Friday, April 30, 2010
George Ivanoff book signing
George Ivanoff, author of Gamers' Quest (Ford Street Publishing, Melb., 2009), a science fiction novel for children and young teens will be doing a book signing in Ringwood in May.
Official Gamers' Quest website
When: Saturday 8th May 11:30am-12.30pm
Where: Angus & Robertson bookstore (Ringwood - Shop L026a, Eastland Shopping Centre, 171-175 Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood)
Cheers, Maryanne
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
CD - Last Forever Throw your hands up by Mitchel Musso
Rate the CD: 9
I think that the song is a good one to listen to when you want to 'cool' down and it is a soft and easy song to listen to and to sing if you want to resing the song
----reviewed by ashleigh
I think that the song is a good one to listen to when you want to 'cool' down and it is a soft and easy song to listen to and to sing if you want to resing the song
----reviewed by ashleigh
Books - Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody
Rate the book: 20!!!!!!!
Obernewtyn is by far the most gripping book I have read. Isobelle Carmody is a fantastic author, and she really makes you believe in the characters. By the end of the book, I felt as though I had been best friends with the characters all of my life. Obernewtyn is written in such a way that you can imagine yourself there, and you feel the emotions of the characters as if they were your own, and see yourself wherever the characters go. The semi-dark setting of the book adds interest and leaves a longstanding impression on you, more so than a lighter one could.
The main character, Elspeth Gordie, is an orphan of Seditioners, people that oppose the iron rule of the council that controls the land untainted nby the "blacklands". The blacklands are a result of what is referred to as the "Great White", a holocaust that destroyed most of the Earth, making it uninhabitable for anything. Elspeth discovers that she has telepathic powers with the help of a cat named Maruman. If these powers are discovered, she could be sent to work on the councilfarms to treat a deadly poisonous substance called whitestick, burned at stake by the dogmatic and fanatical Herders (religious preist that worship their god, whom they call Lud), or sent to the dreaded Obernewtyn, from whence none return. When a guardian from Obernewtyn is sent to Elspeth's orphanage, she is taken to Obernewtyn and has to say farewell to everybody and everything she has ever known. I would highly recommend this book and its sequels The Farseekers, Ashling, The Keeping Place, The Stone Key, The Sending and The Red Queen to any lover of fantasy.
----reviewed by lani
Obernewtyn is by far the most gripping book I have read. Isobelle Carmody is a fantastic author, and she really makes you believe in the characters. By the end of the book, I felt as though I had been best friends with the characters all of my life. Obernewtyn is written in such a way that you can imagine yourself there, and you feel the emotions of the characters as if they were your own, and see yourself wherever the characters go. The semi-dark setting of the book adds interest and leaves a longstanding impression on you, more so than a lighter one could.
The main character, Elspeth Gordie, is an orphan of Seditioners, people that oppose the iron rule of the council that controls the land untainted nby the "blacklands". The blacklands are a result of what is referred to as the "Great White", a holocaust that destroyed most of the Earth, making it uninhabitable for anything. Elspeth discovers that she has telepathic powers with the help of a cat named Maruman. If these powers are discovered, she could be sent to work on the councilfarms to treat a deadly poisonous substance called whitestick, burned at stake by the dogmatic and fanatical Herders (religious preist that worship their god, whom they call Lud), or sent to the dreaded Obernewtyn, from whence none return. When a guardian from Obernewtyn is sent to Elspeth's orphanage, she is taken to Obernewtyn and has to say farewell to everybody and everything she has ever known. I would highly recommend this book and its sequels The Farseekers, Ashling, The Keeping Place, The Stone Key, The Sending and The Red Queen to any lover of fantasy.
----reviewed by lani
Books - Ruby Clair: Ghost with a Message by Mary K Pershall
Rate the book: 9
I loved this book and the first one in the series, Ruby Clair: The Trouble with Ghosts becasue they are about an every-day girl like me, the only difference is she sees ghosts. Mary K Pershall is really good at bringing her characters to life, even the ghosts! In this book, Ruby has to help a little girl ghost to cross over into the next world. I can't wait for the next book to see what Ruby does next.
