Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine

   Well, I have moved onto the 6th Morganville Vampire book of the Morganville Vampire series. There are lots of characters that I want to talk about. There is Mr. Bishop, Oliver, Amelie, Sam and Jason.
   I'll first start with Mr. Bishop. Mr. Bishop is an extremly evil vampire who happens to be Amelie's father. Rumours were spread that he died long time ago but unfortunatly, those rumours wern't true. I absolutly hate Mr. Bishop and frankly I would not like to hang around him. He is crazy, wild, merciless and tactical like a wild lion. I can really tell how horrible he is when Amelie says to him "I knew you'd kill one of us personally;  you enjoy it far too much. You couldn't resist." Also it says "Bishop smiled, and in that smile, Claire saw everything. He didn't want to just destroy Morganville; he wanted to destroy life, and hope, and reasons for living at all. He could win only if he was the last vampire standing no matter how many people that meant he had to kill along the way."     
   Now, I'll move onto Amelie. Amelie, like I said before, is Mr. Bishop's daughter. She is a very demanding but humane vampire. She can talk quietly, politely but she has a presence about her which makes you not want to defy her because you can tell that the consequences will be bad. Claire often describes Amelie as a queen such as when she says "the front row held Amelie sitting alone, dressed in a white suit so cold and perfect that it made her look like an ice sculpture, head to toe". I quite like Amelie. Before she showed no emotion but slowly she has come out of her shell.For instance she started crying when she saw Sam (they were madly in love with eachother) in pain.
   Next, Oliver. Oliver was first thought of as the cool guy at the local coffee shop, but it turned out that he was one of the highest, meanest vampires around town. In a bit before the part of the book that I'm at now, he was supposedly on the bad team when it said "she had a silver leash around her neck, and Oliver was holding it.
Oliver
Claire felt hot, then cold, then very still inside. She'd come to believe that he wasn't as bad as she thought; she'd actually started to think that he was trustworthy". However, it turned out that he was faking being on the bad side. He said "I'm not on Bishop's side. He certainly has thought so since I sold myself to him the night he came to Morganville. But no. I am not his beast." I think that Oliver acts tough and emotionless but I actually think that he will not betray his side. I predict that he'll come out alright.
   The third person that I'll be talking about is Sam. Sam is Micheal's grandfather. Sam is an incredibly good person. I think that he and Micheal are the only two vampires that are completely good. He was so amazing and kind but sadly, he sacrificed himslef for the sake of the town. He is now dead. I will definantly miss reading about him and I felt terrible when he died. The last person that I'll be telling you about is Jason.
   Jason Rosser. How do I describe such a backstabbing, idiotic, heartless rat, oh yeah like that! Jason is Eve's brother. He is crazy. Jason never baths, is pscho and loves the idea of killing. He stinks so much in one scene the following happened " Oliver met him halfway, grabbed Jason by the throat, and slammed him down onto the carpet. "You see?...You really should have thought about the carpet; you'll never get the smell of him out of it." Yukkkkkk (he was talking to Amelie)...
   Well, the book is GREAT!!! I can't wait until the end but I also can't believe that the series will be over soon :(

New Book

I have moved onto the 6th book of the Morganville Vampire Series, Corpe Corpus :)

My Sister Jodi by Jacqueline Wilson

   Ok well, last time I did my blog post on the same book, but there are lots of new, important characters introduced in the story. There is Mrs. French, Mr and Mrs. Wilberforce, Harley, Jed and Harriet. Mrs. French is the secretary of Jodie and Pearl's new boarding school, (where her mum works as the chef and her dad as the handyman) Melchester College. I don't seem to like Mrs. French. She gave Jodie a glass of wine (Jodie is only 14 years old) and she constantly bosses Pearl and Jodie's mum, Sharon, around. Some proof is when it says in the book "Mum still got irritated when she told her what to do". Moving on to Mr. and Mrs. Wilberforce. Mrs. Wilberforce is a oldish lady who uses a wheelchair. Her and her husband own Melchester College and they run it too. She is super nice and she always invites Pearl to come to her house and choose any books that she wants (both are MAJOR book fanatics). She has lent her books like The Secret Garden and more. Mr. Wilberforce is also very nice but he chooses favorites. Whenever Pearl and Jodie are in the room he only talks to Jodie.
   Jed, is the young gardener at the school. When Jodie first came to Melchester College, she started liking him a little but then he ran over a baby badger and he wanted to poison the badger cub's family! I really don't like him because of that. He even says in the scene where he ran over the cub with his tractor "it's vermin. They all are. They're eating away at the Melchester land, making it unstable. Of course I aimed at it." Now isn't that just horrible? Unlike Jed, Harley is nice.
   Harley, is a friend of Jodie and Pearl. He is in the grade above Pearl, in Jodie's class. He seems to like Jodie a bit, but he is really friends with Pearl. They sneak out at night and go badger watching for hours. One quote from a badger watching scene was "I took hold of Harley's hand. His long spidery fingers gripped mine. We sat still watching the family as the sun slowly sank in the sky." They are really good friends who are very loyal to eachother. I can tell because he says things like "I'll go behind you. Then if you trip, I can catch you". This is from a scene where Pearl, Jodie and Harley sneak into the old, almost completely broken atticks of Melchester College. He only said this to Pearl, not Jodie. Harriet is one of Pearl's closest friends in her class. They really like eachother and I think that she's nice too. People can tell that they are friends because at the beginning of the school year Harriet said "can she sit next to me, Mrs. Lewin?" when the teacher was assigning seats. Also Harriet said "you can call me Harry because we're friends now".
   I think that out of all the new characters, I like Harley the best. I think that he is the nicest and cleverest out of all of the characters (other than Pearl and Jodie). This book is so good. I can't wait until the end!

