Maggot Moon

There is not only one but multiple themes in the novel Maggot Moon, by Sally Gardener, which I have recently finished reading. This novel has inspired me in so many different ways, because there are numerous things that you can gain reading from it. Just in the first few pages, I could tell that this was going to be a book I was really going to enjoy, and one that I was going to be greatly inspired by.

This novel is about fighting for what is right, as well as courage.
The protagonist, Standish Treadwell, goes to the set of the moon mission, which is a scam the Motherland is pulling in order to be able to continue controlling the zones, and holding up a sign, that his grandfather had made him, saying 'HOAX'. This act of bravery was accomplished by a fearful Standish, for he has no knowledge on what would happen to him afterwards. Even though the consequences of the act are unknown, Standish goes ahead and attempts to complete the task at hand, in order to help the people of the free world relies that keeping the Motherland in charge is not a good thing.

This example is very important in the stories plot because it is then that resolution of the novel starts unraveling, and it is also then that we see for the first time the protagonists' true colors.

Friendship is also a very important part of this novel. From the starting point when the initial conflict has not yet been introduced, the protagonists' goal is to rescue his best friend, Hector who had been taken, from the wrath of the Motherland.

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Ally Carter
Page 204

In my book, the main conflict appears to be Cammie vs. herself. She's fighting her love for the main love interest, Josh, because she can't reveal that she goes to a school for spies. She wants to let him know who she really is, but that would risk the security of her whole school. It's interesting, to say the least. She's struggled with this internal conflict for the majority of the book, and it will probably be solved by:
A. Cammie getting over her feelings and deciding that her school is more important than her puppy love,
or
B. Cammie somehow managing to keep the Gallagher Academy a secret and Josh her boyfriend.
It's going to be one of those two, I can tell.


The following sentences are opinions. If you can't handle opinions, stop reading right now. Heavy criticism ahead. *Throws caution tape everywhere*
There are actually a few things that I have to say about this book. The plot went from a very intriguing book about a girl who goes to a high-tech spy school to a rather dull romantic plot. I thought this was going to be with a, as much as I hate this term, "strong female protagonist", but it turns out Cammie's brain turns to mush as soon as she sees some boy on the street. This isn't a realistic book. Cammie literally stalks her crush, hacking into his emails and rummaging through his garbage--no, I am not joking--so she can get close to him. At least it's interesting enough.

I hope this gets better, for my sake.


Eugh. 

Till next week, ladies and gents.

--Arabela Y, The Maid of Void

After the Funeral ~ Agatha Christie

178/242

Hello everyone. This blog post will be about the conflict in the novel that I am reading. The main conflict in this book are the murders of Richard Abernethie and Cora Lansquenet. The first murdered was Richard. It was assumed that he died naturally in his sleep, until Cora, his sister, said: "But he was murdered, wasn't he?" right after Richard's funeral. Surprisingly, Cora was murdered two days after. She was hit with a hatchet many times and murdered.

The conflict in "After the Funeral" is external and it is man vs. man because it is Detective Poirot, the detective who is working on the case of the two murders, against whoever killed Richard and Cora.

I still don't know who killed them both, but I suspect it is Miss Gilchrist, Cora's companion/housekeeper, because she knew a lot about the murder and she doesn't seem like she liked Cora and Richard.

James Bond Icebrecker John Gardner

197/296


The conflict is external and man vs man because he gets draged in to the ice palace which is an underground National Socialist Action Army weapons deposite ruled by von Glöda. Von Glöda wants to rule the world, wants to have over all power. He does not want to reach his goal by nagotiation nor his knowledge but by war he wants to bring back the natzi politics. When they brought bond to his office, and von Glöda starts to tell him why he wants to do that and expanes him his history. 

I think that bond will escape and callM and then von Glöda willl get coaught with all his people and the MI 6 will get the weapons to the previus owners. 

Cat Among The Pigeons #3

Cat Among the Pigeons

By Agatha Christie (Unite Kingdom)Publication date November 2, 1959Chapter Had Read: Fourteen 

Man vs Man
These Chapter is about a student witting letters to home about what happened in school, there is a PE teacher that the student don't like because she always find others wrong place. One night, a student's ear heart, he went to see the doctor, after the doctor let the student go to bed, she realized that there is light in the gym. So she went to chick. And then she saw the PE teacher's body. Lying on the floor. The police comes, they think the PE teacher might see something and then she got killed or someone trick her there and then killed her. They search the gym, they didn't find anything missing and they find the tennis pat is moving by someone.

