http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/ Aria's Book List Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:35:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2007. Books Writing Reading http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/29.html Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:14:13 GMT I want to start this up again, but I'm not going to make any promises. And I still have to sort out the whole side-link situation so... Well, Regents Week (State Exams are good for something) is coming up, so perhapse I'll have time to do it then. Anyway Tam Lin by Pamala Dean Fantasy | 468pgs. As she starts Blackstock College, Janet Carter thinks that the most unusual part of her experiance will be that her father teaches there. But she doesn't count on the strange, secretive, and seductive Classics department. They have come from the realm of faerie, and carry danger with... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=29 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/28.html Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:28:12 GMT well, I don't know when this'll get going again, because I am very busy right now with college apps and such but for the time being, I'd like to quickly recomend Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marsha Peel, and Grendel by John Gardner. Okay, see you soon I hope. http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=28 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/27.html Sun, 14 May 2006 20:11:37 GMT The Wings of a Falcon by Cynthia Voigt Fantasy | 467pgs. A boy with no name lives on the Damall's island, where the Damall rules cruely over all the boys. He has learned to be the best of the boys, but still does not want to stay. So he excapes, taking his only friend, and they set off for the mainland and a new life. But it will not be so easy to find, because creulty exsists not only on the Damall's island, and the world beyond holds endless dangers. A captivating novel, with a main character who is not always perfect, or even nearly perfect, and who wonderfully... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=27 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/26.html Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:28:07 GMT Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury Historical Fiction | 240pgs. As a Japanese-American living in Hawaii, Eddy Okuba knows that there's an underlying prejudice. When it surfaces, he joins the army to prove he's a loyal citizen, but after Pearl Harbor is attacked, he is met with suspicion even there. Treated as a prisoner for some time, and then given a secret assignment which, despite being told only they can do, he can clearly see the racism bubbling beneath, he just tries to survive his version of the war. Told in first person, this is a simple story... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=26 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/25.html Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:20:39 GMT Wintering by William Durbin Historical Fiction | 191pgs. Peirre La Page is a young voyaguer spending his first winter as a hivernant - one of the canoer/trappers who spend the winter at a remote trading post in the Canadian wilderness. As he journeys on the rivers to the place his group will be building, and spends the winter there, he learns more of the world and the men he travells with. But along with the harsh lessons, he also finds friendship with a young brave from a nearby Ojibwe village, and thier commander, who shares with him the crates of books he brought. ... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=25 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/24.html Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:19:25 GMT Valiant by Holly Black Fantasy | 314pgs When Val finds her mom and boyfriend togethr, she takes off to New York City, with no plan in mind. There she meets Lolli, Dave, and Luis, kids living in a subway station, and learns from them about the faires who live in the city, in particular, a troll named Ravus whom they make deliveries for. She also learns that those fairies are being murdered. Soon, along with her new friends, she is thrown into the dangerous intrigues of the Realm of Faire, all while finding herself disturbingly attracted to that troll. I bought the book... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=24 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/22.html Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:23:59 GMT Private Peaceful by Michael Murpurgo Historical | 202pgs. Private Thomas Peaceful is spending the night alone in a barn during World War I, trying to survive, and waiting for something. To keep awake, he recounts his childhood growing up with his older brother Charlie and their friend Molly, and the circumstances that lead to them joining the war, as well as what they have seen and experienced since. Written so it seems as if Tommo is talking both to himself and to the reader, the simple story draws one in, entangling you in the characters and their lives, keeping... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=22 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/21.html Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:59:06 GMT Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve Science Fiction | 373pgs. In an era where cities and towns roam the world consuming eachother in a practice calle Municipal Darwinism, the young apprentice historian Tom saves London's Lord Mayor from an assasin. He expects to be treated as a hero, but instead finds himself left behind on the ground with the assasin, a mysterios girl named Hester Shaw, as London moves on. He only wants to get back home, but he needs Hester in order to survive away from the city, and with her he may learn that his heros aren't as virtous as he thought, and... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=21 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/20.html Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:54:48 GMT The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber Fairy Tale | 377pgs Abandoned in a forest, Lump is raised by a witch, a bear, and a demon, sheltered from the world of humans and never realizing how ugly he is until he meets others in the forest and his heard grows cold. With ignorance of the world, and a taste for revenge, there are all kinds of troubles which the boy can cause for himself and his mother, and few ways in which he can fix them. It takes quite a while for the story to really get moving, but once it does, it's a good one and engaging. A nice touch it the retellings of... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=20 http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/archive/19.html Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:22:37 GMT So Super Starry by Rose Wilkins Teen Life | 230pgs Octavia goes to a posh private school with kids of othe celebrities and semi-celebrities, but as much as her TV actress mother would like her to be, she's just not into the whole fame thing. She'd rather just live a normal life. But when she meets Alex, Octavia starts doing things for and with the girls she hates for their superficiality in order to stay on his good side. Of course, she and other characters have a few things to learn and some important descisions to make. As much a story about her mother... (more) http://ariasbooks.blogdrive.com/comments?id=19