Two more books to add to my list which isn't as big as I want it to be. I need to get on this.
Far World: Water Keep
For World tells the story of Markus and Kyja, who come from Earth and Far World respectively. Far World is a magical place that is full of talking animals and all sorts of other magical things like wizards and terrible monsters. Kyja is a girl without magic in a world where everyone has magic and Markus is a talented crippled child with some interesting abilities. The Dark Circle is after them both for reasons unknown to them and they end up running from them together. They eventually decide to go to a place called Water Keep to ask for help against the Dark Circle.
This was a fun book, easy to read, and an interesting adventure. There was a creature in it that could pass for an ice dragon (but wasn't) so that made me happy. My only real complaint with this book was that the chapters were so incredibly short. I read a chapter and then go to the next book when I read multiple books at once, and that means I would only read one page of this book before moving on, and that was annoying. The largest chapter was probably only five pages, most being only one or two. Other than that it was a good book and I can recommend picking it up.
Dhampir:
Remember the post where I poked fun at Twilight? This is the book that inspired that post. This is a book about vampires that are actually vampires! They kill things, drink blood, make undead servants, and are generally bad guys. The main character is Magiere, who hunts vampires for a living, at least, that's what she wants you to believe. She has a half-elf partner, Leesil who helps her "hunt" vamps. She is, however, tired of tricking villagers, and wants to lead an honest life, and so heads to a coast town to buy a bar. Little does she know that real vampires are waiting there for her.
This is an awesome book. I loved it. I also hated the covers. Not for the artwork, which was really cool, but because they spoil one of the biggest plot twists in the book. This plot twist is something you don't learn in the book until more than halfway in, though you will have suspected it, you don't learn the truth until then. But the cover just comes out and tells you. That pissed me off. I knew what was coming the whole time and I didn't get to be surprised by or go "I KNEW IT!" to the big reveal. So if you read this book, don't look at the front cover at all, nor should you read the synopsis on the back if you don't want to be spoiled. Let someone tape over the spoilers for you or something.
And yes, you really should read this book.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
Sea of Monsters
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
The First King of Shannara
Inkheart
The Great Hunt
FableHaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague
Far World: Water Keep
Dhampir
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Books Read in 2010: The Great Fablehaven Hunt
Before I start, I need to mention that I forgot to mention a book that I had read, that being Sea of Monsters, the sequel to The Lightning Thief. I feel bad about forgetting it, and it has been added to the list after Howl's Moving Castle, and it will make this post add three books to the list.
Sea of Monsters
The Sequel to the lightning Thief, in this book we find Percy Jackson trying to survive a normal school (normal for him being what he is [a demigod]). It doesn't go well as it is attacked by monsters and Percy must get to the safety of Half-blood hill, where he discovers something awful that will affect the rest of the book and his quest.
I've already said that I love reading about mythology, and so I loved this book. It was a good follow up to the first one and made the situation regarding Percy's birth a little more ominous by the end. I also need to get a hold of the next three books somehow.
The Wheel of Time Book 2: The Great Hunt
These are huge books! The Wheel of Time is a classic series that is still going on, written by Robert Jordan and now Brandon Sanderson. The plot is so very very complicated to try and explain, especially starting at the second book, so I won't really try, I'll just say that yes, there is a dragon in this book (though a very different type of dragon).
These books take a long time for me to read. They are good books and enjoyable, but it seems that I have little interest to keep picking them up until about the second half when I find that I can't put them down. That's about 300 pages of dragging my feet to get to the good parts (and the good parts are really good parts, I must say) which is one reason I started reading 6 books at once, so that I would have something to motivate me through the first half of the book. I'm not trying to say that the first half of the books are terribly boring, a lot happens in them, they just didn't do it for me.
Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague
Yay Fablehaven! I'm really liking these books. And the best part? This one had dragons! Yay!
Okay, so this is the third book, and it takes place almost right after the second one. The ending of the second was filled with a startling discovery, and we spend a good deal of the third book investigating that discovery as it will shape the future of the Fablehaven books. We learn more about Kendra and her still pretty new abilities, and Seth becomes a much more important character.
Something awful is happening in Fablehaven (as hinted in the title), something far worse than ever before, that could destroy Fablehaven forever. But first, we'll take a side trip to another preserve that has a dragon on it! Sweet!
I'm thinking you should all read this book!
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
Sea of Monsters
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
The First King of Shannara
Inkheart
The Great Hunt
FableHaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague
Oh, and I guess you could go look at this.
