When I was a little girl, my sister Heidi and I would wait about 10 minutes after lights out at bedtime to turn those lights back on! And we would read all night, or until our little eyes couldn't stay open another minute. When I finish reading a good book, I feel like I've lost a friend. This site is a place where I can keep track of my friends, remember them, and look forward to those I want to get to know. Browse my site, read my reviews, add your own comments, and most of all, get reading!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Percy Jackson & The Olympians

Percy Jackson & The Olympians website
The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
The Titans Curse by Rick Riordan
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Yes, it all started with a movie. Usually, I read a book and love it; several years later the movie based on that book comes out; I get excited and go see the movie and leave the movie theater disappointed; usually slightly disappointed, and sometimes suffering a HUGE shock and sadness about the ideas and story being totally slaughtered.
So this was new for me, movie first, book (or books), second. I loved the movie. As of right now, it's my daughters favorite movie. But the book is EVEN BETTER! Not only better, but very different! Once I read the first book, The Lightening Thief, I couldn't stop. In less than a week I had read the series. Addicted you say? Well, if so, I'm looking for my next high from the book "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Demigod Files." I know, I know, I have a problem.
What I liked best: Rick Riordan's sense of humor, making mythology current, and his characters - my favorites:
Percy Jackson, Grover, Dionysus, the God of Wine, Hades, Apollo, Mrs. O'Leary, Hermes, Tyson, Blackjack.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

2009 Newbery Medal Winner

The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman

2007 Newbery Medal Winner

The Higher Power of Lucky
by Susan Patron

2006 Newbery Medal Winner

Criss Cross
by Lynne Rae Perkins

2004 Newbery Medal Winner

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo

2003 Newbery Medal Winner

Crispin: The Cross of Lead
by Avi

2002 Newbery Medal Winner

A Single Shard
by Linda Sue Park

1999 Newbery Medal Winner

Holes
by Louis Sachar

Monday, January 11, 2010