Lots of Things To Do!

So, I’m back. I know I was going to post like the next day after my previous post, but I never got to it, ha. So now here’s a big summary post about everything that’s going on. Got some key topics to talk about today and got them written down so let’s get started.

So how did we do at NHD? We failed. Like literally though. We got 4th place…Out of 4 competitors for our website. Mostly because we did not have good primary sources and also because we probably didn’t do enough research to branch beyond the state level. So I guess next year we have alot to do if we expect to even have a chance for Nationals. We also need to tie in more historical stuff instead of just the facts, and the 1200 word limit made that very hard even though we wanted to. So now from experience we know what to do, we’ll try better next year. Anyways, good job to all three of you guys that helped out in our NHD team, we did great for us, and it was fun.

Alright, so the Dragon Delasangre book series has me psyched up. I swear, I’ve never read a book series that is so omg amazing! I just cannot believe there were books out there that were so amazing! I just finished the fourth book in the series and now I shall wait for that darn fifth book to come out. Also, I have a problem now. I’ve tried reading three other books and I cannot! The problem is, none of them have the same tone, style, and fun that Alan F. Troop has provided. I don’t know, I can’t find a good book. If someone could recommend a really good book, and I mean a good one, I’ll read it. I just cannot find a better book that can keep my attention, the Dragon Delasangre series just keeps my reading level up top compared to everything else… Anyways, time for the third and fourth book reviews!

Seadragon’s Daughter (9.5/10) -
You might be thinking whoa, there’s a 9.5 out of 10 this time, well, hehe, there is some reasoning behind it. I think out of all the books, this one lacks a good baseline to build from from the beginning. That’s pretty much it. All the action that happens with the Pelk afterward, the cave stuff, the escaping, the fight, and the antidote, that was all perfect. I just didn’t find the business story stuff at the beginning quite as exciting. I think it was cool Peter was able to transform into a dolphin. I would so love to be a dolphin one time, seems so cool to be free in the water, to swim super fast, and enjoy the water. Still, giving it 9.5 means it’s very great! I just loved all the action from the middle through the end of this book.

A Host of Dragons (10.5/10)-
OK, I cannot believe this book. It was SO amazing I had to give it an extra .5 points! I cannot believe how great this currently last book in the series was. Like, I’ve never seen such a great book in my life. The beginning with the kidnapping of Elizabeth, the hurt relationship between Peter and Chloe, the various schemes that the Host of Dragons were planning on Peter and Derek, Derek finding his new mate, the hunts, the selling of the farm, the trek to stay in business, the epic fights against the host. Oh, and I couldn’t believe how stupid that host of dragons were. They got pwned. I mean come on, Peter and Derek were way outnumbered yet eventually they all died (Well, most of them, some ran like scaredy cats xD) but yeah, that was amazing! Especially the ending fight, gotta love it. I was so freaking scared when Peter almost died. And how Chloe thought she lost her dearly loved husband forever. Poor Chloe, she went into heat and Aric took her. That jerk! Loved the ending, best ending ever, most exciting, most dramatic, and most loving. GREATEST BOOK and SERIES EVER!!!

Whoo, what a great book series that was. Again, if you have anymore book suggestions, please do share. Click the More… button to continue reading my post if you’d like to read more about what’s been going on.

National History Day – State Competition

Tomorrow’s a big day for Michael, Robert, Devin and I as we prepare to enter the state competition tomorrow morning. We’re hoping that we do well and go to nationals. If you never heard of National History Day, it’s a big event that includes alot if not all of the states involved with each state having a select number of competitors to go to nationals. I think nationals will be held in Washington D.C. so that’s a big trip for us if we’re planning to win.

Our project is a website project because I love making websites and this would be a perfect time to do so. Our Project’s called Sir Isaac Newton, and obviously it’s about him. We have local copies of the site, but just so you can see what we’re submitting, check out http://sigonasr2.servegame.org/nhdstate to take a look at our website. If you compare it with http://sigonasr2.servegame.org/nhd, the one we submitted for local competition to get into state, you may notice some small changes. Heh, we did quite a bit of research to get some primary sources and learn more about our person before submitting our project to state.

I never thought I’d get so involved in World History, but I think it’s pretty neat that I get to use my computer skills in a way that allows me to learn and research at the same time! Anyways, wish us luck, we’ll be leaving at a very early time in the morning to reach Flowing Wells by 8am or so.

