The Book Blog: 2012 Edition

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 

I’ve been meaning to read this book for quite sometime now. I finally settled down to read it when I had nothing else to do. I got to admit, I really enjoyed it. But this is coming from someone who doesn’t believe in religion and somewhat of a feminist, especially when it comes to the oppression of women. 

This book offers a new spin to the whole grail story, Christianity, and history. I really enjoyed reading it because of the discriptions of the museum, Paris, and England. 

After I read the book, I watched the movie and lets just say the movie is a terrible adaptation. 

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

The last installment to the Chaos Walking trilogy, Ness provides readers with a heart wrenching ending to say the least. The scout ship has landed. The Answer and New Prentisstown are still at ends with each other but must come together to fight against a common foe, the Spackle, whose numbers are much larger than anticipated. 

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this whole series. A trilogy of this magnitude and lovable characters is hard to find. Ness develops his characters so well and allows them to have their own voice. Ness’ writing style is very admirable and can’t help praising him for not falling into any plot dead ends. Monsters of Men proved to be frustrating in a good way. If one does not respond emotionally to what they are reading than they are not really reading.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes strong female characters, strong male characters, limited romance, sci-fi, and dystopia. 

What are you currently reading?

I’ve recently finished reading “Monsters of Men” by Patrick Ness, “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, and today I finished reading “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown.

What you are reading? What are you planning on reading? 

Do you have any book recommendations?