Mortal Instruments Book 1

City of Bones

          This book was very good. I was pleasantly surprised. It is about a girl, Clary who finds out she is a shadow hunter. She meets other shadow hunters when her mother is kidnapped and she is confronted by a demon, which she barely escapes from alive. She learns about other shadow hunters and develops a crush on the mysterious Jace and they end up having to defeat Valentine, who has stolen the Mortal Cup, which can create new shadow hunters.

This is a very exciting and thrilling book. There are a few dull parts, but overall I would give it an 8/10. However, if you get really annoyed at differences in books based after movies, do not watch the movie for this book. It follows the same basic idea, but is almost completely different, and it doesn't help that the actors who play Jace, Clary, and Valentine do not look anything like I thought they would.

Life of Pi

          In the Life of Pi by Yann Martel, a boy who grows up in a zoo run by his father with his parents and older brother, Ravi.  The family moves to Canada but their boat sinks and only Pi survives, along with a Tiger named Richard Parker, a Zebra, an Orangatan, and a Hyena. This book explains Pi's struggles and hardships and describes in great detail his adventure through the Pacific Ocean.

           This just might be the most boring book ever written. 319 pages of small-text torture. There are some interesting parts, but if you don't have to, I would not recommend reading this book. It helps if you have watched the movie first, but you can tell they added things in to make the movie more interesting. I would give this book a 2/10.

Fablehaven-Book 3 (Grip of the Shadow Plague)

In the third book of the Fablehaven series, Kendra and Seth face another problem at the preserve when a mysterious plague turns all the creatures evil. Once again, it is up to the siblings to save the day.

This is still a very good 479 page book, but I would give it a 8/10, or four stars, because I liked the other books in this series better-they were more...exciting.

Fablehaven Series-Book 2 (Rise of the Evening Star)

In the second book of the Fablehaven series, Kendra finds herself with a problem-a kobalt in her school. Of course, only she can see it. With the aid of a mysterious man, Kendra and Seth get rid of the kobalt, but the artifact to drive the creature away is actually a demon in disguise, who bit Seth. Errol turns out to be foe, not friend and the siblings find themselves at Fablehaven for the summer, but the Society of the Evening Star is determined to take over the preserve and steal a precious artifact hidden there. As if matters couldn't get any worse, the demon that bit seth (Olloch the Glutton) will continue to grow in size and will not turn back to stone (go dormant) again until he achieves his ultimate goal--to swallow the person who awoke him, a.k.a., Seth.

This is a thrilling book with twists and turn around every corner-you never know what will happen, or what to expect. The second book of the Fablehaven series is 435 pages, so it will keep you busy. I would give it a  9/10, four and a half stars.

Fablehave Series-Book 1

This book was written by Brandon Mull and is about two siblings who visit their grandparents for a few weeks. Kendra, a 13 year old girl is very cautious, and what you would call a "goody two shoes". Seth, a 10 or 11 year old boy is very adventurous and just the opposite of his sister. He disobeys any rule he possibly can. Grandma and Grandpa Sorenson are the caretakers of a preserve for magical creatures that can only be seen if 1) you believe in them, and 2) if you drink the milk from Viola, the cow. Kendra figures out the secret and the two learn about magical creatures. Seth then gets everyone into trouble and it is up to Kendra to save the day. 

I found this book very interesting. It is magical, fictional, and very exciting. This series has five books, all of which are very good books. This is a 351 page book, so you probably won't finish it in one day. I would give this book a 10/10, five stars.

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