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Quite recently I have been thinking about why I liked reading The Twilight Saga that Stephenie Meyer wrote. And I guess the reason is because I’m currently reading her new book in the series which is a novella and is called The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner. Anyway why I liked Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga is because she didn’t just write about vampires that hunted people for their blood, as some of the vampires that was in her book were like The Cullens and preyed on the wildlife instead of people.

And some vampires like The Cullens pursued other interests, and taught themselves to ignore their thirst when near people, and to cover up their true identity they called themselves “vegetarians” and when they were around ordinary people The Cullens acted as if they were people themselves and not vampires.

I’ve already pre ordered the next Ranger’s Apprentice book that is called Halt’s Peril. And I found this recent interview that John Flanagan gave. Also I have known for sometime now that John Flanagan started writing the Ranger’s Apprentice as a series of short stories to encourage his son Mike to read. But after reading this interview, I discovered that it was John’s daughter who suggested writing the story in book form, and here’s a link to this interview:

http://www.thenile.com.au/blog/2009/07/an-interview-with-john-flanagan/

As I was wondering if J K Rowling was writing another book I found out that she was. And here’s the link to the article that I’ve read this from:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-505148/JK-Rowling-drops-hints-possible-eighth-Harry-Potter-book.html

While my sister Liss and I were away on our holiday at Bundaberg we did a lot of things. As we rented a Avis car so that we could drive to places ourselves. This is because we arrived in Bundaberg on a Tilt train and as I also been on a plane a few times I noticed some changes in train travel. Or at least some of the trains that people can travel on are different. 

And the first thing that I noticed when I sat down in a seat in car c was that there were televisions all the way down and up the aisle. As they used this to entertain the passengers and to communicate with them. Also another thing that the Tilt train had that was similar to planes was music and ear phones that people could plug in if they wanted to listen to music or whatever they had on the TVs. And when we got to our destination Liss and I stayed at Lime Cottage. And as well as going out and seeing places we took some photos, watched movies, played scrabble, listened to music, and also read. Liss and I also went on the Bundy Belle for a boat trip on the Burnett River which we both enjoyed.

And while I was in Bundaberg I started reading the Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke. And I’m still reading it. And it is three books in one and I finished Inkheart and now am reading Inkspell. I’m also on page 500 at the moment. And I’m really enjoying the story and think it will be a book that I’ll read again and again. I also discovered today that the Inkheart movie is scheduled to be released in Australia in April. And I also found an interview that Cornelia Funke did. And the website address is:

http://www.scholastic.com/corneliafunke/chat.htm

Earlier today I decided to look up news about Deltora Quest and discovered that: these popular books that Emily Rodda wrote has been turned into a anime series over in Japan. It’s probably old news for some people but as I mainly read books when I’m not doing anything else it is new to me and for more information here’s a website address:

http://www.emilyrodda.com/news.html

When I was a kid I used to read a bit but then I stopped, despite realising that one of the things that I wanted to do is write. And one of the things that they suggest to do if a person wants to write is to read: but I also like to add that people that want to write need to write as well as read. Anyway, I like to read books that belong in a series and one of my favourites is the Harry Potter series of books that J.K. Rowling wrote.

I guess one of the reasons why they are top of my list is because that’s when I started reading again. And the reason why I wanted to write was: to diversify my interests, as before that I trained and trialled shelties in obedience trials and as I realised that I needed things to fall back on I started to read stories. Also after I started reading again, I then got the idea about what I could write about and back then I originally called my story Mrs Mopp’s Terrible Dilemma. And some time after, my dad suggested to me that I should get the Harry Potter books.

But it wasn’t until I was holidaying at Fingal Beach with my sister Liss, that we went to a cinema and saw Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and after that I decided to get the books; and now they are my most read books. However that’s some years ago, and since then I changed my Mrs Mopp story into a short story and renamed it: Mrs Mopp’s Baked Dinner Recipes and also read other books that belong in a series by other authors.

I also read and enjoyed John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series, a few times and have recently read the first of the eight books in one of Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda.