Starship Titanic (Theo)

The Lady Of The Sorrows - Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Sandy)

The Lady of The Sorrows, the second of the Bitterbynde trilogy, Irmhein, now no longer mute or deformed, but still without memory, must disguise herself as another, and becomes Rohain Tarrenys, from the Sorrow Islands, where few outsiders venture. She heads off to the royal palace, to request an audience with the King-Emperor, to tell him of the sildron mine in the waterstair, and the treasure found, for all sildron and any sildron mine is the property of the King-Emperor.
The King-Emperor is away for an unknown amount of time, so Rohain must learn to live in the courts as a lady, learning proper table manners, how to speak like a lady and treat the servants, with her new maid Viviana, and not be cast Out.
Later, another lady finds out that Rohain is not Rohain, nor from the Sorrow Islands, and is told she must leave, or her secret will be spread to all other royalty in the castle.
Rohain leaves, and heads back to where she started, in Isse Tower, but no longer as a servant to the Tower, but a lady visitor, so she can go to the Hunting Towers, an accursed place nearby where she was first found, full of unseelie wights. There, she hopes to find something of her past, recognition, a memory, something left, anything...

An excellent fantasy sequel, I recommend this to all fantasy lovers, and anyone who enjoyed The Ill-Made Mute, The first in this series.

The ill-Made Mute - Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Sandy)

The Ill-Made Mute is the first in The Bitterbynde trilogy, and an excellent fantasy based in another world, Eirth, mostly in Isse Tower, a tall castle-like structure housing many people A mute, scarred and despised creature, with no memory, is found, and he is forced to work as a servant in the tower.
Eventually he sneaks aboard a windship to escape the cruelty of Isse Tower, when the windship is attacked by pirates, who kill or capture everyone on board. The creature, later, standing on the edge of the pirate ship and is pushed off, and a pirate, Sianadh, jumps off after him, with a parachute. They land in the forest, where few men dare to go and even fewer survive the unseelie wights, little food and cold nights.
Finding out later that he is really a she, Irmhein and Sianadh travel to find a place on a map long ago given to Sianah, to find a place in the mountains, the Waterstair, where a rich sildron mine is, and many other treasures worth a thousand fortunes lie.

Irmhein now must survive the perilious journey through forests and hordes of unseelie wights, theives, hunger and cold to find her fortune, and to hopefully find something out about her past, who she is and what happened to her...

Fans of fantasy novels will find this an excellent read, and a great introduction for those who don't read fantasy, and is refreshingly different from the usual dwarf, elf, troll mix of good vs evil.

I am not Esther by Fleur Beale(reviewed by JoonSu)

"I am not Esther" written by Fleur Baele (a NewZealand author) is about a teenage girl called Kirby.
She was living a ordinary life but one day she was told by her mother that her mother is going away and Kirby was sent to relatives she has never heard of. Her relarives were members of strict religious cult. They dont have Tvs, they dont read newspapers, they dont even look in the mirror, just because they thought it was the only way to keepn Gods way. Kirby was forced to change her name to Esther, and it is where the title of the book came from. In pg23 it says I shook my head, twisting it from side to side."I am not Esther." I repeated."I am Kirby." Kirby was also told to wear long,modest clothes. As the time goes, she starts to search for her mom and eventually found her near the end of the story.The story ends with a happy ending where Kieby and mom found each other and Daniel also escaped from the 'religious' family.
I found this book interesting because there were things i have never experienced or heard about. I dont think that kind of strict religion fits the 21 century.

Eclipse of the Crescent Moon (Monika Dombay)

Book: Eclipse of the Crescent Moon

Book By: Géza Gárdonyi

Review By: Monika Dombay

The siege of Eger in 1552 was an astonishing event. A small Hungarian garrison commanded István Dobó successfully resisted a huge Turkish army for nearly six weeks and forged it to retreat disgarace. Dobó became a celebrated hero. But little is know of his brilliant explosives expert, Gergely Bornemissza, whose ingenious devices demoralized the Turks. It is his story that Géza Gárdonyi tells in Eclipse of the Crescent Moon, an exciting tale of chivalry and love, adventures and disasters, heroes and villains, culminating in the siege itself. Gárdonyi’s story, a convincing blend of history and fiction, has become a Hungarian literary classic.

To be continued…..

Kringle (Juyoung park)

'Kringle' written by Tony Abbott is about a boy namedKringle, who finds the power to change the world.

'Deep in the lands of ghosts and frost, back in the days of long ago, when elves and goblins still roamed the earth, there was a boy named Kringle...'

This is a story about Kringle, a 12 year old boy who lived in a quiet, solitary life until the goblins attacked his hom and cast him out into the bitter wilderness. Through encounter with elves, pirates, the ancient magic of time, and the dark threat of the goblins growing bigger for an epic battle, Kringle realises a destiny he has to fill- and that even a small young boy has the power to change the world.

Kringle is a book of fantasy and Magic, suitable for eager children's bedtime stories. This is the epic story of a lone boy destined to become a legend throughout the ages.

Black Beauty (Juyoung Park)

'Black Beauty' written by Anna Sewell is a fantastic book which conveys emotions of kindness to the reader. This book is about a horse names Black Beauty (literal meaning) who spends his life loyally workng for a different master everytime he is sold or given away.

Everything started in a powerful, quiet meadow where he can close his eyes next to his mother in 1877, where horses were the main transport system. Everything ends in a peaceful meadow where he is reunited with his love of his life, Ginger, together they can close their eyes for eternity....

"Whether pulling an elegant can or a ramshackle cab, Black Beauty tries to live as best as he can. This is his amazing story, told as only he could tell it" -Anna Sewell

'Black Beauty' is a lovely, compassionate book written from the perspective of Black Beauty- the horse-. This book was an instant success in USA and people slowly started to recognize that these horse werent just dumb animals but had feelings and lived in a world where they were just considered as one of the many..

Black Beauty has many owners-Some of them cruel and some of them kind. All he needs is someone to love him again.