Review: The Lightning Thief

This is the 2nd edition of the book. The original edition was removed years ago, and now has Svartesól has revised the book and re-written sections of the book. This book is more of an explanation of the author’s personal beliefs than a re-constructionist text. If you’re interested in the Vanir, however, it’s an interesting…

Hounded is definitely in the range of popcorn reading for me.  The author does a great job of blending just enough “real” mythology with new and modern twists to keep you interested.  The characters are well written, showing flashes of their true identity while trying to blend into the modern world.  There are very few…

Welcome to the members of the Yule Magic Blog Tour! If you’re a regular follower of this blog, or someone new but don’t know about the Yule Magic Blog Tour, then please, take a tour through the blogs of Magic! Please enjoy the party!  Have a glass of wassail, pull up a chair by the…

Overall I enjoyed the book. The writing isn’t particularly amazing, but the characters are interesting and kept me engaged while the story wove its way through my geek memories. If you’re not a geek I’m not sure how much this will appeal; but for geeks who wish they could wield a lightsaber this is a…

So it looks like I’m done with work travel for a little bit .. at least for the insane amounts of travel that I’ve been doing lately (4 weeks of travel in the last 6 weeks). To celebrate the “Yay I’m home” I’m going to attempt a couple of challenges.  I noticed these challenges this…