Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry

I really enjoyed this book.  I loved her last book "The Amaranth Enchantment" and so I happily picked up this book.  I wasn't disappointed.   I couldn't put this book down.  It was about everything I love in a book.

Evie is interested in healing.  She helps with birthing babies and is intrigued by medicine and helping people get better.

She is from a small cozy villge.  Much happens in this story when a King comes to visit their village.

This book has adventure, snakes, Princesses, kings, castles, and of course, romance.   It really is a great book.  I really enjoyed reading it!  BRAVO!

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Well, I did it.  I completed the series.  I enjoyed this book but had a hard time starting it.  I have been so busy lately and yet I know that if I start it is hard to put it down.  I was happy to have some time to read it.  It was truly a great way to end a series with a spark of....there could be something more about the subject in the future. 

This book is the story of the battle against the Titans.  They are going to try to take over Olympus.  It has lots of twists and turns and the unexpected creeps up very often.  It was a book that you never knew what was going to happen yet.  I liked the sparks of romance in it too.  I enjoyed reading it.  Kudos to a great book.

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Who knew a Labyrinth could be so vast and so complicated?  This book puts it all into perspective on how big the Labyrinth in the book is.  It's huge and extends to many cities far apart (from San Fransisco to New York to New Mexico and bigger).

Annabeth gets a quest and takes along Percy Jackson, Tyson (Percy's half brother) and Grover.  The quest is to go through the Labyrinth to get to Daedalus to prevent Luke from getting the string that would help him get through the Labyrinth to attack Camp Half-Blood. 

There's fun adventure and even Percy's new friend, Rachel, helps out in the Labyrinth.  We also learn more about Nico di Angelo.

I liked this book in the series a lot.  It was easy to get carried away in the story.  There's more romance in this book.  That makes it even better.

Now on to the next one!!!

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

Percy has more adventures with Thalia (and Zoe, a new friend, too) as they try to save the Hunting goddess, Artemis and to try to save Annabeth.  Atlas is in this volume as are many Gods and Goddesses from Greek Mythology and their friend, Luke comes to play in this volume too.)  I enjoy the Percy Jackson books.  Percy comes out of some amazing situations usually with the help of others.  It was a fun read.  I am excited to read the next two volumes.

Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

I enjoyed this book as much as the first.  I did have a problem though.  I lost it after reading the first little bit and I couldn't find it.  When I did find it again...it didn't take me long to finish it at all.  I really enjoyed the adventure.  I like the new Tyson character and am really excited to read the next volume to hear about some characters that were a surprise for me.

Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan




The Lightning Thief

  This book is as good as everyone has said.  I really enjoyed reading it.   I was trying to finish it before I watched the movie.  Yay, I can now watch the movie.

Percy Jackson is the main character in the book.  Percy is a boy that trouble seems to follow.  There are reasons trouble follows him and this book is all about those reasons.

There are many Mythology legends that are talked about and many Percy finds are not just legends.  Quite the adventuresome book!

Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George

This is a continuing story from Princess of the Midnight Ball.  This is a story about Poppy after the Princess of the Midnight Ball.  It sounds a bit like another fairy tale we all know.

Poppy is sent to a neighboring kingdom to promote peace.  She is in a new community.  There is a strange green light that happens on occasion here and she is cautious because of her background.  She is in a new adventure involving magic.  I enjoyed this book.  It was a fast, fun read.

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

I always love the Artemis Fowl books. They have such great adventure and there are always little twists and turns that I just don’t expect.

I can hardly wait to see if he will write another. The end of this one suggests one.

This is the newest one and it has taken me a bit to get to it, but once I started reading it went quickly. I forgot how much I love the Artemis books until I picked up this one. Eoin Colfer has done it again. It’s a hit in my eyes.

I want Holly and Artemis to get together though!

Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George

This story is a continuation from Dragon Slippers.

This story has many turns and twists and it kept my interest really well. There was a point in the book that seemed to get a bit unexciting, but that changed fast and soon I was enthralled. I enjoy Jessica Day George’s style of writing. I kept hoping that something would happen between Luka and Creel. I have grown quite attached to both of these characters and this story. I look forward to the next one.

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

Wow! I couldn’t keep away from this book! Wonderful, Marvelous! I love happy endings. It is so intriguing and I kept wishing for the Lass throughout the book. I was pulling for her and her brother Hans Peter. At first, I thought the stranger in her bed was a bit weird, ended in a great way. Ahhhhhh! A book of true love and magic—it’s a fun book!

The cover says: "It’s based on the Nordic fairy tale called “East of the Sun, West of the Moon” and has romantic echoes of Beauty and the beast." I would definitely agree with that.

Wish List by Eoin Colfer

LOVED it!!!

This has humor and fun and yet it really makes you think about how to live life. It's great to do good for others and to live each day as it were your last.

Meg finds that she is no longer living. See what she has to do in order to earn a place of happiness in the here after.

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

According to the jacket of the book, "Princess and the Midnight ball" is a reimagining of “The Twelve Dancing Princess.”

I would agree, It definitely tells a new tale and yet in the spirit of the old.
I love the spirit of this story. It has magic, yet it is still believable.

I love the love story between Rose and Galen. From the very beginning, I was pulling for these two. I find that a compliment to the author.

There is such intrigue in this book, that I was pulled in from the very first page and continued to want to read it every moment.

This was a great, fun, exciting, and romantic book. I highly recommend it.

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
My goal while hubby was away in Atlanta was to read this 759 page book. I had so much to do that I only barely finished Sunday before he got home. My life was just not very kind to book reading that week.
The beginning of this book has a review of Eragon and Eldest. I really liked that. It helped me remember many details and helped get me into the story again before even starting.

I really liked the book. Towards the beginning though it got really exciting and I looked and noticed a great deal of book left and so I knew it couldn’t conclude yet. Then toward the end, there was just a little bit of book left and a lot more to happen so I had a good idea that it wouldn’t end with this book.

This was a great adventure and I look forward to reading the conclusion in the next volume.

The authors style of writing is not one I read will fast with. He thinks differently than I do so it takes me longer to read his book, but I really enjoy his book and am rewarded for my efforts of reading his book. Brisingr is a fun, fun book.