----reviewed by katie
I loved this book and the first one in the series, Ruby Clair: The Trouble with Ghosts becasue they are about an every-day girl like me, the only difference is she sees ghosts. Mary K Pershall is really good at bringing her characters to life, even the ghosts! In this book, Ruby has to help a little girl ghost to cross over into the next world. I can't wait for the next book to see what Ruby does next.
----reviewed by katie
Books - Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Rate the book: 8
Sixteen year old Gemma is avoiding spending time with her parents at Bangkok airport when she is approached by a mysterious man with beautiful eyes. Suddenly she finds herself kidnapped and taken to outback Australia where she has to fight for her life and escape from this man who believes he has saved her by bringing her to live in the desert with him. This is a gripping story about love and fear and survival.
----reviewed by sue
Sixteen year old Gemma is avoiding spending time with her parents at Bangkok airport when she is approached by a mysterious man with beautiful eyes. Suddenly she finds herself kidnapped and taken to outback Australia where she has to fight for her life and escape from this man who believes he has saved her by bringing her to live in the desert with him. This is a gripping story about love and fear and survival.
----reviewed by sue
Books - Jinx by Meg Cabot
Rate the book: 9
The book is really good i loved reading it and i think other people should read it. it's a really really good book and you cant put it down!
----reviewed by Rachael
The book is really good i loved reading it and i think other people should read it. it's a really really good book and you cant put it down!
----reviewed by Rachael
Monday, February 15, 2010
Games - Reviewing The Wii
Game platform: Nintendo Wii
Game genre: Other
Rating (Aust): Not applicable
Rate the game: 2
In the begining there was the Nintendo, Now there's the Wii. The Wii is Nintendo's attempt at getting America active by using our favorite pastime, Gaming. Now the Wii is only great for one thing, exersise. Now there may not be many games out for it now, the Wii gives you a wireless remote that gets you active while you play. so you get a full work out while you play a video game. Which is good! but how do you work the Remote? and where do you get the Balance board? and not to mention batteries? the Wii may be good for exersising but when it comes to general gaming well... It has no general gaming! the will is not good for games of this type, All Games in general Except for the Wii Fit! It ruined 2004's game of the year Resident Evil 4, Rated M. And every firt person shooter. Well not all. but anyways the Wii is like the Virtual Bowflex of the 21st Century. but is not good for actully playing the game because the remote has a hard time sending signals and Player Action Time is about 1 second short. so in a game that requires fast action well you get the point.
----reviewed by JorDon
Game genre: Other
Rating (Aust): Not applicable
Rate the game: 2
In the begining there was the Nintendo, Now there's the Wii. The Wii is Nintendo's attempt at getting America active by using our favorite pastime, Gaming. Now the Wii is only great for one thing, exersise. Now there may not be many games out for it now, the Wii gives you a wireless remote that gets you active while you play. so you get a full work out while you play a video game. Which is good! but how do you work the Remote? and where do you get the Balance board? and not to mention batteries? the Wii may be good for exersising but when it comes to general gaming well... It has no general gaming! the will is not good for games of this type, All Games in general Except for the Wii Fit! It ruined 2004's game of the year Resident Evil 4, Rated M. And every firt person shooter. Well not all. but anyways the Wii is like the Virtual Bowflex of the 21st Century. but is not good for actully playing the game because the remote has a hard time sending signals and Player Action Time is about 1 second short. so in a game that requires fast action well you get the point.
----reviewed by JorDon
Friday, December 11, 2009
Books- Dan Dare Pilot of the Future by Frank Hampson
My 15 year old son is so in love with this series of adventure comics and the pictures are so decent that any parent need no fear of negative elements in his child's reading.
Please replenish your libraries with the whole set of this series of books which are so hard to find, in the midst of stacks of other gory, occult and sexually explicit books filling the library shelves which make visits to the library an anxious experience when young children tag along with me.