Sea of Monsters
The Sequel to the lightning Thief, in this book we find Percy Jackson trying to survive a normal school (normal for him being what he is [a demigod]). It doesn't go well as it is attacked by monsters and Percy must get to the safety of Half-blood hill, where he discovers something awful that will affect the rest of the book and his quest.
I've already said that I love reading about mythology, and so I loved this book. It was a good follow up to the first one and made the situation regarding Percy's birth a little more ominous by the end. I also need to get a hold of the next three books somehow.
The Wheel of Time Book 2: The Great Hunt
These are huge books! The Wheel of Time is a classic series that is still going on, written by Robert Jordan and now Brandon Sanderson. The plot is so very very complicated to try and explain, especially starting at the second book, so I won't really try, I'll just say that yes, there is a dragon in this book (though a very different type of dragon).
These books take a long time for me to read. They are good books and enjoyable, but it seems that I have little interest to keep picking them up until about the second half when I find that I can't put them down. That's about 300 pages of dragging my feet to get to the good parts (and the good parts are really good parts, I must say) which is one reason I started reading 6 books at once, so that I would have something to motivate me through the first half of the book. I'm not trying to say that the first half of the books are terribly boring, a lot happens in them, they just didn't do it for me.
Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague
Yay Fablehaven! I'm really liking these books. And the best part? This one had dragons! Yay!
Okay, so this is the third book, and it takes place almost right after the second one. The ending of the second was filled with a startling discovery, and we spend a good deal of the third book investigating that discovery as it will shape the future of the Fablehaven books. We learn more about Kendra and her still pretty new abilities, and Seth becomes a much more important character.
Something awful is happening in Fablehaven (as hinted in the title), something far worse than ever before, that could destroy Fablehaven forever. But first, we'll take a side trip to another preserve that has a dragon on it! Sweet!
I'm thinking you should all read this book!
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
Sea of Monsters
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
The First King of Shannara
Inkheart
The Great Hunt
FableHaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague
Oh, and I guess you could go look at this.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Books Read in 2010: Three of 'em
I tend to forget to update this list when I finish a book. There are three to add and I'm hoping that I'm not forgetting any. Its hard to keep track sometimes when trying to read six books at once. I have been unable to find the sequels to Howl's Moving Castle, so these books won't be those.
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
The Sequel to Fablehaven, the Rise of the Evening Star continues the story of Kendra and Seth and their adventures at Fablehaven. The Society of the Evening Star (the bad guys) are causing all sorts of trouble at Fablehaven, having found their way into the preserve. Frog demons and Revenant zombies are only the most noticeable problems that Kendra and Seth must deal with, as Fablehaven goes under attack by the society.
Its actually been a while since I finished this, and I am well into the third book now, which had me confused as to which events happened in which book. I think I've got it all sorted out in my head though. Also, this book was very lacking in dragons.
A very good sequel to a very good book. It had a cliffhanger ending of sorts, and I was very glad that I could immediately start the next book. Definitely check out the Fablehaven books.
The First King of Shannara
I think I spelled that right. I've actually had this book for years and actually got about halfway through it, and stopped for whatever reason. That was a bad idea. I loved this book.
Set as a prequel to The Sword of Shannara, the First King takes place nearly 400 years (I think) before the events of The Sword. We follow the Druid Bremen and his friends as they desperately scramble to stop the Warlock Lord from overrunning the world. The Warlock Lord is a very real threat that has gone almost undetected because all of the races have secluded themselves, thus allowing him to gain immeasurable power, almost undetected. The only one who knows about him is Bremen, and he must do all he can to convince the world of this threat before it is too late.
So this book is awesome and very suspenseful. Bremen's task seems completely hopeless and it is fun to watch him slowly succeed, even though things don't go how he would have liked them to. Unfortunately, this book also lacked dragons, but it made up that by being awesome all by itself.
Inkheart
This is a book about people who really like books. Yay #1. Every chapter starts with a heading that is an excerpt from another classic book. Yay#2. One of the characters can read characters out of books and does so with a few classic books. Yay#3. Yes I liked this book a lot.
Meggie loves books. She got this love of books from her father, who fixes books for his job. Their house is filled with piles and piles of books with almost not enough room for them all. Meggie's peaceful life is shattered as an old acquaintance, calling himself Dustfinger, shows up on their doorstep. Meggie's father, Mo, in order to protect Meggie from their past, tries to run from it, but it catches up to them quickly. The evil Capricorn has found Mo at last, and he doesn't intend to let him slip away this time.
