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This was the first the first book that was purchased on my Kindle :3 I originally wanted to read this one just so I could compare it to the book 1984 (which I have read many years ago. I can't even remember when). They both have similarities when it comes to the future. Brave New World is more so a kind of "utopia" while 1984 seemed more of a dark future. Pain vs Pleasure is the biggest difference, but they are on the same lines. It's disturbing in a way and even though everyone is more or less "happy" in the book, it's not real happiness. I think they are more feeling content than anything. I feel more sorry for Bernard, who is apart of this "utopia" and can feel that something that is not right than John "Savage" who is outside of this community and kind of tries to join? I think that is what he was trying to do. John already knew what real happiness was and even though his life was not the best in the world he still had that freedom that no one else did. I could not live how they did. First of all, awful. Growing people and making some of them smarter than others just to do certain jobs, but brainwashing them into thinking that they are glad that they are apart of this particular part of the community. No one second guesses, they just do what they are told and think what they are told to think. Of course, they don't know any better which is extremely sad. 4 stars though
I'm reading the series, and I don't feel like going through and discussing each book at the moment because I go through them so fast. But reading graphic novels will not be a regular thing so I feel like I can count them. So far, I'm loving the series. O'Malley is doing a great job with adding little things throughout the novels that you wouldn't normally look at and it's just plain funny and not to mention nerdy. So far, so good.
I got a Kindle for Christmas and I downloaded a few "free" books from Amazon just so I could get the feel for this new shiny toy. I've seen both movies and have heard of the tale, but never actually read the real thing. I had no clue what was in store. I fell in love with Carroll's writing. I love the way he twists things in conversations and at times it is confusing, but it was quite humorous. There were, of course, more characters that were left out of movies and I had a great time reading this book. I am sad that I had to watch the movies first (well I think I saw one before I was able to read? It came out in 1951 haha) All I could see what Johnny Depp's character as the Mad Hatter. That's not necessarily bad, but I like making up what I think the characters look like. Although this is not the fault of Lewis Carroll. 4.5 stars
I ventured back into my middle school days and picked up this book again. Ever since I read this book, I knew I had picked out a name that I would have named a little boy (if I ever had a kid). BUT after rereading it, my memory did not serve me well. For some reason I thought it went into detail about the dolphins and how she had a relationship with them. This was NOT the case. There are no relationships with dolphins in this book and I am completely confused where I got that false memory. Anyway, here's to another child's novel. Easy enough for a middle schooler to read and there is a few action sequences, but it's mostly a book on survival. The way that the girl was brought up had no problem finding food, building shelter, and defeating the wild dogs that came and killed her brother. The book just kind of ends with her sort of being rescued? You don't really find out what happens to her or if those people that take her away are really "good" people. You have to let you imagination run with what you think happens. 4 stars Mostly a recommendation for kids. It's not the best survival book I've read, but it's nice that a little girl is the main character when it comes to survival. So, yay for girl power!
Even though I don't like books that are sad, I really enjoyed this book. I've always been interested in Chris since I saw the movie. Yes, they tell you at the very beginning that he died so that's not ruining the book at all. To me, this book feels more like an essay than a nonfiction novel. Most people believe Chris McCandless to be crazy. I mean what is a 20 something year old doing giving away all his money and possessions to trudge through America where the road is his home? What does he know about the wilderness? In my personal opinion, I believe he knew more than what most people thought and his death was more of a horrible accident than an act of stupidity. 4 stars
I was completely surprised by this book. I have never read a James Rollins book before, but I've seen his name a lot from working in a bookstore. As you can tell, in the picture of the book, it says "NONSTOP ACTION ADVENTURE" They were not joking. There are 4 parts in the book which is broken down into chapters which is broken down into times. This book goes by days and hours and sometimes even minutes. *spoiler* The only complaint I have about this book is none of the main characters die. This has happened in 3 books now and really it just makes it unrealistic in any world/fantasy. *spoiler*But the action takes off right away with a huge explosion and every chapter is just so jam packed that I had a hard time putting it down. Another thing that I liked is that you knew what everyone was thinking. You knew what the bad guys were doing and then what the good guys were doing. That being said, if the good guys were falling into a trap that the bad guys set up, you already knew about it. I was literally talking back to the book. "No! Don't do that! It's a trap!" I have never done that before and now am a little embarrassed confessing that. You like a thriller that has nonstop action adventure? This one is really good. 4 stars
*****Some spoilers******I remember working at Borders and this book coming out in paperback. We had to sell a certain amount of them every week and it was the easiest book to sell. It was already so popular overseas. Men and women alike were drawn to the book. I don't know if it was because of what they heard, or if it was the title or the bright neon yellow cover. I usually don't like reading things just because they are popular, but then I also had a great deal of people recommend it so I dived in. "Just get through the first part of the book," they told me. "And you will get hooked." Well the first part of it was completely boring, so they were right...to an extent. It did get better for me after the first two chapters. Usually people shy away if the beginning doesn't grip you, but since I've made this goal for myself, I have trudged through several books so far that I just didn't like and I really really really wanted to put down.After getting through the whole book (and I do mean getting through it) I placed this book in my bookcase all disappointed that I bought it. The book was pretty decent, I do have to say, but the content of the book is what bothered me. Was it just me, or did the main character sleep with ever important woman character in this book? Me being just a small bit feminist found this quite disgusting. It's not like that in real life. I know, I know, books aren't real life and whatever, but sometimes part of the story just doesn't seem real in it's own world. Women and men really shouldn't just go around sleeping with everyone, I mean it's not realistic that someone could get everyone around them. I'm also a person that when I read a book I become the characters. That's why I hate reading sad books because all the "depressing" and "horrible" stuff happens to me. Watching movies are different for me, I can place myself out of the story mostly because I can see what the director wants me to see, but in books I can choose to make each world the way I want it to be. Frankly, I just can't help putting myself in these characters. I can be someone I'm not for a couple of hours. So, yeah, this book had a lot of rape and bad things throughout the book. I wasn't too happy about that. For granted, the book did hold my attention and was exciting at times, but there was too much stuff eating at me throughout, so that's the reason why I didn't like it. Although, I can see why it's popular because all of the mystery, and why people like it. I don't judge. I think it's completely okay to disagree. 3 stars
This was the first the first book that was purchased on my Kindle :3 
