Book Review: The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man: Written by Ralph Ellison

Release Date: February 1st, 1995 (My copy of the novel)/First published in 1952

Publisher: Vintage

Format of Novel: Paper back

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Summary (from good reads): First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare novels that have changed the shape of American literature. For not only does Ralph Ellison's nightmare journey across the racial divide tell unparalleled truths about the nature of bigotry and its effects on the minds of both victims and perpetrators, it gives us an entirely new model of what a novel can be.

As he journeys from the Deep South to the streets and basements of Harlem, from a horrifying "battle royal" where black men are reduced to fighting animals, to a Communist rally where they are elevated to the status of trophies, Ralph Ellison's nameless protagonist ushers readers into a parallel universe that throws our own into harsh and even hilarious relief. Suspenseful and sardonic, narrated in a voice that takes in the symphonic range of the American language, black and white, Invisible Man is one of the most audacious and dazzling novels of our century.

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"I am an Invisible Man."- Ralph Ellison. One of the greatest quotes I've read in the history of my reading life. When this novel was assigned in my African-American literature course, I didn't research this like I would with other books. I took it in and was impacted with large amounts of awes. The book was a hitter, especially with the beginning sentence. It made my heart jump from happy to sad, to bittersweet to nodding my head in bracing the learning about the struggles African Americans had to deal with during the fifties and sixties, including dealing with riots against those that hated them to no end.

The book is told in the first person point of view where the protagonist learned about his old school transferring him into New York City, a place he didn't know much about after racial events. But, given that the boy was naïve, he goes along with it and struggles to no end. One of the important scenes I ended up clutching my heart for the kid was he gotten himself stuck in the riots after being recruited into a gang. It was that pivotal point where we see him snapped emotionally and mentally, getting that he's dealing with racism and that he was truly invisible to the world and the people that 'taught' him the ropes of the city.

What really sparked my love for this book was how we don't get to know the protagonist's name throughout the entire book. I felt as so I was a part of this story or taking on the role of the protagonist taking on this crazy journey. Ellison truly did a fantastic job in his writing and revealing the truth to the eyes of the readers.

Overall, This was literally one of the best books I've read in 2014. I'm so glad that my professor made us read this book. It was the best one we'd read because it felt so personal and the imagery was heartbreaking and the cast of characters were powerful. I really wish I picked this book up sooner, but my school never really showed it to us so I was naïve till I walked into my course in college. This book is a powerful read and I highly want people to read it if they want to understand things like racism and the transitions of adulthood.

NaNoWriMo '15: Week four

Hey guys, so here we are on the final week of National Novel Writing Month! How are you guys doing? Decent? Did you win?! o.O You have to tell me, or not it's up to you haha. Today's short post is about music and how does music gets us writers in the mood to write when everything is rather distracting to the naked eye. I myself have a hard time focusing writing unless there is constant noise around me. (Which is normally why I write more in the kitchen where everyone is around instead of my room/desk.)

I wanted to exploit my musical tastes for you and maybe get you guys inspired with the music. If my musical tastes don't help ya, then so be it. Perhaps you would like share your favorites in the comments below? :) So let's begin shall we?

Ever since I was thirteen, I found myself falling in love with Japanese Rock/Pop/Metal. From the moment I found Gackt and Hyde, and anime shows like Wolf's Rain, Naruto and Loveless, I was hooked.

The way the Japanese was able to compile their music was heaven to me, a life's saver when I needed a escape from reality. The English lyrics are powerful in some songs and it inspired me to write and grow my career as a writer during high school. My favorite songs from Gackt is Redemption, while Hyde's song Season's call was heaven to my heart. To this day, I never forget to blast though songs when I'm in my room when I'm angry or in the mood to write. Along with the Japanese music, I listen to other bands like Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park, Evanescence, etc, just to get different ideas for the stories I'm working on and they help, but the Japanese/anime music sparked my love for writing and for anime. It taught me how to embrace other types of music and culture while working on the writing.

