Codex Alera

Last year I listened to the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher and really enjoyed them.  I thought the reader did a fantastic job--she did all the voices for the characters.  It's a fantasy series consisting of 6 books that follow a young man, Tavi, and other members of his family through various adventures.  If you enjoy fantasy I would highly recommend them.  And if you're a fan of audio books I would suggest listening to them.

The titles of the books in the series are:
1- Furies of Calderon
2- Academ's Fury
3- Cursor's Fury
4- Captain's Fury
5- Princeps' Fury
6- First Lord's Fury

Happy Reading!

                             

The Hunger Games

Wow!  I honestly expected to be posting more often than this.  Haha.  Oh well.  :-D 

So, I've managed to find some time for reading lately.  One of the book trilogies I've read this year is the popular Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins.  It was quite the story and one I would recommend.  However, it should be noted that it's pretty intense and makes you think, it's violent and kind of detailed.  It's  not a book for everyone--it can be pretty brutal.    I would definitely rate it PG-13. 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Wow! I really did think I'd write more in this blog. My only excuse is that we've been thoroughly enjoying our summer.

I thought I'd do a series of posts about some of the books I've been reading lately.

I read all of the the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series. They were pretty good. They were geared towards a younger reader, but I found them enjoyable. I was a little disappointed in the first book, The Lightening Thief. I may have just started reading it with too high of expectations; however, I also found that the series progressively got better with each book.

They're a quick read and I think I learned more about Greek Mythology than I could recall before reading the series. It made things easier to remember.

If you're looking for a quick read, I'd recommend it.

For the Love of Books

I've been MIA a bit lately, but I have a good reason. We moved just a week or so into May, my hubby has started Summer Semester, and my little Moonpie has been ill. However, I do have some fun things to blog about.

So, I'll start with books. I'm not sure how many out there are readers, but I love books. I like how they feel when I hold them. I love the weight of them in my hand. I love the stories and places they take me to. I love the smell of them (as long as they're not library books). I love they way they look on bookshelves or if they have a great cover. I love everything about books--I'm a bit of a bibliophile.

And I have a special love/hate relationship with books that pull me deeply into their story, the sort of books that are so good I have a hard time putting them down. You might be wondering, why I say I have a love/hate relationship with these books. Well, I love these books for obvious reasons. I love a book that can draw me into the story no matter how many times I put it down. When I'm doing something else and see it out of the corner of my eye and I automatically want to flip to where I was and continue reading it again. During any free moment I have (waiting between batches of cookies) I'm back in the book seeing what's going to happen next. And when the story finally comes to an end I feel both satisfied and yet sad that it's finished.

However, I hate these books because when I get drawn into books like this I tend to slack on other things like housework or often dinner will be a little late (because I had to read 'just one more chapter'). And I hate feeling like I didn't do anything during the day. And sometimes while I'm reading the book I think--"I really should be doing something else," which takes away some of the enjoyment. Thus, my love/hate relationship.

That said I will be sharing books I read: books I love, books I didn't, and everything in between.