Book Review : Kane Chronicles - The Serpent's Shadow

So I'm not going to give the book's description because I haven't done reviews on the first two so I thought I would just sum my thoughts up on the series so far.

I love Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.  Even more so I love his Lost Hero series.  I really enjoy Greek and Roman Mythology.  So I just had to read this series.  I will say that the Kane Chronicles have not been as fun because I don't enjoy Egyptian history quite as much as Greek and Roman Mythology.  In fact I realized that I knew hardly anything at all about the Egyptian Gods.

There are classic twists and turns.  Of course you never know how the heck they are going to overcome evil as usual.  Their tasks seem impossible as always.  These books are easy to get through and enjoyable because they are super clean.  It was really unclear to me wether this will be the last book in the Kane Chronicles.  You just have to read it to understand why.  I hope that he just stops this series for awhile, and works on the Lost Heros because I like it way more!

Favorite Character : Thoth the God of Wisdom (and some other things).  First of all his home is a basketball stadium.  That would be super fun.  When they first come across him in this book he is stuck in his home and demons are attacking him every six hours.  He can't leave.  It doesn't seem to phase him.  He is just doing his work  and fighting off the bad guys.  He is one smart cookie!

Drugs: no
Sexual Content: No
Profanity: no
Violence: Moderate but nothing graphic.

I give it

No More Cankers

For the Past 2 years I have slowly developed and annoying habit of growing canker sores in my mouth.  I don't know if it is the addition of children, a husband gone all the time because of work and school, or a lack of finances.  Who knows.  But i have been getting at least 4-5 cankers a month.  Not to mention swollen taste buds to go along with it.  My mouth just constantly felt like a breading ground for bacteria.  I would floss and brush and swish and do anything i could to get them to go away.  I even resorted to using one of my mom's old remedy's that I am pretty sure isn't approved by the FDA.  Woops!  I read that taking Lysine tablets helps so I decided it would be silly to not try.  I have been using it for the past month and I have had 1 swollen taste bud!  YES!!  Anytime my mouth would get a cut or a scrape it was sure to turn canker.  Not anymore!  So if you have this same problem you may look into it yourself!

Book Review : Crossed by Ally Condie

Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky--taken by the Society to his sure death--only to find that he has escaped into the majestic, but treacherous, canyons. On this wild frontier are glimmers of a different life and the enthralling promise of a rebellion. But even as Cassia sacrifices every thing to reunite with Ky, ingenious surprises from Xander may change the game once again.
Narrated from both Cassia's and Ky's point of view, this hotly anticipated sequel to Matched will take them both to the edge of Society, where nothing is as expected and crosses and double crosses make their path more twisted than ever.




Wow.  I don't know what to say.  I really wanted to love this book.  I didn't have a hard time getting through it by any means because I really liked "Matched" (the first book in the series).  I think the story line over all is great, but there were so many things about this book I didn't like:




1.  The back and forth between Ky and Cassia  when they get together again.  I really got confused as to wether it was Ky speaking or Cassia.   It wasn't so bad when they were split up because it is necessary to see what is going on with both people.


2.  Their love bugs me.  I just don't even care if they end up together anymore.  Cassia is selfish when it comes to finding the rising.  She should have just trusted Ky and flew off into the sunset with him.


3.  It was like crossing a desert.  Literally.  It was slow moving.  Lets go over here.  Okay now lets go to this cave.  Okay now lets go back.  I still don't know how I read it so fast.


Well sad.  I would say if you didn't like matched don't even bother.  If you like the story line push through it.  The next book could be great!


Favorite Character : Hunter.  He is a loose cannon and doesn't have much to loose.  I hope he is tied back into the next book.


Sex : 0
Language : 0
Drugs and Alcohol : 0
Violence : a small amount.

I give it a sad

 And hope that the next one is a bit better.

Book Review : Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, the ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.


OOOO la la.  This was a great book.  So nice to have something that I just couldn't put down.  I love how it is completely the story of Cinderella and some concoction of freshness all wrapped into one.  I will throw in one spoiler.  At the ball when the Prince chases after her and finds her cyborg foot on the ground and picks it up I  couldn't help but smile and laugh.   


Favorite Character : Iko.  I just love her personality and the relationship that her and Cinder have.


Language: None
Drugs: None
Sex: None
violence: none yet.  I feel a war coming on in later books

I give it

Diaper Bombs. Who knew.

So just a random note I never knew.  I was reading a blog the other day and randomly decided to read some of the comments.  One lady commented on how much waist was being produced and that no one really gives a hoot anymore.  One specific thing she noted was the fact that when a baby has a bowl movement in their diaper they are usually just wrapped up and thrown away like a little baby bomb.  This sounded weird to me.  She continued to say that most diaper packages tell you to flush the poop away in the toilet rather than putting it in the trash.  I had never heard that one so I checked my diaper box and sure enough.  There it was.  Nuts.  How many of you knew this?  I didn't have a clue!  I guess that there is alot of disease in feces.  DUH.  And it can get into the ground water.  Which totally makes sense.  Who knows how many of those little diaper bombs I have been throwing out there.  I guess it's time to start flushing the poop!

Book Review - The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness

I'm not going to spend alot of time on this book.  It was disapointing for me.  I only got to about page 60 and decided to put it down.  The language ticked me off.  I really don't like the "F" word.  One of my worst pet peives is when people say "effin" or when shows say it but bleep it out at the same time so you don't hear it but you know exsactly what they are saying.  GAH!  The boy in this boy says a modified version of the "F" word every couple of pages.  There is other swearing mixed in here and there. For me I figure there are plenty of great books out there so it wasn't worth my time. The thing that ticked me of the most was that the story is awesom.  Too bad I guess...... So i give it

But if language isn't and issue for you go and get it.