After months of planning and hard fought battles Eragon, the Varden, and their allies have entered the final battle to take down King Galbitorix. This was a long and battle heavy book filled with a lot of heartache, pain, and hope. From the very beginning of this book we see battle after battle of the … More Review: Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
This book continues Eragon’s journey and starts a few days after the end of the previous book. Unlike the previous books, this book gives us multiple characters’ perspectives and we jump all around Alagaësia as the story takes us back to the dwarves and elves and also into Galbatorix’s territory. Some of the main things … More Review: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
This was a wonderful look at Mary Anning and her life discovering dinosaurs. At twelve, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton, an ichthyosaur, and then spent the rest of her life hunting fossils and making many incredible finds. She found the first complete plesiosaurus skeleton, found the first fossil of a dimorphodon (a pterodactyl), and … More Review: The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World by Shelley Emling
CW: antisemitism, genocide, violence, gun violence, gore I picked this book up because of the title, and I am very glad I did. This was a heavy topic, but a very important and powerful read. First, I am not Jewish but I try to read books on this topic to better understand Jewish history and … More Review: People Love Dead Jews: Reports From a Haunted Present by Dara Horn
It’s 1907 and Amelia Peabody is participating in the Suffrage movement and preparing for another season in Egypt. While Amelia thinks this season in Egypt will be a boring one, fate decides to change that by bringing back an old enemy, the Master Criminal. I really enjoyed this adventure in Egypt. When the book starts … More Review: The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Amelia and the family are back in Egypt preparing to tackle a new archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings. Unfortunately, the tomb they find is not of an ancient Egyptian but a murdered woman who’s murderer seems to be back. The more I read of this series, the more I fell in love … More Review: Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters
Trigger Warnings: graphic death; genocide; torture; physical abuse; starvation; PTSD; survivor’s guilt; infanticide; cheating; alcohol use; paranoia; abusive relationship; suicide of a child; cancer; “Information is necessary, to be sure, but it is never sufficient. Information must also be believed…Only when information is combined with belief does it become knowledge, and only knowledge leads to … More Review: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
I really enjoyed this one. Riley was a woman who has spent her life trying to find a place to belong. She comes to Starfall Point to get away from her father and deal with the grief of her mothers unexpected passing. Instead she finds herself inheriting a haunted house and finding out she can … More Review: Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper
Well this was a wonderful ending for this series! This is the final book of the series which means the prophecy is finally fulfilled and Olympus is in danger. This book started with a bang and never slowed down! Percy and the gang go from one dangerous situation to another and it all leads to … More Review: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Emery Thompson hates Calvin Chamberlain. When they are tasked with working together for a podcast series, they quickly find it hard to ignore the fierce chemistry between them. This was a surprisingly wonderful audiobook. For shorter romances like this one, I was concerned it would feel incomplete, but nope. This was a wonderful story about … More Review: Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon
As the battle between the Olympians and the evil Titan Lord, Kronos, draws closer Percy finds that even the haven of Camp Half-Blood is threatened. Now to stop an invasion, Percy and the gang must set off on a quest through the mysterious and dangerous Labyrinth. With each book this series just keeps getting better. … More Review: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
We return to another year returning to Camp Half-Blood and another quest for Percy and the gang. This time they are sent to find and rescue a goddess and Annabeth. Like the previous books, this was an enjoyable adventure. Percy continues to mature with every book and grow into a determined hero. This one was … More Review: The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
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