My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson

   Ok, the book that I am now reading is called My Sister Jodie. It is by Jacqueline Wilson. There are two main charcters, Jodie and Pearl, and lots of other characters like their parents. I like Pearl because she has a creative imagination and is super nice. However, even though her and Jodie are sisters, I'm not sure if I'm too keen on Jodie.
   Apparently, Jodie used to be a really well behaved student, but then got in with the bad crowd of her school. Her father once said "she's no worse than her mates at school" when her mum was angry with her, but then her mum answered "Quite.....half of them are in trouble with the police". Also, it says in the book "I knew she and her friends had been caught smoking once or twice, and sometimes they sneaked out of school at lunch time to go and get chips and didn't always bother to go back again". Is it just me or is that the sort of person who later turns into someone who goes to jail, if they stay on that track? Also, Jodie lied to her parents and said that she was going to a youth club with her friends (these friends are the naughty ones) but she actually went to an under 18 club. She promised her parents that she would be back from the "youth club" by half ten (p.m) but didn't arrive until midnight. When she eventually arrived, she came back drunk!!! Her mother even yelled "drunk" at her and slapped her in the face!
   You can probably see why I'm not really liking Jodie that much. I really hate that she smokes and skips school, but she also doesn't want to do it. She only does it to look cool. It even says in the book "Jodie didn't even like smoking, she told me privately; it made her feel sick and dizzy, and she also said that the school chips were much better than the pale greasy ones in polystyrene pouches from the chippy, but she was trying to keep in with Marie and Siobhan and Shanice." Those three are really bad and super tough girls.
   I don't know why but I have a feeling that by the end of the book, Jodie will see the light and become a way better non-drunk teenager. I think that her younger sister Pearl will have something to do with why she changed. I am definantly going to continue reading the book because it seems good :).

Books

Hi, I have now started to read My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson and Lord of Misrule by Rachel Caine.

My Book's Perspectve

   I am reading Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson. This book is about a girl named Flora who loves spending time with her dad, but then her mum and stepdad, Steve decide to move to Austrailia for six months (because of Steve's job). This book is told in first person. An example of how I know is when it said "I had two birthdays in one week". Another is "My first birthday was on Friday". Also it says "My little half brother", "I blew out all my candles" and "I had my birthday breakfast in bed". I can tell that the story is in first person because it uses "I" and "my" a lot.
   Flora's (the main character) perspective was revealed directly when she said "I blew out all my candles". It was revealed directly because she said "I". Also, Flora says "I just wanted to please her". It was told directly because, again, she said "I". Another example of how her perspective was directly revealed was when she said "I showed off my rose-quartz bracelet to Mum when I got home from school". This also revealed her perspective directly because she says "I" and "my".
   Also, Flora's perspective can be indirectly revealed. For example she says "Mum, Tiger's eating him!". Now, even though this sentance doesn't use I, me, myself, etc. we can still tell that this is from Flora's perspective because she says "Mum" and when you say mum, you're usually talking to your own mother. Also, another example of how her perspective was indirectly revealed was when she said "you're my best friend in the whole, entire world!" Now, even though it doesn't say we, us, me, etc., this scene is happening with Flora's best friend Rhiannon, so you can tell that Flora is involved.
   An example of how the narration shapes the reader's perspective on a person in the story is when Flora says to her stepdad, Steve "You wait. He's going to be heaps more successful than you are, Steve. I said as I grabbed my bag and shot out of the car" (she's talking about her real dad to Steve). From this quote, I feel that Steve is a person who is rude and acts very big headed, even though he may not be. I feel this because when she says how someone else is gong to be more successful than him, she says it in a way that makes the reader feel like he thinks that he's far better than everyone else. An example of how the narration shapes the reader's perspective on an event in the story is when Flora and her actual dad, Charlie, see eachother. They hug, kiss and they talk about how much they have missed each other. You can honestly tell that they love each other so much from the way the event is told.
   In the story, ther's a sentence that uses ponder :).