This book also didn't have any dragons (three is a row?!) but that was okay because of the Yays mentioned above, and the general awesomeness the this book is saturated in. There is good potential for dragons though, since the author of the book has written about dragons in the past and there are two more books in the series. One can hope.
If you like books, you should read this. This book was written for people who like books (a lot of books are, but this one especially). I must now get my hands on the sequels.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
The First King of Shannara
Inkheart
I still haven't written that much, but there is something that I want to write that I might post here if I get around to it.
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
The Sequel to Fablehaven, the Rise of the Evening Star continues the story of Kendra and Seth and their adventures at Fablehaven. The Society of the Evening Star (the bad guys) are causing all sorts of trouble at Fablehaven, having found their way into the preserve. Frog demons and Revenant zombies are only the most noticeable problems that Kendra and Seth must deal with, as Fablehaven goes under attack by the society.
Its actually been a while since I finished this, and I am well into the third book now, which had me confused as to which events happened in which book. I think I've got it all sorted out in my head though. Also, this book was very lacking in dragons.
A very good sequel to a very good book. It had a cliffhanger ending of sorts, and I was very glad that I could immediately start the next book. Definitely check out the Fablehaven books.
The First King of Shannara
I think I spelled that right. I've actually had this book for years and actually got about halfway through it, and stopped for whatever reason. That was a bad idea. I loved this book.
Set as a prequel to The Sword of Shannara, the First King takes place nearly 400 years (I think) before the events of The Sword. We follow the Druid Bremen and his friends as they desperately scramble to stop the Warlock Lord from overrunning the world. The Warlock Lord is a very real threat that has gone almost undetected because all of the races have secluded themselves, thus allowing him to gain immeasurable power, almost undetected. The only one who knows about him is Bremen, and he must do all he can to convince the world of this threat before it is too late.
So this book is awesome and very suspenseful. Bremen's task seems completely hopeless and it is fun to watch him slowly succeed, even though things don't go how he would have liked them to. Unfortunately, this book also lacked dragons, but it made up that by being awesome all by itself.
Inkheart
This is a book about people who really like books. Yay #1. Every chapter starts with a heading that is an excerpt from another classic book. Yay#2. One of the characters can read characters out of books and does so with a few classic books. Yay#3. Yes I liked this book a lot.
Meggie loves books. She got this love of books from her father, who fixes books for his job. Their house is filled with piles and piles of books with almost not enough room for them all. Meggie's peaceful life is shattered as an old acquaintance, calling himself Dustfinger, shows up on their doorstep. Meggie's father, Mo, in order to protect Meggie from their past, tries to run from it, but it catches up to them quickly. The evil Capricorn has found Mo at last, and he doesn't intend to let him slip away this time.
This book also didn't have any dragons (three is a row?!) but that was okay because of the Yays mentioned above, and the general awesomeness the this book is saturated in. There is good potential for dragons though, since the author of the book has written about dragons in the past and there are two more books in the series. One can hope.
If you like books, you should read this. This book was written for people who like books (a lot of books are, but this one especially). I must now get my hands on the sequels.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
The First King of Shannara
Inkheart
I still haven't written that much, but there is something that I want to write that I might post here if I get around to it.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Books Read in 2010: Howl's Moving Castle (!!)
So I was at my friends house and I discovered that he just casually happened to have a copy of the book Howl's Moving Castle. WHAT!!!??? I was made to wonder if he had ever truly been my friend at all, having that book and never telling me about it, when he told me that his sister was borrowing it from one of her friends. He also said that her sister was soon going to give it back to her friend. I didn't have to say much, I just stared hungrily at the book, when he went to ask his sister if he could read it before she gave it back. She said yes and he handed me the book and I sped off on my bike cackling like a madman (that last part might have been all in my head).
Needless to say, I was on a deadline and couldn't read this book as well as the six other books I'm reading simultaneously, so I ate it all in a few days time and only just finished. So on with the show then.
Howl's Moving Castle
I was afraid that after reading this book I would no longer be able to watch the movie. This always happens after I read a book. The movies that are based off of them try their very best to get as much of the book in as accurately as possible and they always fail (in my opinion). Not so with Howl's Moving Castle.
The movie basically takes most of the characters, and a few of the plot points (Sophie becoming a hag for one) and creates an entirely new story. At first this wasn't very apparent, and so I kept expecting things to happen because I've watched that movie so many times. I soon realized my error and found that I was reading a very different story than the movie portrayed. At first this was somewhat annoying, but then I was excited, because I hate spoilers anyway and now I didn't really have any.
