By: Ace Hansen Genre: Fiction, comedy Age Group advised: 3-5th grade Summary: When a mysterious green gas crisis breaks wind, the Global Air Group (GAG) offers a million-dollar prize to the first person to discover the cause. Julius Caesar Brown dreams of winning the cash so he can pay off Jake the Snake, the blackmailing bully who threatens to ruin his chances with the cutest girl in fifth grade. But Julius can barely pass a math test, let alone solve an international scientific mystery. What he needs is money. Fast. His mom volunteers him to help the Zombie Lady. Yeah. The crazy woman down the street who every kid knows eats boys’ brains. But Miss Crabtree’s no zombie. And winning the million-dollar prize may not be as far-fetched as Julius once though My Review My Rate: 2 . 8/5 stars The Plot I wanted to start this of by saying this isn't an ordinary review. I didn't find it far to review this book from a logical thinker's viewpoint when this book was so not intended for over thinkers for me, so what I did was I let my little brother read this book and tell me what I thought, but it also isn't fair for me not to review this book, so I'm going to write a review from my standpoint and his. (this is my review write now that you are reading). First of all I found it kind of weird/original that this book was based of off farts. I sort of understand that the book is supposed to contain childish humor but I didn't get the jokes that I think were jokes. There were a little tid-bits which did bother me, first of all these are 6th graders, I don't know where Ace Hansen lives but in America 6th grade is middle school, so why would the characters be going to Hoover Elementary, and I do know 6th graders and some are immature but I don't think they would be so immature as to throw up over gross pictures, maybe shield their eyes but NOT throw up. I feel like Ace was trying to foreshadow by talking about Space Pop's a lot and being very specific about the fact that they kept selling out of it at stores, but in the first 30 pages of the book I already knew that the victim of the Green Gas was the Space Pops. The Characters To me, this book was full of stereotypical characters. We have Millie, classic annoying younger sister with a humongous crush on her brother's best friend, but if Millie is the younger sister of 6th graders why would she be on the Middle School bus, wouldn't she be with the Elementary kids? Maybe you guys know something about this that I don't. What I did like about this book is that you take the classics, the kid being bullied, the beautiful girl you want to go out with, the old lady down the street, and you combine all of it into one book, that's amazing. The character's names stumbled me a little bit, Ace talks about how their mom named them after Roman leaders because she loved her trip to Italy, the only thing is, is that this is only mentioned once and not even repeated again. Another tid-bit I also didn't like how Ivy was mad at Julius for one picture, it wasn't even that bad. The only bad thing about that picture was that it made her throw up, that picture definitely shouldn't cause a large grudge against Julius. Would I recommend this book to others? Honestly, It depends what age group these people are. If these people are past 5th grade then I would highly suggest against this book. Some people might say that this book is for all ages but I kind of feel like this book would be a little immature for people over the age of 10, but the only thing might be the length of the book, which might be a little strenuous for kids under 10. My Brother's Review The Plot (This actually took me a while to explain to my little brother). My brother apparently liked the idea of the green gas and actually made him laugh a lot, although he did said that he could guess that the reason behind the green gas was the space pops, so again as I mentioned earlier, not good foreshadowing. The Characters According to my brother, he liked Julius (sorry I couldn't get more from him) and that's all he really had to say about the book. (3rd graders, huh?) Would he recommend it? He said he would recommend it to his friends because it make him look "smarty" because how long it was. Honestly, my brother's reading skills are advanced, which is why he could probably get through the lengthy book. His Rating 4.2/5 Stars
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Don't forget to order/buy The Selections Stories (Kiera cass) they're out today!! Want to win a free copy of the Selection Stories, Coming out tomorrow! Go to my giveaway page and I am giving away 2 copies of the Selection. Good Luck!! (More info on my giveaway page)
Author: Kiera Cass First book: The Selection (I will do a review for this book too) Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction What Goodreads rated it as: 3.96/5 stars Summary from Goodreads Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection. All but six have been sent home. And only one will get to marry Prince Maxon and be crowned princess of Illea. America still isn’t sure where her heart lies. When she’s with Maxon, she’s swept up in their new and breathless romance, and can’t dream of being with anyone else. But whenever she sees Aspen standing guard around the palace, and is overcome with memories of the life they planned to share. With the group narrowed down to the Elite, the other girls are even more determined to win Maxon over—and time is running out for America to decide. Just when America is sure she’s made her choice, a devastating loss makes her question everything again. And while she’s struggling to imagine her future, the violent rebels that are determined to overthrow the monarchy are growing stronger and their plans could destroy her chance at any kind of happy ending. My Rate: 3.9/5 stars The Plot I feel like the Elite should come with a warning: DO NOT READ THIS IF YOUR LIFE COULD BE IN POTENTIAL DANGER. C . S Lewis once said "A truly good book makes you want to cry, scream, laugh and smile" These are the exact words I would use to describe Kiera Cass' exceptional book. This book left me laughing, crying, furious in every chapter. There were some parts where I wanted to throw my kindle at a wall, why? I honestly don't know. There's a certain charm to Kiera Cass' books that make you want to keep reading even if you hate the book, now when I say hate, I don't literally hate it, I just got irked by all the plot twists that took place. This book it goes through so much, a lot of reviewers talked about how nothing went on in this book, but if you analyze this book you will see how much was revealed in this book. For example, Marlee, the king's true personality, America's big screw up. Reviewers also said America's feelings kept changing between Aspen and Maxon, OF COURSE THEY DID, The events that Kiera Cass placed strategically across the books were supposed to change America's feeling to both boys. The reason America's feelings changed was because of what happened in