The Scorch Trials

I had done reading this book only yesterday. It took me quite a looong while to finish this book. Been busy in school but I still read the book even if I snatched times during free periods in school. Mr Dashner, does not disappoint his readers in this one! A MUST READ – The Maze Runner trilogy! 

Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to.

In the Maze, life was easy. They had food, and shelter, and safety . . . until Teresa triggered the end. In the world outside the Maze, however, the end was triggered long ago.

Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, the earth is a wasteland. Government has disintegrated-and with it, order-and now Cranks, people covered in festering wounds and driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim . . . and meal.

The Gladers are far from finished with running. Instead of freedom, they find themselves faced with another trial. They must cross the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the world, and arrive at a safe haven in two weeks. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. 

Thomas can only wonder-does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED?

It totally blew me away! This book really is incredible! I was reading the part where totally-gone Cranks lost their sanity completely and when Thomas made the move to…gosh that part made me wanted to pee in my skirt. I was in an air conditioned library, it was free periods then. Really, I hold my bladder and after the period was over, I rushed to the level 3 washroom! It scared the heck out of me! Haha! I kept laughing how I react to the book…being scared and all this shuck stuffs. I blame the Cranks!
Let’s look at my tweets @QueenieDahilan:

• Ah this is awesome! I’m currently reading ‘The Scorch Trial’!! I miss the shanks!! Lol

• Thomas and Teresaaaa!

• The Scorch Trials is a freaking genius book and Thomas…oh Thomas. the deal he had with the leader Crank lol
  

• pretty cool of Thomas to humor the Crank in that kind of situation. idk how will i do it the way he did hahah!

• just finished reading The Scorch Trials!! on to the next book, The Death Cure!! I’m going insane with the betrayal stuffs

• I don’t even think of trusting WICKED though they are in fact good, like Teresa had said and the tattoo on her. yeah, right…….

I’m now reading the final book in the trilogy, The Death Cure. It’s awesome! REALLY. AWESOME. I still don’t trust WICKED even if there’s a cure, whatever they want from Thomas and the Gladers and the rest.

The Nine Lives of Chloe King: The Fallen

All the while I thought the book was all about after-death world or something after I read the plot about this book. I was into it reading – picturing Chloe has a super many lives to live when it’s really not about THAT at all lol. It’s not at all what I pictured. EVER. Again, I didn’t SEE it coming until I got the…well, i won’t spoil that part for you because it really got me. GOOD.

Really cool stuff!! I really enjoyed reading this book! You have to grab a copy and read it. LIKE NOW!
Author Liz Braswell originally wrote THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING as a trilogy.

She did her homework and got good grades, but she wasn’t afraid to ditch class sometimes to hang out with her best friends. She slept at home, but otherwise avoided all human contact with her mom. The usual stuff. Then she fell from San Francisco’s highest tower, and her life changed. For starters, she died. And then, she woke up.

Now Chloe’s life is anything but normal: Suddenly guys are prowling around her, she’s growing claws, and someone’s trying to kill her.

Luckily for Chloe, she still has eight lives to go.

Mah tweets are gonna show ya how I get it all under control. My fangirling with this book! lol Here goes. From the beginning till I got the whole book done. Only started the book yesterday and I finished it today..really cool read!

@QueenieDahilan - my personal twitter.

• The Nine Lives of Chloe King is an interesting read! Started reading it today )

• I’ve done reading The Nine Lives of Chloe King. Alyec or Brian? I feel like siding Brian still lol ohmgosh—kitty cat hat. I can imagine it.

• Just read the plot for The Stolen—2nd book of The Nine Lives Of Chloe King. Who are those two different guys? Two new cat bfs? OMG LOLOL

• SERIOUSLY HAVE TO READ THE BOOK NOW. WHAT ‘BOUT BRIAN WHO ALWAYS CARE? *sigh* I want Brian….

Yep. That’s it. Few tweets this time though. A few of my tweeps talked to me about the book and the TV drama show as well. I checked it out (the drama). One of my tweeps told me about Chalek aka Chloe + Alyec/Alek. Gosh, I was so stupid asking her if that was a new character introduced in the book LOL. “No.” LOLOLOL. Ok, Chalek – Fans are real fast putting the characters name together as one haha.
I like Brian in the book. He’s charming, sweet.

Anyways.. Lemme start with Chloe and then Brian/Alyec.

