Saturday, May 30, 2009

Open Book: Doctor Who WetWorld

Open Book: Painting a smile with words. I just thought it was a funny thing to say.



Title: Doctor Who; Wetworld
Author: Mark Michalowski
Page: 42


"If you'd have the good manners to argue with me, instead of about me, then maybe we could get this sorted,"


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Friday, May 29, 2009

SEASON 2, Episode 2 (Scifi)




Next Episode: The team tries to rescue trapped workers from giant, noxious carnivorous worms that have taken up residence in a skyscraper.

Season 2, Episode 1......Primeval




Recap: This was a good start for Season 2. It wasn't my favorite but it was funny and i liked the dinosaur choice.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

New Books~

Three new books! I am excited to read every one of them, they have been on my to read list for a while now and i can't wait to start them. It was such a hard choice at the book store, but i am glad i got these books.



Title: Aurelia
Author: Anne Osterlund
Pages: 246
Plot: Aurelia, the crown princess of Tyralt, wants control over her own life. Robert, her former classmate, wants Aurelia. And someone wants her.... dead. There have been several narrowly escaped attempts to assassinate the princess, but the king has no desire to incite panic by making the information public. Instead, Robert, the son of the king's former royal spy, is allowed into the inner circle to secretly investigate and watch over Aurelia. Robert is determined to help, if only Aurelia would let him!
But the princess will not heed the danger around her, and she does not need Robert to save her. Just as their friendship begins to grow into something more, the threat on Aurelia's life becomes paramount. With everything possible on the line- her life, her kingdom, her heart- Aurelia must take matters into her own hands, whatever the cost.





Title: UGLIES
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Pages: 425
Plot: Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her License- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteen birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and a catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her Friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.





Title: Doctor Who; The Stone Rose
Author: Jacqueline Rayner
Pages: 248
Plot: Micky is startled to find a statue of Rose in a museum- a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realises that this means the TARDIS will shortly take them to ancient Rome, But when it does, he and Rose soon have more on their minds than sculpture.
While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who claims to know the future- a girl whose predictions are surprisingly accurate. But than the Doctor stumbles on the hideous truth behind the statue of Rose- and Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for...

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Primeval: Extinction Event, By Dan Abnett



"Anomalies are starting to appear, doorways in time to worlds we can barely imagine. The anomalies are conclusive proof that the past exists in a fourth dimension as real and solid as those we already know. Our job is to predict and contain them."


Title: Primeval- Extinction Event

Author: Dan Abnett

Pages: 272

G: Scifi

Rating: 4/5

Story: 3/5

Characters: 3/5

Cover: 2/5


I really like the show so why shouldn't i like the book series? I really got into this book. The main characters i really liked and the ones in the background where OK. The first three pages were slower for me, but i completely loved it when Chapter one started. The imaginative illustration was very good and the characters that would have to be realistic since it is a show really related to them. The action was good and was very head first. Surprisingly with this book i didn't want to put it down.

Plot: An anomaly pops up and lets out an Enteldon that hungrily and fearsly goes on a rampages on Oxford Street. Not long after Cutter and his team head out to try and save lives when they find out that they have lost when a few lives are lost. And getting worse their is something definitely different with the anomalies, that are making them go crazy and weak. But what is it?
Cutter wants to make improvements in their area of containing anomalies when suddenly a Russian Scientist and a Dangerous Russian Soldier appear and puts him, Connor, and Abby in a situation that become more of life and death as they go on.




Sign sincerely, BOstan~

Friday, May 22, 2009

Season 2, Episode 1 (7).......Coming Soon... Primeval

Season 2 on May 29 2009............

Next episode... Cutter returns to the present, to find Claudia wiped from every one's memories and the oily Oliver Leek in her place.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

LOST FINAL


I am a bit sad that the season has ended and won't be back until next year for the last and final season. And for Lost they did not stop leaving you on a Cliff hanger, i think this is one of the biggest Cliff hanger yet. And you won't hear the out come the next week.
Can't wait for the last Season~


Star Trek!!!!


I just saw this movie yesterday night and it was sooo good. If you have not seen it you must. It was just so good with the characters. I have not see the old star trek original but this movie really makes it that you don't have to, to enjoy the good story line and action. I know a lot of people who don't like this sort of movie that liked it and thought it was really good. My sister for one of them. It is one of the best movies this year!
Sign sincerely BOstan~

Monday, May 18, 2009

What Book is It?? #2


I wonder if you can guess this quote; beginning or ending paragraph from a book.
Suggest the book and author.
Clues-
It is the beginning paragraph,
He is a famous English Writer,
and This should be HARD...
'NOW, what i want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which i bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which i bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!'
Any Suggestions??

