Category: Book Reviews

  • The End

    Book 13 of a Series of Unfortunate Events. This is the end of the series and I feel it stayed true to the rest of the story. It was a nice close. I was curious how he would end this and am glad that he took this way to end it. I do recommend the…

  • The Penultimate Peril

    Book 12 of The Series of Unfortunate Events. This was interesting. The orphans are in the middle of all the villains and good guys. They themselves seem to be straddling that line between good and bad. It will be interesting to see how it all ends in the next book.

  • The Familiar

    Book 41 of Animorphs. This was a fantastic look at a possible future. This was unlike any in the series and still leaves you with more questions than answers. I like that at some level the author is addressing how hard a secret would be to keep inside a household. Regardless a nice dystopian feel…

  • Mystery of the Lost Mine

    Book 52 of the Boxcar Children. The Alden’s are off to look for the Lost Dutchman’s Mine. We’ll at least they’re the area. The formula is still working well with plenty of red herrings and suspects along the way. Well written and a little different scenery than normal but they still get their bad guy.

  • Cultivation

    Book 3 of Battle Mage Farmer. This was as gripping and fun as the previous books and leaves me still dying to read book 4. The only downside was that there were a lot of places I thought he could use X spell that he had learned and never did. If you really want a…

  • The Other

    Book 40 of the Animorphs series. I really liked this book. Finally some good substance tackling questions on prejudice for the disabled. Not agreeing 100% on the ending but the very end is pretty cool and allows for some really good future prospects. The battle in this one I was a little disappointed with as…

  • Mystery in the Cave

    Book 50 in the Boxcar Children series. This was a good one. Almost to the brink of danger but still kept very low key for those young readers. Oh what a different world. I could only imagine people now a days telling young kids, “Oh no problem go explore those underground caves.” Just interesting how…

  • The Three Princes of Serendip

    This was a middle eastern collection of fables. They were great. I had even heard of some of them before. Like many great fables, these had a lot of wisdom in them. I highly recommend the read.

  • The Mystery on the Train

    Book 51 of the Boxcar Children. This book was full of twists. Wonderfully put together. Loved the guy in the disguise. Loved the intention. This book was a strong representation of the mystery genera. I liked it.

  • The Grim Grotto

    Book 11 of the Series of Unfortunate Events. This was another in the series that takes us deeper into the misfortune. This was great as it had some fantastic twists. I am excited for the final two books in the series. For such a short book, this felt like a lot was covered.