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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Wild Cats Volume 1 MG

This is a very interesting and interactive book in the way that you are supposed to feel as though you are on the expedition with Suki and Fitch to count the wild cats in the wilds starting in Canada. So as you trek through Canada looking for their three native wild cats and counting them you also learn a lot more about Canada and the wildlife there but in a high tech very fun way. The images are fun and very high resolution and realistic looking. This is a very fun and interesting book, it would be awesome for reluctant readers or a wonderful book for a crossover from non-fiction to fiction book. The illustrations look sharp and awesome in the copy I had, I can only guess how awesome it is going to look in the final release. I don't want to ruin the book but the friends they make along the way are just the best and as you can see from the cover can be a bit entertaining.

5 STARS

Chasing Secrets MG

This is such a wonderful book on so many different levels. Ms. Choldenko makes the historical part so interesting even a non history lover will love the story, with its secrets to be figured out and the diversity that is taught throughout the book all I can say is, doh je Ms. Choldenko, we need many more books just like this. However, with the non stop, high paced action the reader will not always realize that they are learning all this wonderful and colorful history of our country that is an important part of our past.
Lizzie along with her brother, Billy, and her friends Noah, Gemma, and Gus, race to get Lizzie and Billy's cook Jing out the Chinatowns (San Francisco) plague quarantine. But in doing so they find secrets, lots of secrets, is there even really a plague outbreak, did the monkey die, why would a Chinese servant girl jump out of a third story window to avoid a immunization against the plague? Will Lizzie and her friends find the answers in time? This is action packed, fighting, run through Chinatown in the middle of the night, book. It was so much fun to read, not to mention so interesting at the same time, it was just a plain awesome read!

5 STARS

Monday, June 29, 2015

Lifeless YA

I was a little lost in the beginning as it became very clear that I had missed something, umm like the first book in the series, Wordless. But Lifeless catches you up pretty quick, so I was able to understand and enjoy the book.
Wow! This book has so many different facets to it, and it is great that an author wants to show so much diversity in her books. This book also has non-stop action and heart stopping suspense that will draw teens, and adults, to love this book, and series.
Tavin will capture your support and love with everything he has to go through and endure, and for what? Everyone keeps telling him that life and death can no longer co-exist (be friends) together, so why doesn't he just give in and be the Word of Death (hey guys, see that, he is the Word of Death, hint hint gore inserted throughout this book so you are not left out) everyone including his real and adopted dad expects him to be? Gods know he doesn't have much else in his dark life anymore except Pie.
If any of this sounds intriguing but yet confusing than good, because there is no way I can say much more without giving this book away, and it was to good a book for me to ruin it for you. So please try it yourself, I don't think you will be disappointed, I sure wasn't. I can't wait for the next one to come out, hurry hurry hurry, please Mrs. Strickland.

5 STARS

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Noah Zarc Cataclism MG

Noah and his friends are back at it, trying to save the world, well maybe the universe. Noah has strange dream and when he goes investigate them of course Haon is behind it all. Haon needs Noah's help to time travel, and only Noah can do it, and he needs to do it to save Earth. But what exactly destroyed Earth all those years ago to begin with is Noah's biggest question.
This was another wonderful book by D. Robert Pease. It is exciting and fast paced, it will keep the attention of anyone. with the space travel and space time continuum it all sounds confusing but with Mr. Pease masterful writing everyone can enjoy the book.
As Noah races to find out about his father, Haon, and his true intentions, not to mention save the Zarc name from one of the universes most horrifying events, but will it prove to be to much for a thirteen year old boy?

If you ever get the chance David Radke is the narrator of audio version and he does a amazing job!!! Well worth the money on audible.

5 STARS

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The Six YA

This is one of the most amazing Artificial Intelligence (AI) books for young adults I have read in a long time. It had me hooked all the way through, this book was just new and refreshing (and it is no secret I just love AI, gamer, techy books), but this book is different and special in its own way, not to mention it is build on facts, so slightly scary too.
Adam is a seventeen year old bot, and he is dying, quickly, within the next six months. Adam's dad, Thomas, like most dads will do anything to save his son, but really how far will that extend? Thomas works for Unicorp in the AI division, Unicorp is under contract with the Department of Defense (DoD). Currently Thomas is working on the Pioneer Project, a very secret project for the DoD. Before Adam dies he and five other terminally ill teens are recruited by the DoD for the Pioneer Project were their minds will be transferred, persevered, and put to use in robots (or any other machine or computer) with special neuromorphic control units attached. But will they be up and running in enough time to stop Sigma a AI that Adam's dad created, and has managed to get loose on the internet and has proclaimed world domination? Or will Sigma be able to trap all the pioneers and delete all their files from existence? There is so much more to this book than I could ever put in this synopsis or is I did, why would you read the book? Just know that this book is much bigger on the inside than it looks. It truly is amazing this whole AI world is, but this one just might rock your satellites a bit.

5 STARS

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Secret Coders MG

This book was great as it taught the simplicity of coding and that anyone can do it. Working in IT myself I absolutely love this! So many people say, "I could never do that", but if they see it this way I know they will feel different, just the way Hooper did when Eni explained it to her.
This book follows Hooper, Eni and we can't forget Turtle as they try to expose the secrets of their school by unlocking the clues that are given to them through the codes (the kind used for programming computers). Can they do it or will they have to leave their school forever?
My only dislike is that is seemed the author left you hanging to much at the end of the book. I was disappointed that it left off so early and will make me buy the next book to see what happens. I would have bought the next book even if it were just another adventure because I liked the first one so much. I suppose I feel a little cheated this way, that is the only reason for the lowered star.

4 STARS

Revolution YA

Eve Collins has set in motion a chain of events that could destroy everything she’s ever loved. Surrounded by dangerous creatures, dark worlds, and the struggle to become who she was meant to be, Eve must complete her ascension and accept her destiny.

War has begun. Losing is not an option. With dangers lurking around each corner, and everything against her, will Eve sacrifice her own happiness in order to tip the scale of balance? Which side will rise to power, and which fall to fate?

In this fourth installment in The Revelation Series, Eve must risk it all in order to prevent a centuries old war.

Everything comes with a sacrifice, even love.

I am not sure how author Randi Cooley Wilson does it, but oh my gosh, Revolution, book 4 of the Revelation series is even better than the rest. The action is top notch and non stop all through the book, and the story itself is just rock hard killer! All your favorite (and maybe not so favorite) characters are back and this book picks up right where book 3 left off. Eve is a very strong and confident female character that holds her own against whatever is thrown at her, but she also shows a side that can be stronger still with Asher by her side. But will their bond and love be enough to be darkness? This is a awesome book that will definitely have you reading past your bedtime!

Randi Cooley Wilson is a “New Adult” Paranormal/Fantasy and Contemporary Romance author. Randi was born and raised in Massachusetts where she attended Bridgewater State University and graduated with a degree in Communication Studies. After graduation she moved to California where she lived happily bathed in sunshine and warm weather for fifteen years. Randi makes stuff up, devours romance books, drinks lots of wine and coffee, and has a slight addiction to bracelets.

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