September 4-10th Wrap-Up

September TBR and 4-10^th  Wrap- Up

Current TBR List: 31
Currently Reading: 7
Books Finished in September: 8

Another great week of reading!

I started The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, book one of the Percy Jackson series, and I love it!

It is a middle grade novel so the writing is for a younger group but I still enjoyed myself immensely. Percy is struggling to survive school since he is labeled the trouble maker. On a school trip to a museum he swears that his math teacher turns into a harpy and tries to kill him and he is saved by a pen that turns in a sword. This is the beginning of his adventures to half-blood hill where he learns more about himself and who is father really is. It enthralled me and I can’t wait to pick up the rest of the series.

I was then able to finish The Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle. I received a free e-book from First to Read program in exchange for an honest review.

This book was told from multiple perspectives and though it was slightly drawn out in the middle kept me interested. Past and present collide as teenagers attend a party and a spell to recover lost things is cast. Everyone lost something during the party, we all lose something every day. I like the idea that not all lost things are terrible, sometimes they are even good. The ending was woven together fantastically but since most of the story was a bit dragged out for me I gave it a solid 3 stars.

Drumroll please! I finally finished The Count of Monte Cristo by Alxandre Dumas. Officially the longest book I have ever read, and probably will ever read.

You can tell the age of the story but it was no less epic and it was easy to see why this remains a classic. A young man is wrongfully imprisoned because he loves the wrong girl, after being held for years he manages to make his escape and that is where the adventure really starts. A must read for those that love coming of age stories, just be ready to invest a lot of time!

After finishing such a hefty read as The Count of Monte Cristo I fell into Bakuman volumes 1 and 2 by Tsugumi Ohba for some quick easy reading.

I really enjoyed these. It is about middle grade kids who want to become manga artist and the story was unique and the art is beautiful.