Book Review: The Last Wilderness by Erin Hunter (Seekers #4)

 

We're officially past the halfway point of this arc! Let's move on to this book! Spoiler ahead.

Book Review: The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill

 

Yet another take on the story of Lobo, King of the Currumpaw, an enormous and troublesome wolf back in the past. This time aimed at younger children. I'm not going to put a spoiler warning here since this is a non-fiction and everyone and their grandma already knows the ending to Lobo's tale by now, with it being over a hundred years old. But just know that it has a sad historically-accurate ending.

If you really want to know the original tale of Lobo before going into this book or review, read it in the book Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton, who himself was a major player in the story. It's literally the original version of the tale and also public domain, so you can find it for free online.

Book Review: Aurora by Inge Pietjouw (Dreamwalker #1)

 

Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads Droomwandlaar #1: Aurora.

A cool-looking fantasy I stumbled upon in the library. Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: A Short History of the World in 50 Animals by Jacob F. Field

 

A non-fiction I bought a short while ago I'm now finally getting to.

Book Review: Zamba by Ralph Helfer

 

You ever read a non-fiction book about a particular individual animal you feel torn on? I've had this before with the books about lions like Christian and Elsa, and it's no different here with Ralph Helfer's lion Zamba, though the situation is a little different in this case. 

Content warnings for "spoilers" (as far as you can spoil a non-fiction), racism and mentions of animal abuse/death.

Book Review: The Ice Princess by Thea Stilton (Princesses of Fantasia #1)

 

  Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads Principesse del Regno della Fantasia #1: Principessa dei Ghiacci. I used the Dutch cover image because it is of a higher quality than the Italian one I could find.

Okay, so, fun fact, I used to love reading the Geronimo Stilton books. I used to not be a super big reader as a kid before I got introduced to those books. For those not in the know, they're (originally Italian) books written by the fictional pen name of a mouse and are about his misadventures. The Geronimo Stilton books are generally very playful tone-wise and visual-wise.

Later on, they also started to make spinoff books (supposedly) written by his sister, Thea Stilton. She wrote some of the same light-hearted books taking place in their mouse world but with the target audience being more-so girls than children in general. And later, spinoffs of the Thea (and Geronimo) Stilton books followed in various series, including the Fantasia/Kingdom of Fantasy series (more fantasy-oriented), which this is a spinoff off, and some historical literal classics (such as The Call of the Wild by Jack London and Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne) "re-written" by Geronimo Stilton to take place in the mouse world.

This is a lot of lead-up, but believe me when I say there's a lot of books to the Stilton name, both taking place in the mouse realm and spinoffs that take place in Fantasia or elsewhere. This is one of these spinoffs, and the first book in the Princesses of Fantasia series. These peaked my interest when they first came out as a teen, but I never ended up reading them because I was over reading the Stilton books at that point in my childhood. But now that I can read them with my library card, why not have a look? Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: Wolves by Jen Green (Amazing Animals)

 

Another wolf non-fiction book for younger readers! Let's have a look.

Book Review: The Forgotten People by Eva Raaff (The Taragon Trilogy #2)

 

 Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads De Taragon Trilogie #1: Het vergeten volk.

Book two in the Taragon Trilogy, which I am revisiting and have fond memories of. Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: Dragon's Green by Scarlett Thomas (Worldquake Sequence #1)

Another random book I picked up at the library because it looked interesting. Let's see if it's good! Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: The Only by Katherine Applegate (Endling #3)

 

The final book in the trilogy! Let's dive right in! Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: The Knights of Rosande by Lydia Rood

 

 Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads De ridders van Rosande.

New book review! Spoilers ahead!

Book Review: Daybreak by Ethan Summers (The Dogs of the Spires: Rebirth #4)

 

Amazing how fast these books are coming out yet still manage to maintain quite a high level of quality. Like, I'm pretty sure all books of the Spires series I've reviewed so far have been rated four stars or up by me? Which is great especially considering how fast they're coming out. Ah well, spoilers ahead for this book!

Book Review: Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt by Rhiannon Williams (Narroway Trilogy #1)

 

 

Now that I have a library card I am way more open to checking out new book series that normally I wouldn't buy because I wouldn't know if I'd like them or not. Usually the books I buy are the ones I either really want to own physically (mostly xenofiction) or I buy some cheap ebooks for those I don't feel the need to have physical copies of. But with my library card, I can no check out way more. The covers of the Narroway Trilogy immediately spoke to me, so I of course had to check them out, starting with book one. Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: Wolves by Sally Morgan (Face to Face)

 

Now that I have a library card, you better believe I'm gonna check out every wolf-related book I can find there. Including children books. So let's take a look at this children's non-fiction about wolves. 

Book Review: Sky by Erin Hunter (Warriors: A Starless Clan #2)

 

The ride never ends. Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: Smoke Mountain by Erin Hunter (Seekers #3)

 

 

I liked books one and two of this series so far. So let's continue this journey. Spoilers ahead.