Kevin’s Comments (group member since Jan 20, 2015)

Kevin’s comments from the Way Library Reading Challenge group.

I just finished "Sex on the Moon" by Ben Menzrich knocking out my "book based on a true story." It's about a NASA intern/moron who stole moon rocks in 2002 and got caught when he tried to sell them to a buyer he met online who was really working with the FBI. It was an interesting read. Most reviewers complained his writing is overly colorful at times, and I'd have to say they're right. On to the next!

Natalie wrote: "I'm going to check out "Asylum" - that's right up my alley! Thanks for the recc! I just finished "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins. That counts as a book with a love triangle. It was a p..."

Asylum I felt just ended up being so-so. Kind of boring, in my opinion. But I'd be interested to see your thoughts.

In other progress, I can scratch off a book with a one word title. I read Stranded by Alex Kava. It's a murder thriller about a highway serial killer starring Kava's recurring character FBI agent Maggie O'Dell. It was decent and good paced albeit a little anticlimactic at the end. I look forward to next reading a book with a number in the title: 41 by George W. Bush, a memoir about his dad.

How is everyone else coming along? :)

I just finished The Prince by Machiavelli for work so I'm going to count that as my book originally written in another language. I'm in the middle of an interesting book called The Asylum by John Harwood about a woman in Victorian England who's locked in an asylum while someone else seems to have assumed her identity in the outside world. This will probably be my book by an author I've never read before (or at least I think that's a category). So far it's pretty good. Harwood nails the Victorian voice perfectly.

Hi all! I'm Kevin. I lived in Perrysburg until last year when we moved to Maumee, but I still come back to Way since it's a very nice library! Hopefully this week I'll be able to cross "A Nonfiction Book" of my list. I'm wrapping up Napoleon: A Political Life by Steven Englund. I'm thinking I'll go for lighter fare for my next read.

I read Gone Girl last year. It was very good. It definitely kept me intrigued. But I will say that by the end I hated both characters.