Commenter Kaitlin reminded me last week that I had read Alanna: The First Adventure one enjoyable summer afternoon earlier this year, and it was sitting
Tag: young adult
As you might remember from last night’s post, I met @bputtroff on Twitter via the #wordmongering community. She was beavering away on the second book
After a series of read-for-myself days, today I felt honor-bound to pick up the next in my pile of review requests, and opened up Toonopolis:
This final edition of the Percy Jackson adventures in the New Olympian series wouldn’t be complete without the requisite quest. This time the stakes are
Closing in on the final installment of the Percy Jackson series, the urgency of the quests and the quick-paced tempo with which Riordan carries his
This series really captured my imagination, given the way it merges classical Greek mythology with modern-day life. By the same token, I could say: Another
As promised… The second, and shorter, book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. In this one, Percy is coming to
I had heard about this book (series, really) a number of times, from several fellow Harry Potter enthusiasts before finally succumbing to the temptation to
I debated whether to actually review this, since it touches on elements of spirituality some might find controversial, but there are a few points worth
I first “met” Kait Nolan on Twitter, where she shares wry and self-deprecating tales of home and work life as well as gluten-free cooking experiments