Lost Starship pt. II

When we had left our valiant Maddox, he was just rescuing his partner Riker from the prison world. There he picked up Meta a massive person who had been born on a two g world, and a crazy computer scientist named Doctor.

This week I finished the lost starship, it is such a cool book. The futuristic aspect of it and all of the starship battles are really cool, like the descriptions were okay, but I could picture everything in my mid and the incredible battles going on. It was basically like Star Wars, but the thing that bothered me was the entire plot f the book was getting the alien super-ship back to earth to help in the fight against the invading super men.

Slice of Life

I always like the holiday walk, however this year was the best. My group was cool last year, but this year I felt like I was closer with all of the people in the group. We also did a lot of fun things, The most fun thing we did was going to eat in Maggianos, the people at first looked at us quite weirdly, but then they just went along with it. We got a really nice waiter named Cole and he did not seem perturbed by the fact that a bunch of middle schoolers had walked into the restaurant.

I ordered Bruschetta and me and Simmon shared a shrimp pasta thingy and it was really good, because Adian Glennie was in our group he made us take a whole bunch of pictures. We did not get dessert as we had spent most of our money on the meal, but it was, in the end, worth it. I did not really realize that this was my last Holiday walk, it just does not feel like it is. I am happy though that, that was my last holiday walk as many memorable things happened.

Lost Starship by Vaughn Heppner

This book is incredibly cool, I am only half way through the book. I am not sure if this is a series but according to other titles by this author it seems like it is. The plot of the book is as follows, there is a man last named Maddox, captain Maddox, and he is like a detective for the Space Watch. Set three hundred years from now Humans have colonized other galaxies using wormholes, like in interstellar. In all of the colonization not one spices of aliens had been found, until now when the New Men have begun invading planets. These stronger better faster beings are completely decimating entire battle groups, and it is up to Captain Maddox to save the human race. He has to find an alien ship, that no one can enter, that could possibly save the world.

I LOVE THIS BOOK, it is like a better version of star wars with the battle scenes of Lord of the Rings, so read the book and you will love it. There is a little swearing and mature content but not that bad.

Slice of Life

I think that there are many things that are unfair, I think that it is unfair that people say bad things against the United States. People have died to make sure that people can say and do what they want in our pretty awesome country. I am not saying that you can not protest things and disagree with politicians, but people in other countries have died trying to do what we do easily. I think that some people just forget about how lucky we are, the fact that we can disagree with the politicians without wondering if our family is going to get kidnapped is amazing.

It is unfair who much me as a people take for granted, not just the fact that we are free, but even the most simple things. Like being able to get up and get a drink of water, would be a luxury in certain parts of the world. Even having a secure home and a roof over my head, some people in America can not even say that.

Martian

This was one of the greatest/funniest books I have ever read, I would just like to thank Kam for recommending this book to me as I enjoyed it. I read the entire book in one day, and at 400 pages this was some feat. The author researched every thing so all of everything is on point and the entire idea is not really that far fetched and completely science fiction like Star Wars. The Plot is basically Watney gets marooned on Mars after his crew leaves him on accident, he has to survive for almost two years with hardly any supplies on Mars until his crew can sling shot around the earth and pick him back up.

Watney is funning and cunning and just a brilliant problem solver which is part of the reason he survived as long. I think that he reminds me of the type of person I would like to be, funny and smart and a problem solver. The book has a lot of curse words as well as inappropriate jokes and references that you should be aware of. Other than that it was an incredible book and I think everyone should read it, before it comes out in November of next year as a movie, with Matt Demon.

Slice of Life

Over this weekend and holiday, I had a hockey tournament. Because we had pissed off the team who was hosting it, they decided to schedule us three 7:00 am games in a row. We also played bad teams so we won by a lot every time, but then when we played actually good teams, we could not play against them. As I do not want to get very angry again, all I am going to say is that my team needs to learn how to play with desperation.

Any ways, I had a nice thanksgiving dinner, my mother and my aunt invited a couple friends and we had a little party. All of the kids and I went to the park, a couple of us, not me, saw this backhoe lying there, there was construction going on at the school situated on the park. They started throwing giant dried pieces of mud at each other, than they started throwing it at the backhoe. Then when that was not enough they got in the thing, and turned it on using the keys that were just lying around. They had actually turned on the motor and were about to make it move when some lady threaten to call the cops.

I had a great dinner afterwards.

Lord of The Flies pt. II

This is the second week that I read this book, and I just finished it. The ending really bothers me and if you are going to read there are spoilers so be warned. In the end Ralph is getting chased and hunted through the island and eventually the crazy kids burn the forest down to catch him. By the way earlier the crazy kids annihilated Piggy with a giant boulder, taking him and the conch with him. So as the burn down the island they get the attention of a British military ship, when the ship comes over, Ralph finds a sailor who landed ashore and the sailor begins almost making fun of him. It also terrible because its not just like Ralph survived, a lot of other kids, who were crazy, survived as well.

