Had a day off today, good to get to church (first time in four/five weeks) and see everyone again. Even better that everyone remembered me :D then spent the afternoon of the day off reading... and I have finished book 2 of three (not a series). So the first book I read was Scorpia Rising; I'd only read it if I'd read the others in the Alex Rider series, aimed for older kids/younger teenagers. This book, however, "I Am Number Four" could have gone one of two ways. It could have been brilliant or it could have been shocking. It was actually brilliant. The style of writing is an uncommon one (first person) but through the whole book it worked well. Typicalised by short, simple/compound sentences it's not in the literary style of a writer like Tolkien, for instance (how many books are) but the plot was original and gripping. It was not absurd and it stuck to the author's created rules for the heroes (who are aliens) i.e. it did not halfway through suddenly introduce a new "rule" like "they're immortal and don't need sleep or water if they run round in a circle three times clucking like a chicken" or anything ridiculous, they could be hurt and they weren't invincible, very important characteristics for heroes and the only bad side to the book is the strange paragraph at the beginning where it claims (before the story has started) to be telling completely true facts. Call me cynical, but i think that if the events in the books are true... well I'll go no further; needless to say that for me it is nothing more than fiction - albeit a jolly good fiction. Loved the originality of the planets, worlds, situation and plot, though some might argue it's a typical and cliched plot.
The next book to read is on called The Eagle, which has recently had the prestige of being made into a film... so hopefully that too will be well worth the buy...
For now, I'm the one who's saying "bye" though, as I end this and go to sleep. Next and final part of the course starts tomorrow and it's gonna be good :D
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