Book Nook: A Challenge!

Welcome to the New Year!

Last year I participated in the GoodReads Reading Challenge. I chose 25 as the number of books that I would read (as the past couple of years I went from 100 (which didn't happen) to 15, which was surpassed).

I knocked that goal out of the park, reading well over 30 books. (34/25 woo!)

I tend to read fantasy, young adult, mysteries, and a variety of historical non-fiction. I delve into fiction and biographies from time to time as well.

I love recommendations from anyone as well - gives a different perspective


I'd like to know what sort of books you read. Which genre do you tend to pull towards?


Here's a few that I read through last year, as well as some series I'm going to continue on with this year:

Crown & Key Series

A Carolyn Blue Culinary Mystery

Black Cat Bookshop

Odd Thomas Series

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery

Booktown Mysteries

Splintered Series

Ophelia Wylde Paranormal Mystery

Precious Stone Trilogy

Kingdom Keepers (Will continue the series this year)

The Land of Stories (Will continue the series this year)

I've got a lot of other books on the docit for this year as well including:

Les Miserables

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

A Tale of Two Cities

Give me a few books you thoroughly love to read. I'd like to see what's caught everyone's fancy.

Book Nook

There are many books that I will eventually get around to reviewing. There are many that I've read that are also part of amazing series. I'm going to take today and review one particular one that was written by an actor.

Book: A Grimm Warning

Series: The Land of Stories

Author: Chris Colfer

WARNING – THIS CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS. READ THE FIRST TWO BOOKS FIRST:

THE WISHING SPELL

THE ENCHANTRESS RETURNS

This is the third book in the series. It follows twin siblings, Conner and Alex Bailey in the further studies of stories.

After defeating the Enchantress in their last adventure together, Alex decided to stay behind in the Land of Stories to study alongside her grandmother to become the next Fairy Godmother. With Conner, their mother and Bob returning to the normal world; the portal between worlds was sealed shut. They can still contact each other via a magic mirror.

However, things never stay the same forever.

When Conner is invited to Germany with a few other classmates it’s the chance of a lifetime! There are three new Brother’s Grimm stories that have been sealed away until today. With a big reading sponsored by the local university it becomes an event easily sold out to fairy tale enthusiasts and book lovers alike.

But the first two stories sound exactly like the ones Conner wrote about for school. When the third one is too similar to his friends from the Land of Stories for comfort; not only that but there’s a warning about an invading army.

With time running out he races around Europe with a friend from school, trying to uncover the clues left by Mother Goose.

I won’t give too much more away, but pick up this series if you want a new take on the Fairy Tale world, and the Brothers Grimm.