Wow, it got busy in here.

Sweeet, about the only content in Leviathan is violence and some mild faux-swearing.

Currently finishing up The Islands of the Blessed by Nancy Farmer. Kinda sad this is the last book in the series.

if any of ya'll have not read the book "Simon Bloom: Gravity Keeper" by Michael Reisman, then you should! it's awesome! it's definitly fiction, as none of the events could really happen, but the plot is addicting!

Finished Islands of the Blessed. The ending frustrated me, because it feels like there should be another book, yet the front cover says it's the conclusion to the series.

I had a lot of time to kill today on campus, so I sat down and read Ice by Sarah Beth Durst in less than four hours. I was completely hooked by it. I Tweeted that it's like Twilight, if Stephanie Meyer had talent. It really is a similar storyline, except with a talking bear instead of a vampire, but the characters have so much more depth than Whiny Bella and Creeper Edward. The romance actually progresses at realistic pace and isn't the "Omigosh!!11! You're hawt!!" nonsense we get so often. And Cassie is such an awesome protagonist.

I forgot i posted here anyway here is my summary of a story. Everyone in my english class had to read this book, for this assiment thing.(finally we got to read a good book) the ones the whole class have to read are usually boring. such as a group of 10 year old forming a cricket team. anyway here is what destroying avalons about:

Bookwyrm: glad you liked the book! I read it a few weeks ago. It was so captivating and deep, I liked it alot. The relationships were all really realistic and not dressed up. My only concern really was some of the language Cassie uses, and the spirituality of the whole thing. But it is a fantasy story of sorts so I just read the book anyway, even though I obviously don't believe in musaquri, or whatever Bear is . But yeah, I liked it

*is suddenly wanting to read more Shannon Hale books, due to the previous conversations on her*
I've only read Princess Acadamy, and got pretty excited when I saw her books discussed here, because I randomly saw the cover in a book store, thought it looked pretty, and then enjoyed the book. Anywho, I put The Goose Girl on hold, so we'll see how I like it.

Annnd, much to my delight, I found some more books by Louisa May Alcott asides the ones I've read! (Thank-you, World Book of Knowledge.) So, currently, I'm reading The Brownie and the Princess & Other Stories and I'm really, really liking it. I also have Glimpses of Louisa with me, and some others on hold at the library. Her short stories are the best, next to her novels.
Other books I have are Huckleberry Finn and Oliver Twist...and because of the distraction of the Louisa May Alcott books, Mansfield Park stays to a hold still where I left off on the second chapter.

^^ I have read Huckleberry Finn twice and I liked most of it, but the end when

^^In response to your spoiler, Liberty, I think that's the point.

I had to read Huckleberry Finn for school and write a book review on it. I couldn't get past the dialect reading it to myself, so I read it out loud to Starsy. We both really, really enjoyed it and still talk about our favorite parts. I even found I gathered Huck and Jim's accents by reading aloud, which I thought was rather amusing.

The whole part with Tom and Huck and Jim is hilarious, I think, because

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after all this time of sticking up for Jim and himself and getting some real courage for a change, Huck just rolls over for Tom again and ends up playing "prisoner escape" with Tom when the whole time Jim had already been freed! I would have seriously pummeled Tom for not telling me in the first place. As it was I felt really sorry for Huck and Jim, though the whole escapade had me and my sister in stitches. Huck really needs to stop going along with Tom's hairbrained ideas.

P.S."Brooklyn!"

^^I found that book annoying. The plot line was all right, but Mark Twain is not my favorite, and Huck and Tom were really annoying. Worst was the dialect, I could barely understand what they were saying!

Right now I'm reading the fourth PJO book. I finished The Titan's Curse last night, and was sobbing from the part when

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Luke fell off the cliff to when Zoë died. That was soooo sad. I can't believe Thalia joined the hunt though! I mean, I was kinda expecting it but at the same time, I didn't want it to happen...idk.

^^In response to your spoiler, Liberty, I think that's the point.

I had to read Huckleberry Finn for school and write a book review on it. I couldn't get past the dialect reading it to myself, so I read it out loud to Starsy. We both really, really enjoyed it and still talk about our favorite parts. I even found I gathered Huck and Jim's accents by reading aloud, which I thought was rather amusing.

The whole part with Tom and Huck and Jim is hilarious, I think, because

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after all this time of sticking up for Jim and himself and getting some real courage for a change, Huck just rolls over for Tom again and ends up playing "prisoner escape" with Tom when the whole time Jim had already been freed! I would have seriously pummeled Tom for not telling me in the first place. As it was I felt really sorry for Huck and Jim, though the whole escapade had me and my sister in stitches. Huck really needs to stop going along with Tom's hairbrained ideas.

P.S."Brooklyn!"

