I don't remember a time when I hadn't read this book. Honestly! I could not pinpoint when I first read it to save my life. I have the best audio book copy of this ever (I use it on long car rides)! It is read by a person with an English accent. I can no longer read the book on my own without hearing it in that voice, but I figure it's a small price to pay to have this amazing version of it. If you want it you can find it at www.booksshouldbefree.com . Just search the title in the search bar and it will pop up. Just so you know it is a different cover than the one that I showed here. Because the book is no longer under copyright, this website can offer the book for free. Yay!
I didn't actually...read...anything...this week. Shhhhh. Don't tell! I mean, I worked on reading 1984 a little bit, but that doesn't really count (I have to read that). So I thought that I would review one of my favourite books of all time. Also, at the end of this there is an important bit of information... so you should read that. Oh! And I'm going to introduce you to Gertie, too!
I don't remember a time when I hadn't read this book. Honestly! I could not pinpoint when I first read it to save my life. I have the best audio book copy of this ever (I use it on long car rides)! It is read by a person with an English accent. I can no longer read the book on my own without hearing it in that voice, but I figure it's a small price to pay to have this amazing version of it. If you want it you can find it at www.booksshouldbefree.com . Just search the title in the search bar and it will pop up. Just so you know it is a different cover than the one that I showed here. Because the book is no longer under copyright, this website can offer the book for free. Yay!
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Hello, Jason here. I don't know about you, but for me, there is absolutely nothing better, nothing that defines happiness more than a brand new book, just waiting to cause you to lose sleep, cry, and shout with glee. I just bought this book (Elizabeth is Missing, by Emma Healey) that I've been wanting to read so badly for about a month now (my sister can attest to that - I've been babbling in and on about it for the past few weeks) and now that I've got it, I almost don't want to read it, simply because of the excitement I have about reading it (if that makes any sense at all). I know this book is going to be amazing - and that once I start reading, it is probably going to consume my life, which I am absolutely excited for. I have heard such great things about this book, and I also found out that not one, not two, not even three, but nine publishers fought with each other for the publishing rights to this book. And for a reader like me, that sends the message that this is going to be one heck of a good book. Honestly, I'm saving this book for a long (as in two twelve-hour days) car ride that starts on Monday, so for now, I'll cherish that awesome feeling I have right now, and keep staring at it's (great) book cover, keeping it safe until the glorious day the car ride starts. Can you tell I'm excited? So to complete my title: The definition of happiness is a brand new book, just waiting to be read. I hope you are all having a great week! Stay addicted! -Jason I am going to just jump right into this review this time around. The version of this book that I got and read was from my school library, with the librarian letting me take out a book late, with only two weeks left in school (#ThankYouLibrarians. No? I promise I won't do it again). Anyways, I did not fully read the book cover, so although I realized the book was a futuristic dystopian novel, I did not realize it was a post-zombie apocalypse, with zombies still on the rampage novel (the zombies are called 'Unconsecrated' instead of zombies - but it is pretty much the same idea). And I will admit, zombies are not my thing, and I will also admit that this was my first zombie book I have ever read. So please keep this bias in mind throughout the review. Mary lives in a troubled village, where in the middle of trying to survive attacks by the Unconsecrated, it is assumed that she and the rest of her village are the last non-Unconsecrated people in the world. The only thing keeping the Unconsecrated from entering the village, and killing and turning all of the villagers into more Unconsecrated, is an old fence in constant need of repair. In efforts to keep their village population from dieing out, as soon as people are old enough, they are married so they can have children to continue the future of their village. So, I am going to admit it, I happen to be a bit of a geek. I really like English history, specifically the Tudor royal family. It's fascinating! When I was younger, I would read almost anything I could get my hands on about Queen Elizabeth the First. I think that part of that was that we happen to have the same first name, and that's always cool, but also part of that was because she was SO cool. Anyways, because of my extensive (for someone under 10) research, I knew a lot about that specific time period, and I knew about Lady Jane Grey. Now, normally, she was mentioned in passing in the books I read, as she was Queen for only 9 days, so she was sort of glossed over, and you never really heard much about her after Mary took her rightful place as Queen of England. I found my copy of this book last summer at an antique store near my house, where I got it for a toonie. I noticed it first because it was red (what is it with me and red books?), second, because it was old (I'll discuss the amazingness of old books later in the post), third I noticed the name that is the title, and finally, I noticed how fancily the title was printed. My copy is the second printing, from December 1952. Fun Fact: That means that the book was printed 398 years and 10 months after Lady Jane died. The first printing was in September of the same year. I think that it was maybe a library book at some point, and it's not in the best shape ever, but I love it. This is a good book. There is really not much more to say. It seems unlikely, because it has such a bad description on the back of the cover. And because of its not very interesting book description I am very certain that of the people who pick it up, a small percentage actually read it instead of putting it away. The description is just plain boring, and to be honest, the only reason I bought it was because it was a $2.50 buy from a Scholastic book buying leaflet at my school. I have read this once before, and halfway through my re-read of it, I recommended it to a friend who read the back cover, and promptly tried to politely put it back down. I tried to explain that it really was a good book, but they were already lost. So don't you run away, going off to check another website. Earlier, when I said that this is a good book, I'm sorry, but I lied. This is a great book. And you have to read it. Please, please, please, read it! |
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