I wished that Ralph had just survived because these kids remind him of all of the terrible things he and they all witnessed together. I am kind of mad that Sam and Eric managed to fall to Jack's swooning wether or not they were tortured. I think that Sam, Eric, Piggy and Ralph could have put up a good fight against the crazy kids, it defiantly would have been cool to read.

Slice of Life

I had a hockey game this weekend, we played Highland Hills. It is always fin playing them because I know half of the kids on the team, so I like to talk with them during the game. However, this time there was 60 penalty minutes, which is longer than the actual game. It started out by one kid cross checking a kid into the boards, this would have been a regular 2 minute penalty but he started yelling at the ref. This made the ref throw him out of the game, but before the ref could make the call, a kid on the other team skates over and throws his shoulder into our players. As my teammate was un-expecting this he get taken out and the ref has to give the other kid a two and ten.

A minute later, a kid hits one of our kids from behind so he gets a two and ten, this basically means that the player who did the action has to sit in the box for ten minutes while another player must serve the two minutes. So by the end of this ordeal there was 6 players in the opposing box and four in ours, making the total penalty minuets 62, I did get an assist.

Lord of the Flies

This week me and my book group read Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it is about a group of British school boys who get marooned on an island and they have to survive. They are about 6 to 12 years old and they are all experimenting with being free for some of the very time. The boys begin, at first, to handle this really well, establishing rules as well as a leader names Ralph. He was chosen basically because at the beginning of the book he finds this conch shell and when he blows it all of the kids come and gather before him.

I have read the book previously, but it is still an awesome book that looks at the darker side of even 12 year old kids. I also thought that even though the book was short it was still able to convey the message that a longer book could have done. In the end you all should definitely read this book and even might half to, and for you lazy un's as they say in the book, there is a movie.

My favorite character is Piggy, he just seems like he is trying to do the good thing, and like in Captain America, if you have always had power you will abuse it if given more, but if your are like Steve and do not have a lot of power, then you will use it for good.

Slice of Life

I am going to do a review about the movie Interstellar, I just watched it on Saturday and let me tell you all it was incredible. Even though it was nearly 3 hours and was very sad it was still really cool. Its plot is basically this: Earth is getting starved by a blight, and everyone is becoming a farmer, a secret government organization, later found out to be NASA. Is planning to send a mission to find us a new home. The movie stars Mathew Mcsomething or other and Anne Hathaway, and as science fictional is it might seem, almost everything in the book is plausible in Physics. It deals with time and worm hole and gravity and awesomeness.

I really liked it because the acting was just incredible, and the special effects and the ideas for what the planets could be and look like is just insurmountable. The scenes were well done and unlike some movies where it didn't need to have certain bits, I thought that every part was needed and wanted. In the end I think that you all should watch the movie, just be prepared to be really sad and confused.

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

This book follows Steve Harmon who is in prison and on trial for the murder of a shop keeper. The book follows his life throughout prison, giving flashbacks on his life and on the actual incident. There are a lot of mature topics in the book, they deal with a lot of different things, especially in prison. The book is written like a movie script so there are like bold words at the beginning of each paragraph described what kind of shot is going to be used to film it.

I really liked this book, I thought that the movie script is a really cool and unique way of showing the story and not just telling it. I felt everything the character felt, which was a lot, and that definitely added to the whole experience of reading the book. I thought that we never really think of kids like this, I mean sure, you might see a kid who looks "sketchy" but not like they are going to kill someone at the age of 16. And then get sent to jail and have the death sentence.

I would recommend this book to everyone, if you are for a challenging read and a mature one.

Slice of Life

Things you notice at 10:30

At 10:30 just after your movie has finished, you feel a little ashamed that you instead of working, watched a movie. However, you soon remind yourself that, you just had school and deserve a break. Also Sleep is for the weak, finally you realize how loud the typing of keys are as you desperately try and finish that slice of life assignment you just remembered while half asleep.

You also realize how even at the lowest setting, your computer does a better job blinding you than search lights or the flashlight on your iPhone. You also hear every little creak your house makes, remembering that creepy and horrifying video you watched earlier.

Right about now you begin deciding if you should finish this in the mourning, but then you decide against that as you hate waking up earlier than normal. You have a sudden flashback to a nasty quick-scope you hit in Advanced Warfare, and then realize how inconsistent the knifes are. You then wonder why they decided to take the amazing stab moves out of Ghosts and put in the stupid little elctro punch thing like in freakin Zombies, Galvac Kunckles I believe. You then remember how awesome the MORS is, and you wonder if they could have just put a simple clip.

You come back to reality, hope the blog post is long enough and go to sleep. finally.

Prodigy by Maire Lu

This week I read the second installment of the Legend series, random tangent, I though the first book had to do with a train but I guess not. SPOLIERS if you haven't read legend, Day and June are now friends and are traveling to Vegas to find Days younger brother Eden. Day and June are not captured but like found by the patriots. Eventually they split and Day heads to the warfront and Junes is soon captured by Thomas, whom we find out Metias loved but never said anything about.