So what type of music do you listen too while writing? Tell me in the comments below and I'll see you on Sunday with another blog post. Happy howling!

Current word count: 48,286

Hyde's Seasons call:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H12yeB7Lmo
Gackt's Redemption:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXp0v93ZRTs

Book Review: Paper Hearts

Paper Hearts: Written by Beth Revis

Release Date: November 1st, 2015

Publisher: Scripturient Books

Format of Novel: Paper back

Rating: 5/5 stars

Summary (from good reads): Your enemy is the blank page. When it comes to writing, there's no wrong way to get words on paper. But it's not always easy to make the ink flow. Paper Hearts: Some Writing Advice won't make writing any simpler, but it may help spark your imagination and get your hands back on the keyboard.

Practical Advice Meets Real Experience

With information that takes you from common mistakes in grammar to detailed charts on story structure, Paper Hearts describes:

• How to Develop Character, Plot, and World
• What Common Advice You Should Ignore
• What Advice Actually Helps
• How to Develop a Novel
• The Basics of Grammar, Style, and Tone
• Four Practical Methods of Charting Story Structure
• How to Get Critiques and Revise Your Novel
• How to Deal with Failure
• And much more!

BONUS! More than 25 "What to do if" scenarios to help writers navigate problems in writing from a New York Times Bestselling author who's written more than 2 million words of fiction.

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I remember reading snippets of this from watt pad and I felt myself nodding to about 99.9% of her words and examples for writing. Beth Revis delivered such honest advice for writing in general and its fantastic. The way she makes the book speak to us is so breath taking and enjoyable because she's dead honest yet humorous with the advice. She flat outs tells people how weird and difficult the writing business is going to be if you want to make a career out of story writing. It's such a fresh reminder to see how these best selling authors of the fantastic books we love and fan boy/girl over are still similar to us with the challenges and so generous to help us get to their level of craziness because they hold the love for books like we do and want to spread the love to  the world.

My favorite thing about this book was the honesty. Like I mentioned before, Beth Revis was really honest in her writing advice book. She explained how the writing advice we'll always hear from other writers aren't always the truth. Instead, she expresses different tips on how to better yourself and continue to do you as a growing writer. Another thing that I did enjoy was the way she described her journey pre-published. She was so relatable because she really brought out the long process of how difficult it is to take the risk and the wait, oh the waiting process to hear from publishers and agents.. It's a bitch and at least she gave me an better understanding on how much of a bitch the waiting is gonna be when the rest of us start querying.

Overall, this book is great for us writers. Its honest, blunt, and quite helpful when learning how to 'write' or get into the business of writing. I'm so glad I picked up this advice book because she made her 'story' encouraging yet will described the struggles in a realistic way. If you are a writer, I highly suggest picking this volume so you can grasp the truth of the writing and get reminders that you possibly forgotten throughout the years. It's such a refreshing book for writing and while I do have a few other favorable ones in my tool box, this book is a wonderful addition for writers to have in their author toolbox.

What are your opinions about this book? Let me know in the comments below. :)

Book Review: Tsura

Tsura (Tsura #1) Written by: Heather Anastasiu

Release Date: August 18th, 2015/September 20th, 2015

Publisher: Self Published/Net galley

Format of Novel: E-book arc on Nook

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Summary (from good reads): In WWII Romania, Tsura, a young Roma (gypsy) woman, has no choice but to leave her lover, Andrei, behind and marry the grandson of the man whose basement she and Andrei have been hiding in. An epic WWII saga, for fans of The Bronze Horseman and Outlander.

“It won’t be a real marriage.” Tsura put her hands to Andrei’s shirt and pulled him in close. “I’ll never share a bed with him. I love you. I only do what I must to keep us all safe. Once the war ends, it’ll be as if it never was.” She caught his face in her hands. “I am only yours, Andrei.”

