This was an unbelievable year for books. I read 213 (+ Dec) books this year. Most of them were pretty good ones. It is always hard to pick your favorites, so I decided I would pick my favorite books in six categories: Young Adult, Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Middle Grade Fiction, …
One of the few Gaiman/McKean works that I haven’t read; I was eager to read this graphic novel. It was a pretty good read. It is an unusual comic book and deals with some more serious issues than the basic good vs. evil. This comic takes place in Gotham City …
I was really looking forward reading Gaiman’s next children’s book. It was a great read and a wonderful story. Odd is a bit different from the rest of the Norse community he lives in. One night he wanders off to his deceased father’s cabin to carve some wood and runs …
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Mailbox Monday can be found at: The Printed PageMailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks & audio books do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous …
I loved Carey’s Kushiel series and I also read a lot of urban fantasy, so I was excited to see that Carey had tried her hand at an urban fantasy novel. This novel wasn’t at all what I expected but I liked it quite a bit all the same. Santa …
Previously I have read “Beauty Sleep” by Cameron Dokey, and I liked the story. So, I was excited to read another fairy tale retelling by Dokey. Unfortunately I found this retelling of “Arabian Nights” hard to get through and pretty boring. Shahrazad is the daughter of a great storyteller. When …
I saw this book and just thought it would be an interesting read. Besides who can resist the title “Wicked Plants”? Basically the book goes through many different types of plants that are “Wicked”. This means they are either deadly, illegal, destructive, painful, intoxicating, or dangerous…you get the idea. There …
Okay “Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. This week my WoW book is “Keys to the Demon Prison” (Fablehaven, Book 5) by Brandon Mull. The whole Fablehaven series has been absolutely fantastic. If you haven’t read it you should. This is the …
This is the second book in the Generation Dead series by Daniel Waters. The 3rd book “Passing Strange” is due out in June of 2010. This was a great follow-up book to the first book in the series. This book takes up shortly after Book 1 left off. Adam has …
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