TITLE:DECEPTION POINT
AUTHOR:DAN BROWN
WHAT'S INSIDE:
DEEP IN THE ARCTIC ICE, A RARE OBJECT BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM OUTER SPACE IS DISCOVERED AFTER BEING BURIED FOR SOME TIME. PRESIDENT HERNEY OF THE UNITED STATES CALLS RACHEL SEXTON, AN INTELLIGENCE ANAYLIST TO VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE OBJECT FOUND(IT SO HAPPENS THAT RACHEL SEXTON IS THE ONE AND ONLY DAUGHTER OF SENATOR SEDGEWICK SEXTON, AN ASPIRING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WILLING TO DEFEAT HERNEY AT ALL ODDS IN THE ELECTIONS).SENSING THAT MORE HELP IS NEEDED, OCEANOGRAPHER MICHAEL TOLLAND IS THEN SUMMONED TOGETHER WITH YET ANOTHER EXPERT, CORKY MARLINSON, AN ASTROPHYSICIST. AS THEY GO FURTHER IN STUDYING THE OBJECT(BELIEVED TO BE A METEORITE), THEY SOON DISCOVER THAT EVERYTHING IS A FAKE. SOON, WILLIAM PICKERING ADMITS THAT HE IS THE MASTERMIND IN PLANTING THE FAKE METEORITE BENEATH THE ARCTIC(THIS IS TO HURT SENATOR SEDGEWICK SEXTON'S CAMPAIGN). AFTER HIS CONFESSION, HE THEN SHOTS CORKY, MICHAEL AND RACHEL TO ASSURE THEIR SILENCE. HOWEVER, THE THREE OF THEM WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE DEATH.
ALREADY AWARE OF HER FATHER'S EVIL MOTIVES IN CASE OF WINNING THE PRESIDENCY,RACHEL SEXTON REFUSES TO SUPPORT HER FATHER THIS TIME. THUS, PRESIDENT ZACH HERNEY ONCE AGAIN SITS AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR A SECOND TERM
COMMENTARY:
THE BOOK IS DEFINITELY A PAGE-TURNER! DAN BROWN IS NOT JUST SKILLED-HE IS UNDOUBTLY A GENIOUS! HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THE EVENTS IN THE STORY APPEAR REAL.GUYS, I TELL YOU, THIS IS A MUST READ!!!!!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
NOT JUST ANOTHER TEEN ROMANCE NOVEL
TITLE: A WALK TO REMEMBER
AUTHOR: NICHOLAS SPARKS
WHAT'S INSIDE:
BEAUFORT,CALIFORNIA-LANDON CARTER, FAMOUS YET UNMINDFUL OF HIS FUTURE, IS FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN A SET AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES AFTER THE PRANK HE AND HIS FRIENDS PLAY GO TERRIBLY WRONG. HIS PUNISHMENT INCLUDES A SPRING PLAY UNTO WHICH HE HESITANTLY AGREES. ON THE OTHER HAND, JAIME SULLIVAN, A CONSERVATIVE AND RELIGIOUS DAUGHTER OF A PASTOR IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PLAY. WHILE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE SUCCESS OF A PLAY, LANDON AND JAIME BEGIN TO DEVELOP SOME UNEXPLAINABLE FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER. NO SOONER, THEY DISCOVER THAT THE ARE FALLING SO DEEPLY INSIDE WITH ONE ANOTHER. BECAUSE OF THIS, A DEEPER KIND OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM IS FORMED. THIS FURTHERS THE GAP BETWEEN LANDON AND HIS PEERS.
LATER IN THE BOOK, JAIME CONFESSES TO LANDON ABOUT HER INCURABLE SICKNESS. LANDON IS THEN WORRIED AND CAUGHT OFF-GUARD. SOON, JAIME IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. AFTER THE INCIDENT, LANDON ASKS FOR JAIME'S HAND IN MARRIAGE. SENSING HER END IS NEAR, SHE AGREES. SHE DIES MONTHS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE. HOWEVER, LANDON LOVE FOREVER STAYS AND REMAINS..........