Chloe, Chloe, Chloe… Hmmm. Very very interesting character in the book, I’ll say. (I can’t think properly…All i care talkin about is BRIAN lol) *skips Chloe* BRIAN. Brian, I love him instantly when he’s all simple, talk-about business or something, his kitty cat hat lololol. I always think of him as really adorable young man with that knit kitty cat hat. I would prefer his hat to have the totoro theme on it. LIKE THESE (totally will remind me of Brian, the guy who goes shopping at Pateena’s LOL):


OMG OMG OMG. I totally find him really CUTE in those Totoro knit hats (pardon me while I go fangirling over a fictional character HAHAHAHAH). *gone mad/crazy* Alyec surprised me. Chloe…love love her too. Brian and Chloe is the best match for me. But…well, Alyec will be so dang good too. But I really like Brian lol.

Anyway, check out the trilogy and the drama. I found this one promo of TNLOCK ep1 on Youtube! Go watch it on there!

The girl who plays as Chloe is so pretty and the guy who plays Alyec is handsome enough. Brian…well, they should have hired someone even better. More handsome. LOL.

Looking forward reading The Stolen—2nd book of TNLOCK. Eeep! Let me tell you, Chloe is a kick-ass gal. Period. She’s awesomeage!

Happy reading peeps!
Check out the The Nine Lives of Chloe King (books) on this website: http://www.theninelivesofchloeking.com/books/

The Maze Runner

This 1st book in the trilogy amazed me with the awesome settings and very well written descriptive place in the maze or what this maze all about! SUPER EXCITED to read the 2nd installment which is The Scorch Trials! I need to pack my mind ready for another adventure with Thomas and Teresa and the rest of the shanks! Hahaha! James Dashner, you’re indeed the DUDE – I love how you write! Thank you so much for sharing this with all the readers!!  

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.

Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.

Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.

Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.

My tweets will probably answer my meaning of “insane” while reading this book last couple of days lol.

@QueenieDahilan:

• I’ve started reading The Maze Runner. *gulps* the first sentence gave me goosebumps & I got the book flying across frm where I’m sitting lol

• I don’t think i will go on reading this book…. Haha!

• Now, I’ve drawn an inspired drawing again—The Maze Runner. I hope to keep this one and not lose it.

• I drew it because at first I can’t picture it in my mind so I took a pencil and a blank paper and start sketching & ding! Got it!

• Bah!!! I lost my inspired drawing of The Maze Runner!! NOOO. I just put it on the shelf and then….disappeared just like that!

• I need it!!! I want to change a bit with my drawing. Bah! :\

• Fine. At least I found Gemma-Ty drawings. But I really want that Maze Runner too!

• The Maze Runner is full of incredible descriptions & I’m trying really hard to imagine the closest picture to every detail as much as.. …possible in my head. Haha

• Really an interesting book!! This is really great! So far so good!

• Can’t wait to find out what happens to Thomas and Teresa!! The Maze Runner is a must read book!!!

• @jamesdashner you did a great job writing The Maze Runner!! Thank you for writing and sharing it with all of us!

• The Maze Runner is still fresh in my head. Good that. LOL what an accent from the Gladers. I’m getting the hang of it hahaha

• I have the shuckiest short hair ever. Glader’s language invaded me. Idk. HahAhAhA

A FEW HOURS LATER…
LOOK WHO REPLIED MY RANDOM TWEET… JAMES DASHNER – author of The Maze Runner!!

That replied was yesterday, and here’s my reaction after I got a reply from Mr Dashner! TWEETS.

• Ohmgosh! James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner replied my tweet!! Impossible. I actually can’t believe my random tweet will get a reply

• Thanks so much for replying my random tweet, @jamesdashner haha! Btw, I tried to play the maze online game on the site!! Cool stuff!

• I feel like one of the luckiest shanks out there LOL receiving a tweet from James Dashner feels so awesomeage!!

Celebrating till my eyes started to feel heavy… my last tweet that night.

• Lucky shank needs some sleep now. I want to get up early. Good night Gladers!

WOW. Just looking at those tweets posted by me…idk if you still don’t get me how AWESOMEAGE this book is!! YOU REALLY REALLY HAVE TO READ IT! Even on my Facebook, I posted a status about the maze LOL.

