Book Review #1 - Feed by Mira Grant

Hey guys I know it's late but just let me do a book review okay? Great. So let's begin.

FEED - MIRA GRANT

Feed is a book by horror author Mira Grant., and is the first book from the Newsflesh trilogy. The story is set in the summer of 2014, where two experimental viruses—a genetically engineered flu strain designed by Dr. Alexander Kellis, intended to act as a cure for the common cold, and a cancer-killing strain of Marburg, known as "Marburg Amberlee"—escaped the lab and combined to form a single airborne pathogen that swept around the world in a matter of days. It cured cancer. It stopped a thousand cold and flu viruses in their tracks. However, it raised the dead.

And the world was thus infected, no cure was found, and the world turned into a zombie land. The mainstream media fell and Internet news acquired an undeniable new legitimacy. The Newsflesh trilogy follows two bloggers, Shaun Mason and Georgia Mason who are covering the US Presidential Campaign in 2014. Senator Peter Ryman of Wisconsin decides to take them along on his run for the White House, with Georgette 'Buffy' M. They were excited at the opportunity to take their careers to a whole new level, but there's one candidate who wants them dead, and what's even worse, he's using the 'zombie' method to get rid of them. They will have to be alert and be cautious of their surroundings, but like most thriller stories, who can accurately predict the ending of this story? Well, the story doesn't really end in this book cuz there's two more books followed (that's why it's called a trilogy). There were multiple scenes where I found myself distraught at what happens. And as you piece things together with Georgia, you struggle along with her to determine how much the truth is worth. Is it worth pain and discomfort? Sure. How about death and destruction? Well...

So why not just head towards your nearest library and pick up this awesome book now? *DISCLAIMER: Not for the faint-hearted*

Book Review 4-Simon Bloom (The Octopus Effect) - Michael Reisman

YAY! Here's my last required book review for Term 3. Hope you guys like it!

Book Review 4: Simon Bloom (The Octopus Effect) by Michael Reisman

This book is a continuation of Simon Bloom (The Gravity Keeper), so I should say that this is Book No.2.

Firslty, let me introduce this book to you. So in this world, there's this Knowledge Union, a secret organization responsible for making sure that the universe runs smoothly. This is already wierd: I don't even know this! (But yep, it's only a story) The most important people in The Knowledge Union is the Board Of Administration who then looks after The Council Of Sciences.They are like the Parliament of Singapore and some VIPs. Following that, it divides into three main groups: The Order Of Physics, The Order Of Chemistry and The Order Of Biology. Actually,there's one more group that's also important in this thrrrrrrrrrrrillllllling story: the Historical Society. They are the persona of the story, or I should say, the narrator.

Then comes the main characters. Simon Bloom is the Keeper Of Physics (in this book, yes, but in the previous, he's the co-keeper). He controls the gravity that pulls us to the ground, and can make things get extremely heavy or extremely light. He is joined by two of his friends: Owen Walters and Alysha Davis. Owen controls direction and speed, while Alysha can discharge electricity. However, not all things in the world runs smoothly. There will be bad guys who would LOVE TO blow up the universe (not me). Especially this woman called Sirabetta, or in her Union nickname, Sir. She's a rebel of the Union (if I'm not wrong), and she had already fought with Simon Bloom in the previous book. She lost, and was turned into a thirteen year-old teenager.

In this book, however, a few of the order members decided to rebel and made Sirabetta to return to her former self. Simon and his friends must follow Sirabetta to the Order Of Biology realm, a vast undersea dome filled with harsh terrain and fearsome monsters. They will get some needed help from their old friends and also use some biology to absorb some wild abilities! Yep. And another WAR happens and ya, an EPIC battle of EPIC proportions. What are you waiting for? Grab that EPIC book for the library or any bookstore NOW! While Stocks Last! (Wait a minute, this is not an advertisement)\

I would give it a EXCELLENT rating as this book already entices me to continue reading and reading it! Hope you guys like it!!!

HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

Book Review 3-The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Hey peeps, I'm back again. Need to hurry, coz the deadline is very near!

So here's my third book review:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

This exciting book was written over 100 years ago, but it doesn't matter, because in the end, the story is still appealing to readers. This book, along with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is one of the most famous books of that time until now. Tom Sawyer depicted Mark Twain as a child, with a few of his childhood friends are also written inside the book (the names have been changed).

If I'm not wrong, the story is set in the 1840's or so in Missouri along the Mississipi River. Aunt Polly is raising Tom, his half-brother, Sid, and Mary. Sid and Mary are good children. Tom, on the other hand, is always in trouble. Even when he doesn't do something wrong, he finds a way to be in trouble. When the weather is good, he skips school and goes swimming. He goes out and plays Robin Hood (extremely familiar name- reincarnated or what?) with his friend Joe Harper when he should be studying. He sneaks out at midnight to meet Huckleberry Finn at the graveyard with a dead cat (something to ponder about? CREEPY). Aunt Polly keeps trying to get Tom to behave, but yeah, boys are boys. You should know why.
Tom knows how to exchange treasures for his own gain. He uses his treasures to get a Bible, show his love, or bribe a friend. He is a young entrepreneur of his age. Not bad, eh? I wish I could be like him, but alas, I'm a youth now....
Once, they went into a cemetery for some fun adventure. However, it brought extra trouble for them. They witnessed a murder. Afraid of their own lives, they swore to keep quiet. They knew Injun Joe would kill them as well if he knew they had seen his act. Now what do they do?

