Mythology Trilogy: A Concise Guide to Greek, Norse, and Egyptian Mythology

     I got this as an ebook and found this book very interesting.  It pretty much gives a brief overview of the mythology of the Greek, Norse, and Egyptian myths.  You can use it as a quick reference or if you are just looking for an introduction into the subject.  I look forward to reading others like this one.

The Witch Squad Book #1 by M.Z. Andrews

    Mercy is sent to a special school for people like her.  You see Mercy is a Witch and doesn't like it.  She has a hyper roommate named Jax and soon is making friends with other students at the school.  The first week of school there is a murder of a local girl.  They start investigating and also get into some trouble along the way.  They soon realize that someone took the body and Jax to try to put Jax's soul in the body.  They also realize that someone in town is not who they seem.  I really liked this book and can hardly wait to read the rest of the series.

Demon Hunter (The Collegium Book 1) by Jenny Schwartz Review

     Faith "Fae" Olsen is a Guardian that just got back from capturing a demon for her father who is president of the Collegium.  Fae does not have a very good relationship with her father and feels her father is just using her to keep his position.  Fae resigns and leaves the Collegium and runs into her mother who she hasn't seen since she was very young.  She goes and lives with her mother for a few days and then comes back to exorcise the demon she brought to the Collegium.  She runs into her partner Steve who they both find out love each other. In the end Fae and Steve go to the Colletrium to fight Fae's father only to find out he was not the one pulling the strings.
      I really like this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in this kinds of books.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Review

     It is now Harry's third year at Hogwart's.  But before he is able to leave there is an incident that happens at the Dursley house that forces him to run away.  He ends up on  a bus that only magical people can see.  He ends up at Diagon Alley and meets up with the head person of the ministry of magic and he puts Harry up in a room.  Harry runs into Ron and Hermione while there and they leave for school from there.  It turns out that a prisoner has escaped from Azkaban and might be after Harry.  Harry soon finds out that the prisoner is actually his god father by the name of Sirius Black.  So the school has extra security because everyone thinks that Black is coming to harm Harry.  And Harry soon finds out that the rumors about Black are false and Harry helps Black escape before going back to Azkaban.
     I really enjoyed this book and how it went into more of Harry's past and more about what happened to his family.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling review

     Harry is now in his second year at Hogwart's school.  While going through classes there have been attacks going on at the school.  Harry and his friends try to figure out what is going on before there are more attacks.  Harry and his friends find out that one of the founding wizards made a chamber and called it the Chamber of Secrets.  As Harry is still trying to figure out what is going on he hears a voice from inside the walls but no one else can hear it.  Harry finds out that he can speak a language to communicate with snakes and serpents which worries some of the students at the school.  Harry finds out that there is a serpent that has been living at the school for years and someone had released it.  He finds out where the entrance is and goes to find out what is down the tunnel and ends up fighting the creature and winning.
     I really liked this book.  I am really enjoying this series and am looking forward to reading the third book.

Harry Potter and the Soceror's Stone By J.K Rowling review

     This tells the story of a young boy named Harry Potter who was an orphan and was taken in by his aunt and uncle.  Now his aunt and uncle did not treat him very nice.  Then one day a letter comes for Harry and they won't let him see it.  They leave their house and rent a hut on and isolated cliff and that is where Harry meets Hagrid.  Hagrid tells Harry that he is a wizard and gives him a letter saying that he had been accepted into a school for witchcraft and wizardry.  Hagrid then takes Harry out to a bank and Harry finds out that his parents had left him a small fortune.  Harry takes some money out and buys what he needs for school.  When Harry is on the train to the school he meets Ron Weasley and they become best friends.   Harry also meets Hermione but they don't become friends until later on.  There is a boy named Draco Malfoy that bullies Harry because Harry didn't want to be his friend and stood up for Ron.  At the school Harry is sorted in the house of Griffindor from the Sorting Hat.  Harry is going through school and finds out that someone tried to break into the bank that Harry was at.  Harry, Ron, and Hermione find out that what was going to be stolen in called the Sorceror's Stone and that it was the man that killed Harry's parents is after it.  Harry and his friends race to get to the stone before the other man can get it.  Harry has to fight him so that he doesn't get it.
     I really like this series.  This will be my second time reading it and I thought since I was reading them I might as well right reviews on them.  I highly recommend this book because of how it is written and that it is non stop drama and action.

