The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, Book 1) Review

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(More customer reviews)Going into this book I had very high expectations. After all, the Percy Jackson books are such a wonderful and unique offering in children's literature. They are funny, witty, filled with action and adventure, they breathe life into some of my favorite myths... They are hard to top. Pretty much this book is what would happen if the 39 Clues series and Percy Jackson books had a baby. There is alot more information being tossed out in this book than in Percy Jackson, but much more fun and mythology than the 39 Clues.
In this first of the Kane Chronicles, Riordan again does a great job of combining humor with action and adventure. This book as a lot to explain in terms of the mythology it is based on, I think most readers on average know less about Egyptian mythology than Greek. However, Riordan again explains it in a way that brings it to life. And once all of the ground work is laid in terms of what is going on in the story everything zooms along at a really fun pace.
Carter and Sadie Kane were raised separately after the sudden and tragic death of their mother. Carter has spent the last half dozen years traveling the world with his father, a noted Egyptologist. Living out of a suitcase and never staying in one place for long, Carter is quiet and a little socially awkward. Sadie on the other hand was raised in London by her grandparents. Even though she's the younger of the two she has a much more forceful personality than her brother. She is loud, wears combat boots and streaks her hair with crazy colors. Carter and his father only are allowed to see Sadie twice a year.
Carter and Sadie barely know each other when the actions of their father leave them on a crazy adventure with only a cat, named Muffin, to help them out. Not only is the crazy chaos god, Set, after them also an ancient group of wizards is tailing them across the world.
Riordan again does a great job of pulling ancient mythology into the modern world. He really grounds his story and makes it believable. By the end of the book you really know the characters and are ready for their next adventure.
Another fun thing about this book is that instead of having one narrator he allows Sadie and Carter to alternate every few chapters. Their voices are very different and how they see things is very interesting. It also sets up a lot of the humor.
In spite of its size (its around 41 Chapters long) I think anyone who enjoyed the Percy Jackson books will find themselves loving this book as well.
I'm only giving it 4 stars because it took me until maybe chapter 15 to really get into the book, there was so much information that it slowed down the narrative for me.

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Shadow Tracker Review

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(More customer reviews)Action adventure on the level of Stephen Hunter (Point of Impact, etc) set in the historical Rhodesia of the 1970's guerrilla war, the Shadow Tracker, Kurt Christianson, moves through combat like a ghost: like the even more ghostly Selous Scouts whose clandestine activities are not appreciated. Author Keith Nelson obviously has first hand knowledge which empowers his exceptionally tense and moving style. This is a truly great and enjoyable book.

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Kurt Christianson is a natural military strategist and survivor. Independent, unorthodox, resilient and resolute, he displays skills that flout established procedures. His courage and insight whilst in Special Forces in 'Nam unwittingly unravel a traitorous alliance, making him a threat to his superiors and placing his life in mortal danger. This threat, combined with his inability to adjust to civilian life, spurs him to leave his beloved and beautiful Maine coastline and embark on a path of revelation and serendipity. He crews a boat being delivered to the oil fields in West Africa, where he becomes embroiled in covert action and again demonstrates his innate and inspired tactical abilities. A hunted man, his journey leads him to bitter combat in a brutal landscape, tragic loss and to fulfill a San prophecy whilst wrestling with his alter ego - Mad Medic - and his Viking ancestry.The merciless and barbaric slaughter of a little girl and her family by terrorists move him to astonishing, crucial and shocking acts that change the course of a ravaged and savaged country. Kurt is also driven to revenge, a deed that violates his code of ethics and irreversibly affects his destiny. Ultimately, Kurt faces the inescapable and irrefutable knowledge that heroes are human and therefore fallible and that glory, however hard-won and merited, is illusory and hollow.Shadow Tracker, an adrenaline-charged adventure, engages the reader in events that remain unknown to most of the world and leave one breathless.

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The Great Chicken Debacle Review

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(More customer reviews)I think that this was a really good book. We had to read it for school so I was forced to read it but once my mom began to read it with me and really acted like the characters then it made the book even more interesting than me just reading it by myself! Ha. I won't tell the story but it will get you twisted up with the ending. Good reading.

