Books we’ve read. Books we’ve reviewed. Books we’ve used for homeschooling. Sometimes we use them to cook. Books are abundant in our house so we’ll share our favorites with you.
Last year, we told you about a book series called Vampire Academy. We reviewed each of the six books and at the end of the series, we said it would make a fantastic movie. We got our wish because on Valentine’s Day 2014, the movie based on the first book in the best vampire book […]
After returning to her job as a prosecutor, Mia Quinn finds herself in the middle of a huge murder investigation and, if that’s not enough, she has a teenage son and a 4 year old daughter that require her attention, a pile of unpaid piles due to her new widow status, and a not so […]
The second book, Alienation, left us with the threat of invasion by Christmas time and our hero, Colt McAllister, had just returned from a birthday party when he learned of a Thule warship crash in Nevada. After finishing the last chapter of Alienation I couldn’t wait for the next book. After a while, I started […]
The Indigo Spell launches with the realization that Sydney is a virgin thus leading her to cast a challenging spell to scry someone she doesn’t know, Ms. Terwilliger’s older sister. Afterwards we learn that Sydney was invited and plans to attend a vampire wedding as part of improving relationships between the Alchemists and Moroi. This […]
I first saw a DVD with the title Eragon sitting on my in-laws movie shelves. I picked it up and was intrigued by the plot and watched the movie. That was many years ago and I didn’t know at the time it was based on a book. Or at least I don’t recall knowing that. […]
In this book Sydney’s relationship evolves and forces her to question her Alchemist beliefs as well as her sense of right and wrong. She reluctantly experiments with the magic that scares her so much but only because it might be the key to stopping Strigoi. Although she is still all business, she does begin dating […]