Quickie Review Wednesday #6 (On a Saturday)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan & Robert Vendetti Another great graphic novel installment. I swear every time I read a new version of one of these, it makes me want to go back and read the original and then read the illustrated version. I don’t think…

ARC Review: The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao (Release Date: Oct. 15, 2019)

Read for:-SkinsAThon: Pandora (Middle Grade)-MarioAThon: Toad (Middle Grade)-TreeHillAThon: Jamie Scott (Middle Grade) Content Warnings: Racism, prejudice, death, parental abandonment, violence Official Goodreads Synopsis: As a member of the Jade Society, twelve-year-old Faryn Liu dreams of honoring her family and the gods by becoming a warrior. But the Society has shunned Faryn and her brother Alex…

Quickie Review Wednesday #4

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, & Jose Villarrubia I’m already a big Percy Jackson fan. I’ve read quite a few of the novels and I actually want to go back and re-read them. I’m also itching to get my hands on the illustrated…

Series Talk Take 5: Percy Jackson Movies

Let me be very clear when I say, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT 20TH CENTURY FOX CREATED FLOPS AND NEVER RECTIFIED THEIR CHOICES. So I absolutely love the Percy Jackson series and sometime soon I would love to do a re-read, while also getting into the other worlds of Egyptian and Norse mythology that Rick Riordan…

ARC Review: Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer (Release Date Oct. 1, 2019)

Read for:-TBR Jar pick Book TWs: Sexual assault, rape, homophobia, negative body image, abuse, family and relationship trauma Official Goodreads Synopsis: Bestselling and award-winning author Trista Mateer takes an imaginative approach to self-care in this new poetry and prose collection, Aphrodite Made Me Do It. In this empowering retelling, she uses the mythology of the goddess…

ABC Book Challenge- C

A Memorable Book I’ve Read Starting with C Crazy Rich Asians– This was such a great book. I looooved the movie, but the book had so many point of views that I just fell in love. Rachel and Nic’s story was great, but I really enjoyed seeing Astrid’s point of view as well. The descriptions…

ARC Review: The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young (Release Sept. 3, 2019)

Read for:-Advanced Readers Copy NetGalley Review-Reading Rush Book TWs: War, Death Official Goodreads Synopsis: For as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue. Her own home and clan are long-faded memories, but…