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Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise.

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Genesis - The First Degree (God's Chain) Review

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(More customer reviews)With an incredible imagination, research and experience, Nikolaus Baker penned GODS CHAIN, which made his writing dream come true as he created a Masterpiece. "GODS CHAIN" is a series of fiction books that are linked to each other, containing stories of fact, and fiction. It is a search for discovery to find out where the three Reliquiae are, fabled to be the links to God. The author's secret passion for writing a book became reality with "GODS CHAIN" and the first of the series being 'Genesis' and 'The First Degree.' Nikolaus Baker was born in a place filled with history, including the enigmatic Freemasons villages and towns to the summary killing times of the Covenanters, where religious tensions in Scotland mixed with manipulation of human life, and the author incorporates this background knowledge into his writing with expertise. I highly recommend this novel to mystery lovers, who enjoy historical stories, packed with action, and adventure. The author had a craving to create a novel, where the reader would have the burning desire to step into the same shoes of a character, while contemplating survival, and his craving was fulfilled as he succeeded with perfection. What bizarre events take place in a hidden, complex world? What does Cardinal Giovanni Dalla Gassa plan to do? Where there is conspiracy, will truth be discovered? Where there is despair, will hope be found? Where there is racism, can equality be found? Is is through our weakness, where we become stronger? Follow Nikolaus Baker through this fast-paced historical adventure, with fascinating twists-and-turns as the pieces to the puzzle are beginning to fit one-by-one. Where there is hatred, will friendship be found? Where there is power, can there be compromise? "GODS CHAIN GENESIS: The First Degree" is as impressive as THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, with Mel Gibson.

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First book in the Gods Chain tetralogy. In the Scottish village of Mauchline things are not quite normal, as a freak earthquake hits and precipitates a dramatic fall in temperature. Meanwhile, across Europe, in the Vatican City, mystery surrounds an untraceable security breach in the computerised nerve-centre of papal authority. This has ramifications for the suspect intentions of Cardinal Giovanni Dalla Gassa. He has plans for a new Genesis once he is in possession of the links to God that would tip the cosmic and spiritual balance in favour of the holder. The mystery thickens with the involvement of the Freemasons, the Cardinals' henchmen in the Vatican Internal Audit office, a ruthless businessman with mafia connections named Don Luizio Ilario, the disappearance of a senior systems administrator named Michaelangelo, the death of a member of the technical & operations team and the torment of another administrator named Francesca De Rose in the Vatican catacombs. The plot to this story is intricate and complex, akin to a game of chess and of manipulation. Is it the Illuminati who are ultimately moving the pieces? In the meantime, back in Mauchline new and increasingly bizarre events are just starting to unfold.

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Klear Action Acne Treatment System 1 set Review

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(More customer reviews)My 12 year-old daughter, who has the biological body of a 16 year-old, had been seeing a dermatologist since she was 10 (she had already been living with acne since she was 9). None of the prescription medications worked, even though she faithfully stuck with the various routines. She just got more pimples and peeling red skin. She drank lots of water, ate healthy foods like salads and fruit, exercised--despite her best attempts, nothing would improve her complexion. After 2 years of red, peeling, skin and more pimples, she was disheartened and hopeless.
Out of desperation I purchased the KlearAction kit for her, and were we ever surprised to see that IT ACTUALLY WORKS. She had to play around with the routine for a while to get optimum results. For example, in the winter she does 1 facial wash and only 1 lotion application per day, while in summer she does 2 washes and 2 lotion applications daily. She found that the toner was too strong for her face, but we put it on her back and that clears up the acne situation there.
The other day, while we were driving along in the car and she was peering into the vanity mirror, she casually announced, "Mom, do you know I have one of the best complexions of all the girls in my school?"
I have nothing but positive comments to make about this product, which I understand is basically a generic rendition of ProActive, at 1/2 the price. It lasts (for her) about one to two months, as packaged, which breaks down to a very affordable $15- a month. I urge you to try it!

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