Yet To Read; Golden: A Retelling Of "Rapunzel" By Cameron Dokey

"Once Upon A Time"
Is Timeless
Yet To Read: Is about a book that i haven't read before, but i want to. And Most plot Descriptions are from Amazon.

Title: Golden: A retelling of "Rapunzel"
Author: Cameron Dokey
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 192

Plot:Before Rapunzel's birth, her mother made a dangerous deal with the sorceress Melisande: If she could not love newborn Rapunzel just as she appeared, she would surrender the child to Melisande. When Rapunzel was born completely bald and without hope of ever growing hair, her horrified mother sent her away with the sorceress to an uncertain future.

After sixteen years of raising Rapunzel as her own child, Melisande reveals that she has another daughter, Rue, who was cursed by a wizard years ago and needs Rapunzel's help. Rue and Rapunzel have precisely "two nights and the day that falls between" to break the enchantment. But bitterness and envy come between the girls, and if they fail to work together, Rue will remain cursed.....Forever.








Saturday, May 16, 2009

Bloody Jack, L.A Meyer








Title: Bloody Jack
Author: L.A Meyer
What genre: Young Adult
Pages: 320


Rating: 5/5
Characters: 4/5
Story: 5/5
Cover: 4/5






I must say that i really loved this book. The beginning really went well and we really got into our character before most of the action started off. Second i love how L.A Meyer wrote it, it was not a girl telling her story or another person telling it but Jacky telling it as most of the things were happening right then. I loved that! I don't think i have read a book that has done that. It was a great idea. And Third i never once got board of Miss Jacky Faber, which is a real pleasure for me because i need something fresh in a book and sometimes i don't get fed up with the book but with the characters because they all sound the same, So the characters were very good.




Plot: When Mary Faber has no where to turn, after the death of former gang leader and like brother, she decides to make a new start. And that start is on his Majesty's ship the HSM Dolphin, but their is a twist she Mary Faber pretends to be a he and starts by cutting her hair and changing her name to Jack "Jacky" Faber. It is the life she has always wanted and the friends she makes go a long way. All she has to do is keep pretending and the "Deception" will do its job. But as she struggles with changes and on going action on board and off can she keep this huge secret and not be put off the ship?






Next in the series
~Curse of the Blue Tattoo~



It is seriously a very good book.


your book reviewer,


BOstan~

Friday, May 15, 2009

William Makepeace Thackeray



William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
"Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you."




Thought for the day~ :)

Primeval !






Season 2 Coming Soon! On May 29 Friday 2009, Scifi.

Season 1, episode 6.........Primeval




Recap:

Wow! I mean Wow. It is a very detailed and confusingly brilliant ending to season 1. It is not although confusing to some like me and other regulars. I was surprised by the affair of Helen and Steven, and i knew it was gonna happen but the change for Claudia was weirdly interesting. So far the future monster was the best, and it ended all cliff hanger-y. I can't wait for Season 2.

Sign BOstan~

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Open Book: Bloody Jack #4

Open Book: Painting a smile with words. I really liked this quote because it is true, we can be "betrayed" by believing in something but with hope and in a different way we can believe again and be "Saved"

Title: Bloody Jack. BY. L.A Meyer
Page: 187
" Shorn of Hope and by Hope Betrayed, Yet by Hope uplifted and by Hope Is Saved."


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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Open Book: Bloody Jack #3


Open Book: I found it unforgettable



Title: Bloody Jack. BY L.A. Meyer
Page: 116


"You've got to think of the fine times you had with your mate, not the moment of his perishin'. Every tear you shed now only wets his windin' sheet and disturbs his rest."


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Monday, May 11, 2009

100th Post!


Usually People celebrate their 100th follower, well i don't have that many but i do have a 100 posts. It is something i suppose. Now i am on to 100 and 1 next maybe 200, well see. Thanks to every one who even sits down to read what i write.
Personally BOstan~

For Literature Buffs


This is for who ever likes to read English or American Literature. From Jane Austen to Mark Twain. (It is pretty weird to put their names together)

I found a very cool Web Site that has about 70 books and a few 100 short story's online. They don't have every thing and you have to read it online unless you can print it off but it is nice if you need a book that they have.

The Web Site Name is: http://www.literaturecollection.com

Check it out if you like.

Sincerely BOstan~

For What Book is It # 1

















Yes the Answer is Frances Hodgson Burnett. Born in England Manchester 1849 and Died in the United States New York 1924. And She Wrote the beloved children's book The Secret Garden.
...

What Book is It??

I wonder if you can guess this quote; beginning or ending paragraph from a book.
Suggest the book and author.