Tom is unforgettable and this book is just right for the young and young-at-heart. I would strongly recommend this American classic. It's definitely worth reading and re-reading. The books shows the joy of childhood as well as the acceptance of change.

Actually, I really don't know how long should we write for a single book review. Some write very very very long, while others are extremely short. Can someone answer my questions? Thanks.

Alex Kava---Black Friday____Book Review

This book, Black Friday by Alex Kava, depicts a group of teenage suicide bombers striking the heart of America, the Mall of America in Minnesota during Christmas Eve. It has been one year sinve the 9/11 bombing and Robert Asante (A-Santay), the so-called Project Manager #2, has with him a few suicide bombers, who are high-school students. They are Dixon, Chad and Tyler. The relationship among them and their friends are quite confusing, so let me introduce them to you. Rebecca, Dixon and Patrick are old friends, while Chad and Tyler are simply Dixon's friends. They are hired by Asante, an infamous bomber.

As said, when the bombing happened on a busy Friday, many shoppers were caught unattended. Rebecca, especially, was standing about 10 feet away from Chad when the red duffel bag behind him exploded. She was knocked out by the impact straightaway. However, Asante is shocked when he finds out one of the 3 bomb carriers is alive. He then rushes to the mall, only to find out that Rebecca has the duffel bag with her, which hasn't exploded yet (Of course, Asante don't know who Rebecca is). When Asante confronts her, Patrick rushes in time to get Rebecca away from trouble. 

Back in Virginia, FBI profiler Maggie O' Dell is informed of the incident in Minnesota. She was immediately gotten rid of her holiday (not a good thing). She rushes off to the crime scene, only to find chaos ruling over the entire mall. She then joins a group of other professional agents to solve the riddle: Who's the man behind this bombing? As they scan through the security tapes (which were mostly unharmed), they found something disturbing: The red-duffel bags carried by the college students.

As the agents go deeper and deeper beneath to solve the crime, dark secrets are revealed and Maggie O'Dell realises that her brother is also in imminent danger when he is kidnapped by Asante. Coincidentally, her brother is..... Patrick.

Go read this book for yourself. It's just simply awesome! :)

Book Review 1 - Around the World In 80 Days by Jules Verne

Hi, this is me again, and this time I'm doing a book review. I'm feeling sleepy now, but I must finish this today, no matter what.

Around The World In 80 Days
-Jules Verne

Jules Verne is an exceptional writer in the 19th century, he suffered from a lot of troubles during his life of writing books. By 1870, he had already wrote several books, but none of them were a hit. Shortly after that, Jules' father passed away, and his own son, Michael, started to exhibit psychological troubles that landed him up in a mental institution (Or a mental hospital as we call it today). Jules would have given up at this stage, but persevered under the encouragement of the publisher.

However, things did not turn good for him. Germany had invaded France at that time (Jules was a Frenchmen), and it was as though the world collapsed for him. He was sent to defend the Bay Of Somme with twelve other people. He survived the war, but amidst all the fighting, he lost both his family and friends. It was incredible that Jules still managed to complete Around The World In 80 Days. Transportation was modernized, and Jules took advantage of that to list out all the possible forms of transport in the book. It is still widely read today, as it was considered a 'science fiction' book at that time. I believe that this book will continue sailing down the 22th century!


In this book, this peculiar man, Phileas Fogg, makes an seemingly impossible bet with his friends in the Reform Club that he can travel across the world in 80 days. However, with the possibility of delays and obstacles, it could be too much a daunting task for him. Being a quiet and solemn man, many people did not believe that Phileas Fogg can achieve his goal and not lose the 20 thousand pounds that he betted on.
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With his newly hired servant, Jean Passepartout (A ridiculous name...), they set off towards Paris. A while later, Passepartout realises that he had forgotten to turn off the gas tap, which will burn even though there is no fire. However, things got worse when Phileas Fogg is identified as the robber of twenty thousand pounds in a bank (Which he actually didn't steal). Simultaneously, Dectective Fix is sent to arrest Phileas Fogg.

This was their travel plan:
Travelled by rail to Paris
Took the steamer Mongolia from Suez to Aden in India via Bombay,
Took the Great Indian Penisular Railway; passed Salcette, Tannah, Western Ghauts, Burhampoor, Bundelcund, Allahabad, meeting the Ganges at Benares, Burdivan, passing the French town of Chandernagor and finally reaching Calcutta.
I don't want to spoil the book review, so that you all can enjoy the book YOURSELVES.

I'm happy to say that in the end, Phileas Fogg succeeded extraordinarily, with Detective Fix finding the real crime suspect, while Phileas Fogg and Passepartout actually lost the race by thinkin that they had arrived in London five minutes after nine, however, they made a simple mistake which I initially did not thought of.

Phileas Fogg had,without suspecting it, gained a one-day advantage on his journey, by merely travelling EASTWARD; he would, on the contary, have lost a day had he gone in the opposite direction (WESTWARD). Here's something very hard to explain, I hope you all get it. In journeying eastward he had gone TOWARDS the sun, and the days therefore diminished for him as many times four minutes as he crossed degrees in this direction. There are three hundred and sixty degrees, multiplied by four minutes, gives precisely twenty-four hours-that is, the day unconsciously gained. I other words, while Phileas Fogg, going eastward, saw the sun pass the meridian EIGHTY times, while his friends at Reform Club only saw it pass the meridian SEVENTY-NINE times.

Clever trick, and so Phileas Fogg won the bet of twenty thousand pounds, but he had nearly spent nineteen thousand pounds on the way, so the gain was very little. Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?

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