“Yes, you’re only mine,” Andrei bent over and growled in her ear. “When you put on that dress for him and walk down the aisle in that ugly goy church,” he kissed her hard before putting a strong hand to the back of her neck, pulling her forehead to his, “you think of me, here. When you say your vows to that man, you remember that it’s me who has owned your body tonight.” He again pressed his lips to hers. It was a claiming.

(Received this book from Net galley in exchange for honest review)

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This novel was the first one I've ever read from this author, I couldn't believe how much I loved it once I started it. I loved learning about the WWII era so this completely caught my eye once I saw it on Net galley. There was so much emotion and angst elements into this that I almost cried and I rarely cry when it comes to books. I was quickly able to tell how much research Anastasiu put into this novel without groaning in complaint about it. She did an amazing job with the research so it made the story so realistic in my eyes.

Plot wise, this book was different because I've never read a lot of historical fiction other than The Book Thief so I was happily surprised about it. We follow the gypsy by the name Tsura and her struggles to stay alive and have a happy ending with her beloved Andrei whose Jewish. She's forced into a marriage with a friend of her lost brother's to keep up with appearances. Over the course of the time, she ends up learning the truth about her brother and starts making a change for herself and for others that she meets along the way. I can't really explain as much, but this book was powerful in that dynamic.

Since this is a duology, I'm not going to explain much of this expect telling you about how fantastic this book was to read on my nook when not working away at retail haha. Yes there is a lot of information dumping with the short number of chapters, but in the end, its worth it because of how strong willed Tsura as a woman and keeping to her role as gypsy in tack because it brought out a awareness to me that things were a struggle for not only Jewish people, but to others as well that weren't considered 'normal' in the Nazi's eyes. Overall, this story was strong, emotional, and this reader here is waiting for the stunning conclusion of this duology.

Book Review: Carry On

Carry on: written by Rainbow Rowell

Release date: October 6th, 2015

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Format of Novel: Hardcover

Rating: 5/5 stars

Summary (from good reads): Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.

That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

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You guys(sssssss)! I'm fan girling so hard core right now! This book was freakin' amazing! (Course you probably know this by now.) I can't simply put the enjoyment I have for this within flopping my sweatshirt sleeves happily for days. Carry On is the 'fan fic' of Rainbow Rowell's novel Fan girl and to be quite honest, I found this novel to be her best one out of all of the ones she's written thus far. The characters were fantastic and querky (Loved Baz to pieces). Even though they were almost similar to the cast of the Harry Potter series, they held a originally to them that made me wanting so much more. (I finished the book in two days flat.. Sad huh?). They were so real to me as a reader, and they made me feel as so I was a direct witness to the entire adventure the cast had to endure to save their school and the world of magic.

Speaking of the world of magic, the system was interesting as well. While I did laugh at the way they had to say their spells, I thought that this was a very nice way to connect with children and perhaps people that don't normally read books like we do. The system of magic is surprisingly well known to the entire world instead of a secret to the norms.

Another thing that I was really, really in love with was the romance. Rainbow Rowell made it so fucking perfect between Simon and Baz.. It felt so, so natural, yet she took the time to make it slowly develop into something so unique and cry worthy. The passages between the two were beautifully written and ohh my word, I was so excited to read the passages and just smile from ear to ear.

This story guys, please pick up this book if you want to see some real romantic moments. I know the magical system is going to be weird because of the similarity to Harry Potter, but this book develops into something fantastic for readers to enjoy. I know it may not be the best book out there, but its nice and natural.

NaNoWriMo Week Three

Hey guys, hope things are well. How's NaNoWrimo going on for you thus far? It's been officially three week since this epic event started and man, we are kicking ass with our novels right? (or getting inspired everyday right?). Probably by the time you read this post, it would already be Sunday morning and I'm on track for the word count (35,000). Hopefully you all are kicking some ass with your writing too. :) I wanna hear about it..

