September 11-17th Wrap Up

September TBR and 11-17^th Wrap- Up

Current TBR List: 31
Currently Reading: 9
Books Finished in September: 12

I felt like this past week was very slow for me reading wise. I still managed to finish four books but I feel like I am falling into a slump. Could be that I have a billion books started… I have severe book commitment issues.

I finished Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham.

I really enjoyed this story! Sebastian Rudd does not fit your typical lawyer description. He does not sit in a fancy office with nice décor with a pretty secretary. His office is a heavily armored van and his secretary is his partner/law clerk/bodyguard/gold caddy/chauffer’s mom. Sebastian defends people that other lawyers avoid. He believes everyone deserves the right to a fair trial, even if he has to cheat his way into one. I thoroughly enjoyed Sebastian’s character and it was a fast read. I liked seeing a different perspective of a dirty but fair lawyer and how he sticks to his morals that everyone deserves a fair trial.

I then read The Show-Off Monkey and Other Taoist Tales by Mark W Ginnis, a GoodReads giveaway in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed the drawings and most of the morals. My main problem laid in the names given to the characters, I did not understand how most of them related to the stories and they were over the top silly to the point they were not amusing. I also failed to understand a majority of the stories. I did enjoy a couple though. 2.5 stars for the drawings and the stories and morals I enjoyed. I wanted to like the book more.

Then I finally read Inferno by Dan Brown.

 

I saw the movie several months back and I enjoyed it. I like the idea of hidden codes and messages leading you on a wild goose chase. I think that while it’s a stretch, it could potentially still be believable. Inferno follow Robert Langdon as he wakes up with a gunshot wound to the head not knowing where he is or what happened over the last couple days. He know he woke up muttering something that sounded like “very sorry” and having haunting visions of a woman asking him to “seek and find”. The movie and the book tied out to the very end, then they diverged a bit and I can understand why. I do not think a movie or a movie audience would like the ending of Inferno as it was originally written since it is so dark and raises huge moral questions. Definite worth the read if you like history and thriller. It is terrifying to think if something like this is possible.

I ended the week with Bakuman Volume 3.

I am still really enjoying this series! The two friends are still striving to make it to be number one and are learning various lessons along the way. They want to be more mainstream but they are finding out they are not well suited for the style. They are able to help their rival and its ends on the note that lack of communication is causing frustration on both ends. Can’t wait to see how this plays out in the next volume!

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