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One of my close friends gave me the third book in a series that both of us enjoy (for my birthday). I had finished Don’t Judge A Girl By Her Cover by that night, so wrapped up in it that I was. This was the latest installment in the Gallagher Girls Series ( I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have To Kill You, Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy, and Don’t Judge A Girl By Her Cover) by Ally Carter.

I shall give you the basic information, starting with the first book: I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have To Kill You.

Cameron Morgan (a.k.a Cammie the Chameleon) is a 15-year-old student (and daughter of the headmistress) at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women. Or a school of rich, snobby girls as the locals from Roseville, Virginia (and the rest of the world) perceive it as. Which is fine: after all every good spy knows not to blow their cover. Cammie can kill a person in seven different ways, she speaks 14 languages,  and goes to a school for spies-in-training. What could be better? To get in to the Gallagher Academy (which by the way you need at least a Level 4 Clearance too even know about) you have to be either a daughter of elite spies working for the government or a genius. Cammie and her friends Liz (a genius) and Bex (daughter of famous British spies) attend classes such as CoveOps (short for covert operations where your class could be tracking one of the teachers, attending a political rally and secretly tapping into the Secret Service frequency, or escaping from a situation where your teachers pretend to be the bad guys), Countries of the World, Culture and Assimilation…..not your normal classes and not your normal students. So what happens when Cammie fall in love with a boy, who isn’t a spy?

Hopefully you will be interested by this post and find a copy at the local library or bookseller and then you will go on to read the rest in the series.

Have you ever read any of these books?

If so, what were your feelings about them?

I participated in my friend Allegra’s Summer Reading Challenge and here is the review mandated by it. The rules were to pick a fractured fairytale (a book based on a fairytale) and write a review on your blog. I was scrambling for books that would count as a “fractured fairytale” that I could get on my next library trip, after no results I forgot about it. Two Saturdays ago I just finished Zel by Donna Jo Napoli that I just picked up that morning and remembered the reading challenge. I went back to thinking of possible books and then suddenly the lightbulb came on. The book I had just read was based on the fairytale of Rapaunzel.

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli

Published by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1998

Zel has always lived alone with her mother in a remote Swiss Alm, rarely interacting with other people. The exceptions were once in the summer and once in the winter when they went into town for the market. Zel could not wait for these outings but her mother was happy to keep Zel all to herself, no matter to her daughter’s expense. While in town Zel meets a wealthy noble boy Konrad who wants to reward her for calming his horse. She simply asks for a goose egg and he finds himself with a compelling desire to find the egg for Zel. She leaves before he arrives back and he finds himself smitten, in love with a girl that he only knew for a mere hour.

He makes it his quest to find Zel, but to no avail for mother (growing jealous of Zel and Konrad’s instantaneous affection for each other) has locked her daughter in an inaccessible tower. The question is, will this fractured fairytale end up like Rapaunzel or will it have a whole new ending?

To bloggers: what are some fairytales that you enjoy/enjoyed?

 l love to read! It is a good pastime to have and this year in E.L.A it is a requirement. Whenever I am bored or have a second to spare (especially in school) I pick up a book. I currently am reading the Pendragon series, which is very captivating. My top nine favorite books/series of all time (in no apparent order) are:     

1. Percy Jackson and The Olympians series by Rick Riordan

2. The Inheritance Cycle ( Eragon, Eldest, Brisingir…) by Christopher Paolini

3. Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

4. Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull

5. Vampirates series by Justin Somper

6. Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

7. The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud

8. Harry Potter by J.K Rowling

9. His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife…) by Philip Pullman

Other books that I believe deserve mention are:

The Icemark Series

The Warriors Series

Dragon Slippers

Chasing Vermeer

and many more I just can’t remember right now!

Do you like to read?

What are your favorite books?

And do you have any books that you’d recommend?