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Shannon Kay

shannonkay@bookrastinating.com

Joined 1 year, 4 months ago

I was born the day that Reading Rainbow began. 📚 She/Her

Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Percy Jackson, Shadowhunter Books

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reviewed The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (The Heroes of Olympus #3)

Rick Riordan: The Mark of Athena (2012, Hyperion) 4 stars

"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants …

Review of 'The Mark of Athena' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

I finally read this book, I don't know why it took so long to get to it, but it was great and now I'm anxiously awaiting the next one. Cliffhangers. More like cliff... not hanger.

Review of 'Kiss Curse' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Halloween vibes! Great Halloween themed witchy contemporary romance. Fast and funny with a tiny bit of mystery/suspense and a few steamy scenes. Cozy paranormal romance?

reviewed The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)

Rick Riordan: The Son of Neptune (Hardcover, 2011, Penguin Publications) 4 stars

Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel …

Review of 'The Son of Neptune' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Finally finished this book! I had a baby last year and my recreational reading went out the window. I'm now determined to finish all books I started and abandoned last spring.

Favorite bit: Amazon.com is run by Amazons.

reviewed The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (The Heroes of Olympus #1)

Kal Peter Wayne, Rick Riordan, Zalzar Mech Fa: The Lost Hero (Hardcover, 2010, Disney Hyperion) 4 stars

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus …

Review of 'The Lost Hero' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

There was a big gap between when I actually started this book and finishing it. I kind of abandoned it over the holidays. By the time I had recovered from said holidays and realized I haven't finished this book I was pretty close to the end. The end definitely grabbed me though and things were clicking into place about the story even though it had been over a month since I had read most of it. If you liked the Percy Jackson series, this is worth reading.

Gabrielle Zevin: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover, 2022, Knopf) 4 stars

In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners …

Review of 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

It was nostalgic, with depth. I appreciate the themes of video games and theatre, and the friendship love story. 

I actually related to a lot of things in this book.I married a game developer. I loved doing theatre in high school and college. I’m 9-10 years younger than the main characters, so their childhood and college years were a different timeframe, technologically,  but most were timeframes that I remembered nostalgically. 

I don’t know what the overlap is between those who have read this book and those who have participated in game development, but most of the reviews I’m seeing are from people who say they don’t know too much about games. That’s fine, but I’m just curious. Like, how many other people have read this book that have also, for example, opened Unreal Engine? Is it just me?  

Review of 'Book Lovers' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Book Lovers was an ideal summer read. 

My favorite part of Book Lovers was the many excellent book references and book loving quotes. Books are the best, aren’t they? 

The funny writing in Book Lovers hooked me from the beginning, and I loved the characters and sister relationship. This book gave love to both small towns and big cities, and had a satisfying frenemies-to-lovers type romance.