^^ maybe so, (about the spoiler) but I probably won't read that book again. it's kind of annoying and the dialect bothers me! I also read "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer" - once. I found it annoying.....

^^I found that book annoying. The plot line was all right, but Mark Twain is not my favorite, and Huck and Tom were really annoying. Worst was the dialect, I could barely understand what they were saying!

Right now I'm reading the fourth PJO book. I finished The Titan's Curse last night, and was sobbing from the part when

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Luke fell off the cliff to when Zoë died. That was soooo sad. I can't believe Thalia joined the hunt though! I mean, I was kinda expecting it but at the same time, I didn't want it to happen...idk.

I love these books!

Maybe you should have read Huck Finn out loud to help with the dialect. I hated it when I couldn't understand it, but as soon as I started reading out loud I understood everything. Just a suggestion.

Oh yes! That part is really sad. I couldn't believe

P.S."Brooklyn!"

^^I know!

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I agree about Nico. I don't know how everyone found him annoying, he was so cute! . I love little kids so that probably ahs something to do with it . I was crying when Percy told him that Bianca died...that was sooooo sad. I felt so bad for him. And now he's trying to bring her back- I love it when little brothers love their sisters like that . I knew all along they would be Hades' children.

I didn't love Zoë either but it was still sad when she died. At first I thought Bianca would die by a parent's hand, but when she took the little statue thing for Nico, I knew she was gonna die there and so I guessed either Zoë or Thalia would die. But yeah when I found out Atlas was her dad, I was positive it was her.

That part was interesting. When she said that it was who all boys wanted to be I knew it was Hercules. That's my only complaint with the books. Percy's too dense sometimes. And he mentions his dyslexia every two seconds it seems like. Besides that though I love the books .

Oh yeah and I ♥ Apollo- he's so awesome!

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I adore little kids too, so Nico is my top favorite character. And sibling-bonds is an aspect of stories that I love. Part of the reason I love the Narnia movies so much is because they show the bond between the Pevensies so well!

Hehe, I like Percy's stupidity most of the time. We don't always get a "slow" hero. Most of them are all "quick, make a nuclear reactor with this ball of aluminum foil and a rubber band!" (an exaggeration, but you get the point ) Though sometimes my siblings were groaning in frustration when Percy's like "um, what, huh?" It was funny, but they kept shouting out "Come ON, Percy! Get with the program!" That kinda made it more fun though. They almost always had a running commentary while I was reading.

This is a haiku.
It does not make any sense.
Refrigerator.

^^ in honor of Apollo. <3

P.S."Brooklyn!"

^^

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I wouldn't say Nico's my favorite but I love him to bits . That's also part of the reason I love Narnia. It's nice to read books that have genuine family relationships.

I don't mind it so much but occasionally it gets annoying. It's like how could he not know some of these things. I like that he's not a super smart hero, but he doesn't have to be so clueless either .

lol, love the haiku

*tiptoes in*

Uni has kept me rather busy lately, I'm afraid---War and Peace is on hold for right now. The only 'lighter' books I've squeezed in this semester, I think, are Gregor the Overlander, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, The Chesntut King, and the first three Percy Jackson books (and those all only because I had pressure from folks on and off NW and because, eh, holds came in ). At any rate, I liked all of those books, but will not go into detail now.

The real reason for my post was that I went to a booksale last Friday. I know for certain that some of you were interested and thought the rest might possibly be interested, so, the loot:

Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane and Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (or something) by Suzanne Collins.
Assassins of Rome, The Dolphins of Laurentum, and The Fugitive from Corinth by Caroline Lawrence.
The Homeward Bounders, Mixed Magics, and Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones.
Heir of Sea and Fire and Cygnet (which looks to be two books in one, maybe? ) by Patricia McKillip
An Applewoods reprint of the originial Clue in the Broken Locket by Carolyn Keene (which I was very happy about because our original is falling apart and this one is one of my favourites )
It's not a book, but I got the Loreena McKennitt: Live in Paris and Toronto cds (Book of Secrets tour) for $1. (Yes, yes, I'm excited about this one, too )
And the final triumph was found while looking through the boxes under the tables. It's not easy crawling around on your hands and knees, trying not to be trodden on, shifting boxes around and rooting around for books. But it was all worth it in the end. I was at the end of the table and had just come across a stack of boxes three deep, which I wasn't exactly looking forward to since I had to try to balance with them on my lap without completely sitting down on the floor. But I plowed on determinedly and, pulling the second box off, was rewarded by a sight that made me gasp, grab, and glow with happiness...KoA! Fifty cents, softcover, ex-library, but nice condition. I stuck it in my bag as soon as I showed my sisters and mom what I found.

At any rate, those were probably all the interesting stuff.

*tiptoes out again*