http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com A hopefully fun and informative blog dedicated to all things books. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:51:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally got some of the Chrestomanci novels and had a chance to read them. They are published towards young adults and are some very good fantasy books. I think a lot of adults miss out by avoiding the younger readers section because they think people might think ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/11/27/chrestomanci-novels-by-diana-wynne-jones/ Doh, I haven’t posted anything since September. >< I’ve been so busy lately, but still manage to read almost every day. I’ve had these books at the house for several years because I heard good things about them when I was living in Louisiana, and her Sookie Stackhouse ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/11/22/charlaine-harris/ Shojo and Shonen are the two most known forms to us in the states, but there are several other types. Seinen is for adult males and Josei is for adult women. Manga is pretty popular here in Japan with all ages, and whenever I go to a ramen ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/09/21/manga-kodomo/ I think a really fun form of written media is Manga. For starters I’ll break down some of the basic forms and go from there. Shojo is the term for material aimed at young girls, usually with an adolescent/teenaged girl as the protagonist. Many of the manga have romantic ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/09/18/manga-shojo/ Another Star Wars series that I enjoyed was the Black Fleet Crisis, written by Michael Kube-McDowell.  I liked the character development of Leia, who comes to realize that she can’t do everything as President of the Republic.  Luke's out searching for this planet he got informed his ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/09/11/the-black-fleet-crisis/ Speaking of Young Jedi Knights, I liked that series.  It’s written by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta.   A couple friends of mine who read it didn’t really like it, but I thought it was pretty good.  Though the last book in the series felt like it ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/09/09/young-jedi-knights/ Here’s a huge list of books XD  I haven’t read near all of them, but for a while I kept up fairly well.  Then there was a huge surge of books after the Prequels started coming out and I couldn’t keep up.  XD  I’ll go over them ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/09/07/star-wars-books-the-courship-of-princess-leia/ He's well known for writing a series called the Shannara series.  I read about 6 or so from that series so far.  Its good stuff, but I recently started another series by him called the Word & Void.  It's modern day and is really well written.  I ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/09/02/terry-brooks/ Found image here. Adams wrote "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", which I'm sure a few people have heard of since it got made into a movie recently. I haven't actually seen the movie yet, and don't plan to, my hubby saw it and said it was so-so. Anyways, ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/07/27/douglas-adams/ My husband introduced me to his writing several years ago.  Most of what he writes takes place in the land of Midkemia, and he has greatly detailed on most of the entire world through the many books he’s written about the world.  The 1st book that he ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/avid-reader:hellokitty.com/2008/07/24/raymond-e-feist/