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Rehannah

Rehannah

Hello there! This is Rehannah. I am an unpublished author of a couple unfinished books, and numerous un-started ones. I am also a sometimes amateur watercolourist (I spell the English way). I am from the Caribbean island of Trinidad and love all kinds of books, but of late I have been most interested in young adult fantasy, since I am trying to... more »
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  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Congrats on the new niece! And getting to move back upstairs. :)

    Do you fast the whole month?

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Hey Rehannah! I'm great - actually! I've been reading a lot and we just started back doing school. I've actually even updated my blog, sifted through some older writing docs, and have a refreshed view on my writing. My health is better all the time. I feel like a different person than even a month ago.

    How are you? How's your family and career?

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Priyanka - Merry Christmas!!

    Priyanka - Merry Christmas!! says

    Friends please attend the NEW SORTING QUESTIONS in the group HARRY POTTER SERIES BY J.K.ROWLING to know the houses to which you belong...

    Hope to see you in the group activities soon.
    Don't miss the "Distribution of the House Cup" and "The Start of The New Year" on the 20th of April too...

    Waiting for your presence...
    Priyanka (admin)

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Hey Girl!

    Long time - no chat. :P I hope you're well. I'll be emailing you soon. I enjoyed your comments about Twilight. I guess I never had a chance to really dwell on just the book of Twilight, I read them all within a week with no break. My review is heavily based upon the entire series as a whole. I never thought about that though. The series does get better as it goes. In New Moon, the introductions are done and so the story dives deeper without a lot of explanation. New Moon is a little sad, but you start to understand the whole "Team Edward/Jacob" issue a lot better. It's a great second book and paves the way for the rest of the series. Hold out until you've read them all. You'll see...

    Talk soon,
    Amy

    posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robbie F

    Robbie F says

    Have you considered participating in the "Double Challenge" for upcoming Magic Quill chapters? We really need input from a wider group of people. Check out the Magic Quill blog at bodwyer dot blogspot dot com. Thanks!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Hey Girly!

    I'm online for the first time in ages. I'm recovering slowly, but steadily. I hope your Christmas and New Year were fun. How's the computer now? I envy your willingness to go "old school" - I don't have the patience. :)

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Gillian

    Gillian says

    Hi,
    I'm glad that I can encourage you into reading that series, it's pretty good. I'm looking forward for the third one to come out next year.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Hey Rehannah! I got it - but was dealing with some health stuff this week. I just wrote you back though.

    Writing has been a little slow lately. I haven't sat myself down to write in a little while. I think I'm still mulling over my next move. I'm planning on getting to it soon though. I'll keep you posted. :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Thanks. I feel blessed to have her as a daughter. :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • ♥Shatha♥ Adha Mubarak

    ♥Shatha♥ Adha Mubarak says

    thanx dear .. Eid mubark to u too ...

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    I feel the same way about giving away info on the net. We could switch over to the private notes if you prefer. I'll send you a test and see how to do it. Then we can continue our conversation. :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Shakti K

    Shakti K says

    Hi. Do you like Artemis Fowl? There are only 6 books right? Have yo read them all? But they can't beat HP in my opinion. Have you read any Roald Dahl books, I couldn't find any in your shelf. I couldn't find HP 7 either, I ust've missed it, it can't NOT be there.

    Di you read the unabridged version of Shakespeare? My fav has to be Romeo and Juliet, the ending made me cry for a long time, wishing that the two lovers had at least one minute together before dying.

    Have you heard of Pillars of the Earth? It's set in the middle ages and revolves around building a cathedral and the stories around it, it's SUPERB. It's the best book I've ever read in my entire life. It's a thousand pages long and you'll be left wanting more after finishing it. The characters will loinger in your mind forever.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Hey - thanks for answering all my Trinidad questions. :) I've never spoken to anyone from the Caribbean, or any island period. I can imagine that your daily life is very different from mine in some ways, and very similar in others. What's the name of your city?

    How far are you in your book? I'm still in the very beginning stages of writing mine. What do you do for a living? I'm a homeschool mom of one little girl.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Oh yeah - my book. Well - the one I'm most excited about involves a teenage girl and her discovery of certain "gifts" during a crazy kidnapping situation. She's helped out by people who turn out to be otherworldly in nature. From there, she must decide which path she'll choose - the one that utilizes these gifts and helps others, or the one that takes her back to a normal life. That's pretty much all I can give away at this point.

    So - you've still traveled a bit more than me. I've only ever been within the continental U.S. I've seen quite a few of our states, but I'd still love to experience other cultures and meet new people. Of course, that's one reason I'm loving the internet though. :)

    I've never eaten chick peas, but the rest of Doubles sound good. I'm a bread lover, and fried food is pretty good, so fried bread is probably really tastey.

    So is there a touristy part of Trinidad or is it all mainly locals? Is there a city that's more prone to big hotels and restaurants? I grew up in a smaller college town in California. Mostly our tourists though were vacationers from other parts of Cali that loved the charm of our town. There are no superstores or anything for miles around, although there's a hopping downtown area with tons of really cute shops. But overall, it's kept its local charm. I actually never realized that it was that small until I went back last year. Where I live now, in Vancouver, WA, we've got every superstore you could imagine, and several of them. From Walmart and Target, to Costco and Kohl's. Do you have any of those chains? How about McDonald's? McDonald's is everywhere. :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Yeah - he was crazy for the Bake and Shark. :) What are Doubles? I don't think I caught that part. I didn't figure iguana was too popular. Just like U.S. Southerners don't all go around eating raccoon and squirrel.

