Been Awhile But I’m Still Here

It’s a brand new year. What is everybody reading?

With the new movie “I,Frankenstein” coming out, I decided to re-read Dean Koontz’s “Frankenstein, Book One Prodigal Son”. It has been about five years since I read this book. There was a lot I didn’t remember about the book. Dean Koontz is such a great storyteller. The way he writes this book is from several different view points. It seems like a lot is going on, sometimes too much to keep up with, but it is all happening at the same time. Each character’s view is vital to getting the story across. I can see why he had to expand it past the trilogy it was first intended for.

It starts with “the Monster” alive after 200 years and living in a Tibetan temple. He receives a letter from a trusted friend with a news clipping verifying that his maker, Victor Frankenstein, is still alive and has set up shop in New Orleans. Victor has figured out a way to create a “New Race” to infiltrate and exterminate the “Old Race” when he says it is time. This first book deals with a serial killer that is harvesting body parts to create the perfect woman and a rogue in Victor’s New Race that is trying to find what he is lacking in himself. The cops that are working the serial killer case in the end have to believe the unbelievable to save themselves and all of humanity.

This is a very interesting take with a modern twist on the Frankenstein legend and I thoroughly enjoyed it, even the second time around. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting a new take on an old story. I started the second book last night. Stay tuned for the review on the second book in this series.

To E-Read or not to E-Read……

Blanche Walsh as Juliet, with her NOOK Color eReader (Photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com)

My wonderful husband bought me a Nook a couple of years ago. I wasn’t sure if I would like reading books in this form, but I was pleasantly surprised! I love the fact that I can carry around over 300 books in my bag and it doesn’t weigh a ton! I am guilty of buying books for my Nook that I already have in hard copy. I’m also addicted to Nook’s Free Fridays selections. Most of those 300+ books are from Free Fridays. I have come across some great free books…….and some not so great. The best thing about Free Fridays is that if you don’t like the book, you’re not out a penny! I also like that if I fall asleep reading I don’t lose my place. I can’t tell you the number of times that has happened. Then I’m frantically trying to remember the last thing I read to find my place. I have since upgraded to the Nook Tablet, which has brought a new level to my e-reading (real time magazine content, oh joy and rapture!). All in all, having the Nook has opened a whole new addition to my book addiction. And as I tell my husband, I could have a worse addiction!

And it seems my addiction is hereditary! My 2-year-old is sitting next to me reading a book on her Nabi tablet. Or more to the point the tablet is reading the book to her. I think this is a wonderful thing on the tablets geared towards children. With as much as she wants me to read to her, I would not have a voice if it weren’t for this little piece of technology.  My 11-year-old, however, has a Kindle Fire and has not downloaded one book! To her credit though, she does have a bookcase full of books. So this is a step in the right direction 🙂