I think the problem will be solved when the murderer appear next time.  

A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Cristie

                    ABC. Murders by Agatha Cristie

I really need to start reading faster because the book report is due in ten days! Ok, so, the conflict is that people are dying and Capitain Hastings and Poirot need to figure out who is killing them. This is man vs. man because it is Hastings and Poirot against someone named A.B.C. The  conflict is where people are dying like this nice old lady, and they are trying to figure out who did it. I think that the mystery will be solved with some man being A.B.C. Hastings and Poirot will probably save the day, and then they will have a fun and adventurous life solving crimes.

"The Hollow"

Hello!

The book I'm reading for my book report is of course "The Hollow" by Agatha Christie. The main conflict in the story is the murder of John Christow, a great doctor with two intelligent children and a wife. He’s got shot, when he was coming back from Veronica's house, a beautiful actress who was convincing him to come back to her. As you can see the conflict is man vs. man. The people who I suspect in this case are most of all Veronica, Henrietta (an artist John was in love with), Gerda (his wife), Lady Angkattle (his host for the weekend) and Edward (Lucy's cousin that was in love with Henrietta).

I hope you liked my post and have a nice end of the weekend :)

The Hound of the Baskervilles #3

Hi guys! As you might already know I'm reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" for my book report. The book is by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and I just finished reading all the 203 pages.
The main conflicts of this book are Man vs Mystery . The reason of the first conflict, Man vs Mystery, is that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are trying to solve the mystery of Sir Charles' death. In this conflict are involved the following people: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Dr. Mortimer (Sir Charles's friend), Sir Henry Baskerville (Sir Charles' heir) and Stapleton. Stapleton is responsible for Sir Charles' death.  Knowing the curse of the family (the curse has a long story behind it but the most important thing about it it's that a huge hound is hunting the Baskervilles) and Sir Charles' heart problems, Stapleton was able to kill Sir Charles' without even touching him. Stapleton went to London and bought a huge black hound that none knew of.  One day he sent a letter telling Sir Charles to meet him at ten o'clock in the evening in the same day. What happend next you have to find out by reading the book!
Hope you enjoyed reading my post!

Mrs. McGinty's dead: Conflict

Hey y'all

SOOO, have finally started reading seriously and I have 150 pages out of 229 pages.  The book is starting to become very exiting now and the clues are becoming more interesting. 

The main conflict is basically in the name,  Mrs. McGinty's dead. A poor old woman had been murdered and the problem is that no one knows who it is yet.  Many of the people in the village think it is James Bentley, and he will be executed if Hercule Poirot doesn't do anything.  Mainly Hercule is trying to find this out by finding clues, but sometimes he just goes to restaurants and eats.  This is a Man vs Man problem because when Hercule goes around trying to find out who murdered Mrs. McGinty the person who killed her will not say anything because he/she doesn't want to be caught.  Hercule has to find this out or an innocent man (maybe) will be hanged.

Hope this was a good blog post!!!
BYEEEE

The Naturals | Conflict

Hey everyone!

The conflict is man vs. man. It starts out when a girl named Cassie's mom died when she was little. She has a special talent for knowing everything about people when she sees them. Soon, she gets recruited into a small organization where they train people like her to solve crimes. Someone starts dying girl's hair red and killing them. Cassie's mother's hair was also red. This killer is trying to relive the kill of her mother. The organization decides to take on the case and goes to many crime scenes. Cassie receives a box in the mail with a red hair in it. She realizes the killer isn't trying to relive the murder, but is waiting to kill her. Soon, they find out that the killer is within their society. As they get closer to finding the murderer, Cassie gets another lock of red hair.

I would tell you the ending, but that would prevent you from reading it. :3 sorry!

Bye everyone!

"Paper Towns" By John Green

Paper Towns

John Green

206/305 # pages

Hey guys!

So today the blog post is what the conflict is and who is involved, how it will be solved and things like that. The conflict in my book is about a boy named Quentin who has been friends with a girl named Margo who is crazy and unique. They were friends at age 9 and then they just stopped talking. Quentin always saw her at school, she was very popular. One day she showed up in front of his bedroom window and asked him to go on an adventure with him. They broke into sea world, stole people's clothes and shaved someone's eyebrow. Quentin is a very good kid and his parents don't really know what he did. After Margo and Quentin came back from their adventure at 5:55 am, on a school night, Quentin went to school and wondered where Margo is and if she will talk to him at school. He didn't see her. Apparently, she ran away, Her parents invited a detective to help them find her but they don't really care anymore. She ran away many times before and now she is a young adult, which will probably make it harder to find her. She has money and a very wise plan. Quentin is the only one who seems to care about where she is and he is searching for her all over. He found many clues, and many singes that he is close. Some think that she killed herself, but no one is sure. Quentin spent the prom night searching for his friend Margo and he was so close to finding her when his stupid drunk friends called him to get them from a party. He falls madly in love with Margo while he searches for her, and that is what keeps him busy. Margo's search is making forget and not care about anything else but her.

