Book Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Book Summary: Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous, sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes her sound like an insufferable goody-goody, but the truth is she's a completely hip character, who if provoked is not above skewering her antagonist with a piece of her exceptionally sharp -- but always polite -- 18th century wit. The point is, you spend the whole book absolutely fixated on the critical question: will Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy hook up?
Liana's summary: Elizabeth Bennet is the most graceful Bennet daughter. Although she is awfully prejudiced. When charming Fitzwilliam Darcy comes along, Elizabeth starts out hating him- but will that start change?

Rate(1-10): 7

What makes this book quite different from other books is that there isn't really a problem and a climax, but I'd say it's pretty good. I wonder if there's a movie. If I watch the movie, I would get the story a bit more, since there was a lot of advanced vocabulary in this book that I've just barely learned.  The language used in this book was so old that I had some immature moments. Well, you'll see. Quote reactions!

"Let me mend it for you. I mend pens remarkably well."
This was the first line in the whole book that made me do a double take.

"....when hearing her brother mentioning a ball.."

She's so nosy. :c

"I should like balls infinitely better."
Balls. Immature moment, sorry. x)

"Mr. Darcy is not to be laughed at!"
YES. DEFEND YOUR MAN.

"...fame had fallen short of the truth.."

Scoff. How rude.

"..but he continued to apologize for about a quarter of an hour."
Ugh. Disgusting man.

"I have spent four days in the same house with him.."

Uhm. Ahem.

"Everybody is disgusted with his pride."

Ah. So I see. But you should not be so prejudiced! (;

"...she accepted him.."

This is not reasonable!

"..when I solicit for the honour of a private audience with her in the course of this morning?"
No! I don't like this guy. :O

"I am therefore by no means discouraged...."
WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU.

"I shall hope to receive a more favourable answer than you have now given me;...."
She said no already, what's your problem? :T

"Yes, or I will never see her again."
The brutality of arranged marriage!

"Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man;.."
Ouuu, keep going, girl!

"Because he is trying to get a girl with only ten thousand pounds, you want to find out that he is mercenary."
What? 10 thousand pounds? Oh yeah. Money. Not their body weight!

"....toilette...."

Immature moment. Again. Sorry. *snicker.*

"I am not afraid of you."
I'm afraid of you.

"..I admire and love you."
This. Is so... romantic.. NOT. It's just out of nowhere!

"...meanest degree of flirtation.."
Have you no honor for yourselves?

"You are not well enough;- you cannot go yourself."
Aww, what a gentleman. (:

"..by my marriage of Mr. Darcy."
What?! YAY!

"...dearest, loveliest Elizabeth!"
Are all men in the 18th century like this?

"He still loves me, and we are engaged."
Congrats. ;D

"My real purpose was to see you."
SO ROMANTIC. TRAVEL SO FAR AND WIDE. To see her.

"..balls and young men..."
Immature moment, again. When 'balls' and 'young men' are in the same sentence. Oh gosh!

-End of quote reactions-

I was actually surprised that this book was a romance, since it was a classic, and all. I guess that's what let the book have a 7 instead of a 3. And if there was no romance in here at all, I wouldn't have any quote reactions! In truth, I fell asleep on this book. Here's a little piece of advice: When you're tired, don't read on the bed.

This book teaches you not to have too much pride, and not to be too prejudiced. It's worth reading.

Book Review: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan.

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan.
Kane Chronicles #2.
Book Summary: Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians. And now their most threatening enemy yet - the chaos snake Apophis - is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world will come to an end. In other words, it's a typical week for the Kane family. To have any chance of battling the Forces of Chaos, the Kanes must revive the sun god Ra. But that would be a feat more powerful than any magician has ever accomplished. First they have to search the world for the three sections of the Book of Ra, then they have to learn how to chant its spells. Oh, and did we mention that no one knows where Ra is exactly? Narrated in two different wisecracking voices, featuring a large cast of new and unforgettable characters, and with adventures spanning the globe, this second installment in the Kane Chronicles is nothing short of a thrill ride.

Liana's summary: Apophis is rising. Carter and Sadie Kane need to awaken Ra, the sun god, to make things right again. When they go on their dangerous quest, they must face sacrifice. Rick Riordan writes a book in which the reader can learn  about Egyptian mythology and enjoy a good story at the same time.

Rate(1-10): 8.9

I could not. Put this down. It's so entertaining! And Sadie is just hilarious. In the first book, The Red Pyramid, I liked Carter so much better because Sadie seemed like such a brat. In this book, though, (Don't know why I was so eager to get it, but I got it anyway.) I liked Sadie much better. On the Anubis and Walt debate thing, for once, I can't decide which guy. For me, I like Anubis, but he's scary. D; Kinda. Since he's the god of funerals and all. But for Sadie, BOTH. Weasels are sick, I like Zebras. You'll see.

