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I’m continuing to read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins – but I’m mixing in some fictional books as I go. Although The God Delusion is completely profound, it is written at a post-graduate level and has a lot of big words and big concepts to ponder.

Today I have decided that if God really does exist, she must live in the library because thats where all books live and all gods come out of books right? But regardless, the library is sacred to me, I love going there, smelling the musty air and selecting a great book to read. My application to volunteer at the Chula Vista Library was accepted and soon I will be starting, being able to find God in the deep stacks of books.

I was walking to Barnes and Noble Cafe during my break at work to get a cookie when I spotted a poster for this book. Although I feel it is anti-masculine or something to admit that I am a Twilight fan, I am a huge one and I had to buy this book. To be honest, it seems like a lame attempt for Stephenie Meyer to make more money. It is interesting as a Twilight fan, but it is nowhere near as engaging as the full length Twilight novels were.

Having also finished Breaking Dawn today, I feel that Meyer left us with closure but it would still be possible for her to write another Twilight novel and I know that I would certainly be buying it if/when she does decide to write it.

Hopefully it will get more engaging as I continue. But so far I wish I would have re-read Eclipse instead.

This book was great! I am not usually big on suspense/thriller books but I really enjoyed this one. In Never Look Away, Linwood Barclay keeps the reader turning the pages. It is very suspenseful although slightly cliche.

For the most part I was surprised at what developed, but some of it was super predictable. Fortunately I’m not a proactive reader who tries to figure it out, I just read it for enjoyment.

Anyone who wants a quick engaging read should check this one out.

So I’ve decided that I’m going to start reviewing books that I read so that I can keep track of those that I like and don’t like.

Most recently I picked up A Dark Matter by Peter Straub. I read about 1/4 of it and just couldn’t get into it. So I gave up.

Now I am on to Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay. So far it’s a much better experience, his writing flows a lot better.