Chris’s Comments (group member since Feb 26, 2015)

Chris’s comments from the CPL's Book a Week Challenge group.

Liz, with an endorsement like that for Night Circus, I will have to move that up on my list. I may pick up the audiobook for that one so I can get to it sooner.

I had a productive time,finishing Clockwork, and also Halo: Mortal Dictata. I am branching out and reading "Stolen" by Lucy Christopher. A story told from the point of view of a 16 year old girl who was abducted and taken to Australia. The book is written as a letter of memories to her captor.

Vivian, I just finished reading "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown. Although it's not exactly like RPO, the author does inject plenty of geeky pop culture references. I found the book to be one part Halo (novels), one part Hunger Games, one part Red Faction (the game), and one part Ender's Game. I enjoyed it much more than the Hunger Games, and almost as much as Ender's Game. If I had read it last year, it would have been my favorite book of the year. But, it's too early in this year to call it for that.

Also, Liz I look forward to your thoughts on the night circus. A friend recommended it to me a few years ago, and it's still on my list.

I just finished Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow this afternoon, and was glad to be finished with it. I found the setting of a post digital human, meritocracy society thriving in Disney Land interesting, where the only currency one has is their reputation. But, overall, the book was just ok. Now, time to shift gears (sic) to Philip Pullman's Clockwork.