these events, Kiera Cass was trying to reveal their true traits. I applaud Kiera Cass, she added all these juicy tidbits which kept us engaged when we felt like putting the book down for a break, I actually read this book for an hour because I didn't want to even pause to take a breath. The characters Finally, I was really trying not to go to in-depth to the characters in the plot. There were certain points when I wanted to go punch some characters in the novel. For example, When Maxon was like "I want to keep Celeste, I know she's manipulative and all, I still want to keep her in the contest" I was like, Are you serious? You said it yourself, she's manipulative you can't keep her! I did find America a little whiny at points and I did find that she did cry a lot. I felt that the characters weren't that developed as they could be but, I still liked them for some reason. The saddest thing though was that my favorite character in this book was that random rebel in the forrest, and she didn't even have any lines, she just bowed sarcastically. And that point I was like "that girl, I like her". When Marlee went out with Carter I was like HOLY! I didn't even realize it at that time but Kiera Cass was foreshadowing a huge piece of mystery, I mean when reading the pages that mentioned Carter I was like, "why is she talking about a random guard that no one cares about". When I found out that the king was beating Maxon, I was like, America you screwed up big time, I was actually satisfied that America told Aspen to beat it, that's when I pulled out the confetti and had a little party. (whoop whoop) Would I recommend this series to others I know my review sounded negative but I loved this book so, so much. At some points I did have mixed feelings for this book but it was more like a "Kiera did NOT just do that, how could she do that" I would definitely tell all my friends to read this series. This series targets young adults who enjoy fantasy and romance which is why this book was perfect for me because I love these genres. Will I be reading the final book? Hell yes, I love this book and I am dying for The One (May 6th 2014). That's why I gave away the Selection series for part of my giveaway. The Selection series is in my top 5 and one of the books I will carry around for a life tim. Kiera Cass doesn't get half the attention she deserves for this phenomenal book. If you haven't read this book yet, shame on you, go get it now, buy it now! I normally don't do hard copies but I had to purchase a hard copy for The One because this book deserves to be bought in a hard copy. As part as The Elite week I'm revealing The One Cover Photo Shoot, due to the fact that it is the third book in the selection trilogy and we're all dying to read it! Congratulations to The Elite for winning the best book of 2013. Next week I will be posting reviews for The Elite and anything Kiera Cass related. If you have any ideas on what you want me to post during this week leave a comment in the comments section. Thanks for voting!
Hey guys, I have just recently been contacted by many authors for me to do review of their books for them. So as of now I have done research on many of the books and have decided to review the following books in February and March.
Love, Life and Everything Else- Short stories by Xunaira J. Presence by Perie Wolford (book one) Julius Caesar Brown and the green gas mystery by Ace Hansen Clarity By R James Stevens Stateline By Dave Stanton I know that these are a lot of reviews and it will take a lot of time to read and analyze these books. So I have decided every week starting February 8th I will post a new review on saturday. you can check my calender if I do decide to change a date I will put it one the calender. Thanks Guys! - Express Reviews Rate by viewers: 4.04/5 stars Pages: 246 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy and Romance Summary from Goodreads: In this sequel to OF POSEIDON, Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm below. Syrena law states that all Half- Breeds should be put to death. As if that’s not bad enough, her mother’s reappearance among the Syrena turns the two kingdoms—Poseidon and Triton—against one another. Which leaves Emma with a decision to make: Should she comply with Galen’s request to keep herself safe and just hope for the best? Or should she risk it all and reveal herself—and her Gift—to save a race of people she’s never known? My Rate: 4.5/5 My Summary: The Plot: I think Anna Banks came up with an exceptional plot. Even though there was a lot going on in the book , Anna constantly keeps her readers engaged in the plot. I really liked how the book didn't jump from event to event too soon or even drag on the scenes. I was a little disappointed that the book was a lot shorter than I was expecting. Since this was a sequel and we discovered all these plot twists in the first book I was expecting an extremely long book. Although this book wasn't as long as I wanted it was still perfection served on a silver platter. The Characters I love these characters, I love their one-liners, but sadly this book didn't portray much of the character development that I expected and was looking forward to. I was really excited for more Galen and Emma's relationship and what disappointed me the most was that they spent half of the book apart. I wanted to see more development between Nalia and Emma because Anna put this huge secret that was revealed in her first book but I don't really think Anna took all her chances that she had. I did like how you get more of a personal feeling for Rayna we did discover her more vulnerable side. Up until this book I always thought of Rayna as the tough kick-ass girl but in Of Triton I actually discovered that Rayna's much more vunerable then Anna portrayed her in the first book. I loved the more in-depth exploration of characters in this book. Setting Of Triton takes place in multiple locations. With Anna's descriptive word's you will believe you are breathing underwater in the middle of the pacific ocean. From the detail she uses I almost believed that at one point in her life Anna has jumped of a helicopter into an ocean full of sharks. Anna describes the surroundings with such vigorous words that you might actually believe you are at the alleged place. There are certain books that you keep coming back to and the Of poseidon series is one of those books that you will read and re-read many times. My Final Viewpoints Of Triton is an exceptional book It is full of one-liners and characters with vivacious personalities. Anna Banks out did herself on this book and she IS one of my authors to watch. I have read all her books and her talent flows throughout all of them. R.D Cumming once said a good book never ends, and I totally agree because I hope this series will never end and we will continue to read the amazing books by Anna Banks. Look out for her third book, Of Neptune, which I am dying to read. |
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