Brisingr

This week I've been reading Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. It is the third book in the Inheritance Series, a book that takes place in a world where magic and mythical creatures run rampant. Their world is at war. The book bets boring towards the middle, because all the characters do is sit around and wait for something to happen. However, throughout the book there are various fight scenes which i find exciting, and i also find the scenes where Eragon uses magic interesting. My favorite character is Saphira, Eragon's dragon, because while all other races in the book are human-like, Saphira is a totally different thing. No one knows how a dragon would act or what a dragon is like, and so it is interesting to see Paolini's interpretation of one; her fears, look, and pride to name a few of the things I enjoy. That is part of why I like this book. 

Jurassic Park overview--end entry

Over the past few weeks, I read the book Jurassic Park, by Michael Chrichton. This book is about a group of scientists who are able to recreate dinosaurs using genetic engineering. They think they have the perfect recipe for a succesful tourist venture, and so the owner of the park invites his grandkids and a few people who helped him to the island where his park is almost fully set up. However, as they tour the park, they realize that the park would never work--the animals don't act like they should, the systems don't act like they should, and everything is dangerous. One big theme of this book is to not change things drastically, because these scientists thought "oh it would be good to change the balance of the world and make dinosaurs alive again" and it turned out horribly for them. If they hadn't decided that they wanted to totally change the world, they would have kept themselves in a better place and position. i thought that the ending to the book was great. it left you in suspense and left you wondering, which i always think makes a book interesting. Altogether, i really liked this book, because it had moments where it was full of action but it also made you think. i would recomend it to anyone who likes sci-fi. 

Three Bags Full and Death on the Nile

Over the summer, two of the books i read were Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie and Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. Both are mysteries. 

Death on the Nile is a Hercule Poirot mystery where Poirot must solve the murder of a rich beautiful woman on a cruise on the Nile. She had stolen her best friend's fiancee and married him, and Poirot believes that this friend killed her for it yet he can't prove it. I give it a 10 because it is always suspenseful and you don't know what's happening. 

Three Bags Full is a mystery from the view of a flock of sheep. Their shepherd, George, was found with a spade stuck through him one day in the middle of their field. They decide to set out and find out who killed him. I give this book an 8, because it is sometimes boring, and a lot of times you seem to know the mystery better than the sheep do.