I think that the type of conflict would be man vs society and man vs man. In the book there is Part 1 and Part 2 and between them, many chapters. In Part 1, Quentin and Margo were punishing Margo's boyfriend who cheated her, also a mean kid in school and here stupid betraying friends, which is man vs society. Then it would be man vs man because in Part 2 Quentin is desperately searching all over the U.S to find Margo.

Many people are involved in the conflict, like Quentin's parent's, Margo's parent's, Margo's and Quentin's friends: Becca, Jase, Radar, Lacey and Ben. Margo and Quentin are both the main characters and the story involves them the most.

I think that in the end, Quentin will find Margo and she will probably congratulate him about finding her and they will become best friends or a couple because he likes her. I think that in the end both Ben and Radar (Quentin's besties who are desperate) will find love, too. Maybe Margo and Quentin will go on another adventure and explore the United States together. I wonder what Quentin's parents will say or what their friends will do. So excited to find out!


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4:50 from Paddington - Cosmo

Hi everyone,
This is the third blog post I am posting on this blog, and the assigned topic was to provide information about the protagonist and the antagonist. As most of you undoubtedly know, the book I am currently reading is called 4:50 from Paddington, by famous mystery novel author, Agatha Christie. She published over 60 detective novels and 14 short-stories and is well known in a majority of the countries of the world. I finished the book after I wrote my last blog post, which indicates 26 pages, (191/217 - 217/217).

Now the conflict in my book was the same as usual in Agatha Christie books, a murder, a kidnap or something similar and in 4:50 from Paddington, a woman gets strangled on the train. The 200 pages that follow basically consists of detectives trying to identify the murderer and solve the case. It was actually very interesting because until the 216th page, the murderer is still unknown. I would state that for a majority of the book the conflict is Man vs. Unknown, because they do not know the identity of the antagonist. Lastly, the conflict is Man vs. Man, because they arrested the antagonist. Now when you read the book, I love the fact that you are reading clues that were subconsciously scattered along the plotline. The conflict is obviously about finding a reason for the murder, and resolute the truth. The characters involved with the murder, the protagonists trying to surface the truth, are Lucy Eyelesbarrow, Elspeth McGillycuddy, Miss Marple, The family Crackenthorpe and
Detective Craddock, who are all desperate to figure out who the murderer is.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is desperate for a read that includes a messy combination of violence and suspense/mystery, in other words, me. It is amazing!

I guess that was it for today folks,
See you on the next post,
Cosmo :D

Maggot Moon

I am reading the novel Maggot Moon, by Sally Gardener. I have 216 pages of this book out of the total of 279. Both conflicts in this novel are external.

The conflict in this novel would be man vs. society. Standish against the forces of the Motherland. It would be his and his grandfathers will to survive that keeps them alive when the Motherland most wants them dead, and does everything in its power to have them disappear off of the face of the earth.

The conflict in final parts of the novel could also be considered as man vs. man. Where Standish and his grandfather are arguing over if or if not Standish should go to the moon set, and when the astronauts take their first steps on the 'moon' he would hold up a sign with the word HOAX written on it in big bold letters. So that the rest of the free world would know that the moon mission was all a lie.

I think that the initial conflict will be solved by Standish and his grandfather, deciding that it's best for all of humanity to know exactly what the Motherland would do to continue to control them. And that could be accomplished only by Standish in fact going to the set of the moon mission and holding up a sign saying HOAX on it, no matter the consequences.