THE COMMENTARY:
THIS IS NOT ONE TEEN ROMANCE NOVEL WORTH FORGETTING-POIGNANT, PLOT WELL-WOVEN, BEAUTIFUL AND SINCERE. NICHOLAS SPARKS HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE READERS CARE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS HE CREATE. MOREOVER, THIS NOVEL OF HIS DELIVERS SUCH A "BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE"-LOVE IS NEVER BLIND. RATHER, IT IS UNCONDITIONAL-IT SEES PAST A PERSON'S OUTWARD APPEARANCE. THIS NOVEL IS ONE OF A KIND-A RARE FIND! GUYS, IF I WERE YOU, BETTER READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T!
AUTHOR: NICHOLAS SPARKS
WHAT'S INSIDE:
BEAUFORT,CALIFORNIA-LANDON CARTER, FAMOUS YET UNMINDFUL OF HIS FUTURE, IS FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN A SET AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES AFTER THE PRANK HE AND HIS FRIENDS PLAY GO TERRIBLY WRONG. HIS PUNISHMENT INCLUDES A SPRING PLAY UNTO WHICH HE HESITANTLY AGREES. ON THE OTHER HAND, JAIME SULLIVAN, A CONSERVATIVE AND RELIGIOUS DAUGHTER OF A PASTOR IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PLAY. WHILE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE SUCCESS OF A PLAY, LANDON AND JAIME BEGIN TO DEVELOP SOME UNEXPLAINABLE FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER. NO SOONER, THEY DISCOVER THAT THE ARE FALLING SO DEEPLY INSIDE WITH ONE ANOTHER. BECAUSE OF THIS, A DEEPER KIND OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM IS FORMED. THIS FURTHERS THE GAP BETWEEN LANDON AND HIS PEERS.
LATER IN THE BOOK, JAIME CONFESSES TO LANDON ABOUT HER INCURABLE SICKNESS. LANDON IS THEN WORRIED AND CAUGHT OFF-GUARD. SOON, JAIME IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. AFTER THE INCIDENT, LANDON ASKS FOR JAIME'S HAND IN MARRIAGE. SENSING HER END IS NEAR, SHE AGREES. SHE DIES MONTHS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE. HOWEVER, LANDON LOVE FOREVER STAYS AND REMAINS..........
THE COMMENTARY:
THIS IS NOT ONE TEEN ROMANCE NOVEL WORTH FORGETTING-POIGNANT, PLOT WELL-WOVEN, BEAUTIFUL AND SINCERE. NICHOLAS SPARKS HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE READERS CARE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS HE CREATE. MOREOVER, THIS NOVEL OF HIS DELIVERS SUCH A "BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE"-LOVE IS NEVER BLIND. RATHER, IT IS UNCONDITIONAL-IT SEES PAST A PERSON'S OUTWARD APPEARANCE. THIS NOVEL IS ONE OF A KIND-A RARE FIND! GUYS, IF I WERE YOU, BETTER READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
A WELL-CONSPIRED YET INTRIGUING NOVEL
TITLE: ANGELS AND DEMONS
AUTHOR: DAN BROWN
WHAT'S INSIDE:
ANGELS AND DEMONS IS A SEQUEL TO THE MUCH TALKED ABOUT THE DA VINCI CODE. HARVARD SYMBOLOGIST ROBERT LANGDON IS BEING SUMMONED BY CERN(A SWISS INSTITUTE)HEAD MAXIMILIAN KOHLER TO INVESTIGATE THE HORRIFYING DEATH OF SCIENTIST, LEONARDO VETRA. UPON DISCOVERING THAT THE SCIENTIST IS BRANDED WITH THE WORD "ILLUMINATI" ON HIS CHEST, HE IS SOON CONVINCED THAT A LONG GONE SECRET SOCIETY HAS RETURNED. FURTHERMORE, LANGDON DISCOVERS THAT AN ANTI-MATTER(PLACED INSIDE AN AIR-TIGHT CANISTER)IS ABOUT TO ANNIHILATE VATICAN CITY. DUE TO THIS, HE HEADS OFF TO VATICAN, ALONGSIDE LATE VETRA'S FOSTER CHILD, VITTORIA VETRA IN ORDER TO FIND THE BOMB AND DEACTIVATE IT TO PREVENT THE