Ladies by the Lake

The first time I heard about the Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan was a month after I had finished the Heroes of Olympus series (the sequel series to Percy Jackson & the Olympians). I was a massive Percy Jackson fan (very original opinion I know); it had all the elements to a story I didn’t even know at the time I wanted like a low fantasy setting and being based in mythology. So, when I finished the series and couldn’t find any more Percy Jackson related books to read, I naturally fell into a deep depression as if the book had taken part of my soul with it. And so I did the obvious thing and searched for another book to avoid dealing with my feelings. I looked around a bit and got suggestions from my family until I heard that Rick Riordan had written another series based on Egyptian myths instead of Greek ones. This book sounded interesting enough so I decided to read it.   Honestly I don’t remember my first read through of this book too well, which is to be expected because ...

FEED by Mira Grant is a book about the zombie apocalypse caused in 2014, where they had cured the common cold and cancer-- but when mixed together created a new virus. Now, in 2040, brother-sister pair Shaun and Georgia "George" Mason and their friend Buffy are setting out to cover the presidential campaign, following and reporting on canidate Senator Ryman. When the apocalypse hit in 2014-2015, news given to people by bloggers became the main source of trustworthy news as the government was trying to cover up the apocalypse. There are 3 main types of bloggers-- Newsies, Irwins and Fictionals. Like they sound, newsies report the news, and Fictionals write stories, songs, poems, ect.. Irwins basically go out and poke the zombies, then record and write about it.  I really got into FEED because of its unique twist on the zombie apocalypse-- a topic which has been written about countless times-- while still retaining some of the common themes. As with most zombie books that I...

Hello, in this week's blog post I will be discussing the book, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han and the big debate surrounding whether or not to be Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah which is practically the Team Edward and Team Jacob debate of our generation.  If you have not read the books or watched the show, the story follows a young girl named Isabel and her childhood friends Conrad and Jeremiah, who are brothers. Isabel, more commonly known as Belly, is a Sophomore in high school during the time that we meet her and conveniently during “the summer she turned pretty”. Throughout the first book Belly navigates her love life with the two brothers, her drastic change in looks, and the death of someone close to her which affects her relationship with the two as well. Summary aside, one of the biggest debates (both fans of the movie and show are involved in), is who Belly should (or should have) ended up with.  Both brothers, as most of us can agree, have attractive aspects t...