Thursday, November 25, 2010

Percy Jackson & The Olympian: The Last Olympian

         Rick Riordan's book The Last Olympain is the fith and last book to the Percy Jackson series is jam packed with lots of action, romance and adventure. It is about a young boy who finds out he is a son of Posiedon. He goes on many adventure with his two best friends Gover (a satyr) and Anabbeth (daughter of Athena). Percy goes to a summer camp where halfblood's (one parent a god, one a human) train to fight monsters.  In the world of Percy Jackson all greek gods are real and anything else in greek mythes aswell actualy happened. Kronos (titan king and worst enemies of the Gods) is being reancarnated with the help of a camper who betrayed the gods Luke (son of hermes). Percy with his fellow campers ,all the greek gods, some magical satyrs and a group of centaurs goes to war against Kronoses huge amry. I would reccoumend anyone to this book to any one whose read/know of the greek myths. I would rate this a 8.5/10 because it is one of my favourite books that i have read so far. Before you read this great book read the first 4 in order or else this one will not make any sense.   

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Deltora Quest: 1-6

Deltora Quest is a 8 book series, so far I have read the books 1-6. It is about a originally about a 16 year old boy named Lief his companion Barda. They are sent on a quest by Liefs father Jared (Jared use to live with the last king of Deltora named Endin, in the castle of Del (capital of Deltora). Endin was the last king to rule Deltora before the shadow lord took control of the country of Deltora. There were 7 sacred gems in a belt (the Belt of Deltora) to protect Del from the shadow lord. When the shadow lord took over he put these gems in the most dangerous parts of Deltora. Jared rebuilt the Belt of Deltora and gave it to Lief.) to recover the gems and find the heir to the throne. The first place they go is the Forest of Silence. On there way they meet a wild girl named Jasmine (her bird Kree and her little rodent Fili) who decide to help Lief and Barda on their quest. When they get to the middle of the the face the guardian of the first stone a golden night. After they defeat this night they get there first stone the Topas. After visting the Forest of Silence the new group heads off toward the Lake of Tears. The group saves a small creature named Manus from the shadow lords servants (Grey Guards) on their way to the Lake of Tears. Manus decides to escort the group to the lake of tears and recover the gem to repay his dept to them for saving his life. The group defeats a giant fish to retrieve the second gem the Ruby. The companions take Manus home before continuing there quest to the third designated place the City of Rats. Once they group gets to island the city of rats is on they are forced to go into the under ground city. The city was filled with rats hence the name. At the core of the city there was a giant snake. Lief, Jasmine and Barda manage to kill the snake and steel his powerful gem the Opal. Lief now has three gems in his belt giving him extra strength when the group enters a tournament to win some money for food. In the tournament they meet the leader of The Resistance (group of people who try to stop the shadow lord and resist to follow his laws) Doom who loses to Jasmine in the final battle. After the tournament the group starts off towards the Shifting Sands. Shortly after Leif and his companion leave they are attacked by 2 Grey Guards and taken prisoners. Doom comes to the rescue to free the group and let them continue there quest. Once the group reaches their designation they find out it is just a huge dessert. At first the group thought it would be impossible to the gem in such a big dessert but Lief soon realises that the belt was pulling him towards it. Once the group finds where the gem is hidden they find out it is under ground in a hole. Barda and Jasmine slowly lower Lief into the hole with a rope. Lief easily finds the Lapis Lazuli. They then take the journey to Dread Mountain. On there way Lief saves a baby Kin (the origanal creatures of dread mountain before the shadow lord took the mountain for himself) from a gang of Grey Guards. For Liefs bravery three adult Kin volunteer to fly Lief and his companions to Dread Mountain. The Companions find out that Doom has been to dread mountain before. As they venture in to the mountain they have escape many different traps set to kill intruders to the mountain. When they get the top of the mountain the find that a Giant Frog like thing (why are all the gems guarded by giant animals) that can spit poison that will kill you instantly, but Leif had brought some poison of his own that turns evil creatures into trees. Right before the creature tries to spit on Lief he throws the poison into the Frogs mouth, turning him into a tree and leaving the Emerald for Lief to put in his Belt. Lief then heads off towards the Maze of the Beast. On his way he meets a Follower of Doom named Dain.Dain takes Lief, Barda, and Jasmine to the hideout of The Resistance, who suspringly put the group (other then Dain) in their dungeon. Dain disobeys Doom (who is like a father to Dain) and frees thecompanions to help them on their Quest. The new group Lief, Barda, Jasmine and Dain are captured by pirates. The pirates throw Lief Jasmine and Brada in to the Maze of the Beast think the beast will kill them. Lief, Jasmine and Barda find the gem in the maze before having to fight the beast which a Giant Slug. With the Amythys in hand the group heads off to free Dain from the pirates.




