Showing posts with label the maze runner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the maze runner. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Top 10 Books on my Fall 2014 to be read list

1. Sinner: This book is the sort of fourth book of the Wolves of Mercy Falls series and it deals with wrapping up Cole and Isabel's story and since I love that series and both of these characters I'm very excited to read this book.
2. Crank: I love Ellen Hopkins books and this is her most well known one so I think that it would be for the best if I read it.
3. The Mark of Athena: I loved the first two books of the Heroes of Olympus series and I'm sure I'll love this one as well and I've been meaning to read it for awhile anyways.
4. Paper Towns: I've read three books I've read by John Green so far and I have no reason to believe that I wouldn't love this one as well.
5. Dime Store Magic: I love Kelly Armstrong's The Darkest Powers series and this book sounds interesting as well and I hope that I love it just as much.
6. Also Known As: I hear that this book is sort of similar to the Gallagher Girls series which I love and I will be finished with fairly soon so I think this will help fill the void.
7. Triangles: Another Ellen Hopkins novel and this one is related to the book Tilt which I loved.
8. Splintered: This book sounds like an interesting retelling of the Alice in Wonderland story and since I already own this book I think that this is a good book to read soon.
9. The Scorch Trails: I liked the first book of the Maze Runner series and I think that I'll like this one as well.
10. The Sound and the Fury: So on a blog that I visited someone said that a character whom I love life is like a fanfiction of The Sound and the Fury, my first thought was that's bond to be a depressing book and my second thought was I have no idea what that is so I have to look that up and I did. Anyways the reference sort of makes sense to me now and I really really want to read this book because it sounds super interesting as well as very challenging so this book is on this list but I also know that I won't actually read this book this fall.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Book Review: The Maze Runner

                                                        The Maze Runner Review
The Maze Runner is about this place called the Glade which is where a whole bunch of young boys have been sent after they have gotten their memories wiped and now they live in this place where they are cut off from the rest of civilization and they have to solve this giant maze which is filled with these deadly creatures called grievers in order to get back home. We learn about this world through the main character Thomas's point of view although we learn about through very small fragmented pieces of information which is frustrating for both Thomas and the reader.

Things start to change in the Glade soon after Thomas's arrival with the arrival of the first ever girl Teresa who somehow triggers the ending which makes the sun in sky kind of go out and keeps the maze from closing at night. All the changes that are due to the ending makes finding a way out of the maze even more important then it was before because there is no the threat of death in the very near future if they can't get out of there.

I overall really did like this book but I feel like it's a bit hard to talk about without spoiling everything because the book is mostly about figuring out the mysteries of the maze the purpose behind the maze which are not really revealed until the end of the book. Also while I did enjoy all the major characters in the book there weren't a ton of deep character moments through out the book so there's not really much to talk about on that front either. On a side note since I read this book mostly because I really liked the cast for the movie and well I'm still really looking forward to seeing the movie after reading the book which I think is a good thing. Please tell me your thoughts on this book.