@booksandthingsforever tagged me to play this tagging game! Thank you again My bookish friend!
1. What book could you convince someone to read based on the first line? The Last Musketeer, by Stuart Gibbs "Clinging to the prison wall, Greg Rich realized how much he hated time travel." This is the first book in the Last Musketeer Trilogy, in which a boy named Greg, time-travels with his parents to the time of the three Musketeers, but before they became the famed heroes. The Musketeers are still teenagers and their greatest enemy, "who is immortal" has come back to aid his past self in ending them before they can destroy him as adults. Greg "who goes by the name D'artagnan" must rally the three fledgling heroes, and in the course of the three books, the four face the dastardly duo and their cronies before sending Greg and his parents back to their own time. I haven't read the third book in this series yet, but the first two are absolutely awesome, and they have really gotten me interested in the time period and its architecture that they take place in, and I have really enjoyed learning about the real life places Greg goes too. The author also has a great sense of humor, and really knows how to keep me laughing despite the serious circumstances, like in the dungeon mentioned in the first sentence.
2. What is a book you love that is so underrated? The Golden Goblet, by Eloise Jarves Margraw, is about a boy named Ronafer, whose older half brother uses him as free labor at his stone cutters business, instead of letting him pursue his dream of being a goldsmith. Then Ronafer discovers his brother is a tomb robber, which is one of the worst crimes imaginable in Egypt, so he sets out to bring his brother to justice and keep himself from being punished too. Ancient Egypt is a passion of mine, and this book has that, a great adventure, and an exciting mystery and there's absolutely nothing I don't love and adore about this book! You also learn a lot about goldsmithing and stone cutting, which was so cool, which is the sole reason I have a great respect for goldsmiths!
3. What's a book that you love but you don't like the cover? Well, love might be a bit of a strong word for my opinion of this book, I do like it and It was definitely enjoyable, it's the only book I could find in my collection that has a cover I don't like. The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Supper mystery, High Survival, which features Nancy Drew and her best friends, Bess and George participating in an outdoor Survival class when dangerous pranks begin happening to them and the other students, so she calls in the Hardy boys, who secretly follow the group in hopes of catching the perpetrators. The story is exciting with lots of suspense and secrets, but the cover makes Frank and Joe look rather stupid, “exasperated muttering”, My favorite part was when Joe was the hero for once!
4. Who is your favorite author? This is so hard, there are so many good ones! Just to make the answer simple, I always say J.R.R. Tolkien, because I consider him one of my professors in my life's course on writing, but C.S. Lewis, Andrew Peterson, Louis L'amour, James Gurney, Franklin W. Dixen, Gertrude Chandler Warner, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Anthony Horowitz, Chris Grabinstein, Paul McCusker, and Jude Watson, are definitely other favorite authors of mine that have all influenced me, both in what I read, and write. There are also dozens of authors that I have only read one or two of their books and can't really say if I like them or not just yet. And the listed authors certainly have a book or two I don't like, "looking at you, Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Anthony Horowitz," but I do still really like them regardless.
Alyx Hardy, PI
@booksandthingsforever tagged me to play this tagging game! Thank you again My bookish friend!
1. What book could you convince someone to read based on the first line?
The Last Musketeer, by Stuart Gibbs
"Clinging to the prison wall, Greg Rich realized how much he hated time travel."
This is the first book in the Last Musketeer Trilogy, in which a boy named Greg, time-travels with his parents to the time of the three Musketeers, but before they became the famed heroes. The Musketeers are still teenagers and their greatest enemy, "who is immortal" has come back to aid his past self in ending them before they can destroy him as adults. Greg "who goes by the name D'artagnan" must rally the three fledgling heroes, and in the course of the three books, the four face the dastardly duo and their cronies before sending Greg and his parents back to their own time. I haven't read the third book in this series yet, but the first two are absolutely awesome, and they have really gotten me interested in the time period and its architecture that they take place in, and I have really enjoyed learning about the real life places Greg goes too. The author also has a great sense of humor, and really knows how to keep me laughing despite the serious circumstances, like in the dungeon mentioned in the first sentence.
2. What is a book you love that is so underrated?
The Golden Goblet, by Eloise Jarves Margraw, is about a boy named Ronafer, whose older half brother uses him as free labor at his stone cutters business, instead of letting him pursue his dream of being a goldsmith. Then Ronafer discovers his brother is a tomb robber, which is one of the worst crimes imaginable in Egypt, so he sets out to bring his brother to justice and keep himself from being punished too. Ancient Egypt is a passion of mine, and this book has that, a great adventure, and an exciting mystery and there's absolutely nothing I don't love and adore about this book! You also learn a lot about goldsmithing and stone cutting, which was so cool, which is the sole reason I have a great respect for goldsmiths!
3. What's a book that you love but you don't like the cover?
Well, love might be a bit of a strong word for my opinion of this book, I do like it and It was definitely enjoyable, it's the only book I could find in my collection that has a cover I don't like.
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Supper mystery, High Survival, which features Nancy Drew and her best friends, Bess and George participating in an outdoor Survival class when dangerous pranks begin happening to them and the other students, so she calls in the Hardy boys, who secretly follow the group in hopes of catching the perpetrators. The story is exciting with lots of suspense and secrets, but the cover makes Frank and Joe look rather stupid, “exasperated muttering”, My favorite part was when Joe was the hero for once!
4. Who is your favorite author?
This is so hard, there are so many good ones! Just to make the answer simple, I always say J.R.R. Tolkien, because I consider him one of my professors in my life's course on writing, but C.S. Lewis, Andrew Peterson, Louis L'amour, James Gurney, Franklin W. Dixen, Gertrude Chandler Warner, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Anthony Horowitz, Chris Grabinstein, Paul McCusker, and Jude Watson, are definitely other favorite authors of mine that have all influenced me, both in what I read, and write. There are also dozens of authors that I have only read one or two of their books and can't really say if I like them or not just yet. And the listed authors certainly have a book or two I don't like, "looking at you, Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Anthony Horowitz," but I do still really like them regardless.
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