{"id":6706,"date":"2019-01-29T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2020-09-03T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T18:57:49","slug":"ready-for-action-brian-lynch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?p=6706","title":{"rendered":"{Ready for Action: Brian Lynch}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><font size=\"3\" color=\"#429AAE\"> I received this book for free from<\/font> Scholastic Press <font size=\"3\" color=\"#429AAE\">in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/font><\/strong><\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Image1-31.jpg\" alt=\"{Ready for Action: Brian Lynch}\" title=\"{Ready for Action: Brian Lynch}\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Ready for Action<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?book-author=brian-lynch\">Brian Lynch<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?book-series=toy-academy\">Toy Academy<\/a> <br><strong>Also by this author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?p=4213\">Some Assembly Required <\/a> <br><strong>Also in this series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?p=4213\">Some Assembly Required <\/a> <br><strong>Published by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?book-publisher=scholastic-press\">Scholastic Press<\/a> on January 29, 2019 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?book-genre=childrens\">Childrens<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?book-genre=fantasy\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 192 <br><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?book-format=hardcover\">Hardcover<\/a> <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?book-source=scholastic-press\">Scholastic Press<\/a> <br>        <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n            {\n                \"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n                \"@type\":\"Review\",\n                \"datePublished\": \"2019-01-29T05:00:25+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n{Synopsis} \\u2013 Grumbolt is majoring in action!\\r\\n\\r\\nHe's finally getting to follow his dreams at Toy Academy, from learning daring maneuvers, to getting paired up with a sidekick! \\r\\n\\r\\nGrumbolt ca\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Zapkode Marie\"            },\n            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.zapkodemarie.net\\\/?p=6706\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Ready for Action\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Brian Lynch\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"            },\n            \"isbn\": \"\"            },\n            \"author\": {\n                \"@type\": \"Person\",\n                \"name\": \"zapkode.marie\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.zapkodemarie.net\\\/\"            },\n            \"reviewRating\": {\n                \"@type\": \"Rating\",\n                \"ratingValue\": false,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n        <\/script>\n        <p><BR><br \/>\n<strong>{Synopsis} \u2013 <\/strong>Grumbolt is majoring in action!<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s finally getting to follow his dreams at Toy Academy, from learning daring maneuvers, to getting paired up with a sidekick! <\/p>\n<p>Grumbolt can&#8217;t wait to find out who his sidekick is&#8230; until it turns out that he&#8217;s the sidekick. And to school bully Rex Everything, no less. This duo will never work.<\/p>\n<p>But when a toy named Tempest Boomcloud kidnaps a classmate and steals Rex&#8217;s van, it looks like Grumbolt and Rex will have to work together to stop Tempest&#8217;s evildoing and figure out why she&#8217;s terrorizing them. Can they stop fighting long enough to brave dangerous lairs, vanquish terrifying teddy bears, and stop Tempest?<\/p>\n<p>This laugh-out-loud chapter book by Brian Lynch, the writer of Minions and a writer of The Secret Life of Pets, and illustrated by Edwardian Taylor, is stuffed full of action and fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>{My thoughts} \u2013 <\/strong>Grumbolt is back with an all new adventure. In this adventure he gets to major in action at the Toy Academy. This is a really big deal because he is a stuffed critter, and they aren&#8217;t usually considered action figures. However, since he was able to help save the Academy in the last book, he was given the opportunity to switch majors. <\/p>\n<p>In this adventure he teams up with his friend Micro and a few others and the help to try and save Toy Academy once again. However, Micro gets paired with a sidekick and Grumbolt becomes someone else&#8217;s sidekick. This isn&#8217;t exactly what he&#8217;d thought switching majors was suppose to mean for him. He does do his best to handle it the best he can and he tries to look at things in a positive light. However, that isn&#8217;t always easy for him when he feels he isn&#8217;t adequate enough to be an action hero, let alone a sidekick. <\/p>\n<p>I really like how this book helps to show children that even if they don&#8217;t think they are good enough at one thing or another. That it&#8217;s okay as long as they try their best and they don&#8217;t give up. I like that it shows children that you can make some new friends in the most unlikely places as well. <\/p>\n<p>I found this book to be a quick and fun read. I think that any child could fall in love with the character of Grumbolt, because he is just a lovable character in my opinion. If you have a child that enjoys movies like the Toy Story Series, I am sure they will fall fastly in love with this book series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Conclusion:<\/strong> 5 Star Rating. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/signature-300x114.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/signature-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/signature.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Synopsis} \u2013 Grumbolt is majoring in action! He&#8217;s finally getting to follow his dreams at Toy Academy, from learning daring maneuvers, to getting paired up with a sidekick! 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