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Hello. It's red panda. Today, I am going to review "Clockwork Angel". If blueberry has already reviewed it, I don't care. This is my review and I read the book before her and I know how that series ends. Anyway, Clockwork Angel starts off with a girl that just came to London to be with her brother after her aunt dies. When Tessa Gray reaches London, she's forced to be a prisoner and learns a skill she never knew she had. She is rescued later by two mysterious men. She learns they're Shadowhunters and their job is to hunt down and kill demons. As she lives with them, she learns that her brother is missing and someone is after her for her skill. She has to stay with her new found friends in order to protect herself. And she must protect her heart against the two who saved her, Will Herondale and Jem Carstairs. But nothing can protect them when they learn the horrid truth behind Tessa and her ability. I rate this book 4/5 stars. It has lovely plot and a lovely story. But, there is quite a bit of violence and romance with kisses. But, both are not so much that it seems that that is the only thing the book is about. So, 4/5 stars for the fantastic story of Tessa, Will and Jem. It's a good book. With love~red panda

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I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

–Jorge Luis Borges

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You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.

–Paul Sweeney

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Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

–John Green

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Hey there friends!!! It's red panda!!! So many books to review and so little time!! But, I must choose one!!! Alas!! So!!!! Today, I am going to review Entice by Jessica Shivrington. I am currently reading the fifth book on the series, so it's on my mind right now. The book is just too heartbreaking!!!! Anyway, Entice is talking about Violet Eden and her adjustment to her Grigori life. And she's still struggling a little. Still in love with her partner, dealing with her ex-boyfriend, who so happened to be an exiled angel that was dark. And his mum is the Demon Queen of all. Lilith. And, it looks like her son is dead set on getting revenge on Violet for breaking his heart by raising his mum from hell. So, yeah. She has boy problems. And as she goes through all this she makes new friends and learns new things about who her angel maker is and why she's different. Her journey will also test her, her friends, her family and all of the friendships she holds dear. I rate this book 4.5/5 stars. It has quite a bit of violence in it. But, it also has a lot of sexual frustration and tension. There's A LOT of tension between Violet, Lincoln and Phoenix, the beloved dark exile. But, in general, it's a lovely read. Read the first one, Embrace, before diving head first into this one. 😉 So, this book is 4.5/5. And keep reading friends!!! ~red panda

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So live, that when thy summons come            to join                                                           The innumerable caravan that moves                                 To that mysterious realm, where each shall take  His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch  About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.  From Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant

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Hey everybody! I want to start of by apologizing for seemingly disappearing off the face of the planet. I've been busy and for some reason, (maybe just my lack of tech savvy-ness) I couldn't log in for anything! Anyway, today I'm going to review the 39 clues books. The first one is called The Maze of Bones. The whole series is written by a bunch of different authors. I'm not sure, but I think the first one is by Rick Riordan. 

Genre: adventure

Dan and Amy Cahill's parents died in a fire when they were really little. Ever since then, they had been living with their great-Aunt Beatrice, who foisted them off on nannies. They would visit their grandmother, Grace, every weekend. Grace died of cancer. At the reading of her will, Amy and Dan discovered that they were part of the most powerful family in history and they had the opportunity to take two million dollars, or a single clue that would start them on an adventure around the world to collect all 39 clues. Along the way they almost die (several times), sometimes by the hands of their own power hungry relatives. Can they handle all four branches of the Cahill family and survive? And who are the mysterious Madrigals? 

I really love this series. It's a bit young. I started reading it in the fifth grade. (Then again, I had an eleventh grade reading level at that point) But I've always loved it. The first series is 11 books long and then there are two other series after that. It's exciting and I picked up a lot of random trivia. That's why I know so much about the Shakespeare categories on Jeopardy!! Well, I said it's a bit young, but towards the end, some of the situations that Amy and Dan get into are pretty intense. Anyway, even if you have a really high reading level like me, I'd advise taking the time to read it. Even if it isn't challenging for you, it is still really interesting!! 