    Oh - I was going to mention that there are two books with similar names: "The Alchemist" and "The Alchemyst." I've only read the latter. It's part of a series called "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel." The sequel is called "The Magician." It's good too. But the one I was telling you about is spelled with a "y" instead of an "i." Just to avoid confusion.

    So - you've been to Florida and New York - that's further east than I've ever travelled. I'm a West Coast girl. Although, I did spend four years in the midwest, in Iowa, ugh. Not my favorite four years. But I've also lived in San Diego and on the central coast of California. I never thought I'd get used to living up here in the Northwest, but now I couldn't live anywhere else. I would like to venture somewhere tropical though. The Caribbean has always drawn my attention. Maybe some day. Have you travelled anywhere else in the world besides the U.S.?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Ah - that explains the school thing. It's great that I have HP to help me understand it all. I've actually learned A LOT about British culture since reading HP and working for MN. I was totally lost about the foods they mention. I also thought, at first, that the school thing was just in the magical world, not in Britain. I've since learned all about that stuff. It's cool now to learn that Trinidad and Tobago has a similar system. Well - the Caribbean was under British rule at one point wasn't it? Well - the U.S. was too, but we haven't retained a whole lot of British traditions.

    So - I've seen an episode of Bizarre Foods that was in Trinidad and Tobago. They ate iguana. It was gorgeous there. Is there much surfing? People in my part of the U.S. still surf, even though the water temperature only gets to about sixty degrees farenheit. Brrr. I'm originally from California. It's quite a bit warmer down there than where I am now, in Washington.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Yeah - HP got me back into reading several years ago. As a kid, I read quite a bit, but as a teenager I fell out of the habit. Too much "coolness" to worry about - I guess. Then, when I was about 22, a friend was reading GoF and she came over to my place with the book because she couldn't put it down. She read out loud the part about the first task of the Triwizard Tournament and I was hooked. I went out and bought all four books that week and I've been a die-hard fan ever since.

    It's funny - because I don't like to talk about my book too much either. I think it's better to let my mind mull over the ideas without saying them out loud. Plus, it changes and morphs constantly. That's so awesome that you're writing 1500 words a day. I tend to write less regularly. I have days when I'll bust out 3,000 words and other days when I can't get myself to stop rereading what I've already written and feeling like I have nothing valid to contribute. I have to take breaks too. Especially after I've written a long scene, I just feel like I need to give my brain a rest. I always get back to it though.

    Caribbean folklore sounds super cool. Do you still live on Trinidad? I like to incorporate folklore into my stories too. It adds an element that lots of people can relate to. Have you read "The Alchemyst - The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" by Michael Scott? He does an excellent job of explaining history's mysteries in his own magical way. I really like his style too. It's very easy and fun. It's not JKR, but still pretty good.

    So - you were in high school at age 11? Is high school in Trinidad longer than four years or are you just a super genius? In the US, our last four years of required schooling is what we call high school. It's grades 9-12 (ages 14-17 or 18). Just wondering.

    Later.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    My advice, is not to see the movie until you've read the books, or at least the first book. That's been my rule with my daughter about HP. I only let her see each movie after she'd finished the book. She's now read all seven and will get to see HBP in July, in the theater. It'll be the first time she's seen a HP movie in the theater, so she's really excited. It's been cool to share it with her.

    So - what's your book about? What got you into writing? One more question - what book got you into Fantasy?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Twilight is not a typical vampire book, or a typical romance. I'm not into either, and I loved this series. The characters are believable, as are their relationships. The whole vampire thing is essential to the plot but not its main focus. The good guys are "vegetarian" vampires - they don't hunt humans. The rest of the vampires do, but the emphasis is more on self-control than about blood-sucking.

    Essentially, the story follows Bella, a clumsy, all-to-human character who falls for an amazingly, dazzlingly, decidedly NOT human guy. His family is one of the only groups of vampires that don't hunt humans, and their story is deep and intricately woven into the story. Also, Bella's best friend, other than Edward, turns out to be the member of a tribe of mortal enemies to vampires. This causes a few issues that only their love for Bella can overcome (toward the end of the series).

    Bella deseperately wants Edward to turn her into a vampire, but he refuses. His only goal is to protect Bella and be with her for the rest of her mortal life. She wants to spend eternity with him and he wants her to have a normal life and not to be what he calls a "monster." That whole issue is seen throughout all four books.

    In the end, the appeal of Twilight isn't vampires or romance, but tangible relationships that we can all relate to and become enthralled with, right alongside Bella. Stephanie Meyer's writing style is familiar, yet original. The pacing and plot of the books are easy and interesting at the same time. Each book holds its own mysteries and revelations and brings the reader closer to the moment Bella, and all of us, are dying to reach.

    I hope this helps you make your decision without giving too much away.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com.

    Amy - Book reviews on http://pagesofdiscovery.blogspot.com. says

    Wow - it sounds like we have a lot in common. I'm writing a YA Fantasy novel too.

    What are some of your favorite books? I've recently gotten into the Twilight saga and am a big Harry Potter fan. I actually work (volunteer) for MuggleNet.com - it's one of the biggest HP fansites around. I'm an editor for a few sections.

    I'm also a fan of Michael Scott's The Alchemyst and The Magician. Right now, I'm reading The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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