The Lost Symbol: Dan Brown
The next chapter for Robert Langdon lies in Washington D.C.. If you liked DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons, you will like The Lost Symbol. I was surprised to see this book is getting poor reviews on Amazon and other book sites. Some people feel that this book was too formulaic, but I just think that its Dan Brown’s writing style. I loved this book, I couldn’t stop reading it. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I literally gasped several times towards the end.
I hope they make this book into a movie like the other two, because I think it would be the best one yet.
Official Book Club Selection: Kathy Griffin
For those of you who have seen her show, "My Life on the D-List," you would expect Kathy's memoir, Official Book Club Selection, to be a light hearted tome that dishes on celebrities and reveals little about Kathy's true background. Surprisingly, Kathy has written a serious memoir that delves into where Kathy came from and her experiences that made her the comic she is today. She discusses her Catholic school nightmare that makes her question organized religion today, her difficulties with getting her family to accept that one son was a criminal and child molester, her difficulties in becoming a stand up comedienne in Hollywood, her struggles to get parts, her poorly considered plastic surgeries, her obsession with all things Oprah, and her failed marriage.
She comes off as humble and hard working. Despite her hard work, she seems as surprised as anyone by her success today. Her memoir is incredibly well written, funny and insightful. Kathy does dish on celebrities, as you would expect, but she also gives them their due. She loves Hollywood and its excesses, even though she will never be accepted by it.
Blue Bloods: Melissa de la Cruz
Well I got sucked into another vampire series…no pun intended! It started so innocently with the “recommended for you” section on Amazon; it got good reviews it’s about vampires on the Upper East Side in New York, it’s a series of 4 books, I just had to download it! These were my vacation books and so far they are a great read. The one thing I notice in every vampire series I read is how different vampires are portrayed by the authors. Their abilities, back stories, and limitations really vary. When I was down with the Twilight series and moved to the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series, I kept thinking, “Edward couldn’t do that…” It was an adjustment period that I had with the Blue Bloods series as well.
In this series the vampires live for cycles and then go into a resting period before they are reincarnated and keep coming back in different eras starting from birth again and they don’t realize they are vampires again until their 15th birthday, when they are flooded with all their past memories. It sounds odd, but they explain everything in the book. This series seems to be going for a Gossip Girl/Vampires thing. Trendy NYC locations, designer brand clothes, teenagers who act like they're 25. It's trashy and ridiculous; and a fantastic quick read. I am excited to see where this series goes since a lot of this first book was all of the teens turning 15 and coming to grips to their realized vampiredom.
Masquerade: Melissa de la Cruz
This is the second book in a series of 4 books so far in the Blue Bloods series that I read on my vacation. The great thing about this series is that it reads like a television show or movie. The author follows several characters and doesn't just limit you to one perspective. It is like she is telling three stories at the same time but they all work together. In this book many of the questions you have from the first book are answered and new questions are raised. These books are just so good that I literally cannot put them down until I am done. I am starting to read the third book, Revelations, this week.
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