#0033A I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

I was so completely surprised. I Am Legend is absolutely nothing like the movie. I mean you have the same dry plot of some undead creature is out to kill the last human. That is it. That is the only similarity. I seriously could not put the book down. I'm not one for horror books, but this one wasn't really scary. I mean I do confess that in one part of the book Robert was getting chased and my phone rang and I jumped pretty violently, but that's it. This book caught me from the beginning and I knew I wouldn't be able to get any of my schooling done before I finished.

I really don't want to talk about it too much, but just know that the movie does not do this book justice. Even if the movie had the amazing Will Smith in it. This is one of the few books that after I finished it I just sat there in awe thinking about the book as a whole. This is the best vampire book out there. Forget Twilight. This is how vampires are suppose to be. 5 stars

#0032A Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons

First book of the new year. It literally took me a month and a half to read it. It was only 126 pages. Add a new online class, moving, and not wanting to really read it to begin with in the picture and that's why it took a month and a half. I was told this book was amazing.....eh. I found out that I don't like "southern" books. Even though I am "southern" it is still hard for me to keep up. I don't like being reminded about the southern stereotypes and whatnot.

I guess I don't like sad book either unless I am in need of a good cry, in this case I wasn't. It was sad and hopeful, I would guess. Ellen is a young child whose mother killed herself and her father beat her and drank himself to death. She was passed around like an old toy and no one seemed to like her. I, on the other hand, liked Ellen. I liked her spunk and personality. She was usually optimistic about things even through all the crap she was dealing with. That's probably the only thing I liked. I just kept thinking about what else could possibly happen to little ol' Ellen. I can't remember what I originally gave this book, in terms of stars, so I'll give it a solid 3 stars just because it wasn't an awful book, it just wasn't my cup of tea.