February Readings

Books I’ve Read in February 2012  

1.    Ender’s Game by Orsen Scott Card 

WOW! I cannot believe that I waited this long to read this book! I absolutely loved it! Poor Ender and the trials he must go through. My favorite part of the book is near the end and the discovery of the motivations of the Buggers. Ender’s empathy and understanding leaves a great lesson to be learned.

2.    The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

A continuation of the Maze Runner series, this is the second in the series. I found it much more action packed then the Maze Runner and not as slow going. Im still not sure who WICKED is and what they need the children for but it just makes me want to read the last in the trilogy. If you are a fan of the Hunger Games Series this is a good series to get into. I liked the Scorch Trials over the Maze Runner.

3.    The Death Cure by James Dashner

The Final book in the Maze Runner Series, it was a good wrap up to the series. A lot of questions were left unanswered but there is finality the last book offers that sums up the series.

4.    Genesis by Bernard Beckett

A novel told through a series of questions and answers. Lots of dialogue with some insight into what Anax is thinking and feeling. The ending is jarring… requiring the reader to sit and think about the events of the book. Absolutely surprising and in need of a read-over (if that’s even a word). A philosophical discussion of what it is to be alive, to have thought, and to be human. 

5.    The Unidentified by Rae Mariz  

What drew me to the book was the premise: The United States has run out of money to fund the public school system so they have turned it over to corporations to fund. A group of students know as the unidentified want to fight the corporate culture of the “game” (school system). What could have been an exciting book turned out to be rather flat and rather juvenile. The potential for this book was never realized and I am calling for a re-do!

6.    Bumped by Megan McCafferty 

Teenage girls have become the most important people in the world! Earth has been hit by a virus which limits the fertility of people to a very select few with the clock ticking toward 18 years of age. This was an overdone premise with a predictable ending. Readers, skip this book and pick up Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Great Read of the Month: ENDER’S GAME! (If you haven’t read this do it NOW!)