Book review - Carve the Mark

Title: Carve the Mark
Author: Veronica Roth

Carve the Mark is about Akos and Cyra who both live on planet Thuvhe but were enemies from birth. When Akos and his brother Eijeh was captured by the Shotet people which Cyra is a part of, he heard his fate. Akos's family and Cyra's family were both fate favoured which means they both had a specific fate. Cyra has a gift that makes herself and others feel pain when she touches them, and since she is in the Shotet ruling family her older brother Ryzek uses the power to help stay in control.



I would rate this book 4/5, It would be good for people aged 13+. If you like this you should try the Divergent series which is also by Veronica Roth.

Have you read this book before if so did you enjoy it?

Speeches

One of my writing pieces that I am proud of is my speech. My speech was about why people should read books. This is one of the middle paragraphs and the conclusion.

Reading can help boost your intelligence level, but even though I read a lot I ain’t a genius. Still many people who do read have a higher intelligence level then those who don’t. When you read books they can boost your brainpower but with magazines and newspaper they don’t. If you are reading a book you are more likely to read it properly but with magazines and newspaper you normally just skim read the headlines instead of taking everything in. Also when you read a novel you are more likely to notice when things in the book are related to actual things that are happening in real life or in another book. Some people also think that if children as young as 6 months read with their parents that they will have better literacy skills then those who don’t. When you read you often learn words you have never heard of before such as carbolic acid which is an acid that is used as disinfectant. I don’t think I would of learnt that word if I didn’t enjoy reading so much.

Thank you for listening to this speech, and for tolerating me well I’m talking about books, of course! I’ve been told that when I’m talking about books that I don’t notice if people are listening or not because I’m to distracted from talking about the book! I hope I’ve encouraged you to read more, and if I haven’t you should read anyway. This is a quote from Dr. Seuss ‘The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn the more places you’ll go’.

I hope you enjoyed reading my speech and also make sure to read a lot.

Do you like writing speeches? If so what topic have you written about and why?

Reading Review - The Supernaturalist

Title - The Supernaturalist

Author - Eoin Colfer 

The Supernaturalist is about a boy named Cosmo Hill who lives in Satellite City which is a city that is controlled by a gigantic satellite called HALO. He was raised in the Clarissa Frayne orphanage where the orphans are used to test new products made from different companies, such as an eatable food tray which tastes disgusting. Cosmo knew he wouldn't survive in that place much longer, so he would take any chance he had to escape. His chance came soon enough and he managed to escape with the help of a parasite-killing group of kids called the Supernaturalists. He was offered a choice of joining their group or to try and make a life for himself in the city, and in the end he took the first offer. Read the book to find out what happens next.



I would rate this book 5/5, which would be good for people aged 11+. This is a great book full of adventures, secrets and an annoying Bartoli Baby. If you want to know what a Bartoli baby is you should read the book. If you like this you should try other books by Eoin Colfer such as Airman, The WARP series or the Artemis Fowl series with is a great series of books.

Have you read any of Eoin Colfer's books before?

Reading Review - Artemis Fowl

Title: Artemis Fowl
Author: Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl is a series of seven great books, all of them funny and it keeps you hooked in. The main character is a thirteen year old criminal mastermind called Artemis Fowl who has a bodyguard named Butler. Artemis Fowl's father, Artemis Fowl senior, went missing when his ship the Fowlstar had exploded in bay of Kola, while they were carrying a shipment of cola.

Artemis's first plan is to kidnap one of the fairy people and to hold them to ransom. But when he captured Holly Short of LEP reconnaissance (LEP stands for Lower Elemental Police) he might of got himself into something more then he bargained for. Artemis had to deal with a time stop, a fairy SWAT team (well, at least Butler dealt with them), a farting dwarf and many other things.



This is a great book for people who are 11 and older, I would rate this book 5/5. If you like this book you should read The Supernaturalist, WARP series and other books by Eoin Colfer.

Have you read this series before? If you have did you enjoy it, why or why not?

Athletics

On Thursday 25th October we had our school athletics day. The first event I participated was sprints, for the 60 meters race I came 4th and for the 100 meter sprint I came 3rd. But only the people who came 1st and 2nd went to do the heats. Next I did long distance but I don't know what I came. Then we did long jump which I wasn't very good at, and then shot put. Next we did high jump and finally discus, sadly I didn't go to zones for any events. I had great time trying my best for every event even though it was a little cold.

Do you enjoy athletics? If so, what's your favourite activity?

Shared lunch

This week we got into different groups and each group got a country to make food from. For my country I got Ireland, I didn't know anything about what people ate in Ireland so I searched it up and found something called Barmbrack. When I went to see what it was, I found that it was like sweet fruitcake. So I decided to make this. Normally I don't like cooking but I enjoyed making this and it also tasted great. On Thursday at lunchtime we got try other peoples foods from different countries. Some of the countries were Sri Lanka, Canada, Croatia, New Zealand European, Maori and many others.

If you got Ireland what type of food would make?