Jordan, Robert. Knife of Dreams. 1. 1. United States: Tor Books, 2005. 860. Print.
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Being the 11th book of the series, The Wheel of Time, I wont be able to summerize in great detail. To Start Elayne finally gains the thrown of Andor, and quells the siege. Egwene, taking it upon herself to transform the chain into heart stone, gets captured by the White Tower and is thrown in the white of novices. At first glance that might seem like a problem, but Egwene manages to undermine everything Elaida does, slowly, but surly, bring the tower back together. Mat Cauthon runs from the Seanchan for the entierty of the book, building his relationship w/ Tuon along the way. Perrin takes Malden from the Shaido Aiel and rescues Faile by recuriting the help of the Seanchan. Meanwhile Rand is attacked by Semirhage who was posing as Tuon and loses his left hand in the process. And during all this signs of the Dark Ones taint show more and more, the dead walking, food spoiling, halls changing. There are many parallel story lines, which help to build upon the greater picture, but to see that greater picture it helps to read the first 10. Since the Last Battle is approaching Jordan has made a habit of switching characters often, when he does this it helps the reader understand all that is happening. However the parallel story lines also have an aggravating effect. Many a time there is something that you know is going to happen, great forshadowing on Jordan's part, and you yell and scream at the character and try and warn them but you can't. Like in the prolog when Suroth was talking to Semirhage and they were plotting to sew chaos in the Seanchan to take power. While that is annoying Jordan makes amazing plot twists out of it and I guess thats why 4 consecutive books in a series were New York Times #1 Best Sellers.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. 1. 1. United States: HarperCollins Publishers, 1932. 260. Print. (260)
Brave New World is about, well, a brave new world. A world in which everyone has a place and a job that they are conditioned to like and do it well. The populus is all clones, the only people who are "born" are on the Savage Reservation, the last remaining shred of what life was in the past. BNW begins w/ a clone who is kind of an odd ball, he dosn't do what a social acceptable person would do, like take soma or do the Obstacle Golf. His name is Bernard, so this odd ball takes a girl he likes to the Savage Reservation. There they meet a "savage" named John, he happens to be the son of the Directer of the Hatchery. John happens to be very well learned in Shakespearian literature, this builds to many major decisions on his part. John starts out liking this brave new world, but once he starts to think about their lack of morals and God he does a complete turn around.
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. 1. 1. United States: Hyperion Books, 2005. 400. Print.
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Riordan's The Lightning Thief is about the young son of Poseidon, who dosn't know he's the son of Poseidon, and his battle against evil. The main characters are Percy who is the son of Poseidon, Annabeth who is the daughter of Athena, and Grover who is a satyr, which is a half goat half human. Well the book starts out with Percy being attacked by his math teacher at a museum. After awhile he goes with his mom to a places they often visit by the ocean, during that they have to run, Percy still dos'nt know whats happening. On their way to the Camp Halfblood they are attacked by the Minotaur. Percy dosn't know who his dad is, only that he is a magical being of some kind. At the camp he talks to the oracle who tells him he needs to find Zues' master bolt, which everyone thinks he stole. In his quest to the underworld to find it, he has to go cross country from New York all the way to California. Along the way he is attacked multiple times by prominent figures in Greek mythology. One thing that really caught my attention and interest in this book was how he set it in the modern age. It adds a certain interest to the age long passed of Greek myths. Riordan wrote an epicly funny book by incorporating the past and the present together.
