The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan.

So, a few updates before my exactly-half-way-through review! First, I got a new book today from the used book store called So Super Starry. It was only one dollar and sixty cents and it looks really good--pretty decent deal! And second, already 107 pageviews and only 2 from me! That's huge in my opinion!

Oh right. I've got a review to type.

Hm. Well, I suppose my expectations are/were a bit too high. The writing style in this book seems like it would appeal to me, but maybe it's a bit too casual. Or maybe in the middle. I'm very picky about the actual style of the book. The plot won't matter at all if the style sucks.

Since the style is the most important to me, so far this book is a bit of a disappointment. But not too bad that I can't keep reading! It's decent. Maybe good. Yeah, good. But I was EXPECTING it to be great, y'know?!

But I totally love Annabeth. Talk about girl power! She's literally perfect. She doesn't take crap from anybody and I really admire that. Rick Riordan should do a spin-off series with her as the main character.

Also, when does that underwater kiss happen? I already ship Percy and Annabeth.

Well, that's all for now. Catch you later my 11 readers! (On average I have 11 reads per post. That's pretty great by MY standards!)

Excited to Read the 'Percy Jackson Series!'

I have like, two announcement sort of things to make before I actually start this blog post. Number one is that I finished Witch Season: Fall just a few moments ago, and the review is right here.
Number two, this post is going to count as my January 24 post, even though it says it was published on the 25. I haven't gotten around to posting until now, and it's almost 1:00 AM. I'll be posting tomorrow, or actually, later today as well. Maybe not if I'm feeling lazy.

So at my school library, there's this thing called the 'Take-or-leave' shelf. The librarian puts books that have a low check-out rate or are in very bad condition on there. Also if it's very popular and there are already many copies of that particular book.
I was working on my extra-credit product with a friend in the library, right beside the take-or-leave shelf. I glanced over and noticed a green book spine. Engraved in silver lettering were the words: THE LIGHTENING THIEF. 
After I saw it, I basically felt like it was my duty to guard it. Based on the things I've seen on goodreads--all the roleplays, groups, and Percy-obsessed people--I knew that this book ought to be good. And it was obviously really popular. How did I know that someone wouldn't come snatch it away from me?!
I ended up getting it, of course, or there would be a blog post about how bummed I was. Even though the front of this book is basically RIPPED in half, wrinkly, and weak, it's still the same book with the same words as a new copy.
Because of all the hype this book is getting, I have VERY high expectations. Not like a small little young adult novel I'd pick up on a rushed trip to the library. This is serious. Hardcore, even. (How dumb did that sound?)
So, nonexistent readers, be looking out for my review on goodreads and my half-way-through review on this blog. I'm going to be extremely critical about this one. No doubt!

Witch Season: Fall by Jeff Mariotte

Hello my lovelies! :)

Here's another fun review I write when I'm not even finished with the book! Hip-hop-hooray! 

So far, this book is literally the bomb. I love the writing style. It is in 3rd person, but somehow the author wrote it so there's as much emotion as a first person narrative. It's like he's the witch, not the characters in the book! Writing like this is almost unearthly!

But, there is a flaw in this book, just like real holy things. (You can elaborate that however you want. I don't want to offend my poor little nonexistent readers.) What is that flaw, you ask? Well, here go's!

Everytime the author gets tired of talking about one character's dilemma, he switches to another person in as little as one line skipped, so it's kind of confusing to know who he's talking about and when. And also, it's difficult to keep track of all those characters. There's about 1000000 characters so far. (Which means about 6)

But, overall, I'm really excited to continue reading this. Last time I read, I left off on page 112. I'm making good progress!

Just Today Basically..!