MASSIVE EXPLOSION. AS THEY SEARCH FOR THE MISSING CANISTER WITH THE AID OF THE SWISS GUARDS, FOUR CARDINALS(CALLED THE PREFERETTI) ARE MISSING. IN ORDER TO FIND THE CARDINALS, THEY ENTER THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES TO LOOK FOR CLUES AS TO WHERE THE "HASSASIN" IS KEEPING THE FOUR ELIGIBLE CARDINALS FOR PAPACY. HOWEVER, THEY AREN'T ABLE TO RESCUE THE CARDINALS(EACH OF THE FOUR IS BRANDED WITH EARTH, AIR, FIRE AND WATER. THEY ARE CALLED AMBIGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE WITH SUCH PERFECT SYMMETRY.)HOWEVER, THEY ARE ABLE TO PREVENT VATICAN'S ANNIHILATION BECAUSE OF LANGDON. AS THE STORY GOES, THEY SOON DISCOVER THAT THE MAN BEHIND THESE SERIES OF MISHAPS IS NONE OTHER THAN CAMERLENGO VENTRESCA WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE LATE POPE'S ASSISTANT. LATER THAT DAY, CAMERLENGO VENTRESCA DIES.
THE COMMENTARY:
AMONG THOSE THRILLERS I'VE READ, THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-PLOTTED OF THEM ALL. DAN BROWN'S ABILITY TO MAKE THE READERS CURIOUS AND ENGROSS IS NO DOUBT, EVIDENT IN HERE.
AS YOU TURN ON TO EVERY OTHER PAGE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO NOTICE THAT THE SUSPENSE AND THE ADRENALINE ARE ALWAYS THERE-WAITING TO SURPRISE YOU. WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS BOOK IS, DAN HAS AGAIN USED HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SCIENCE AND RELIGION TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A WELL-CRAFTED CONSPIRACY. EVERY TIME YOU LEAF ANOTHER PAGE, YOU WILL, IN NO TIME, REALIZE HOW DAN BROWN HAS CAPTURED MUCH OF YOUR EMOTION, TIME AND INTEREST(THAT YOU CAN ALMOST FORGET YOUR SUPPER AFTER READING IT FOR 6 STRAIGHT HOURS!)
AUTHOR: DAN BROWN
WHAT'S INSIDE:
ANGELS AND DEMONS IS A SEQUEL TO THE MUCH TALKED ABOUT THE DA VINCI CODE. HARVARD SYMBOLOGIST ROBERT LANGDON IS BEING SUMMONED BY CERN(A SWISS INSTITUTE)HEAD MAXIMILIAN KOHLER TO INVESTIGATE THE HORRIFYING DEATH OF SCIENTIST, LEONARDO VETRA. UPON DISCOVERING THAT THE SCIENTIST IS BRANDED WITH THE WORD "ILLUMINATI" ON HIS CHEST, HE IS SOON CONVINCED THAT A LONG GONE SECRET SOCIETY HAS RETURNED. FURTHERMORE, LANGDON DISCOVERS THAT AN ANTI-MATTER(PLACED INSIDE AN AIR-TIGHT CANISTER)IS ABOUT TO ANNIHILATE VATICAN CITY. DUE TO THIS, HE HEADS OFF TO VATICAN, ALONGSIDE LATE VETRA'S FOSTER CHILD, VITTORIA VETRA IN ORDER TO FIND THE BOMB AND DEACTIVATE IT TO PREVENT THE MASSIVE EXPLOSION. AS THEY SEARCH FOR THE MISSING CANISTER WITH THE AID OF THE SWISS GUARDS, FOUR CARDINALS(CALLED THE PREFERETTI) ARE MISSING. IN ORDER TO FIND THE CARDINALS, THEY ENTER THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES TO LOOK FOR CLUES AS TO WHERE THE "HASSASIN" IS KEEPING THE FOUR ELIGIBLE CARDINALS FOR PAPACY. HOWEVER, THEY AREN'T ABLE TO RESCUE THE CARDINALS(EACH OF THE FOUR IS BRANDED WITH EARTH, AIR, FIRE AND WATER. THEY ARE CALLED AMBIGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE WITH SUCH PERFECT SYMMETRY.)HOWEVER, THEY ARE ABLE TO PREVENT VATICAN'S ANNIHILATION BECAUSE OF LANGDON. AS THE STORY GOES, THEY SOON DISCOVER THAT THE MAN BEHIND THESE SERIES OF MISHAPS IS NONE OTHER THAN CAMERLENGO VENTRESCA WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE LATE POPE'S ASSISTANT. LATER THAT DAY, CAMERLENGO VENTRESCA DIES.