The hound of Baskervilles

HI Guys, I read a book called The hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I have read all 240 pages of it, here is a picture of the book:

            In this book the main conflicts were man vs. man but every body thought that it was man vs. super natural. In the begging it is man vs. super natural  because the legend was that the family was cursed and that is why he died. So every body ( apart from Sherlock Holmes ) thought that it was a super natural beast that killed him! But further along in the book that they realized that it wasn't a beast it was a person who stalking them. Also Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson found out that one of their suspects was indeed in fact a family member. And then they looked deeper and found out that if the murder kills the the closest family member to Sir Charles he would get the money and the estate. The estate is worth nearly a million pounds and he would also get an additional 7,400 pounds as well. Since i read the book i know who the murder is so i wont spoil it for people that want to read the book by saying his name. While reading the book i thought it was various people at different parts of the book. I was correct once at the begging but i changed my mind and i thought that it was a female character. But now thinking back  the murder was always doing many peculiar things.  
But in the end the murder dies and every one is happy!

Anka

BEAST

Cover of Beast

Beast
Ally Kennen
172/217
The biggest conflict is that the main character Stephen has a pet. Not a small pet like a dog, cat, or bunny. A dangerous cold blooded monster. The Beast. Stephen is a foster kid. He has been taking care of this "beast" for over four years. When he got the beast, it was a lot smaller than now. The Beast has gotten  a lot bigger after four years of eating pigs and other dead animals. Stephen realizes the thing has gotten to big and could break out of its cage, and kill many people. Stephen plans to kill it. But how? What if he does something wrong and the thing breaks out of the cage and goes eating everyone. Lets just say... Stephen needs a gun. How else could he kill, this cold blooded, reptile. All I can think of, is its yellow, large eyes, staring at me. About to chew me with its sharp crocodile teeth.

I think that Stephen will kill this crocodile. I have a feeling. I think it will work out good. I hope.

HN

"The Big Four"

by Agatha Christie

Chapter 10

94/197 pages

In my third post I will be talking about the main conflicts in my book. There are two main conflicts and one of them is man vs man and it's external, and the other one is man vs society and it is internal. The first conflict is about Poirot and his friend Hastings investigating a group of people called "The Big Four". It is a group of four very powerful and dangerous people. Every time Poirot and Hastings discover something about them and are near solving the mystery "The Big Four" tries to kill them. Fortunately, every time they are caught Poirot manages to escape with Hastings. The second conflict is about Poirot and Hastings revealing their discoveries to the world. Even if the two friends find out something about the group they can't share it with the rest of the world because every member of the group is a celebrity and is important to his/her country. If they accused a so important man/woman they would be probably announced as madmen. 

I think that Poirot will call his friends at the Scotland Yard and try to prove that the celebrities are in fact criminals and/or catch them doing something against the law. Maybe something else happens but I didn't read that part yet. 

Maksim  

Murder on the Orient Express | Confllict

cover for the film version of the book

Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
322/322 pages

Hi everyone!
Today I will be writing about the conflict in the murder mystery, Murder on the Orient Express.
In the book, there are a few types of conflict. First of all there is man vs man, because there is a murder and someone must have committed it, and had their reasons. Also, when you read the book, you realize that both parties - the murderer and the murdered, also had previous conflict, before the book took place. Mr. Rachett, alias Cassetti kidnapped the child of an actress, Linda Arden, and killed her family. This turn of events leads to his own demise.
The other conflict is man vs the unknown, because the detective Poirot has to find out who committed the murder, and for almost three quarters of the book, no one really seems to have a motive or a way of possibly doing it. Also the passengers suggest seeing other people on the train, that aren't still on it. This is mysterious because these people seem to have magically disappeared because they are stuck in a snowdrift and the train hasn't moved anywhere!. Poirot has to figure out who the murderer is so he/she/it/they cannot strike again.This is quite a lot of pressure on the detective.
The conflict is that a man is murdered in his room on the Orient Express, Then it transpires that this man is a criminal, and there are any people who could have killed him with a motive. Poirot has to find out who was the murderer, and why they killed the man. In the end it turns out the the whole conflict is a big family drama, and its all a bit strange.
Well, seeing as I have already read the book, I already know who the murderer is and, I can say I totally didn't expect it. To be brutally honest, I didn't really know what had happened or who was the murderer. I would suspect different people at different times, and I was trying very hard to find a problem with the peoples stories, but there didn't seem to be any. I don't think there are many people who could have guessed who the murderer was, because it involved quite a lot of Poirots thinking skills, and seeing the evidence first hand. For example, there was a grease smudge on a passport, which turned out to be one of the key pieces of evidence. I imagined the grease spot on the edge of the page, but in reality it was over the first letter of the name, so I never would have gotten that clue.
I don't think that this is a mystery which is one where the people reading can really successfully guess what is going on, as, for example, I didn't know anything about the Cassetti/Armstrong case which was the motive for the murder.

