Zoriam: The Bios River

On a hot and humid night in the city of Salzia, a maid gives birth to a baby boy. Moments later, lightning strikes her lonely townhouse, buring it to the ground. The newborn is rescued from the flames by a mysterious old man, who takes the baby far from Salzia, names him Zoriam, and raises the child as his son. But the old man is not what he seems, and Zoriam's past is far more complicated than the young boy realizes.

When Zoriam accompanies the old man on a trip back to Salzia, he is thrust into a web of political intrigue that will determine the fate of Salzia and its neighboring city of Yozana. Soon, Zoriam will be caught in the middle of a war between the two cities, with no idea of who he can trust. He"ll have to use his wits and every skill he has to protect the people he loves--and find out the truth about who he is.

At first, I thought that the story was a little predictable but then soon realized that I was wrong. This really made me want to continue reading the book to find out what will happen. I am hoping that the author, Taoufik Jazouli, will soon write the next book in this series

Annie McGwire and the Time Flyer

I recently received a book from the author Mike Ziniti. It is called "Annie McGwire and the Time Flyer". It is about a twelve year old girl who lives with her widowed father. She enjoys hanging out with her best friend Mitch and going to her uncles house to check out what new invention he has concoted. After her uncle invents a time machine, Mitch's curiosity gets the better of him and ends up getting loss in time. Annie decides to get take the time flyer and go and find and rescue Mitch. With the help of a robot named Simon, Annie is off to the rescue.

I really enjoyed this book. It is targeted towards young teenagers. I did feel like I was left with ome unanswered questions, but I am hoping that there will be future books to continue the series. With this being Mike Ziniti's first book, I thought he did an excellent job.

Crime and Punishment #96

Crime and Punishment is a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless parasite. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of, and even have the right to do, such things. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by connecting himself mentally with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose.

I found the concept of the novel a excellent idea for a book, but then I was quickly disappointed upon reading it. It was a difficult read. I had a hard time knowing what was going on upon conversations that would go on and on and on. I think, if written differently, this story line has potential to be a great read for someone like me.

Grimes Fairy Tales - #97

I heard about this book from many sources. I was was very excited about reading this book. After several chapters in, I found that I didn't really like this book. I knew that they were more gloomy fairy tales than what we are use to. That didn't matter. What i didn't like was how abrutely the story would just stop and they would say "to this day we don't know where they are, they could be dead". I just felt it was lazy to end it that way. Also many of the stories were the same but with just some small differences, so i felt like i was wasting my time.

Now I am off to read "Crime and Punishment". I gave a friend of min a copy of it and she said it was so hard to get through the book. She often felt like she didn't know what was going on or when she did it was boring. I'll let you know how i like it.

Reading 4 books at once - how did that happen!

So, my next book I am reading currently in my list of 100 books is "The Adventures of Huck Finn". Now before I read this one I did read "Tom Sawyer" (both by Mark Twain). I found "Tom Sawyer" fantastic and cant believe that it isn't one of the books on the Easton Press list. So far while reading "Huck Finn" I have found that I "like" it but I "loved" Tom Sawyer. In "Tom Sawyer" I found myself giggling out loud at the trouble Tom and Huck would get into. But, unfortunately, I am not finding myself doing the same with "Huck Finn" though I think it is a well written novel.

In the meantime, while reading these books, I find myself reading many books at once. I win and review many books on a website that I am a member of. So I have read also: "Soaring Above Co-Addiction" and "Letters From a Nut". Both books were very good.

Now, outside of reading "Huck Finn", I am reading "Even More Letters From a Nut" (absolutely hilarious), "How to Slay a Dragon, and "The Love of Country". How am I doing this? Well at work I read "Huck Finn" on my ereader. I usually get 30-1hr lunch and I have nothing better to do. It only takes me 15 min to eat. At night I retire to my bed about 8pm and I try to read a chapter from each book (depending on the size of the chapter).

My cousin says that she has had to read and review several books in which the book was awful. So far I haven't had to do that and am not looking forward to it when the day comes. I'm sure it will be soon. Well time top go read.

Sushi and books

My cousin, Mary, who loves books as much as me has decided to read my list along with me and we can have discussions about the books. I am so excited. We already try to go out once a month for lunch, which is usually sushi at the local Tokyo restaurant. Now we can have books dicussions while we eat sushi. Have I died and gone to heaven...sushi and books...outside of my kids these have to be two of my favorite things. I am excited to have her joining me in my journey.

My cousin is a lawyer and has gone back to school so she can be a law librarian. She reads lots of books and reviews them for several websites. One of her websites is: https://sites.google.com/site/marysbookcorner/home. Here you can find reviews on the many books she has read. She has over 500 books in her library.

Awakened by Cast

I took a quick break for a week to go off from my list and read a book that I had been waiting for awhile to come out.

I have anticipated for the books to come out and when it did, it was no disappointment. Out of all the House of Night novels, I thought this one was the best. The only negative was at the end of the book I had to scream because the next one doesnt come out untill November 2011 and I want to know what happens next. It left me wanting more.

Next on my list is The Adventures of Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn....let the adventure begin.