Um...

Did I read this week? Of course I did, but what?

Oh yeah! I got Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, and it was AMAZING!

I don't think I have ever read a book in that 'style' that I have enjoyed more, which really says something. The story follows young Lincoln, who becomes a vampire hunter after almost his whole family dies. The story is supplemented with pieces from his journals and actual speeches and letters from history. The movie (or at least the previews) that is coming out soon doesn't even hold a candle to the book. I definitely recommend. excellent book. (short, too!)

Quintilogy?

Still haven't gotten Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but I got and read the five Fablehaven books, so I'll do a review on all of those.

Really low quality picture, but it's faster then finding them individually and trying to get Blogger to line them up properly.

The series follows the story of Seth and Kendra Sorrenson, two siblings (around middle/high school) who go to visit their grandparents whom they have rarely seen. Kendra, while her brother is swimming in the pond outside, uncovers a series of clues hidden in the attic playroom they use as a bedroom, eventually uncovering a locked journal. Inside, at the very end of the otherwise blank book, she finds written drink the milk, which confuses her immensely. She goes outside, where she sees the hired man carrying a pan of milk over by the gardens. She runs over and asks what it is for, to which he replies that it makes the many butterflies on the estate stay in the yard. Kendra is suspicious, so after the hired man leaves she calls over Seth and tells him to drink some of the milk. He immediately starts looking wildly around, saying stuff about all the fairies in the yard. Kendra thinks this is a trick, but Seth insists so Kendra tries some of the milk too. They are immediately confronted by their grandfather, who had been watching the whole time. He explains that the entire estate is a sanctuary for magical creatures, and by drinking the milk the children could see the creature's "true forms"-- the butterflies were actually fairies, but couldn't be seen by people who hadn't drank the special milk.

Fairies weren't the only creatures on the sanctuary, the two soon find out, as Seth is tricked into letting goblins and other dark creatures into the house, and eventually accidentally frees a demon imprisoned on the grounds. After this point the book becomes spoiler country, so I'll have to leave it off there.

That's only the first book-- the last four being as interesting as the first! I have read the whole series twice now, so I feel that I can say this is one of my favorite fantasy books in the teen bracket. The books themselves are pretty thick, but the way the stories flow means they hardly take any time at all to read. They are engaging and very exciting, and I wholly encourage them to anybody interested. Beware, however, the author paints a very convincing middle schooler in the character Seth-- it becomes very easy to become exasperated with his antics. :D

Curiosity Killed the Cat...

But Anticipation is about to kill the Megan.

There are a few series that I am waiting impatiently for the next book to come out in, but it looks like I will have to wait at least a year for each. Once I found this out, I wracked my brain for other books to (re)read so that I could have something to post on and just more books to read. Little did I realize that waiting for books to be in at the library is even worse than just waiting for books to be written, since you can keep checking and checking for them to come in. Once they do, however, They will be excellent material for a blog post. Firstly there is the Fablehaven series, which I have read before and enjoyed immensely. Secondly (and the important part of this post) is a book that I just learned about a few days ago but found so mindshatteringly awesome that I ordered it right away. It is called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer. We'll see how it goes.