away and only Addie knows she is there. Unlike other dystopians where the world was horrible this book the world was fine and the people were the problem.

Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Urban Fantasy

I do not know what kept me wanting to continue this series but I guess it came down to I wanted to know how it would end. Unlike the second and third book in this series this book was a page-turner. I did not put this book down to read something else in between and it ended how I wanted it to end.

Zombies VS Unicorns by various authors

Urban fantasy, dystopian, fantasy

Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier as a way to solve their argument over whether or not unicorns or zombies are better put this book together. After reading Warm Bodies I developed a weird love for zombies. I was never a fan of stories involving unicorns because most I have read were boring. This book had short stories by different authors who were either on team zombie or team unicorn. A lot of my favorite authors wrote for team zombie and that is one reason I preferred the zombie stories. In the end of this book I am still on team zombie but there were a few really good unicorn ones and I came to the conclusion that not all unicorn stories are boring and not all zombie stories are really good.

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

Urban Fantasy

Bloodlines is book one of the spin off series of Vampire Academy. It has the same characters but a different narrator and a different story line. It took me a while to get into because I was not a fan of the main character when she was in the Vampire Academy.

Zombie Notes by Laurie E. Rozakis

Field Guide

This book caught my eye when I noticed that it was about zombies and that it had the word Hamlet on the cover. I enjoyed reading someone’s interpretation of what some of the classic novels would have been like if they had werewolves, zombies, and vampires involved.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Dystopian

In a world where teens can be unwound to provide body parts for people in need three runaways fight against the system that would unwind them. Like Neal’s other book, Bruiser this book was a huge page-turner and was also super creepy. The concept of this book could never happen in our society at least here in Canada.

The Traitor Game by E.R. Collins

Fantasy

The Traitor game is a more modern day version of Narnia. When they were young two boys, Michael and Francis started Evgard, a place they can go to escape from reality. But when Michael suspects Francis of betraying Evgard he tells the school bully that Francis is gay leading to a fight between the two boys. I was struggling to get through this and considered giving it up a few times but if I told my brother I gave up before I hit the half way mark there would be consequences.

Someone Else’s Life by Katie Dale

Fiction

When Rosie’s mother dies of Huntington’s disease Rosie knows that she has a fifty percent chance of inheriting the disease but she finds out that her mom is not her biological mom and that Rosie was swapped with a sick baby who was destined to die. Rosie joins her ex-boyfriend on a trip to America to find her real mom. If I found out I was swapped at birth and that my really mother didn’t even want me I would not go out to find my real mom. There is a reason I was given up and I would continue on my life.

If I stay by Gayle Forman

Fiction/romance

Mia is caught between life and death after a horrible car accident. She has no memory of the crash only what happened before and what happens after. She works to piece together what she has lost and what she left and whether she should stay alive or die. I enjoyed seeing what was happening to Mia’s friends and family as she lay in a coma and hearing her thoughts about her life and her friends.

Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Dystopian

This book was book two after Blood Read Road and I was not a huge fan of it. I preferred the first book. This book had a slower pace and I wasn’t as interested in the main character. I liked it and will stick with the series but it is not one of my favorites as far as dystopian novels go.

Sever by Lauren DeStefano

Dystopian

I have been waiting forever for this book and couldn’t wait to get it and read it. It is the conclusion to The Chemical Garden Trilogy and there were so many twists and turns. One minute you can’t trust a character the next you can and there were so many thing I didn’t know that were huge shocks. It answered all my questions and was a great end to the series. Compared to Divergent this book had way more things happen in a short time but even thought the main character is my age I connect better with the main character in Divergent. 

The Lunar Chronicles (Cinder and Scarlet) by Melissa Marr

Dystopian

The Lunar Chronicles take well know fairy talks and twists them. The series takes place in the future in a world where some people are actually cyborgs and some people are from a distant planet of Lunar and are not supposed to be on earth. Cinder follows the story of Cinderella and the story continues in Scarlet and it adds in Little Red Ridding hood. It was good being familiar with the stories before but I really enjoyed reading about the twists of having the story set in the future instead of the past.

