Wednesday, December 23, 2009

City of Glass


To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and her best friend, Simon, has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.
As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City whatever the cost?

City of Ashes


In City of Bones, the first book, Clary Fray’s world is turned upside-down. She has never thought of herself as being anything other than ordinary, until she sees a group of teenagers kill a demon and finds that no one else can see them. Soon after that, Clary’s mother mysteriously disappears, and she is plunged into a world in which vampires and werewolves are real. She discovers that she is a Shadowhunter a race of demon-slayers. To top it all off, she finds herself caught in a nasty love triangle with Simon, her best friend, and Jace, an arrogant, handsome Shadowhunter. Just as she seems to be falling for Jace, she finds out that Valentine, the villainous man who kidnapped her mother is her father, and Jace is her brother. Oops.As City of Ashes begins, Clary’s mother is lying in the hospital in a coma, the Clave** suspects that Jace is a spy for his father, and Clary is very romantically confused.Valentine goes after the second Mortal Instrument, the Soul-Sword, and is more of a jerk than ever. Jace is an angry, angst-ridden teenager. Simon seems to be becoming more than a friend to Clary, but she’s still struggling with her feelings for Jace. And my word! Is our love triangle becoming more of a… love… square? Indeed it is! Speaking of love shapes, Alec gets a boyfriend. On top of all the aforementioned drama, Clary and Jace seem to be discovering mysterious powers. And, of course, there is still the lingering question: are they really siblings? City of Ashes is fabulous at least as good as City of Bones, if not better. Also, there are more flying motorcycles.

City of Bones


When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....

Friday, December 11, 2009

Catching Fire


Title:Catching Fire

Author: Suzanne Collins


After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen returns to her district, hoping for a peaceful future. But Katniss starts to hear rumours of a deadly rebellion against the Capitol. A rebellion that she and Peeta have helped to create. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless Katniss and Peeta can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying...

The Hunger Games


Title: The hunger games

Author: Suzanne Collins


Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death that is televised for all of Panem to see. Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

My Name


What does my name mean? Does my name mean me? My name is Alayna Christela Parsons-Valles. My first name originally means fair one, but to me it means fun, it means laughter. It is like the number fourteen, it is a bright color. It is the sound of children growing, growing up strong. Nobody in my family has ever had my name. I am the first. Who will be the second?My middle name means strange. It means ugly. It means rain falling; it is like a baby crying. It is like the number zero, it is a gray color. It is nothing, it is nothing to me. It is my grandmother’s middle name to. She loves her middle name. She loves her name like she loves her kids. To her the name sings and dances around her. My grandmother loves her middle, but I do not. My Last name means mixture. It is like the number one-hundred, it is a rainbow of colors. My name has been in both my families for years and years, but now I carry the both the names of my ancestors. It is like Mexicans and Americans dancing together, it is different combining. My name. Is that what my name means? Fun, strange, and mixture. Yes. That is what my name means

Friday, October 16, 2009

The Host(Parsons-Valles/Pink reading sheet)


Book: The Host
Author: Stephanie Meyer

In this story an alien called souls have taken over earth using human bodies as hosts.A girl named Melanie is one of the surviving "Wild Humans" is captured by the souls and used as a host.Wanderer the soul who is using Melanie as a host was told about the feelings and the strong emotions of the humans. Wanderer begins to have dreams and starts to love the man Jared Melanie loves and wants to protect the brother she sees in her dreams Melanie' brother Jamie. Now she can hear Melanie' thoughts and can hear Melanie talk to her. They team up searching for Jared and Jamie and having many difficult opsticals.This book is very interesting and is recommended to readers.