Sunday, June 29, 2008

#482 - The Wednesday Letters

#481 - Book of A Thousand Days

Book of A Thousand Days
Shannon Hale
308 pages

This was a really great book! I think it was as good as her book "Princess Academy". This is a very old and fairly unknown fairytale called "Maid Maleen. Of course she's taken it and changed it and made it very interesting. It really makes me want to go out and by a animal!!!

#480 - If Life Were Easy it Wouldn't be Hard

If Life Were Easy it Wouldn't be Hard
Sheri Dew
143 pages

A birthday gift from my Mom a couple of years ago. A excellent book and very well worth reading. LDS book that really stresses the importance of Motherhood. I really enjoyed it!

#479 - The Princess and the Hound

The Princess and the Hound
Mette Ivie Harrison
pages - ?

This is a book that Katie wanted desperately to buy. It's a good book about how prejudiced people are to others. The majority of prejudices caused by ignorance and fear. It was a good story about the importance of communication and relationships.

#478 - The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
399 pages

I read this book because my son David had read it. I really liked it until I got to the last chapter. Then it got really wierd and I was very uncomfortable with it. Then all the controversy about this author came out. I won't read the rest of the books.

#477 - The Lost DaVinci's

The Lost DaVinci's
Don and Aneladee Milne
(Preview Copy)

This was a fun story written by a homeschool husband and wife. We loved it because at the time my kids were enrolled in a Shakespeare class. It really made it all come to life! We read it out loud and really enjoyed it!!!

The Moorchild

The Moorchild
Eloise McGraw
241 pages

I believe this is a Newberry Honor book. This is a great book about being different.

#475 - The Rider of Lost Creek

The Rider of Lost Creek
Louis L'Amour
153 pages

My darling hubby loves Louis L'Amour. This is one I read to him while we were traveling!
This main character actually shows up in several of his books

#474 - A Thomas Jefferson Education

#473 - Where Angels Fall

Where Angel's Fall
The Great and Terrible Series - Book #2
Christ Stewart
367 pages

Excellent sequel where the brothers come to earth! Modern day story with modern day challenges and trails.

#472 - The Brothers

The Brothers - Prologue
The Great and Terrible Series - Volume 1
Christ Steward
224 pages

This is a LDS series reccomended to me by a good friend. Very good! This first book is about the war in Heaven. It's just good fiction but it really makes you think.

#471 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Harry Potter Series
J.K. Rowling
759 pages

Book #7 and the final book in the series. This was entertaining but I don't know that I would ever go back and read them again.

Widow's Revenge

Widow's Revenge
K.L Fogg
355 pages

This is a sequel to "Serpent Tide". Once again a book that I didn't know was going to become a series. This sequel was great!

#469 - No Place for Magic

No Place for Magic
The Tale of the Frog Princess - Series
E.D. Baker
250 pages

This is book #4 in this series. This is a delightfully funny series about a frog princess! My youngest daughter Katie and I discovered them. We love all kinds of fairytales! We had no idea it was going to become a series.

#468 - Rise of the Evening Star

Rise of the Evening Star
Fablehaven Series
Brandon Mull

This is an AMAZING series!!! It's just to good to be true and better than so many books out there. My family really loves it. This is the 2nd in the series and it was sooooo good!

#467 - Charlie Bone and the Beast

Charlie Bone and the Beast
Children of the Red King Series - #6
Jenni Nimmo

My kids were so burned out on Harry Potter that they wanted something new. One of the kids (I think it was Sarah) discovered this series and we love it. The first book in the series is just called "Charlie Bone".

#466 - Austenland

Austenland
Shanon Hale
197 pages

This is a great book for all the fans of "Pride and Prejudice." I loved it and it really made me laugh. It was great to know that authors have their crushes too. Fabulous idea and story!

The Artemis Fowl Files

The Artemis Fowl Files
The Artemis Fowl Series
Eoin Colfer
187 pages

Way funny book of information about the series and some of the main characters. Short stories, interviews, statistics and lots of other silly stuff. Don't read this right off as it will spoil the books for ya!

#464 - The Lost Colony

The Lost Colony
The Artemis Fowl Series
Eoin Colfer
385 pages

This book introduces us to the Demon element in the series. I really liked this book! I really like that theres a girl in the series now!

#463 - The Opal Deception

The Opal Deception
The Artemis Fowl Series
Eoin Colfer
342 pages

Wow, nasty things can sure come in small packages!
Enjoyed this installment in the series.

#462 - The Eternity Code

The Eternity Code
Artemis Fowl Series - #3
Eoin Colfer
309 pages

They just keep getting better!

#461 - The Arctic Incident

The Arctic Incident
Artemis Fowl Series - #2
Eoin Colfer
277 pages

Great sequel to the first book!

#460 - Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl Series - Book #1
Eoin Colfer
229 pages

I bought this for my sons because I thought it was a techo thriller kinda book. It totally took me off guard when I discovered it was fairies, trolls, genius', and so very much more. Loved this book, it was a delight to laugh!

Physik

Physik
Septimus Heap Series - 3rd book
Angie Sage
544 pages

Fun magical series. The first in this series is Magyk, the second is Flyte.
This was great, took some definate changes from the first two. Good read!

#458 - A Gift of Dragons

A Gift of Dragons
Anne McCaffrey
Dragon Riders of Pern Series
291 pages

4 short stories that tie into the Dragon Riders of Pern Series.
These were wonderful stories and it really helped to fill in some of the blanks in the series.

#457 - Water Song

Water Song
Once Upon A Time Series
By - Suzanne Weyn
184 pages

This is a retelling of the frog prince.
Very good story

Way, way behind

I started this over a year ago then it got lost. So I'm really far behind. So to catch myself up and get to where I am currently I will just put the basic of each book up. When I have time later I will come back and add more info on each.