–Sunshine 

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The fault in our stars

By John green 5 out of 5 stars Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at cancer kid support group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. I cried, laughed, cried, then laughed again. A very well written book, I watched the movie first, but the book was SO much better. -blueberry

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"Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that" -John Green

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So, i’ve been really busy. I’ve had school and track and other stuff to worry over so I haven’t found the time to write a review. Even this review will be slightly short.

So, I’m reviewing the book “Sora’s Quest” by TL Shreffler. I stumbled a crossed it and loved it. Today, I am giving it 5/5 stars. This book is practically PERFECT. It has the right amount of romance, si-fi, mythology, action and mystery in it. It is so perfect, when the book ended, I cried for various reasons. It does have a bit of violence, but is really only in two splotches that it ever gets bad. So, it does have violence, but in this story, you wouldn’t have a story if there were no violence. This book also has different gods and goddesses in it. So, it could offended people, but it only mentions the gods a few times.

The book is about Sora, a girl who isn’t perfect enough for her father. When he is killed in an “accident” on her birthday, she runs away only to be kidnapped by her fathers’s assassin. She goes with them on an adventure with them so that she could live a different life than the one she led before. She learns a lot of things and discovers herself. But when something pops up that is unexpected, it throws a curve in their plans. What will Sora and her companions, Crash, Dorian, and Burn, do?

Like I said, 5/5 stars. It’s a good read. I recommend it for anyone who loves a good adventure.

Red panda

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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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Greetings and salutations, readers! (now I sound like Eugene.... I'll give a cupcake to anybody who knows of which Eugene I was speaking of!) I'm sure most of you saw the really long post from last night. It wasn't a review, but I just wanted to give y'all some encouragement and virtual hugs. You might remember that towards the beginning of this blog, I reviewed Matched by Ally Condie. It's hard to believe that was like, 40 posts ago! Anyway, I have been trying to check Reached, the third book in that trilogy out of the library for WEEKS, but it's always checked out by somebody else. Well, I finally got it recently and I finished it last night before bed. And because I'm so excited about it, I'm going to do a combined review of Crossed (the 2nd book) and Reached (the 3rd book). Genre: dystopian In Crossed, Cassia and Ky are separated. Ky is in the Outer Provinces working as a decoy farmer (aka a body for the Enemy to shoot at) and Cassia is trying to find him. Ky is joined by Vick and Eli, two other decoys and Cassia is joined by Indie, a girl who's only goal is to get away from the Society. The two groups separately head into The Carving, a maze of canyons, and run. Xander somehow managed to steal blue tablets to keep Cassia alive in the wilderness, but what if the blue tablets are more sinister than they at first seem, just like almost everything that the Society gives is? In Reached, a plague has spread and not only that, it's mutated. It's a race to find the cure and discover who is actually the good guy: The Pilot and the Rising? The Society? Neither? I was so conflicted while reading Reached because the Rising was supposed to be the good guys, but they kinda started a plague which, in my book, sort of counts against them. But I really like how it ended for most of the characters! I was delighted that Ally Condie kept pretty much all of it completely clean. It's so hard to find a book, much less a whole trilogy, like that in the teen section these days. One character says "da** a couple of times, but I was able to tune that out and it wasn't too much of an issue since, as far as cuss words go, that one is pretty mild. The whole trilogy is one of the best I've read in a while. –Sunshine

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I love to write. I often start a story that I intend to become a novel and then three weeks later, I abandon it. I've finally discovered the problem. I go about writing the way I go about life. When I write, I try to force it. I try to write what I think people will like... What will be popular. When I live, I try to dress the way I think is the style... I try to act the way I think that I need to in order to get that one guy to like me back... I try to fit in and be popular be just like everyone else and then I wonder why it doesn't work, why don't people like me, why don't even I like me? I finally understand. All this time when I've been pursuing this vague, distant thing called happiness and popularity and it's seemed just out of reach, it's been BECAUSE I've been acting just like everyone else. I've blended in. I've fit in so incredibly well that I might as well be invisible because I'm. Not. Different. I had to do a really hard thing recently. REALLLLLLY hard. I cried, I wondered why I had to be the one to do it. And during that time of thinking and contemplation, I finally began to understand. People can like me for being me. They can like my quirks. I don't have to be the same as everybody else because that's boring! Once I came to this realization, a story fell into my lap. I'd never read a book like it. And you want to know why? Because when I tried to write before, I was just repeating other people's words. But this story was made of my own. This was mine. This was unique. It's funny, I still write in the same way I go about life. The thing that's changed is how I live. I am posting this (even though it isn't a book review) because I know what it's like to feel like you don't fit in your own skin, to be frustrated with writing, to feel invisible, and I want to encourage all of you to just be YOU. Don't try to be me, don't try to be your best friend or the most popular person at school. BE YOU. Please, share this with other people an encourage them to be THEM!! Sunshine

