2008

*Corydon and the Fall of Atlantis - Tobias Druitt 335 pgs * * * * Second in Corydon trilogy. Corydon reluctantly sets off on another adventure with the "monsters" of Greek mythology when the Minotaur is apparently kidnaped by the people of Atlantis
*Naughty Fairy tales from A to Z - Alison Tyler 202 pgs * * * * I think the title says it all!
*Good Omens: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes nutter, witch - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 296 pgs * * * * * the apocalypse has never been funnier (crazy super plus: has many many Queen references!!)
*Aesop’s Fables 198 pgs * * * presents the reader with moral stories and offers ageless advice through the personification of the animal world.
*the titan’s curse - rick riordan 312 * * * * * third in Percy Jackson series. Two more demi-gods are found and artemis is kidnapped.
*quakeland - FLB 210 pgs * * * * in this intertwining series of emotionally charged stories, wistful characters weave together a dance of joy and sorrow, gain and loss, dissonance and harmony.
*the battle of the labyrinth - rick riordan 361 pgs * * * * * fourth in percy jackson series. Percy and his friends must navigate the labyrinth to find deadalus before kronos’ army does and uses it to invade camp halfblood.
*Darkest desire - Anthony Schmitz 134 pgs * * * * being an account of Wolf, his unfortunate desires, his deception by the brothers Grimm, his rescue by Devil, and the lessons gained thereby, which might benefit all creatures.
*Blood Roses - FLB 129 pgs * * * * * 9 short stories. Beautiful, subtle, mysterious
*Faces Under Water - Tanith Lee 233pgs * * * In a Parallel version of Venice, Furian Furiano finds a mask that leads him to a dangerous secret society and love. Hard to follow, most of the time I had no idea what was going on.
*Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk 260 pgs * * * * while a reporter is researching a story about sudden infant death syndrom he discovers a common link. In all the cases the parents had read their child a poem from the same book. He goes on a cross country trip to destroy all the books and find the source of power.
*Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris 292 pgs * * * a small town louisiana waitress falls in love with a vampire (they have just "come out of the coffin") and helps solve a murder mystery.
*The God of Impertinence - Sten Nadolny 211 pgs * * * the god Hephaestus has taken over the world, and Hermes, who has been chained to a cliff for 2,000 years, must stop him from destroying it, with the help of the Beautiful Helle.
*The Shadow Thieves - Anne Ursu 420 pgs * * * * 1st in Cronus Chronicles. Kids from Charlotte’s school start getting sick after her cousin moves in with her family. They discover that it’s because a demon is stealing their shadows to build an army to overthrow Hades and take over the underworld
*How to (Un)cage a girl - FLB 119 pgs * * * * love poems for girls
*American Gods - Neil Gaiman 588 pgs * * * * Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming - a battle for the very soul of America... and they are in it’s direct path.
*Siren Song - Anne Ursu 430 pgs * * * * 2nd in Cronus Chronicles.13 year old Charlotte must rescue humankind again when the evil Philonocron captures her cousin Zee, and Poseidon himself send a sea monster to eat the cruise ship on which Charlotte’s parents are trapped.