Beez: Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side and outruns everyone.

That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits.

This story.

We've all seen the movie. We all love the movie. We've all cried over it. But what about the book?

Yeah, the books the same.

This book is a trip back to our childhood where we all lived in our worlds, had our issues and saw the world differently. Its about the simple things of our childhood and how we were so new to this world and loved stories and had wild imaginations running around.

In this book, we live in Jess's mind and meet our favourite exotic Leslie and then go to the kingdom of Terabithia were two children are the king and queen of their fantasies. Jess might be a eleven year old boy who lives a life a world apart from ours but my inner child was immediately friends with him. Jess is a different sort of boy. He has some darn determination and a damn good heart. That is probably another amazing thing about this book, it lacks any malice and contempt people grow to have.

This book is definitely a childhood classic but well its a recommended read for all ages.

The author has created the characters so well and the story is quite beautifully written and you know, 'its an out of book feeling".

Another best thing about this book is Leslie's colourful imagination. She fascinates us the way she fascinates Jess. And then there's her awesome family.

Also Maybelle.

She is seriously the cutest!

In general, the part I love the most about the story is the end.

*spoiler alert*

No I'm not happy that the author killed Leslie off, but then she this probably was her only way to have her chance to have tea with Satan for whatever reason.

And that's not my favourite part of the story.

My favourite part is the part after Leslie's death, the part where Jess graciously kills us with his sweetness and cuteness and crowns Maybelle as the queen of Terabithia.

Because what could be a more wonderful moment than that?

Its one of those moments when your heart blooms with happiness and your choking with emotions and your smiling inside out because damn this boy is good. And because apart from being so cute and just lost a best friend, he's the sweetest guy and the best brother you could possibly ever have! Again, too much emotion.

I guess, now you should go and read this book?

You probably should.

Will break your heart but worth it.

(And now you know what to do if you ever want to have tea with Satan ;))

Raven: "WHY YOU SO CUTE JOSHY????"

Lots of love and watermelon,

Beez.

Raven : Doctor Who The Price of Paradise

Colin Brake

Aaaah! David Tennant & Billie Piper

Laylora - the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where peace-loving aboriginals live in harmony with their environment. Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once-perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The paradise planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land... Is there a connection between the human explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives' ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known? When a planet itself becomes sick, can there be a cure?
The Doctor and Rose find themselves in a race against time to find out...

 This was my first Doctor Who book and to be honest, this book was kind of average compared to other sci-fi books that I have read. I expected a lot from the book since I love Doctor Who (New whovians here!) But it wasn't horrible, it got interesting after a few chapters. 

So, this time the TARDIS takes the Doctor and his companion, Rose to a beautiful planet named Laylora, or paradise planet as the human explorers call it. But the paradise planet seems to be in peril. It's been showing signs of falling such as landslides, earthquakes, etc which is very unlike Laylora according to the natives. But these signs worsen when Laylora gives birth to her protectors - The Witiku (I like the sound of it). The Witiku are savage monsters whose main purpose is to destroy everything that threatens Laylora.

And now it's up to the Doctor and his companion to save the day and protect the human explorers and the natives from the Witiku but also figure out how to save the paradise planet from falling.

Now like I said I didn't like this book that much but it had a great green message. If you actually think about it Laylora kind of represents our planet Earth. Earth too was beautiful once but we humans have ruined it and like Laylora, the natural disasters are increasing in number (And soon there shall be an apocalypse!) 

On the other hand I thought that Laylora had serious adapting issues. You could compare it to some people, who cannot handle a shift in their routine and will throw fits if their schedule is changed in any tiny way. These kind of people really need to learn to adapt. I mean, come on! I like having proper schedules too but change is good!

Anyway, back to the review. I didn't like how the Doctor and Rose were rarely together in the book. I also think that the writing was not that good since I couldn't really connect with any of the characters. However, I liked how the different story lines fused into one by the end of the story. So I would give it a 3.5 even though I want to give it more since I love DW. In the meantime I will keep a lookout for more DW books. 

Lots of Love & Pasta,

Raven

Beez doesn't like Macaroons... Bad Beez!

Sowie Note

So i figured we probably owed you an apology and explanation.

And yes we do have one but we agree we are not justified.

Life has been a lot of crazy.

We just fully realized that probably taking science as our stream was probably- is -a mistake.

But now we have no choice but to live with it.

And in vetween of school, exams, fangirling (our new job) and TV shows to watch, we did slouch.

But not now, now we are back on the track and are going to keep these endless reviews flowing even tho we're going down the road to our imminent death.

We are truly sorry.

Please forgive us.  
(insert Benedict's puppy dog eyes)

 

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