Jacksprat Gets Lost in Fiction

Library Reads (Return on the 25th) The Dark Half Roar  September Sequels and School Reads The Dream Thieves A Gathering of Shadows Rebel Spring Crooked Kingdom Queen of Shadows Wizard and Glass Clash of Kings A Wise Man’s Fear A Separate Peace 1984 Goblet of Fire A Clash of Kings Voyager   The Eyes of the Dragon Stranger Things Happen

The Rosie Project By: Graeme Simsion The Rosie Project is a unique, cute, romantic comedy about a Genetics Professor, Don Tillman, with Asperger’s Syndrome, who is trying to find the perfect wife.    Don has specific criteria and creates a questionnaire for the women he meets.   He wants a non-smoker, non-vegetarian, and a moderate drinker. He also has questions about her habits and her physical appearance on the questionnaire.   In comes Rosie.   Rosie is a smoker, not very punctual, and a vegetarian proving to be an unsuitable partner.   But Rosie needs Don for his knowledge of genetics, because she is looking for her biological father, and Don can help her with the DNA testing.   This begins an experience that leaves a unique impression on Don Tillman that he’ll never forget. The Rosie Project is a fast paced and an entertaining read.  The chapters were only a few pages each and like most romantic comedy novels the writin...

Review of The Host By: Stephanie Meyer             This is not your typical alien invasion storyline, but a story about what makes you human.   Wanderer is an alien that is put into Melanie Stryder’s body to get information, but unlike most of the humans, Melanie is a fighter and will not fade from her body.   Wanderer tries to get past Melanie’s defenses and recover her memories, but in doing so Wanderer begins to become attached to Mel’s remaining family: her brother Jamie, and the man Mel loves Jared.   This leaves Wanderer conflicted.   The pair also hav to deal with an obstinate Seeker, the law enforcement of Wanderer’s kind, and they start to distrust her.   Wanderer agrees to go along with Mel’s plan to follow her Uncle Jeb’s bizarre instructions that might lead to where Jared and Jamie might be.   After trekking through the desert and almost dying Jeb finds Wanderer and Melanie.   He i...

Review of The Lost Island: A Gideon Crew Novel By: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child          This is the third book in a companion series about a brilliant scientist and master thief, Gideon Crew, a man who is living on borrowed time.   Gideon has been sent on a mission to steal a page from the infamous book of Kells by his employer Eli Glinn.   But this page is more than it appears: it has a map made by the Ancient Greeks on the back that leads to a treasure, a special plant that heals any wound.   Accompanying Gideon is Amy, a linguist of classical languages, to find the treasure. Amy is determined for this mission to succeed and does not trust Glinn even when their lives are in jeopardy.   A simple easy quest, right?   Wrong, Gideon and Amy run into other treasure hunters that try to kill them, almost drowning, natives who engage in cannibalism and human sacrifice, and a strange beastly creature that is the last o...