Have you ever dreamed of being part of something bigger then life? Ever wondered what it was like to get a glympse into the world of the Greek Gods? For Percey Jackson he did. In this book this boy is found out to be the son of Posideon, the greek God of the oceans. He thought that being a demi-god, which is half mortal half god, would be the easy life. Neadless to say he soon found out it wasn't.
Being half Posideon, Percey found a connection to water. His favorite animals were fish, his favorite sport were swimming. He seemed so different thn all of friends who liked dogs and playing basketball. Once he found out he was the son of Posideon he was relieved to know the reason for him being different. Once this is found out all of his problems seem to get even bigger. For protection he has to go to a camp for all of the demi-gods. Once he gets there all of the battles begin and the action starts to happen.
This book is a mix of action yet it has a meaning to it. The meaning I found to be that no matter how different you are, that you should be happy. Also i found that this book means that being what you want to be, may not always be the best thing. Percey found this out the hard way becasue with being half god comes godly worries. Being a god there is almost like a scent that the evil being can smell out. The more powerful you god parent is the more powerful the smeel. Percey Jackson,s father was one of the big three so that gave him a strong scent, thus meaning that all of the evil beings were always after him.
With being mainly about God, I find that there is a connection to my SIP. My topic for the SIP is marine biology. In this the main character has a love for the oceans. He loved the fish and the different types of sports in the water. This made me want to find out a little more about the different types of fish. i wanted to know about their adaptations. Sea life has always interested me. These are the reasons why i chose this book for my SIP.
I would highly recomend this book to anyone who is a fan of reading. i believe that anyone will like this book no matter what your favorite genre is. i gave this book five stars becuase this specific book happens to be one of my favorite books. If you want to read a good boook, you should pick this up from a store.
About Me
- Brandon Newell
- Well, this is my blog for most of my school essays. I like to write essays so some of my posts are done on my own. I am just a normal highschooler going to a completely DIFFERENT school. It is tough learning how to go to school completely different. Well i hope that you stay my follower so you can see, LIFE ACCORDING TO ME.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Reading
When a good book is found it is almost like your best friend. You never want to leave it. All that you want to do all day is just read. Lately i have been reading a lot of good books. I would like this good book streak to continue. The next book that i am going to be reading is the Great Gatsby. This book seems to have some slow points in them from reading a little of the first chapter. Most people that have read this book that i talk to, do not like it. I hope that i will like it however.
Reading has done good for me. Whenever I am stressed and just want to relax i take out a book and I feel fine. It is almost like a different world that I can get away from. If one thing is true it is that I will never give up my hope of reading.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
My book review on The Westing Game
When thinking of a mystery book, what do you think about? A book that has action it and a murder you have to solve perhaps. Maybe even a book with a completely unpredictable ending. If this is your form of a great mystery book The Westing Game is for you! Everything listed in your answers will be in the book.
Throughout reading the book one line keeps being repeated by all the characters. "It's not what you have it's what you don't have that counts." This is said in the will of the "dead" man. This is a very important statement that must be remeber throughout the whole book. The will is thought to be true and had to be followed, it was not. Nothing in the will was right, not even the clues. The clues were only words to a song. Everything was to get their brains thinking and in the end when you find who the heir is, I personally garentee you did not see it coming. Nothing you believe to be true is!
"The murderer is far too cunning for my heirs to notice" This is too said in the will of the "dead" man. You see this little quote is ironic. Maybe it is ironic becuase, THERE WAS NO MURDERER! The so called "dead" man was faking his death to see what everyone would do. He wanted people to believe that he died so that they would convict his wife of the murder. To know this you would have to read the story but in short this is what happened. They had a child who was a girl. She wanted to marry someone but they broke them up. His wife was the reason for them to be broken up. After they broke up their child killed herself. This is why he believes his wife indirectly killed their daughter and wanted her to go to jail.
This book gets you mind thinking in a way that you did not think it could. It pushes your thinking process to the brink.Nothing you think to be true in the book is. This book is like nothing you ever read before. You will love the way this book is though. The character really come to life in this book. It is almost like you are in the book and the characters are the people around you. They are explained so greatly and instead of changing through the book they stay constant. No other book that i have read recently did this.
