Book Review #7 - Magician: Apprentice

Magician: Apprentice
Raymond E. Feist

When I first started reading this book I was reminded of The Giver.  I encountered multiple parallels between them.  Both books start off with a boy looking for answers.  Both have the boy be trained by a wizened old sage.  As I progressed deeper into the book I thought about Tolkien and Jordan and the similarities.  This book kept me riveted and reading at every opportunity.  You will find more then just magic and adventure in this book.  There is politics and military, humor and hardship.  I do want to see more of the story from the Tsurani point of view and their world, but I have a feeling Feist left that for books to come.  This book it seems is more a way to introduce the main characters and how they start to change due to the circumstances they have to face.


4.5/5

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Book Review #6 - The Book Thief

The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

How do I describe this book? I am nowhere near as good at descriptions and word play as Zusak. The imagery is amazing. The personification of Death the best I've read. I mean this book is stunning. I could not put it down. You can feel and see what his characters feel and see. And thats just the characters. The story is very well written. It reminds me of Tom Sawyer meets Anne Frank with a dash of On a Pale Horse.


5/5

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NEW BOOKS as of 01/17/10

One of my goals this year is to own 400+ books.  I started with 221.  Here are the books I've bought this year, so far.

• Paradise Lost - John Milton
• The Aeneid - Virgil
• The Prince and Other Writings - Niccolo Machiavelli
• Wake - Lisa McMann
• Dreamcatcher - Stephen King
• Shattered/Whispers/Watchers - Dean Koontz
• 1st to Die - James Patterson
• Velocity - Dean Koontz
• Net Force - Tom Clancy
• Kiss the Girls - James Patterson
• Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
• Secrets of the Code - Dan Burstein
• Step On a Crack - James Patterson
• Changing of the Guard - Steve Perry
• Cybernation - Tom Clancy
• Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
• Pop Goes the Weasel - James Patterson
• The Twelth Card - Jeffery Deaver
• The Devil's Labyrinth - John Saul
• Uncertain Paradise: 1973 - John Cassell

Now I'm at 237.  Still have a ways to go.  If anyone knows of any authors who want another reader (and reviewer) leave a comment.  I love reading works by new authors.  Thats how I found Jim C. Hines, Paul Steven Stone, and S. Michael Wilson.  Any recommendations for future titles?

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