Ender in Exile

Recently I was looking over a few blogs when I came across one that mentioned the Whitney Awards. I had personally never heard of them before and decided to discover which LDS authors had bean chosen as finalists. As I was scrolling through the books (many of which I didn't recognize the title, cover, or author) I found Ender in Exile. Now if you haven't read Ender's Game you should, it's amazing. Those of you who have read Ender's Game know how amazing it is, personally I have read the entire shadow series but never completed the Ender story (it's really confusing when you're in junior high). Naturally when I realized that this book had bean published without my knowledge I knew I had to have it, and proceeded to acquire a copy the very next day.

I recommend that before you read this book you read the shadow series, considering you acquire a knowledge of what happens to Bean as the story progresses.

Ender in Exile consists of the time that passes directly after the Bugger wars end. It tells the story of a young boy that tries to assimilate back into life being raised for the specific purpose of winning a war. I describes the weight he bears after destroying an entire civilization and how he tries to figure out why it was allowed. Orson Scott Card is a very experienced writer and is excellent at portraying the feelings of the character in a way that we connect on a personal level, so that when Ender feels the weight of the world we share that weight with him. I would suggest that you read Ender in Exile and see a world through Ender's eyes.

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Sorry I've taken so long in getting this post done I started it over a month ago and it's sat with my drafts since. I've bean slightly busy.

Fablehaven 4 (my awakening to critiquing)

Couldn't someone have warned me about the dangers of becoming an English critic, I called you my friends and you let me down, I'm ashamed to know you. Because of you I'll never stray to far from the side walk... wow don't know were that came from, what I meant to say was I'll never be able to enjoy any book as much as I did or be able to finish a book without saying "where was their editor!" I've been down roads similar to this and there is no turning back, but YOU could have stopped me from starting!

My realization of this burden came as I was reading FableHaven Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. I loved Fablehaven and still do just slightly less. As I was happily starting my book small pests became aparent to me within the text (without my consent) and would not go away. That's when I realized that the on and off switch to my writers critic self had broken in the on position... and now I'm confused. I'm glad that I notice small mistakes, but sometimes I just want to enjoy a fun book without distractions. Does anyone feel my pain?

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I should probably include that Fablehaven was enjoyable and the twists at the end are great.

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Oh and I have to put in that I love you Tyler for your willingness to go to Brandon Mull's book signing and get a signed copy for me. Thank you soooooooo much :)

My Mosaic

Well I figured since this is my blog I would let people get to know me a little better while I had a little fun. I picked this up from my sister Jenny.

It was a lot of fun. if you want to do one yourself here is how:

step 1: go to flickr.com

setp 2: in another window open http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php

step 3: choose 4 columns, 3 rows

step 4: answer the following questions in the search bar of flicker. pick your favorite one on the first page and paste it into your mosaic

1. What is your first name?

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What school did you go to?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

6. Favorite drink?

7. Dream vacation?

8. Favorite dessert?

9. What you want to be when you grow up?

10. What do you love most in life?

11. One word to describe you.

12. Your nickname.