I was worried going into this, but I should’ve trusted you, Rick Riordan. This was awesome. After the events of the Burning Maze, Apollo and Meg race to Camp Jupiter. There, they team up with old friends of ours as they attempt to stop the emperors from destroying the demigods, and to understand how the …
Book Review | The Underground Railroad
I’ve read a novel by Colson Whitehead before, but that was several years ago in college. Now, with The Nickel Boys out, I decided to revisit him by reading his most famous work: The Underground Railroad, which tells the story of one woman’s journey from enslavement in the South to various places in America, learning …
Book Review | No Country For Old Gnomes
In No Country For Old Gnomes, the second book in the Tales of Pell trilogy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne, gnomes and halflings are at war. This unexpected development brings together an eclectic assortment of people who seek to stop the conflict. Among them: Offi the gnome who has long felt overshadowed by …
Book Review | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
In The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, paleontologist Steve Brusatte takes us through the development of the dinosaurs. He explores what their world was like, as well as the evolutionary advantages they obtained that enabled those during the Cretaceous period to rise to the top. Then, he explains what occurred during their cataclysmic end, …
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Book Review | Muse of Nightmares
Thank goodness for getting into a series late, because I didn’t have to wait at all between books! There won’t be spoilers for this second book here, but there might be some for its predecessor Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor, so if you haven’t read that, proceed with caution (unless you don’t care, then …