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King book review

     This is a collection of short stories written by Stephen King.  I loved how there were written in different ways and different styles.  They are different stories that he wrote during different times of his life and was experimenting with different ways of writing and other genres.  I really liked this book and loved all the different stories that were in this book.

A Human Element by Donna Galanti review

     This is a story about Ben Fieldstone and Laura Armstrong.   The story starts out with Ben as a young boy running away from home and then seeing his house getting destroyed by something that came from the sky.  He finds out that his family has been killed and goes into foster care.  A few months later Laura and her twin brother,X-10, is born.   Laura is born like a normal human being while her brother is deformed and looks alien like.   X-10 is taken to a lab and the doctor that delivered Laura takes her to a couple that wanted to adopt a child.  Years later Ben runs away from an abusive foster home and Laura is growing up like a regular child but there are events that keep happening to everyone that Laura cares about.  Ben is in the military and nearly dies if if wasn't for a strange man name Felix did not save him.  Felix tells Ben that he is meant for a bigger purpose and leaves Ben wondering why.  Laura grows up and her parents and friends are dying around her with her no knowing that her brother is doing it.  She and Ben eventually find each other and find out that they are to fight her brother and have children.   They fight the battle with her brother and win.  They have a son and soon find out that the aliens are planning to come to Earth.
     I really liked this book and highly recommend it.  I loved how it was written and that the story was very well developed.  

Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews

     This is the prequel to Flowers in the Attic.  This tells the story Olivia and Malcolm Foxworth from the point of view of Olivia.  Olivia tells the story of how she and Malcolm first met and how Malcolm treated her after they were married.  She gave birth to 2 sons and was then told that she would have no more.  When their sons were toddlers Malcolm's father returns remarried and with a pregnant wife.  Then one night Malcolm tries to seduce his father's wife and forced himself on her.  When Malcolm's father tries to stop it and ends up having a heart attack and dies.  Malcolm ends up getting his father's wife, Alicia,  pregnant and Olivia comes up with a plan to hide the pregnancy.  When the Alicia gives birth they send her and her son away.  Malcolm and Olivia raise the little girl that Alicia gave birth to as their own.  Then tragedy hits the family not once but twice.  Then they get word that Alicia has died and take her son Christopher in.  They years go by and everything seems to be happy.  Then there is another blow that ends with Christopher and their daughter, Corrine, leave the house.  The story ends with the beginning of the story Flowers in the Attic.
    I really liked this story.  I loved how it showed how the grandmother, Olivia, became the way she was in the Flowers in the Attic story and that how the tragedies in the family shaped what was going to happen in the other stories.  I highly recommend reading the whole series and give this book 5 stars.

The Vampire Hunter's Daughter book review

     Chloe was normal girl until one night her mother tells her to hide in the closet of her bedroom.  As she is hiding a group of people break into the house and her mother confronts them.  Her mother fights them as best as she can, but Chloe's mother ends up dying.   Chloe tries to save her mother and ends up getting captured.  As the kidnappers are going to leave the house with Chloe another group of people come and kill the kidnappers.  As the groups are fighting Chloe realizes the kidnappers are vampires.  The group that rescues her are vampire hunters and Chloe finds out that her mother was also a vampire hunter.  Chloe lives with the hunters in the community called Arcadia.   Chloe lives with one of the head vampire hunters,Luke, who is also her grandfather.  The community comes under attack and to protect them Chloe leaves with the lead vampire Trevor who is her father.  She finds out that Trevor plans to kill her and drink her blood in order to be able to walk in the daylight.  The hunters come and rescue Chloe and Chloe is able to defeat her father.
     I really like this book and can hardly wait read more of the series.  I highly recommend this for anyone that is looking for a good vampire hunter series or anything related to vampires.

Crown of Fire by Ed Greenwood review

     Shandril has been born with the gift of spellfire.  Spellfire is the most powerful magic that anyone can possess and very few have.  Every cult and clan in all of Faerun is after her to get the spellfire.  Shandril along with her husband Narm set out to find somewhere safe for her.  Along they way they run into the different clans that which to try to take the spellfire away from her.  When Shandril looses a close friend in her party.  She alone sets out to one of the most powerful dark clans to destory it.  With the help of everyone they seem to have defeated them for the time being.
     I really like this book.  I am a huge DnD fan and this follows that sort of them.  I enjoyed reading this book and it kept my attention though out its entirety.