Sniffing A Book

Author:  Rick Riordan Read:  11/26/2017 Pages:  423 Rating:  5 Format:  physical Response:  The Ship of the Dead is the third and final book in the Magnus Chase series. In it, everyone is racing across the worlds in the "Yellow Banana" to stop Loki from setting sail and ending the world. They make some surprising allies along the way as they fight many giants. The book flows in a way that makes it hard to put down. Even though the ending was perfect, it was bitter sweet to have the series end, and to say goodbye to the characters. Alex and Magnus are adorable, and while the angst wasn't unbearable like it easily could have been, it was the perfect blend of teenagers figuring out their feelings mixed with adventure.

Author:  Rick Riordan Read:  11/6/2017 Pages:  471 Rating:  5 Format:  physical Response: The Hammer of Thor  is the second book in the Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan. This novel introduced us to Alex, and all the awesome snark they brought to the group. Together with Sam, they go on the hunt for Thor's hummer. They run into a few bumps in the road along the way that help them in the long run. In the end they have to fight a familiar face that they were hoping to avoid and didn't realize they fell directly into the plan of a mad man. This was a very fun book to read. It took you on adventures that you didn't see coming, which is what Riordan is best at in my opinion. It's like a slide of hand through the whole book and it was a great trip.