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Octavian Nothing Book Review There were several components of The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing that captured the readers' attention. Anderson's style definitely pertains to a specific targeted audience whom would most likely appreciate his quirky style. There were some satisfactory factors that went into the completion of this novel such as the plot and characterization. However, the style, particularly the use of vocabulary, and choice of language was poorly executed, which assisted in earning this novel a less than satisfactory rating. Anderson created quite an elaborate plot and, ...

World War Three took the world by storm destroying everything in its path. What started it was with President Wallis (of the United States) who owed China a lot of money that the United States could not pay back. From then, China invaded the United States turning it into The American State of China. Where the American State of China tries to group to fight back against China, Russia decides to invade them, trying to expand its territory. Knowing that Russia wanted more than just the new United States, the entire North America team up to fight Russia, with the leader of the attack Gregory Ille ...

Peter Pan in Scarlet is the only official sequel to Peter Pan, originally written by J. M. Barrie. It is a delightfully charming tale of Lost Boys, now Old Boys, who are plagued by dreams of Neverland, and decide that a return is in order. There, they find it is fall in Neverland, something that has never happened before. Though at first Peter Pan, now the One and Only Child of the Never wood, does not remember Slightly, the twins, John, Curly, Tootles, or Wendy, their days are soon filled with adventures and fun, until the twins set fire to the wood and they must escape to the sea. They meet ...

The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell is a fascinating fast pace book and is very enjoyable. It begins when the young hedge witch, Makanna witnesses the murder of her mother for using outlawed magic. Her mother is murdered by the people of her village who her mother has been healing for many years. Makenna flees the village in anger and decides her self not human anymore because she thinks that humans are too selfish and she refuses to be called one. In the woods were Makenna finds herself she meets many goblins that are too against humans for taking their land and rights. Goblins are slimy creatures ...

In a world where Egyptians Gods are not only real, but they take over human bodies as “host”, and walk along with humans in today’s society. Sibling pair, Carter and Sadie, found this out last Christmas when Horus and Isis choice them to be their hosts. After defeating Set (who possessed their uncle Amos), Carter and Side, where ready to lay low for a while. Except they know too much. See when defeating Set they realize it was not Set’s plan at all, but Apophis. If you ever read an Egyptian myth, Apophis one goal was to swallow the sun and plunge the world into chaos. So bad news, right? With ...

There are some profound life-altering books one doesn’t encounter just every other day, where at the end you cannot even begin to describe what unbelievable 170 pages you read in the previous three hours at a stretch. There you’ll find me is one such book that will entrench itself in your beautiful memory. A story about finding love, god, and salvation from an overload of guilt, fear, bewilderment, defiance, and emptiness. 18 year old Finley Sinclair is the daughter of Hotel magnate Marcus Sinclair, former party girl was knee deep in the world of over-indulging. A stint at a treatment facility ...

The Gatekeepers takes readers inside theadmissions office of Wesleyan University and sheds light on the process thatdetermines who will and will not be accepted into America's most prestigiouscolleges and universities. New York Times reporter Jacques Steinbergfollows admissions officer Ralph Figueroa's tour of the country to promoteWesleyan and help select the next freshman class. Steinberg also shadows severalstudents Figueroa talks with and lets us know where they end up going. TheGatekeepers originally appeared in the Times as a series of front-page articles afew years ago. Recently, man ...

If I had to give one example of the word “emotional”, I would choose “The Shack” by William P. Young. This book definitely made me cry quite a few times. The Shack is by far, one of the best books I have ever read. It’s also one of the hardest books I’ve ever read because of how something so terrible and tragic can happen to someone and then they can forgive. This book was definitely hard for me to wrap my mind around. It’s a story of how a man named Mackenzie Allen Phillips suffers the tragic loss of his youngest daughter on a camping trip with his three children. The daughter gets kidnapped ...

Is guilt a way to redeem yourself? In the story “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, a man kills his boss. He hides the body underneath the floor, and when the police come he becomes guilty and reveals he is the one that killed the old man. From this we can infer that theme is that guilt is a heavy burden. At the beginning of the short story the narrator feels some kind of remorse for killing the old man. One part where it shows this is when the man spends a total of 7 days to kill the old man. This tells the reader that he is feeling remorseful; this is because he is thinking of killing the ...

Full of action, suspense, and romance, Tahereh Mafi’s, Shatter Me follows Juliette, a teenager who has been locked up, alone, for the past 264 days for “her own safety.” When Adam Kent arrives in her cell, Juliette pushes him away. She doesn’t want to hurt him, because anyone she touches suffers pain and might die. Now, enter Warner, the cruel son of the leader of this dystopian government. He drives Juliette past the point of breaking and attempts to make her a weapon of torture. Fate, however, has other plans. After Juliette discovers she can touch Adam without hurting him, the couple find ...