What Happened?

I knew that Hex Hall was over, but then when School Spirits came out, I thought we were in for another series!  And we are in for another series from the awesome Rachel Hawkins, but the series is completely new and it is called Rebel Belle and this is the first one.
I did like Rebel Belle, but I think I had a bad attitude about it because I was hoping for School Spirits #2, which I guess isn't coming.  The other thing that didn't blow me away about this book is the mythology part.  Now that said, I know that mythology part is just the very thing that will make this popular with girls who liked the Percy Jackson series, and there are a ton of girls who did! It just wasn't my thing.   I love the set-in-south deal of this book and it comes across as very authentic.  I liked the main character too, she is a driven, I-have-to-do-everything-perfectly kind of girl who realizes that life is far from perfect.  I gave this one 3 of 5 stars, but just because of my personal disinterest in mythology, not because it isn't a good book.  I will probably read the second one.  I will be able to recommend this to a lot of people.

Keep the Lightning...No one cares anymore

No I know that isn't true. EVERYONE seems to care about Percy Jackson and his adventures with gods and godlings and bloods and half-bloods and Crips and whoever and whatever. Percy is hot. The movie based on the book The Lightning Thief comes out this Friday and schools, movies and bookstores are planning all kinds of events to celebrate it.

I loved this book in the beginning. I couldn't stop reading it the first night, but about 100 pages into it I thought this needs some serious editing.

I have heard that the second one is better, so I will read it, and I probably will see the movie. Maybe I don't dislike the book as much as I thought...I just really think that it tries to hard to be Harry Potter-like. And of course, I don't like anything Harry Potter-like! I enjoy the parts of the book that aren't Harry Potter-ish. Like the funny chapter titles like

I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher and A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers. I like that use of humor. Harry Potter is just blah blah blah typical Keeping Up Appearances-ish-BBC-pretense-garbage are far as humor goes. But Percy is actually funny. We all know Harry is just a rip of Wizards Hall and Percy might be trying to be Harry, but I guess what I want to say is, FORGET HARRY! Just be Percy. Deep inside Percy is way cooler and the premise is way better (and more original than Rowling's RIP-OFF of Jane Yolen's work). So Percy, just be yourself!