O JERUSALEM

AUTHOR: LAURIE.R KING
PAGES: 25/425

Hello dear blog readers! For our new book project, I am reading a book called "O Jerusalem", by Laurie R. King. The book is very mysterious so far, and the topic is very logical, but the setting I think does not really fit the topic of the story. Nonetheless, here is what the story is about:

This book is happening in 1918, during the end of the First world war. Three people (I will mention there names later, just too make the tension bigger), are forced to flee England. The reason of this is never mentioned, but it is logical to assume that they are trying to evade military service, or they have some other link with the war. The place they are travelling to is Palestine. At that time, the territory of Palestine was occupied by the BEF, also known as the British Expeditionary Forces. The book begins in a puzzling way, the three people are apparently on a boat, trying to evade British patrols. After being able to pass through the gateway to Palestine, they are met by two women, who will show them the place. Now for the setting:

The setting is, as previously mentioned, Palestine. At the time, due to the point that Europe was in war, many people went to Palestine, were there was peace. Of course, patrols were necessary, because of the threat of German U-Boats. When they arrive on shore, they go into a village. It is not visually described, due to the time was night. Though, it is said that the village is a relatively smelly place, meaning that people still live in an old way, Now for the three characters:

-Sherlock Holmes. Well, this is sort of self-explanatory. Sherlock is probably the most widely known inspector of all times, so he has a couple of traits that truly define him: Intelligent, Wise and Curious.

-Mary Russell. She is Sherlock's apprentice. She seems to be naive, and scared, which is not unusual, in the weird circumstances given.

-Mycroft. He is Sherlock's brother. So far, he seems to be a mysterious man, and he is not really described as much, but I will find out later.

In general, I would rate this book a descent 8/10, because of the topic mainly. It is very intriguing, but the characters are not very well described, and I wished there was maybe a prologue to the book.
NL

Book report

Cat Among the Pigeons
By Agatha Christie (Unite Kingdom)
Publication date November 2, 1959
Pages that had read: 30
  It is about a kingdom is about to have a coups, the prince don't know if he can survive, so he gives
lots of treasure to his friend and let him carry his treasure to somewhere else. His friend thinks about put those treasure in to his sister's baggage so the treasure can be sent out. But his sister is not there when he went there. He writer a letter to his sister in his sister's room, but a woman sees him.



  This story took place in a kingdom, two friends story. It is the time when a kingdom is about to have a coups.
  I think this story is pretty interesting, because I like to look books about adventure and fright, at the beginning of the book, there is about to have a coups, and a guy carry lots of "money" away. And this book also shows what is the bad thing to be a king.

Escape From Mr. Lemonchello's Library: Setting

For my book project I am reading the NewYork Times Bestelling novel “Escape from Mr. Lemonchello’s Library” by Chris Grabenstein. I have read 85 pages out of 288. “It is a worthy successor to the original madman puzzle-master himself, Willy Wonka.” Says the Booklist, Starred. The novel starts when Kyle Keely learns that the world’s greatest and most famous game maker has designed the new towns library and is having an invitation-only lock-in on the first night. He’s determined to be there. What he doesn’t realize thought, is when you get in there, there in no getting out. For me this book is something you can read for relaxation but at the same time think a little, it plays with you and that’s what makes it special and interesting. 

The setting is in Alexandriaville's new futuristic library.  The outside of the library has the most stunning visual effect: The Wonder Dome. It is ten wedges shaped high-definition video screens that are better than the ones in Times Square. Each screen would operate independently or as a whole, it could become constellations of a night sky or a flight through clouds. Inside there is a children’s room with a robotic librarian and six audio-animatic goslings, fluffy robots that would when someone said “initiate story-time sequence” come to life and sing nursery rhymes. All of this and more was created by imaginers who once worked at Disney World! However,the time is not specified although I would say it is in the present day. 

"Paper Towns" By John Green

Paper Towns

John Green

46/305 # pages

Hello students, for my mystery novel I am reading "Paper Towns" By John Green. This book is about a guy named Quentin who goes to high school and so far, he and his friends are seen like a silly group, but they aren't popular. Quentin was once very good friends with a girl named Margo Roth Spiegelman. She was adventurous and she loved mysteries so much that for Quentin, she started to become one.
One school night, she opened Quentin's window and he was so surprised because the last time she did that was when they were nine years old. She offered him an adventure that they could go on together. Margo didn't tell him where they were going or what they were going to do. She just told him she needed him. In my opinion she was just trying to have him go with her and help her because for this long trip she needed his car.
It was late at night, as they set out to explore the streets of Florida while Margo tries to get revenge on her friends, or just people who deserve it. But will they know she did it? How will she get away with this? Quentin is worried about his old pal, but he sure wants to find out who she is now, has she changed? What is waiting ahead of him?

