Summer Reads

Well, it has been three weeks since vacation began and I am doing my best to read several books a week.  I doubt I hit my goal of three a week, but I plan to try.  I have read several different genre and I am finding the suspenseful, thriller is a quick read for me.  With that in mind, I am going to use the first post on my blog to talk about some of the books I have read this summer and what I thought of them.

1. Fifty shades of Grey by EL James.
I didn't really see all of thy hype about this book.  I have read some other books that were far better written and had a better storyline.  I am going to finish the series because I am curious about how it ends up, but I think my preference in genre is fantasy, vampires and magic and not hardcore erotica.

2. Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
My son recommended this to me, in fact, we read it together.  I liked the quick ease of the story.  Hahn's style is predicable but I suppose for a fifth grader, it is good.


3. The Lost Hero: Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
I love Percy Jackson so this series is also a hit for me.  I really got into the concept.  The new characters are likeable and I like how the references to the first series are also there.  I can't wait for the next book in a few months.

4.  The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
I finished this last night.  It was quite a quick read for me.  I loved the characters and I really like how Hahn leads the main human character to the deceased. The ending and the forgiveness made me tear up a little.  I felt the books was a similar plot to deep and dark and dangerous, however.