Mini Panda's Book Reviews

#(Late)Read-O-Rama TBR June 11th 12:00 am - June 17th 12:00 am This is a complete last minute thrown together TBR for #Read-O-Rama. I figured I had a lot of free time this week and it would be a great time to get some reading down. Challenges: Read a book with RAMA in the title and/or author's name Read a book with water on the cover Read a short book (150 pages or less) Read a graphic novel Read a book you've been anticipating Read an own voices novel Read a book released in summer of any year Read 7 books My TBR: Long Way Home  by Katie McGarry A Court of Wings and Ruin  by Sarah J. Maas  The Seafarer's Kiss  by Julia Ember Saga Volume 2  by Brian K. Vaughan The Hate You Give  by Angie Thomas  There Are Monsters Here  by Cameron Chase Bonus: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  by J.K. Rowling

Summer Plans Re-read: So Zoe over at readbyzoe  is doing a summer long re-readathon of the entire Harry Potter series. I haven't reread the series in a long while minus the first two books which I reread recently. I'm really excited to keep on re-reading the series. The third book is the one that I plan on reading next and it just so happens to be my favorite one. Here is Zoe's reading list schedule: Monday, May 22nd - Sunday, May 28th (one week): Philosopher's Stone, FB screenplay, FB textbook Monday, May 29th - Sunday, June 4th (one week): Chamber of Secrets, Quidditch Through the Ages Monday, June 5th - Sunday, June 11th (one week): Prisoner of Azkaban Monday, June 12th - Sunday, July 2nd (three weeks): Goblet of Fire Monday, July 3rd - Sunday, July 23rd (three weeks): Order of the Phoenix Monday, July 24th - Sunday, August 6th (two weeks): Half-Blood Prince Monday, August 7th - Friday, September 1st (four weeks): Deathly Hallows, Tales of ...

Review /Rereading: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets  by J.K. Rowling Format (That I Read It): Book Summary: All Harry Potter wants is to get away from the Dursleys and go back to Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby - who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny. But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone--or something--starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past...

Review /Rereading: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Format (That I Read It): Book Summary: Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy. He lives with his Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and cousin Dudley, who are mean to him and make him sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. (Dudley, however, has two bedrooms, one to sleep in and one for all his toys and games.) Then Harry starts receiving mysterious letters and his life is changed forever. He is whisked away by a beetle-eyed giant of a man and enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The reason: Harry Potter is a wizard! The first book in the "Harry Potter" series makes the perfect introduction to the world of Hogwarts. Initial Thoughts: I have never re-read Harry Potter, EVER. I have great childhood moments with this series. For the past few months, I've been wanting to get back into the series, but it had never been the right moment. That was until I woke up a...

Review /Rereading: Thirst Series by Christopher Pike (Volume 1) The volume consists of the first three novels: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, and Red Dice. Format (That I Read It):  Physical Book Summary: As to blood - ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty....   Alisa has been in control of her urges for the five thousand years she has been a vampire. She feeds but does not kill, and she lives her life on the fringe to maintain her secret. But when her creator returns to hunt her, she must break her own rules in order to survive. Her quest leads her to Ray. He is the only person who can help her; he also has every reason to fear her. Alisa must get closer to him to ensure her immortality. But as she begins to fall in love with Ray, suddenly there is more at stake than her own life....   Initial Thoughts: I had read this book years ago when I was in middle school/early high school....