do they still make flash cubes?

finished the youngest templar: keeper of the grail. in this book, our young hero tristan is raised by a monk called brother tuck and soon meets an oversized blacksmith called john whom everyone playfully refers to as little john. then our tristan meets another youth, an archer from sherwood forest near nottingham england, a young man called robard hode. robard and tristan meet a third youth, a ninja-style assassin from jerusalem, a young lady called maryam. in case these character names don't make it clear to you, this is the story of robin hood - narrated by tristan who is apparently one of his merry men. all that remains to be seen, however, because this first book ended with [SPOILER ALERT] tristan drowning in the mediterranean sea. at first i was like - hey, party foul! this is robin hood. i want something original! but now i am like - hmm... a solid story well told. who cares if it's robin hood? plus last night during the super bowl i saw a commersh for a new movie - robin hood - starring the ever-delicious russell crowe. yummy. yum yummy yum yum. wait. where was i? oh, right. the movie. from the trailer it looked like there might be some grailness involved in the robin hood backstory. sounds intriguiging - perhaps i need to look into this backstory a bit.

currently reading the last child by john hart. i read his king of lies on a whim, like i got it out of the discount bin or something, back in '08 and it turned out to be a solid story with well-developed characters. this one is shaping up to be at least as good, maybe better. it's a sort of ellen foster meets huckleberry finn. sort of. i mean, i haven't actually read huck finn, so what the hell do i know, but this book is about a young boy who has to grow up in a hurry so there you have it. OKAY WHATEVER BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN READ IT YOURSELF, CAN'T YOU??

next up will be water for elephants because mini-me sent it to me in a paquage! woohoooo!