----reviewed by David
Please replenish your libraries with the whole set of this series of books which are so hard to find, in the midst of stacks of other gory, occult and sexually explicit books filling the library shelves which make visits to the library an anxious experience when young children tag along with me.
----reviewed by David
Books - Dan Dare Pilot of the Future by Frank Hampson
This is an enthralling, must-read series of space adventure for all people young at heart. My 12 year old son said it is the BEST series he has read so far with its tremendous stimulus to his imagination and wholesome way of spending his free time! Please promote this series among your young readers and please order the rest of the books in this series which are not available in your libraries. Thank you.
----reviewed by Lillian
----reviewed by Lillian
Friday, October 09, 2009
Books - Then by Morris Gleitzman
Rate the book: 9
This is such a gripping novel about the times during the holocust it is the second book after Once. THEN is so undescribable it blows you away to know what was going on during the holocust. It is a must read including the first story ONCE (to understand THEN you have to read ONCE first which is also a great novel)
----reviewed by sarah
This is such a gripping novel about the times during the holocust it is the second book after Once. THEN is so undescribable it blows you away to know what was going on during the holocust. It is a must read including the first story ONCE (to understand THEN you have to read ONCE first which is also a great novel)
----reviewed by sarah
Somewhere around the corner by Jackie French
Rate the book: 9.99999
it was fabulous. its about a girl who is is the 1990's and gets taken back in time into the 1930's. its about all the things that happen while she's in the 30's. its really good. i recomend it highly.
----reviewed by aleisha
it was fabulous. its about a girl who is is the 1990's and gets taken back in time into the 1930's. its about all the things that happen while she's in the 30's. its really good. i recomend it highly.
----reviewed by aleisha
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Games - Evony
Game platform: Online game
Game genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Game
Rating (Aust): G - General
Rate the game: 9.5
This game is for all those who want to make their own empire in this world and it is a game with very easy rules and enhances your managing skills
This game unlike other games has its production of food,iron even when a person is not online......
In the game you have many special features to earn money and gain knowledge.If u want a real rocking and cool game,this is it. Your search is over.EVONY is the game.
With Regards, Karan
----reviewed by Karan
Game genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Game
Rating (Aust): G - General
Rate the game: 9.5
This game is for all those who want to make their own empire in this world and it is a game with very easy rules and enhances your managing skills
This game unlike other games has its production of food,iron even when a person is not online......
In the game you have many special features to earn money and gain knowledge.If u want a real rocking and cool game,this is it. Your search is over.EVONY is the game.
With Regards, Karan
----reviewed by Karan
Games - Evony
Game platform: PC
Game genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Game
Rating (Aust): Unknown
Rate the game: 10
The Genius that is EVONY. A couple weeks ago i was looking to download a movie from ..... when a very clever looking advertisement caught my eye. I curiously clicked it and up came the Evony website. The first thing you will notice is beautiful maiden and an intense looking knight ready for action and a subtitle that reads "FREE TO PLAY FOREVER". I was sold. I knew i was in for a treat, but when i actually started playing i became even more delighted. I was instantly hooked. You are overseer of a town that you need to build. And you need to do it hastily as other will be competing against you. As a leader you need to make sure your town is prosperous by building the right amount of resource facilites. You need to build enough housing to accomidate a rising population. You need to build an army to protect all you progress from your fellow online gamers.
It is a very relaxing and rewarding game. And you can play it without anyone noticing. I personaly have it rinning at work the entire day. Every once and a while i will go to the game and build something new or learn new techniques at the academy and because it can take multiple hours to learn and build I can just go back to my regular routine knowing that my citizens are doing what i told them to. It is very empowering. At this stage in the game i am currently building my army getting ready to plunder from other towns and possible destroy a few. You can make alliances, betray alliances, or go it alone. And this is only the beginning. Evony is in its early stages. There is so much more to come.
