Top Ten Most Devastating Books 2009

This year, I read a lot more than last year. That’s a surely thing—I don’t wanna stuck in the same level as last year. Readers don’t have the same opinions to a book. One said book X is awesome and book Y is confusing. Other said book X is average and book Y is astonishing. I can’t judge how they rate books they read because I have my own opinions, too. Below is my ten most unbearable books of 2009.

Here is the list:
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan
2. Can You Keep a Secret?, written by Sophie Kinsella
3. Winter in Tokyo, written by Ilana Tan
4. Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle, written by C.S. Lewis
5. Nocturnal, written by Poppy D. Chusfani
6. Aerial, written by Sitta Karina
7. Asking for Trouble, written by Elizabeth Young
8. Brisingr, written by Christopher Paolini
9. The (Un)reality Show, written by Clara Ng
10. to Tokyo to Love, written by Mariskova

Series on My List

I don’t like it if I don’t have spare time to read. I hate that. I feel like something is missing—no hyperbolistic, it’s real. But, I can’t just read and read without doing anything else. So little by little I use my spare time to read—sometimes I read in office hour, too.

I’m collecting good novels, most of them are in series. now, I was thinking they’re to long in my list. So I’m gonna finish reading them as soon as I can.

Series I’m gonna finish in 2010:
1. Inkspell and Inkdeath (Inkworld)
2. The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold (Book of Ember)
3. Queste and Syren (Septimus Heap)
4. School’s Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning and Max (Maximum Ride)
5. The Golem’s Eye and Ptolemys’ Gate (Bartimaeus Trilogy)
6. The Titan’s Curse, the Battle of Labyrinth and The Last Olympian (Percy Jakckson and the Olympians)
7. The Lost Colony, Time Paradox and Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl)
8. The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials)

A lot of books, huh?! Though I say so, I can’t close my eyes from other good series. So, meanwhile I’m finishing my old series, I’m gonna start new ones.
Series I’m gonna start:
1. Blue Blood Saga by Melisa de la Cruz
2. Darkest Powers by Kelley Armstrong
3. Faery Courts by Melissa Marr
4. Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

And honorary mention to In Death Series by J.D. Robb. I will keep on reading that series—I’ve read 4 books so far.

2010 Resolutions

This is a must do when new year is around. My resolutions are simple.
Here they are:
1. Finish series I read and start new one
2. Continue my writings—2 books on schedule
3. Read more books –I hope I’m gonna hit 60
4. Be more creative and better in getting ideas and writing

Septimus Heap: Physik, a novel by Angie Sage

When Silas Heap unSeals a forgotten room in the Palace, he releases the ghost of a Queen who lived five hundred years earlier. Queen Etheldredda is as awful in death as she was in life, and she's still up to no good. Her diabolical plan to give herself everlasting life requires Jenna's compliance, Septimus's disappearance, and the talents of her son, Marcellus Pye, a famous Alchemist and Physician. And if Queen Etheldredda's plot involves Jenna and Septimus, then it will surely involve Nicko, Alther Mella, Marcia Overstrand, Beetle, Stanley, Sarah, Silas, Spit Fyre, Aunt Zelda, and all of the other wacky, wonderful characters that made magyk and flyte so memorable.

A little difficulties here. When Septimus trapped in Ancient Time, the language changed to Old Language. I felt dizzy reading those. Old Language is far difficult with it’s words, spellings. And I think the accent, too, if I listen to audio book of this Physik book. Aargh! My brain have to work twice harder than usual.

Half book is set in Ancient Time. It’s fun imagining this that our protagonists are know but yet not know. I mean they were in their own town with passages and places from their Time. They can walked everywhere they wanted because they knew the way. But the Ancient people and the language got them frustrated. Near the climax, the story is more fun. I like it.

As previous Septimus Heap books, I feel bored in the first few chapters, because I don’t know where the story will take me. But after the middle of the book, the Septimus’s adventure became interesting.

Other thing that made my forehead creased. The title “Physik”. Physik was not took part in most of the book. It was told almost at the end of the book. I think “Alchemie” suit well.

Indeed, giving title is a difficult thing. I appreciate Sage for giving unique words in this series. Physik instead of Physic, Darke instead of Dark, Magyk instead of Magic. I don’t know if these words are in old languages.

Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, a novel by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson's seventh-grade year has been surprisingly quiet. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. But when an innocent game of dodgeball among Percy and his classmates turns into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, things get...well, ugly. And the unexpected arrival of Percy's friend Annabeth brings more bad news: the magical borders that protect Camp Half-Blood have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and unless a cure is found, the only safe haven for demigods will be destroyed.

On few pages I realized, the story was moving fast. Or is it just my thought? And it was like reading narrative story. But, after several chapters, it is getting interesting.

Riordan mix Greek mythologies with a little science. The Sea of Monsters where Polyphemus, the Cyclopes lives and the origin is on Mediterranean, now is on Bermuda Triangle. Genious trick to show us the mystic about Bermuda and Polyphemus’ habit: anything comes around Bermuda is missing because Polyphemus eats them.

Sorry for you guys, who haven’t read this book yet. A liitle spoiler: the climax is not too tempting. I can’t feel the up and down. The adventure to the Sea of Monsters is plain and have just a few thrilling parts. But the best part is the ending. Riordan gave us a surprise!