Dec 302010
 

This is going to be like picking my favorite child, but luckily, I read so many books this year that there was some that really stood out. I finished my 100 Books for 2010 Reading Challenge just today!

10. Clockwork Angel – Cassandra Claire

9. Paranormalcy – Kiersten White

8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer & Ann Barrows

7. Devil’s Food Cake – Josi Kilpack

6. Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech

5. Enchanted, Inc. series – Shanna Swendson

4. Matched – Ally Condie

3. The Help – Kathryn Stockett

2. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute

Drum role……

1. The Hunger Games series – Suzanne Collins

Some honorable mentions:

  • The 39 Clues series – Various Authors
  • The Golden Spiral – Lisa Mangum
  • My Ridiculous, Romantic Obsessions – Becca Wilhite
  • The Necromancer – Michael Scott
  • Princess of Glass – Jessica Day George
  • Keys to the Demon Prison– Brandon Mull
  • Peter and the Star Catcher’s series – Dave Barry/Ridley Pearson
  • Gregor the Overlander Series – Suzanne Collins

Happy New Year and Happy Reading!

Sep 022010
 

Enchanted, Inc.

By: Shanna Swendson
Ballantine Books
Published 2005
Paperback – 320 pages
ISBN13: 9780345481252
FTC FYI – Borrowed from a friend
“Enchanted Inc.” is the first of a four book series. This very clever and funny series is all about Katie Chandler. When she arrived in New York a year ago, she just thought that all the strange goings on around her were just that – strange. Not for one minute did she think that it was real. Katie works for a not-so-nice-boss, doing a not-so-exciting-job. Until one day she notices something out of the ordinary on the subway. Right away she is approached for a new job opportunity. But, she has never heard of the company MSI, and is very skeptical. At her current job, she is at the end of her rope, so she decides to at least talk to the new company, just to see what they are all about. Katie learns that she is immune to magic, that is why she sees all that she does. Spells do not work on her, and magic can not be used against her. Katie is very valuable to the magic community, but possibly dangerous. There’s a cute guy in the office, who could possibly be the most powerful wizard of all, and her new boss is someone you might recognize from round tables.
The rest of the books are just as great as the first. Without revealing the plot, I can’t tell you much more, but they are worth checking out. I think they get better and better. There is a bit of language throughout the first, and the last, but nothing that stopped me from reading. Book 4 takes a different turn, that at first I wasn’t sure I would like for the character, but, it turned out to be one of the best of the series. I was really entertained by this series, and hope the author gets the go ahead to continue with more.
4 stars
I recommend this and the rest of the series.
“Enchanted, Inc.”
“Once Upon Stilettos”
“Damsel Under Stress”
“Don’t Hex With Texas”
Shanna Swendson has written other books as well.