In today's post, I felt that I needed to talk about one of the most important things in story writing. No it's not about plot or grammar since that those are the basic stuff in writing in my opinion, but I wanna talk about the way I see characters. Characters are what brings the story to life with their personalities and actions because about 80% of the time we want to go on epic adventures instead of dealing with stupid stuff like being an adult or student in school. When we write, we create these people out of our own minds, usually about what we desire to be or fantasize people that we want to see in real life, but never really do. However, sometimes they don't always get along with us and we can't write their stories until you break their grounds and force yourself to write shitty and revise later.

With my characters, its truly a hit or miss. They traveled with me everywhere I go like work, random trips, or their buddies' stories to examine what will happen to them if they don't behave. I mean, I don't know how you guys get along with your characters, but I'm just gonna point out how I manage to deal with them. Maybe these tips will help ya, but maybe not.

1. Torture: Blast music in your ears to block them from annoying you or torture them with shitty music if you're focusing on one project instead of five at once so they will behave and let you work. When you want to work one specific project, it usually works quite well.

2. Watch guilty pleasure shows: It's gonna help you get inspire to write and gather ideas for writing. In a way, its like your characters are watching the show with you so they can get inspire as well to be more developed once you get down to writing.

3. Eat sweets (Loads of it): If you want to treat your characters like human-ish beings, then you want to treat them with sweets so they can get along with. (It can be use as doggy treat when they're not working nicely with ya)

and finally 4. Have a conservation with them: They need that humanity to meld their personalities and motives because that's one of the most important parts when writing/reading. Characters are vile, we need them to read about them in order to enjoy their story to the fullest.

So there you have it, my odd tips of how to make get along with your characters. How do you get along with your characters while in the middle of the writing process? Let me know in the comments below and I'll be with another post real soon. See you later and happy howling!

Word count as of 11:30 for NaNoWriMo: 35,479 words

Book Review: The Dream Thieves

The Dream Thieves (Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

Release Date: September 17th, 2013

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Format of Novel: Hardcover

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Summary (from good reads): If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take?

Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself.

One secret: Ronan can bring things out of his dreams.

And sometimes he's not the only one who wants those things.

Ronan is one of the raven boys—a group of friends, practically brothers, searching for a dead king named Glendower, who they think is hidden somewhere in the hills by their elite private school, Aglionby Academy. The path to Glendower has long lived as an undercurrent beneath town. But now, like Ronan's secrets, it is beginning to rise to the surface—changing everything in its wake.

(Review contains minor spoilers due to be a continuation to a series)

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This book is the first sequel to the Raven Cycle series by the whimsical Maggie Stiefvater and it mostly focuses on Ronan, the 'bad boy' of the group and the drama between him and his family. I loved Ronan's characters in this series because we get to realize that he is a complex character with a ability we never really seen before (or at least I haven't) in books. I loved how snarky he can be towards Gansey and how independent he can be. It showed that he can pull off the anti-hero status, which I have a feeling that might be the case when they continue their search for the Raven King. Plus his talent, my word that is an amazing talent right? Adam is one of my favorites (shipping him and Rowan together..), he's so stubborn but is completely loyal like Gansey and everyone else in the group of friends.

I also enjoyed the different subplots in this book as well. We got to see the characters grow a little more and get to see Adam finally changing his life for the better and Blue coming more out of her shell and into a strong character. She's one of the top three favorites of mine for this series along with Rowan and Gansey. Speaking of their 'leader, Gansey is so sweet in this book. He's so curious and helpful and it kills me every time when people just treat him like garbage.

This book brought out a woven to Ronan's past, learning about his brothers and seeing how they might fit with everything in the next book. Especially with their special powers, it makes me want to see it first hand and maybe hint Ronan on grabbing a few things for me haha. Overall, I really need to read the next book because this series is fantastic with the wordsmith and lively characters that continue to steal my heart even to this day. What is your opinion on the Raven Boy Series? Let me know in the comments below and I'll be back soon with another book review. Happy howling! :)

Book Review: Blood and Salt

Blood and Salt: Written by Kim Liggett

Release Date: September 22nd, 2015

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

Format of Novel: Hardcover

Rating: 4/5 stars

Summary (from good reads): When you fall in love, you will carve out your heart and throw it into the deepest ocean. You will be all in—blood and salt.” These are the last words Ash Larkin hears before her mother returns to the spiritual commune she escaped long ago. But when Ash follows her to Quivira, Kansas, something sinister and ancient waits among the rustling cornstalks of this village lost to time.