Dragon Moon

Amazingly enough, I’m making a consecutive day post today. Hasn’t happened in a long time, but why? Because I have just finished the second book in the amazing The Dragon Delasangre series called Dragon Moon both by author Alan F. Troop. If you haven’t read my first review of the first book in the series, you can click here to read it: http://sigonasr2.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/the-dragon-delasangre/

Dragon Moon: 10/10

Yep, Dragon Moon deserves a 10 too. I don’t know why, but these books are just so amazing in so many levels. The first book which got a 10 also was a fabulous read and brought in all the concepts that bind with the second book. I thought it was really neat that alot of events happened in similar scopes as in the first book. Like for example, a lot of waiting happens at the beginning again for Peter, and then he meets human females even though he’s not tempted by them as much in the second book, he still desires love soon if he cannot meet Chloe. And the concept that Peter wants to love Chloe in the future is now becoming closer and closer and is kind of the building point for this second book which is very neat. I was shocked when I read the words Chloe speaks at the bottom of page 109 at the end of Chapter 12, I felt so shocked, like my heart missed a beat. I swear that this book is so suspenseful I’ve never felt so much feeling from one little book before! I got so scared and freaked out on page 149~150, I was scared as heck and couldn’t believe what was unfolding through the Blood family right before my very eyes! I had to stop reading after the end of that to take in what just happened. So scary. Then we reach the hard hitting points near the end of the book and the book resolves very nicely. I think if you compared the first book’s ending to the second one you will like it so much.

As you can see, I was able to reference page numbers so easily because I just enjoyed the book that much that I can remember exactly which events happened at which spots! (I thought the final battle part and the various things revealed about the characters near the end was a very intense part of the book too.)

I don’t know, I’m just so swallowed into these books and I loooove them! Now I start my third book tomorrow. Maybe I’ll even finish it in one day too! I’ve never read a book this fast!!!

The Dragon Delasangre

Yes, this is what I’m talking about today. This is a book called The Dragon Delasangre by Alan F. Troop.

Now, I just want to say, this book is the most amazing fiction fantasy book I could possibly find. I could argue Pendragon, but once I read this, now I am seeing even more greater fantasy.

Rating – 10/10
I don’t think I’ve given a 10 to anything yet. Well here it is. The Dragon DelaSangre is about an adult dragon (If I recall correctly 57 years old which isn’t too old in dragon years) who is able to change between a human and dragon form. I think this is what made the book the best fantasy book I’ve ever read. This concept right here. I’ve read Eragon before and I thought that was a pretty cool book, but now we have a dragon that can also be a human. The main character in the book, Peter DelaSangre lives with his father and learns about the dragon and human life. Although he is a dragon, his mother encouraged his father to send their son to human school, so he acquires much of his life through a human. (Note, ignore the first chapter of the book if it is boring to you. This describes the scene and his life with his father.) After the first chapter, you start heading into some action. As you will later learn, the dragons go on nightly hunts usually (because they cannot be seen because they are so sparse and will be slayed) to eat people. Yes, human meat. So Peter would bring home some people for his father and himself. It’s not until he meets a waitress at a restaurant who gives him a number, a murder that arouses suspicion, and a closely related death that turns Peter’s life haywire. This is when the story gets juicy and interesting. Peter must meet a female of his kind and now he’s on the ultimate search of his life.

Probably from that passage right there, you could already get some of the feel for the action to the book. I absolutely loved the book. In fact, I finished the book in three days, a record for me! I’ve never read any chapter book > 200 pages in 3 days, that’s just insane. (It’s actually 295 pages now that I think about it.) So as you can tell I LOVED this book! It’s just amazing! You should read it if you love fantasy and need something that will include action, romance, and dragons. No Spoilers, but I swear, during the last 75 pages of the climax, my heart rate started rising because of all the action. I’ve never felt so into a book before, like watching an action scene on TV except even more amazing.

Also the concepts included in that book including dragons becoming humans, eating humans, mindspeak (The private talking with dragon’s minds as you will later found out. The book has those written in italics.), all the romance that happens, and even the dragons interacting with real life. All these concepts kept me reading from page 1 to 295 just like that and guess what? I’m not done! I picked up the sequel, Dragon Moon and I’m going to start reading it soon. Can’t wait. If you really need a new book to read, check out this amazing book.

So in most of my posts, you know that I include more than one topic, and usually the main topic is longer than the rest. So if you clicked the More… button, you will now see the rest of the topics. It’s to keep my main page clear from clutter, and if you’re interested in reading more, the hidden-ness adds to the suspense, heh. Click it and read what else there is!!!

(Read my Dragon Moon review at http://sigonasr2.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/dragon-moon/ [The Second Book in the series])