Books 32, 33, and 34

32) Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty- The 4th book of the Jessica Darling series. I actually had a really hard time deciding what to rate this book. Parts of it I loved... like the fact Jessica is addressing Marcus the whole time. I also loved that she got to know her parents and sister a lot more in this book, and that she dealt with struggles common to early twenty-somethings. I also liked seeing Jessica try to make this big decision. But... some parts were a little dull. Also, it was strange that it was just one week. The other books have seemed... bigger somehow. Also, Marcus really wasn't in this book very much and when he was, it seems like he never said anything but his Buddhist sayings, which really isn't very appealing. I love Marcus but this book certainly didn't add to his character. And then the end was so sad! It did made me want to quickly go out and buy Perfect Fifths.

33) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card- I loved this book. It's one of those books you keep thinking about long after you're done reading it. It's basically about Ender Wiggin, a very talented kid in the future who is trained to become the battle commander in a great war with the "buggers", which are the aliens. Although a lot of the actual battle simulations were boring to me, I loved the "sci-fi" aspects, maybe because I was an astrophysics major in college. I loved thinking about fighting in null gravity, or traveling at the speed of light. The other fascinating (and sometimes humorous) thing was reading about what was "futuristic" by a book written in the 80's. Like the "nets" where Ender's brother and sister end up creating essentially screennames to hide behind. So I guess the idea of the internet was still pretty untapped when this book was written. Ender was a great character, although not quite as endearing as my beloved Harry Potter. Still, I liked that he was just a kid in this book. I guess this is a whole series, but I can't see liking the rest as much, because I don't think it would be as interesting with Ender grown-up.

34) Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris- 9th and last (as of now) Sookie Stackhouse book. This probably ties with the fourth book for my favorite of the series. It felt like there was more action in this book, and more romance. Maybe it's just because I love Eric, cuz there was a lot more Eric in this one too (I could have done with even more). And very little Quinn, who I did not miss at all. I did think more time could have been given to the climactic scene at the end, which felt a bit rushed.