Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception By Eoin Colfer

In this fourth installment in the "Artemis Fowl" series, Artemis once again, and I cannot tell you how, enters the world of the People, and teams up with Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance unit once again. In this book, the infamous Opal Koboi, an extremely intelligent Pixie, escapes from jail using two Bwa' Kell gobling, Mervil and Descant, otherwise known as Merv and Scant. Opal is believed by her captors to be in a coma after her capture, and in the prologue, Foaly, the LEP's technology expert, says that someone would have to be totally obsessed to have the readings of a person in a coma without really being in one. From the first chapter named "Totally Obsessed", you can clearly tell that Opal Koboi is clearly not in a coma, but in a special type of self-induced meditative coma she learned from Gola Schweem. Holly Short, in a way and for a purpose, both of which I cannot tell you, reveals herself to Artemis once more, and takes him underground to Haven City. Again, the powers of Holly, Artemis, Butler, and the LEP are stretched to the absolute limits, as the evil Opal Koboi puts a state of fear upon the People. We are reintroduced to many characters and groups, and many unexpected events happen. I won't go into too much detail, but I will tell you that Holly and Artemis are both pushed into many fatal situations, the outcomes of which I cannot say.

For the fourth time, Eoin Colfer strengthens Artemisfowlism in this great book. We are taken even deeper into the characters' minds, and we learn more about exactly who they are. The action is incredible, the characters are very well planned out, and with every word comes a new secret, often revealed. As you can tell, I have becomed obsessed with this incredible series, having made a religion based upon the series, and having blogged on four of the five books, and by reading "The Opal Deception", you will also become an Artemis Fowl obsessed freak like me for no cost at all (just pay shipping and handling). My overall scoop: a very obvious 10 out of 10 on the must-read scale.

The Da Vinci Code By Dan Brown, Part One

This, as you probably have noticed, is the first time I have split a book blog into two topics. I was about to continue the Artemis Fowl trend, though decided to start blogging on this book, as I am about halfway to the end. In this book, a symbologist named Robert Langdon goes to the Louvre (Pronounced Loove) where the curator of the French art museum, Jauques Sauniere was murdered by a man named Silas, an Opus Dei extremist. While at the Louvre, Langdon meets Bezu Fache, a policeman in France that believes Robert to be the assassin of Sauniere. All around the body of the curator, codes and markings are written using blood and a blacklight pen, some of which Langdon decodes. Robert also meets Sophie Neveu, a cryptographer for the Judicial Police, who tells Langdon that Fache will stop at nothing to imprison Robert Langdon, and that the only way to keep Langdon out of jail is to escape the Louvre and get to the American embassy. I can not tell you too much more, nor could I have written the part above in any more detail, as that would ruin the surprise of the book, and would therefore ruin the entire first half of the book, and possibly the entire thing.

If you have seen the movie and loved it, as I did, then you will enjoy the book ten times more than the movie. If you have not seen the movie, then you will love it ten times better than the ones who have, as you will not know what to expect. Dan Brown's suspenceful and intricate writing will most certainly make you think and put you on the edge of your seat, or at least that is the case so far. All of the characters are not fully introduced at the place that they enter, which makes you want to read more into a character's story. Pretty much all of the history and description of the artwork is accurate, and you will definately learn many interesting facts from at leat the first half of the book. My overall scoop: so far, a very strong 10 out of 10 on the must-read scale.

Happy Reading!