THE COMMENTARY:
AMONG THOSE THRILLERS I'VE READ, THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-PLOTTED OF THEM ALL. DAN BROWN'S ABILITY TO MAKE THE READERS CURIOUS AND ENGROSS IS NO DOUBT, EVIDENT IN HERE.
AS YOU TURN ON TO EVERY OTHER PAGE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO NOTICE THAT THE SUSPENSE AND THE ADRENALINE ARE ALWAYS THERE-WAITING TO SURPRISE YOU. WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS BOOK IS, DAN HAS AGAIN USED HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SCIENCE AND RELIGION TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A WELL-CRAFTED CONSPIRACY. EVERY TIME YOU LEAF ANOTHER PAGE, YOU WILL, IN NO TIME, REALIZE HOW DAN BROWN HAS CAPTURED MUCH OF YOUR EMOTION, TIME AND INTEREST(THAT YOU CAN ALMOST FORGET YOUR SUPPER AFTER READING IT FOR 6 STRAIGHT HOURS!)
Saturday, November 14, 2009
A NICE PRESENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
BOOK TITLE:THIS YEAR IT WILL BE DIFFERENT
AUTHOR: MAEVE BINCHY
WHAT'S INSIDE:
Actually, this book is a compilation of 15 heartwarming stories.
the following are the titles of the stories Binchy wrote for this book:
the first step of christmas
the ten snaps of christmas
miss martin's wish
the hardcorethe christmas timing
the civilized christmas
pulling together
a hundred milligrams
the christmas baramundi
this year it will be different
season of fuss
a typical irish christmas
traveling hopefully
what is happines?
the best inn in town
THE COMMENTARY:
Binchy writes with such passion(as expected from her). The characters from the different stories of this book are simply unforgettable. Binchy's ability to make readers laugh cry or get engrossed with her characters is a rare gift. Her storytelling genious, i believe, will forever be remembered by everyone. I suggest to all those bookworms(and to those who are not!) to read Binchy's books. Poignant, well-crafted, beautifully woven, heartwarming-you name it, Binchy's books got it!
AUTHOR: MAEVE BINCHY
WHAT'S INSIDE:
Actually, this book is a compilation of 15 heartwarming stories.
the following are the titles of the stories Binchy wrote for this book:
the first step of christmas
the ten snaps of christmas
miss martin's wish
the hardcorethe christmas timing
the civilized christmas
pulling together
a hundred milligrams
the christmas baramundi
this year it will be different
season of fuss
a typical irish christmas
traveling hopefully
what is happines?
the best inn in town
THE COMMENTARY:
Binchy writes with such passion(as expected from her). The characters from the different stories of this book are simply unforgettable. Binchy's ability to make readers laugh cry or get engrossed with her characters is a rare gift. Her storytelling genious, i believe, will forever be remembered by everyone. I suggest to all those bookworms(and to those who are not!) to read Binchy's books. Poignant, well-crafted, beautifully woven, heartwarming-you name it, Binchy's books got it!
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