My escape route...

has been through reading these books - The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. They are absorbing -not only my time - but capturing and exciting my imagination... They are the first books in a very long time which I feel passionate about... Working in a book store I tend to see books come and go - I am not suggesting for a minute that there are not piles and piles of wonderful books both classics and new - however my reading had waned a little and I kept thinking to myself that I wanted a book or series of books I could escape in - my thoughts were heard apparently and these are they... The first one - The Alchemyst - has been out for a couple of years it seems - the next one - The Magician - came out last year and then - The Sorceress - was released just recently... I have read the three of them in about three weeks - one night with my book light flickering in the darkness until about 2am... What do I like about them? Michael Scott - the author - has creatively used world events, characters created from people who lived, plus he has drawn on myths and legends to weave a age old story of good versus evil, a quest,a coming of age, a getting of wisdom, and perhaps even an love story...

People have asked me what I would liken it to - while it deals with some alchemy and magic - it isn't Harry Potter, and while there is a vampire or two - it is a very long way from the Twilight series... "Oh," you say "it is written for young people then." Yes it is but please don't let that deter you - it is well constructed, well written, action packed with the occasionally twist thrown in for good measure plus a host of wonderful characters - both good and bad... A good book - in my opinion - is like a good meal - delicious - and these books in my opinion are top of the 'menu'...

The only downside is that there is another three in the series each to be released in the next three years... I will probably re read the first three again in anticipation for the fourth book - The Necromancer- later in the year...

Go on I dare you - read The Alchemyst - I know you want to :) !!!!

** There is a suggestion on one of the sites that there is a film coming - not sure how I feel about that - I just hope they do it well...