I really liked the book and I think that if you liked Legend you should really read this book, I am not reading Hero or what ever the next book is, because I am reading Monster. This is just because I wanted to read it and not that I didn't like Prodigy

Legend by Marie Lu

The book follow two characters Day and June, Day is a street criminal and June is a high ranking office and wealthy teenager. In this dystopian future California has split up from the rest of the united states now called the colonies. Now all of the best schools train soldiers not students, and June is the best of the best. Although Day is a criminal, June has no connection to him until one night, while trying to steal cures to a virus plaguing the city, Day kills Junes brother Meitias. The story follows June tracking Day and other things.

There wasn't really any mature content in this book, so I would think anyone could read it, I thought it was a pretty okay book. I enjoyed it but it wasn't as thrilling as other books I have read, don't let this differ you from reading the book, I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.

1984 part II

The book continues as Winston and Julia continue their covert affair, they rent a room in the second floor of a shop, this continues until Winston gets a message from O'Brien, a leader in the Party. When the three meet it is proven that O'Brien hates the party, just like Winston and Julia. O'Brien initiates Winston into the brotherhood and gives Winston a copy of the manifesto of the book originally written by the leader of the brotherhood  Emmanuel Goldstein. When reading the book one night in the room Julia and Winston are stormed in on by the thought police and it is revealed that the shop keeper has been a though agent the entire time.

1984 George Orwell

I thought that this book was really good, it was published in the fifties so 1984 was supposed to be in the future. Are view on what futuristic and what his ware is one of the cool things in the story. The plot is basically Winston Smith is beginning to notice the negative parts about Big Brother, they all powerful military/government. And from there he begins to try and over throw the government. There weren't a lot of other main characters in my opinion, but I felt that the book really didn't need to have other really developed characters, as Smith was good enough.  

There was a little mature content and a little language but I feel that anyone is our class could read this book and enjoy it as much as I did.

Apollo XIII by Jeffrey Kruger and James Lovell

This book is about the 13th Apollo mission or third moon mision NASA had ever done. The book takes you through James life at NASA and his other space experience's. about a quarter of the way in a disaster happens and the the three astronauts have to find a way to solve this problem using what they can find in their tiny tin can, 200,000 miles a way from home.

I am loving this book, I am halfway through and the characters are really vivid and because James Lovell wrote it, it felt more real. For example, the cockpit of the rocket was so detailed and how everything felt in space, and also just like talking and the way people acted was just so on point. There is a little language, however there is not "adult" things going on. It is a hard book to read, though, with all of the scientific stuff and sometimes unneeded bits. I thought this is a great nonfiction adventure book.


PS they all die.

Contact by Carl Sagan

This book was really good, I thoroughly enjoyed it. There was a lot of character development (half the book) but the climax was really cool and entertaining. The plot follows the main character Ellie through her life, she becomes a radio astronomer thingy and thats when all of the cool stuff goes down. There was a lot of scientific terms that my brain could not handle, so I warn any who are thinking of reading it. Some parts can kind of get a little boring, but in the end it is really amazing. I would recommend the book to anyone who likes science fiction, although the stuff in the book is very believable especially with todays technology.

Forgive Me Leonard Peacock by Mathew Quick

This book is set in the day before Leonard Peacock decides to kill himself and his old best friend. However he first must deliver three presents, because it is his birthday. The first present goes to his elderly neighbor Walt whom he watches old bogart movies with after and before school. The second is for his crush, Lauren, which is a very religious girl he met handing out tracts at a subway stop. And the last present is for his teacher on the Holocaust who's name is Herr Silverman. As you see him go through his last day, he reveals the motives behind is murder/suicide and all of the other things that have gone askew in his life.

I really loved the book, I read it in two days and not just because it was due in two days. The descriptions were incredible and Quick was able to put the faces of just about every character clearly in my mind. It was a very fast paced book, and it also had a large amount of swearing in it. There was also a great deal of adult related topics in it so that is another thing to look out for in the book. Other than those, I thought this book would be suitable for any kid in our class and would encourage any to read this book.

The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen

This book is about a Netherlands police investigator, Carl Mørck who is just recovering from a partners death and another paralyzation. Due to his not so good office reputation, he gets moved to a new department where he can dig up and solve the cold cases. He finds one about an missing and presumed dead politician, Merete Lynggaard, from five years ago, who might or might not still be alive. He and his new partner Assad piece together the parts to this mystery that has some hidden motives.

I loved this book, it was the first mystery book that I have read. I really liked all of the thinking and they thoughtfulness of the vocabulary. Also it was interesting how you could tell in the way he talks he is still fighting a battle with himself. It was also cool how the story switched off perspectives between Carl and Merete Lynggaard.