REVIEWbyU! The blood of Olympus (Heroes of Olympus #5) by Rick Riordan

Rating: 5 stars

Amazing book and ending to the exciting series 'Heroes of olympus' which is a sequel to 'percy jackson'. Rated 5 stars for its amazing storyline as well as the ending.


(FYI: This title also won the Goodreads 2014 best book in the Middle Grade and Children's Fiction category!)


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Goodreads Choice Awards, 2014! And the winners are....

Many of you will know that Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations, and has a whopping 20 million members. Every year Goodreads asks its members to vote for their favourite books across a range of categories, including YA Fiction, YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi Fiction and Middle Grade and Children's Fiction.

And the winners for 2014 are........

YA Fiction - We were liars by E. Lockhart, with 33,943 votes! This was a clear winner with more than 13,000 votes more than the second placed book.

For the other finalists in this category, click here.

YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi: City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare, with 53,247 votes! That is a big result, proving how popular this series has been.

For the rest of the finalists in this category, click here.

Middle Grade and Children's Fiction: The blood of Olympus (The heroes of Olympus, #5) by Rick Riordan, with the most votes of all three youth categories: a whopping 63,219 votes! This is the fourth year in a row that Rick Riordan has won in this category.

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Goodreads Choice Awards 2013!

The winners of this year's Goodreads Choice Awards 2013 have finally been announced. Many of you will know that Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations, and has a whopping 20 million members. Every year Goodreads asks its members to vote for their favourite books across a range of categories, including YA Fiction, YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi Fiction and Middle Grade & Children's Fiction.

And the winners for 2013 are........

YA Fiction - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, with 21,818 votes! (Not surprisingly, Eleanor & Park couldn't beat the massive 37,000+ votes cast for last year's winner, The fault in our stars, but this year it was a clear winner over the runner up, another Rainbow Rowell title, Fangirl.)

For the other finalists in this category, click here.

 YA Fantasy & Sci-Fi: Allegiant by Veronica Roth, with 36,157 votes! (Roth's Insurgent won last year in this category. Allegiant is the last in the Divergent trilogy, so it will be interesting to see what new title / series gains popularity in 2014.)

For the rest of the finalists in this category, click here.

Middle Grade & Children's Fiction: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan, with a massive 42,877 votes! (Rick Riordan's Mark of Athena won last year proving his books are still very popular! Go Rick!)

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The red pyramid by Rick Riordan

A fast pace adventure story set in ancient Egypt. Young teenagers Carter and Sadie are devastated when their father goes missing in Egypt. Soon they find themselves pursued by angry ancient Egyptian gods. On the plus side, Carter and Sadie enjoy discovering that they are of royal Egyptian blood and have magical skills every bit as awesome as the evil gods. This is the first instalment of the Kane Chronicles. It combines nonstop action with humour and suspense.

Jane @ Hawthorn Library


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Good Reads Choice Awards for 2012 Announced!

Good Reads, the book review website with more than 12 million members (and more than 420 million listed titles and reviews), has announced the winners of their 2012 Choice awards. After more than a million votes, the winners in all 20 categories have been announced. In the YA space there were two categories; YA fiction and YA fantasy & science fiction, and a Best Middle Grade and Children's category too.

...and the winners are.....

YA Fiction: The fault in our stars by John Green (with a whopping 37,438 votes)!
For a list of all the finalists in this category, click here.

YA Fantasy & Science Fiction: Insurgent by Veronica Roth (23,827 votes - not too shabby)!
For the YA fantasy and sci-fi finalists, click here.

Middle Grade and Children's Fiction: The mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (16,681 votes)!
You know the drill - click here for the other finalists.


So...what are you waiting for? Here's what to do in 4 easy steps:
1. Peruse Good Reads best books for 2012.
2. Come into library or access our ebooks collection online.

3. Borrow.
4. READ!
(5. Enter our 'Love, Summer xx' Reading Competition - click the heading at the top of this blog to find out more!)


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