Anything But Ordinary by Lara Avery

     Hello reader! I hope you're doing well and that you've been staying dry if it's raining by you. This past weekend the skies have opened up and just sent us a deluge. No thunder and lightning  though.

     Since it's currently raining I thought how awful it would to be swimming. And then I remembered a fantastic book I've read that I hope you might enjoy. Anything But Ordinary is one of the only books I've ever reread besides Harry Potter.

   17-year-old Bryce has her entire life figured out. She's going to be an Olympic diver, one of the best because she's been training her entire life. Bryce has always participated in swimming and she always tells people that her key to succeeding is something every one can come by. But it's not. It's just space. She needs her proper space, knows exactly how much she needs for her perfect dives. In what we assume to be a race, Bryce is ready. But she realizes there is not enough space. But she complies anyways and everything was perfect but she needed just one more inch of space. And the place lacking it was the perfect, curved edge of her skull.

     Five years later, Bryce wakes up from a coma. She still feels 17 but she's not. Everything she knows is gone.
She no longer has an athlete's body.
Her parents aren't really happy.
Her younger sister is 15 and has taken a dramatic personality change.
Her boyfriend and best friend are now college graduates.

      Bryce has no clue what to do with her life. She can't swim anymore and her whole life has been brutally thrown away. But,there is one thing that Bryce notices is wrong. There is something more to her. Something not right.

       In this heartbreakingly beautiful novel you experience Bryce start to reaclamate to life, discover a whole new world of adult hood and deal with the dramatic changes in her life as she tries to find who she is.

     I will warn you that this book does not have a happy ending. It'll leave you crying within the first two pages and sobbing at the end. Lara Avery really does show the reader how much we all have and how we need to be grateful for it. Avery does a spectacular job at feeding us emotion after emotion and keeping us hooked. I definitely know I'll read this book three times, four times maybe even six!

    I hope I helped you with your next reading choice and if you do choose to pick it up I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Remember to keep reading and be nice to others,
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These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

     So, for those of you who've never heard of Jennifer Donnelly, WHAT'RE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE? Jennifer Donnelly, is a god. I swear. I've read all of her novels so please do expect to see more of her work suggested on this blog.

      Donnelly tends to write novels that take place in the 18-1900s so not only is she providing an amazing story we get a fantastic history lesson as well!

    Josephine (Jo) Montfort is a 16 year old girl, living away from home to attend boarding school. She desperately wants to write but finds that most of her friends don't really care. Frustrated, one day Jo's good friends show up wearing mourning clothes. Immediately the girl assumes they're morning their father who has been ill. But, to Jo's surprise, her father is dead. So, she is whisked away back to New York. 

    Jo can't figure out how her father accidentally shot himself whilst cleaning his firearm. He was a sports man, he was smart enough not to clean a revolver when loaded, let alone shoot himself.

      A little later Jo visits the press to deliver something to the editor. Whilst she's there she overhears reporters talking about how her father must've committed suicide. Furious, Jo accidentally ends up twining herself into the conversation. 

   It is not only until a little later that Jo really realizes something really is amiss. So, determined to solve her father's possible murder mystery, she starts to piece together everything she's got.

   This book portrays romance between Jo and her sidekick, Eddie. But Donnelly does show just how independent Josephine is. Jo definitely changes in the novel and I believe if she were real she'd make a great role model for young girls of our generation.

   There is no sequel to this book but hopefully there will be. And warning, this is a Jennifer Donnelly book. You don't get away without your heart being broken! There's a 90% chance it'll get stitched back together, but not the way you want it to. 

   I hope you found this review appealing and I strongly encourage you to pick out this book. If you do so, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I adored it so much I read it in a day and a half.

Remember to keep reading and be nice to others,

Scribbler On The Roof 

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

     

     Hello! I'm back. I apologize for not writing in a while. I fell into a bit of an updating slump. So far I'm breaking my promise of posting often! Today I thought I'd bring you a very nice series, The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flammel by Michael Scott. 

       Sophie and Josh Newman are your everyday normal teenagers. Their parents are away on a work trip so the two find themselves living with their aunt during their summer break. The twins both find jobs, Josh at a bookstore and Sophie at a coffee shop. Josh finds himself working for Nick Fleming and Sophie finds herself working with Nick's wife, Perry Fleming. 
     One afternoon whilst the twins are on their shifts a man by the name of John Dee comes and attacks Nick Fleming demanding some sort of book. Nick and John have an insane battle in the bookstore, magic flying everywhere. And Josh, stunned, has no idea what to think.
    As it turns out (no spoilers!) that Nick and Perry are actually the immortal Nicholas and Perenelle Flammel. The two are in grave danger and they believe that Sophie and Josh are the twins mentioned in the prophecy that will save them. Nicholas also mentions that he and Perenelle have a month to live and they desperately need the twins help.
   So, Sophie and Josh Newman, embark on a perilous quest that unfolds throughout six novels to save Perenelle and Nicholas from their deaths and will later end up doing much, much more. 
   The series is actually quite good. We get some very good history lessons in the author's notes and very endearing characters.We encounter other characters from history such as Joan of Ark, John Dee and gods Isis and Osiris. The books contain magic, great battle scenes and show us valuable lessons such as loyal friends and how important bondage between siblings really is. 
     Another particular thing I like about the series is that it does mention that there is no good and bad. John Dee is our antagonist but Michael Scott does show us how immortality has turned Nicholas and Perenelle into rather somewhat selfish creatures. The two have ended up killing other twins in the past  hoping that they are on the ones to save them. 
    I strongly recommend you to read this series and I hope you fall in love with our characters and adore them so. I will tell you one thing, DO NOT TRY TO ASK THE BOOK'S WIKI FOR ANSWERS! Terrible, horrid idea. It'll only get you wound up in an even bigger spoil. And I know how hard it is not to. I unfortunately made that mistake. And I don't care if you think your favorite character is dead or not. DO NOT CONSULT THE WIKI. Also, when you finish, don't try to comprehend the unclear finale. It'll come eventually but part of the beauty is not quite understanding it. 

   As always, thanks for reading.  I hope I've helped you out and you to enjoy this fantastic series!

  Remember to keep reading and be nice to others,
Scribbler On The Roof

List of the series:
The Alchemyst
The Magician
The Sorceress
The Necromancer
The Warlock
The Enchantress