Ash is plagued by memories of her ancestor, Katia, which harken back to the town’s history of unrequited love and murder, alchemy and immortality. Charming traditions soon give way to a string of gruesome deaths, and Ash feels drawn to Dane, a forbidden boy with secrets of his own.

As the community prepares for a ceremony five hundred years in the making, Ash must fight not only to save her mother, but herself—and discover the truth about Quivira before it’s too late. Before she’s all in—blood and salt

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This was one of books I was dying to read this book for a period of time because I love me some horror romance. Coming from a person that enjoys that genre, I decided to take a gander at this novel. Meaningless to say, I did enjoy it quite a bit. It was fast pace and I giggled at some of the chapter names even though I wasn't suppose too. The concept of the story was gripping and suspenseful, considering the elements of a cult and alchemy, I was able to be pleasantly surprise by the events Ashlyn and her twin brother endured while trying to save their mother from becoming a vessel for their ancestor.

The pacing of the story was spot on, though I was slowly loosing interesting because I wanted it to have more suspense into it and a couple of the twists were predictable. But, the significant ones were executed quite nicely. I enjoyed the main cast of characters very much, they were out of it yet a perfect fit for this time of duology.

The only main problem I did have with Blood and Salt was that this book reminded me too much of the Mara Dyer trilogy. It was probably because of the mind bending stuff we see in that trilogy, but I think I had too high of an expectation for this book since Mara Dyer was such a beautiful crafted novel for psychological thrillers in my opinion.

All in all, I found this debut novel compelling, suspenseful, and interesting due to the occult elements that this book. I thought it did lack a little with the twists, but otherwise, I fairly enjoyed this novel. I eagerly await for the sequel that will released next year and possibly other novels from this author as well if she continues her writing in the horror genre.

NaNoWriMo Week Two

Hey guys, so I apologize for not committing to the twitter sprints. I had work during the times I wanted to do them so I couldn't really get to a computer without passing out. So as a result to it, I'm not gonna do the sprints this year, but next year for Camp NaNoWrimo in April for you all. :) Now on to the next activity, week two. This week, I barely made the word count for the past few days. Throughout this week, I had to work odd shifts at work and the motivation to write was crashing down so hard since all I wanted to do was watch Arrow.

However, after tonight, I'll be caught up and reading like a speed demon for reviews, I just hope you all can forgive me and join me in April for twitter related fun and what not. Any who, what was planned for this week was me listing down some (hopefully) helpful writing tools that helps us get through the day of writing like a fiend. So today I'm going to list ten tools I like to use to get me writing and maybe inspire you guys the stuff you like to use while writing. :)

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1. Laptop/computers: That one is pretty oblivious right? The laptop are the godsend objects that allow to hide away our drafts in a locked and key location. To help gather information for our lovely projects, and to watch Netflix when bored.

2. Scrivener and Microsoft word: Now I'm still getting use to scrivener, but Microsoft word has been a godsend to use. It helps me write my manuscripts in private, and there's so much to learn about the program while editing the shit out of the drafts too.

3. Notebooks, Pens/Pencils, binders (etc): These older tools are still legendary to us writers, but yet we still use them for private journals, school, just about everything we can muster. It helps us keep organize and enjoy ourselves in the daydreaming world.

4. Food/Books: People gotta eat, have snacks, have a few drinks to get the heat going in their systems. Plus, books are a huge ass help to feel motivated and get tips on how to grow as a better writer too.

5. Comfy clothes: If a writer is comfy, the writer is happy. If the writer are wearing stuff that involves going into reality to do adult things, then we are not happy at all.

6. Comfort drinks: Many of us like coffee and liquor. I'm on the liquor department, but after drinking ice tea, water, hot chocolate, the energy just keeps on going haha.