Hi again, my fun nonexistent readers! It's almost 11:10 PM right now, so the only thing I have time for right now is a quick personal update, since those are quickest. (I don't even have to think, since it happened to me in real life!)
Okay, so here's the review for 'The Night Dance.' Right here to be exact! Please read it. It took me an eternity to download all those gifs onto the text box. Now I'm reading Witch Season: Fall by Jeff Mariotte.
So since this is basically a book blog, I'll tell you something that happened today. My 'frenemy' who's a member of the Bible Study at my school (Read the first entry in this blog.) saw me reading 'The Night Dance' today and she asked me:
"Is that that 12 dances princesses crap?"
"Yeah..?"
"Oh, wow. That's absolute crap. Look," She pointed her friend at me. "She's reading about the twelve dancing princesses."
So I tried to stand up to her for once. It didn't work. "Yeah? And what are you reading?"
She pulled this piece of shit from her lap and said: "Something way better than that." She pointed at my book.
Look, are you seriously gonna bully me because of  a book I'm reading!?! The book she had had plenty of pages but no substance. You don't get anything from it, it's just something you read to waste time. Jeez.
But dude.
I was feeling down about that whole thing when I got home..until MY MOM GOT US LES MISERABLES TICKETS! I'll be going to see the play on February 11 of this year. WOO HOO!

The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn

Here we go, another fun review during the time I'm only half way through the book. How fun! Using only the last one I did on this blog as a reference, it seems like these half-way through reviews are nothing like my last one. 

Well, okay. When I first started this book, I could only get 30 pages into it in one sitting. That's nothing compared to my usual 50 or 70 pages. The writing style was slow and it seemed as if it was going nowhere. I fell asleep twice during these first 30 pages. Think of the first few pages of The Hobbit. That's what it was like.

And then, as I continued reading today, it got much better. People are getting hurt. Someone got kissed. Love interests. Secrets were told. (And not on purpose.) It didn't get so good that I'd drop everything right now and go read it, but I wouldn't mind reading when I was bored. (Which I'm not right now..I'm on Goodreads.)

So, maybe this book will end up being the best one in the world. We'll see.

Supporting young, self-published authors

Last night, I was on Goodreads (what's new? I've been spending almost three hours on there a day, recently.) and I noticed that a member of a group I'm in actually had a few self-published books on her profile; all reviewed by her friends. And get this. She's only thirteen years old! Even if they were self-published, they're still on amazon. And I read a preview. They sound quite good.

Her name is Chloe Gadsby-Jones, and her goodreads account is right here.
She is currently preparing a fantasy novel, Whisk Me Away, ''based off of life experiences."


So, since there was hardly any feedback on any of her work, I decided I wanted to buy a copy and do a professional review. So I can, you know, support her.

I think it's important to support young authors so they know their work is good and that they should continue their career and passion.

I would recommend buying Chloe's book on Amazon right about here.

Don't Fight In The Library

Hi, again, nonexistent readers!

Today I finished Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. The review on goodreads is right here.

So, since that was the last of the 4 books I got for Christmas, I had nothing to read, and school doesn't get back in until Wednesday. The public library, which is sad compared to my school one, was my only option.

After my mom, sister and I ate smoothies at the  Tropical Smoothie Cafe, we drove to the library. Mom went straight to the adult thriller section and my sister (who doesn't like reading. What the hell??) and I walked to the Young Adult section.

I chose three books.
1) 100 Flowers And How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells
2) The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
3) Witch Season: Fall by Jeff Mariotte

Afterwards, me and Katherine (Sister. You might as well know her name cause I'll probably be talking about her a lot.) went over to the nonfiction section.
"I dare you to give this to mom," Katherine said. It was a how-to book called Grandparenting. 
"I'll do it. Okay."
I walked over to the next aisle and handed my mom the book. After laughing, she said: "Go put that back where you found it." 
I shoved it into Katherine's hands. "Put it back."
"You do it."
"I don't know where it goes! You put it away!" 
"Why can't you do it?"
"I didn't take it off the frickin' shelf!"
She walked away and I shoved it at her again. She punched me. Can you believe that? She punched me! That piece of..of...never mind.  I swear. She's 18, but she acts my age. I think our roles should be reversed. I'd be a better older sister.
"Baby."
"Awww," She taunted, pissed. She snatched the book from my hand and smacked it onto the shelf. Probably not where it actually went.
"Stop being so loud." I said. The last thing I wanted was for a librarian to think little of me. I have this thing where I feel like I should impress librarians.
"Shut the hell up,"

So yeah, don't fight in the library.