A bit more on the differences between the book and movie. In the movie, the setting is very Steam Punk, the book is more pure fantasy (but with a surprise in the middle that got me excited). In the movie, the Suliman is an old woman, but in the book, he's a dude. They have the same role though (Royal Magician). In the movie, Howl's Apprentice's name is Markl. In the book is Micheal. I found this interesting. I think it is because Micheal transliterated to Markl when the book was translated to Japanese. Perhaps.
Okay, enough of that, more on the book. The glorious, glorious book. In the land Ingary, being born the eldest of three is considered a great misfortune. It is said that the eldest of three will fail at finding their fortune. Sophie has taken this to be a fact of her life, and so she never even tries. She pretty much runs her Father's hat shop, and never tries to do anything for herself, while her two younger sisters sneakily chase their dreams. Sophie is compelled to seek her fortune when the Witch of the Waste shows up and curses her to become an old woman. Sophie doesn't wish for her family to see her as an old woman and so she leaves and ends up and the back door of the dreaded Wizard Howl who lives in an enchanted moving castle. Lots of magic and adventure and tantrums ensue.
This is one of those books where after I finished it, I had to run and tell (rant to) someone about it. The only problem was that it was midnight when I finished. So I came here to tell the internet. Oh my goodness I loved this book. You have to read it carefully, elsewise you might miss key details. It seemed to me as I read it that most little details are important, and they were. You may have to go back and find a certain paragraph or two and reread it to fully understand something that just happened. I was okay with this, and I found the book was worth it.
Guess what? There are two more! There are two more books about Howl and perhaps his castle. They are called Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways. I fully intend to seek them out and devour them. The fact that I don't just have them at the ready is making me furious! I shall have to visit the library tomorrow...er- today, since its past midnight now.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
If those next two books are at the library, you can expect them to be added the the list shortly.
Needless to say, I was on a deadline and couldn't read this book as well as the six other books I'm reading simultaneously, so I ate it all in a few days time and only just finished. So on with the show then.
Howl's Moving Castle
I was afraid that after reading this book I would no longer be able to watch the movie. This always happens after I read a book. The movies that are based off of them try their very best to get as much of the book in as accurately as possible and they always fail (in my opinion). Not so with Howl's Moving Castle.
The movie basically takes most of the characters, and a few of the plot points (Sophie becoming a hag for one) and creates an entirely new story. At first this wasn't very apparent, and so I kept expecting things to happen because I've watched that movie so many times. I soon realized my error and found that I was reading a very different story than the movie portrayed. At first this was somewhat annoying, but then I was excited, because I hate spoilers anyway and now I didn't really have any.
A bit more on the differences between the book and movie. In the movie, the setting is very Steam Punk, the book is more pure fantasy (but with a surprise in the middle that got me excited). In the movie, the Suliman is an old woman, but in the book, he's a dude. They have the same role though (Royal Magician). In the movie, Howl's Apprentice's name is Markl. In the book is Micheal. I found this interesting. I think it is because Micheal transliterated to Markl when the book was translated to Japanese. Perhaps.
Okay, enough of that, more on the book. The glorious, glorious book. In the land Ingary, being born the eldest of three is considered a great misfortune. It is said that the eldest of three will fail at finding their fortune. Sophie has taken this to be a fact of her life, and so she never even tries. She pretty much runs her Father's hat shop, and never tries to do anything for herself, while her two younger sisters sneakily chase their dreams. Sophie is compelled to seek her fortune when the Witch of the Waste shows up and curses her to become an old woman. Sophie doesn't wish for her family to see her as an old woman and so she leaves and ends up and the back door of the dreaded Wizard Howl who lives in an enchanted moving castle. Lots of magic and adventure and tantrums ensue.
This is one of those books where after I finished it, I had to run and tell (rant to) someone about it. The only problem was that it was midnight when I finished. So I came here to tell the internet. Oh my goodness I loved this book. You have to read it carefully, elsewise you might miss key details. It seemed to me as I read it that most little details are important, and they were. You may have to go back and find a certain paragraph or two and reread it to fully understand something that just happened. I was okay with this, and I found the book was worth it.
Guess what? There are two more! There are two more books about Howl and perhaps his castle. They are called Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways. I fully intend to seek them out and devour them. The fact that I don't just have them at the ready is making me furious! I shall have to visit the library tomorrow...er- today, since its past midnight now.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
If those next two books are at the library, you can expect them to be added the the list shortly.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Books Read in 2010: Dragon Thiefs
I was supposed to update this a long time ago, as I finished these books a long time ago. I am a champion procrastinator. Anyway!
