This book was an interesting story about how the Zookeeper and his wife were part of the resistance and protected Jews in Poland during WWII. I read very little non fiction (other than technical books) so this was a little of a stretch for me. The author seemed to go off on wild tangents and jumped around in the timeline quite a lot. It's an interesting read if you enjoy non fiction, but don't expect to be kept on the edge of your seat or anything.

I picked up the graphic novel after watching the movie. It's a very good story of what it would take for people to dress up in costumes and fight crime. It also leaves you with a moral quandary of what is the price of peace and safety? What are we willing to give up? Very apt and poignant questions in the times we live in. The book did end slightly different than the movie, though the basic dilemma is the same, just a different scapegoat. I much prefer the movie ending over the book. I will say that the graphic novel is, well, graphic. If you've seen the movie you'll understand. This isn't something I'd hand to a young teenager to read.

I've read a few Dean Koontz books before and this one was at least as good as the others. Twilight Eyes was the first Dean Koontz I have read and shared the same plot point that the main character could see something that no one else could. In Twilight eyes the main character could literally see the evil in people as they were really demons disguised as humans (if I can remember that correctly), but in Odd Thomas the main character could see dead people. Over all it was a decent book and I recommend it if you enjoyed the movie Sixth Sense.

I selected this book solely because it was a fantasy novel that was free on the Kindle. I was pleasantly surprised by the book; however, I'm not sure I'll read the rest of the trilogy. The plot was fair and some of the concepts of the world the author conjured were indeed intriguing.

This is the third book in the Odd Thomas line of books by Dean Koontz. This was a very quick read; I finished it in a day. This book had the feel of the cheap horror flicks where there is something out to get everyone who is stuck in some remote part of the world. While not exactly remote, the monastery gets cut off from the world via a well timed blizzard. Like the second book, this just didn't compare with the first. Like many bad movie sequels it seems like Koontz is just trying to one-up himself and go bigger and bigger each time.

I was intrigued by the story of Dorian Grey when I watched the "League of Extrodinary Gentlemen" movie. The idea of someone who did not grow old, or die, but rather all of their aging and pain was inflicted on a paiting of them instead. It would seem the movie/graphic novel had taken quite a few liberties with the real back story of Dorian (as they also did with Mina Harker's character). I would have to say that it was rough reading through this story. The writing style of Oscar Wilde was hard for me to enjoy; however, the story itself kept my interest.

I thought this was a great book. If you've read any of the Ender series then this book fits in immediately after the Ender's Game book, prior to to the events of the Speaker for the Dead. If you've only read the series that follows Ender, then be warned that there are some spoilers for the "Shadow" series of books that followed the Bean character after Ender's Game. Something that hit me as I read this was just the great leadership ideals that Ender follows. Understanding your team, what they are capable of, is essential. Also, really knowing your adversaries allows you to understand their motivations and how they will react/plan.