" The Supernaturalist" By Eoin Colfer

In a place called Satellite City, thirteen-year-old Cosmo Hill is unfortunate enough to come into the world unwanted by his parents. He is unwanted by his parents, not so unusual in Satellite City. He is like most orphan children ( at least the ones that can't hide) is sent to Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. There he is like a test specimen for different creams, ointments and toxic vats. None of which should be around humans. His heart dreams of the day when he can get free of the Institute, but he still isn't sure of what he might accomplish outside

His escape becomes possible, when an orphan truck delivering orphans to facilities crashes. He makes a run for it. Jumping off a roof he almost dies, getting electrocuted. But rescued by a eccentric group of orphans known as the Supernaturalists. Moments away from death he survives, but when he wakes up he realizes his scars, both mental and physical. Also the supernatural parasites that almost kills him. Will he learn to live with these rebels?

Exotix rating 5/5

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" Eragon " By Christopher Paolini

Venture into a world with dragons, supernatural beings and monsters. Eragon is all that and more. A vindictive Empire rules over the land of Alagaesia. One boy holds the power to overcome the adversary . Eragon is a young farm boy living a simple life. When he finds a unusual stone during his hunting, his destiny takes a whole new path. The stone miraculously hatches into a dragon. He names it ( or rather her) Saphira  because of its fiery blue scales. Telepathy emerges within Eragon and Saphira and together they communicate. Defeating Galbotorix the emperor himself, will not be an easy task. With one sweep of his hand he can summon his deathly minions. They flit at supernatural speeds and they crave for a hero's blood........


Will Eragon's destiny? Will he forge a bond with his otherworldly powers and free Alagaesia from Galbatorix's tyranny?




 An extremely insightful book that inspires you to be the hero of your destiny.

Exotix rating  6/5  ;D

" SwordBird " By Nancy Yi Fan

The wings fluttter violently claws scratched open air.  The mid-air battle ensues, leaving dastardly marks on the birds. Swordbird tells the story of tribe like groups of cardinals and bluejays and their fight for survival against the vindictive hawk and the raven minion. Swordbird is a supernatural legend which is what the story is suspended on. The main character ( I should say bird) is a white unamed dove like bird who is the feathery protagonist. His goal is to stop the evil Turnatt, which enslaves all those weaker then him. The bluejays and the cardinals team together in efforts to defeat Turnatt's tyranny. The only hope that the birds have is Swordbird, son of the Great Spirit.


I enjoyed this delightful fantasy because of it's diverse characters and also in light of what the book was inspired by.Nancy wrote Swordbird because of the turmoil of emotions that were connected to the 9/11 attacks. She decided to write a book showing the importance of family friends and hope. Truly an amazing book, even written by a 11 year old girl.


Exotix rating 4/5

" Rash " By Pete Huatman

Let's say your parents make you go outside to do something active besides sit on the computer all day staring at flashing pixels. You go outside and call your friends. Get your football out and start pla-y WAIT THAT'S ILLEGAL.  You decide you don't feel like football. You start running WAIT DO YOU HAVE YOUR PROTECTION? KNEE PADS ELBOW PADS. Wow, that would be one miserable life to live wouldn't it? someon breathing down your neck telling you you can't do this or that or even that. That is the setting in which the main character of Rash is living in. Bo Marsten, a typical everyday teenager in the new USSA ( United Safe States of America). He abides all rules and sometimes laughs at his grandpa's rants about how back in the 2000's life was much simplier and you didn't get life in jail for doing a misdemeanor.


One day when a rival of Bo pisses him off and gets into a fight. His whole view on his nation takes a dive into reality. He is sentenced to manual labor in the freezing Canadian tundra. Away from his comfortable home, he faces polar bears, a harsh psychotic football fanatic and worst of all : facing reality.

Exotix rating 5/5

I really liked this book. Would recommend easy to read.

" To Kill a Mockingbird" By Harper Lee

Many themes of predujice and social identity are presented in this novel. ( Is it me or do I sound like an essay?) anyway. Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression. Kind of dreary and boring old town. Typical small town gossipers. Main character is a small innocent girl named Scout. Her father is the all knowing Atticus, which stands apart from the typical town folks. Jem is Scout's brother. Town gossip was like a fever. It hit everywhere in the small town. In a strange house near Scout's a strange being lived. Named Boo Radley, he was a strange figure in the gossip. He was said to look like a zombie like man, 6 feet tall and white as paper. Scout's fantasy's ran wild. Later on in the turning point of the story, Tom Robinson a young African American, was accused for raping a white woman. No evidence was found besides the woman's father, who was an illiterate hilly billy. Atticus fights for him but with no avail. The racist jury had an inevitable answer because of the man's color.


After the womans father realizes that he is losing, he spits in Atticu's face after the court. Atticus took it in without a hint of fury. Revenge strikes once but fails.