Across the Universe series by Beth Revis

Dystopian

In Across the universe Amy and her parents are frozen on a ship bound for a new planet. They will be awakening 300 years in the future on the new planet. But something is bound to go wrong as Amy is woken up earl is thrown into life on the spaceship. Her waking up was not a malfunction and someone is out to murder the sleeping people. I couldn’t but any of the books in this series down for a second. The relationship between Amy and the captain-to-be of the ship is really strongly written and is not all about love compared to other books. I also liked the twists and turns and the reason why Amy was woken up early.

Blankets by Craig Thompson

Graphic Novel memoire

Finally a novel that is not dystopian or fantasy! I really enjoyed this graphic novel and I kept coming across things that I could relate to for example the blanket that Craig gets from Raina reminded me of my Girl Guide blanket. Each section of Craig’s blanket had a special story like how each crest on my blanket tells a different story. I also can relate to sharing a room/bed with my brother. At our whistler cabin my brother and I have a bunk bed and we have constant bickering over when to turn the lights off and who (usually I climb down off the top bunk and do it) and over who is going to set the alarm for the morning. We also fight over who gets what blanket when watching TV and as usual I end up letting my brother get the best one. With sharing a bed, whenever we go to a hotel I end up with sharing a bed with my brother and we try to get out of sharing but we always end up together. Like Craig’s girlfriend, Raina I am protective of my brother and even when we fight I usually think of my brother first.

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Science fiction/dystopian

There are good reasons why I have not read this book until know. Just look at who the author is. Stephenie Meyer wrote Twilight, which is one of the worst series I have ever read! I only read Twilight so I would know what all my friends were talking about and if I could go back in time I would have never read that series. I had low expectations for The Host and I was surprised to see that I really liked the book. The characters were interesting and unlike Twilight it was not all about love. Okay so there was a lot of romance but there was also a lot of action and suspense and I wish I had picked up this book sooner.

Prodigy by Marie Lu

Dystopian

This book is the sequel to Legend and it started where Legend finished. This book had a lot to do with government more so than other dystopians. Most of the book was about the government and *spoiler alert* trying to bring down the government. I really like the series but I found the romance between the two main characters goes way too fast. I can see this government situation happening in the future and I enjoyed reading about the government but I prefer a government in a novel that is different from our own and that is more fiction because those are more interesting to read.

Trapped by Michael Northrop

Adventure

Seven kids get trapped in their high school during a blizzard. Things start out fine but then cell phones stop working, the power goes out, the heat turns off, and the roof starts to collapse. This book was really suspenseful and left me thinking when I finished. It also got me thinking what would happen at King David if seven kids got stuck here with no way out and no communication with the outside world? King David is in the middle of a city so chances are we would get out after a day or two but if I was stuck in a school in the middle of nowhere during a blizzard then it would be pretty bad, specially if I was trapped with people I don’t like that much.

Glow and Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Dystopian

This book was so similar to Across the Universe it is almost like the books were written by the same author. Where across the universe was centred on people being murdered aboard a ship bound for a new planet and then trouble on the new planet Glow and Spark centre on a ship bound for a new planet and then trouble from an enemy ship. Even though Across the universe came a few months earlier and the storylines were not totally the same it still felt like I was reading a series that was part of Across the Universe.

Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins by Gavin Francis

Non-fiction

This book is about the author, Gavin Francis’s fourteen months spent in Antarctica. I really enjoyed the book and the coloured pictures in the middle of the book were a bonus. Antarctica is one of the places I want to go someday and this book made me want to go even more. I got a picture of what the research stations look like and a feel for what it would be like to be in such a desolate place. If I end up going into science and becoming a marine biologist I would love to spend the year in a place like Antarctica.

Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts

Dystopian

I think that Dark Inside was the first dystopian I have read that starts with a world exactly like it is today and gets bad from there. I can’t see everything that happened in the book happening now but things like giant earthquakes and people going crazy could happen. What I found really interesting what that the book takes place in the west coast of Canada and USA. After reading this book I have a good idea of what Vancouver would be like in a post apocalyptic world.

