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Age Group: All Ages Genre: Non Fiction Publishing Date: August 1st 2011 by Scholastic Paperbacks Summary:  Goodreads ~ "Discover all of the amazing things that can happen around the world in just one day! You already know all of the amazing things that can happen in just one minute on Earth, so think what could happen in a whole day! Your taste bud cells are replaced at a rate of 50,000 a day, almost 40,000 trees are cut down every day just to make paper bags, and a mayfly lives its entire life in a single day. This book is full of fun facts about space technology, pop culture, food, animals, sports, the human body, and more!" What I Liked:  I think I'd like to compare this book to the fabulous almanac/encyclopedia that National Geographic sent me a month or two ago. This is a book I recently picked up because the title intrigued me and honestly I'm into these sort of weird fact books. And it delivered. It has just a little bit of everything from practically ...

So we have a different sort of post here. Recently, I have collaborated with Violet from Reading Violet, a blog which has some sweet book stuff like the one right here, and we are guest posting. Today is her opinion on Impyrium, and on Sunday, check out her blog for my review on Spy School. Enjoy! Hello, everybody!  Today I’m so excited to be reviewing  Impyrium  by Henry H. Neff on JustinTalksBooks.  Title:  Impyrium Series: No clue, but the second book comes out soon! Author: Henry H. Neff Age group: 8 - 12 Page count: 592 pages ______________________________ ________________ Summary from Amazon:     In the first book of Henry H. Neff’s new high-stakes middle grade fantasy series, two unlikely allies confront a conspiracy that will shake the world of Impyrium to its core.     For over three thousand years, the Faeregine dynasty has ruled Impyrium. But the family’s magic has been fading, and with it the...

Age Group: Young Adult Genre: Sci-fi, Realistic Fiction Publishing Date: June 14th, 2016 by Simon and Schuster Summary:  Sixteen-year-old Jaxon is being committed to video game rehab . . . ten minutes after he met a girl. A living, breathing girl named Serena, who not only laughed at his jokes but actually kinda sorta seemed excited when she agreed to go out with him. Jaxon's first date. Ever. In rehab, he can't blast his way through galaxies to reach her. He can't slash through armies to kiss her sweet lips. Instead, he has just four days to earn one million points by learning real-life skills. And he'll do whatever it takes—lie, cheat, steal, even learn how to cross-stitch—in order to make it to his date. If all else fails, Jaxon will have to bare his soul to the other teens in treatment, confront his mother's absence, and maybe admit that it's more than video games that stand in the way of a real connection. Prepare to be cured. What I Liked: There are ...