Hoot

I am reading Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. I'm on page 133/292.

The conflict in this story is man vs man, man vs society, and man vs unknown. Man vs man because the protagonist, Roy, gets assaulted by Dana on the school bus, in school, and by a golf ball. Dana Matherson is the bully of the school. Roy gets hit with a golf ball because he decided to run after the barefoot boy.  Man vs society because it's obviously a human who is trying to stop the construction for the new pancake house, because there are little holes in the ground where little owls live. The owls are only about 7-8 inches big. Man vs unknown because the person that is digging up the survey stakes to save the owls is unknown.

I think that the culprit will be caught in the middle of his act by the cop that is stationed to tat sector of the Coconut Cove. I also have a feeling that the culprit might be Mullet Fingers, the barefoot boy, because he let loose nine cottonmouth moccasins inside the construction site. It also turns out that the girl that cornered Roy, Beatrice Leep, is Mullet Finger's step-sister.

A houdini & Nate mystery, Shots At Sea

       The title of the book I am reading is A Houdini & Nate Mystery, written by Tom Lalicki. In this story, there are 2 boys that are in a boat called the Lithuania. Their names are Nate and Houdini. 

They think that the boat is going smoothly on the ocean but they are not right. There is a murderer on the boat. This murderer tried to kill the president and failed, but the boys know that murderers do not give up. These boys go and have to inform the president immediately before the murderer reaches him before them. They have some trouble finding the president in this boat but in the end they find him. They protect him with body guards but this will not stop the murderer from reaching the president! They have to find him and when they do, be extremely careful because murderers do not want to get caught so they have to prepare for a chase. 

I thought that this story started to get a little more interesting since the start because at the start I was really bored because I had no idea what was going on. This week I read 60 pages. That means that over all I read 155 pages/ 203 including the author’s note. The conflict In this novel is Man vs Man because there are 2 boys vs a murderer, or if it is in the murderer’s point of view then it is Man vs. Society because he is trying to hide the fact that he is a murderer from everyone else on the boat. People who are involved in this situation are the security guard in the boat, the president, the murderer, Houdini, Nate, and the dog as you see in the picture to the left. 

I think this will be solved when the murderer attempts to murdered the president the second time and he will fail because people will be spying on the president while he sleeps and looking at people who goes near him, another possibility of the ending might be that he will admit when everybody is suspicious that he is the murderer.

I would give this book a 8.2/10 because it could be a little more exciting.

Funerals Are Fatal/After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

Hi, as you know, I'm reading Funerals are Fatal by Agatha Christie. I'm on page 160/213 pages, so I have nearly finished...

As usual, in Agatha Christie novels the conflict is the murder, kidnap etc. In this case it is in fact, two murders. One, very obvious, bloody one and one very cunning and sly one. Surprisingly the two murders are connected in some way and I presume the murderer is the same in each case as well.

The first victim was Mr. Richard Abernethie. He was the head of family and was presumed to have a natural death in his sleep until his sister blurted out after the funeral that she believed him to have been murdered. Suspiciously, she was murdered two days later. I presume that this was because whoever might have murdered Mr. Abernethie didn't want her to blurt out any more information. Whereas we don't know how Mr. Abernethie was murdered we do know that his sister was hit over the head several times with a hatchet, during her sleep.

The conflict is that the murderers in both of the cases haven't been found yet and it is Detective Poirot's job to find out who did it.

This conflict is definitely man vs man as the two 'men' are the murderer and the victim in both cases. That is very clear in the novel. Personally, I have absolutely no idea who might have done either of the murders, but am kind of ruling out some characters such as Mr. Abernethie's wife and brother.

I am really enjoying this book and STRONGLY recommend it, if you want a book with a mixture of suspense and violence. 

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Author: Ransom Riggs
# of pages read: 352/352

The conflict(s) of my story is man vs. man and a man vs. unknown. The main character, Jacob, is first trying to discover the mystery behind his grandfather's mysterious path, yet at the same time he is constantly in a silent battle against the hollowgast which he doesn't realize until near the end. It's also when he realizes what his grandfather's last request had been and why he didn't tell him sooner. Since I already read the book, I know how the conflicts were solved, well, only one technically. Jacob finds out about his "peculiar ability" and what he has been searching to find out but, fortunately and unfortunately, there is a sequel that came out this year in January, so whether he wins his battle against the Hollogasts' is a mystery soon to be revealed. In my opinion though, it's most likely that Jacob and his friends who will win, but NOT without some sacrifice and hopefully some twist in it. I mean if it took like four years to write the sequel it better be worth it. 

Black Ice

Andrew lane

62/278

The protagonist in my book is Sherlock Holmes. He is very young, smart and interested in many things.  This book is a part of the group called the “young” Sherlock. The other books “Death Cloud” and “Rebel Fire” are also in the “young” Sherlock group. This book is basically the beginning, of his story, or somewhere around there.  Sherlock at the beginning of the book doesn’t have a job. So that’s why I think it’s the beginning of all the books. People are accusing Sherlock’s older brother, Mycroft Holmes, for murder. Amyus Crowe is Sherlock’s tutor that helps Sherlock investigate Mycroft’s murder accusation. He is helping him and observe his skills along the journey. 

HN

Umm... still "Hoot" I guess...

I am still currently reading Hoot by Carl Hiassen. Well, I finished it but I'm re-reading it just because. I am on page 77/292 right now, and it's fun to re-read books because you know exactly what's coming and you can be like "YES. YES. I KNEW IT" even though you've already read it - okay I'm just ranting. On to the summary.

Protagonist - Roy is the main protagonist in this story. He's lived in seven different locations. He was born in 1989 in Detroit, Michigan. He later on moved to Montana with his parents. When he moved to "Disneyworld is an armpit" Florida, he wore western clothes to school on his first day, thus receiving the nicknames 'cowgirl' and 'tex'. He has black hair and blue eyes,


Antagonist - Temporarily unknown. (Well I know it, but I can't say it yet because I'm up to page 77. Does that make sense?)

I would give it a 7-8 because it was (well for me it was) nerve racking. It was annoying. You got to a clue in the book that ends up completely useless later on, but it's still pretty adventurous.

Maggot Moon

            Maggot Moon, a novel by Sally Gardener, in which Standish Treadwell is the protagonist, and from what I can tell so far, the motherland is the antagonist. I have read 120 pages out of the total 279 of this exceptionally great novel. 

            Standish Treadwell is a fifteen year old boy with severe dyslexia, because of which he cannot read nor write and yet he is the only one with a perspective unique enough to possibly bring down the forces of the motherland. He would often dream about living on a fabricated planet called Juniper with his best friend Hector, who was taken who the Motherland. Standish's ultimate goal throughout this novel is to find Hector and to bring down the Motherland.

            The Motherland is a sort of government in this novel. I am led to believe the Motherland is the antagonist because of sentences in the novel that say things along the lines of; the people of Zone Seven need to stick together and not turn on each other because that's what the Motherland expects, that's what the Motherland wants, in the novel Standish also makes it very clear that his main priority is to bring down the Motherland as well as find Hector.

"The Girl Who Kicked Hornet's Nest"

Hello Everyone, the book I'm reading is called "The Girl Who Kicked Hornet's Nest" and the author is Siteg Larrison. Since I'm reading it online, it only shows the chapters, so I don't know what page I am on exactly but I'm currently reading chapter eight/twenty nine.

     

The protagonist in this book is Lisbeth Salander who is described as psychotic with many disorders by a lot of people. She is mentally ill and she is attracted to the same gender, and even though that's nobody's business, people judge her a lot. Lisbeth is also described as a murderer, but that's on me to find out if she really is by reading on.

The antagonist is Mikael Blomkvist, as known as Lisabeth's "frenemy". He's blown her off in many situations already and he, we could say, is really mean to Lisbeth most of the time, but they're still friends. He is stubborn, brave, and smart (my impressions since I started reading, maybe it will change throughout the book) And it seems like something's happening between him and another character, Erika Berger, which is also an antagonist.

(The physical characteristics aren't really described in the book, but I'm imagining Lisbeth as a pretty, tall girl, really thin, and brunette, and I think Mikael is a bit older, and has brown eyes and brown-ish/blonde-ish hair. But that's just my imagination.)

Thanks for reading! :)

"The Hollow"

Hello! 

The book I’m reading for my book report is “The Hollow” by Agatha Christie. Currently I’m on the 100^th page out of 264. The protagonist of the story is Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective trying to solve the crime of murder. He characterizes himself with a neatly trimmed moustache. He has much experience from his job and solved many crimes in Agatha Christie’s books. The antagonist of the story is the murderer. I still don’t know who is it, but I have some suspects. I find the story truly interesting and thrilling.