I would highly recomend this book to anyone who enjoys reading. One thing you would have to do while reading is arite a couple notes. I am not saying that you have to write a book review on every chapter but a few notes are needed. There are many characters in this book. I find that this fact gives it a better story becasue you have to think. in short if you want a good book to read, I reccomend this book.
Throughout reading the book one line keeps being repeated by all the characters. "It's not what you have it's what you don't have that counts." This is said in the will of the "dead" man. This is a very important statement that must be remeber throughout the whole book. The will is thought to be true and had to be followed, it was not. Nothing in the will was right, not even the clues. The clues were only words to a song. Everything was to get their brains thinking and in the end when you find who the heir is, I personally garentee you did not see it coming. Nothing you believe to be true is!
"The murderer is far too cunning for my heirs to notice" This is too said in the will of the "dead" man. You see this little quote is ironic. Maybe it is ironic becuase, THERE WAS NO MURDERER! The so called "dead" man was faking his death to see what everyone would do. He wanted people to believe that he died so that they would convict his wife of the murder. To know this you would have to read the story but in short this is what happened. They had a child who was a girl. She wanted to marry someone but they broke them up. His wife was the reason for them to be broken up. After they broke up their child killed herself. This is why he believes his wife indirectly killed their daughter and wanted her to go to jail.
This book gets you mind thinking in a way that you did not think it could. It pushes your thinking process to the brink.Nothing you think to be true in the book is. This book is like nothing you ever read before. You will love the way this book is though. The character really come to life in this book. It is almost like you are in the book and the characters are the people around you. They are explained so greatly and instead of changing through the book they stay constant. No other book that i have read recently did this.
I would highly recomend this book to anyone who enjoys reading. One thing you would have to do while reading is arite a couple notes. I am not saying that you have to write a book review on every chapter but a few notes are needed. There are many characters in this book. I find that this fact gives it a better story becasue you have to think. in short if you want a good book to read, I reccomend this book.
review on the sea life in Austrailia
I personaly have never been to Austrailia, but I know a few people who have been. They all say that the sites there are amazing. One thing that I would love to go and do is scuba diving. Being on the coast of Austrailia and the Great Barier Reef not being far off there is nothing better to do. The amount of sea life there is massive. It ranges from the little sea crab to the mighty great white shark. You would have to be careful swimming there.
One thing for sure is that you will not be disappointed in the types of sea life. The oceans there are salt water. The salt water fish are generally more colorful than the fresh water fish. Some of the sea life there are not as peaceful as the seem. There are many deadly creatures there. Some of these creature have venom in them like the jellyfish. Another fish that you would have to look out for is the Great White. You will not have to look far to see this!
As a whole no one would be dissappointed seeing thse fish. Anyone would like to see something bright and cheerful. Not everything there is deadly. One day I would love to be able to say that I was here and to be able to say i scubba dived in the Great Barrier Reef.
One thing for sure is that you will not be disappointed in the types of sea life. The oceans there are salt water. The salt water fish are generally more colorful than the fresh water fish. Some of the sea life there are not as peaceful as the seem. There are many deadly creatures there. Some of these creature have venom in them like the jellyfish. Another fish that you would have to look out for is the Great White. You will not have to look far to see this!
As a whole no one would be dissappointed seeing thse fish. Anyone would like to see something bright and cheerful. Not everything there is deadly. One day I would love to be able to say that I was here and to be able to say i scubba dived in the Great Barrier Reef.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The School Year As Of Now
Well it is already the end of the First marking period. This is also my first marking period in the school system becuase i am use to having trimesters. This is almost exciting because this is showing that time is really going fast and I also am confident that I did good in all subjects. This school truly is going fast. I remember the very first day of school when everyone was meeting each other. Just today everyone was talking all of their opinions on each other the first day. Everyone thought that i would be quiet and awkward, they were wrong! Everyone is so great in this program. This is almost like the school hand picked each one us to be good for each other. The program is good too. i stilll have a lot more to go for the year and i hope that it is just as good as this marking period.
Homework
Well this is something that everything gets but almost no one wants. I guess that in the end homework is good for us becuase it gives us a chance to practice what we learned and to make sure that we know what we are doing. Well there is a lot of homework this year and that ius something a little new to me. I at first did not like this becuase of the amount of homework but now i have gotten use to this. I guess that i have gotten use to this becuase i learned more time management skills. Whern i look at it in the long run homework was a good thing for me to have this year although i would rather not have to do it.
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