Young Adult
Pendragon #5: Black Water by D.J. Machale | Narrated by William Dufris
Hobey-Ho! Lets Go!
If I thought the previous book in the series, was the turning point in the ten book story arc, then I was only half right, in Pendragon: Black Water, everything changes, Saint Dane is more powerful than ever, and the story telling much more intense.
In the previous book (The Reality Bug), Bobby’s friend [...]
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
It’s always nice (especially when the year is hurtling towards its close) when one of your reads falls neatly into more than one of your challenges, and Coraline does that, fulfilling the requirements for the RIP III and the Mythopoeic challenges (having been nominated in 2003). Even though I’ve technically completed the RIP III challenge, [...]
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn’t have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn’t have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn’t have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have [...]
Pendragon Book #4: The Reality Bug by D. J. Machale narrated by William Dufris
Virtual Reality?
Fresh from his battle with Saint Dane on First Earth, Bobby is resolute that himself and the rest of the travellers will defeat whatever Saint Dane has planned for this territory. But once Bobby enters the virtual world will he be able to resist the lure of the ultimate in escapism?
The territory of Veelox [...]
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
It may be a world where vampires exist alongside humans, but they are not exactly tolerated, with public lynchings and executions common place.
The annual ‘Sad’ festival is upcoming, and the vampires in Chris’s hometown are uneasy and ready to free their imprisoned vampire lord from prison and his eternal torment.
But, Chris would rather hang out [...]
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
photo credit: Steven Earnshaw
Now even taking into account that fact that, Neil Gaiman is so good at creating the worlds in his books, very little effort is needed from the reader to place you right in there, but having gone to school right across from this place - and spent many a lunchtime wandering [...]
Pendragon #3:The Never War by D.J. Machale | Narrated by William Dufris
A Real Tum-Tigger!
The third in D.J. Machale’s, Pendragon series, sees Bobby Pendragon & Spader, flume back in time to First Earth to just before the outbreak of WW2.
The set-up is sightly different this time around, with Mark and Courtney’s story sandwiching the main plot, as they read Bobby’s journals of his time on First Earth [...]
Possessing Rayne by Kate Cann
photo credit: Ian-S
Possessing Rayne, officially completes the R.I.P III Challenge for me. However, as I’ve had such a blast reading books in this genre (and at this time of year as well!) I’m going to keep on going for a little while longer!
I was handed this book by a friend last time I was [...]
The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick
Gothic novel meets WWI.
Another read for the R.I.P III Challenge from my recent book pile discovery and yes, it’s another Marcus Sedgwick.
Yet again I am impressed with Sedgwick’s writing, impeccable research that always informs the plot and yet never controls it, the result really does portray the atmosphere, horror and futility of wartime.
There’s a review [...]
Witch Hill - Marcus Sedgwick
When I was planning my R.I.P. III reading pool, I’d completely forgotten that I had a stack of Marcus Sedgwick’s to read. That was very nearly a mistake as he writes some fantastically atmospheric books that are just perfect for the challenge. So when I came across them whist turning the TBR pile over a [...]
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