My New Book

The New books that I am reading is Candyfloss and The Morganville Vampires Book 4, Feast Of Fools.

Little Darlings by Jacqueline Wilson

   Little Darlings by Jacqueline Wilson is a great book! There are five main characters in the book. There is Danny, Destiny, Sunset, Suzy and Kate. Suzy and Danny are the parents of Sunset and Kate and Danny are the parents of Destiny. I don't like Danny because he always wakes up late and never talks to his children. He even said "shut up you jelous cow" to his wife. I like Destiny because she is really nice, when she first saw Sunset she didn't act meanly towards her, she was very kind. I also like Sunset because when she saw Destiny, she didn't say mean things to her and she wasn't snobby. She even offered to give Destiny her leather jacket. I like Kate too. When Suzy saw her for the first time, she started yelling "get off my property you... groupie!" to Kate. Kate was very nice and said things like "It's all right, Suzy. It's a big shock having it sprung on you like this." Lastly, I absolutely hate Suzy! She is so mean! In the book she said to her DAUGHTER, " your dad doesn't love you very much, you're a total embarassment to him!" Not only that but she favours her other children over Sunset.
   By far my favorite characters are Destiny and Sunset. Destiny portrays a tough, fierce but kind and caring person. She is tough and fierce when someone insults her or her family. For instance when Suzy raised her hand and was yelling at her mum, Destiny said "don't you dare hit my mum!" also she said "I'm tough as old boots, me". Sunset is sort of a more uptight person but she's still kind. In the book she says "Dad, you're getting them too excited, they won't settle at bedtime". She said this when her dad was running around with her baby brother and her six year old sister.
   I am really close to the end of the book, I only have a few more pages and I will definantly continue reading it. Jacqueline Wilson is a great author. The plot is interesting and I like most of the characters maybe Suzy and Danny will become nicer by the end of the book.

New Book

I am waiting for the 4th book of the Morganville Vampire Series to come to Cyprus so I picked up Little Darlings by Jacqueline Wilson.

Triffic Chocolate

        Now, I am reading Triffic Chocolate by Alan MacDonald. I love how this book tells you the history of chocolate in a fun way. The book tells you it in a fun way by including funny strips of cartoons and it makes some of the true facts funny. It also includes some outrageous but very real things that sound very stupid. For instance people used to put chilli peppers in their "chocolate drinks" (it wasn't called hot chocolate back then).
        I have no problems with the way the author writes. There is no main character so I can't really say that I do or do not like that person. This is more of a historic non fiction book and I love it. I will definantly stay tuned to find out the full history of the book. It's awesome!

Trific Chocolate

Now I am reading Triffic Chocolate by Alan MacDonald

What I'm Now Reading

I have finished The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine and now I am reading Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine. This is the third book in her Morganville Vampires series.

The Dead Girls' Dance By Rachel Caine

I absolutely love this book!! The plot is interesting and makes you sit on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen next. Claire, the main character is a really smart girl who cares a lot about people. I quite like her.

I think that Rachel Caine was trying to portray a hard worker who likes to have fun when she created Claire. If that was the case, she did it very well.
   In the story right now, Shane is being held captive in a cage and is about to die. Claire, Micheal and Eve have tried everything to save him but nothing really helped them save Shane. Then they got the idea of getting Sam to help them. Sam is one of the only nice vampires in Morganville. They just found Sam and he saved Claires life at The Dead Girls' Dance (a big party). The way he is on the ball, how he manages to keep everything under control when things aren't going too well and the fact that he has a good heart makes me predict that he will help Shane stay alive. Before Sam came into the picture I was questioning whether Shane would get to live. As I said before, I predict he will.
   I like everything about this book and that definantly means that I will continue reading it. I like the characters, the plot, the thrill, the way the author describes things and most importantly, the book! It will be interesting to see whether my prediction is correct or not. If Shane dies I will be sad because he was a good character.

Books I'm Reading

 I have finished The Year Of The Dog by Grace Lin :).

       

    

Now I am Reading The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine.