I was getting my afternoon pick me up, the Very Berry Hibiscus at Starbucks, and they were offering quite a few iTune downloads. One was for their book pick of the week, Artemis Fowl: Book One. Since I know that there are other readers out there besides the Fifty Shades fanatics, I thought it was time to review a kid's book. So I read Artemis Fowl: Book One by Eoin Colfer. Here's the premise of the story. 12 year old Artemis Fowl, who lives on the family estate in Ireland, is left virtually an orphan when his father, a nefarious criminal of unsavory means, is killed. This throws Arty's mother into a tail spin. She stays in her own room with all the curtains closed, she is paranoid, sees creatures, and stuffs her husband's wedding tuxedo to emulate her deceased husband. This leaves Artemis, who is a genius, in a void. Read more...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Artemis Fowl: Review on the 1st book in a series (For kids)
Genre: Children's books ages 10+ Fantasy
I was getting my afternoon pick me up, the Very Berry Hibiscus at Starbucks, and they were offering quite a few iTune downloads. One was for their book pick of the week, Artemis Fowl: Book One. Since I know that there are other readers out there besides the Fifty Shades fanatics, I thought it was time to review a kid's book. So I read Artemis Fowl: Book One by Eoin Colfer. Here's the premise of the story. 12 year old Artemis Fowl, who lives on the family estate in Ireland, is left virtually an orphan when his father, a nefarious criminal of unsavory means, is killed. This throws Arty's mother into a tail spin. She stays in her own room with all the curtains closed, she is paranoid, sees creatures, and stuffs her husband's wedding tuxedo to emulate her deceased husband. This leaves Artemis, who is a genius, in a void. Read more...
I was getting my afternoon pick me up, the Very Berry Hibiscus at Starbucks, and they were offering quite a few iTune downloads. One was for their book pick of the week, Artemis Fowl: Book One. Since I know that there are other readers out there besides the Fifty Shades fanatics, I thought it was time to review a kid's book. So I read Artemis Fowl: Book One by Eoin Colfer. Here's the premise of the story. 12 year old Artemis Fowl, who lives on the family estate in Ireland, is left virtually an orphan when his father, a nefarious criminal of unsavory means, is killed. This throws Arty's mother into a tail spin. She stays in her own room with all the curtains closed, she is paranoid, sees creatures, and stuffs her husband's wedding tuxedo to emulate her deceased husband. This leaves Artemis, who is a genius, in a void. Read more...
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