Friday, February 12, 2016

Book Rave

 Hello! My name is Myra Wilton, or Spyro. This blog will feature many different things, among them excerpts from my original stories, my artwork, book reviews, and writing advice!

As a starter, I will have a book rave!
Some of the books I love because of their awesomeness (In no particular order)
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Ranger’s Apprentice (the entire series) by John Flanagan
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques
Ripper by Stefan Petrucha
Chalice by Robin McKinley
The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett
The Monstrumologist Series by Rick Yancey
Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough
Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; The Magician’s Nephew; Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
What We Found in the Sofa and How it Saved the World by Henry Clark
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Shadow of the Canyon by Tracie Peterson
The Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman; The Angel’s Command by Brian Jacques
The City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau
Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod
East by Edith Pattou
Some of the books I like because of whatever
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
The Secret of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
The Ravenmaster’s Secret: Escape from the Tower of London by Elvira Woodruff
Some of the books I don’t like
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
The Sight by David Clement Davies
The Silver Chair; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Some of the books I hate
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques
Voyage of Slaves by Brian Jacques
Pigs Might Fly by Dick King Smith
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Books I couldn’t even get through
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (too dark)
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (too oogie)
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Deception’s Princess by Esther Friesner (too typical, fast-paced, and just all-out BAD Mary Sue)
Pegasus by Robin McKinley (too slow-paced)
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson (really….er…dumb.)

What are you favorite novels/books? Care to share them?

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