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Book Tag: Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus Character Book Tag

Aug 1, 2020

Today I’m doing the Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus Character Book Tag. This tag was created by May @ Forever and Everly, and she also created all of the graphics you see in this post expect the post banner. I was tagged by Ely @ Earl Grey Books.

I love the world that Rick Riordan has created and after re-reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians earlier this year it reminded how much I love these books. So what is better than doing the Percy Jackson Tag. Anyway, here we go!

I’ve spoken about this already this year but there are two books that take this spot. And they have to be Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare and The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. Chain of Gold was simply amazing and it felt incredible to be back in the shadowhunter world. I loved all the characters and the time period.

The House in the Cerulean Sea is a magical and profound novel that truly takes the reader on an experience. You can check my full review to see what else I love.

I really could add The House in the Cerulean Sea again but I will resist the temptation. But This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield. It’s a powerful read that explores the low socioeconomic communities in Australia. This book made me feel so many things from anger to hope. From sadness to being proud.

This poignant coming of age story that captures the lives of those that struggle day by day. This is the perfect example of how amazing #LoveOzYA is and why more people should be reading it. You can check out my full review now.

For this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, I actually spoke about books that I love that less that 2000 ratings on Goodreads. But one of my favourite series that I think needs more love is The Conqueror’s Saga by Kiersten White. I really wish more people would read this series. While it’s a few years old now, it’s still one that I’m always recommending to customers and other readers and bloggers.

I love that is a gender switch historical fiction of Vlad the Impaler. It’s got court intrigue, war and explores the lengths people would go to for love, approval and just the thought of being forgotten.

This is a really hard question for me. Most of the time I go into book thinking that I will like it at least. I normally don’t pick up books that I think I will dislike. However, It Ain’t Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen #1) by Tillie Cole was so out of my comft zone, but I ended up really enjoying it.

This series is so much darker than anything that I had read before. But this series is so intersting and took me by surprise. It deals with a lot of dark and harsh issues that did make parts really hard to read and it’s not a series for everyone. You can check out my series review now.

This one has to go to City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. While it’s not her written work or even my favourite of hers. There is something about where this series started that makes me feel comfy. This series and the world always feels fantastic to jump into. Whenever ever I pick up a new book in this world, I just have to smile, because it does feel like home.

I love the relationship between King and Harleigh Rose in The Fallen Men series. The banter between the two is so good and just put a smile on my face. I loved seeing how they cared for one another and would do anything not only for each other but for their family as well.

Both King and Harleigh Rose have gone through a lot growing up, but they have always had each other and the reader can see that from the start. They are both so protective over one another and I liked really enjoyed that.

This is a recent read of mine, but it has to be The Reality of Everything (Flight & Glory #5) by Rebecca Yarros. This is the 5th book in the Flight & Glory series and gosh it tore me apart, but I couldn’t stop reading it. The emotions in this book are very real and raw. But also so beautiful. Rebecca Yarros is able to write grief exceptionally well. I can’t for everyone else to read this because it’s fantastic.

This one has to go to Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers #1) by Lisa Kleypas. Before I picked this one up I had only heard good things about it. And as soon as I started reading it I could tell why. The characters are fantastic, the romance is adorable. The writing is also fantastic. I love how Lisa Kleypas writes her characters and the way that everything connects in all her series.

This is a historical romance series that I always recommend others. Because it’s got everything that you would want from a historical romance series.

At the moment this would be Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu. This series just makes me so happy. It would make me forget that I was stuck on an island. I just got my younger sister to read it and she loved it as well. It is a sports romance graphic novel that explores an m/m relationship and that just makes me so happy. The romance is adorable. Bitty just gets me and I want everyone else to read it.

There are two current books on my TBR that I think I will give 5 stars or they will come very close for sure. The first is The Extraordinaries (The Extraordinaries #1) by T.J. Klune. As I said The House in the Cerulean Sea is one of my favourite books this year and with all the great reviews that The Extraordinaries has been getting I don’t expect any less from this.

The second would have to be Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. I read The Poet X earlier this year and fell in love. I can’t even begin to explain how beautiful and stunning is and I know that Clap When You Land will be exactly the same.

Ohh so many, but I need to get my hands on Chasing Lucky by Jenn Bennett. I love all the books I’ve read from her, but this one sounds like it’s more up my alley than any of her other books and that makes me so excited. It got pushed back until November but I’m so excited to read it.

This one has to go to Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes. Ely picked this one for me in our Best Friend picks our TBR challenge and I’m so happy that she did.

It’s an excellent novel that has a great focus on mental health. It’s not a love fixes all kind of novel but explores how those around can help you in a way that you never thought. Maguire and Jordy were adorable and I love them so much. If you are looking for a positive mental health novel that has a little bit of everything then this is for you.

This has to go to no other than Percy Jackson. No many how many times I read it I still laugh whenever I read it. It has a great combo of being funny, but also it looked at more serious events that happen throughout the story. Percy is similar one of the best characters I’ve ever read and it is because of his humor. This series is one of those series that I laugh out loud with.

This has to be Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. I love so much about this book and series. It’s one of the first I read that got me into YA. It’s everything that I love in a supernatural/paranormal YA book that I was looking for then and it’s still something that I look for today.

