The Lost Hero

In my book, ' Lost hero', there are three main characters that are trying to save the world - Piper, Leo, and Jason. I'm not sure which one I'd want to be if I had to pick. Piper has beautiful eyes that change in kaleidoscopes of colour and rich brown hair and a strong personality; but she wants to hide it all and blend into the background because her Dad is famous ( Tristan Mclean) though she's one of the people who can't blend into the background - she was born to be vibrant. After all, she is Aphrodite's kid.

Leo is a small, elfin boy with a great sense of humour and black hair; he almost always has a smile for everybody, no matter how he's feeling inside, and he's loved for that. He also always likes girls way out of his league: Khione was one of them, the Goddess of ice, Thalia was another, an Artemis hunter. They're both really pretty and ignore Leo like he's invisible - no, they treat him like a rat - and Khione turns out to be his arch enemy when she raises the Giants that were foretold to overrule Olympus. He has bad taste. He's the son of Hephaestus, and he doesn't really like his Dad!

Jason is super handsome, in Piper's opinion, with close-cropped blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes, and he's lost all his memory. He's really nice and sweet and really likes his friends - though he doesn't know why he's there, with them, or who he is. He's the son of Zeus and that grants him a couple favours through his quest. I don't who I'd be, still.... I can't pick! It's going to have to be all of them!

  

Twilight

My book, Twilight, is written from Bella's perspective- first person. I think it being written from her point of view adds a lot to the book - because Edward's actions seem weird, rude, sweet, and puzzling all at the same time, Bella not knowing what each means adds more suspense to the book and makes people read more! If it had been written in second-person it would have sounded like an instruction booklet on how to tell who was a vampire and who wasn't! It would have lost Bella and her character, which I quite like because it has a very individual taste to it.

'I've decided what I want to do,' I told him. 'I want to hear more about you.'
With this small passage I can tell directly that the book is written in first person because Meyers uses 'I'. But in the next passage it's much more indirect.
'I didn't look up as I set my book on the table and took my seat, but I saw his posture change from the corner of my eye. He was leaning away from me, sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and averting his face like he smelled something bad.' No dialogue, but the perspective is still quite clear.

If it had been written in third-person omniscient it would have revealed Edward's feelings and lost all the great suspense the book has going for it, because, as I said before, the whole suspense relies on Edward and his puzzling actions and words. If you knew why he said this and that it would ruin it! Really, it would.

Third-person objective would have been just as bad. Bella's feelings give the book good feeling, the emotions setting the scene and meaningful looks saying it all. Imagine not knowing how Bella felt when Edward held his nose when sitting next to her? Not knowing if she felt offended, irritated, or even indifferent? it would be torture, really, especially for a nosy nature like mine.

All in all, I think Stephanie Meyers picked just the right narrative for the book. Fist Person is perfect in this case.

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Marley and Me

I adore Marley, a heavy golden Labrador retriever, who reminds me SO MUCH of my own dog, Chubby,also an uncontrollable Labrador.

What is making me feel totally sad, though, is because I am at the point where Marley is growing older. His boundless energy and infinite puppy dog years have flown away, and I feel heartbroken. Why does Marley have to be rid of his endearing behaviour? Id on't want him to die - he is to much like Chubby, and I don't want my Chubster to die, ever - though it is an impossible wish. 

Grogan expresses so much hope that he is imagining Marley's slow ageing - his once fast reflexes have rusted, and he becomes almost totally deaf, but he still does hear the patter of puppy chow in his bowl! He slowly loses almost all his energy and gets the arthritis so many Labs are prone to, meaning bathroom breaks are much harder for him to do and his once stone-strong bladder gives easily. This shames him deeply - because this dog has pride. Lots of it. Too much of it.

Chubby is still at his strong puppy stage and the stages Marley went through are like his- and I'm just too scared for him, though it's way into the future. I love Chubby to bits and the prospect of him losing his gallons of energy is unfathomable. Ridiculous as it is, I wish I could freeze his growth so he stays like this forever. Dogs really are pets for life.

                                                           

Fart powder - Time Travel Bath Bomb

I'm reading a fart-tastic book right now,'Fart powder and the time travel bath bomb', and it's all about ridulous happenings where farts are actually rather important! You should read it.

Sadie Rocks!

Right now I'm reading the third book in a series called 'Sadie Rocks', and it is really quite hilarious! It's called 'It's all good ( in your dreams)'