PERCY IS CONFUSED. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods,... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan.
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper and a best friend named Leo. They’re all students at a boarding school for “bad kids.” What did Jason do to end up here? And where is... Continue Reading →
Book Recap: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins.
Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by Rick Riordan.
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New... Continue Reading →
ARC Review: ISAN: International Sensory Assassin Network by Mary Ting.
The world has changed.Scientists warned it would happen.Meteors devastated the Earth. World Governments developed plans to help surviving citizens. The United States disbanded and salvageable land was divided into four quadrants—North, South, East, and West—governed by The Remnant Council.Struggling to survive, seventeen-year-old Ava ends up in juvenile detention, until she is selected for a new... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by Rick Riordan.
Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears at his potential new school, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan.
It's not everyday you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human.But when you're the son of a Greek god, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster.Oh, and guess what? The Oracle has predicted... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) by Rick Riordan.
You can’t tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It’s not easy being a half-blood these days. Even a simple game of dodgeball becomes a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants—and that was only the beginning. Now Camp Half-Blood is under attack and, unless I... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Wicked (Wicked Trilogy #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout.
Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans. Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything... Continue Reading →
Manga Review: Tokyo Ghoul Vol.1 (Tokyo Ghoul #1) by Sui Ishida.
Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside... Continue Reading →