I made it past 25!

No, not in age, in the number of books I read. At the beginning of the year, my goal was to try and read about 50 books by the end of the year. Well, life came into play and I tried to get over 10,000 pages. I got that easily considering the size of books that I read, so then I wanted to get half of the books read. And I made it! Woot!


Book 24: Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon
The story was actually pretty good for a fantasy novel. The characters had some dimensions to them and their relationships were okay together. There are romantic scenes in the book, but they aren't all that badly written. I doubt I'm going to read any more of the series though. It just wasn't that interesting to me.


Book 25: Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley
I originally bought the book for Jakob, but then I decided to read it. I'm not a big fan of the book. The story is carefully put together (which is a plus and a minus at the same time) and the characters actually seem real, there are a lot of battle scenes (which are pretty well written). The minus was that for me, I could predict most of what was going to happen. This is part of a trilogy, that I'm probably not going to read unless Jakob ends up liking the book and I buy the rest of the trilogy.


Book 26: The New Tolerance by Josh McDowell and Bo Hostetler
I had to read this book for a class that I am taking (yes, even teachers need to keep taking classes), and I'm not a fan of this book. It could be the fact that I had to read the book for something and I couldn't just read it on my own time. It makes some good points and it is kind of on the right track, but it almost says that there is no way to reverse this. I ended up skimming through the last part of the book. I do agree with certain things in the book considering that there is a "tolerance" that is happening in society. This book is relevant and if you are looking on some commentary to society, then read the book. But the way it goes about it is odd.


Book 27: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide by Duane "Dog" Chapman
I liked the book. Well written, and gives some good background on Dog. Dog spent the first twenty-three years of his life on the wrong side of the law. but it takes a look at everything from his life in jail, to the turn around, to his bounty hunts; specifically the capture of Andrew Luster.