Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Evernight by Claudia Gray

Sixteen year old Bianca moves to a new boarding school called Evernight, which is surrounded by dense forest.  The friends she makes, including Jared, are different from most of the other students at the school, who seem to be too perfect.  This book is full of surprises, I couldn't predict what was going to happen next, so I think it is better than 'Twilight'. I recommend it for anyone aged 13 +.
Koala

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Book Of The Week

This week's book of the week is:
 'The alchemyst: the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel, by Michael Scott.

Perhaps the name Nicholas Flamel is familiar? He was the wizard in 'Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone' who needed the stone to make his elixir of life - the stone that Voldemort was desperate to acquire. Well, in this story Nicholas Flamel, born in 1330, is still alive thanks to his elixir of life and a powerful book that he protects, the Book of Abraham the Mage. Evil Dr John Dee wants the book in order to wipe out humanity. But a prophecy has predicted that Sophie and John Newman can save the world. Very exciting, a great fantasy novel. On display in the library until Friday, come in and reserve it if you think you would like to read it.

Mrs W

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver


The first book in a series of 6, Wolf Brother tells the tale of Torak and Wolf. Unlike most books, this series is set some 6,000 years ago, which makes for a unique setting.
This world is imaginative yet believable, with maps of the corresponding areas.

At the start of Wolf Brother, Torak's father is killed by a demon bear, and Torak sets out to achieve his fathers last wish- to destroy the demon bear. Along the way, Torak meets many useful allies, which each have different significance to the plot line.

What I really enjoyed about this book is the fact that the description is just the right amount- not too much, but enough to easily picture what's happening. Another great quality is that The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (the series' name) books get straight into the action, but yet isn't too complicated, unlike Harry Potter. My final verdict is that not just this book, but the entire series is well worth picking up.

- C.G