The Storm Book review

"The Storm", by Clive Cussler is a suspenseful thrill that leaves you on the edge of your seat every time you put it down. "The Storm", is just one of Clive Cussler's many great books, he almost always goes with a suspenseful, action pact story line that grabs the readers attention. This story line focuses on Kurt Austin, one of Cussler's many reoccurring characters.  In this story Kurt, who is part of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), finds himself investigating and examining a catamaran that had NUMA personal on it, that washed up on shore with no crew. Kurt starts getting suspicious of foul play, and this leads him to get dragged into something bigger than he could imagine. I would definitely recommend this or any other of Clive Cussler's books to a friend they are a great read.

The Andromeda Strain (science fiction) book review

"The Andromeda Strain", by Michael Crichton is just one of his many great science fiction novels. This book revolves around a scientific laboratory that is working on a cure for a new disease that has quite literally fallen out of the sky. the disease was brought down from a secret satellite sent up and has already spread to a whole time killing virtually everyone. This novel focuses on how 5 scientist work together in this government funded laboratory to cure this disease that kills instantly and even to possibly save the world. The novel is written in a 3rd person not fully omnipotent view, but it basically takes turns and goes inside each persons mind with what they are thinking and what they are saying making the reader know what is going on, but not letting them know to much. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend, because it is a fun book, and left me on the edge of my seat every time I had to put it down.

Maus II Book review

Starting from where Maus I left off, Maus II by Art Spiegelman does a fantastic job at furthering and the extraordinary story of the mice that are representing the jews during the holocaust. This graphic novel portrays the middle to end part of World War II. The depressing hardships and struggles are shown, but so is the end of the war which for the main character, Vladek, is bitter sweet. *Spoiler* After the war Vladek's first wife committed suicide due to the stress, and this book also revolves around Vladek's second wife and his struggles during the present and during the war.

EverFound Book Review (Fiction)

"EverFound", by Neal Shuterman, is the third and final book by him in the "Skinjacker Trilogy"and was a great finish to the series. I would only suggest reading this book if you have read the other two, "EverLost" and "EverWild" respectively, otherwise the reader may be a bit confused. The simplest way to explain this book is that there is a place in-between the Living world and the afterlife known as Everlost; this place is full of children that have died form the ages of 6-17.  The Basics of this "in-between world" are explained in detail in the first book. This book however is about a war between the Eastern witch, Mary Hightower, and three friends, Nick (AKA The Chocolate Ogre), Allie, and Mickey McGill. I don't want to reveal anymore, but i will say anyone who reads this and (and the other two in the trilogy) will enjoy themselves by doing so. I would recommend this book to a friend.

MAUS book review (Award winner)

Maus, by Art Spiegelman, is a fantastically put together graphic novel. This book is about the Holocaust, but is told in a much different manner compared to most Holocaust books. In this book the victims of the Nazi party are represented by mice and the Nazis themselves are represented as cats. The novel revolves around a father (mouse) telling his son, who wants to write a book, about his stories during the time of World War II. This story, even though it is told as a graphic novel, still has the same affect as reading a full fledged novel and keeps the readers attention the whole way through. I found that this book did a great job at showing the hardships of the war for everybody. I believe it also showed how poorly people were treated and really showed the reader how it was during this time. I plan on reading the second book and I would recommend this to a friend.
Pages: 157