Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This book, aimed at a younger audience than I represent...

Rating: WORTHY! This is the first of a series all of which I've read. Anyone who follows this blog (and I know there's one of...

Rating: WORTHY! This is volume two of the series. In volume one, the two young heroes of the story, twins Josh and Sophie, traveled t...

Rating: WORTHY! The title refers to Nicholas Flamel's wife Perenelle, who really comes into her own in this volume, which takes pl...

Rating: WORTHY! Volume four brings Nicholas Flamel, his wife Perenelle, and the twins Sophie, and Josh back to San Francisco where the...

Rating: WORTHY! This volume brings more characters into the story, most notably from Egyptian mythology, such as Anubis, Aten, Isis, a...

Rating: WORTHY! The final book in the series takes off right at the end of volume five, and twins, Sophie and Josh Newman travel back ...

Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. If Steve is the cake in this book, then Victoria i...

Rating: WORTHY! Based loosely on Greek mythology, this rather crudely-drawn graphic novel was a weird and wonderful exploration of the ...

Rating: WARTY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a 'Read Now' graphic novel at Net ...

Rating: WORTHY! This was a very short book (little more than 100 pages), and lacked an index which it could have used, but it offers a ...

Rating: WARTY! I think there are good stories to be told from roots in African folklore and mythology, but this one disappointed me by ...

Rating: WARTY! This graphic novel is in the Percy Jackson world, but features a different main character named Jason, who wakes up on a...

Rating: WARTY! Yes, it's talking book Thursday and here's my third review of an audiobook today. I really enjoyed Sarwat Chadda...

Rating: WARTY! Read indifferently by Cristina Moore, this audio book failed to ignite my interest and I DNF'd it. I thought it wou...

Rating: WORTHY! The blurb tells us this novel is set around 500AD, but Rome had abandoned Britain almost a century before that! If the...

Rating: WARTY! I started listening to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief this past weekend and this morning. It...

Rating: WORTHY! Not to be confused with Lost in the Labyrinth by LA Peacock and Nathan Hale (yes, there really is a Nathan Hale), this...

Title: Jason and the Argonauts Author: Dan Whitehead Publisher: Kalyani Navyug Media Pvt. Ltd. Rating: WORTHY! Illustrated by...

Title: Dirty Wings Author: Sarah McCarry Publisher: Macmillan Rating: WORTHY! This is supposed to...