Let's Get Invisible! (Goosebumps #6; Classic Goosebumps #24) by R.L. Stine

Let's Get Invisible! (Goosebumps #6; Classic Goosebumps #24) by R.L. Stine-138 pages

Max and his friends, Erin and April, venture up to the attic after his birthday party and find a mirror in a small room. They are curious and look at their reflections in the mirror and while looking at their reflections they see a strange cord and light at the top of the mirror. One of them pulls the cord while Max is in front of the mirror and he immediately becomes invisible. Over the next few weeks, they include another friend, Zack, and Max's brother, Lefty, in a competition to see who can stay invisible the longest. However, after about 12 minutes of being invisible the kids start feeling weird and distant. What is happening? Why does the mirror light turn them invisible? Could it be that their reflections are trying to switch with them? How did the mirror get these powers? I like the ending of this one just as I do many Goosebumps books, especially the ones (like this one) that leave the reader with some doubt and sort of on a cliff hanger. 

A Man Rides Through by Stephen R. Donaldson

A Man Rides Through by Stephen R. Donaldson - 627 pages

A friend gave me this book to read in college.  I absolutely loved it at the time.  It was the book that got me reading fantasy novels.  So when I came across it again the other day at the library, I decided to pick it up and see if it was as good as I remembered.  I still enjoyed the book.  I immediately got engrossed in it.  However, this time reading it I was struck by how many twists there were in the story.  It seemed like there was a new plot twist every 20 pages or so.  It was a few too many.  I was also struck by the fact that the main character was female - uncommon for a fantasy book from that time.  She was written as being both the hero and the victim - so it was a little confusing at times.  For example she had to continuously remind herself to think which annoyed me as a reader.  Female leads are usually written better than that now - although for the time it was a good step.