Book 001: Ender in Exile

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
Suggested by: Me :)

I can't say much about this book without referring to the ones that came before it, so I can only leave you with this- I laughed and I most definitely cried (which I've done with all of Card's Ender and Shadow saga books).




Note 1: Although the Ender Wiggin books and Shadow books have to do with military and politics which I never personally have been attracted to, these books are so brilliant I am intrigued by everything that happens. No one ever does anything without reason, everything is planned, and you see how people use other people for reasons to better themselves, loved ones, or even the world. Three words: motives, morality, and mission.

Note 2: Sorry this isn't really a review or anything, but you definitely need to read all of the following books: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind (in that order).

January Books

1. Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

2. The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith

3. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn

4. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

6. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

7. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman

9. Disquiet by Julia Leigh

My Goal

My goal this year is to read at least 100 books by January 1st, 2010, 12:00am. I know there are people who read well over this in a year, but I personally have never done it so I think it will be fun.

My plan is to:
1. Make a list of the books I'm reading for each month a week before the month begins. It'll be up in the blog for anyone who might want to read along with me.
2. I'll post in this blog when I finish reading the book and say what I thought about it, etc. I'll try not to do any spoilers for anyone who is interested in reading the book (and if I do, I'll say spoiler alert).

January's books will be posted tomorrow.



ps/ I'm going to try and do a wide variety of books, so suggestions are appreciated!