Worn Out Pages: 2014

Book Review: The Cuckoo's Calling - by Robert Galbraith

6:53 PM

Summary from goodreads: After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story:...

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Book Review: Foxglove Summer (Peter Grants #5) - by Ben Aaronovitch

8:58 PM

Summary from Goodreads: In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London - to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children....

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Movie Review - Guardians of the Galaxy

10:17 AM

Rating: 4/5 Director: James Gunn Writers: James Gunn and Nicole Perlman Synopsis: After retrieving an orb with powers unknown to most, Peter Quill (originally from Earth) becomes the main target of many who want the orb for their own 'personal' reasons. While being hunted down by these parties, Peter Quill finds himself escaping certain death with the most...

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Book Review: Northanger Abbey - by Jane Austen

5:09 PM

Synopsis: Northanger Abbey, written in first person point of view (although the narrator is either unknown or the author) by Jane Austen, follows the story of an unlikely seventeen year old hero who goes by the name Catherine Morland. While she spends a few weeks in Bath with family friends, Catherine encounters a Mr. Tilney and falls in love with him....

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Book Review: And Then There Were None - by Agatha Christie

5:04 PM

Summary from Goodreads: Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Indian Island by a host who fails to appear but leaves a recording accusing all of undetected murder. Cut off by his orders, one by one each die according to a nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians. A confession...

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Book Review: Scaramouche - by Rafael Sabatini

1:19 PM

‘Scaramouche’, written by Rafael Sabatini, follows the story of Andre-Louis Moreau: a lawyer raised in nobility during the French Revolution. Initially, Andre-Louis did not care for the concerns of France’s lower class regarding the inequality of the country’s social and economic standards. This, however, changed when his friend was mercilessly ‘murdered’ by a member of the higher class...

8:03 AM

Swag September is organized by Amber at Paradise of Pages. It will occur through the whole month of September. You don't need to worry how much you read during the month, the only thing you need to do is when you do read, read only the books that you have swag for. If it isn't on a piece...

9:00 PM

Hi guys! I'm really excited to be this week's feature in in Parajunkee and Alison Can Read's Feature and Follow Friday. Book character(s) you'd like to see with their own twitter page: Sherlock Holmes. The sarcasm would be endless. http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=242908 ...

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The Book So Far: Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

4:29 PM

For my World History class, I was given an assignment to read a book about the French Revolution, which is why I am currently reading Scaramouche. In all honesty, I did not think I would enjoy reading this particular book mainly because I am not a fan of 'political' books. I have to say, however, I was pleasantly surprised. ...

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Why I'm Skeptical of the 'Looking for Alaska' Movie Adaption

3:29 PM

Hear me out. I read Looking for Alaska and I thought it was great as a literary piece. There was character development, plot twists, imagery, charaterization; the list could go on for pages. As I was reading, however, I could not help but realize how awkward it was. Again, it was a great book. But it was from...

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Book Review: Merlin's Dragon (Book One) - by T.A. Barron

11:06 PM

Rating: 5/5 stars Summary from goodreads: In the years after Fincayra disappears and Merlin has been sent wandering, a young lizard-like creature, with the wings of a bat and the magical power to produce any smell it encounters, is born into the new world of Avalon. The unlikely hero—Basil, he is called—cannot find a single creature like itself...

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Words to Describe a Person's Voice

5:27 PM

A Few Words to Describe a Person's Voice: Brittle: if a person is speaking in a brittle voice, it sounds as if they are about to cry. Croaking: rough and/or hoarse Disembodied: a disembodied voice comes from a person you can't see. Droning: boring, monotoned. Fruity: deep and strong in a welcoming or pleasant way. Gravelly/Gruff: a low...

Short Blogging Break

9:19 PM

With this being the end of the school year, there has been a lot of thing going on for me: exams, graduation, etc. I apologize for not being able to post as frequent as I used to you, but in about a week or two I will pick up from where I left off and I will probably...

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Super Cool Website for Any Writer

8:47 AM

It doesn't matter what you're writing; it could be an essay for school or a book to be published. Chances are you have at one point thought of something you want to add, but you just cannot recall the word no matter how had you try. So you look it up, but it rarely ever gives you the...

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The Letter - by Bo Burnham

6:58 PM

" I wrote you a letter, and then another letter, and another, and another, until I wrote you a word. So I wrote you a word, and then another word, and another, and another, until I wrote you a sentence. So I wrote you a sentence, and then another sentence, and another, and another, until I wrote you...

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Book Review: Destruction (Book One of The December People Series) - by Sharon Bayliss

8:05 PM

Rating: 4.5/5 stars David Vandergraff tries to be a good husband and father. He has a loving wife and three children, two boys and one girl. But that isn't his only family. David's second family went missing eleven years ago and has been trying to find them ever since. For eleven years, he waits for just one phone...

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Book Review: Anonymous - by Christine Benedict

9:14 PM

Rating: 4/5 stars Anonymous, written by Christine Benedict in third person point of view, is a mystery thriller about a young woman named Debra who faces the fear of inheriting schizophrenia, a mental illness, from her mother after moving into a presumably haunted hundred year old house. At the same time, Debra's new neighbor, Julie, has been receiving...

