Book One--Done!

I told Steve about my challenged, and he laughed when I told him my first book was a YA book. Whatevs, Steve. Hey, I think reading 100 books in a year is awesome, and if some of those happen to be books for a younger reader, I don't see the harm. I told him that it can be any book, as long as I read it cover to cover.

And if someone doesn't like it, they don't have to do my challenge. (Steve.)

I finished the Lightning Thief. Our daughter got it for Christmas, and it looked interesting. I have seen the commercials for the movies, and I'm a big Harry Potter fan, so, why not?

The book was a quick read (I'd hope--since it's for kids!). It really can't compare to Harry Potter. Those books are just so amazingly well-written that it's not fair to compare. This book was okay. I think that a lot of kids are sort of fascinated by Ancient Greece and Greek gods (or maybe that was just me? coughcoughdorkcoughcough) and this book caters to that. It's an interesting story, but I really felt like it was sort of a rip-off from Harry Potter (half-blood kid, goes away to a special school, is a hero, etc.), and it just wasn't as well written.

I didn't really like the main character that much, and didn't feel that I became attached to him, either. I think it just needed more character development.

I'm guessing, though, that the target audience enjoys it. My daughter has the rest of the books in the series, and I started reading the second to see how the characters and plot line develops--it might get better.

Next up--two books in the Biggest Loser series of books. And yes, Steve, I am counting them, even though they contain lots of pictures and recipes. And yes, I cheated and bought them.