That is where the six book ends. I am soon going to start the seventh book called The Valley of Lost. I would recommend these books to anyone 11+. They are a short read usually only being about 120 pages. I would rate this series so far a 8/10. It is in the fantasy genre.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

The Lord of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien

The best books ever written in the worlds are written by no other then the crazy man J.R.R. Tolkien himself wrote this three book Sega The Lord of the Rings which are exciting, thrilling, and unsuspecting books about a young hobbit name Frodo Bagins who is on a quest to save middle from the evil Sauron(I do not how to spell it). Frodo is sent on a quest to the lands of Mordor with 8 companions(3 hobbits name Sam, Pippen and Marie, 2 men named Aragorn and Boromir, a elf named Legolas, a dwarf named Gimli and finally the great wizard Gandalf the Grey(white)) chosen chose by the counsel of elders. They are sent to destroy Saurons most powerful weapon that Frodo now has possession of the One ring. The group sent on this mission are the Fellowship of the Ring (book ones title). This book takes u all over middle earth from the peace full land of the hobbits the Shire to the glorious land of men Gondor and the ancient abandoned land of dwarfs the Minds of Moria.  When reading this book you will learn about all different kinds of species from elfs to orcs and dwarfs to men.  You will learn of all the magic rings ever made and who they were given to. You will be able to look at the map of middle earth and follow the path the fellow ship is travelling on.  At the end of the the third book if you want to learn more about middle earth you can read the appendix(history and short stories of earlier ages in middle earth).  If you enjoyed Reading this Sega read other books by J.R.R Tolkien which most of these books are connected to the main books The Lord of The Rings; such as The Hobbit or The Children of Hurin. I would recommend this book to anyone 12+ and who enjoys books with excitement, detail, fantasy, mid evil times, magic, and mythical crature. 

I would rate these books 9.5/10 because they are favourite books I have ever read. My favourite book out the three is the second book: The Two Towers because it is mainly about one of my favourite characters (next to Legolis) Pippen and his side journey to becoming a night of Gondor. It includes a huge battle between the Fellowship and a giant group of orcs who came to kidnap Frodo for Sauron. It also the battle of Helms Keep where Legolis and Gimli have a compatistion to see who can kill the most orcs.

When your done reading the books check out the famous Lord of the Rings movies which one of my favourite movies based on books because they include most of the story line from the books with great detail. There are few changes of the story line for the books.  All of the actors fit the characters descipitons in the book very well. If you loved the books as much ass I did you should check the movies. Actually even if you did not enjoy the books check the out the movies because every one who sees them thinks they are amazing. You should also keep your ears tuned for the new prequel to the Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit which is about the hobbit who adopted Frodo and raised him as his son Bilbo Bagins. Bilbo goes on a quest with a group of dwarfs and Gandalf the Grey to rid the dwarfs mountain of the last dragon of middle earth Smog. The Hobbit should be a very good movie because it is directed by the same director that director The Lord of the Rings. I can not wait till it comes out.