But don't waste your time listening to me ramble on about this fantastic game because i could go on forever about all the detailed features of the game. Just type www.evony.com in your address bar and have fun. Did i mention it's FREE
Sean
----reviewed by Sean
Game genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Game
Rating (Aust): Unknown
Rate the game: 10
The Genius that is EVONY. A couple weeks ago i was looking to download a movie from ..... when a very clever looking advertisement caught my eye. I curiously clicked it and up came the Evony website. The first thing you will notice is beautiful maiden and an intense looking knight ready for action and a subtitle that reads "FREE TO PLAY FOREVER". I was sold. I knew i was in for a treat, but when i actually started playing i became even more delighted. I was instantly hooked. You are overseer of a town that you need to build. And you need to do it hastily as other will be competing against you. As a leader you need to make sure your town is prosperous by building the right amount of resource facilites. You need to build enough housing to accomidate a rising population. You need to build an army to protect all you progress from your fellow online gamers.
It is a very relaxing and rewarding game. And you can play it without anyone noticing. I personaly have it rinning at work the entire day. Every once and a while i will go to the game and build something new or learn new techniques at the academy and because it can take multiple hours to learn and build I can just go back to my regular routine knowing that my citizens are doing what i told them to. It is very empowering. At this stage in the game i am currently building my army getting ready to plunder from other towns and possible destroy a few. You can make alliances, betray alliances, or go it alone. And this is only the beginning. Evony is in its early stages. There is so much more to come.
But don't waste your time listening to me ramble on about this fantastic game because i could go on forever about all the detailed features of the game. Just type www.evony.com in your address bar and have fun. Did i mention it's FREE
Sean
----reviewed by Sean
Games - World of Warcraft
Game platform: Online game
Game genre: Action
Rating (Aust): PG - Parental guidance
Rate the game: 10
Gold is back! Yes I play this game now and I think it's amazing. Let's just say if you love runescape, don't play this because you will never go back to rs!
----reviewed by Gold
World of Warcraft official site
Game genre: Action
Rating (Aust): PG - Parental guidance
Rate the game: 10
Gold is back! Yes I play this game now and I think it's amazing. Let's just say if you love runescape, don't play this because you will never go back to rs!
----reviewed by Gold
World of Warcraft official site
Welcome back Gold! I missed you. WoW sounds like fun. I've never played it but a woman at work does and loves it. In honour of your return may I present your own tag. See below..........webgurl
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Games - imagine teacher
Game platform: Nintendo DS
Game genre: Other
Rating (Aust): E - Exempt
Rate the game: 10
if you want to be a doctor when you grow up this is the for you it will teach you to train to be a doctor
----reviewed by hannah
Game genre: Other
Rating (Aust): E - Exempt
Rate the game: 10
if you want to be a doctor when you grow up this is the for you it will teach you to train to be a doctor
----reviewed by hannah
Books - The Keys to the Kingdom Series by Garth Nix
Rate the book: 9
The first book in thsi series is Mister Monday. It is extraordinarily good and I would recommend it to anyone. It is about a boy named Arthur Penhaligon who is the Rightful Heir to the House, which is the epicentre of the universe. There is a Will by the creater of all, the Architect that Arthur must bond with and will help him fullfil it and defeat the Seven Trustees, named after the days of the week. Lady Friday would have to be my favourite by they are all great. If you love fantasy, you will love this. Recommended for ages 12-15.
----reviewed by AdZ
The first book in thsi series is Mister Monday. It is extraordinarily good and I would recommend it to anyone. It is about a boy named Arthur Penhaligon who is the Rightful Heir to the House, which is the epicentre of the universe. There is a Will by the creater of all, the Architect that Arthur must bond with and will help him fullfil it and defeat the Seven Trustees, named after the days of the week. Lady Friday would have to be my favourite by they are all great. If you love fantasy, you will love this. Recommended for ages 12-15.
