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Ax brings the alien POV.

November 21, 2016 by narfna 2 Comments

AX! This book was a lot more complicated than I remembered it being. Ax is so frequently the source of comic relief when the other Animorphs are the POV characters. (He was my FAVORITE when I was in middle school.) But here, in his own book for the first time, one of the first things that strikes you is how serious he is in his own mind. I wouldn’t say he’s *humorless*, but he’s very close. It’s the only thing that saves his ridiculous behavior […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, ax, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the alien

narfna's CBR8 Review No:143 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, ax, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the alien ·
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It’s mighty morphin’ dolphin time.

May 10, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

The Message is our first Cassie book, and that means it’s time to question the morality of our actions. Hurray. In all honesty, when I was a kid, sometimes Cassie’s books frustrated me a little bit. I thought she was a wet blanket and her hair was boring. I could never understand why she was always questioning everything, like, shouldn’t it just be obvious what’s right and wrong? Why are you so upset all the time, girl? Calm down and just enjoy turning into a […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the message

narfna's CBR8 Review No:71 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the message ·
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Rick Riordan does his thing.

April 10, 2016 by narfna 4 Comments

I guess I don’t really have much to say about this book, except that it was exactly what I was expecting it to be, and that ended up being an okay thing. I have come to accept that Riordan is now a one-trick pony. He just happens to be very good at that one trick. You pretty much know all the beats of this story ahead of time if you’ve read his other demigod books, but that doesn’t stop you from enjoying yourself anyway, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: children's fiction, fantasy, magnus chase and the gods of asgard, mythology, narfna, Rick Riordan, the sword of summer

narfna's CBR8 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: children's fiction, fantasy, magnus chase and the gods of asgard, mythology, narfna, Rick Riordan, the sword of summer ·
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Just makes me want to re-watch the series, again.

November 15, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

Oh, man. I love that these comics exist, and are an official continuation of the story. Avatar: The Last Airbender is my comfort food. I watch it when I’m sick and it’s so happy and lovely and colorful. And look, I know it’s a kid’s show, but UGH IT’S SO GOOD. I also love Legend of Korra, and am super looking forward to the comics continuation of that show that’s supposed to be coming out soon. With all that said, this wasn’t my favorite of these […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: avatar: the last airbender, children's fiction, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, narfna, smoke and shadow part one

narfna's CBR7 Review No:168 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: avatar: the last airbender, children's fiction, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, narfna, smoke and shadow part one ·
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Maybe if I’d read it as a kid?

October 20, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

This book is so easy and fast to read but it took me FOREVER to actually read it. I kept picking it up, reading twenty pages, and then putting it down in favor of something else. Nita is our main character. She’s a twelve year old girl living in New York. She’s a bit nerdy (her favorite possession is a space pen her uncle gave to her that can write on anything) and she’s having trouble with a bully in her class at school. When […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: children's fiction, diane duane, fantasy, narfna, so you want to be a wizard, young wizards

narfna's CBR7 Review No:150 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: children's fiction, diane duane, fantasy, narfna, so you want to be a wizard, young wizards ·
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A book where the magical orphan does bad things, makes bad choices.

September 15, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

Like many people in the early 2000s who found themselves clasped in the claws of fierce Pottermania, I was fond of trolling the internet for Potter related stuff. Somewhere, on some website (probably Mugglenet), some industrious soul listed a bunch of books to read while waiting for the next book to come out. This series made the list. I added it to my Amazon wishlist pronto, because that’s how I kept track of books I wanted to read before Goodreads was a thing. And then […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: children's fiction, fantasy, Jonathan Stroud, narfna, the amulet of samarkand, the bartimaeus trilogy

narfna's CBR7 Review No:128 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: children's fiction, fantasy, Jonathan Stroud, narfna, the amulet of samarkand, the bartimaeus trilogy ·
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