I watched the new Artemis Fowl movie, and it is… not good. So, to feel better about another part of my childhood reading being ruined, I decided to reread the first book, on which the film is (extremely loosely) based. As usual, the book is better. Artemis Fowl, the first book in the eight book …
Tag: middle grade literature
Book Review | Nessie Quest
Now that my local library is (partially) open again, I got this middle grade book on a whim! In Nessie Quest by Melissa Savage, Ada Ru Fitzhugh expects to go to Disney World this summer, but is told that instead, her parents are taking her to Scotland so her father can teach a summer course …
Book Review | How to Train Your Dragon
In Cressida Cowell’s book How to Train Your Dragon, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III starts training with the other kids in Berk to be dragon masters. To do this, each of the boys must steal a dragon from the nest, and Hiccup gets a tiny, not-at-all-intimidating dragon who is very grumpy and stubborn. Yet this is …
Book Review | City of Secrets (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of City of Secrets by Victoria Ying. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In the graphic novel City of Secrets, Victoria Ying tells the story of Ever, an orphaned boy who lives …
Top 10 Books I Read in 2019
I’ve read so much this year, and I’m quite proud of myself for it. I may still gravitate toward the same few genres (young adult, fantasy, and mythology), but I also got a bit out of my comfort zone by delving into more graphic novels and a few nonfiction books too. Narrowing down my top …
Righter of Words 