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 * 1) 1 Katein Crockett

The City Of Ember
by [|Jeanne DuPrau]

Summary from [|Goodreads] : The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she’s sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever! This stunning debut novel offers refreshingly clear writing and fascinating, original characters. = = = Katelin's Review = ==== At first the story was slow and uninteresting. It laid out a lot of information in the first 4-5 chapters. Then the story started to get interesting because hope was given back to the characters. I was hoping that nothing bad would happen and that they would find a way out and start a new life, not be in fear of lack of food and loosing power permanently, The author has you use your mind to figure out the problems that the city is using. This book will make you think about their situation as well as our own. ====

What I did not like is how everything falls on to the kids. They are the ones that need to figure out what the problem is and make sure that it is fixed. The story drags on and seems like it will never end. Finally in the last few chapters it got intense, but it stilled dragged. The words the author chose often didn't make sense and I had to figure out what she was trying to say.

= overall thought :. give it a thumbs up!!= = Rating: =

**4 stars**!
= Fun extras = [|city of ember trailer]

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summery from [|goodreads] Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate. . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

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At first, the blithely naive Cassia didn't seem like a protagonist I could really get behind. But there's a lot more to Cassia (and The Society she lives in) than meets the eye. What begins as a Utopian celebration quickly erodes into an urgent dystopian mystery. Most of the main characters were believable and complex (possible exception is her friend Xander--but I think there will be more in store for him in book 2), they are forced to make tough decisions at every turn, ones we don't often agree with. Also, The Society is so hauntingly familiar at points (the "red pill" could just as easily be "exhaustive coverage of Britney Spears shaving her head") that it adds authenticity to the reader's anxiety. And now for the agonizing wait for book #2. ======

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__//**The Hunger Games**//__
// Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? //
 * Summary:**(From Goodreads)

// In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. //

// Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love. // = ﻿Mauriana Staheli's Review: =

= ﻿ = = ﻿ = ﻿To me her best friend, Gale, is the perfect example of how all citizens living in the country if Panem should react to the way the Government is treating them. Not being able to do anything about it but still trying to stand up is what i relly love about Gale. His heart is in the right place. When Katniss Entered the Hunger Games I didn't much like the boy named Peeta from her district that was chosen as the male competitor. But he grew on me. He really knows how to handle himself and his words and keeping Katniss alive was a very noble thing for him to do. I love all the action in the book an how it is not predictable at all. You never know what is coming next and when it does come you are mistified because in a million years you would have never thought that to happen. Such as when Rue and Katniss team up or when Peeta starts out an alliance with the Careers. Suzanne is a wonderful writer and should never stop writing books.
 * Paragraphs about what I liked:** In This story Katniss Everdeen is made out to be a very brave and independent girl. Her father died when she was at the age of twelve and her mother just shut down after that, making Katniss have to step up at such a young age to be brave and take care of her mother and her sister Prim.


 * Things i found that were lacking:** I'm not sure if its because I don't have a very good imagination or if it was that things weren't expliained all too well, but I find it difficult to to picture in my head what is going on. I think it would be quite interesting if the reader could read what is going on in Peeta's head because I know for sure that i would love to know what goes on in that brain of his. Maybe if Suzanne would alternate between the two of them every other chapter so we can see the story from Peeta's point of view. It would make the story a lot more intersting and make you less curious of why Peeta thinks the way he does.

My overall thoughts on the book were definatly a thumbs up. I don't think I have ever read a book so fast in my life. Suzanne Collins' Style of writing kept me hooked with all the action and romance she compacted in those 374 pages.


 * __5 STARS!__**
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1984 by George Orwell Summary (from Goodreads)
= **Portrays a terrifying vision of life in the future when a totalitarian government, considered a "Negative Utopia," watches over all citizens and directs all activities, becoming more powerful as time goes by. ** =

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Carter Henderson's review: ﻿ ﻿ 1984 is a preposterous tribute to weirdness. The story is one of a rebellious 40 year old man who falls in love with an attractive young woman half his age. Most books are uplifting towards the end. Not 1984. It starts out depressing and works its way towards a catastrophically sad ending where lovers are torn apart, the will of someone once strong is broken and all hope is blown apart like Hiroshima in World War II. Overall, the book is intriguing and mostly interesting. However, if you enjoy having disturbing images of disgustingness in your mind and are wanting to commit suicide but can't muster the courage to blow you own head off, read this book. After finishing it, Russian Roulette will seem like an extremely intriguing game full of happiness and joy.

What I found was lacking- I thought the book was lacking joy. Most people, including myself enjoy books that aren't complete gloom and doom. It talks about the two lovers doing things that I would have much rather not read about. If this book was made into a movie it would be like a big long movie about the holocaust with a fair amount of freak, naked people running around breaking the law of chastity. Then just when you think all the Jewish are going to be ok and live happily ever after, SHABAM, they are all tortured and fed to rabid, man eating monkeys.

Rating: If you enjoy being happy-1/2 star. If you cant muster up the courage to kill yourself and need a little extra motivation- 5 stars.

Profanity: Mild Sexuality: High Drugs and Alcohol: Mild Violence: High

Fun Extras: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4rBDUJTnNU

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