Schuler,+Jessup

Entry One: Sept. 26, 2011 Hi! My name is Jessup Schuler! I am looking forward to blogging about my book. Right now I've already started a book, so I'm about halfway through the book. The book I'm reading is __Tentacles__ by Roland Smith.I bought this book a while ago from Borders. I chose it because I thought that it'd be a fun book to read, I usually pick books by reading the book cover or the flap inside the book. I have a stack of books at home that I have yet to read. But you'll hear about those later. ;) __Tentacles__ is about 2 kids, Marty O'Hara and Grace Wolfe. These two kids travel with Grace's father Dr. Travis Wolfe in search of cryptids. Cryptids are mythical creatures like the Giant Squid and creatures like that. But Travis Wolfe has an enemy! Dr. Noah Blackwood. Blackwood is Grace's Uncle, he is determined to sabotage Wolfe's plans to capture a giant squid. Not only that, But Blackwood is trying to take Grace from Wolfe!! I'm excited to see if they capture the squid... Or will Blackwood ruin everything and take Grace?? So far, the book has been a great read! The characters are exciting, and the story is AWESOME! I think that they are going to catch the squid, but Blackwood is going to capture Grace. And Wolfe is going to have to choose between Grace or Squid. I know that Wolfe will choose Grace (Duh!).But I'll let you know on my next blog! media type="youtube" key="E_roi8s8_Ms" height="315" width="560" Entry 2: Oct. 6, 2011 I have finished my book, Tentacles. It was a great book! Blackwood had decided to attack Wolfe's ship out on open see. Blackwood had hired some pirates to attack Wolfe while Blackwood's men would sneak aboard the ship and take Grace after planting some explosives. Unfortunately, Blackwood was successful in taking Grace. This was a shock, I didn't think that Blackwood would win! But I believe that there will be another book after this one. Turns out that this book is the second book in a series! Anyway, this book was a great read! I loved the suspense and the characters were well created. I would definitely recommend this book! Thanks for reading my blog. I will let you know about my next book next time.

Entry 3: Oct. 7, 2011 Hi again! I just wanted to tell you about the new book I'm reading. It's one that I'm sure you may have read, it's a popular series. It is call T__he Hunger Games__ by Suzanne Collins. It is about a "glorious" city call the Capitol. This book takes place somewhere in the future after the United States has fallen soon after a civil war in which the USA fell and was replaced by The Capitol. The Capitol is surrounded by 12 districts. These districts are dictated by the Capitol and are all in poor condition. These districts are not the kind of place you want to be living in! The districts also have to send in a boy and a girl to compete in the Hunger Games. These games are brutal, and the children have to fight to the death and last child standing wins fame and glory for the district. A girl called Katniss is fending for her family after the father had died in a mining incident. She must protect and feed her mother and her sister named Prim. But during the drawing for the Hunger, Katniss' sister Prim is drawn!! But Katniss is incredibly protective of Prim, and she boldly steps up and takes Prim's place! I was soo amazed at the bravery that Katniss has. So far Katniss hasn't fought in the games yet.. But I'm almost there.

Entry 4: Oct. 17, 2011 Helloooooo readers! I am 3/4 of the way done with Hunger Games and it is DEFINITELY one of my TOP FAVORITE books! I LOVE this book! Suzanne Collins has written a FABULOUS book! Currently the Hunger Games have begun! Katniss is surviving well, unfortunately **Peeta** (Her partner tribuite from her district) has supposedly teamed up with some of the other tributes!! I was pretty ticked off with Peeta! BUT later on Peeta actually saved her from an attack where Katniss cleverly dropped this horrid **Tracker Jacker** hive on top of the other tributes. Later on an announcement from the top dog officer of the Hunger Games declares that both tributes from a district are eligable to win the Hunger Games!! This sends Katniss on a quest to find Peeta in order to team up with him. Sadly Peeta had been badly injured by one of the other tributes after Peeta had saved Katniss. That's about where I am in the book now. I'm positive that Katniss and Peeta can win now that they are teamed up! I'll let you know after i finish the book. :D See you soon!
 * I** have also included in this blog a simple description of a couple of unfamiliar terms and names:
 * Tracker Jackers**: A new hybrid of wasps created by your friendly neighborhood Capitol! These critters are twice the size of your normal wasp and are coated in a shiny gold colored armor. These fine specimens can sting you as easily as they can fly. Giving you a nice tennis ball sized lump filled with a special toxin that will make you horridly sick and halucenate! A handfull of these stings will kill a fully grown man.
 * Peeta**: The second tribute chosen from District 12. He is about 16 years old and is a very well built boy. He is the son of a baker and smells of warm bread. He had announced that he is in love with Katniss during an interview. Supposedly this is an act meant to gain some **sponsors** for him and Katniss.
 * Sponsors**: Sponsors are an essential asset in the Hunger Games. They can send aid in some small silver parachutes that can contain anything from a loaf of bread to a shiny new bow. But these gifts cost a lot of money, and are very rare in the Hunger Games.

