With the movie releasing in just a couple of weeks I figured it was about time I sat down and read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. In the past couple of years I've grown to become a bigger fan of the Science Fiction genre and from what I understand Ender's Game is a staple. So needless to say with the movie coming, and recommendations coming at me from all angles, I jumped into the novel.

When a book goes from something to get me through my commute to something that I listen to at any spare moment; its something special. Thus has been the case with both The Name of the Wind and now The Wise Man's Fear. I would venture to say that the second book in the Kingkiller Chronicles is actually better then the first. 

I usually read books based off recommendations and/or reviews and most of the time that works out. However after just finishing The Book Thief I can say that this one doesn't live up to the high praise. As a story it works pretty well. But as the highly praised book that it is I just didn't think it held up all that well.

I picked up The Cuckoo's Calling right after the news broke that Robert Galbraith was a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling. I've never read any Rowling before but thought why not jump in with her first attempt at a mystery thriller. The Cuckoo's Calling is a pretty straight forward take on the genre. You have a private detective (Cormoran Strike) as the main character and you have an supermodel who commits suicide. Or did she? There are a good number of twists and turns but none of them particularly memorable. There was nothing inherently wrong with the book but it just never hit the pace it was striving for. 

I'm a more recent Stephen King convert. The first King novel I read was Under the Dome, and then fell in love with his writing in 11-22-63. I recently read The Stand for the first time, and am now hooked. So when I saw that he put out a new novel I didn't even read the summary I just hit the buy button. 

Its the start of May and I have now completed my 9th book. So far I am a little ahead of my schedule to reach my goal of 25 novels by the end of the year. My latest read was The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Without giving a full synopsis the novel is about a young boy Kvothe (pictured above) and his journey from being a traveling performer to a member of the University.