Feathers Dec. 14th!

Hey guys!!

I just finished editing FEATHERS. It took me...*counts mentually* 2 hours. lol Not long actually. I just fixed spelling and some grammar. Nothing huge.

In other news, I finished almost revising Shadow Future. It's getting published, so I'm trying to make it as best as I can.
Also, I went to a lock in on Friday. 8pm-6am we stayed up. I got 1 hour of sleep, then I went home and slept for five hours and then got up for 5ish hours and my friends came home, then I got up this morning for church, I watched my lil sis sing in the Kids Choir.
I was really tired, and sore. So it was a good day to edit. hehe

Well, there's only one more Teaser Tuesday until FEATHERS comes out! I can't wait until you guys read it. :))) Here's the cover again:

I just though of something...my name isn't on the cover. Oopsey. lolzz

Well, bye for now! Go to: madisonlouisesbooks.weebly.com to read FEATHERS on Dec. 14th!

Bye!

-maddie

Poll Results!

And, the final poll results of which set of characters you want at my party are....

Hair Color Forces agents	3 (33%)
The Pirate Chronicles crew	6 (66%)

Votes so far: 9

The Pirates win! Make sure you come ask them questions, or whatever you want to do with them, on Dec. 27th 2011 at 5-6pm! EST. More info up top in the  "Maddie's Writing Career Birthday party page!!"

Thank you for voting!!!

-maddie  

Review: Matched by Ally Condie

This is the 90th book I've read this year.

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow

 Christian Beliefs: ...

Other Belief systems: Cassia does refer to the Society as their God's. Like, they have to obey them, because if you don't, you'll be in huge trouble.

 The Society does have a big hand hold on everyone, they control everything you do. 

 Language: None. Nada. I am very happy. I was like, "what? No bad words? No swearing? No using the LORD's name in vain? YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!"

Romance: There is kissing, sometimes on the cheek, and sometimes on the lips. But it's very sweet. This is the first YA novel where the kissing really isn't bad, and it's just short and sweet. I love reading about kisses like that. :)

They hug a lot, and Cassia says she loves someone, in two different ways, and other people say that too.

Also, on a person's 17th birthday, they have a Match Banquet. Where the Society finds who that one person will marry. It's like an arranged marriage, but very sci-fi like.

Any other bad things: Nope, just that the Society is very not nice, and that they say that some people die, and on a person's 80th birthday, they die. There are things called "Infraction" which is when someone does something bad, and they have to be punished for it. Or "cited" which is the same thing basically.

Comments: I loved this book. It was like a poem. It felt like I was reading a poem. I also liked how there was nothing too seriously bad in this book. Just a few kisses here and there, and throwing someone into someone elses arms. Romantic. A very sweet romance. :)

What I didn't like, was that the author wrote as if the story was happening then and there to the person, so they used words like 'say' and words that say that the story is happening now. It messed up my writing because I don't write in first person like it, I use words like 'watched' and 'said'. Like it happened. And it's not happening right this minute.

I also didn't like how when Cassia called, s he didn't have any emotion in her words really. But when she thought, there was more emotion.

 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars for awesomeness.

 And 4 out of 5 stars for any age. :)

 -maddie

 

Music

Hey guys!!

Did you enjoy the cover? I think it's pretty cool myself.

Anyhoo, as you can see, there is Christmas music right above this post. And it comes on automatically, as soon as you enter the blog. I also have normal music at the bottom, that does not start automatically. So you can choose which ever music you want to listen to.

Well, I hope you guys have a great day!


-maddie

PS: Do you like the CHRISTmas skin?? lol

Teaser Tuesday: Cover Reveal: Shadow Future

Here's the cover guys!!!! Isn't it awesome? Make sure you go thank Hope R for doing it! Here is her photography blog: http://photographyismylifeyay.blogspot.com/

Shadow Future will be either on my on my website on Jan. 1st or in a library somewhere soon. :)

Thank you guys!!


-maddie

Review: Leaving Fishers by Margaret Peterson Haddix

This is the 89th book I've read this year.

Summary from: www.goodreads.com

A new girl in town joins a cult-like religious group until an outrageous act forces her to reexamine her values and find a way to break free.

Christian Beliefs/Other belief systems: Well, here we go...The Fishers of Men group or 'cult' is all about following God's rules, and what is in the Bible, they just don't take it the right way. They make people do things that God would never want them to do. But they do know that Jesus died for them, and that if you don't accept Christ, you would go to hell, they just don't understand that if you mess up, or don't pray enough, or something else crazy, you'd go to hell even though you were saved.

Language: They use the LORD's name in vain once. And Dorry (the main character) thinks that someone will call her an idoit. And they use sex a couple times, which isn't bad, it's a thing that husband and wife do when their married, but I know to some people it is, so I'm going to tell you, but not in a bad way...like...it helps tell the story, but it also says how messed up a certain person is, and how some people fell for it. It acutally  made me want to cry. It was so sad.


Romance: They use sex sometimes, and lust and liking someone, or saying that someone was hunk, or that he cute. And some guys joke around about girls being there, since girls and boys weren't allowed to mix in the Fishers until a Level Two. (I know, weird). And a girl named Lara said she laid with any guy who wanted her, because she felt lonely, but she stopped that when she joined the Fishers. 


Any other bad things: I think I've mentioned anything that would bother somebody, just that Dorry gets sick, and fasts so much that she looses weight, and her grades go down, and she gets like, no sleep because of all the praying the Fishers told  her to do.


Comments: I LOVED IT!!! It really tells you about what other people really believe, It was also kind of test, I am a Christian, not afraid to say it either, so it was kind of interesting to see what the Fishers believed. This is by far, the most awesome book I've read this year, and it took me 87 other books to find that out! lol. I hope you guys take time to read it. It might make you cry in some places, just a warning. But a cry now and then ain't to bad. :)


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars for AMAZINGINGESS
3 out of 5 for any age. (I think only teens and up should read this, and maybe a 12 year old, and it all depends on your parents allowance with certain books)


-maddie

Poll Results!

Here are the results of the poll: "What set of characters do you want at my writing career birthday?" (or something like that, haha)

A Tale of Worlds gang	1 (8%)
Hair Color Forces agents	4 (33%)
Royal Pains family	1 (8%)
Pirate Chronicles	4 (33%)
The Alterers. (they would be new at the whole thing)	2 (16%)

Looks like we have a tie between the Pirates and the Blondes. Hmmm....

I think we'll have another poll, just between those two, it'll last one week. And let's see who wins!! Poll will be up shortly. :)

Thanks for voting you guys!!

-maddie