Night Watch
Others are beings with supernatural powers and there has been a truce between the light and dark side until now. I read the book just before watching the movie. It is the first book in a trilogy. The book follows Anton as a worker in Night Watch, which...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Directed: David Yates Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson Harry is in his fifth year at Hogwarts, no one believes Harry’s story about Voldemort’s return. The Magic of Ministry isn’t helping things by trying to keep it all under wraps....
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon Author: Neal Stephenson Epic novel weaving three generations of men and women with code cracking, WWII and encryption of data. This wasn’t a quick read. There were so many details, and the explanations so intricate, that I didn’t want to skim over it and miss something. The story...
Little Children
Little Children Author: Tom Perrotta When I heard a movie was being made if this book, the title sounded familiar so after searching my bookcase, I found that I owned, but had not yet read it. The author wrote, Election, which I never read, but loved the movie. This book...
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson Epic novel weaving three generations of men and women with code cracking, WWII and encryption of data. I have only barely begun reading this novel, but I thought I would come share two parts that I thought were hilarious. The copy I have is just...
Invisible Monsters
Invisible Monsters Author: Chuck Palahniuk When a fashion model who thinks she has everything is disfigured in an “accident”, she realizes how little she had and sets out to reinvent herself with her new friend. It is completely insane and fun. It is like reading a soap opera. If...
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Author: C.S. Lewis Four English children stumbled across a wardrobe that takes them into the magical land of Narnia where the evil White Witch has turned the land into a neverending winter. First book written in the Chronicles...
The Magician’s Nephew
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew Author: C.S. Lewis Polly and Digory are children in Victorian London that go on an adventure in Digory’s attic during the rainy summer months. Uncle Andrew is a magician and tricks the children into exploring other worlds where they stumble across the...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Author: J.K. Rowling Harry Potter enters his fourth year at Hogwart’s where he watched the Quidditch World Cup, Voldemort is plotting to kill him still, and there is the TriWizard Competition that hasn’t been held in over 100 years. It was most...
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City Author: Erik Larson True story behind the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair with the focus on two very different men during that time. One is the architect Daniel H. Burnham who designed and supervised the construction of the World’s Fair. The other is H.H....