Read for the Young Adult Reading Challenge. This book was a double young adult selection, both by intended audience and by the fact that the author was thirteen when she completed it. Considering the age the author, this is quite a decent book. The plot is extremely quick; it centers around the vampire Risika and […]
In the Forest of the Night – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Read More »
I’d been considering this challenge when I ended up in my Amazon wishlist, and realized I could do it easily based on a few books I have kicking around here, and the contents of the kids/young adult section of my wishlist (yep, I do have my wishlist broken down by subject or genre, it’d be
Young Adult Challenge – 1/1/08 – 12/31/08 Read More »
Great conclusion to this series. I thought it was a great young adult way to handle the book. (Aimed any older, and the two main characters would have ended up married, but I actually like that they don’t.) I honestly didn’t see Tal’s ultimate path coming until it was staring me in the face, so
Hard to believe it’s over. I finished around 1 last night, so I’m still processing. Overall, I think I’m pretty happy with the book. The deaths were meaningful, the people that survived acquitted themselves well in battle, it was a lovely story of how the people around you help you to become a hero, and
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling Read More »
Lovely, different story then the Sabriel trilogy. (Does that trilogy have a name? I’ll have to look that up.) Definitely a younger slant than those books, but still an engaging story that I’ll enjoy reading the rest of, once I get near a Barnes and Noble again and can pick up their exclusive omnibus addition
The Seventh Tower Volumes 1-3 (The Fall, Castle & Aenir) – Garth Nix Read More »