GenreScience Fiction
SynopsisEnder has been brought to training camp to see if he is ready to help defend Earth against the alien attackers. The only way to determine if Ender is the one is to break him down, and see what is left when only pieces remain. Is six-year-old Ender man enough for the job?
Why You Should Read it?I don't know how I hadn't read this one before. If you're like me and you missed it along the years, pick it up and go! It's wonderful.
What Can You Learn From the Author's Writing? I loved the duel story-lines giving you both perspectives at once.
Overall Rating5 smiles
Book #25 in Alex Cross Series
GenreFiction
SynopsisAlex finds himself on the wrong side of a courtroom after a shoot-out involving followers of Gary Soneji. On suspension pending the outcome, Alex is back to seeing patients with his psychology practice. But how long can that last, especially if he is found guilty?
Why You Should Read it?If you're an Alex Cross fan, you'll read it no matter what I say (like I would). If you're not...you should be. This is a good place to start.
What Can You Learn From the Author's Writing? If you write in the same genre, you'll need to learn new tricks. Enter James and his experts who bring you some great new tricks (used at a crime scene but brought out in court) and some coding talk.
Overall Rating4 smiles
GenreFiction
SynopsisMolly Rourke's son has been murdered. Her farm is going to crumble under the debt owed to the bank. What lengths will she go to to solve this problem?
Why You Should Read it?As far as bookshots go (I'm not a fan, usually) it's got a good story here. You don't feel like you're missing something and the characters are pretty developed. I have to say I'm totally confused by the minutes and seconds marked to start chapters. Someone explain that to me, please.
What Can You Learn From the Author's Writing? Shots chapters, as always from Patterson.
Overall Rating3 smiles
GenreFiction
SynopsisJason Harrow's normal life, with a loving church-going family of faith, is rocked by a phone call from his past that he decides to answer. From there, Jason is forced to watch as the life he has built begins to come apart. Threatened by forces he never imagined he'd be facing, Jason must decide whether to believe in a crazy story only he would have the chance to stop, or chalk it up to insanity and risk the lives of hundreds of strangers.
Why You Should Read it?The story is full of intrigue. It is a great read for those who like suspense.
What Can You Learn From the Author's Writing? The author does this interesting thing whenever Jason is watching TV. He makes a point to talk about the commercials that air as though they are one long commercial. It makes it obvious that they are ridiculous without the author every having to come out and say that.
Overall Rating3 smiles
GenreFiction (Romance)
SynopsisSugar Beth has to return to Parrish, Mississippi. A place where she ruled the high school and had everything she wanted. But it's not her world anymore, it's the world of her enemy. The plan to get-in, get-what-she-needs, and get-out keeps getting interrupted with memories and people from her past. Has Sugar Beth changed, or is being in Parrish enough to bring her crawling back to bad habits?
Why You Should Read it?
As is pretty common with romance, the characters are completely lovable and relate-able.
What Can You Learn From the Author's Writing? Dialogue. Her sharp tongued duo (Colin and Sugar Beth) were simply fun to read.
Overall Rating3 smiles
GenreHorror
SynopsisTwo couples find themselves broken down at an inn in the woods. Their plans to hunker down for the night and get help in the morning is thrown to the wayside when a dangerous killer traps them in the house. Can they escape with their lives?
Why Should You Read It? It's got a good supernatural twist, which is interesting.
What Can You Learn From the Author's Writing? Gross details you can weave into scary stories.
Overall Rating2 smiles. Overall this one was not my favorite and took me too long to really get into.
GenreFiction
SynopsisAlice's drop into Wonderland is a story we are all familiar with. But what happened to the family left at home during Alice's journey? What of the neighbor, young Ada, who topples down the rabbit hole after Alice? This is a story of places you know, yet tales you have never heard. A wonderful envisioning of a new angle to Alice's tale of Wonderland.
Why Should You Read It? It brings you right back to Wonderland.
What Can You Learn From the Author's Writing? How to weave higher vocabulary and real history into your fantasy story.
Overall Rating4 smiles