----reviewed by AdZ
Monday, August 10, 2009
Books - Reptiles and Amphibians by Priddy Books
This book tells you about reptiles such as the komodo dragon,green iguana,chamelean,water dragon,gecko,frilled neck lizard,THORNY DEVIL,blue-tongued lizard, cbra,crocodile,alligator.
----reviewed by Jake
----reviewed by Jake
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Books - The Worst Band in the Universe by Graeme Base
This book is a great Picture book for kids who have alot of imagenation,and if they love Fantasy it`s probably a great bedtime story.
This isn`t a book that 5 year olds would read by themselves.
I really enjoyed the book and recomend that older people will enjoy it too.
----reviewed by Jessica
This isn`t a book that 5 year olds would read by themselves.
I really enjoyed the book and recomend that older people will enjoy it too.
----reviewed by Jessica
Friday, July 31, 2009
Games - Habbo
Game platform: Online game
Game genre: Other
Rating (Aust): PG - Parental guidance
Rate the game: 9.99999
Habbo website | Habbo Australia
thisgame is really good for teens 13ears and older. it is a fun online game where you can custonise your character and build them house's. you walk round and talk to friends on public or private chat and play games with friends or go look and rooms made by other people. it is really fun to play if you just want to chat. if you do play though, to get the best clothes and furniture, just like club penguin, you have to be a member and pay real money, but you dont have to be a meber and im not. by the way, if you do play and someone asks you asl? it means your age,sex(gender) and location (country) i hope you playthis and enjoy it.
----reviewed by Aleisha
Game genre: Other
Rating (Aust): PG - Parental guidance
Rate the game: 9.99999
Habbo website | Habbo Australia
thisgame is really good for teens 13ears and older. it is a fun online game where you can custonise your character and build them house's. you walk round and talk to friends on public or private chat and play games with friends or go look and rooms made by other people. it is really fun to play if you just want to chat. if you do play though, to get the best clothes and furniture, just like club penguin, you have to be a member and pay real money, but you dont have to be a meber and im not. by the way, if you do play and someone asks you asl? it means your age,sex(gender) and location (country) i hope you playthis and enjoy it.
----reviewed by Aleisha
Books - Cherub series by Robert Muchamore
Rate the book:100000000000000000000000000000000000000000 etc
This is the BEST series every. it is funny ad thrilling and entertaining and exiting and SO TOTALLY AWSOME! It is so hard to put down and when ur finished you'll want to go get the next book and it keeps u o the edge of ur seat! the main character is james and hs sister lauren and all their frends. Cherub is a kids secret agents place from the ages 10-17 yrs old so SHHHH!!! its all about the different missions they go on and their life at the cherub campus I LOVE IT! if u dont read this or read this and u dont like it u r completly and utterly WEIRD TO THE MAX! this series is the bomb so read it. i think it is not appropriate for under 12 year old cus there are some violent and sexual bits (not that bad, very mild) As u can see, i ike this series so take it from me, u should read it cus ive read thousands(literally) of boos and tis series is by far the best. i reckon its better the harry potter and twilight for all those edward lovers out there Please, i beg u read this bok!
----reviewed by aleisha
This is the BEST series every. it is funny ad thrilling and entertaining and exiting and SO TOTALLY AWSOME! It is so hard to put down and when ur finished you'll want to go get the next book and it keeps u o the edge of ur seat! the main character is james and hs sister lauren and all their frends. Cherub is a kids secret agents place from the ages 10-17 yrs old so SHHHH!!! its all about the different missions they go on and their life at the cherub campus I LOVE IT! if u dont read this or read this and u dont like it u r completly and utterly WEIRD TO THE MAX! this series is the bomb so read it. i think it is not appropriate for under 12 year old cus there are some violent and sexual bits (not that bad, very mild) As u can see, i ike this series so take it from me, u should read it cus ive read thousands(literally) of boos and tis series is by far the best. i reckon its better the harry potter and twilight for all those edward lovers out there Please, i beg u read this bok!
----reviewed by aleisha
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