*sniffle* well, Goodbye summer...

Yep, it is true. I have to go back to school. On monday. So sad. Wish me luck, because I will NEED it. (Secretly though, I'm happy. Shhh! dont tell 8D)

The Riddle By: Allison Croggon

The Riddle is the second book of Pellinor in which Maerad travels with her teacher up north. On the way there she argues a LOT with her mentor, and when he is killed, in a rock slide, she is beside herself with grief and guilt. She nearly dies herself, but is rescued by a senile old woman and is nursed back to health. Upon leaving the woman, she meets long lost family members, finds out more about her mystical powers as a partial Elemental spirit, and is kidnapped by one of said spirits. The riddle is and AMAZINGLY AWESOME read and is something I would recommend to almost anyone. Be sure to read The Naming first though.

top 20 Authors (listed in no particular order)

The books listed after these amazingly talented people are the best of their writing, not their entire collection.

1) Shannon Hale (Bayern series ie: Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River secrets, and Forrest Born *haven't had a chance to read Forrest Born yet.*, Princess Academy, Austenland)

2) Janette Rallison (My Fair Godmother, All's Fair in Love, War, and Highschool, Its a Mall World After All)

3)Christopher Paolini (the Inheritance Cycle ie: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr)

4)Orson Scott Card (Enders Game)

5)Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

6)Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyer)

7)Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series)

8)Ji-li Jiang (Red Scarf Girl)

5)Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted, Fairest, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, and Ever)

6)Diana Wynn Jones (Castle Series, The Merlin Conspiracy)

8)Tamora Peirce (Terrier, Bloodhound)

9)Jo Whittemore (Silverskin Legacy)

10)Stuart Hill (Cry of the Icemark)

11)Sherewood Smith (Crown Duel, Posse of Princesses)

12)Nancy Farmer (The House of the Scorpion)

13)Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

14)Marrissa Doyle (Bewitching Season)

15)Eion Colfer (Artemis Fowl Series, Airman, Half Moon Investigations)

16)Brandon Mull (Fablehaven series)

17)Allison Croggon (Chronicles of Pelinor ie: The Naming, The Riddle, The Crow, The Singing)

18)Mark Walden (HIVE Series)

19) Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember, People of the Sparks)

20)David Eddings ( The Belgariad (Volumes 1 and 2), The Mallorean (Volumes 1 and 2), Belgarath the Sorcerer, Polgara the Sorceress)
And that concludes my extensively long post. Happy reading!