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I know my last post was dogging on sequels but hopefully this one will be better than the first tier list. Last time I ranked the 1st 20 fairy tales and this time I will rank tales 21-30 (Because I feel like 20 would make this post really long). I’ll write a brief description of the tale and write a sentence or two on my initial thoughts on the story.  Starting off strong we have a classic, Cinderella. Cinderella wants to go to the ball but her stepmother does not allow her to go with her two step sisters. With the help of birds, Cinderella is able to get 3 beautiful gowns for each night of the ball and the prince is infatuated by her. All three nights she escapes before the prince can catch her but on the 3rd night her shoe got stuck on the staircase covered in pitch. The prince is trying to find the girl who can wear the shoe. The 2 step sisters try to fit into the shoe by cutting off their big toe and heel but the birds tell the prince. Cinderella fits the shoe perfectly and she...

By Walter Kraatz       The use of a book as the premise for a movie has happened since the beginning of film with early 20th  century adaptions of Frankenstein and Cinderella being prime examples. The comparison of a book and its movie is a popular point of discussion and contention between book nerds and film nerds. This comparison between a book and film, while fun, is inherently flawed because of the differences between the two mediums.     The most obvious and important difference between a book and a film is the visual element present in a film that is absent in a book. Even if a film is based on a comic book or graphical novel the amount of detail that can be shown in a film exceeds the book because of the movements and expressions of the actors and the detailed background images that can be limited by print quality in a comic book. Because of the lack of a visual element in a book the author must provide a description which can be interpreted b...

 By: Grace To Legacy of Kings, the first book in the Blood of Gods and Royals series, is a historical fiction fantasy book centered around a character based on the historical Alexander the Great and his teenage years. The story is written in the perspective of a lot of different characters (seven in total): Katerina (Kat), Jacob, Alexander (Alex), Hephaestion (Heph), Olympias, Cynane (Cyn), and Zofia (Zo). The character and their stories begin to come together as the plot unravels. Jacob and Kat have known each other since childhood and develop feelings for each other until they have to separate as Jacob is chosen to participate in an arena battle, where the last man standing wins. Alex is the heir to Macedonia and has grown up with Heph after bringing him into the palace. Cyn is Alex's half-sister, seeking a type of magic that her mother once pursued. Finally, Zo is a Persian Princess who desperately wants to change her fate so she can be with who she loves.  First, there are...

            Sequels especially movie sequels often get a bad rep for being boring money makers and they never seem to live up to the original content. Some examples of these sequels are the ones that Disney makes for many of their franchises. But there are also sequels that aren't so bad, such as a book I recently read, Parasite Pig. So I wondered, what makes a sequel good, and what makes them bad?     I think first we need to take into consideration the difference between sequels and series. Sequels usually come after a story that was already wrapped up. The main plot was resolved and usually, nothing needs to be added. In the original content, there's not just story telling, but world building and character development. These things are usually lost in sequels because they are simply not needed, but without them, the story turns out to be rather lackluster. Also, in most cases, sequels just do not need to exist. The original story is f...

By: Grace To The majority of quarantine consists of you sitting in your chair for 4+ hours and listening and talking to you teachers and peers. What's better than having a nice bath with candles, a drink, and an interesting book to heal the body aches from sitting in zoom for hours on end? There are a lot of ways you can spice up your reading adventures and relieve stress at the same time. I'll show a few examples, but let your imagination take you the rest of the way. Read with your pets. They can provide lots of comfort and something to occupy yourself with to get through the boring parts of a book.  If you have younger siblings, you could read a book to them. It could be a nice time to forget about everything else and bond with your sibling and just talk and interact with another human being. Try to read a physical book. Considering how much time we already spend in school, it's probably best to rest your eyes from the bright screen and not have to remind yourself of the...

     Almost 43 years ago a space opera was released in theaters and quickly became one of the highest grossing films of all time. The success of Star Wars spawned eight additional films, ten television series, and a thriving fan-art community, but one of the most impressive results of Star Wars' success is the hundreds of books that have been published. The first publication of the Star Wars franchise predates the movie and was released as a novelization of the film over a six months before the film was in theaters.         Star Wars has both a Canon and an Extended Universe (Legends). Both Canon and Legends consist of many different forms of media, but for the sake of simplicity this post will focus on the print aspect of it. Legends consists mainly of pre2014 books that were released under license as well as a few books released after Star Wars was  purchased by Disney. The hundreds of legends novels that were published show not only ...

Interstellar Pig is a sci-fi book written by William Sleator. A teenager named Barney is on vacation on a beach with his parents and 3 peculiar neighbors moved into the cottage next to their rented house. The neighbors are oddly obsessed with a board game called interstellar pig and the history of Barney’s rented house. Barney was intrigued by the neighbors and the board game, but his curiosity caused him to be dragged into a complicated mess holding multiple alien species at large risk. I’d say it’s an average read, not spectacular, but not terrible. You can read it pretty fast and it’s not hard at all. It’s like one of those books that you forget about after reading them and there isn’t much that sticks with you after you finish. There is just a mystery, a climax, and a resolution.  Despite its slight blandness, the premise of the story is pretty interesting and there is a lot of foreshadowing and clues written into the story in a way readers can pick up on them and think about w...