Stacking the Shelves #120

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!

Bought:

The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2) by Rick Riordan

For Review:

Seduced By A Dragon (Fallen Immortals #5) by Alisa Woods 
Howl (Howl #1) by D.S. Wrights, Lilith Dark 
Hunt (Howl #2)  by D.S. Wrights, Lilith Dark 

Christmas Gifts:

Blue Blooded (Jessica McClain #6) by Amanda Carlson

Wild in the Windy City: The Anthology by M. Dauphin, J. D. Hollyfield, Ryan Michele, J. M. Witt, F. L. Jacob, Danielle Jamie, Jenna Galicki, Sapphire Knight, Lisa Suzanne, Elle Christensen, Evan Grace

What did you add to your shelves this week?

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Stacking The Shelves #26

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!

For Review:

Broken Blood (Dirty Blood #4) by Heather Hildenbrand 
City of Fae by Pippa DaCosta 
The Unleashing (Call of Crows #1) by Shelly Laurenston
Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945 by J. Andrew Ross

Given (it was my birthday on Monday):

The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus #4) by Rick Riordan 
Lucky Break (Chicagoland Vampires #10.5) by Chloe Neill 

Won:

Bracing the Blue Line (Bracing for Love #1) by Lindsay Paige (author)

Nepenthe (Bracing for Love #2) by Lindsay Paige (author)

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Feature & Follow #3: Convinced Someone to Read a Book

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read,each of whom feature a chosen blog for the week. It is a great way to meet new bloggers, make friends, and get exposure for your own blog.

This weeks Question:

Have you ever convinced someone to read a book, a series, or a whole genre? What book(s) and who was it? Did they like it?

I am another person that convinced three friends to read Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. My friend Michelle even went to all the movies with me.  I actually won tickets for an advanced preview of Twilight in Chicago with all the Reviewers (including Roger Ebert) - very cool.

I got my mom to read Toni Aleo's Assassins Series and Deirdre Martin's New York Blades Series.  Got to love a good hockey romance.

My eleven year old son, Justin, has been reading and loving a lot of series I have suggested: Brandon Mull's Fablehaven; Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and of course J.K. Rowling 's Harry Potter.  I love sharing books with him.

Demigods and Monsters by Rick Riordan

Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I’ll start off by saying that this book wasn’t exactly what I was expecting. I am a huge fan of Rick Riordan’s. The best part of this book was the introduction. He discusses how he stared the Percy Jackson series by telling bed time stories to his son. They discovered that his son had ADHD and dyslexia. His son loved mythology so he began telling his stories combining the two. Hence the concept that Demigod’s usually have ADHD and dyslexia because it gives them the “finely tuned senses” to keep alive. I have to admit it brought tears to my eyes.

The rest of the book is comprised of essays by participating authors that discussed their take on the series. It was interesting to hear other people’s perspectives.

ARC provided by publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

ebook, 170 pages

Published March 1st 2009 by Smart Pop (first published January 1st 2008)

original title:Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

ISBN: 1935251082 (ISBN13: 9781935251088)

edition language:English

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