Exotix rating 5/5

" Dark Dude " By Oscar Hijuelos

Provacative, yet understandable, Dark Dude tells a first person narration story of a young cuban kid with white skin. His troubles never seem to end with him living in the worst part of Bronx. Rico Fuentes, a geeky, comic-book-loving, Huckleberry Finn-reading and Irish-looking Cuban teenager who lives in New York. He sees a new light in his desperate chance to get away from his life in the Bronx. He decides to go to a farm in Wisconsin, with the threats of military camp from his father behind him. He settles in quiet nicely with the white folks who are oblivious to his secret. His departure leaves him with questions about himself and trying to find his identity in himself. Which part should he join? His Latino roots or his distant Irish ones.


Dilemmas are present in every way in this book. Running away from your problems may not be the best thing as it turns out in Dark Dude. A very interesting story indeed. The emotions that Rico has are sometimes hard to understand as if he try's to hide them from the reader? Anyway would recommend.


Exotix rating 4/5

" Epic " by Conor Kostick

Truly an "epic" story, the book has some awesome stuff indeed. Imagiane yourself in a world where your life is centered on  game called Epic. Even adults play it. Now imagine that the ONLY way to make it big was to defeat the best players in the game. Erik lives that life,sounds very enticing with all the fantasy games out there. But only problem is that almost everything is decided on the game. Economy for one thing, oh did I tell you that if you got into a fight you could be sent to life in jail in REAL LIFE?. His father was one of those people sent  to jail because of a rage. Choose your squabbles wisely if you lived there that's for sure. Erik's goal is one day to defeat Central Locations,aka the best clan of players, and free his dad and many other innocent prisoners.. If he wins , by any chance, he will move on to be the best and join the prestigious league. Along the way he finds that with a little help from his friends ( God that is overused) he defeats a DRAGON. Yea that's right it's one of the hardest damn NPC'S to kill in the game. He accumulates riches and gains interest from the infamous Central Locations. Erik states a challenge and the fight begins.

Tale of the victory spreads far and wide and local districts have theier hopes raise and pretty soon everyone wants to challenge CA. Getting nervous of the new demands, CA decides to secretly sabotage Erik and his friends sea voyage which they undertake for the promise of hidden treasures. Tratious behavior ensues. Im not going to tell you the end of the book, but one clue is an EPIC battle takes place which will change the fate of everyone in the game,including people in real life......

Exotix rating 4/5

"Litte Brother" By Cory Doctorow

This book inspires a little of a rebellious feeling when you read the first few chapters. Every sense of privacy is destroyed when the  Bay Bridge in San Francisco is blown up by terrorists. Marcus the main character is a carefree kind of sneaky teenager. Him and his friends decide to take a break from school, in other words he cuts. Marcus  devises a plan to fool the school’s camera systems that track a certain person’s gait. Slipping in some pebbles from the front of the school him and his friend break the recognition code and run off. Successfully cutting, Marcus and his friend head out to the mall to hang out with his friends. During the meet up they play a Japanese LARPing( live action role playing game) which requires them to run around the area and search for clues.  Suddenly the ground tremors and Homeland Security swarms over innocent people going off to work.  Marcus’s friend gets stabbed brutally during the mob rush and  they all break away to sit on a curb. Chaos reins around them as they try to understand what is happening. Marcus desperately tries to hail a army hummer in front of them when militia soldiers jump out and kidnap them. They are taken to a island where they are brutally interrogated by a mysterious group of people.
Marcus and his friends are suspicious that it is the terrorists them selves, but on later they find out that their kidnappers are really the Homeland Security.

The world suddenly crashes around Marcus as they make him give in his treasured pass words into every thing he had. With a sense of vengeance they set him free with two other friends. The story then is revolved on Marcus trying to get his friend out of the prison. Marcus then creates an alternate identity on a network of hackers called Paranoid Xbox. He names himself M1lk3y, causing an uprising in teen tech rebellion. Secrets are kept from parents, the network is the last possible privacy teenagers have with the Homeland Security checking everyone and convicting everyone of crimes they haven’t committed. New jamming systems are created within the community as they try to fight the HS. Countless people are arrested and interrogated. So throughout the story, the constitution itself is being argued, from when security should have the line drawn. An amazing book for all ages. Sparks a whole new mentality to our U.S. government. Are these the people we want protecting us?
Exotix rating 5 out of 5 Perfect.

Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!

Hello! welcome to my new blog! This is the beginning of an awesome journey filled with exciting new places and guess what, you can do all of this without leaving your home! YES ITS POSSIBLE. How? you say, your skeptic cogs in your mind working… Aha! with the power of books! Yes those delightfully white crispy pages of a book just make you feel inspired. Well I might be over exaggerating, but I HEART BOOKS ( if you couldn’t tell). Remember to comment yourself! This blog is going to all about my favorite books that I have read. I’ll maybe even drop in and post some of my own work too!  I would LOVE feedback from all my readers. I want to make this blog appealing to all ages. Maybe even to get teens to get excited about books as I am!
Truly yours Anthony