Throne of Jade
This is a book about dragons! Automatic +1 awesome. Throne of Jade is the Sequel to His Majesty's Dragon and takes place during the Napoleon Wars. England and France are at war because Napoleon is being Napoleon, and instead of just fighting on land and sea, they also fight in the air with dragons! There's another +1 awesome.
The main dragon is called Temeraire and I'm sure that I've never pronounced that correctly. His captain is Laurence who was a ship captain before Temeraire hatched, and was then thrust into the air force. I think Laurence is a pretty cool guy, eh slays Frenchmen and doesn't afraid of anything. (Obscure Internet references FTW!)
The main conflict is that Temeraire is a super rare Chinese dragon and the Chinese want him back. Temeraire doesn't want to go back, and this causes problems.
This book was awesome and had tons of dragons (+1 awesome) and I was speaking in an English accent for weeks after reading it. If you like history and if you like dragons, you should totally read this. NEXT BOOK!
The Lightning Thief
While this doesn't have any dragons, it does have a lot of Greek Mythology. Like, if everything in Greek Mythology was true and what that would mean for today. Basically the main character is a demi-god and for a good part of the story he is trying to find out who is father is. He is eventually given a quest to stop a looming war by finding something that was stolen from Zeus. Hades is the primary suspect and so they head for the underworld and have lots of adventures on the way.
I'm a total nerd, and whilst reading this I had to look up Greek Mythology to better understand who the characters were and what their stories are. This made my inner nerd giddy. Yay for being a nerd!
If you find Greek Mythology interesting, you should totally read this series. Highly recommended.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
I'll have more to add soon. I'm reading six books at once, so it takes some time to finish them. Hopefully I'll actually add them when I finish instead of waiting for weeks.
Throne of Jade
This is a book about dragons! Automatic +1 awesome. Throne of Jade is the Sequel to His Majesty's Dragon and takes place during the Napoleon Wars. England and France are at war because Napoleon is being Napoleon, and instead of just fighting on land and sea, they also fight in the air with dragons! There's another +1 awesome.
The main dragon is called Temeraire and I'm sure that I've never pronounced that correctly. His captain is Laurence who was a ship captain before Temeraire hatched, and was then thrust into the air force. I think Laurence is a pretty cool guy, eh slays Frenchmen and doesn't afraid of anything. (Obscure Internet references FTW!)
The main conflict is that Temeraire is a super rare Chinese dragon and the Chinese want him back. Temeraire doesn't want to go back, and this causes problems.
This book was awesome and had tons of dragons (+1 awesome) and I was speaking in an English accent for weeks after reading it. If you like history and if you like dragons, you should totally read this. NEXT BOOK!
The Lightning Thief
While this doesn't have any dragons, it does have a lot of Greek Mythology. Like, if everything in Greek Mythology was true and what that would mean for today. Basically the main character is a demi-god and for a good part of the story he is trying to find out who is father is. He is eventually given a quest to stop a looming war by finding something that was stolen from Zeus. Hades is the primary suspect and so they head for the underworld and have lots of adventures on the way.
I'm a total nerd, and whilst reading this I had to look up Greek Mythology to better understand who the characters were and what their stories are. This made my inner nerd giddy. Yay for being a nerd!
If you find Greek Mythology interesting, you should totally read this series. Highly recommended.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Throne of Jade
The Lighting Thief
I'll have more to add soon. I'm reading six books at once, so it takes some time to finish them. Hopefully I'll actually add them when I finish instead of waiting for weeks.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Books Read in 2010: The Third Sign
So I was wrong, Lightning Thief had more chapters than I thought. I finished the book The Third Sign and will finish another before Lightning Thief. Also, I recently got the second and third Fablehaven books :D
The Third Sign
The author of this book said that he took his inspiration from The Lord of The Rings. This does not mean that he copied it, though, his book is very unique and tells its own story. The book takes place in Klune, a nation that in under constant attack by evil forces, but is protected by the race of Arlics. The Arlics aren't sure that they want to continue protecting Klune though and this causes a lot of tension as the people start to fear that their borders will be left unguarded. This seems to be the least of their problems as an ancient prophecy seems to be coming to pass that could spell the destruction of the world.
