Blog 125 - May Book Haul Part 2 (Pre-Birthday Haul)

Hey Everyone,

Today's post is going to be me showing you the second part to my May book haul. Part 2 of the book haul is still before birthday but not by much, the birthday is just around the corner next week. I'm pretty excited about it.

Here are the titles that I got in the past week to two weeks:

1. Phoenix by Elizabeth Richards (ARC sent to me from G.P. Putnam's Sons - an Imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group)
2. Harken by Kaleb Nation
3. Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
4. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal (ARC sent to me by Knopf - RandomHouse)
5. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
6. Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
8. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler



That's all for me for now!
Until next time, Happy Reading!

Blog 124 - Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief

Author: Rick Riordan

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 375

Publisher: Hyperion/ Miramax Kid

Publication Date: July 20, 2005

ISBN-13: 9780786856299

About the Book

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

My Review

Things that I liked: I really loved that this book was about Greek Mythology. I loved that the author (Riordan) used different myths throughout the story and tied them all together as one big story. The story is about a boy named Percy Jackson, who was always getting kicked out of his schools, and was labeled as a bad kid by all of his teachers. With a new school and a new set of friends and teachers, Percy has a whole new problem. He starts noticing things that are different. He has been having nightmares, and then one day mythical creatures are coming after them looking for something they say he stole from the gods. After reaching a summer camp and he finds out who his real father is, he is sent on a quest to clear not only his name but his father’s name as well. I loved every inch of this story. I loved the characters Percy, Grover, Chiron, and Annabeth. I loved that they were had to go on this quest to clear his name but also a side quest to save his mother. I loved the setting of modern day and how the furies, and other “villains” were trying to stop him and/or get him. I believe the author did a great job in writing this story, and I look forward to reading the other books in the series.

Things that I didn’t like: I didn’t like that the story was slow-paced at times, but every book has that I guess.

Overall: I enjoyed this book! I give it 5 out of 5 stars. Highly recommend if you like/love Greek Mythology or mythology in general.

Until next time, Happy Reading!

Blog 123 - May TBR

Hey Everyone! Welcome Back!

Today’s post will be a belated post on what I will be reading for the month of May. I have lined up seven books so hopefully I will be able to get these read this month. I would like to read the following titles:

1. (Finishing) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

2. Pins & Needles by Karen Brown

3. The Maze Runner by James Dashner

4. The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket

5. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

6. Messenger by Lois Lowry

7. Son by Lois Lowry

 

Until next time, Happy Reading!

Blog 122 - May Book Haul (Part 1)

Hey Everyone,

Today’s post will be a book haul post. Now these will be books that I got so far this month. I labeled this part one of the book haul, because with my birthday coming up I’m pretty sure I will be getting more books towards the end of the month. So let’s get started:

1. Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender

2. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A. S. King

3. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

4. (Free) Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

5. (Free ARC swap) Son by Lois Lowry (Swapped with Sue Moro and my copy of Outpost)

6. (ARC) Fifth Grave past the Light by Daryanda Jones (Sent from St. Martin’s Press)

7. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

8. Messenger by Lois Lowry

9. Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 2013 issue

10. The Elite by Kiera Cass (Bought actually in the tail end of April)

11. (ARC) Phoenix by Elizabeth Richards

12. Far Far Away by Tom NcNeal

13. Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike

14. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

15. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

16. Second Grave on the Left by Daryanda Jones

17. Harken by Kaleb Nation (my name is in the Acknowledgements section)

Until next time, Happy Reading!

Blog 121 - Let the Writing Begin!!

Hey Everyone,

So today’s post is going be talking about my goal between now and the end of the year when it comes to my writing. I’ve been writing seriously for almost about three years now. I have written one novel that is currently in revisions right now before I send it to my critique partners. But I have also been working on other pieces as well.

I have set a goal to finish at least two out of the four story concepts that I have been working on in various stages. Here is where I stand on each one:

Concept #1 = Currently Revising, Working title is “Adrenaline”

Concept #2 = Currently researching &Writing, genre: paranormal, working title is “Power Inheritance”

Concept #3 = Currently Plotting it out and take notes, researching, genre: paranormal, working title is “My New Undead Life”

Concept #4 = Currently simmering in my brain about its creation and what I want to see out of it, genre: paranormal, working title is “Reaper High”

Now that I have finished school, I will be working diligently on these pieces in order to reach my goal. While I can’t say exactly what the concepts are about yet, I believe they are original concepts and ideas. I do hope to share them with the world one day. I do hope you all will follow along in my journey to become a published writer.

I have also set goals as personal deadlines for these pieces to be finished. The first concept I hoped to have finished with revisions and passed to my critique partners before the middle of summer (July 31st), and I hope to have finished the rough draft with the second concept by the fall season (October 22nd) to give me time to jot down notes and start the third concept for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month = November 1-30th). I’m researching the third concept now.

  

So that is all for me right now.

Until next time, Happy Reading and Writing!

Blog 120 - Wrapping Up April

Hey Everyone,

Today’s post will be a Wrap up post. I apologize for posting this post a little later than I normally would. But better later than never I guess, right? Besides this will be a quick little post since I was only able to read two books for the month of April and I started a third one.

In April, I read the following:

1. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

2. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

3. (Started) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

 

Until next time, Happy Reading!