Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, caught my eye mainly because it was yet another young adult Fantasy novel being made into a movie. The trailers for the movie looked exciting and the premise of the book seemed intriguing.
Perseus “Percy” Jackson has always known that he was different from [...]
A Princess of Landover, by Terry Brooks, is a return to his well-liked Magic Kingdom of Landover series after several years writing in his Shannara series, including three prequel books that link the Shannara series to his Word and the Void series.
A Princess of Landover, the sixth book in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series, [...]
Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull, is a novel about two children who visit their grandparents at their estate named Fablehaven. As the children learn part way into their stay, Fablehaven is a sanctuary/prison for all sorts of magical creatures, some benign and some malevolent.
My daughter read the three books in the Land of Elyon, by Patrick Carman, and enjoyed them immensely.
She asked me to read them, and I agreed.
I enjoyed the first book, the Dark Hills Divide, more than the next two books. The Dark Hills Divide stars a girl who lives in a group of three [...]
Although it is probably a little much to try and review all 13 novels which make up A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket, I am going to try and do just that.
The 13 novels are written from the perspective of Lemony Snicket, who is a writer and an investigator who seems to be [...]