DDBook Reviews

If you know the words 'Please sir may I have some more, you also know who said it and which book.  Oliver Twist, to some, is the best known of Charles Dickens' books.  Yes, A Tale of two cities and Great Expectations are also well known but did not honour being made into a Disney Animated Film or a musical. As with many books, the title character is not always the one that people end up liking.  In the case of Oliver Twist , the Artful Dodger is the character that steals the show and how appropriate for Terry Pratchett to take this lovable character and give him the Pratchett makeover. Those of us who have read the Discworld novels and novels such as Nation  know that anything is possible once Pratchett has taken a character into his world.  For some, it might be disappointing to realize that there was nothing magical in Dodger .  That is to say nothing magical as in the Discworld novels. Knowing who Dodger is and knowing the brilliance of Pratchett, one can

This is so very true.  Let me know in the comments what books you would like me to review.  I am working on my post on Dodger from Terry Pratchett as it does not fall in his fantasy genre as the Discworld novels do.

Artemis sighed with exaggerated patience. ‘You are no healer.  You are a sprite, p’sh ó g, fairy, ka-dalun.  Whichever language you prefer to use.  And I want your book.’ If you are looking for a fast-paced, intellectual fairy adventure and you fall in the age bracket from a precocious ten to a very imaginative 90+,   Artemis Fowl is a very good series to pick up.   Trust me you will not want  to put i t down and when you have read t he last book   The Last  Guardian  you probably would want to start again at the beginning. Artemis is a twelve-year-old boy.  He is in charge of the family’s business  and financial stability.  He no longer goes to school, although his  mother  does not know this.   His father is presumed dead and Butler his  bodyguard looks out for the boy although it is a challenge.  When Artemis comes up with a genius plan to capture an elf to trade  for fairy gold he becomes mixed up with a sprite, a fairy book that  holds  untold secrets, the

So many books, so little Time! I have been pondering on what to review next, there are so many books that should be mentioned and then I realized that I should probably start where my addiction started many years ago. As a young girl, I already fancied fantasy stories above true stories or just fiction.  If you added something or someone magical I would love it.  So one day I was at the school library, looking for something to read, but with a little more to the bone than Mary Norton's  Borrowers . I remember seeing the back of a book that said, MORT by Terry Pratchett .  Well, I had Latin at school and always looked out for deeper meaning in words and titles.  Imagine my amazement that in my hand I held a new world where Death is a character with so many things that can make you chuckle. I was so taken with Pratchett's writing that I ended up reading with a dictionary close at hand (as English is not my mother tongue) and I did not want to miss one phrase of

My goal? Write unforgettable, haunting stories that steal you away from the world and reveal to you your own hidden power and greatness . S.M. Boyce Meet Kara, who just wanted a hike to clear her mind.  Instead, she finds herself in a whole new world.  She stumbled on the legacy of the first Vagabond of Ourea, and now he is inside her mind!  She inherits a quest to unite Ourea, but the natives are not really inclined to listen to a Vagabond and then one from another world to boot. Braeden is a soldier who volunteers to guard her on her quest, but he has many secrets he isn't eager to share with her. Together they visit all the role players and have to navigate through betrayal and manipulation as well as the third person in Kara's head. Ourea is a world full of magic and wonder where possibilities are endless and death almost certain. This is a good clean Fantasy adventure and can be read by readers of all ages.  This will be a fun read for teens and young adults, a

This was an excellent read. A good thick book that never bored and constantly surprised with the twists and turns in the plot. There is witty humour and some amusing aside comments that make you feel as if you can see what happens through the eyes of the author. I will most definitely read the rest of the series. This is mostly a clean book but there are some adult scenes.