Books I've been reading...

Long awaited, and possibly one of the most hyped books to come out in the past 100 years, I sat down and read this book. Without spoiling anything (I'm sure there's someone out there who hasn't read it), I enjoyed it, although it took such a long time to get going. Once stuff actually happened it was pretty good though.

Unfortunately, I guess some people are going to read Harry Potter over and over without realizing that there is much better fantasy out there. I'd recommend The Belgariad by David Eddings if you enjoyed HP... it's a bit more mature and (IMO) a better series of books.

I'd be interested to see how they are going to make this one into a movie too... bet the screenwriter has a headache already!!!




Apparently this book has inspired every horror film for the last 50 years, and it's not hard to see why. The books deals with the "last survivor" of a plague that has left most humans converted into vampires that can only come out at night. The book deals with his loneliness, his struggles to stay alive, and his seeking a way to cure the plague.

Absolutely loved this book... it's very original, and so relevant it's hard to believe that it was written quite so long ago. As a horror book it's probably not scary, but you certainly feel at times like you are there and going through the same struggles that the main character is. So don't be put off by that cover (the book really isn't like that at all) and have a read.