Warriors... The SERIES! (insert heroic theme music!)

Hey everyone! How are all of you guys doing? I just finished a couple of great books, but if I explained what happened, you would have to read the rest of the series to understand (and I would probably give away a lot of secrets!). If this sounds interesting, great! Keep reading. If this sounds too difficult or you don't have time to read a whole series, sorry. Maybe there will be another review you will like more in the near future. Or, if I get enough requets, I will do a review of Go, Dog, Go! Is that better?

The first book in the Warriors series is called Into the Wild, and it is about a cat named Rusty. The books should be read by cat lovers and people who enjoy adventure. Or if you have ever wondered what it would be like to be a cat, this series would be great for you! The series starts with a kittypet (a pet cat) being asked to join one of the clans that lives in the forest. Of the four, he is invited to live in ThunderClan. But as Rusty becomes more accustomed to being a Clan cat, he realizes that there is much tension between the Clans because of the many battles between them. As Rusty delves into the lives of his Clan, he realizes that he is the subject of a prophecy, "Fire alone can save our Clan." But how could fire help the Clans that live in the forest? And as Rusty goes on, becoming a warrior, he realized that there was something wrong with ThunderClan's deputy. But his leader refuses to believe him. How can he prove to his leader that he is a loyal Clan cat, yet still be uncertain of the loyalties of the deputy?

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This is a very long series, so I will add the rest of them as I finish reading them, OK? In fact, I will list the books, IN ORDER!, so that you, yes, YOU, can read them as well. Sound good? GREAT!

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WARRIORS

Into the Wild

Fire and Ice

Forest of Secrets

Rising Storm

A Dangerous Path

The Darkest Hour

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WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY

Midnight

Moonrise

Dawn

Starlight

Twilight

Sunset

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WARRIORS: POWER OF THREE

The Sight

Dark River

Outcast

Eclipse (released soon on September 2, 2008! can't wait!)

Long Shadows

Cruel Season

(NOTE! The two above, Long Shadows and Cruel Season, are NOT out yet! Please don't ask me where you can find them! I don't know!)

can't sleep :(

Hey everyone, I know it is late and I am sorry! It is 9:59 PM here in AZ and I just can't sleep. I wish I could fall asleep as easily as this: ... But I can't. So I will just tell you some stuff to expect from the blog! We will have a guest blogger every now and then, just telling us about some book that is too adult-ish or I think would put me to sleep. We will also have some blogs that don't have to do strictly with books, but I might be bored (like now!) so I might just tell you random things that you might not know. So I hope you check in every once in a while to see what new things I might have added!



Luv you all!~

Megan M.

Second Review ~ And Then There Were None

Hey everyone! (That seems to be my catchphrase now, huh?!) This next book is by a world-famous author, Agatha Christie. She wrote many best-selling mystery books, such as Murder on the Orient Express. But that is not the book I am focusing on right now. This book is just as famous, and the name is And Then There Were None. This book was published in 1940. Anyway, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK AT NIGHT IF YOU ARE FAINT OF HEART! (Like me!) I read it at night once and it gave me nightmares for a week!




Anyway, the story is about ten men and women who get an invitation from a Mr. U.N. Owen, inviting them to visit on his island, called Indian Island. They get to the island, when they realize that their host and hostess are not there. However, when they arrive, they hear a record play and the record states each person's name and their "crime". Everyone is worried, especially when later that night, one of their number is murdered!


Oddly enough, in each room, there is a nursery rhyme, which the killer seems to be following. For example:

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;

One choked his little self and then there were nine.

Nine little Indian boys stayed up very late;

One overslept himself and then there were eight.

The very night that everyone had arrived on the island, someone (or something) slipped potassium cyanide into one man's drink, causing instantaneous death. But who could have done it? The man was not the kind to commit suicide, and he had taken his own glass. None of the other glasses were touched. WHAT could have happened? Later that same night, another death occurs, and the mystery mounts!


At the end of the book, almost everyone on the island is dead, and the few remaining people suspect each other.

This novel is not good for the faint-of-heart, like me. It took a lot to read it, but it is relatively short. Lots of twists and turns makes this mystery chiller great reading for at a scary Halloween party!
~PS~ Do you like the picture? My copy of the book was so old that I couldn't find a picture, so I made my own, in Paint!

My First Book Review ~ Alphabet of Dreams

Hey everyone! Yup, it's me again, Megan! I stayed up until 10:00PM last night to finish a really impressive book. It is called Alphabet of Dreams, by Susan Fletcher, who is also the author of some other books, like Shadow Spinner and Walk Across the Sea. This book is good for people who like adventure, and tie-ins to history.

This book is about a girl named Mitra and her younger brother named Babak, who are beggars in the city of Rhagae. However, Mitra and Babak are of royal blood! Their father plotted to kill the king, but King Phraates killed Mitra's father first. Mitra must now disguise herself as a boy to help her brother survive in the cities, where girls and women usually stay home. But there is something different about Babak. If he sleeps with someone's possession, he can dream the person's dreams. Mitra wants to use this power to locate her kinsmen in Palmyra.

They join a caravan, where they meet a Magus (plural: Magi, if that makes sense) named Melchior. Babak must now dream for Melchior and do everything he tells him to do. As they traverse the desert, they meet caravans with other Magi, named Caspar (or Gaspar) and Balthazaar. (If this helps, the Magi were also known as Wise Men. "Hmmm... where have I heard THAT before?")

The Magi continued across the desert, barely surviving on their measly supplies. As they continue, Mitra and Balthazaar realize that if they force Babak to dream much more, terrible things would happen. When they realize this, they confront Melchior about Babak, but their concerns fall on deaf ears. When they finally cross the desert, the caravans stop in Bethlehem, where the Magi finally understand who the "new king" is.

As the story comes to a close, Balthazaar tells Mitra that her family has been killed by King Phraates, so Mitra and Babak must find another home. Mitra decides that she and Babak will stay in Bethlehem, and a family takes them in. A few years later, Mitra's new father tells her that a caravan has come around asking for her. To her amazement, her old friends from the Magi caravans have come back, looking for her. They brought another man, whom Mitra had thought was handsome. The man asked for her hand in marriage, and the book ends with her and Babak living with her newly-wed husband.

I enjoyed this book because it interacted with all the characters, had lots of action, and talks about interesting subjects, such as growing up and the power of dreams. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys tackling the longer stories and who enjoy historic tie-ins, because it is the birth of Jesus, from the Magi's point of view. This is why I would recommend this book to fiction/historic readers.

Hey everyone

Hey everyone! My name is Megan and I am making this blog to help out the Chandler Public Library to encourage more people to read great books! I will read many different books, and then I will review and give insights as to who would enjoy them and what they are about. I hope you enjoy this blog! Thanks for reading!








~Megan McNaughton~