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One must always be careful of books and what is inside them; for words have the power to change us.

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Hey everybody!!! Normally, I review books that I love. Today, I'm going to review a book I HATE. It is a waste of paper. World War II by Richard Maybury (or something like that) Disclaimer: I actually like educational and historical books!! Just not this one>:( Genre: History Each chapter is a letter to a fictional nephew named Chris from "Uncle Eric". It's full of conspiracy theories and stupidity. Like how Hitler was the best weapon the US government had and how if he were the USA, he would have tried to clone Hitler because he was worth more than aircraft carriers. Oh, and how Hitler wasn't really the enemy... Stalin was! And how America should have fought on the Axis side and that the A-bombs on Japan were unnecessary.... It just makes me so mad! He is of the opinion that the only way for a country to run in regards to world affairs and war is to be like the Swiss and go with heavily armed neutrality. If you can't tell, I really really dislike this book!! Sunshine (even though I don't feel very sunshine-y right now)

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Oh my goodness, everybody!! I feel terrible that I haven't reviewed in so long!!! I forgot that this was my week. Side note, but I just finished watching the latest Survivor episode and I am SO MAD. Will was awful to Shirin and then the vote didn't even make SENSE and just URGAHAHGHH! Anyway, I'm gonna have to make this a really quick review. I'm going to review Beauty and the Beast by le Prince de Beaumont. Genre: well... I guess fairy tale? You all know the Disney version, right? Well, this is waywaywaywayway different. No talking candlesticks or teapots, no music, and no Gaston. I know, it seems sad, right? Well, Beauty has two really mean and spoiled sisters as well as 2 (I think 2) brothers. She's beautiful and all the guys in town want to date her. Nobody thinks she's really weird, either. Her dad goes on a trip and asks his kids what they want. All of them want fantastic treasures and such except for Beauty, who wants only a rose. On his way, her father stays the night in an enchanted castle. He tries to take a rose for Beauty, but the Beast appears and is furious at him for plucking a rose. Things happen and Beauty goes to live with the Beast to save her father. As time goes on, she keeps seeing a handsome man in mirrors, ponds, movie screens, etc. whatever her heart desires to keep her busy and happy, the castle provides. She has to find out who the handsome man is, though. Can she love the Beast before it is too late? Sorry if the review sucked, I'm kinda in a rush. SORRY!:( Sunshine

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Hello!!!! *waves enthusiastically*. It is red panda. It's my time to review stuff. So, yeah!!!! Today, I plan on reviewing "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare. I have no clue if blueberry already reviewed it or not, so it's going to be reviewed. Clary Fray is a normal girl who has a normal best friend and goes to a normal high school. So, when she accidentally stumbles across three teenagers who just killed something they claim is a demon, she knows her whole world is about to change. She's sucked into a strange world full of demons, angels and Shadowhunters. She learns of her true heritage and she learns how to fight so that she can find her mother, who went missing before Clary could ask her anything. In this new world, she meets Jace, who is confusing to her. She learns a bit about his past and she becomes close to him- or as close as you can to him. And when they learn a horrifying truth, all that everyone knew, Shadowhunters or not, is out the window. I give this book 3.75/5 because of a lot of violence and a bit of sexual content. Also, because of this really weird and gross thing that happens. If you read the book, you should know what part I am talking about when you get to it. The story does have a very interesting plot line that will keep you on your toes for the whole book. It's an amazing read. Well, this is red panda, signing off for the night. ~Red Panda