I Am Legend Review

This book is one I got for a secrete santa this past holiday season. My fiancé said it was a good book and that I would enjoy it. I started the book in March while on a road trip to Las Vegas. This books is actually one longer story and several short stories.

Here's the list of stories:
I Am Legend
Buried Talents
The Near Departed
Prey
Witch War
Dance of the Dead
Dress of the White Silk
Mad House
The Funeral
From Shadowed Places
Person to Person

I will not go through each and every story, but I will go over the the main story I am Legend and then whether I think the short stories should be read.

Synopsis:
Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone.

An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him.

By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.... (Taken for GoodReads).

Review: 

The story of I Am legend seems a bit slow. For me it would go through some of his daily activities and just reading one man's view on his making breakfast and hanging up garlic and mirrors is not my idea of a good read. About half way through the story it did pick up and get much better. It's an interesting story and I think the Vincent Price movie The Last Man on Earth did a good job with telling the story as opposed to the Will Smith movie.

The story had its good points and it has some interesting views on what life would be like if you were the only human left. I think while parts dragged on it was a decent book. 

As for the short stories included... I wasn't into them. I had to force myself to read the because I wanted the satisfaction of finishing the whole book. While some are a bit different most of them left no impact on my and I will forget I even read them.

So if you're into an interesting book on vampires just read I Am legend and ignore the rest of the stories.

My Rating:

Summer 2013 Reading List

Vicky over at Books, Biscuts and Tea mentioned her summer reading list and I figured since I am wrapping up TWO novels right now I would do my own summer reading list. I remember as a kid I would get these lists from my teacher or the local library when I did the summer reading challenge every year.

I cannot seem to find the cover of the copy of the book I have, but I am done with the main story and working on the shorter stories in the book. Not sure why it doesn't say I Am Legend and other stories, but whatever. It's interesting and will finish is soon so I can do a review.

This book was only $0.99 for the Kindle and it sounded interesting. I am almost half way through it and will also be doing a review for it shortly. Would be nice if I could get in a video review, but probably won't happen.

I somehow missed that there was more books in this series. I enjoyed the other two and this one has been sitting on my shelf for over a year. I hope to get to it, but it's a very large book.

I've had this book on my shelf as well for a long time. I hope to get to it since it take place in Dublin and well I love Ireland so it's a good match. Hopefully it's as good as I hope it is.

Another one that's been on my bookshelf for way too long. It looks like a short read I just put everything else before it for some reason. I hope to get to it this summer.










We'll leave this as my list. I'll add more as I get into my list a bit and need to add if I run out of things to read. Not likely, but you never know. I do have a lot of history books that will be pushed aside for a while.

Top Ten Tuesday: June 4th

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is book that deal with travel somehow. It's going to be tuff, but I think I can make it to 10.

1. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova- An interesting take on the vampire myth that deals with traveling to several countries like England.

2. Enclave by Ann Aguirre- While it's not exactly travel the main characters are moving a huge distance to become safe from the creatures that want to destroy them.

3. Little Women by Lousia May Alcott- one of my all time favorite books and Jo does travel away from the home to become a "better" woman.

4. The Lizard King by Bryan Kristy- This book is all about the illegal reptile trade that one man was in charge of and fooled a bunch of zoos. He had traveled all over the zoo getting exotic reptiles for zoos who thought he was legit.

5. The Shining by Steven King- The Torrence family goes to a hotel to take care of it during the winter. Obviously this trip was a fun family vacation.

6. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chauser- an interesting tale of people on a pilgrimage having to tell stories along the way.

7. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak- I love this story about a little girl traveling with her mother and then growing up with a foster family.

8. The Temperance Brennan Series by Kathy Riechs- They all deal with traveling between states or the US and Canada.

9. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Susan Collins - Since they travel between districts it counts. Such a great books

10. Da Vinc Code by Dan Brown- Nothing like a murder series gone global.

Oh good I made it. I wasn't sure I could do it.

Musing Monday (May 20th)

Musing Monday is a meme by Should Be Reading.

Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it! 
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

I'm going to go with the what I am currently reading and why I chosen it. I am currently reading I Am Legend  by Richard Matheson. I choose this book because I was told by my fiancé that I would like it since I'm a horror fan and I enjoyed the Vincent Price move based on the book. I mentioned it in my previous post. I think it's just now starting to get good. At first I wasn't so sure it was going to be good because it's narrated by a man who is all alone and how he's just living and has little desire to survive. It's hard to read the mundane life of someone who isn't doing much. Know that I've gotten a little further it's picking up and I am enjoying it, but just haven't trouble finding the time to read it. 

Why I've Been MIA

Not sure how many followers I still have here, but here's why you haven't heard much from me lately. I was busy trying to finish my last history research class so I could FINALLY graduate. Which in case you were wondering I graduated. With help from a friend at work I got a B in my class. I'm sure if she didn't help me edit my paper (writing is not my thing when it comes to school) I probably would have just barely passed or failed and have to take it again. I went to graduation last week and while I wasn't thrilled with going through the ceremony, it's boring especially when you know no one there, I am glad I went through it.

A good movie

Because of all the time I was putting into that class I had no time for fun reading. I have started a few books and finish very few. I hoped to have a few of the books I had started, but never finished one. That didn't happen I still have 3 I think to finish as well as the book I just started to read, I Am Legend, which I have been told is more like the Vincent Price movie, The Last Man on Earth instead of the Will Smith version I Am Legend. I'm a huge horror fan and Vincent Price fan so I decide to read the book, which I received this Christmas from a holiday book swap on GoodReads!


I hope to also get some actual reading down now that school is finally over and while I'll be busy at work with summer camp, I should had time to read. Well as a mom you try to find as much time to read as possible. I'm still doing the TBR Challenge, but due to no reading I haven't been doing the recaps or anything. I should get on that. I also haven't done any memes or anything to at least keep things going and I'm sorry for that, but it's hard to do things when I have no time for anything. So if you see nothing from me from now until July come yell at me. It means I have gotten lazy or forgotten what I promised I would do.

So hopefully I'll have some reviews up here even if I don't do them on the youtube channel!

Rough Waters Book Review

The book is by Kara Lynn Conyer and its about a 16 year old girl names Allanis who convinces a renowned marine biologist to take her on a research mission to figure out why this stuff called "the fouling" is stopping all ocean related industries. What they find is the cause is nothing they ever expected. Mermaids who thought humans caused an oil to pollute the water wanted a war with the merpeople.

There seems to be a little more marine biology and scuba than mermaids but that's okay for me. I skimmed over the scuba descriptions on how to dive because I'm a certified diver and I know how it's all done.

Overall this book was very interesting and I think it was done well. Not my most favorite book but good enough to keep me entertained. If you want an easy read with some mermaids and marine biology, check the book out.

Outpost

I am late in posting this since I finished this book several weeks ago, but I was busy and it was hard trying to find time to write a review. This is the sequel to Enclave.

Synopsis: Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn't fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.

To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance. Her feelings for Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out.

Deuce signs up to serve in the summer patrols—those who make sure the planters can work the fields without danger. It should be routine, but things have been changing on the surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks have grown smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let Salvation survive, and it may take a girl like Deuce to turn back the tide. (Taken from Goodreads).

Review: I actually began reading this book and forgot who people where and how the first book ended. It took a few chapters and Deuce going back to the past for me to remember all the details. I am not sure if the first book just had no lasting impression on me, or if I just needed a recap sooner in the book. 

Overall the book was good and I think it had a lot of good elements. I was surprise that the romance did not bother me as much as I thought it would. I can see where Deuce is coming from finally feeling love and understanding what many of us take for granted and wanting to be able to be herself no matter what other's think of her. 

What surprised me is that the events and things happening in the town were bases on things that really did happen. I was shocked to discover that, but then again I feel that many people write things based on some kind of truth. 

I am looking forward to the next book to see what happens. There is a lot to learn and I feel that Outpost just kind of ended where it could of gone on a little bit more. 

My Rating: