The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1)

The Lost Hero – Heroes of Olympus #1

author: Rick Riordan

published: October 12th 2010 by Disney-Hyperion Books

pages: 557

my rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Jason has a problem.

He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and a best friend named Leo. They’re all students at a boarding school for “bad kids.” What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly?

Piper has a secret.

Her father has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn’t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn’t recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she’s going to find out.

Leo has a way with tools.

When he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, filled with power tools and machine parts, he feels right at home. But there’s weird stuff, too—like the curse everyone keeps talking about, and some camper who;s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them—including Leo—is related to a god. Does this have anything to do with Jason's amnesia, or the fact that Leo keeps seeing ghosts?

This is the first book in the series and it takes place after Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian. 

The start immediately drew me in, it's captivating from the start. 

The Merciless

The Merciless

author: Danielle Vega

published: June 9th 2015

pages: 279

my rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned

Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.

Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.

Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls . . . unless she wants to be next. . . .

This was another book I read for the BookTube-A-Thon. I didn't use it for any particular challenge but I did find out about it through BookTube. And although I heard many great things about it, I had little to no idea what it is about before reading it and I think that's the best way to get into this book.

BookTube-A-Thon Wrap Up

I know, I know, the BookTube-A-Thon ended a while ago already but I'm still going to post my wrap up now.
Like I already thought at the beginning of the read-a-thon I didn't read seven books and the ones I did read were mostly really short but I still think I did OK. In total, I read five books and completed four challenges. I also started the other two but since I didn't get far with either of them they don't really count. If you want to know more about my thoughts for any of these books just click on the title.

These are the challenges I managed to complete/ the books I managed to read:

1. read a book with yellow on the cover – Alpha Drive 
2. read a book you discovered through BookTube – Highly Illogical Behavior
3. read a book by one of your favorite authors – Tales of Beedle the Bard
4. read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation – Sapphire Blue
5. read seven books (a book of your choice) – The Merciless 

These are the challenges I didn't complete:

1. read a book only after sunset – We Awaken
2. read a book that is older than you – Interview with a Vampire

The Alpha Drive

The Alpha Drive

author: Kristen Martin

published: November 14th 2015

pages: 322

my rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Thanks netgalley for giving me this book in exchange for an honest review!

It's the year 2055 and an anarchist organization has taken control with the aim to create a world-class society. Half of humankind is unknowingly living in an alternate reality called Dormance . . . and there are no plans to wake them up.

Sixteen-year-old introvert Emery Parker is one such dormant. An academic scholar who avoids ruffling feathers at all costs, Emery finds herself being transferred to a boarding school on the outskirts of Arizona. Little does she know, a family secret has the power to change the course of the future. When she's approached with an opportunity to free the dormants, she sees no other choice but to accept, even though failure could mean having her memory wiped clean.

But when tech-savvy Torin Porter reaches out to her from the other side, Emery begins to question everything she was told about Dormance. If her family's secret falls into the wrong hands, the world as she knows it will be faced with irreversible consequences. Now Emery must play both sides to uncover the truth about her family's past or risk leaving mankind to live in an unconscious reality.

I picked up this book because it sounded like something original and fun and even though I didn't understand everything on the summary I hoped to get more explanations while I was reading it. Unfortunately though, this book wasn't for me at all. 

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Tales of Beedle the Bard
author: J.K. Rowling
published: December 4th 2008
pages: 109
my rating: 4 out of 5 stars


The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers’ attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger’s new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales: “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot,” “The Fountain of Fair Fortune,” “The Warlock’s Hairy Heart,” “Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump,” and of course, “The Tale of the Three Brothers.” But not only are they the equal of fairy tales we now know and love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter.


I obviously love Harry Potter and so I was more than excited to read this companion book that is introduced as a story book for children in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. And it did not let me down. Of course it's not comparable to Harry Potter at all but I still love everything that takes place in the wizarding world.

Highly Illogical Behavior

Highly Illogical Behavior
author: John Corey Whaley
published: May 10th 2016
pages: 256
my rating: 4 out of 5 stars


Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn’t left the house in three years, which is fine by him.

Ambitious Lisa desperately wants to get into the second-best psychology program for college (she’s being realistic). But is ambition alone enough to get her in?

Enter Lisa.

Determined to “fix” Sol, Lisa steps into his world, along with her charming boyfriend, Clark, and soon the three form an unexpected bond. But, as Lisa learns more about Sol and he and Clark grow closer and closer, the walls they’ve built around themselves start to collapse and their friendships threaten to do the same.


Yay, I read book one of the BookTube-A-Thon Challenge! And I really liked this book too! I haven't read many books about mental health but this was definitely a good start.

BookTube-A-Thon tbr

I decided to participate in the BookTube-A-Thon, the second read-a-thon I will have participated in. The first was a bit of a fail I only managed to read three books instead of the planned five. But since I am four books behind on my goodreads reading challenge and this sounded fun I just decided to give it a go. 

Here are the challenges and the books I chose for each of them:

1. book with yellow on the cover – the Alpha Drive by Kristen Martin
2. read a book only after sunset – We Awaken by Calista Lynne
3. book you discovered through book tube – Highly Illogical Behaviour by John Corey Whaley
4. book by a favorite author – Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
5. book that is older than you – Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
6. read and watch a book to movie adaptation – Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
7. read a total of 7 books – The Merciless by Danielle Vega

Sorry for the bad image positioning, but I'm having some problems moving them the way I wan't to.

The Challenge starts on Monday the 18th and finished on Sunday the 24th. I probably won't complete all of the challenges but I'll try nonetheless.