Harry Potter

OK...I have officially started reading Harry Potter! I know, I know! About time! I just have this part of me that wants to rebel and NOT read the "very popular" books. LOL I still have not read the Left Behind series. Another reason I never read the Harry Potter books was because of all the controversy. Is it "evil"? Is it "OK" to read? I have been thinking how do I know if I don't read it for myself? When reading a secular book, there will always be things I don't agree with. I find that even with Christian books. So as I do with all books, I will read it, enjoy it and think through the story. We'll see~

Miss Fortune

Reading a new series set back in the 1940's. Miss Fortune is a woman private detective who came from a wealthy and known family. She is always at odds with her mother who seems to have one goal for her daughter... getting married. She does meets a man at one of her mother's dinners and finds out they are working on the same case. They team up to try and solve the case.

There is a back story for Miss Fortune that they slowly reveal throughout the book and that adds a whole other dimention to the book.

I really enjoyed reading it. I started book two, Miss Match, and like it so far...

The Taking by Dean Koontz

I listened to this one on CD. I must say it was a strange one. It was the first Koontz I had "read" though, so it might have been just normal for his style.
The interesting part was after you have heard "read" the last word you sit there and have to just think about it all for awhile. There were elements of good vs evil, God vs Satan. He played on a few things about how the end of the world might come about. He did not go according to scripture... he took his own spin on it. It was interesting though how he viewed evil in people. Would make a good horror flick. (I dont think I would want to see it..LOL. The book was a graphic enough)

Just sitting back and listening though, it was a good book. I am going to listen to Intensity next by him....

The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff: You Wish

The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff: You Wish
Ethan and I listened to this on CD whenever we drove to the store, library, Awana, or...well, anywhere we went!

We liked it. It was about a boy who made a wish on his eleventh birthday and made the mistake of wishing for unlimited wishes. Opps. That upset the Wishworks Factory and caused the Curseworks Factory to make curses more powerful than wishes. Not a good thing! Also, all those wishes for just one person causes other people's wishes to be taken away. The Wish Factory can only do so much you know!

Poor Ben had to join forces with Leprechauns, Djinn (Genie) and Fairies to get the globe back before too many people have zippers for mouths and nosy noses the size of squash.

It is a good story addressing prejudices, selfishness and having to make the decision to do the right thing in the end no matter how difficult it may be.

There are at three more books so far in the series and looking forward to either listening to or reading them.

Gregor the Overlander cont.

I finished the book last night and started on the next one in the series, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane. The first book ended nicely leaving me with hints about the next book. I was looking forward to starting it. If book number two wasn't released yet I could see myself Googling it and finding the release date and then adding it to my long list of books I'm waiting for.

The Prophecy of Bane brings Gregor on a new adventure, one which he would rather not be a part of. As he has no choice he puts all he has into playing his part.

So far, I am enjoying the read...

Gregor the Overlander

Gregor the Overlander is a book for ages 9-14 or so. He is an 11 year old boy who lives in New York with his mother, grandmother (Dad's mom), and two sisters. His Dad went missing about two years ago without any clues as to where or why. They are just eking by with his mother working and Gregor trying to be the young man of the family.

On a summer day he and his two year old sister fall down a vent in their apartment complex laundry room. After falling for what seemed like forever they end up in the Underland. Meeting huge bugs and giant rats and people who ride bats is only the beginning of the strange things in the Underland.

I am not finished with book one (there are several in the series) but like how the story is building. He is searching for his lost dad (I wont tell you where they think he might be ). I love how the author brings out the deep desire the boy has to have a father figure in his life and how he wants to create memories with him.

I also enjoy his little sister. She is a go-getter and as cute as a button all at the same time. Gregor is very protective of her and you can tell he loves her deeply.

The author made the characters very believable and added just the right amount of little details to make it seem more real to the reader.

So far I am enjoying it. I will update at the end of the book.