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“Legend of the Lost Legend” By R.L. Stine Review

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Nobody loves a good story like Justin’s dad. He’s a famous writer and story collector. That’s how Justin and his sister, Marissa, ended up in Brovania. Their dad is searching for an ancient manuscript called ‘The Lost Legend’. Justin and Marissa want to help. But instead of finding ‘The Lost Legend’, they get lost. And the woods of Brovania are filled with the strangest creatures. Like hundreds of squealing mice. Silver-coloured dogs. And terrifying Vikings from long ago.

This book has adventure in it, Vikings and horror. Which really makes it to a perfect horror story for children. 

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The plot here is very good, because there is something eerie about 2 children going to a forest at night to seek a treasure. 

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

The characters here were very good to be honest. Because they were very relatable. 

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“A Night in Terror Tower” By R.L. Stine Review

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All locked up and no place to go! Sue and her brother, Eddie, are visiting London when they run into a little problem. They can’t find their tour group. Still, there’s no reason to panic. No way their tour guide would just leave them. All alone. In a gloomy old prison tower.

There are a lot of things happening in this book. There is horror, time travel and magic. If you ask me this is the perfect mix for a children horror book which this book is.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The town main characters are very good, because they feel like real human beings. And they feel very relatable even thou they are children. 

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book (and the rest of this series) is very short. Which means that you can read it in one sitting. But also reading this entire book won’t take you around 1 hour to finish it, if your reading speed is average like mine.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Why I’m Afraid of Bees” By R.L. Stine Review

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Gary Lutz needs a vacation from himself. Bullies are constantly beating him up. His only friend is his computer. Even his little sister doesn’t like him. But now Gary’s dream is about to come true. He’s going to exchange bodies with another kid for a whole week. Gary can’t wait to get a new body. Until something horrible happens. And Gary finds out his new body isn’t exactly human. 

To be fully honest here, this one really surprised me, because there is a life lesson in this book. And that life lesson is that even if you are hate your life, you always could have a much worse life than you do. 

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The main character here is okay, he is 12 years old and he doesn’t like his life because he is bullied and he doesn’t have any friends. For me personally he was very relatable which really made me like him more.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“One Day at Horrorland” By R.L. Stine Review

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The Morris family gets lost trying to find the Zoo Gardens theme park. But it does not matter. They find another amusement park. It’s called Horrorland. There are no crowds in Horroland. There are no queues. And you can enter for free. It looks like a nice place. But that’s before the mind-blowing ride on the Cursed Slide and the terrifying House of Mirrors experience begins. Because there is something strange in the attractions of Horrorlandia. Something too chilling, too real.

This book is another book from the Goosebumps book series.

The plot in this book takes place at a amusement park. I personally love horror stories which take place at amusement parks. So this book was a treat for me. And I had a lot of fun with this one.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

This book is the 3rd book I’ve read from the goosebumps series. And I’ve noticed that I won’t get too old from goosebumps.

The action here was for sure eerie. And it gave me chills at times which I really enjoyed because in these moments it was like this book took me back to childhood again.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Haunted Mask” By R.L. Stine Review

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How ugly is Carly Beth’s Halloween mask? It’s so ugly that it almost scared her little brother to death. So terrifying that even her friends are totally freaked out by it. It’s the best Halloween mask ever. It’s everything Carly Beth hoped it would be. And more. Maybe too much more. Because Halloween is almost over. And Carly Beth is still wearing that special mask.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I need to give this book some extra points for being creepy at times. 

The characters here was okay for the most part. The main character here is very pathetic. Because she got way too easily scared. Which really made me dislike her a lot. 

The writing style here was decent, but it disappointed me in a way because I was expecting it to be better. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5

“Grey” By E.L. James Review

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Christian Grey exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty—until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair. He tries to forget her, but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist. Unlike any woman he has known before, shy, unworldly Ana seems to see right through him—past the business prodigy and the penthouse lifestyle to Christian’s cold, wounded heart.  

I need to say that the story line of this first book is much better from Christian Grey’s perspective than from Anastasia’s.

I gave the original first book from Anastasia’s perspective a 2 star review, because her perspective didn’t engage me or interested me so much as from Christian Grey’s.

However its important to say that I’m not a fan of this series. Because its way to overrated and it isn’t as good as people claim it to be.

The book is interesting because we get to learn what is going on through Christian’s head. There is something unique and interesting hearing this story from Christian’s perspective. And it for sure adds much more to it.

The plot here is the same as the first book in the original fifty shades of grey trilogy. But there are some differences because it’s from Christian’s perspective and we follow his life during his relationship with Anastasia. 

The writing style here was okay for the most part. The writing style didn’t improve from the first book in the original trilogy. But to be honest I didn’t expect it to improve. 

