Thursday, November 11, 2010

Along Came A Spider James Patterson

My friend told me if I were to read any James Patterson book, it should be "Along Came A Spider" and since I really liked "Mary Mary" I decided to try this one. I think because this book came before the other book, Patterson mentions much more descriptiong of Cross and the other characters. It completly changed the way I imagined Cross in my head. Its like when you read a book before the movie comes out and the actor they cast it completly different than how you pictures, except I had justed missed the vital details Patterson lets on. Like that Cross is over 6 feet tall, a characteristic thats hard not to imclude when I picture him now. I also came to the realization that the 'grandma' that lives with Alex isn't his kinds grandma, his mother, but his actual grandma. I often reread books because there the little things that people tend to scan over and things just make so much more sence when the whole picture is finally put together.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Twenties Girl Sophie Kinsella


I have read other Sophie Kinsella books and really enjoyed them. Although their quick reads, Kinsella's books always have humor and I like to see the vocabulary difference since she is a British author and majority of her books take place in the UK. Her characters are always sassy and fun to keep up with. In this particular book there were two characters that really got alot of attention and humor. There two attitudes reflected off eachother and it was amusing to watch their relationship grow between themselves and others in the book. Because one of the characters, Laras great aunt, was from the times of flapper girls and where dancing was practically required to get around, I actually learned alot about the twenties and basically what is was like to grow up in that time period. It was a easy read and suggest it to anyone who likes a laugh.

Mary, Mary James Patterson


This is the first James Patterson book Ive read, and I really like it. Unlike thriller movies and other books I have read before, the perspective of the book switches from the killer and to Agent Cross. Its interesting to see how the two stories overlap and how you want clues to fit in, but your not sure where there leading; its fun to try and put it all together and discover whats going on. Like in this story, a screen play writer basically loeses his mind and becomes apart of his stories, a story of killing. Until the point where he's no longer himself but the character hes trying to create. Cross seems to come across this idea through the emails the killer leaves, he also determined to defy the authority on there elimination of a male killer. Cross is a intriging character and Im sure ill end up reading another Patterosn book in the future.

Quotes From The Books

"You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love." The Notebook