6 out of 101: Eragon

Yup, that's right... I finished reading Eragon already. I was acutally kind of surprised how fast I got this one done. Work has been kind of busy lately, but somehow I managed to get a lot of it read this week at work. I only had to read about 20 or so pages this morning.

This book was so fun, and no I don't feel silly at all for reading a "Young Adult Book". I've read a few already (including the entire sisterhood of the traveling pants series--which I will be sending to one of my lil SILs to read. hehe). Eragon honestly didn't even seem like a young adult book. It had great action and obviously lots of fantasy (it is after all about a young dragon rider, Eragon and his dragon Saphira.) The only thing I didn't like about the book was the ending, totally not satisfying-- but then again I know authors do that on purpose so that you read the next book in the series. Which I will have to do. I need to see if Vanessa has book 2, or if I will have to go to either the library or the book store to get it at some point. I kinda want to see the movie now, but I think it'll be one of the rare DVD rentals we do, because obviously I've learned that the movie versions never are as good as the book. And I've already been warned about it with Eragon from Vanessa.

What's next on my list? I'm not so sure. It's either going to be Tribulation Force (book 2 of the left behind series) or the Power of a Positive Woman. Not totally sure yet, guess I'll decide by my mood when I go to grab the next book off of my shelf.

Til next time... Happy Reading friends!

5 out of 101: Left Behind

Yesterday I finished reading Left Behind, which happens to be the first book of a series. I wasn't sure how I would like the book at first. But I had heard so many good things about the book from other friends who had read it (and the rest of the series). Let me just say I really enjoyed it, and I honestly can see myself reading the rest of them. It was pretty out of my normal realm of what I enjoy reading. I've never been one to read a mystery/suspense type book. But this one was great! It kept me interested the whole time. And although it is Christian Fiction, it made me really want to try to make more of an effort to read and study my bible.

It was great! I really want to read Tribulation Force (which is the second book) but I am going to read Eragon next since my friend let me borrow it and I want to have it back to her by the time she gets back from vacation.

Yikes!

Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted. I am so bad! Okay, but I have been really busy so that has to be a good excuse right? Work and school are kicking my butt right now. But I really need to start making a lil more time to post on here.

I finished Eat, Pray, Love on Sunday. So I didn't exactly make my own personal deadline... but I still finished it in a somewhat timely manner so that has to count for something right? It was a nice book. Very enjoyable. The author's tone was very much like something you'd see in your favorite magazine when they are writing a personal piece. I enjoyed reading about her travels, and it was interesting to read the change that took place within her over the course of a year. I'm not sure which section of the book I enjoyed the most, and it was fun to imagine what it'd be like to visit those places.

I've already started my next book (started on Monday July 16th). I am reading Left Behind. I've always heard that the series is very good, and lots of people have reccommended it to me. A patient from our office actually kept telling me how great the book was. She brought it with her on Monday when she came in for her appointment so I went ahead and started it (instead of the other book I was planning on reading).

Okay, gotta get ready to head back to work. Lunch is almost over. Take care and Happy Reading!

Eat, Pray, Love

So I finally got caught up enough on all of my homework and studying so that I can begin another book. I just started reading Eat, Pray, Love. I'm not too far in it, but I already call tell that I am hooked. The book is about a woman who travels through Italy, India, and Indonesia to "discover" herself. Amazing. I love travel, and although we are not able to do a whole lot of it at the moment, I will enjoy reading about the travels in this book and dreaming up some of my own. Travel is really something that is super important to me. I really want to see the world, and currently the place at the top of my wish list is Greece.

I'm looking forward to this book, and I hope that it will provide some inspiration as well since the author is trying to become the best person that she can be through her travels.

It's a pretty long book, but I'm hoping I can have it finished by next Wednesday. Wish me luck!

3 out of 101: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

So I was a little late on finishing this up, didn't finish it til yesterday (but that was because I have had a crapload of homework to do). I loved this book! From start to finish it totally met my expectations of what a great book should be. The writing was beautiful and flowed through out the whole book. The author's writing was rich and detail and you could picture everything that was happening so well. I also enjoyed that Lisa See did a great amount of research in writing this book. She traveled to China, including the villages that she used for settings in this book. At the end of the book there are a few pages where she talks about all the research she did and thanks a lot of people for all of their help and support.

The book isn't terribly long, I could have finished it a lot faster if I hadn't been so busy with school stuff. But it is really one of those rare books that I found myself trying to pace myself, so that I could savor it and make it last a bit longer. I would love to see this great story turned into a movie one day, even though I tend to think that book versions are better than movie versions. I just think this story is too wonderful to not be shared with those who are not into reading.