I read the 1st chapter not long ago and I have an inspire drawing, really. The next morning it just disappeared from the shelf. I did a drawing because I need a picture to see how the maze really looks like haha. Call me mad..but really lol I needed it. And YES. I really threw the book across the room. The beginning gave me GOOSEBUMPS. James Dashner did an amazing job writing this book!! A MUST READ for the Hunger Games fans out there! Idk if I should go on because most of my tweets says it all and everything!
I’m having a Glader accent disease. I kept using shank, shuck. haha! It’s true, I have the shuckiest short hair now. I’ll post a picture real soon.

I love how the character in the book, Thomas, asks a lot of questions. You know, itching to get answers – curious of just about every thing. ‘Cause that’s how we learn – we simply ask questions to those who knows something better than us. Thomas was a guy who can’t just NOT do something when something wrong where he landed on. He doesn’t give up easily. He keeps pushing himself that there must be a way to SOLVE the thing. Thomas always thinks too. Think think. Even before sleeping… I really love this character. The book is hilarious. Absolutely! Made me laugh out loud and my siblings think I’m laughing with their jokes when I’m not haha! Thomas MADE ME LAUGH. Thomas’ a Greenie and so is Teresa and me three LOL.

The story’s been stuck in my head. Ponder ponder..of what’s going to happen to their world. Oh gosh I remember…I feel like crying now. Chuck. Oh my shuck-face Chuck.

Anyway, Teresa is a lovely character. Lots of clues were hanging in the air for Thomas when she arrives in Glade. Her hero: Thomas. I won’t say any CLUES for you. You have to read it. No spoilery stuffs. I gotta end this before it gets too rambly… The adventure continues on The Scorch Trials.

P.S. Don’t forget to check out:
James Dashner’s site ~ http://www.jamesdashner.com/
The Maze Runner official site ~ http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/mazerunner/index.php On the site, you can play online games (I tried it, it’s cool stuff)! It looks like this. ENJOY! WOO!

I haven’t finish reading the trilogy yet and guess what? There’s a prequel releasing next year! WOAH! Click HERE to read the article.
Quotes I like in this book: “Good that.”
“Maybe you should just press the button”

Across The Universe

Man you don’t know how amazing this book is until you read it and you realize you just can’t seem to stop. Beth Revis did an amazing debut!! I COULDN’T WAIT FOR MILLION SUNS!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I read the book for 2 days! I didn’t even sense that time was already slipping so fast! Gosh!! Dystopian and sci-fi is AWESOME! Thanks to Beth Revis! 

Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed. She expects to wake up on a new planet, 300 years in the future. But fifty years before Godspeed’s scheduled landing, Amy’s cryo chamber is unplugged, and she is nearly killed.

Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense. Godspeed’s passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightening leader, and Elder, his rebellious and brilliant teenage heir.

Amy desperately wants to trust Elder. But should she? All she knows is that she must race to unlock Godspeed’s hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again.

How to start… ok. Let’s start how I really think that this may be possible in the future? But you know, I don’t want it to happen to me. It’s MUCH DIFFICULT than living on Earth. Let’s stop here for a while…i can’t seem to wrap my head around the book because lots of things happened in the book. Here’s my tweets (some reply to Beth Revis:

@QueenieDahilan:

• @bethrevis your book Across The Universe is SO amazing! Thank you for writing this book! I really love the science fiction you added too!

• @bethrevis while reading Across The Universe, there were a few sec I stopped & just let myself thought about my future. It made me cry :’(

• @bethrevis I love how Amy is SO into history too. How she was curious about Elder’s descendent. My dad & I were fascinated w/ those stuff

• Across The Universe! I’m so loving the book and wow the next book comes out next year, Million Suns! :’)

• I might have American blood in me idk. hmm… if only family trees were recorded then, we would know.

• You think future technology could help us do that? I’m terrified with the idea though. I’m really scares of my future.

• I was crying about it..makes me sad. :’(

Let me tell you about the part where I cried. I cried where people don’t know about anything…especially when they all are drugged from Phydus. Some people don’t even know what were they injecting in the animals. They thought it’s makes the animals healthier, more meat for them to eat. I cried to that part because…Amy’s mother is a..i can’t really remember what but her mother knows about Biological research thing about DNA. It made me cry :’( Because, one day I would want to be a micro-biologist/pharmacist to help people be cure NOT drugged people and leave everything like that :’(

I’ve also felt fascinated – that the author mentioned Amy likes history! I was amazed that Amy was curious about the past of “Godspeed” (the ship) and to look at the how many generations had passed and really curious how to find Elder’s descendent. It was so awesome! My dad and I talked about history, one day and I was like listening to the stories of war and many more things I didn’t even know. To me, they were like stories but they happened long ago. Now sitting in front of this computer…I would say… I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AT PEACE.