Rot & Ruin and Dusk & Decay by Jonathan Maberry

Dystopian

A zombie apocalypse where humans live in fenced cities to keep safe from zombies and you have to get a job once you turn fifteen or have your rations cut in half. Benny is forced to train as a zombie hunter with his older brother. This book was not all about killing zombies but the characters all learned a lot about themselves and how their world got the way it did. There were also notes on zombies from one of the character’s journals scattered throughout the book. Unlike Warm Bodies, which is in the zombies point of view in this series the main characters are all humans. Even thought the challenges they faced were in a zombie-infested world they were relatable like running from bad people and fighting for survival.

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Urban Fantasy

I had been waiting so long for this book to come out and when it finally came out I rushed to the bookstore after school to get it. I was not disappointed at all! The plot continued from where it left off in Clockwork Prince and there were so many moments when I was close to breaking down in tears and there were two moments when I did break down in tears. This series is one of my favorites and I got attached to all the characters. After reading this I realized I need to stop one of my horrible habits of looking at the last page of the book before I begin reading and reading the family tree that I was warned not to look at until I finished the series. 

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Fiction

A spy place crashes in Nazi-occupied France carrying two girls. One of the girls is captured by Nazis and is forced to write out her story and the British war plans. I liked how the book was alternating points of view from the girl captured by Nazis to her friend carrying out her life as a pilot during the war with no idea whether or not her friend was still alive or not. Elizabeth Wein’s writing made me feel like I was stuck in the Nazi holding cell writing along side the girl or going on a spy plane to deliver a secret message. This book is yet another book to add to my list of books that made me cry.

Requiem by Lauren Oliver

Dystopian

In a world where love is considered a disease and you get the cure at age 18 Lena has done the unthinkable and fallen in love a few months before she is scheduled to get the cure. She has fled to the wilds with some of her friends and is on the run from the regulators. This book was the third and final book in the Delirium trilogy and I am not entirely happy with the way it ended. The ending was a good ending but there are still questions I want to know the answers too. I could still see Lauren Oliver writing another book. I did like that the book was alternating points of view between Lena, living in the wilds and Hanna, Lena’s friend who is about the get married and is going to get the cure.

Shards and Ashes by various authors

Dystopian

Shards and Ashes is a book of short dystopian stories. I had been wanting to read this book for a while when I found out that one of the stories was by my favorite author and I came across the book at the airport I bought it right away.

I really like the story Hearken by Veronica Roth about a world where some people can hear the life and death song of someone. Hearkeners go on to music school where they play music and learn the trade of a hearkener. I liked the storyline and it showed what else Veronica Roth can do besides the Divergent Trilogy. Hearken was the one I was most looking forward to reading but it was not my favorite of all the stories.

My most favorite was Branded by Kelley Armstrong. Branded takes place in a world where paranormals are threatened by society and are ‘branded’ by the society and are cast out of the protected society. Rayne’s werewolf boyfriend has been cast out and Rayne wants to find a way out of the society and find her boyfriend. I loved it so much that I went on to read another two series by the same author. (See in the next two reading logs). The way Kelley Armstrong wrote the story made me want to keep reading.

Necklace of Raindrops by Margaret Stohl was not my favorite. It was a good idea but I did not like Margaret Stohl’s writing. The story is set in a world where you have a necklace of raindrop shaped beads and you use them as spending and when your necklace is gone you go in a plane and jump to your death leaving a not for your family. I read another series by Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures and I was not a fan of the writing in that series either even though Beautiful Creatures had a good storyline.

On the other hand Burn 3 by Kami Garcia (co wrote Beautiful Creatures) was a good story that was well written. In Burn 3 the ozone layer is gone and the earth is a polluted mess.  People either live underground or in biodomes. The story is about a girl going out to rescue her sister. I loved the writing and find it odd that Beautiful Creatures had bad writing while this story was well written. I guess I should not judge a book by its author.

Miasma by Carrie Ryan was dark and the way I expected a story by Carrie Ryan to be. When you get the disease evil doctors come by to take you away unless you have the money to pay. Frankie works as a servant at a rich estate and her sister is getting sicker every day. Frankie starts stealing flowers to hide the sick stench of her sister. The world of Miasma was really creepy like all worlds by Carrie Ryan and I had a clear image in my head of what the world looked like. I am really glad our world is not like that.