Clues-

Female writer- Born in England, 1849- and it is a story about a little orphaned girl-

"When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another..."

Any Suggestions???




Yet To Read: The Hunger Games, BY Suzanne Collins


Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 384
Publisher: Scholastic press (September 14, 2008)

Yet To Read: Is about a book that i haven't read before, but i want to. And Most Plot Descriptions are from Amazon.

Plot: The United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to be used as gladiators in a televised fight to the death. Sixteen year old Katniss , from what was once Appalachia, offers to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she is entirely focused on survival at any cost. The fight contestants must battle harsh terrain, artificially concocted weather conditions, and two teenaged contestants from each of Panem's districts. Although Katniss may be skilled with a bow and arrow and adept at analyzing her opponents next moves, she has much to learn about personal sentiments, especially her own.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Doctor Who: The Last Dodo. By Jacqueline Rayner

Rating: 4/5

Characters: 3/5

Story: 5/5

Cover: 3/5



Title: Doctor who; The Last Dodo

Author: Jacqueline Rayner

Pages: 247


I was thinking how they were gonna bring in the Dodo and keep it always part of the main story line and the author did just that. It was brilliantly constructed. And i can't believe i am saying this, for a science fiction novel it had some good facts, Mixed of course with humor. As always i got punked, i had a totally different subject for the villain but i was so horribly wrong. The characters were very good. The Doctor and Martha were very real and the Museums curator was very detailed in her side. Some of the other characters were not so much in the book so i can't name every other characters right off hand but the main people and animals i can. The plot is based mostly on extinction and as you read you really feel bad for animals. Ones that are endangered, extinct, and the ones in cadges.
I really liked this book and it is one of my favorite Doctor Who Books that i have read yet.

Plot:
The Doctor wants to take Martha some where special, but she can't figure out where. What would you do if the whole universe was open up to you? That is exactly the situation she is in. After some thought she suggests a visit to see the Dodo, not in a Museum, not in captivity, but before humans invaded and they were happily off and in their own lush territory. But that is not exactly were they end off, they do see a Dodo but in the Museum Of The Last Ones. The only job of the museum is to capture and preserve in suspended animation the last of every species. And that is were Eve, the museum's curator come into play. She makes it her special interest to find out and preserve one out of every species.
But she has a problem.... some one or something is stealing the Earth sections exhibits. So the Doctor and Martha Hop on the case, but how long can the Doctor keep his secret that he is the last of his kind?





BOstan~

Open Book: Bloody Jack

Open Book: A thought that counts



Bloody Jack, By L.A Meyer
Page 49
"While the Winds Do Blow, And Enemies Abide, Music and Friends Hath Charms, To Set Our Sorrows Aside."


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Saturday, May 9, 2009

X-Men Origins Wolverine



I saw it today.
( Lain I know you can't watch it but i wanted to post about it)
I really really liked it, it was one of the best movies i have seen in the theaters this year. I have all of the three movies and so i know the story line and every thing and it was very nice to find out more about the before of X-Men. There was action, romance (not soo soo much), and suspense to fill the movie. I really liked the ending because it closed the mystery for most of everything. It was sad and happy. This movie for scifi fans and super hero/mutant X-Men fans. But i suggest any one that wants to see it to see the first made movies first. But you don't have to, it just helps you to understand things more.
Sincerely BOSTan~

Open Book-


Open Book: Painting a smile with words









Doctor who: The Last Dodo. By Jacqueline Rayner

Page: 187

"Laughter wasn't only the best medicine; it could also be the best weapon."


















Bloody Jack. By L.A. Meyer
Page 34

" It's easier bein' a boy, 'cause when someone needs somethin' done like holdin' a horse, they'll always pick a boy' cause they think the dumbest boy will be better at than the brightest girl, which is stupid, but there you are."





Friday, May 8, 2009

Star Trek (2009) May 8th

I don't normally watch Star Trek, but i reaaaaaaaaly want to see the new movie. The commercials i think show that the movie has more action like scenes than the show would and that is cool to, but i just really want to see it.

Plot: a chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew Members, Ect.








Some Cast Members:
Chris Pine = James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto = Spock
Leonard Nimoy = Spock Prime
Eric Bana = Nero
Bruce Greenwood = Capt. Christopher Pike
Karl Urban = Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Zoe Saldana = Nyota Uhura
Simon Pegg = Scotty
And more....





SEASON 1, Episode 6 (Scifi)




Next Episode, Plot: A series of unexplained disappearances lead the team to track a highly evolved predator from the future.

Season 1, episode 5......Primeval

Recap: I really liked this episode. It was very funny and was also intense. I thought the monster/dinosaur idea was a very good one.