Saturday, September 19, 2009

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Twilight Saga, Book #3

Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - Knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

What can I say?, I think anyone with an interest in the supernatural and/or emotional love stories would enjoy every book in the series. I love the conflict and appreciated the flaws in the characters. It reads well and it has more history in it, which I love. I found the history of the Werewolves much more interesting as well as hearing more about the Cullens' history. I really enjoyed the story, start to finish.

Book read (09/19/07)

★★★★★

Monday, September 07, 2009

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. In factThe Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favorite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work: "The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords

A great book but one that takes a lot of thought.If you want to read a classic, this is the one. The Old Man and The Sea is easy to understand and you can read it in a couple hours.I like Hemingway's style of language which is very easy to follow, but also maintain a level of depth in the meaning. For those fishing lovers out there, this novel is perfect for your taste. Overall, this is a worthwhile book to read.

Book read (09/07/08)

★★★★