I love the characters, the romances, the storyline. I love the emotions that I go through reading this series. There are so many ups and downs, but they are so real and I love it.

This would have to be Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare. There were so many things left to happen, so many things left unsaid in previous books and I had no idea where she would be going. What was going to happen? I was so anxious to finish this book.

I don’t even know the answer to this one. So I went to my Goodreads and check. Solitaire by Alice Oseman has a 3.55 rating on Goodreads. But I loved it. It was a 5 star read for me. And if I reread again now I think it would still be the same rating.

I love so much about this book. From the characters to the romance. The writing is gorgeous and the plot grabs you right from the start. Solitaire is funny, beautifully written, and also incredibly moving.

I normally don’t finish books that I’m already disliking and it’s even rarer for me to dislike a book so much that I would want to punch it, so I can’t think of anything for this.

I read so many romance books now that this list could become very long. But a recent romance that I loved is Grey and Beatrice from Project Duchess (Duke Dynasty #1) by Sabrina Jeffries. The romance was just fantastic. I loved the banter, the build-up and everything else as well. I’ve also really enjoyed Sabrina Jeffires other couples in this series so far.

Woo! That is done. That took a while, but I had so much fun doing the Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus Character Book Tag If you would like to do this tag, go on ahead. Have you read any of these books mentioned? What do you think? Let’s Chat!

Book Review: Magnus Chase and The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

Dec 8, 2016

Magnus Chase and The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

Pages: 512
Publish date: 4th October 2016
Publisher: Penguin Teen Australia
ISBN: 0141342552
Purchase: Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

Thor’s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon – the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn’t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can’t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenceless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin.

The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer’s return is the gods’ worst enemy, Loki – and the price he wants is very high.

Magnus Chase and The Hammer of Thor:

This review will have spoilers from the previous book Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer.

I received a copy of Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan from Penguin Teen Australia in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book.

When I pick up and Rick Riordan book I know that I am going to like it. It was just as hilarious, nail biting and adventurous as The Sword of Summer.

The Hammer of Thor continues to follow Magnus Chase son of Frey who is still coming to terms that he is an einherjar. Magnus’ life before these books was tough, and his life after death isn’t any better.

Someone has stolen Thor’s hammer…again. And who better to try and retrieve it than Magnus Chase and his squad. The hammer wasn’t just taken by anyone, it’s fallen into enemy hands. And if Magnus and his friends can’t retrieve it, well Ragnarok will begin and everything will be destroyed.

I don’t think there was anything that I didn’t like about The Hammer of Thor. It’s one of those books that makes you laugh at 1am, bit your nails and nearly bring you to tears. It’s everything that you want in a book, wrapped into one. The Hammer of Thor not only showcases the characters that we already know and love, but introduce us to more that you cannot help, but fall in love with.

Magnus is just as amazing as he was in The Sword of Summer. He is witty, fun and most of the time his a dork. But, that is why I love him. He has this compassion about him, and maybe that is also one of his faults. He cares, too much sometimes. And he will stop at nothing to help his friends.

Sam, oh my heart breaks for her. I liked her in the first book, but I grew to love her in The Hammer of Thor. I adored that she never wanted to give up on her beliefs, what she has grown up to believe – even when she is living in a world which goes against everything. Sam goes through some tough things in this book and I want everything to work out for her – because she totally deserves it.

Alex Fierro a shape-shifting child of Loki is introduced to the reader when Sam brings Alex to Valhalla. At first, Alex is hard to get along with, Alex is rude and simply doesn’t want to be there. But as the story goes on, we find out why and it’s totally understandable. Alex is also gender–fluid who identifies with he/she depending on the day. I love that Riordan was able to include someone who is gender-fluid, you don’t see it much in YA and it’s needed. It’s needed for those who want to understand who they are and might not know how. I love how Alex was so open and blunt about it. It was great to see.

The banter between the group was fantastic putting a massive smile on my face. Although Magnus, Sam and Alex all have different personalities, they all meshed together well.

Throughout The Hammer of Thor, we are going on a journey to find Thor’s hammer, but like most Riordan’s book, it’s not that simple. Our character sometimes are taken where we don’t expect. It might not work in other books, but the diversions work so well here.

Another thing that I loved about The Hammer of Thor was the diversity. I think it’s something that Riordan does so well. It’s nice to see different races, religions, sexualities and gender identifications and disabilities represented in a young adult novel. We are seeing it more and more, but we need it to be so that we don’t go looking for it.

Overall, The Hammer of Thor is an engaging hilarious novel that takes you on a journey that you never want to leave. It’s about friendship, family, and finding out who you are. It’s nail-biting, entertaining and one for everyone, plus with that last line – I am in need of the final book.

Have you read Magnus Chase the Hammer of Thor? Did you love it as much as me? Are you planning on reading it? Let’s Chat.

Ten Books To Read if You’re in the Mood for an Adventure

Mar 1, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that members at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. All bloggers are then welcomed to join. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Books To Read if You’re in the Mood for X – and I choose adventure.

I love reading books that have adventures in them, but not just physically adventures. So here are my Top Ten Books that you could read if you are in the mood for some adventure.