Awesome Books!

My "Year of Books" is going along quite well. So far I've read, or listened to, 33 books and am in the middle of two more. I've still got the list of books (next to Erin's) on the right, towards the bottom, and I've rated/reviewed each book as I've gone along.

I wanted to post a little something extra though for a few books that I just had to recommend to any readers out there.

First (and second) is the Hunger Games trilogy (The Hunger Games and Catching Fire) by Suzanne Collins. Absolutely incredible books, and I can't wait for book 3, Mockingjay, to come out in August and finish the trilogy off. If you haven't read these books, do so.

Next is a fascinating book called Incarceron; the start of a new series, this book introduces you to a super-high-tech prison and its inmates. As you read through this book, you'll be surprised time and time again as new twists are revealed, it's a lot of fun.

And finally is a book that I just finished reading last night, The Maze Runner. Frustratingly, this is again the start of a brand new series - which means that you'll thoroughly enjoy the book... and then you'll have to wait a while for the next one. Lame. However, the book itself is not at all lame. If I were to explain the book, I'd do so by saying that it's an interesting mixture of The Hunger Games and Incarceron, which was coincidentally the order I read these books in (though it doesn't feel at all derivative - it definitely stands on its own).

Of these three series, The Hunger Games is definitely my favorite, though the other two were excellent as well - I highly recommend them all.

If you've read these, or end up reading them later, let me know what you think... I'm always interested to hear other peoples' takes.

Labels: books, Brett

posted by Brett at 2:18 PM