So the settings in my story take place at a lot of places so far. The story itself is set in Florida, United States and from the the description of the places, it seems like it is in the present probably in the 21th century.
The story changed settings a lot. In the begging it was at school while Quentin and his friends, Radar and Ben, just couldn't stop obsessing over prom. Then the setting moved to Quentin's house when Margo burst into his room through the window. After that, the setting was very late at night, about 1 or 2 a.m when Margo and Quentin went to Wall-Mart to buy somethings for their trip and after that they went to Becca's house (who was Margo's friend) to start the first part of the marvelous revenge.

I am really enjoying this book because it keeps me wondering what would be the next step, who will Margo betray and if they are ever going to get caught. I really am looking forward to finishing this book!



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"The Big Four" by Agatha Christie

First chapter

The first chapter basically talks about the main character's trip from Argentine to England. His surname was Hastings. It talks about how he couldn't sit calmly in the train and he would move his suitcases all the time. He was travelling with some folks coming from a war and he was amused by them staying calm when they didn't even raise their look to see the first sight of their country they were fighting for. The first sight of England were the white cliffs of Dover. He was thinking of visiting some old friends and especially one, Hercule Poirot. It also talks about Hasting's and Poirot's meeting and how Poirot should catch a transport and go to Rio because he was hired by somebody, even though Poirot had an investigation of his own, but during their meeting there was an unexpected guest. A man came to Poirot's apartment and was saying Poirot's name and adress all the time. That man was somehow linked with Poirot's investigation. He was saying something else, but I don't want to reveal that. The mood of the novel is kind of cheery. The novel is fast and easy to read.  

Maksim

Murder On The Orient Express | Setting

Murder on the Orient Express

Gemma Thornley

Murder on the Orient Express is a famous mystery novel by the prolific British author, Agatha Christie. She is one of the greatest mystery authors of all time, and has written 91 one books under various pen names, as well as her real name. I am personally not much of her fan as I find her books a bit boring and very uniform, but because of this reason I haven't read many. I decided it would be the right book for the project because I haven't read many of her books in a while, and this one was quite famous an is known as one of her best works. 

Murder on the Orient Express is a member of her 'Poirot' series, which is probably her most famous. It is a series of thirty five mystery books all set around the iconic main character, and detective, Hercule Poirot. Murder on the Orient express is the tenth book in this series, and quite a well known novel.

So far, I am a few chapters through the book, on page sixty nine. out of the total 256. I am only this far through because I only started the book yesterday, as earlier this week I read two other books - the Clockwork Angel and the Clockwork prince, and didn't have time for my mystery novel. I will probably spend the rest of my weekend reading it, but I wanted to get the blog post over and done with this morning so I could do just that. I am enjoying the book very much, and the murder recently just happened, and it is all very exciting.

Murder on the Orient Express is set... *drumroll please*... on.. The Orient Express! The Orient Express is actually a real long distance passenger train that goes through Europe and some routes even go into Asia. The book is set in the 1930's and the Orient Express is filled with a variety of dignified characters travelling on the prestigious train. The people on the train were usually quite rich, especially in the upper classes where you would get billionaires and barons and artitocrats alike. There are a variety of characters on the train, from different nations and places, all going in the same direction. The whole train is completely full, with no available carriages or berths. For Poirot to get on the train, he had to take the carriage of one of the passengers who slightly delayed.

 This is uncommon for Winter, when it is set, as there are usually disruptions on the tracks, and not many people are travelling. The snow has caused many problems on the train, and at the current stage in the book, the whole train is at a standstill, not being able to move because of the sheer amount of snow in Yugoslavia. In the book the train has passed through most of the Balkans. The last stop before the train stopped was in Belgrade, where everyone stopped simply to get some fresh air. Many of the passengers make derogatory  remarks about the Balkans, and it is the only country that the train goes through where there are no police stationed on the train. When the train comes to a halt, they don't expect anyone to come and help them for days at the least.
The social hub on the train is the restaurant-car, where everyone spends their free time, and where much of the discussion takes place. In the restaurant the guests are served by waiters with lavish foods, and they spend their time discussing different matters, and forming friendships. Since the space in the train is limited as it is a closed space, most of the guests stay in the restaurant car for the social experience. 

I am enjoying the book very much, and this far through I can tell it will be quite a good mystery, and since it as Agatha Christie, it will be quite hard to figure out who was the criminal. I am looking forward to reading the story and finding out more about the characters and the story as it unfolds. 

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

By: Ransom Riggs
352 pages/352
For my book report, I read Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. It first takes place in the twenty-first century, but the main character, sixteen year old Jacob, continually switches back and forth through a loop of September 3rd, 1940. Our main character Jacob lived in Englewood, Sarasota County, Florida, but after his grandfather's tragic death and his last plea, he ends up going to Cairnholm Island in Wales. He finds out that the island, where his grandfather went to an orphanage during World War II as a Jew, is a misty, dank, old fashioned place. The island is too far from the mainland and uses a generator that shuts down at 10 PM, there is only ONE room on the entire island to sleep in as a visitor, and the island is full of bogs, and swampy marshy areas, and high mountain with sheep. I don't want to give too much away, and hope to entice everyone to read it after my book report.