Entry 5 Oct. 21, 2011 Well... I've done it... I finished the Hunger Games! I absolutely loved this book! In the end, it was Peeta, Katniss, and one other tribute from the first district. It was an epic battle as the dynamic duo battled against a trained tribute! But wait! This last battle must be a memorable one! The Capitol went so far as to create a new type of hybrid wolf. They created 9 wolves that were combined with the brains and eyes of the other 21 tributes! This was the last battle, the final battle... How did it end? I honestly don't know if I should tell you... Because, I think you should definitely read this book. I will tell you that you will NOT be disappointed when you read this book. It was definitely a fantastic book!

Entry 6 Nov. 5, 2011 Hellooo my fans! I have started a new book. Now this book is by my favorite author EVER!! Rick Riordan!!! :D Rick Riordan has written 3 book series that I LOVE! You have probably heard of or have read these books; Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus (a continuation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians). I have read all of these series, and am reading the second book in the Heroes of Olympus, Son of Neptune! It's kinda hard to explain the series, considering that its a continuation, but I'll try my best... To make it easier I'll speak for the whole series... Heroes of Olympus is a continuation of the popular series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In theses series, the Greek Mythological Gods and Myths are 100% real. And our main character, Percy Jackson, is the son of the Sea God Posiedon. Percy Jackson in the PJ and the Olympians series must go on epic quests to prevent the evil Titan Lord Kronos from re-introducing himself into the world. That's a vague description of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, for a better understanding of the Heroes of Olympus series, I would recommend you read that series. Otherwise you'll be horribly confused! Now the first book of the Heroes of Olympus series was The Lost Hero. In it a boy named Jason from the Roman tribe has switched places with Percy in camp Half-Blood and has lost his memory! The same thing happens to Percy. Only Percy has lost his memory too, and is in the Roman tribe instead of the Greek camp Half-Bood (Meaning Half God, half Human. Otherwise known as a DemiGod). But that's as far as I've gotten. I will let you know what happens next time.

Entry 7 Nov. 14, 2011 Greetings, I'm sorry a haven't blogged sooner but I was gone all weekend with no access to computers. So I haven't had a chance. But I started a new book last Monday and finished it today. The book was Merlin: The lost years.

Entry 8 Nov. 29, 2011 Hello! I know this blog is very late, I'm sorry I haven't worked on it. I have recently finished a book called The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a book about a band of brothers and friends in 1965. They are known as part of a social group called Greasers. This book is basically about their lives as they live in constant fear of being jumped (or attacked, mugged, etc.) by the social group Socs. The main character named Ponyboy, is a 14 year old boy. His parents died so he is being taken care of by his brothers and friends. This book is a heart-filled book full of emotions. I definitely recommend this book!

FINAL BLOG!!! Nov. 29, 2011 What if the Greek gods were real? You know, like the Greek god Zeus? With the awesome lightning bolt? This is the genius of Rick Riordan. Who has written plenty of books about this. Including the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, along with Heroes of Olympus. This blog will talk about the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series, The Son of Neptune. The Son of Neptune is the sequel to The Lost Hero. In The Son of Neptune, Percy Jackson had woken up with no memory about the last year or so. Only remembering who he is, and the name Annabeth. Now hi is running from a couple of Gorgons who he has been fighting for about a month now. The problem is... They won't stay dead! He later stumbles upon the Roman camp for Demigods. He is then wisked into a whole new world. He meets two new friends, Hazel and Frank. These two newly acquired friends are loyal to the end to Percy as they are wisked off into a new quest involving giants, cyclopses, and a trapped god of death.... This story is very well written! I love how the author incorporates sarcasm and a witty humor. Such as a hippy god of rainbows and evil snakes! This book's story line is fantastically engineered to steal away your attention so you just can't not read this book. His characters are incredibly complex as if they were real people going through real events, and someone was in their head capturing every thought and feeling. One example is Percy Jackson. He's been the major character in so many books, you'd think he wouldn't hold any more surprises. But that's where Rick Riordan's genius imaginative mind comes into play, testing his character in so many ways. Percy is one of those guys who, if your his friend, will be loyal to you until the day he dies. But that's also one flaw to his personality, his loyalty will be his undoing according to one of his enemy's. But we'll see... But I have nothing to complain about in Riordan's writing. He's a legend in the History of fictional writing! All in all, I think Rick Riordan has never let me down in ANY of his books! Every single one of his books has been a FANTASTIC adventure! And I can't wait one more day for his next books! I believe that there are a few more coming in the Heroes of Olympus series! :D YAY! So if I had to rate his book from a scale from 1 to 100 in awesomeness (100 being legendary book of amazing proportions), I'd have to give him an extreme, unforgettable, amazing, awesome, extra-ordinary, EPIC 100+!!! He is BY FAR one of my FAVORITE authors in the history of AMAZING authors! I don't know how I could ever have loved reading without his amazing writing! **GOD BLESS RICK RIORDAN!!!!!!!!**