From Dragons to Fairies

I have finished reading Dragon Keeper - it was quite good, but I'm a bit disappointed with the ending - it's a bit too abrupt. At least there is a sequel to continue the story. In particular I want to know what's up with Copper and/or what the gold dragon wanted the one keeper for (I've forgotten their names). I can't wait to be able to suggest the sequel to the library for purchase, but I have to wait, at least a little bit longer.

In the middle of that, a book I'd put on Interlibrary Loan came in for me, and becuase it was going to be such a quick read, I finished it on Tuesday: Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer by J.T. Petty. I'd seen a book on CD version of this get returned at the library and was intrigued, but needed to be a bit patient as we didn't own a bound version of it and I was going to be picky, if I had any choice in that. It was an amusing little book - I may have to read more about Clemency. I do think she got lucky in learning Chaphesmeeso's name. It really was an accident - but it all worked out in the end.

I am now about halfway through Eoin Colfer's book Artemis Fowl. This was a book in which I've long been intrigued to read (well, not just this book, the whole series). After Easter, when my Aunt Kathy suggested that I really needed to read these as I hadn't yet, I decided I'd better. So when I got the Enchanted Forest series from the library, I also got this one. I'm quite enjoying this book and look forward to the rest of the series. I was a bit uncertain about the book near the beginning - I hadn't realized that Artemis was a criminal mastermind and part of a long-standing criminal family - but he's working in such a fun way at the moment - and it's fun that he's only 12. I particularly like the given etymology of the word leprechaun - LEPrecon - the recon branch of the Lower Elements Police. Artemis has abducted Holly of LEPrecon and is holding her for ransom at the moment - even her employers don't know that for sure yet - they're afraid a war is about to break out. I don't thin Artemis plans to bring it that far, but I don't know for sure.