Waiting (Not So) Patiently

It's really frustrating when you're waiting to hear back from an interview! I have managed to focus long enough to finish reading Rick Riordan's The Red Pyramid. It was very good and I can't wait to see what happens next in this series. I don't think it was as good as the first Percy Jackson book, but it was good enough. I just started reading Witch & Wizard by James Patterson. The feel of the book is very unsettling and just plain creepy. The whole "New Order" thing really makes my skin crawl. It reminds me a little of when I first read A Wrinkle in Time. It's the same feel I got from the planet that had been "taken over" by the darkness. It just felt so wrong.

I Have Slayed the Dragon!! (Well, Not Really)

I finally finished Eragon!!! The end was good and that's about all I can say in the realm of positive comments. I seriously doubt I will be reading the other two books. Maybe when I've run out of other stuff to read (not likely). The book was about 200 pages too long in my opinion. I could have used a lot more editing. There were very long sections of book where they were just riding horses in a valley or a desert. It took a very long time for anything to actually happen. This is one of the few cases in which I think the movie is better than the book. The story just flowed better and at a more consistent pace in the movie. It took forever for the author to just get Saphira out of her egg in the book!!! Thankfully, my next book is already much better and I'm only about 40 pages into it! I just started reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. So far, it is very good and according to my husband, it's going to get even better!!

A Very Long Walk

I am very, very close to being done with Eragon. I have to say, I'm very happy that I'm almost done. This book seems very long. The constant walking (or riding, or flying) from destination to destination with not a whole lot happening in between is getting very old. I am ready to finish this book and move on to my next one. I have very good reason to believe that my next book will be a good one. As soon as I finish Eragon I'm going to start reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. My husband just finished it and he really enjoyed it. We both loved the Percy Jackson series, so we are happy that Rick Riordan is busy writing not one, but two new series.

I Feel the Beginning of a Panic Attack

I feel a panic attack coming on. Normally, really only write about the books I read, but I have a huge job interview tomorrow and I just thought I should let someone know that I think I'm going to have a panic attack!! I'm so freakin' nervous!!

Dragons and Urgals and Bears, Oh my!

Ok, well not the bears, but everything else is there. I admit that so far my favorite character is Saphira, the dragon. I just like her because she's a little bit of a smart-ass. Brom is a fishy character. He never reveals too much of himself at once. He won't really tell Eragon anything too specific. I've already discovered lots of book-to-movie discrepancies, but I can't tell a whole lot yet.

Can't Wait for the Sequel!

I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick earlier today. It was a very good read and I can't wait for the sequel to come out this October. I had one small problem with the book. Around the middle of the book the relationship between Patch and Nora just seemed to stall for a little while. It was a little too much will they, won't they to be quite honest. I also thought she would have been a little more concerned about Vee hanging around with Jules and Elliott after she found out about Elliott's past. I think I would've been a bit more concerned about my best friend. Hopefully, those small problems will be fixed in the sequel, Crescendo. So, I've started reading a book that a lot of people have already read: Eragon by Christopher Paolini. Yes, I realize I'm a little late to the party with this one, but I just wanted to see how different it is from the movie. I've heard it is very different and I just wanted to see for myself. Yes, I have seen the movie and I enjoyed it. I'm sure that once I finish reading the book I will complain about the differences. I don't complain as much as some people do, though. I've just had so much experience with books becoming movies that I've come to realize they are never going to be exactly alike because you can't necessarily tell a story in a movie the way you would in a book. They are different mediums and have to be approached in different ways.