Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review: How to Train Your Dragon: How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale by Cressida Cowell

Last week’s gym book was How to Train Your Dragon 05: How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale (Young Adult 245 pages) by Cressida Cowell. “The heat is one for Hiccup! Someone has stolen the Fire-Stone from Volcano Island, which means the Volcano has become … Continue reading

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Book Review: Lunaside by J.L. Douglas

Lunaside (Young Adult 222 pages) by J.L. Douglas was recommended reading from one the Ace Bookclub I found on Tumblr for the month of April. I didn’t get a chance to read it then with the rest of the people … Continue reading

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Book Review: How to Train Your Dragon 04: How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse by Cressida Cowell

I actually read How to Train Your Dragon 04: How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse (Young Adult 241 pages) by Cressida Cowell last week and am only now getting around to actually typing up my review. “Hiccup’s best friend, Fishlegs, has been … Continue reading

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Book Review: How to Train Your Dragon 03: How to Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell

Today’s gym book was How to Train Your Dragon 03: How to Speak Dragonese (Young Adult 223 pages) by Cressida Cowell. “A Viking lesson in pirating takes a strange turn when Hiccup and his best friend, Fishlegs, accidentally raid the wrong ship while … Continue reading

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Book Review: How to Train Your Dragon 02: How to be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell

This morning’s gym book was How to Train Your Dragon 02: How to be a Pirate (Young Adult 211 pages) by Cressida Cowell. “When Hiccup finds a coffin at sea, he opens it to discover a riddle that will lead to … Continue reading

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Book Review: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

This morning’s gym book was How to Train Your Dragon (Young Adult 214 page) by Cressida Cowell. “Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as ‘the Dragon Whisperer’ … but it wasn’t always so. … Continue reading

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Book Review: My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart

The next book I read for my Readings in the Genre: Mystery Classics class for Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction was My Brother Michael (Mystery 238 pages) by Mary Stewart. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart … Continue reading

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Book Review: Lemony Snicket: the Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket

Yesterday morning’s gym book was Lemony Snicket: the Unauthorized Autobiography (Young Adult 218 pages) by Lemony Snicket. “The book you are holding in your hands is extremely dangerous. If the wrong people see you with this objectionable autobiography, the results could be … Continue reading

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Book Review: a Series of Unfortunate Events: the End by Lemony Snicket

I finished a Series of Unfortunate Events 13: the End (Young Adult 339 pages) by Lemony Snicket a while ago, but hadn’t done up my review until now. “Dear Reader, You are presumably looking at the back of this book, or … Continue reading

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Book Review: a Series of Unfortunate Events 12: the Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket

This morning’s gym book was a Series of Unfortunate Events 12: the Penultimate Peril (Young Adult 353 pages) by Lemony Snicket. “Dear Reader, If this is the first book you found while searching for a book to read next, then the first thing … Continue reading

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