Love is a Choice by Beth Revis was the other one I was looking forward to reading and I was not disappointed. It was a prequel story to Across the universe giving an inside look at one of the more mysterious characters in Across the Universe. I loved it and the character it focused on was one of my favorites in the series.

Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby

Adventure

Lost in the River of Grass is a novel about two students who get lost in Everglades National Park. What drew me to the book in the first place was the fact that I have always wanted to go to Everglades and the storyline looked like something I like. Oddly enough I was reading this book the day I went on a crocodile tour in Costa Rica. I liked the suspense of not knowing whether or not the characters would make it back safely and I also connected with the main character being a bit our an outsider with the rest of my grade in elementary school.

Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong

Urban Fantasy

After reading Branded I really wanted to read this and I can now say that Branded is typical Kelley Armstrong. It is such a well-written book and has really strong characters. With some urban fantasy books… okay many urban fantasy books being about a girl finding out she has secret powers and learning how to use them. This book had a girl whos school teachers thought had mental problems and she ends up being sent to a special school with other kids who turns out also have powers and are being used for an experiment. It was different from typical urban fantasy books I’ve read and the writing was really good.

Hunger Journeys by Maggie de Vries

Historical Fiction

A holocaust book starting out in Amsterdam where Lena and Sofia leave their home and journey by train into Germany to try and get food for their families back in Amsterdam. German soldiers catch them but thanks to two of the soldiers they get back on the train and are hidden and given food and blankets by the two soldiers until they get to Germany. The story gave me a different view during the tail end of the Holocaust in Amsterdam and a small town in Germany from a girl my age’s point of view. There were not any huge fighting scenes but there was betrayal and love. And unlike other Holocaust books there none of the characters ended up in concentration camps or ghettos.

Darkness Rising by Kelley Armstrong

Urban Fantasy

Darkness Rising is the follow up series to Darkest Powers and was just as good. The characters and the plot were both strong and I couldn’t put the book down. After reading the Darkest Powers I had high expectations for this series and was not disappointed. I liked the main character in this series more than the main character in the previous series but I liked the romance more in Darkest Powers.

The Deep: Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss by Claire Nouvian

Information book

This book has pictures and information about various weird creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean. I saw this book at the Whistler library and requested it from VPL. The creatures in the abyss are the creatures that interest me the most of all ocean organisms and are the creatures that I want to know more about. The book had amazing pictures that make me want to go down in a submersible and see for myself and the information helped to know more about the area.

Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden

Fiction

One of my friends was reading the book and told me I what it was about. A group of kids goes camping in the Australian bush and when they come back their town is deserted and Australia is on the brink of World War III. The plot sounded like the kind of thing I like and it was. The author made it seem like you were there with the group of kids and was realistic to what a group of kids would do in the situation they are put in. I was also thinking while reading the book about what would happen if I came back from a weekend Girl Guide camp for find Vancouver deserted and under threat of war.

The Elite by Kiera Cass

Dystopian

The Elite or If the Bachelor was set in a dystopian world is about a world where the prince selects from 35 girls in the land. New Asia is divided into tiers with eight being poverty to 1 being royalty. America Singer is a Five when she is selected to take part in the Selection. She is against thirty-four other girls vying for Prince Maxon’s heart and the role of Princess. America has a choice between life of luxury as a 1 and a life with Aspen, her first love as a five. This was a different dystopian but I loved it none the less. It was suspenseful and America is not your typical princess. I liked that America was trying to change things back to how they were before the tier system.

Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons

Dystopian

Breaking Point is book two after Article 5 and now Chase and Ember are the main suspects of a murder that they didn’t even do. Breaking Point was not as good as Article 5 but I liked getting more insight on the laws. It reminded me a bit of the Nuremberg Laws put on during the Holocaust because these laws had to be obeyed or the punishment was death without a trial like in the Nuremberg laws where you were not given a trial if you disobeyed a law.