![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blue_ant58. Final Warning by James Patterson
The fourth and perhaps final book in the Maximum Ride series. This was not the best book and probably not worth the wait. It was interesting, but Patterson came off as too preachy for my liking. I get that kids need to learn about global warming and that he felt the need to education, but it read too much like a science book in some parts. An approach more like Westerfeld in Peeps might have been more appropriate. Also, I thought it tried to tie things up neatly and failed completely. And, of course, he left it open to more books, should he choose to write them. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it, because I did. It just wasn't as good as the others.
59. The Demon of Dakar: A Mystery (Ann Lindell Mysteries) by Kjell Eriksson
This was a fantastic book for a variety of reasons, the main one is that Eriksson took our "bad guy" and made him completely and utterly likable. Usually in mystery books (at least the ones I've read), the bad guys are bad guys, regardless of their motives and/or states of mind. In Demon of Dakar, there are the clear cut bad guys and then there's Manuel Alavez. He is unlike any bad guy I've read about for a long time. I loved the way Eriksson wove his tale, both from our history of the events as (and before and after) they happen. I really loved this book, and if you like a good mystery with extremely good character development, I recommend this one.
60. Blood Debt by Tanya Huff
It took me forever to read this book, not because it was bad or long or ... pretty much anything negative. It took me a long time because it was the last book in the Blood series and I wasn't sure I wanted to know what happened. I'm still not sure I like what Vicki has become, but I must say that I love how the book kind of shifted to being from Mike's point of view. After finally finishing it, I realized I'd kind of falling in love with Mike. I applaud Huff for doing such a good job with the last of the Blood books. A good ending (of sorts) to a good series.
61. The Eternals by Neil Gaiman
A good, though very easy read. Gaiman's reworking of an earlier comic series about gods. The writing is fantastic and the drawings are even better. I didn't really know a lot of the characters, but it did make me want to go see Iron Man, if only because his character in the graphic novel is kind of hilarious. I hope Gaiman writes more of these style graphic novels. I enjoy his alternate take on history.
61 / 120 new reads. 51% read!
The fourth and perhaps final book in the Maximum Ride series. This was not the best book and probably not worth the wait. It was interesting, but Patterson came off as too preachy for my liking. I get that kids need to learn about global warming and that he felt the need to education, but it read too much like a science book in some parts. An approach more like Westerfeld in Peeps might have been more appropriate. Also, I thought it tried to tie things up neatly and failed completely. And, of course, he left it open to more books, should he choose to write them. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it, because I did. It just wasn't as good as the others.
59. The Demon of Dakar: A Mystery (Ann Lindell Mysteries) by Kjell Eriksson
This was a fantastic book for a variety of reasons, the main one is that Eriksson took our "bad guy" and made him completely and utterly likable. Usually in mystery books (at least the ones I've read), the bad guys are bad guys, regardless of their motives and/or states of mind. In Demon of Dakar, there are the clear cut bad guys and then there's Manuel Alavez. He is unlike any bad guy I've read about for a long time. I loved the way Eriksson wove his tale, both from our history of the events as (and before and after) they happen. I really loved this book, and if you like a good mystery with extremely good character development, I recommend this one.
60. Blood Debt by Tanya Huff
It took me forever to read this book, not because it was bad or long or ... pretty much anything negative. It took me a long time because it was the last book in the Blood series and I wasn't sure I wanted to know what happened. I'm still not sure I like what Vicki has become, but I must say that I love how the book kind of shifted to being from Mike's point of view. After finally finishing it, I realized I'd kind of falling in love with Mike. I applaud Huff for doing such a good job with the last of the Blood books. A good ending (of sorts) to a good series.
61. The Eternals by Neil Gaiman
A good, though very easy read. Gaiman's reworking of an earlier comic series about gods. The writing is fantastic and the drawings are even better. I didn't really know a lot of the characters, but it did make me want to go see Iron Man, if only because his character in the graphic novel is kind of hilarious. I hope Gaiman writes more of these style graphic novels. I enjoy his alternate take on history.