I really liked this book. There aren't enough epic fantasies anymore, and this helps fill the gap. I actually enjoyed this book more than LotR, and I can't wait for the next one to come out. I totally recommend this book to all.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
The Third Sign
The author of this book said that he took his inspiration from The Lord of The Rings. This does not mean that he copied it, though, his book is very unique and tells its own story. The book takes place in Klune, a nation that in under constant attack by evil forces, but is protected by the race of Arlics. The Arlics aren't sure that they want to continue protecting Klune though and this causes a lot of tension as the people start to fear that their borders will be left unguarded. This seems to be the least of their problems as an ancient prophecy seems to be coming to pass that could spell the destruction of the world.
I really liked this book. There aren't enough epic fantasies anymore, and this helps fill the gap. I actually enjoyed this book more than LotR, and I can't wait for the next one to come out. I totally recommend this book to all.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
The Third Sign
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Books read in 2010: Demon's Lexicon and Fablehaven
I've decided to keep track of all the books I've read in 2010. Its already march and I've only read two -_- so I'm off to a slow start.
I got a bunch of books for Christmas and have been reading them all simultaneously. I would read one chapter, then switch to the next. This ensures that the books last longer and I don't swallow them whole in one day like I usually do. I like this.
Yesterday (or the day before) I finished The Demon's Lexicon, shortly followed by Fablehaven. I'll talk briefly about each.
The Demon's Lexicon:
Nick and his brother Alan live a life in hiding from evil magicians. Their mother stole a powerful amulet from the magician known as Black Arthur and now all the other magicians in London are after it. Everything is relatively fine until Alan gets a demon's mark that can only be removed by the blood of a magician. Now the hunted must become the hunters.
I think I just summarized the summary :P The story is told from the perspective of Nick, who is a very interesting character. Saying too much about him will give away the ending, but I'll just say that Nick learns a lot about his family as the story progresses. This is a great young adult book, and I recommend it highly.
Fablehaven:
I've made a few posts about this already, but now I can talk more about it since I've finished. :D As much as I don't like to admit it, this book is basically about fairies. Not completely about them, but they do play a big role throughout the book. Kendra and Seth are visiting their grandparents preserve and soon discover that it is a magical preserve that holds all the magical creatures of myth and lore. Like fairies. There are a lot more than fairies though. Many, if not all, of the creatures in the preserve are dangerous if you don't abide by the rules of the place. Since one of the characters is about 12 years old, a lot of rules get broken.
So yes, there are fairies, but there are also trolls and demons and imps and stuff. And the fairies aren't even that bad, especially near the end of the book. There are a few more books in the series and one of the covers has dragons. I wish to read them and get to the dragons and to enjoy all the other things that will happen in between, since the possibilities are limitless. You should totally read this if you already haven't.
I'm almost done with a few more books, so you can expect more posts soon. Next will likely be Lightning Thief.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
I got a bunch of books for Christmas and have been reading them all simultaneously. I would read one chapter, then switch to the next. This ensures that the books last longer and I don't swallow them whole in one day like I usually do. I like this.
Yesterday (or the day before) I finished The Demon's Lexicon, shortly followed by Fablehaven. I'll talk briefly about each.
The Demon's Lexicon:
Nick and his brother Alan live a life in hiding from evil magicians. Their mother stole a powerful amulet from the magician known as Black Arthur and now all the other magicians in London are after it. Everything is relatively fine until Alan gets a demon's mark that can only be removed by the blood of a magician. Now the hunted must become the hunters.
I think I just summarized the summary :P The story is told from the perspective of Nick, who is a very interesting character. Saying too much about him will give away the ending, but I'll just say that Nick learns a lot about his family as the story progresses. This is a great young adult book, and I recommend it highly.
Fablehaven:
I've made a few posts about this already, but now I can talk more about it since I've finished. :D As much as I don't like to admit it, this book is basically about fairies. Not completely about them, but they do play a big role throughout the book. Kendra and Seth are visiting their grandparents preserve and soon discover that it is a magical preserve that holds all the magical creatures of myth and lore. Like fairies. There are a lot more than fairies though. Many, if not all, of the creatures in the preserve are dangerous if you don't abide by the rules of the place. Since one of the characters is about 12 years old, a lot of rules get broken.
So yes, there are fairies, but there are also trolls and demons and imps and stuff. And the fairies aren't even that bad, especially near the end of the book. There are a few more books in the series and one of the covers has dragons. I wish to read them and get to the dragons and to enjoy all the other things that will happen in between, since the possibilities are limitless. You should totally read this if you already haven't.
I'm almost done with a few more books, so you can expect more posts soon. Next will likely be Lightning Thief.
List:
The Demon's Lexicon
Fablehaven
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