*sniffle* well, Goodbye summer...

Yep, it is true. I have to go back to school. On monday. So sad. Wish me luck, because I will NEED it. (Secretly though, I'm happy. Shhh! dont tell 8D)

The Riddle By: Allison Croggon

The Riddle is the second book of Pellinor in which Maerad travels with her teacher up north. On the way there she argues a LOT with her mentor, and when he is killed, in a rock slide, she is beside herself with grief and guilt. She nearly dies herself, but is rescued by a senile old woman and is nursed back to health. Upon leaving the woman, she meets long lost family members, finds out more about her mystical powers as a partial Elemental spirit, and is kidnapped by one of said spirits. The riddle is and AMAZINGLY AWESOME read and is something I would recommend to almost anyone. Be sure to read The Naming first though.

top 20 Authors (listed in no particular order)

The books listed after these amazingly talented people are the best of their writing, not their entire collection.

1) Shannon Hale (Bayern series ie: Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River secrets, and Forrest Born *haven't had a chance to read Forrest Born yet.*, Princess Academy, Austenland)

2) Janette Rallison (My Fair Godmother, All's Fair in Love, War, and Highschool, Its a Mall World After All)

3)Christopher Paolini (the Inheritance Cycle ie: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr)

4)Orson Scott Card (Enders Game)

5)Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

6)Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyer)

7)Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series)

8)Ji-li Jiang (Red Scarf Girl)

5)Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted, Fairest, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, and Ever)

6)Diana Wynn Jones (Castle Series, The Merlin Conspiracy)

8)Tamora Peirce (Terrier, Bloodhound)

9)Jo Whittemore (Silverskin Legacy)

10)Stuart Hill (Cry of the Icemark)

11)Sherewood Smith (Crown Duel, Posse of Princesses)

12)Nancy Farmer (The House of the Scorpion)

13)Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

14)Marrissa Doyle (Bewitching Season)

15)Eion Colfer (Artemis Fowl Series, Airman, Half Moon Investigations)

16)Brandon Mull (Fablehaven series)

17)Allison Croggon (Chronicles of Pelinor ie: The Naming, The Riddle, The Crow, The Singing)

18)Mark Walden (HIVE Series)

19) Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember, People of the Sparks)

20)David Eddings ( The Belgariad (Volumes 1 and 2), The Mallorean (Volumes 1 and 2), Belgarath the Sorcerer, Polgara the Sorceress)
And that concludes my extensively long post. Happy reading!

FREEEDOM!!

WHAHAHAHAHAHA...ha...ha...ha...ok, outburst over. I sold all my twilight books! So well, LIBERATING! To explain myself, I should let you all know that I am not a Twilight fangirl, and I am also OCD. The story is that I bought the first book, and then, since I can't stand not having the entire series when I've started it, I had to buy the rest, and once I decided I couldn't stand them anymore, I sold them.

Remembering Raquel By: Vivian Vande Velde

Cool name for an author huh? Great alliteration. This is in response to a request from a friend to reveiw a sad book. So here ya go! Remembering Raquel is a story about a girl named Raquel who was killed when she stepped (or fell) off a street corner, and was hit by a car. It is told from the perspective of kids at her school and the witnesses to the accident. It is sad, certainly, but it also raises the question: how would you like to be remembered when you die? It is a very sweet book, and some of the insights from the girls at her school are very true in real life. I am definatly going to suck it up and buy this one!

WOOOHOOO

School is FINALLY out for summer break (a whopping six weeks! They wouldn't want to spoil us now would they?) Now I can focus on freaking out about stuff and getting more stressed than I do during the school year! (sound familiar to anyone?)

The Swan Maiden By: Heather Tomlinson

This book is one that I would reccomend for any female. It is (yet another) fairytale retelling (I read a lot of those. They are too good to pass up!) It is the story of Doucette, the youngest doughter of a french count who has always wished to be a Swan Maiden like her older sisters, but she was supposedly born without a swan skin like they were. When she discovers her skin, she decides that her life has been a lie for far too long, and goes to train in the study of magic with her Aunt. Along the way she falls in love with a shepherd, and is forbidden marriage with him. I will NOT give away the ending, but it is fairly obvious, no? Innocent romance, well written, great plot, familiarity, what's not to like?