Artemis Fowl: the Atlantis Complex.

Seems like our favorite genius super-criminal has developed a slight (and quickly progressing) mental disease. I had high expectations for this book: it had to live up to all the previous books AND still intrigue me with a new story.

Eion Colfer has created another amazing Fowl tale.

It begins in Iceland, puts the characters in new situations that they don't know how to respond to. Artemis is falling apart as he tries to save the world, trusting no one, Foaly is faced with danger first hand, Holly has to take command, and it falls to Butler to protect Artemis even when he doesn't trust Butler.

The book is full of new enemies, new threats, and the one person able to stop them is trapped in his own mind.

One of my favorite Fowl books! I fall more in love with Artemis every time I read them...why can't he be around to help me with Geometry? The end of this book was slightly bittersweet knowing that there will be just one more book published. Maybe a Miles and Beckett series next? I'm voting yes for that one.

Blue Like Jazz.

Read it. Go on. Find a copy, pick it up, and read it. This book, well, it doesn't sound like a book. It reads more like a conversation, like listening while a good friend tells his story. It's about the author, Donald Miller, and his journey in accepting God's love. It's blunt and real. It made me think, made me laugh, and made me question how I was living. One of my favorite chapters is the one about confessions. When I read that chapter, I felt like I needed to apologize. To my family, to those kids at school who I judged, to the girl at youth group who annoys me.

This book is one of those books that you pick up, read, and flip to the front cover and read again. It's that kind of book that sticks in your head. It challenged me more than anything I've read before. One of my all time favorites.