Best and Worst Books of 2016

     The best book I've read in 2016 would have to be Tell No One by Harlan Coben. David Beck witnessed his wife's kidnapping and murder. They were celebrating their marriage at Beck's lake, when she was killed. Years go by, and Beck still hasn't moved on from his wife. He believes her to be dead still, until he receives a suspicious email from someone. The email says things only his wife knew. It then tells him to log on to a website at a certain time, no earlier or later. He does so, and it takes him to a street camera, where his wife is standing in front of the camera, staring at it. He now believes she is alive, but is told to tell no one. He ignores this, telling the people he trusts about his findings. Beck has become hunted down, searching for his wife and being searched for.
   

     The worst book I've read in 2016 is Tinkers by Paul Harding. George is an old man dying, and is going over past events in his life. He reminisces his past growing up and his troubles with his father. It's very boring in my opinion and I didn't even finish the book, because I couldn't get through the boring stories of George's childhood. It had no plot, and was just trying to make you feel bad for George, who had troubles growing up. But don't we all? I don't want to read about an old man dying and stating his regrets, and how sad his life was. That's just down right depressing.

Top 5 To Be Read

The top five books I really want to read are:

1)Female of the Species by: Mindy McGinnis. I've heard from multiple sources to read it, and it seems like a book I would enjoy. I like reading a lot of thrillers and books similar to that, and this book has murder and secrets in it, which seems up my alley.

2)From Ashes by: Molly McAdams is another book I was recommended to. It seems like a typical teen girl book, about a girl who doesn't trust guys since her dad died, until she meets this boy. It seems alright so I figured why not read it if someone tells me it's good. I guess I'll be the judge of that.

3)Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen is a book I've been wanting to read for a while. It's a classic novel set in the 19th century. I don't know how much I will enjoy the writing since it's written a little while ago, but the storyline seems good, and I feel like everyone should read this book since it's so well known.

4)All the Light We Cannot See by: Anthony Doer is another book I really want to read. It's non-fiction, which I typically only read fiction, but this book seems very interesting. It's during the holocaust, which I find very interesting in history, so I feel I would enjoy this book. It reminds me of The Book Thief, which I really enjoyed reading that.

5)Go Ask Alice by: Beatrice Sparks is sort of like a diary entry. It's written from the perspective of a drug addict, who's life spirals out of control. It seems like the book The Oxygen Thief, who is an alcoholic and also writes about his life becoming out of control, and basically says how shitty his life is all the time. I didn't like the book at first, but grew to love it, so maybe the same will happen with this book.
 


 

Blog #10 Literary Heroes and Villains

Jeanine Matthews is the main villain in the Divergent series, by Veronica Roth. She is the leader of the Erudite, only because she has the highest IQ in her faction. She hates the divergent, because her medicine doesn't work on them, so she can't control them. Her main goal is to take over all the factions, to become powerful. I like her because she is so smart, and can outsmart almost anyone.

In the Immortal series, the first book Evermore by Alyson Noel has a dark character, Drina. Her goal for the entire book is to kill Ever, because Damen, Drina's ex husband is in love with Ever. She's killed all of Ever's reincarnations, and will do anything to get Damen back. I like her because she is so ruthless and just kills people without having a care in the world.

A hero that I really like is also from the Divergent series, Tris. She is a very relatable character, and does what she thinks is right all the time. She risks her life to try and better the factions, and help the other divergents that are like her.



















In the book The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, Percy has a best friend, who's also his protector named Grover. He's a half goat, and I just really enjoyed his character in the books. He was sort of a comic relief, and would do anything for Percy.

James Patterson has an entire series dedicated to a character, Alex Cross. Alex is not a typical hero, but in the crime fighting world he is. He's a detective that risks his life every day to catch psychopaths. In the very first book, this psychopath kidnaps these famous children, and Cross does anything to try and find them before they are killed.