I'm afraid this is goodbye.

I've decided I will no longer be blogging here. Posts were very infrequent and I felt that running this blog was becoming some sort of chore.

However, I can still be contacted through these places:

• email
• my personal blog
• fanfiction.net [I've restarted my account and my fanfiction will be displayed there]

I will still be around the blogging community, but just not updating this blog. [: I hope you all understand.

Thank you and see you on the internet!

Warriors: Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter

[This review may contain spoilers.]

Pages: 317

"Fireheart is a ThunderClan warrior cat now, but danger still lurks in the forest - and possibly closer than he thinks. With the chill of winter setting in, the cats of rival RiverClan are growing restless, while WindClan is weak and facing threats from all sides.
"As tensions build up to an explosive climax, Fireheart faces not only imminent battle, but betrayal from within his own Clan."

First Look: The prologue is about WindClan cats trying to sneak into Twolegplace, and it gives you a preview on what the book will be centered on. The first few chapters feature Fireheart and Graystripe adjusting to the warrior cat life, instead of being just apprentices. The two cats are still as close as ever, and nothing could break the bond they shared.

Characters: Each of the cats are presented in the story have their own personality. Some characters, such as Cinderpaw, are very energetic and outgoing, while others, such as Tigerclaw, are strict and tough to other cats. The personalities of each cat were very real, and it made it seem like they were humans instead of just cats. I personally liked Cinderpaw and Yellowfang, their personalities and characteristics really spoke to me and I just adored them.

Setting: I think that Hunter did an okay job with describing the setting of the story. I could picture it in my mind but I felt like she didn't really describe them as well as she did in the previous book. It wasn't as vivid and I wasn't really sucked into the story.

Plot: There are a lot of storylines in this book; Erin talks about how WindClan is feeling weak, how ShadowClan and RiverClan are trying to take advantage of that, and how ThunderClan is trying to settle the feud between the Clans. She also talks about Fireheart's kittypet life, and whether or not he should go back to it. She adds a few bits in about the Ravenpaw-Tigerclaw feud. Hunter also talks about the friendship of Fireheart and Graystripe, as well as the Romeo and Juliet-esque love story between Graystripe and Silverstream, of the RiverClan. There are new apprentices for the two cats as well, although after Graystripe gets sick, Fireheart is responsible for training both of the cats. Finally, Bluestar has lost yet another life and is now on her final one. It is very confusing but Hunter talks about several themes, such as fitting in, friendship and romance, which makes it more interesting.

Conclusion: After Brindleface's kits and Cloudpaw, Fireheart's sister's kit, escape to find extra freshkill for the Clan, Bluestar suddenly starts acting like a mother. Brokenstar attempted to attack ThunderClan, but they caught him, nursed him back to life and actually welcomed him into the Clan... for now. The rest of the Clan goes to attack RiverClan, and after a talk about RiverClan and Silverstream, Fireheart and Graystripe are friends once again. What a lovely way to end a story.

It was a great book; Hunter never fails to entertain her readers and make them want to turn every single page to see what's happening next. The Warriors series is quite an amazing one.

What's the next book on my list? The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien.

Summer Goals

Its officiallly summer, so this post will talk about my goals for the summer break. I got out of school last week but I was awfully busy to post then.

Anyway, so here are my reading and writing goals.

My reading goal for July is to work on finishing my 'To-Be-Read List,' I currently have six books on that list, not counting my current book, Warriors: Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter. I calculated that if I finish Warriors by Wednesday I can start on my list on Friday. If I read a chapter an hour from 10am to 12am the next day I can read about 15 chapters. That means I can finish each book in 1-2 days, maybe 3 if there are more than 30 chapters.

My August reading goal is to work on reading all of the other books I have and maybe review them. I doubt I'll be reviewing them all, since most of them are parts of a series, but I guess I can do something similar to what my friend Brooke does at her blog, Paper Mountain, The Wonderful Week of [name here]. I might do that for the Warriors series but I'm not too sure as of yet.

My July writing goal is to finish rewriting and revising my fanfiction, which I still haven't decided where I'll be posting it. Also, I've been working on planning out a new story, which will be about saving the Earth. I want to at least finish planning it out and starting the first draft for it.

My writing goal for August is to finish writing that save the Earth story I talked about in the previous paragraph. I guess that's about it.

I will be focusing on writing this month and August will be my reading month.

What are your summer goals?