Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

This is a first. I desided to broaden my horizions this week with a science fiction book by Orson Scott Card titled Ender's Game. It is about a futuristic boy, Ender Wiggins, being chosen to go into military school. The commanders at the school think that he is the one to save the world from the evil Buggers.
It was an easy read. It did seem a little immature for my standards. I would recommend it to a guy that doesn't have a lot of time to read, or a 12 year old.
What are your ideas?

Interview with Kelly Epperson

I just read an interview by Dorothy Thompson on Kelly Epperson, a humorous freelance writer that once worked for the IRS.
She just recently wrote a book titled When Life Stinks, It's Time To Wash the Gym Clothes. It is a compilation of articles that she has written in the past.
People have called her "Everywoman" and "Rare Woman" in the same breath. She once lived in France and currently lives in Illinois with her family.

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks writes really well. He is the type of writer that understands his readers. In his latest book "The Lucky One", he did it again.
In this book, Logan Thighbault is an ex-marine that has walked all the way from Colorado to see the woman that is in the picture that he found in Kuwait that he believes that saved his life multiple times. When he walks into Hampton, he bumps into Keith Clayton, the arragant ex-husband of Beth, the woman in the picture. Their meeting was not a very good one.
When Thighbault finally meets Beth, he doesn't tell her why he is there, but instead gets hired as a dog keeper for Nanna's, Beth's grandmother's, kennel.
As time goes by Beth and Thighbault become lovers.
One day Thighbault realizes that someone has broken into his house. He puts two and two togehter and realizes that it was Clayton. They get in an arrguement which brings out a big revelation.
This book is great. It brings out the concepts of honesty and bravery and trust. Which is more important? All is revealed in this awesome book.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

This was my first book by Daniel Keyes. It was great. I really like how Keyes brought out the character of a retarded 30 year old that is put through an operation to make him "normal".
This story brings out the questions should we be messing with what God gave us. If we did mess with our intellegence, how would our personality change if at all. Would we be grateful for science or would we dispise it. Would we go back to those that wronged us, and if so what would we say to them?

It was a little wordy as the character got over the heads of those that gave him the ability to think, but was very well written. I could not put it down and would recomend it to anyone.

There is a movie called Charly out there based on the book, but it is not as good. It leaves out a lot of good parts and is fabricated in places.

Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell

My opinion on this book is based only on the first 17 chapters..because I could not stand another week much less another hour bored out of my mind with the dialogue that would not have anything to do with the plot of the book somewhere down the line. It also seemed to start to bounce around in time. One thing the baby is born and the next it is fourteen and then we are back with the Queen just after the birth of the kid. What is up with all of this?
If you have read the book could you tell me if it gets any better or did I make the right decision about wanting to through the book in the garbage?

Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich has done it a tenth time. I know that I'm a few books behind the hype of this author's on going and hilarious collection featuring Stephanie Plum, an amature bounty hunter that finds herself in interesting adventures fighting criminals and being in a romance triangle between her mentor and a childhood lover.
This book has Stephanie go in hiding from a hired killer for running over a gang member while trying to look for one of her bailees. It is always interesting to see how she gets her man accidentaly in all the books.
I am looking forward to reading the next book in this series.

A Red Death, By Walter Mosley

This book teaches about how life in the 1950's was like for a black man in Los Angeles. Easy is a man of many illegal talents that gets a letter from the government looking for money. Sure he might owe the money, but there is no evidence saying so. The FBI steps in to help Easy, but he has to help catch a communist in action first.
It gets a hold of you from the very first page. Easy is always finding himself at the wrong place at the wrong time. This story has murder and sex all over it.
This is no chick book. It was meant for a guy that just wants the facts. Not a lot of descriptions and a lot of dialogue. It is also for the type of person that likes reality. It is really believable that this happened back in the day.

Literal Beginnings

With the holiday season beginning and the weather turning colder, I have started to read more. I thought I would share the books that I'm reading with you.

Some of you might see these post are from my old personal blog on Xanga.com. I do welcome those readers to this page. I hope to continue what I started there here.

I hope you enjoy what I am about to share. I am planning to post at least twice a day and at times more.