7. Music/head phones: Let's use the time wrap again! Music is the best thing in the entire world.

8. Blankets/pillows: To keep our bodies warm when we don't want to move from the bed or couches.

9. Pets: The comfort of animals is a wonderful thing when you're dealing with stress. Animals have a weird ability to know when someone is need to be relax while they work. My dog helps me whenever I'm alone and she sits with me like right now as I type this for ya.

10. Family/friends: We all need a party of people that jumpstart our fan base. They are there when you cheer, cry, vent too when stress. They know how you act and feel and support you even when they tease you about hiding in a cave for days just to write.

So that was my list, what's your list of tools when writing the big stuff? Let me know in the comments below and I'll see you on Monday, happy howling!

NaNoWriMo Week One

Hey guys, well today at midnight is the end of week one for the NaNoWriMo. Since this post is mainly about an update and some quotes, I figured we should get right down to it right? So, how are things going for you all? Are you reaching today's goal or just writing for fun without a focus on the word count like I am? :) On my end, I'm meeting the goal, but at the same time, I'm taking my time because real life and laziness. So far, I'm about to reach 11,000 with my bucket list, but I have a fan-fic project taking over the bucket's manuscript and you don't have much control over it whenever the story pops right into your head. But, other than that silliness, things are decent.

Now onto the main focus of week one, writing quotes. We all get into those horrible ruts that deepens our depression and lowers our confidence levels by let's say 50% of the time. When we don't have that special motivation, sometime we look to other things that would boost ourselves to our fullest to keep on going with our writing. So, today to motivate you lovely writers, I'm going to present ten writing related quotes I found on good reads and hopefully you'll enjoy them to the fullest. :) Happy Howling fellow writers!

1. No one can tell your story so tell it yourself. No one can write your story so write it yourself.

2. Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing." -Melinda Haynes

3. Writing is a struggle against silence

4. Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works." -Virginia Woolf

5. Be courageous and try to write in a way that scares you a little. -Holley Gerth

6. As a writer, you ask yourself to dream while awake." Aimme Bender

7. The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write, and keep on writing.- Ken MacLeod

8. Writing is the painting of the voice!- Voltaire

9. Your biggest problem is yourself. Getting out of the way and letting your imagination take over is the best way. Jerry Cleaver

10. There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter--and bleed. -Ernest Hemingway

Book Review: Shadow Sun (Spoiler alert)

Hey guys! So remember when I told you that I was gonna do something nice for you today? Well, let's discuss a spoiler-y session for the epic conclusion of Shadow Sun by Lani Lenore. If you haven't read the books yet, well go do so because this review is not really for you all (yet). But, come back for the discussion in the comments below or on twitter! Please do, I'll send you pictures of cookies, I promise.

Now on to the review!

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So this book, let's examine the cover first shall we?
 It's so freakin' beautiful for a self published novel. Oh my god, who wants to pet it with me? Just kidding. Maybe.. It symbolizes so much in the book, with Rifter falling down to Nevermor, how the pirates were formed, and how our wolf pack is dealing with everything to bring their once peaceful world back to some normalcy. We see everyone other than Wren expressing their personal desires. Finn wants to grow up and explore on his own, Toss wants peace with his wolf Bruno, and Sly, wanting to die after suffering for so long. Wren in my opinion, was a favorite of mine because she finally grew a set and wasn't as much of a love sick puppy like she was in the first book. She's accepting her role in Nevemor, going on to protect her new family, yet still maintaining her love for the fallen hero.

The other characters like Calico and Savoii were interesting, bitchy yet I felt that it was necessary to have them be bitching after their survival. Yet, I loved how they were slowly developing their own desires while with the Wolf Pack. With Calico, I felt that she was the opposite of Wren with being able to get pregnant with Sly's child and able to fight at a better level than possibly everyone in the pack. But, the way Lani made Calico a little soft before her upcoming death was heart breaking, especially after the way Rifter killed her monstrous lover seconds before.