After the Funeral ~ Agatha Christie

Pages: 67/242 
Author: Agatha Christie 
Title: After the Funeral

Hello everyone. I am reading "After the Funeral" by Agatha Christie. For now, I don't exactly know who the protagonist and the antagonist are, so I will just list the characters. 
This novel so far is very interesting and I can't wait to finish reading it. There are many characters, so I won't mention them all. 
Here is the list of the characters:
Mr. Entwhistle - He is the solicitor of the Abernethie family
Richard Abernethie - He is the oldest brother of a big family. He died when he was 68. 
Cora Lansquenet - Sister of Richard. Murdered with a hatchet. She was not a very skilled artist, but loved art. 
Miss Gilchrist - She was Cora's servant and companion. She lived in a rented house with Cora. 
Timothy Abernethie - He is the only surviving brother of Richard. He is also an invalid and very grumpy.
Maude Abernethie - She is Timothy's wife. 
Lancscombe - He is a butler at Enderby Hall
Inspector Morton - He was the one who investigated Cora's death. 
Susan Banks - She is Richard's niece. 

Even though I don't know yet, I think the protagonist in this story is Mr. Entwhistle because he shows up wherever the story happens and he helps everyone. He was also very hit by Cora's death, even though Cora was not a person he understood. Everyone calls Mr. Entwhistle for help. 
The antagonist in this story I think is Miss Gilchrist. She claims that she wasn't there during the death of Cora, and said she was in the library then. Even though a window was broken during the murder, I think she did it to hide the fact that she killed Cora. 

Funerals are Fatal/After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

After the Funeral / Funerals are Fatal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hi Guys!
So I literally had a panic attack today. I lost my book. I looked everywhere in my house to the extent of looking in the fridges and bathrooms. I looked it up on my nook. Couldn't find it. Looked it up on mum's kindle, couldn't find it. Accidentally found that it has to names approximately two minutes ago and then managed to find it and but it and all's well.

Anyway, back to the point. Currently I'm on page, well as I'm reading it on the kindle, I'm not quite sure, but what I do know, is that it is the beginning of chapter 16!
 
There are many different characters in this novel, just like most Agatha Christies. They always have really unique, quirky characters that make you either seriously depressed, happy or confused. This is one of the main reasons Agatha Christie is such a fantastic writer. None of the characters in any of the 80+ books she has written are remotely similar. Well, out of the ones I've read, which is a fair few.

Some people might think differently, but for me, the detective, Hercule Poirot is the protagonist. Without him the story would have a lack of humour and the mystery definitely couldn't be solved, and I don't know about you but mysteries that are left unsolved really bother me. He also happens to be my favourite character.

Hercule Poirot, is a Belgium, not French detective. Be careful with that, he gets extremely sensitive when people call him French, which they tend to do. He is cunning, hilarious without meaning to be and completely and abnormally clever. He's not clever as in 'honor-roll student,' but doesn't miss anything. Whether it be wax flowers, perfume bottle names or broken drains, he always manages to connect the weirdest things to the murder, kidnapping, robbery etc. He has an awesome moustache, not very visible in the picture below, is a very small man, and this specific book, he is retired at the age of approximately 65.

Peter Ustinov as Poirot in Evil Under the Sun (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I'm not sure the protagonist in this book is the most obvious one, but like all books there is one. In this book the protagonist is the murderer. The one who killed two people in this book and attempted at poisoning another. I know I can't tell you their physical appearance, as, like with most mystery books, I have absolutely no idea who the murderer is. But, what I can tell you is what I would think their personality would be. They would have to be extremely cunning and crafty as I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how they could possible have done the first murder. They have to have a hint of evil. Well, more than a hint. They are probably confident and courageous, as killing someone isn't the easiest task in the world. I'm guessing...

I will look forward to doing my next blog post on this book, and strongly recommend it. So far, I give it a 9.7 out of ten!

James bond

Ian Fleming's

master spy

James Bond

in

Icebreaker

by

John Gardner

159/293 pg

The protagonist is James Bond who works at the MI6 and his number is 007. Be has a weakens for women, he is also a gentlemen whos charm overpowers the others. His intelligence enables him to solve problems that others can't solve, he alson a great shooter and knows how to operate whole row of weapons. He i also a master at martial arts. His eyes are blue nearly grey, can be sparkling to attract women and cold to discourage rivals and enemies. He has shiny black hair combed to the side. His favorite drink is vodka with dry martiny shaked but not stirred. Loves having lots of gagets in his car and things like that( special watches and pens). Bond's antagonist are always people or organisations which threaten the world, its peace and people.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Post 2

Hello all, the book I am now currently reading is called 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time', which I introduced to all of you as a weird and unusual murder-mystery novel by Mark Haddon in my previous blog post. So far I have read 86 pages out of 268 (I succeeded in reading over 80 pages! Yay!).

