What Should I Read? Book Talks and More

This is the last in the Percy Jackson series--at least I think so. There is a hint that Riordan may go on with a spin--off! The book ends with a twist--those prophesies really are hard to interpret! I will make sure we have some of these on hand in the library ASAP! It wasn't out til June or July--after school was out.

I enjoyed this book. Stephanie Meyer ( The Host ) really likes to write about love--its depth and destiny. Sigh--romance--with a twist! This one is not about vampires! Look at the novels Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë . I think these classic novels must have influenced Meyer!

Ok --so I like Stephanie Meyer and her supernatural genre. While I am waiting my turn to finish The Last of the Olympians , I am reading The Host . This book is an alien assimilation book--you know--The Animorphs is an alien assimilation book. http://www.scholastic.com/animorphs/index.htm It is fascinating! The Host is classified as an adult book--not young adult like the Twilight Series. So far I haven't seen anything that makes it more adult than Breaking Dawn. I will keep you posted as I finish this. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/thehost.html

I am reading Rick Riordan's latest in the Percy Jackson saga-- The Last Olympians. It is exciting, as I have come to expect from this series. I think one of my kids said it is the last in the series, but there seems to be SOMETHING that could be followed up in a new series. We can only wait--and HOPE!!! Here is a link in case you haven't taken a look at these books... http://www.rickriordan.com/

I finished the last of the Twilight books-- Breaking Dawn . I liked it the best of the four. Edward and Bella remain very compelling characters--which is really the appeal of the series. I did have to skip the whole middle section of the story--Jacob whining--and go back a read it after I finished--it was just too much until I knew more. I haven't been able to check out more of the Darren Shan Saga yet--but the rest of the books are on my reading list!

I finished Tunnels of Blood in the Darren Shan Saga, aka Cirque du Freak series. It was awesome! READY for the fourth one. It wasn't on the shelf at the public library, I will look again this week. Thought Darren would have a love interest and I was convinced that his mentor was a killer! Lots of suspense. I am still reading Dune: Dune Hunters. It is complicated Sci Fi, but I enjoy reading this series.

Here is a list. Will add some descriptions later! 2009-2010 Battle of the Books List Title Author Airborn Kenneth Oppel Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Brian Jacques Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett Chicken Boy Frances O’ Roark Dowell Code Talker Joseph Bruchac Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan Flush Carl Hiaasen Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Invitation to the Game Monica Hughes Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Wendy Mass Just Ella Margaret Peterson Haddix The Kite Rider Geraldine McCaughrean The Lottery Rose Irene Hunt Peak Roland Smith Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Phineas Gage John Fleischman Storm Warriors Elisa Carbone Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene The ...