post #10

I'm reading A Wonder Book. It's basically a really drawn out and detailed version of one of my favorite Greek myths; The Gorgon's Head. All of the detail and the length of the story makes the story a lot more interesting for me, because it's one I know so well. I really like how the author added an extra chapter at the beginning about the youth who was telling the story to the children because it almost made it like a story within a story. I think that the book is really good so far, but I haven't finished it yet. I also thought it seemed extremely evil at the beginning of the myth when Perseus and his mother were shut inside a chest and sent out to sea. There was no way they could of survived, but this is a myth, and myths aren't usually very realistic. I really like this book, and I suggest that anyone who isn't familiar with this myth should become familiar with it.

I posted on Maya's blog.

post #9

I finished Sea of Trolls! I loved it. I was so happy that the bard wasn't dead because he was one of my favorite charactors. The auther made Frith, the half troll, really well. I started to like Thorgil more throughout the story, especially when she drank the song mead from Mimer's Well. Part of the reason is because she started to value life instead of death. She became much more pleasant.I thought the Norns seemed really scary. Imagine creatures that were the deciders of time! Wow! Also, the passage after the story about the berserkers being vikings and how some of the stories Jack told were actually true was very interesting. I highly reccomend this book!

p.s. I posted on Hannah's blog.

post #8

I'm reading The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer. It's so good! It's about a boy who is chosen to be a bard's apprentice. The bard teaches him magic and music and other things, but then these weird creatures called bersercers come and the bard loses his mind. I felt really sad when that happened because I liked all of the magic (like turning into animals) that the bard could do. In the book, Jack (the boy) has a little sister named Lucy. I didn't like Lucy that much at first because she thought she was a lost princess. Later, when they get kidnapped by trolls, Lucy continues with this story, but later Jack finds out she is just pretending to think that so that she can bear the terrible situation that they're in. After that I liked Lucy a lot more because she was a lot smarter than it seemed she was at first. I love this book so much and I can't wait to read more! I highly recommend it.

p.s. I posted on Maya's blog.