The characters here are good. I liked the characters much more than I did when I read he first book in the original trilogy because I found Anastasia’s perspective very annoying and Anastasia herself wasn’t better.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Welcome to Dead House” By R.L. Stine Review

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Amanda and Josh think the old house they have just moved into is weird. Spooky. Possibly haunted. And the town of Dark Falls is pretty strange, too. — But their parents don’t believe them. You’ll get used to it, they say. Go out and make some new friends. — So Amanda and Josh do. But these creepy new friends are not exactly what their parents had in mind.

Reading this series gives me a huge nostalgia to back when I was a child and watching Goosebumps TV show. Which is the main reason why I decided to read this book series.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

The characters here are very good, and I liked them a lot. Even thou the majority of the characters in this book are children I still found them very likeable. 

The reason why I liked the characters felt super relatable, and what the main characters did felt like something I would do when I was their age.

This book was a very fun, interesting and enjoyable read. If you are looking for a book which will give you a huge nostalgia to childhood and a book where you can read with no brainpower involved than this book just as this whole series is the go to here. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Project Hail Mary” By Andy Weir Review

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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

This book gotta be the best SCI-FI book I’ve read so far. It will be hard to take the number 1 spot away from this book.

This book had Aliens, space travel, real life sciences, AI, incredible characters, even better plot which means that this book is really something to hype about. This book is my second book by the author which I’ve read and after reading this book it is official that Andy Weir became one of my all time favourite authors.

There are few characters here, but the characters we get in this book are behind the words because they are incredible and so much more. The main character Ryland Grace is just a school teacher but he is a genius but also funny at times which for me personally is the greatest combination. 

The plot here is mind-blowing. The plot in this book is what I’ve expect from a SCI-FI book. The plot here contains real life sciences but also aliens, space travel and AI which really made my life reading this book. 

The writing style is very incredible and I don’t have words to describe it. It felt like the author was reading my mind and he knew what words to use to make me very interested, engaged and have this book read in two sittings.

This book also covers the friendship despite the odds which really made me love this book even more. Because incredible friendships in books made me love Harry Potter books and it is what made me start reading books.

For me personally the beginning and the end was the best part of this book because they both leave you confused and makes you wonder what happens next.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Always and Forever, Lara Jean” By Jenny Han Review

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Lara Jean is having the best senior year. And there’s still so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dad’s wedding to Ms. Rothschild. Then she’ll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends. Life couldn’t be more perfect! At least, that’s what Lara Jean thinks until she gets some unexpected news. Now the girl who dreads change must rethink all her plans—but when your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?

Now that’s what I’m talking about, the second book in this series went down from the first one but this one was like the first book which I loved when I read it.

This book is very easy, original and very easy to read. Which really made me love this book even more than what I’ve already did.

I read this book in one day, which really proves how much this book sucked me into it. 

The writing style here was very simple and easy. Which really was an amazing mix with the plot.

The plot in this book is very juicy and very sweet. The drama in this book is very high between Lara Jean and Peter’s ex. Which annoyed me because Lara Jean and Peter’s ex started a contest about which of them can embarrassed the other one more. At times it made me want to throw this book into the fire place.

The characters here are still very generic YA characters which really disappointed. But this is the only main issue with this series.

This book wasn’t as emotional as some people on the internet claim it to be in my opinion. It was just a love story between two high schoolers.

This book was very good ending to this trilogy but still I was expecting Lara Jean and Peter to break up before they went off to different universities.

However this book was just as enjoyable as the first and second book in this series. But neither this book or the first book in this series aren’t very hard reads but rather a book where you can turn your brain off.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Library of Greek Mythology” By Apollodorus Review

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Apollodorus’ Library has been used as a source book by classicists from the time of its compilation in the 1st-2nd century BC to the present, influencing writers from antiquity to Robert Graves. It provides a complete history of Greek myth, telling the story of each of the great families of heroic mythology, and the various adventures associated with the main heroes and heroines, from Jason and Perseus to Heracles and Helen of Troy. As a primary source for Greek myth, as a reference work, and as an indication of how the Greeks themselves viewed their mythical traditions, the Library is indispensable to anyone who has an interest in classical mythology.

I had some expectations for this book, but this book didn’t live up to them.

I am interested in mythology but maybe greek mythology isn’t for me. I tried reading this book but I ended up DNF-ing this book after like 120 pages because I just couldn’t read anymore.

This book focuses a lot on genealogy which in a way annoyed me and frustrated me. 

This book is about giving us a brief overview of the major mythological events in Ancient Greece but it was very dry and uninteresting. 

This book felt like reading a religious book and not a book about mythology which really annoyed me and it was the main reason why I DNF-ed it. But also the times it didn’t eellike a religious book it felt more like a wikipedia page in a from of a book.

The writing style is very old, you can tell it from the first page. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5