Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Amulet of Samarkand part 1

Yeah so I'm skipping around in reading these days as I am interested in reading a lot of different books and I don't have a lot of time to do so.
So this new book titled the Amulet of Samarkand is the first of a magical trilogy of books called the Bartimaeus Trilogy. The first book focuses mainly on Bartimaeus along with his view of the world as he is constantly summoned to the human realm in order to complete the tasks that ordinary wizards and witches couldn't do along with a new wizard named Nathaniel who summons Bartimaeus. And yes this is another magic series but it doesn't sound Harry Potter-ish at all. In fact other than the fact that both series involve magic of some sort, they are nothing alike.
Bartimaeus is known as one of the most ancient and powerful demons from his plane. His best ability is to shapeshift to whatever form he wants to. Alhtough he, like all demons, weakens when he remains in the human realm for too long.
Nathaniel is the magician that summons him. Nathaniel is 11 years old and knows some rather complex and powerful spells for a wizard his age. In the beginning of the book, Nathaniel harbors an intense dislike for his foster father, Lovelace. Bartimaeus is summoned to help Nathaniel get revenge from being abused and mistreated from his father. He uses Bartimaeus to steal from Lovelace in order to make him think that he is being targeted by some sort of organization. However, Lovelace has no idea that the one causing him all his grief is his son.

Good Omens Part 1

I am reading a book called Good Omens that was written by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman. This book is about to the prophecy of the Apocalypse, only it is a more of humorous version of that prophecy. It is similar to the movie, The Omen.
The story centers around an angel from heaven named Aziraphale and a demon from hell named Crowley. Despite being from opposite worlds and being opposite beings, they are best friends and are not interested at all in the coming of the Apocalypse. All they do is just watch as the events happen in the order they're supposed to, not participating at all.
If you've seen The Omen then you will probably recognize that the events that happen to Damien and his family are the main theme of the story. Good Omens is similar to it except that the events that surround Damien are more of the background theme instead of the main theme. Currently, Aziraphale and Crowley are drinking wine while reminiscing about their fun lives in the real world and how they will miss it all after the Apocalypse destroys it. Meanwhile the demons who were sent to the real world to assist Damien are making their move, doing things like getting Damien the monstrous hound from hell and testing if he is really the prophetic son by seeing if he gives the hound a monstrous name or not.