My Favorite Book Series.

       Most of the novels that I've read are part of a trilogy at least. This being said, I love when a story carries on to more than one book. I have read a bunch of series of books such as The Hunger Games trilogy, Harry Potter, the Divergent trilogy, and the Mortal Instruments. There is one series of books that sticks out as my favorite. My favorite series would be The Infernal Devices.
        The Infernal Devices consists of three novels. They are called Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, and Clockwork Princess. It takes place in the 19th Century. It is considered a prequel to The Mortal Instrument series. These novels are in the perspective of Tessa Gray, who has recently left her home of New York to follow her brother to London. Upon arriving in London, Tessa gets captured by two warlocks who show her that she has a power to shape shift into anyone else. They say that they have her brother and that if she listens to them, he will remain unharmed. They also say that they are getting her ready so she can marry "The Magister". One day, someone sneaks into Tessas room and tells her that he will help her escape. His name is William Herondale. He is a shadowhunter and was sent there to kill the Dark Sisters (The warlocks who were holding Tessa hostage). They escape and go back to the London Institute where the rest of the Shadowhunters are. The trilogy follows Tessa in her discovery of the shadow world , and Will (along with the rest of the shadowhunters: Charlotte, Henry, Jem, and Jessamine) in their battle against the Magister and the struggles of finding the truth about themselves.
           This is my favorite series because I love the story behind it. The fact that it takes place in the 19th century makes everything more interesting to me. There is no one book in this series that I can pick out as my favorite, or least favorite. They all have a certain aspect of them that makes me like them all equally. I could read each of these books at any time and I would never get sick of them. 

Favorite Authors

    

              Everyone has those authors where they put out a new book and you immediately rush out to buy it. I tend to do that with only my favorite authors. I read a ton of books, but there are a few authors that I have read all of, or almost all of the books they've written. Those are the ones that I consider my favorite. I have three favorites. They are Jodi Piccolt, Nicholas Sparks, and Cassandra Clare.
               The first Jodi Piccolt novel I read was called The Pact. It was recommended to me by a friend. At first I thought that I wouldn't like it because at that point I was really into romance novels and this book sounded really morbid. I read it anyway, and it turned out to be one of my favorite books. I continued to read all of her popular books, I liked each one better than the next. There are few books that I haven't read by her. What I love about Jodi Piccolt is her ability to take a horrible and depressing topic and make it intense and lively. In every book that she has written, something unpredictable happens that changes the story completely. She also always manages to tie in specific messages into the end of her novels. For example in House Rules (my favorite novel by her) the idea of protecting your family is tied into the end of the story. She always writes wonderfully and I am always looking forward to another one of her books.
                   Since I started reading them in 7th grade, I have read every book that Nicholas Sparks has written. His novels are always love stories with a sad twist at the end. There are a few things that I have come to expect in every Nicholas Sparks book. They are a love story that goes through ups and downs, and the dramatic death of a character. Nicholas Sparks is always able to write characters that are easy to connect with and interesting to read about. My favorite novel by him would have to be A Walk To Remember. I loved the main character Landon, and hearing everything through his perspective. This book has an excellent love story, and a twist that you would not expect. The ending was extremely sad, however; it is a prime example of a great love story written by Nicholas Sparks.

                Lastly, Cassandra Clare is the author of two of my favorite series. They are The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. Both of these stories follow characters who are just discovering that monsters do exist, and are learning about the Shadowhunters. The shadowhunters are people who have angel blood and fight theses monsters and kill demons. Cassandra Clare has created an entirely new world in her novels that I have fallen in love with. Her novels are action packed, descriptive, and romantic. They make you want to keep reading them, and then start them again when you are finished. It is her creativity that makes her one of my favorite authors. I have read each book in both of the series listed above because I have fallen in love with the world that she created and the characters in it. I am looking forward to another series written by her.

Books Vs eBooks

              For my fifteenth birthday, my mom got me a kindle. She knew that I loved reading and she said that she heard good things about the kindle. At first, I was a little skeptical. I didn't know how I would feel about reading a book where I couldn't turn pages, or skip to the end and ruin the book for myself (which I did a lot). The first book I bought was Its Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. The book was not my favorite, but It was interesting. However, reading on the kindle was so weird. I didn't like how light it was in my hands and that every time I accidentally tapped the screen, the page would change. I continued to get all of my books from the library. Eventually, going to the library every few days became and pain and I couldn't read nearly as many books as I wanted to. This being said, I picked up my kindle again. I bought a book called On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves, and I loved it. From that point on, I read all of my books on the kindle.

              That being said, I would defiantly say that I like eBooks better than regular books. It's not that I don't like regular books or don't read them anymore because I do. Its just that I read so fast that most of the time I start a book and, by the end of the day, I've finished it and moved on to another. This caused a lot of trips to the library. The kindle made it more convenient for me to get books quickly. Also, I've always had trouble finding new books to read. Amazon makes this easy, and it gives you suggestions as to what books you would like based on what you have read before. This is where I find all of my books now. I learned to love how light it was, and how I could read any of these books that I bought at any time. I would never be able to carry around the amount of hard-copies compared to the eBooks that I have in my kindle. One other thing that I enjoy about eBooks are how they are cheaper than regular books. Overall, I really like eBooks better because of how convenient they are, and how they are much cheaper than regular books.