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Interesting Words Pt. 4

9:17 PM

argle-bargle: nonsense; meaningless writing or talking bibliobibuli: a person who reads too much dollop: a shapeless mass of food epeolatry: worship of words floccinaucinihilipilification: the habit of categorizing something as worthless gewgaw: a worthless showy thing glabella: the area between your eyebrows glom: steal hogwash: rubbish; nonsense kalopsia: the delusion of imagining things are more beautiful than they...

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Book Review: The Pale Horse - by Agatha Christie

8:01 PM

The Pale Horse, written by Agatha Christie, author of 82 novels, is a dark mystery story that deals with a great deal of death through the means of something quite different than Agatha Christie's usual way of going about murders. The main character, Mark Easterbrook, senses something slightly fishy about the coincidental mentions of "The Pale Horse" and decides...

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"The Cat Who Had 14 Tales" by Lilian Jackson Braun - Book Review

7:58 PM

Rating: 4/5 stars

The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (#30 in Cat Who..) written by Lilian Jackson Braun, owner of two Siamese cats, is a compilation of fourteen short stories surrounding fourteen different problems the highlighted felines aided in solving. These varied problems range from finding a burglar to finding a murderer, or perhaps even being an accidental killer.

The Cat Who Had 14 Tales clearly points out the felines' intelligence throughout the stories stating every once in a while things such as "'two of the kittens are very smart'" and "'do you know cats are mind readers?'". The author succeeded in fulfilling the "show don't tell" statement as she explains how each feline thought about every bad situation and how they reacted, all of which certainly proved cats to be extremely clever rather than simply saying they were intelligent .

Lilian Jackson Braun also gave each character well-defined personalities, although there wasn't much space for character development. Giving each character in every one of fourteen stories well thought out personalities is really impressive, considering that half of the personalities were cats, and the rest were minor characters. For example, in The Sin of Madame Phloi, one of the short stories in the book, there were two cats: Madame Phloi and her son Thapthim; both had completely opposite personalities. Madame Phloi was shown to be a very classy and elegant cat who cared very much for her appearance, whereas Thapthim was a happy-go-lucky kitten who trusted anyone and anything.

Another plus to these stories was that there was the occasional plot twist that will literally make you gasp after you've read it. By plot twist, I do not mean that the reader expects something to happen but when the time comes, something completely out of the blue pops up. I mean the reader has no clue to even expect anything to happen, which I personally found very entertaining.

What really attracted me to this book was the very first sentence: "Phu Phat knew, at an early age, that humans are an inferior breed". To me, this was a really great way to start off a book dedicated to cats.

The Cat Who Had 14 Tales is a very easy and relaxing book to read despite the occasional murder. I recommend this book to any one who is looking for a straight forward and quick yet suspenseful read.

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The Importance of Commas

12:14 PM

Let me show you guys a little something called commas, because honestly, they make the world a more peaceful place. Example 1: "A woman without her man is nothing." Sounds pretty bad doesn't it. Let's fix this: "A woman, without her, man is nothing." Example 2: Before: "Let's eat Grandpa!" After: "Let's eat, Grandpa!" Example 3: Before:"I like cooking...

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How Bizarre Can the English Language Get?

4:33 PM

What you are about to read will do strange things to your mind. "Two students, James and John, were given a grammar test by their teacher. The question was 'is it better to use had or had had in this example sentence?' The teacher collected the tests and looked over their answers. James, while John had had "had", had...

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Interesting Words Pt. 3

6:24 PM

Beeves: plural word for beef Defenestrate: To throw something (or someone for that matter) out of a window Deifnophobia: a fear of parties Erinaceous: resembling a hedgehog Finifugal: being too afraid to finish anything Foogle: wasting time by asking unnecessary questions Fudgel: pretending to work when, in reality you are not doing anything productive at all Groke: to...

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Looking For Alaska by John Green

5:25 PM

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

12:08 PM

Summary from goodreads: Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say she is in hospice and wanted to say goodbye. Leaving his tense, bitter wife Maureen to her chores, Harold intends...

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Book Review: The Cuckoo's Calling - by Robert Galbraith

Book Review: Foxglove Summer (Peter Grants #5) - by Ben Aaronovitch

Movie Review - Guardians of the Galaxy

Book Review: Northanger Abbey - by Jane Austen

Book Review: And Then There Were None - by Agatha Christie

Book Review: Scaramouche - by Rafael Sabatini

The Book So Far: Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

Why I'm Skeptical of the 'Looking for Alaska' Movie Adaption

Book Review: Merlin's Dragon (Book One) - by T.A. Barron

Words to Describe a Person's Voice

Short Blogging Break

Super Cool Website for Any Writer

The Letter - by Bo Burnham

Book Review: Destruction (Book One of The December People Series) - by Sharon Bayliss

Book Review: Anonymous - by Christine Benedict

Interesting Words Pt. 4

Book Review: The Pale Horse - by Agatha Christie

"The Cat Who Had 14 Tales" by Lilian Jackson Braun - Book Review

The Importance of Commas

How Bizarre Can the English Language Get?

Interesting Words Pt. 3

Looking For Alaska by John Green

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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