Since it's so late, I don't think that this review is going to be pretty long. Um. Even if I got to know Sadie a lot more, I still like Carter. So. Here's some quote-reactions! May contain minor spoilers. MINOR.

"Personally, I wanted to punch Desjardins in the face and set his beard on fire, but..."
OMG. This is too hilarious. See why I like Sadie a bit better now?

"I'm not plunging to my death with LOSER painted on my head!"
Which is why I love Carter.

"I threw my arms around Carter and let out a sob."
AWW. She does these things when she's worried or really relieved.

"I hate you."
I HATE HIM TOO.

"Welcome, children," he called across the water. " Come. Join me for the end of the world."
o_________o

That's all I bookmarked, actually. I'm slacking off on the bookmarking, but hey, it makes my review long, which is cool. (: There was this part where --- came out of nowhere and Sadie went like, "YOU." In a really loathing voice and --- goes all delighted, like, "ME!" Which I thought was too funny to bear. I should use that in my writing.

Rick Riordan is one of the people who inspire me to write. His writing is really creative, and every time he starts a book, and you read the first line of the first chapter, you want to read more. Immediately. Which is why I couldn't put this book down. In his creations, Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and the Lost Hero(Which I haven't read. YET.) he always starts off with a chapter title that makes you wonder. Like, ie, "I vaporize my math teacher." And you would be like, "What does that even mean?" And then you read the entire chapter, and you completely get it. And then the next chapter has something equally creative, and you keep reading until you finish. I respect that talent.

So then, I'm not going to read Serpent's Shadow just yet. Going to read Pride and Prejudice. Saving it for the weekend! And I don't want it to end. D;

As I have said earlier, this book review is short. So have a nice day! Bye~

Book Review: The Call of the Wild by Jack London.

The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
Book Summary: Buck is a dog born to luxury, but his life changes dramatically when he is sold to be a sled dog in the Yukon Terrority. First published in 1903, this masterpiece of adventure and survival continues to enthrall readers almost a century later.

Liana's summary: Buck's life is perfect. With enough food to eat, a good master, and the warmth of the fireplace, what else could he ask for? But, what he doesn't know is that he is about to be sold, not once, but many times. He's going to run a thousand miles because the men he is sold to desire gold in the west. When he is sold again, though, he's finally content with his master. He's smart enough to notice that he cannot keep a master for a long time. So he guards this master, follows him around, and kills the people who dare hurt him. When things drastically change, Buck has no other option but to run. Run, and follow the call of the wild.

Rate(1-10): 7.5

On Goodreads, I rated it 3/5. So basically it's a 7.5? I suppose. I would've given it a 3.5 if there was that option on Goodreads. Anyway, this book was a recommendation from my dad himself, and he was like, in his Asian accent, " It very sad." And I was all determined to read it. If it had been longer, I think it would've risen to an 8. Or even 8.5. It was too short to be that good, but it was still good. It is after all, my first Jack London book. It is about a century old already, so, thank goodness, it was free in the Kindle store. YAY! I already do have the copy, but it was just that my mom turned off the lights, so I went on the Kindle instead. And I fell asleep on accident. This whole book took me about 2.5 hours, I think. But I dragged it on for three days, since I've been super busy.

The cover above wasn't the cover I read the story from, but I couldn't find that one other cover on Goodreads. I figured it would become a movie, since a lot of old books do. Maybe I'll watch it, one day, if I feel like I want to.

I thought that there was a lot of new vocab words in here, and the dialogue was kind of hard to understand. Fortunately, during my time as a teacher-helper-volunteer, I graded a lot of chicken scratch and often faced misspellings. So thankfully I knew how to read the dialogue in here. Jack London really did know how to write.

Okay, time to talk about the main character. It was third person point of view. And the main character was a dog. Buck's a legend. I'm serious. He's one mighty fantastic dog. It shows the point of view of a dog's life, and it was different than I thought. I don't think they should whip them. Isn't that just going to make them weaker, and the main point is to get them going? Buck is what I would call the most loyal dog I've ever read about.

It was sad, though. Because of the somewhat difficult vocabulary, I didn't know ---- died until I read the sentence. Maybe it was my insistence that he couldn't be dead, or that I was really sleepy. LOL.

There shall be no quote-reactions today. (: I didn't sticky tab them, even though there were parts worth typing here, but they would be spoilers. 

For a short book, I have a lot to say.

