Book 94: The Battle of the Labyrinth

I really love this series. I want to start with this comment because I've already finished it.

I found this book at some points anti-climatic and very stressful. I wish that Calypso played a larger role. I wish we could find out what happens to her. It was my favourite part of the book.

I give this 8 spiders out of 10. The ending is fantastic. The book is great. Just not as great as I suspected.

Book 93: Ariel

I was relatively unimpressed with this collection of poems. By this I mean that when I bought it I thought I'd be more impressed by them.

A few of the poems spoke to my soul as something that I'd want to know but many of them just didn't grab me.

Sylvia Plath is a good poet and if you're into poetry or attempting to build a library or attempting to build a good collection of poetry I would say buy this book because it is alright, but just alright. I give Ariel 4 out of 10.

Book 92: The Pendragon

I really enjoyed this book. I really love the Arthurian legends, they're what I grew up on, so any time I see a book that involves them in any way I buy it and read it. In all truth my mum bought me this book along with Queen of the Realm at a second hand shop. To this day she is still surprised with herself because she always has a hard time picking out books for me because she always wants to make sure she gets me something I love.

To the book:

This was a beautiful retelling of the Arthur legend. Like the movie King Arthur (The one with Keira Knightly in it) it takes a more Roman vibe which I normally don't like but this book was fantastic. It was from Bedivere's Point of view which is interesting again because you don't see that very often. There are so many good things about this book. It haunts my dreams (in the best of ways)

I love this book and because I love it I give it a 10 snake arm bands out of 10. You should note that I don't often give a book that I've read once by an author that I've never read before a 10 out of 10.  It was a fantastic read.

Book 91: Harry Potter: Film Wizardry

This book was really cool and I'm no just saying that because it had fun things on the inside. I really enjoyed reading about how the book to movie translation happened and how particular they were about anything. The only thing that I regret about this book is that it doesn't include all the movies.

That being said I'm still giving it an 8 out of 10. It's a good read for any Harry Potter fan,

POLL TIME:
I'm going to start re-reading the Harry Potter series all over again soon(ish). Do you think that I should re-review the first three books? Y/N? Leave me comments? No comments? Okay -sadface-.

Book 90: Biology as ideology: The doctrine of DNA

I don't have much to say about this book. It's been a while since I read all the books that I've been reviewing lately.

I found this book very thought provoking and definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in modern ideas about DNA and how we blame everything on genes. I give this book 8 out of 10.

Book 89: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

A lot of people that I know really love this book. Really love. This beginning may make you think that this is a negative review but I assure you it's not.

It was really nice to read something in FYP that was "light". That's how my friends might describe it. That's how it seemed. But with its violent images and hard life lessons I have my doubts about it being a "light" read.

I found that Persepolis really brings out how dangerous philosophy is to those who are not capable to understand it. I mean no disrespect to Ms. Satrapi seeing that it is her biography in graphic novel form because I would never expect a child to understand the things that she was trying to about any philosophy or her political situation. In fact, I would say that she had done very well. The fact is, that the main character proves again and again what a danger it is to wave around philosophy without understanding it, both in herself and some of her adult counterparts. She proved the danger of being a fanatic.

I did really enjoy this book, and yes it is a book. It is rich with detail and really puts your in the main character's shoes. I found it particularly hard to put down. For this reason I have rated it 8 out of 10. It was definitely a good read.

Book 88: The Light Fantastic

I've heard a lot of different things about this series, most of them being positive. I've heard that they get better as they go on. I believe this with all my heart.

I really love The Colour of Magic. I thought it was fantastic. This one didn't amaze me quite as much and I'm still getting use to Pratchett's writing style but I still found this book hilarious.

I really enjoyed reading it and can't wait to have enough money to buy the next one. I give it 8 out of 10 marriages.