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The protagonist/main character of this book is Christopher John Francis Boone, or just Christopher. who is a fifteen year old boy, attending a high school, with Asperger's Syndrome, which makes him always very distant, hard to understand people, having a lot of social trouble, and prefer to be alone. As I already said in my other post, he is very good at and takes a special interest in science/technology, math, physics, etc. One of his life goals are to get an A/perfect score in his high-level math classes, and get a First Class Honours Degree. In the beginning of the book, he says that the types of books he likes are scientific or non-fiction books, or mathematical. Every night, he likes to go out i the middle of the night when it is quiet, calm, and isolated, because he likes the calmness. He also like to always speak the truth. Or more like, he can't lie or not speak the truth, because he said that if he lies about something, he starts thinking about all of the things that didn't happen. For example: if he says that he ate a sandwich, not soup like he actually did, he starts to think that he wasn't eating in Africa, there wasn't a pig in the room, and so on, which he doesn't like, because it stops his brain to function properly. It is also impossible to think of all of the things that didn't happen, because imagination is infinite. One very weird thing he said while explaining about his brain was that he refers to his brain as a machine. Then he gave an example of a bread slicer in his uncle's bread factory, which sometimes gets jammed when too many bread comes into the machine in a very fast speed, which makes it hard for the bread slicer to slice all of the bread. Christopher also likes to keep track of time, and every now-and-then throughout the book, he mentions what time it is. When he is not concentrating on anything else, he likes to solve mathematical equations or problems inside his head, or either scientific facts he reminds himself and thinks about. He doesn't like it when people are touching him or shouting and screaming, and often doesn't understand what and how a person is feeling and wants to tell him. He is very logical, so he doesn't understand jokes or any other things which are not logical. So he concluded this explanation about his dislike or misunderstanding of jokes by telling the reader that he will not put any jokes in this book. He also considers everything which is not true a lie, so he considers a metaphor a lie because he says he just can't logically and realistically imagine (for example) how an apple of someone's eye means that that a person liked another person, or a pig being a day, or a skeleton being in the cupboard, etc. So he actually also considers his own name a lie, because Christopher was the name of St. Christopher in Catholic or Christian and such religions, which means Christ = Jesus Christ, and opher = carry/to carry, because in the Bible, it says that St. Christopher carried Jesus across a river. But he says that all of these religions are a lie, because they have not been scientifically and logically proven that they were all real (I was kind of angry/frustrated at this part because I am Christian... sorry. Just my own feelings.). From all of these things he said in the book and his explanations about himself basically tells you about who he is. But if you want to know more about how he is like, I think you should read the book, because it is written in first person. I don't know very much about how he looks like though, because he doesn't really mention how he looks like. But I know that he has glasses, has both arms and legs and is not physically disabled, because he can walk around and lift things up with his arms. I think that he just has a normal body of an average 15 year old boy.
I'm not really sure who the antagonist is in this novel, because (I think) there isn't a specific thing/person/presence that bothers Christopher or which Christopher is going against. But I think, judging by (my guessed) the conflict of the book, which I think is Man vs. Man or Man vs. The Unknown, I think the antagonist is the murderer or the lack of knowledge of who the murderer is and specific information about the murder. I'm still not sure because I still didn't get to the part when Christopher finds out who the murderer of Wellington is, and the lack of knowledge or clues didn't seem to particularly bother him.

The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christe

       Hello, I am reading a book called "The A.B.C. Murders " by Agatha Christie. In it, I am about 70/228 pages in. The protagonists are Captain Hastings, and Hercule Poirot. They don't really say much about their appearance or anything in this book. I know that Captain Hastings likes to point out the obvious. Poirot a little off his rocker, but he has a lot of character. He has a very interesting mind. He's not really crazy, it's just that he is smart. Here's a quote from the book:
   "Dear me, "I said, recovering from the shock. "I suppose next time I come home, I shall find you wearing false mustaches---or are you doing so now?"
    Poirot winced. His mustaches had always been his sensitive point. He was inordinately proud of them. My words touched him on the raw.
     The antagonist is someone called A.B.C, I haven't figured out who it is though, I know that he/she sends letters to Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings, and tells them where the next person is going to be killed.