What was a nice surprise was Max's return. Who else wants a spin off with him as the protagonist? Me? Probably.. I was so thrilled to see him return to us to help out in the quest and to rediscover his beloved sister again, even though Whisper only brought him back to get back at Wren and Rifter.. She was such a bitch, loved it. And Little Horn.. he was sinking cute! I don't care what everyone

Now to the plot, the plot of this story was a major 'WTF' moment after we learned about Rifter's past in Wren's dream. Who else freakin' figured out that Rifter was gonna be the Scourge in the end? And that the skull at the desk was **ing Calico's head?! Holy shit! I'm still going wtf because of that moment when Wren and Scourge were having their talks before the epic fight took place. Man, I can't even begin to tell you how crazy everything went in the fight. And Mach/Mech going insane, I wanted to hug him so freakin' badly. He's so cute and he didn't deserve his death from Rifter.. It sucks.. But, it was necessary for the downfall to begin really.

What did you put me through Miss Lenore?

And finally the ending, I'm still confuse about it. Was it a time loop or did Rifter get pulled into the afterlife where he can life with Wren for eternity or did time reverse? I don't have a clue. Overall, this was a epic conclusion to the trilogy, or at least in my opinion. So thank you Lani Lenore for giving me the Peter Pan series I've always dreamt of reading/writing and made exceed my expectations.

Alright guys, let me know what are your opinions on this book in the comments below and I'll back tomorrow with a another post. Happy Howling! Also, if you're doing NaNoWrimo this year, follow me on twitter @xthewolfwriterx for random sprints on Wednesdays and Fridays at 3pm & 8pm and we'll get some writing done! Bye for now!

National Novel Writing Month 2015!

Happy NaNoWriMo! Or in the writing, happy exciting hell month to us! I know many of you know what this month is all about so I won't go into details or at least the long ass ones. But, this year, I'm making time to make blog posts about this joyous event since I'm no longer in school. All of the information I'm gonna give you are going to be dates I'm going to be posting in relation to this so we can interact with each other as writers and maybe do random sprints on twitter if you're interested, of course. ;)

Originally, I wasn't going to take part of this, I was planning to stay hidden in the writing cave to work on it with no pressure from the limited time. Life can affect the writing and 80% of the time, I don't have the ability to balance stuff until its too late. However, once I saw the famous book tubers talk about this event, I realize that I can't do that. I needed to make a goal and kick ass like the rest of you can with your novels. In my writing, I'm a messy one that likes to work multiple projects at once instead of sticking to only one. Last year and 2013, I worked on my Reaper series and surprisingly I had success in it, including getting to 50k each time.. (Maybe its the calling novel? Just wait and see haha), but this year I have a messy method on writing various chapters of my bucket list stories. You heard me folks, I'm gonna work on my bucket list stories as a 'novel'. Twelve stories with multiple chapters, 50k, simple right? Maybe, maybe not. I just hope that things are gonna do decently and kick ass with you all on this monthly journey. So let's give each other the  motivation we need and enjoy ourselves because if we don't write, our minions (characters) are gonna kick our butts in our dreams lol.

Thank you for being a part of this post. I'll leave all the dates and twitter hashtag down below for you and let's be great writing friends on NaNoWriMo as well. Keep kicking ass and I'll see you guys with a book review on a random book in my shelves. Good luck and happy NaNoWriMo!!!

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Links:

NaNoWriMo: Rayne Wolf

Twitter: xTheWolfWriterx / #wolfwriters15 (on Wednesdays at 3pm & 8pm eastern times, will say otherwise if something is going on; starting on 11/11/15)

Watt pad: xTheWolfWriterx

Dates for NaNoWriMo posts:

11/7/15: Week one & Ten writing quotes (to keep us going)

11/14/15: Week two & Top ten writing tools

11/21/15: Week three & How to get along with our minions aka characters

11/28/15: Week four & Writing Music Hour

11/30/15: Final day, what's next for us writers?