The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell

The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell

By: Chris Colfer

"Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales. "The Land of Stories" tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. 

But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought"              Courtesy of Goodreads

Rating: 5 of 5

To be frank, I loved this book. Its an overall good story with great characters. I loved how the twin were so easy to relate to. I could easily put myself in their shoes. Being a child who looked to books my entire life, it was very easy to see from Alex's point of view. I would want to see and explore everything. I thoroughly enjoyed how the author made the Evil Queen so incredible. My heart ached for her just as Snow White's did. I adored how he used all of the fairy tale characters and how he made them so believable. 

However, my favorite part of the whole book is the ending. How it all comes together is simply beautiful. 

There was not one thing I would change about this book. It keep me reading and left me wanting to go out and buy the second one. I just love any book that uses those old fairy tales I grew up with. 

The Fountain of the Earth

The Fountain of the Earth

By H.L. Le Roy

"Terra Vonn is fighting to survive in a destroyed world, surrounded by unspeakable horror . . . and things are about to get much worse."

After witnessing the horrific murder of her mother, fifteen-year-old Terra Vonn has a singular focus—exacting revenge on the killers. But before she can complete her plan, savagery intervenes, and she is cast alone into a brutal post-apocalyptic world. As she trails the murderers south—through a land filled with cannibalistic criminals, slave traders, and lunatics—the hunter becomes the hunted. Terra quickly learns that she is not as tough or as brave as she thought she was. Worse, she may be the only one who stands between what little remains of civilization and destruction. Courtesy of Goodreads

Rating: 3 of 5

Overall, this book had a great story. The main character, Terra, behaved exactly how most people I know would have in most of those situations. I love how strong she made Terra seem mentally. In every situation, when most would lay down and let people walk over them, Terra held her head high and continued. I honestly enjoyed how the author took adult situations and kept them PG so to speak. There was no overly descriptive section about them. I felt I could read them and not cringe as bad as I would with other books. 

However, I felt the book dragged on in places. Sometimes it seemed that almost everyone the characters came across wanted to either kill them or rape them. I understand this was to convey how dangerous the world they lived in was, but I felt it was a bit much for me. I felt the romantic relationship between Terra and Ethan was lacking in some depth. 

It's just the beginning....

I honestly don't know what to say. My cousin turned me on to this idea for me to share my thoughts of the books I read. She told me that I was doing the reading anyway...

True. So here I am, ready to convey all my thoughts about every life I lead through the books I take in my hands.

I have always had a love affair with books. From the very first book I read myself, I was addicted. I have collected and borrowed so many over the years. I can't remember all of them.

So let's get this started.