For his first master: I think that he was kind of stupid to sell Buck when he was so happy already. And he didn't need the money-they were rich.

For his second- STUPID. Didn't know how to treat animals.

Third, Fourth, and Fifth.- Still stupid.

6th and last.- My favorite master. Buck loves him the most!

And there was this part I thought was plain hilarious. Buck just did something remarkable. And then there's this guy who goes up to Buck's 6th master and goes like, "I'll buy him! For 1000! 1200!" And then Buck's master goes like, "No sir, go to hell, sir." There's a lot of use with 'hell' in this book, which totally reminds me of Ron Weasley's overuse of the term, "Bloody Hell." Okay, anyway, that just made me crack up.

I think this is a good enough book for a bedtime story. Book report? Well, it kind of depends on your quality as a writer.

Bye, guys!

Book Review: The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman.

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman.
Book Summary: Elizabeth has just started working as a page at the New York Circulating Material Repository - a lending library of objects, contemporary and historical, common and obscure. And secret, too - for in the repository's basement lies the Grimm Collection, a room of magical items straight from the Grimm Brother's fairy tales. But the magic mirrors and seven-league boots and other items are starting to disappear. And before she knows it, she and her fellow pages - handsome Marc, perfect Anjali, and brooding Aaron - are suddenly caught up in an exciting, and dangerous, magical adventure .
Liana's Summary:  Obviously, giving the shoes to the homeless woman was a good decision. When Elizabeth gets a job at the library, she gets acquainted with Marc, Anjali, and Aaron. Things are pretty strange there: Does magic really exist?

Rate(1-10): 8

This book was actually better than I thought it would be. It took awfully long though, since I've been awfully busy with awful awful homework. You get the point. I think it took 3 days? Yeah. :c I would've took 2. I was determined to finish it.

There's a lot of things to talk about. Okay. So first off, I want to talk about Marc. Marc Meritt, the basketball star, is really really tall. And Aaron hates his guts, because Anjali likes him instead. I think him and Anjali are a cute couple. Just saying. Aaron looks like Michael Jackson. ._. :c Scary. And I definitely like Marc better than Aaron. Not that Marc and Elizabeth would make a good couple. Ew. No. Just no. He's too tall. Aaron is really just ugh.

And there's Anjali: I think she's my favorite character in this whole book. Basically because she's got the smarts. And so talented. And nice. I don't know, maybe if she wasn't in the story, Aaron would'nt hate Marc. But, yet again, if she wasn't, everyone would be lost. What would they do without her sister?

And Aaron. I talked about Aaron in the last two paragraphs already. He's scary and he looks like Michael Jackson. He's so awkward! In the beginning, he's only nice when he's talking about rugs. And then he gets all mad when anyone mentions Marc, and whenever Anjali's there or when they're talking about her, he just gets all dreamy and I'm all like. What.

So then, yeah. I thought that Dr. Rust was really scary at first. Or was that Doc? I don't know. I think they were both scary. The bad guy in this story wasn't that unpredictable, because I wasn't that surprised.

Omg, at the cover. "Borrow the magic...if you dare!" Seriously? ._. That made me create a really bad impression on this book. But I guess it's pretty good.

And the end of the book is so " I can show you the world! Shining, shimmering, splendid!" You'll see if you read it. It's so awkward. Like she's seeing the world with Michael Jackson. I can't help but think about M.J. whenever Aaron's in the scene. And he's such a big fat jerk in the middle of the story.

And Jaya, what would I do without Jaya? She's the one that made me laugh at all in this whole book. Like, out loud. Not like "Wow, funny." Or, *smirk.* Like, really, HAHAHAH. Or maybe silent wheezing. That's more like it. My point is -She's hilarious.

Okay! So here are some of my quote-reactions: (Like 3.)

"Aaron was much nicer when he was talking about rugs than when he was scolding me about not breaking things, I thought."
MEAN.

"He had a beautiful, firm, handshake."

Oh, psh. That's Anjali's boyfriend right there. Don't even get too obsessed with him.

"He got a dreamy half-smile on his face. 'Anjali.'"

So is this why Aaron hates Marc so much? Anjali? (;

That is all. I think I would've done more, but it's just that I didn't have my sticky tabs with me on the car, and I was too lazy. But my point is, the ending is so I CAN SHOW YOU THE WORLDDDD. A WHOLE NEW WORLD!

It's so Aladdin.

So then, I'm going to move on to another book now. Jack London's Call of the Wild! It's a recommendation from my Dad, although really small and thin. I think, if I tried, I would be done really soon? I don't know. It all depends on time!

Bye~

<3, Liana.