Reading Log

2010/06/06- The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey.

Stop what you’re doing. Don’t walk. RUN to the library and get this book. You need it. And if you think you don’t, you need it even more than that other guy. Go. NOW.

2010/05/20- Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1-5)

Now, I’m a Harry Potter fan. I am. But these books had something Rowling missed for me: a LIKEABLE main character. Sure, Harry’s alright. But Hermione’s a better witch, the Weasleys are funnier, and just about everyone is less moody. Percy Jackson, though, is a kid I LIKE. He’s funny. He messes up. He doesn’t PMS. And his wins are amazing feats, not chances of dumb luck and hey look at my super smart friend. The Percy Jackson series features a host of likeable, interesting characters, plots with more obstacles to overcome than an Olympic (pun intended) hurdle race, and  what’s more, they don’t get progressively longer and longer ad nauseam till you are certain the editor was shot and replaced with a sack of doorknobs. They are YA, and what I like to call a “snack book,” (Hi, McNolte!), but they are thoroughly entertaining, well-written and moral. Also, no sparkly vampires.