TwoGirlsThatRead

Hello, everyone! We're going to be doing the For The Book Lover Tag today! It's where you get a characteristic or trait of the book lover, and you pair it up with a book. We remember watching this on Bookables's channel at this time last year and loving it (you can watch her video  here ). So now, since it's the holiday season, we have a blog to do it on, let's get started! Photo Source Link 1. A book for the old soul. Ashvini: I'm going to go with The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit. (BTW Emma, it's one of the only classics I have read. So ha! :) Emma: Well, I am very short on reading classics, but a fairy tale is a classic right? Then I choose Alice in Wonderland. 2. A book for the young at heart. Ashvini: Usually, I say Percy Jackson, but today I'm going to go with Harry Potter. Whenever, it's Winter and I'm really feeling the holidays I crave Harry Potter. Emma: Well, well, well, Ashvini. I choose The 39 Clues

Oh man, it's been forever since we've done a review. Is it too late now to say sorry? Photo Source Link Emma's Rating: 4/5 Ashvini's Rating: 4/5 Ashvini: M-MAG-NUS-CHASE! I just had to turn it into a song… My biggest worry with Magnus Chase was that it would turn into a cheap remake of Percy Jackson. After reading it though, I can safely say that is not at all the case. Our main character Magnus is dead (not a spoiler), apparently looks like Kurt Cobain, hates the colour blue, and is very sassy and sarcastic - in a not cute way. So Magnus dies, and finds himself at a magical Norse hotel afterlife… Not too much like Percy Jackson right? Norse mythology isn’t generally as well-known as Greek mythology, but the timing of the world building and plot development was extremely well done. At times, the switch between the nine worlds (Yup, there are nine Norse worlds) could be a lot, but you’re never too disoriented to continue. ( I was able to keep m