Yeah…like from my tweets, have you thought about it too? You know your family tree? From the start…to now..like WOW. If only back then, people recorded it down and passed it on to the next gen. *sigh* We would know. I’m not pretty much kidding about I might have American blood or maybe even Japanese, Chinese..whatever but it might be possible. POSSIBLE in the future when technology is much greater. But I’m really terrified about it.

You know..now that I thought about it, wanting to be pharmacist/micro-biologist one day..I kinda want to make it happen. I mean, I want it to be MY discovery of how to track family trees and many generations. Idk…I’m just being sSOOOO INSANE, maybe hahahaha Maybe this book is to blame for thinking about it. LOLOLOL. This dream I have is in this quote from Isaac Newton: To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

I am so scared of going to the future too. No more adults. I AM the adult the children around me will have for protection from something or… anything at all.

Ok..i better as well just stop my rambling here. It’s too much! This book is just great to discuss about in a book club! Haha I don’t have a book club though. Oh well.

P.S. Here’s something interesting… the Project Ark Ship (Godspeed).

The Keeper Level
For more just go check the website: http://acrosstheuniversebook.com/
The Shipper Level – http://acrosstheuniversebook.com/#!/shipper
The Feeder Level –
http://acrosstheuniversebook.com/#!/feeder
Lots of things to see and infos to know about the spaceship! Oh..how I love the space not the ship haha! All right, ciao for now! Don’t forget to explore the site!
I’m being delusional about those things… so, don’t listen to a girl insane like me, ok? hahah

Some quotes from the book:
This is my favorite one ― (Elder) “Power isn’t control at all — power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.”
(Amy) “It’s always in the rain..”
(Elder) “And there is nothing between us but rain.
Then there is nothing between us at all.”

Tidbits on my current reading so far: What Happened To Goodbye

I’m not really going to my-so-basic review of this book yet, because I am halfway through the book, currently reading it and started only today. I just wanna share some things that got me stop reading for a while. I found interesting things to share for you about this book from Sarah Dessen!

When I got to the point of where Dave Wade (character in the book), mentions about “your 2 AM”, I just couldn’t help but think about the meaning of it! Clearly here’s my tweet:

and unexpectedly someone replied to my random tweet haha! It was a really cool reply btw! I just love her! She’s really sweet auntie to me!

I read her reply tweet to me and I can’t stop laughing out loud sitting on the sofa! I replied to her, saying, true. Idk though if she meant the friendship one or BEYOND friendship. But I guess, she’s referring to “BEYOND relationship”.

In the book though, Dave explains to McLean that “2 AM” means… something like friendship, who always be there for you whenever you need them even when it’s late at night and you call ‘em, they are always there for you. But you know I don’t think that’s what he really meant on the book…it’s pretty clear to me that it’s more than that.

(maybe) Last INTERESTING TIDBIT

This tweet I saw a while ago was so close to the story of the book and it makes me sad because I absolutely think that it’s true.

P.S. This is all for now…I can’t really get out all the feelings from the first interesting tidbit. I’m having a hard time explaining my feelings. Yeah…it’s true, i don’t have my own real 2 AM. Trust me..it’s not about boys I’m referring to..I’m actually talking about best friends. Oh well, you’ll never understand me. Thanks all for you concern, really.

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If you want some 2 AM song related from the tidbit topic I shared, well I got some, from Taylor Swift! Not really THAT related but at least, the lyrics from her songs has 2 AM in them. I listened to her songs and actually heard lots of 2 AM and it puzzled me, saying, “does it actually have meaning?” Probably, I was lucky to have the answer given by Dave Wade, eh? LOL.

That’s The Way I Loved You
But I’ve been screamin’ and fightin’
And kissin’ in the rain
And it’s

2 a.m.

and I’m cursin’ your name
You’re so in love that you act insane
And that’s the way I loved you
Breathe

It’s 2 a.m., feelin’ like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain’t easy, easy for me
Enchanted

The lingering question kept me up, 2 a.m., who do you love?
I wonder ’til I’m wide awake

Keep checking for the next blog! Ciao!