The Host

The Host is about a girl named Melanie living in a world taken out of Invisian of the Body Snatchers (well, I've never seen that movie, but from what I have heard about it, this book is similar.) Another character we are introduced to is Wanderer... The "alien" that had taken over Melanie's body.
Ok, so first off, this is by the chick that wrote the Twilight series, which I am completely in love with. So I was a little hesitant to read this because I would be thinking "This is not Twilight!" Well luckely this was not the case :) I will admit this book was a little bit harder to get into at first but once I did get into it I could not put it down *my poor husband had to sleep many the nights with lights on while I finished "just one more chapter".*
I was pleased with the ending and it did end differntly than I had thought it would *which isn't always a good thing but in this case it was.*
The characters were likeable and the plot was good.
I would recommend this book for anyone who likes Sci-Fi
-JB-

Next up: Bloodsucking Feinds (I'm on a Vampire kick)

Ok, I'm gonna geek out a little bit...

Holy shit! I actually had an author reply to my post!!!!

To quote Keanu Reeves... "Whoa!"

Yeah, had to geek out a bit....

Oh yeah, the "crass language", that was her words... not mine:)

-JB-

Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian

This book was a laugh out loud memoir of Scott, a public librarian. He takes us through the very beginning as a lowly page trying to get the respect of the librarians to actually becoming a librarian himself. He makes us cringe with tales of a powerless power hungry co-worker, the new guy who is so eager, he would believe anything you told him, the old librarians who are afraid of change and technology, and management that pretends to listen, but still does what they want anyway(all things we can relate to in any profession.)

Douglass goes on to tell us about his patrons, the homeless, the teenagers, the crazies. Anyone who has worked in a public library or any kind of service setting can spot and name someone who fits into the categories he talks about.

I rather enjoyed this book. I did have a co-worker who has read this book as well and noted that they stopped reading due to the crass language, so be forewarned for that. I, however, was not bothered by the few bad words in this book, so it could be an age thing.

If you do read this book, read all the way to the end, past the acknowledgments and all, because the laughs keep going until the very end.

Next book up... The Host by Stephenie Meyer.

-JB-