Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer


Since the Twilight series has had such a huge hype, with mostly female readers, I decided I would have to find out what was so amazing. Well I finished which took me a little while due to the break I took when the story got slow. Now that doesn't mean I didn't like it. The book was very cleverly written and did have enough suspense for me to finish the book. My main set back was the wordiness not even the mushy stuff because that was part of the story, but coming from a reader who reads every word I found myself skipping paragraphs to get to the more relevant sections of the book. The love story was fine I could look past it and I now understand why women and teenage girls, especially, love it. However my overall consensus is that they books could be shorter and still have as large a following. This is often the case for longer books though, look at Harry Potter 5.

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner


The Thief, a Newbery Honor Winner, is about a young thief hired by the king to steal a mystical stone that will make him ruler over a near by kingdom. The trip takes him and his companions into hostile territory and causes certain problems for the quest as a whole. The story takes place in an advanced medieval type setting and is plenty full of fun twists and adventure. A wonderful book with some mild language.